Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-06-01
RUTLAND HERALD.
TUESDAY, MAY 80, 1865.
'srhe Last Armed Foe ENpires."---
Now Hasten slowly

Now I" Hasten slowly"
Phil. Sheridan's work has been taken
out Of his hands, The last desperate
effort to 4" fire the Southern heart has
failed OF itself, and without waiting for
Sheridan, Kirby Smith has "come
down" He has surrendered TO Gen.
Candy "the men and material of the
(rebel) army and navy" in the trans
Mississippi department. Not the sem
blance of an army is now left, east or
west of the Mississippi, Of the lately
proud and defiant rebel host, Any APP
prehension-but faint one at most
that matters might be in some way
complicated through efforts Of Smith
and his followers in Mexico, is at an
end. The great work of tearing down
the rebel structure is complete; the
great work of loyal rec obstruction re-
mains. And happily we can enter upon
this last work with our hands clean not
only of armed treason, but also of all
difficulties with foreign powers except
such as may grow out of claims we
have to press against them-not they
against us. In other words matters
are in our own hands, both at home and
abroad.
Now the tendency Of the universal
Yankee Nation" is to universal hurry.
Individually the people are in a hurry
In their private business collectively
they are inclined the same way in their
public affairs, They proposed in the
outset to put down the Southern rebel
lion in sixty days. They have been four
years about it, They did not take time
to realize the magnitude Of the work
upon which they were entering, any
more than the South did in inaugural
ing the war. When they were taught
by hard experience, they made mighty
efforts, commensurate with the work in
hand, and finally succeeded, as the Yam
kee nation always has succeeded in its
undertakings
SO with the great work of "reconstruc-
ton !" we apprehend.t there is prevalent
disposition to accom- Jish it in too great
haste, Its Of great Importance that the
work be done as quickly as possible; so
it was that the rebellion be crushed as
speedily as possible. Butitis Of far great
er importance that it he done rightly. The
future safety and welfare of the coun-
try, the complete reward for all the suf-
ferings and sacrifices of the war, depend
upon hO,0 rather than upon h0a0 Qaicky it
is done. Let US try to realize the mag
nitude Of this work, and how the future
peace, prosperity and right progress Of
the nation are at stake. The Southern
people have been educated by false lead
ers and teachers, and through many
years, in the state sovereignty and Sc
cession heresies. They must undergo
the hard nrocess- Of nulearnlng all they
know before they can learn the truth.
In these days o. enterprise, steam, cleo
tricity and daily newspapers, this process
will be worked through in good time,
but it cannot be done in day any more
than the rebellion could be subdued in
day. The reported election of disunion-
lists to the new legislature Of Virginia
is an illustration Of this fact. Hasten
slowly is a maxim peculiarly appli-
cable to the great work of @ reconstruc-
ton ia work less burdensome, less
trying, but no less important in its right
or wrong results than the work of war
just, gloriously finished.