Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1866-06-01
fails 9in.es
on Reconstruction.

hi Nioue Cen. II. s. Grant, who 50 sue
ctsfully lea tl.ssn through the war for
eo Union. A. all times he has spoken
.sxi.y uaa caag lily and free from selfish
ASH !. and psobally no man in America so
sally possesses ihs confidence Of the peo-
Fis Ia@ EDITOR of the Lewiston, Me-,
@rnsl, leaeing man of that State, and
several yaars sreaker Of the Maine House
= Repgtseasasiges has recently had an
MISE Wev with Gen. Grant, at Washing
t9g eng slfss "a his paper an interesting
tefsgicf xaat he General said on the
81 io1 airs. The General inti-
as .ip APPS it would have been
Nste ~ cuntry had the war contin-
opgcr, explaining and adding
fEfsks ions on the state of the
espas5 fsnows:
some parts of the coun-
las srmies had never trod, par
ffeUl4sis 44ss which needed to feel the
k',sl1lrg eisc Of war to bring their PEG
sagleig sense of the enormity
ses taag etins and the necessity OF a
a.asaea ,tance. Il find,' said he,
stsi tits p . of the South which have
nof iek ar, and particularly those
aisch zen within our lines and
na 80 escaped the rebel conscrip-
slee are much less disposed to
eop fle ylation in good faith, than
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lose psso which have been literally
ossQn re and sword
NafsfN the temper of the South
A eeFs b remarked that they are
A s sed now TO bring them
~ ier frame Of mind than.they
eeva 9az ear since. A year ago. said
IN ss ess willing to do anything /;
Aag d themselves masters Of
tea5m Some Of the rebel gene
are behaving nobly and
sciag esg AN to induce the people to
fisfca aas ir old prejudices and con-
af aeir sse Sc to the changed condi-
poo sa Johnston and Dick Tay-
sa 4, are exercising good in
i.ales es ne added, Lee is behaving
Nasiiy y conducting himself very
i1ew gofl what had reason, from
aa le the time Of the surrender,
w would. No man at the
scslh Z. ZAP BILE Of exercising a tenth
soa b uence for good that he is,
sg asaa using it, he is setting an ex-
aape ssltd acquiescence so grudging
peaaee in its effects as to be hardly
tle sea wlo were in the rebel armies,
stia s5ssas acquiesce in the result much
hester saa lose who staid at home
kita alaan Ne particularly bitter against
faa q.aa anl Union men. OF course,
ne audeu, mere is some bitterness of
feeling among all classes, but l am salts
fed that it would soon die out if their
leading men had not somehow got the idea
that treason after all was not very bad,
and that the Southern cause, as they
phrase it, will yet triumph, not In war,but
in politics. In my Judgment said Grant.
the tone of certain men and certain pa
pers at the North, is such as to do meal
culable mischief in making the late rebels
believe that they are just as much enti-
tied to rule as ever, and that if they will
only stand by what they are pleased to
call their rights they will have help
from the North. This Significantly add
ed Grant. is only playing over again the
incipient stages of the rebellion He was
confident that the large majority Of the
Southern people would smother their re-
sentiments and become good citizens, il
these mischief-makers at the North (the
copperheads) would only let them alone
If he had the power, the first thing he
would do would be to seize the New York
News and kindred sheets, which are giving
the South so dangerous an idea of their
own position and rights
Troops said Gen. Grant, must be
kept in all the principal points in the Soutl
for some time to come. This will be nee
essary to repress the turbulence of class
of the South very dangerous to all wei
disposed persons, and also to protect the
rights of the freedmen, who are looked
upon with deep hatred by a very largt
proportion Of the people. 81
US1oN SENATORIAL CAUcUs.-Tht
Union Senators have been in caucus fol
several days, with reference to recon
struction and to harmonizing conflicting
views. 1t is stated that proposition
before them which will command 30 votes