Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-09-26
heir nolltlcal creeds from Horace Gree.

their political creeds from Horace Gree.
ley, and Tilton, of the Independent,
know OF no way TO enlighten them
They utterly repudiate instruction from
any other sources, and swallow all that
comes through these; but l am conn'
dent that they are very honest In It,
The idea of negro congressman, and
other negro officers, is very alarming
and repulsiye to them, for while they
were anxious to relieve the negroes from
the Imaginary horrors OF slavery, as
preached To them for years by fanatics
and knaves, they are as far from want
ing negro equality as any one in the
South. | have frequently heard 1T adj
vocated here, that the Negro, like the In
dams In former days, should be removed
from the country to some place furnish
ed by the Government for their use, and
this, too, by strong Radicals. They are
also alarmed at the expenses OF the
Government, and oppressed by the pre-
sent and prospective taxation OF the
country, for up In this rural section
there are no bond holders, and the prices
of all their products have constantly de-
creased without any decrease in taxa
ton. When they got war prices, they
could afford TO have war expenses; but
now they think the Rebellion" IS or
ought to be about over, and want taxes
reduced. tell them they have bought
large sized elephant, for which they
paid huge price, both In money and
blood, and now they must feed their
'hanimal"
| attended an old fashioned Congrega-
tioual church to-day, where twenty
years ago my infant footsteps were
heard In casting my eyes over the
house, saw few Of the old SEeperS Of
my youth, OF octogenarian age but
most OF them have been gathered to their
fathers and now repose in the village
church yard, in sight from my window,
and so thickly dotted with tombstones
that there is hardly room for more
many of them date back nearly, or quite
one hundred years, and the record to be
read upon their silent and messy sur
faces is more eloquent than the silvery
notes of the Orator-mOre impressive
than the sublime injunctions of the
divine.
Among these close, calculating, indus
trious people, many useful lessons might
be learned by our impoverished South
crn people, for our greatest and most
dangerous tendency is TO prOdigality,
and our present circumstances impera-
lively demand close husbsndry OF all re-
naming resources. We are shockingly
poor, the result of the failure OF our
Confederacy. The North is greatly i'm
yornv1A IN, IA fpHfvfAna1 Cir . a N Nac
of its people, from the success Of the
Federal Government. Their war trades
made their fortunes. Now that this
trade has fallen of, they look to the
Southern trade TO supply the deficit.
Self protection imperatively demands
that for number of years, at least entil
we got more prosperous, we shall buy
the least possible amount of Northern
necessities and luxurieS.
By this course, we shall not only en-
rich ourselves, but make ourselves more
valuable to the North, and make our
friendship more desirable TO them. We
must also devote much more attention to
domestic conveniences for house keeping
50 that we can dispense with many Of
our house servants, without increasing
the burdens of our house wives; for
every day demonstrates the great diff
Guilty of getting reliable house. servants
without 1ucum ORANGES and at reasonable
wages. If we wodli not be the servants
OF servants, we must tOTtify ourselves,
and be prepared for the new order OF
things, so that at least our servants
shall not dictate all the terms of service.
The bell rings for supper, SO good bye.