Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-03-28

PLANS OF THE REPUBLICAN Panty
The Syracuse Journal has the following
review Of the political situation from
Washington:
The latest speculation is one to the
effect that President, Cabinet, Grant and
Conservative Southerner, have together
entered into combination, through
which they are expecting to run the
Military Reconstruction Bill so as TO
keep the negroes in 'subordination pc.
litically, and leave "out in the cold'
those who have made themselves espeCi-
ally prominent as friends Of the gov
eminent.
General Grant, lowsoever faithful and
patriotic he is as soldier land none
dare deny that, is in every instinct, by
temperament and education, conserya-
tive. If the officers appointed to dis
trict commands be OF the same stripe,
then it will not be at all unlikely that
the power Of organization will be put in
the hands Of such portions THE South
ern people as they affiliate with.
The only remedy is to thoroughly can
yass the South. If it is OF any account
to link the ten States, now unrepresent-
ed, forever to the radical idea OF an in
dissoluble Union, an imperial natiouali-
ty, and freedom so perfect that before
the law there shall be no inequality, and
all amelioration shall be at the wish OF
each, then there is work to be done and
quickly. The registration Is in favor Of
thorough canvass. The military COM
manders must, and doubtless will, main
tain order. The North must put into
the field its ablest and boldest speakers {;
it should food the South with its jour
nails and documents; it should and must
raise large sums of money for this end.
There are now fifteen poor and strug-
Cling Republican journals in the South.
There are several hundred of the oppo-
sition, pro-rebel Of every shade. There
are no other papers in Florida, South
Carolina and Mississippi; but one in
Georgia, and the same in Alabama. The
law giving the Clerk of the House au-
thority to designate the papers in these
ten States, in which shall be published
the laws and all official matter, will put
these journals on their legs aud if
means and men can be had to start
others, put them also on safe footing.
The Republican party needs half q
million Of dollars, and probably double
that, to inaugurate a thorough agita.
ton. In word, we must nationalize
our agitation, as well as our principles,
If We are TO keep our bonds free from
the fear OF reputation and our political
supremacy nnbroken.
This view of the situation is, | am
glad to perceive, forcing itself upon the
attention Of the leading radicals. Dur
ing the next week or ten days l am in
formed there will be council held here
in connection with the Grand Council of
the Union League, to devise means for
carrying out full and thorough agits-
ton during the ensuing summer. A.
this will be present Judge Edmunds,
President of the U. L. A., Mr. Hooper OF
Mass, Gov. Sprague, Representative
Ames, Senator Nye, and other wealthy
and influential men. There is big
work to be done-done quickly and well.
1t must not be forgotten that the strug-
gle now is whether we shall have New
England and rural New York represent
ed In the South by control Of the new
organization, or whether we are to have
ten modified Delawares and KeItuckies.