Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-08-23

drew Johnson was elevated to the Pres'
dental chair and their position at the
present time also the misconstructlon
placed by them upon the action of Con,
gress touching the re admission OF the
late rebelliOus States, We quote from
the Tribune;
When Andrew Johnson was elected to
10 the post whence the dagger OF Wilkes
Booth translated him TO the White
House, nearly half Of those now assem-.
bled in Philadelphia To commend aud
support him, We're lighting desperately
To divide the Union, while another third
were doing their very best in the Union
TO defeat him and elect an ultra peace"
copperhead IN his place. Mr.. Pendleton
had consistently voted in Congress pre-
cisely as the rebels would have had him
we can call no single instance in
which his vote would have been disap-
proved by Jefferson Davis. Gov. Orr
was a lighting rebel. Mr.. Robert G.
Winthrop was a talking COpperhead.
1t is now pretended that Mr.. johnson is
walking carefully in the path that would
have been troden by Abraham Lincoln.
If this were true would he have gath
cred around him the speckled crowd
now congregated in Philadelphia Can
you believe that following in the foot
steps of Abraham Lincoln would have
won for Mr.. johnson such an eXtraordi-
nary CODglOmeratiOn of support
Again Every negro ia the land re
garded Abraham Lincoln with affection
and hoped everything from his Continu-
ance in office, while every rebel sympa-
thlzer detested and eXecrated him. Now,
no negro hopes for any good from An
drew Johnson, while every copperhead
is vociferous in his praise. Can you
suppose both classes utterly deceived
Mr.. John A. Dix said in taking the
chair at the Randall gathering yester
day, that
When the President of the United
States had declared that the war had
ceased, all the States had the right to
representation. The exacting OF new
conditions is subversive to our national
liberty, and dangerous to public peace.
Loud applause,
If this be so, then what an atrocious
usurper must Andrew Johnson be, in
piling exaction on the States lately in
revolt, prerequisites to their restoration
Do but consider this:
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28th, 1865.
HIS ErceRency lanes johnson, Provisional
GoveymoJ of Georgia Your several tele-
grams have been. received. The Presi-
dent of the United States cannot recog-
nize any State as having resumed the re-
lations Of loyalty to the Union that adj
mits as legal obligations contracted
| debts or created in their name to pro-
mote the war of the rebellion.
WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
How would Gen. Dix-if his bread
and butter were secure-deal with the
| exacter of these thew conditions 2"
Mr. Robert G. Winthrop attempts to
msstate the action and position Of Con-
gress with regard to reconstruction. He
says:
"AIost happily, Congress did not ad-
! iOurn without admitting to their seats
the Senator's and Representatives of
Tennessee; but that very act has rem
dered it all the more difficult to discover
ANYTHING OF constitutional principle, or
anything of true national policy, in its
persistent denial of all representation
to the other Southern States"
The delegation from Tennessee was
admitted to seats in either house Of Con-
gress on terms openly presented to every
State lately in revolt, as Mr.. Winthrop
well knows South Carolina could have
come in at the same time, and may come
in at any time, on the terms accepted by
Tennessee. Why, then, does man OF
Mr.. WinthrOp's antecedents talk of the
representation of Tennessee as excep-
tional, and assert that there is "per-
sistent denial Of all representation to the
other Southern States r. In this age OF
general intelligence, what is to be gained
by such frauds
Gov. Orr of South Carolina says;
|. "FellOw citizens we have been knock
ing at the door for eight long months
| asking Congress to admit. If we are not
to be trusted now, when are we to be
trusted Is it just that we should be
excluded from these privileges ? No!
For the right Of representation is re-
garded as one of the most sacred rights
in the country. Is it just or fair or g1n-
erous that we should be excluded from
le3lStdblOu white LdAeS are III puSSu u pun
US without our consent"
Gov. Orr is one of the late rebel mi,
nOyity of South Carolina. The minority
denies to the large majority any voice
whatever in making the laws by which
they are governed, or in levying the
taxes which they must pay. "Is it just
or fair, or generous" that the 100000
loyal blacks of South Carolina should be
excluded not only from all representa-
tion in Congress, but from all voice in
the legislation of their own State, "while
taxes are imposed on them without theiI
consent?" We measure Governor Orr
in his own bushel. Whenever he will
bring his 100000 confederates in the late
, rebellion to accord to their loyal black
fellow Carolinians the rights already en-.
ioyed by themselves, we will do our ut
most to have him and his colleagues ad
: mitted to seats in Congress.
Is not this fair2 Nay, are we not il
honor bound to stand by our fellow
Unionists of South Carolina, who, though
a majority of the whole people, are de
MED by Orr & Co. all voice in makins