Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-05-03

Ed't0r RutlaRd Herald You at the
North seem to be as it were undergoing
q process Of political. warfare-In that
struggle the South is taking lively inter-
est. What is to be the result? How
many changes in sentiment and opinion
one year may work? One year ago and the
universal cry of the South was lamen-
taton over the death of Presiden Lin
coin, claiming to have lost in him their
best friend, and in the same breath be-
moaning the succession of Mr.. johnson,
as their worst enemy. Now President
Johnson is their boosted champion and
in him they feel as if the morning of
the Confederacy was breaking. We
think no time for two years previous to
the surrender of Lee were their hopes
of establishing a Southern Confederacy
as sanguine as now. What change and
what commentary.
Slavery is extinct, and so regarded
and considered by the South; yet such is
the antagonism Of feeling toward the
North, that in the event Of rupture be-
tween parties North, the South would be
! almost q unit in support of Mr.. Johnson
in whatever course he might pursue, and
in that support be facilitated as the
| Government is so reducing the forces
throughout the disloyal States as to rem
der their presence little else than mythe-
cal. The garrison of Mobile to-day will
not exceed $50 soldiers, and a south
! erner, and at this time especially will
procure 3 weapon of some description
before he supplies the wants Of nature.
| and it is well known by those having
the means of knowing, that the South
is well supplied with arms, to say moth
| ing of the arSeaaIS which are overburd-
ened with arms and munitions Of war
| belonging to Government. Mount YER
non arsenal, in this State, is garrisOned
by one company of the 18th U. s. Infan-
try, and contains to our personal knowl-
| edge, thousands OF muskets and hunGredS
of pieces of field and seige artillery, and
the people are all soldiers, so that in the
event of divided North, an opportunity
to establish southern independence
would we believe, most promptly be
seized upon. That it is talked by men
old and young, we can substantiate to
the satisfaction Of the most incredulous.
Do you realize these facts, or will you
cling to the worst Of delusions, viz
that the South are so utterly crushed as
no longer to be feared
If Nj. johnson is determined, to make
an issue with Congress upon the princi-
pie Of reconstruction, he will be sup
ported by the entire South as well by
his party North, and like the traitor
Secretary Floyd, he has in his power
that which will almost secure if not
quite the success of his plans. President
Johnson, his power, northern division of
sentiment and the support of the South,
are something well worth giving due ap-
probation. Appearances today, OF q
cordial union Of sections are not as IA
ableas one year ago, when "Fort Blake
! ly" was carried by direct assault. But
to go on
Some days since the Fire Department
Of Mobile celebrated their 2Sth anniver-
sSry, and while it was hne display in
itself, it was throughout an expression
Of disloyalty. Not one national emblem
in all the trapping, but the engine trucks,
&c, were draped in mourning for Con-
federate dead, and one engine was a
Confederate flag in prominent position
with notices not very agreeable for a
Union soldier to look upon; even the
dress of the hremen partook of the same
in the selection Of colors and devices.
Among other things noticeable with
us is the Fenian movement, which, al
though OF recent growth, is really quite
| rampant here just at this time; bu.