Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-04-12

tributes OF his office: We deeply regret
that the President could not see his way
clear TO approve this great measure for
the establishment of the rights OF Amer.
lean citizens, but we feel sure that he
will now faithfully carry out the will
of the people pronounced in strict con-
formity with the Constitution. The dis
loyal elements of the country have re-
ceived a mortal blow In this action of
Congress. The hitherto down.trodden
class have their rights insured and a
long and sure stride has been taken to-
ward the solid paciacation of the coun-
try"
But the New York Times, which is y
Jealous defender of the President, has
an article in its Mondays issue that is
specially worthy OF note. We copy it
below in full
"There is every probability that vote
will be taken in the House to-day which
will determine the fate of the Civil
Rights bill. And il may also be as
sumed, we take it, that majority will
be found strong enough to carry the
measure over the Presidents veto. Even
in the minority there will be found the
names of several members who, while
adhering to the Executive view of the
unconstitutionality of certain provis-
ions OF the bill, are yet strongly i'm
pressed with the conviction that some
greater security than now exists should
and must be had for the protection of
Of ha ha
it is true, will continue in operation for
another year. And as long as there are
temperate, iudicious, and conciliatory
officers administering its affairs, the ne
groes will be fully protected in their
rights. But the limit set to the term of
this exceptional administration only
supplies an additional reason for provid-
ing that when the freedmen no longer
can appeal to the Bureau, they shall at
least be able to appeal, in the assertion
of their rights, to laws by which these
rights are effectually recognized and
guaranteed. 1t is important, too, that
these laws should be uniform in their
character throughout the South; that
the cOlored emigrant-say from North
Carolina-shOuld find if he goes to the
Gulf States, that he has as fair a chance
before the laws of those States as he
may have had in his native State, and
as he would have If he came here. 1t
is absolutely necessary that sure ground
should be reached in some constitution
al way. 1t is first of all right in itself
that this should be done. And it is alb
solutely certain that a majority Of the
loyal people of the United States have
resolved that it shall be done.
If the Southern people were wise they
would promptly take the matter in hand
and settle theQuestiOn themselves. At
all events, let them be assured that the
Democratic journals among us which
counsel the Executive to refuse to give
effect to such measure as the Civil
Rights BILL even if it becomes law,
are neither true friends of the President
nor honest friends of the South. The
vast majority here believe that until fair
and just laws are provided for thee pro-
lection of the freedmen the legitimate
fruit of emancipation is not attained
and is not attainable. 1t behOoves Mr..
A. II. Stephens and other thoughtful
Southern man to remember that true
and satisfactory peace cannot be found
until the Union men Of the North are
satisfied that every vestige of the slave
system has been wiped out forever, and
that every class, however ignorant or
poor, or even brutaliZed, are placed on
an equality before the law"