Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-03-09
RJTLAND HERALD.
FRIDAY, MARCH ?, 1865
mr.. ,umner aud the Lo"is'"
Question.

last hytwenty-fOur to eleven '0' Nnr
postno,, the Louisiana question O"'
Vernon, Senators voted IN 'n' 80.
tive Thv did this, not because ln'y
,vors on,,,.d 10 the admission OF Louis
- mise on account OF FAC
lions oppoltion of which Mr. sumner
led the van and Mr.. salisbury brought
ND the rcar there was no prospect ot
getting N1te ON the question. Inc
session was within q few days OF its
close aud other matters Of great impor- |
tance required attention. 1t is hardly |
probable that tn. question will come up |
again, aud consequently MessrS. sum
ner and Co. will have gained Temporal
~ triumph. We should think Mr.. ,
would do well to ask himself what
wicked act he has committed, that he
should hud himself cheek by jowl with
such copperheads as Davis, Powell and
Salisbury. lie doubtless has very
strong convictions that he is in the
right. and that the great majority OF
Union Senators together with the Prest-
dent are decidedly wrong lie has
perfect right 10 his opinion, and he has
also a right, aud ought To exercise IT, OF
sbringing forth his strong reasons,
and exercising all his powers Of argu-
meut and persuasion to bring the senate
over TO his views Having done so
much, aud given his own vote in &C
eorlauce elewith, he has reached the
limits of his own responsibility. After
all, he does not like Atlas, sustain the
world on his shoulders. Some other
agencies have been at work quite as po-
GENTLY as Mr. Sumner, to bring about
Che present hopeful state of our civil
military and moral concerns,
Men good, great and wise as Mr.. sum
ner have failed to carry out their dar-
hing theories, and yet the country has
lived on. Surprising him to possess an
average share of modesty and common
sense, we should think he would have
hesitated long before COnsorting with
q bevy of drunken rebel rowdies in 8
factious opposition to the will Of the
majority.
1t is understood that Mr.. Sumner, anl
the small minority of Republicans wh'
act with him, contend that security 70
Ne FUTURE can only be guaranteed b.
granting universal suffrage to all men
back and whte-and by sweeping ava
all laws with which the existence q
slavery has deflled the statutes Ad
init Louisiana" say they, and at tn
commencement Of the next session W
shall have Senators and Representative
from every state presenting themselve
at the Capitol Our brethren Of tn
South" whose bayonets are pointed
our own brothers hearts, will dro
their arms, put on the seemly garb {
peace, 90 through the forms OF ele'
lions, and asscrt the triumph Of the
beaten faction after the sword has d
cided against them
In reply, it is to be remarke
that these views are not the views {
President Lincoln - of his cabin,
of a majority of the House of Re
resentatives and of flve-sixths Of Il
Republican Senators. They believe th'
the Lincoln Banks policy is the on
way to restore peace and they decla
that if peace could come tomorrow {
the basis Of FREEDOM, a proposed
the Pre- sident the good faith of tho:
now in arms would not be doubted
the masses Of the people in the 10y
North
AS Mr.. Sumner is neither a prOpht
nor the son of a prophet, he cannot pc
sibly know what will be the futu
course Of action on the part Of the ret
states Even if certain men should a
pear at the National Capitol, claiming
be Senators and Representatives, it do
not follow that they must be admit
Because Loui lana has been. 1t does L
seem probable or reasonable that t
rebel states will all be admitted on p
cisely the same footing in every
spect.
There are few questions which W
be required to be satisfactorily 6
swered Are they honest? Are tn
capablel Will they support thu CO
stitution Will they adopt the an
slavery amendment, and carry it out
good faith In the case Of louisa,
Arkansas and Tennessee, there are s
isfactory reasons for believing that
affirmative answer can De given to tn
questions. Whenever Congress
comes satisfied in reference to tn
points, and not till then, it may be
pected that they will proceed to rece
representatives who apply with Il
understanding.
THE NINTH NATIONAL BANK of
City of New YOrk-Joseph U. Or
President-has been one of the most