Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-02-21

times is charged with arson, yet new
buildings are rising from the ruins. Just
at present business is somewhat more
lively, as the last batch OF cotton is
coming in from the country, and conse-
quently money is easier, but great de-
preston prevails, and l know Of no
reason why it will not continue until
the South is represented in Congress,
and Northern men will join US with
their capital, for the country is terribly
impoverished but we will hope for the
best.
Politically, have little to say, except
If by impeacning the President another
struggle ensues, you of the North may
rest assured that what is left of the
South, will be placed to the credit of
Mr.. Johnson, to fight again for the 'lost
cause" for there is great hatred towards
the North, aud the first bugle note will
call to arms what is left of the South
and may here add what perhaps you
do not appreciate at the North, viz: that
| all the arsenals Of the South are
/ burdened with munitions of war, and
virtually no force to protect them. Mt.
| Vernon arsenal alone, forty miles from
| this city, will completely arm and equip
with small arms and artillery, twenty
! thousand veteran confederate soldiers. |
will personally vOuch for this statement,
so that while you think the South pow
erless they feel that they arc not, with
Northern aid. Again the press of the
South is universally engaged in the
work of belieing the Government and
the North, and studiously impressing
into the minds of the masses Gss0yGlty
and discomfort, and open war the moment
the opportunity presents itself, instead of
using its influence for forgetfulness of
the past, and the reconstruction Of
common country and government :, so
tnat Northern and Union men, can but
feel an uncertainty and unessiness as to
! the very unsettled state OF the country,
and to a Just settlement OF difficulties
earnestly look.
We have now ia contemplation
railroad from this city to New Orleans,
which begins to look like reality after
having been mooted for years, and the
intended route surveyed three times, and
which If built will be great benefit to
both cities, and must IN time be of much
internal improvement, as while it will
open communication with the interior
and coast of the South, the lands will
be entered Hnder the Homestead Law of
1865 and gradually bring the vast area
ef country to, as it were "Slave Hold
ership" which in the absence Of forced
slave labor, can alone supply its loss.
Heretofore the great drawback to the
South has been the investment of every
surplus dollar in slaves and land this
vast area has been in the hands of the
fer, but now that slavery is dead, vast
landed estates will be broken up, and
with the emigration of R*Gig, Muscle and
Ccryta!, we predict mighty rival to the
West in the feeble South of to-day. The
universal cry here that white labor can
not be used in the South, for one deem
sheer nonsense that coSt0n cannot be
raised except by slave ard black labor
is equally so; break the cotton planta-
tions OF the South into. tracts usually
owned and worked North and West
with an owner who is not ashamed Of
labor, and whose assistance is paid for,
and manhood for muscle, together with
Yankee ingenuity in tO35.' and method and
the result will prove their claim false,
that slave labor alone will meet the
wants of this section false as it is
foolish. The truth is tha5 perfect recon
struction cannot be attained until On1
generation here passes away, and the
country is broken up and settled by a
class of people not poisoned by slavery.
But we have been over burdensome vac
fear. Wishing we could enjoy Yer
mont sleigh ride we subscribe the name
J.. of Bruno.