The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-01-22

The tone of Southern feeling may be
inferred from the positions assumed by the
press and public men. 1t is observable
that with scarcely an exception the press
is unanimous in lis viliiraiion OF Consre-.
AMI lis approval OF President JohnSon's
policy. The rebel lawyers of New Or
leans have Just held a iubilu,ion over the
recent &c 'i,itns e the Supreme Court, on
the Milligan case and the tc,i oath Slch
papers a' have had the courage 10 say the
South were wrong in the late contest or
approved the constitutional amendment,
generally, have had very soon 20 suspend.
Even that Il ny rcb4l, Gen. Brauregard,
has found II necessary to rclract or ex-
plan away Ito impressions of returning
loyalty, which he made on the excursion
ISIS who paid a flying visit to New Or.
leans during the days. The follow ing
letter to the New Orleans 1,u,s i, inter
csiing ns indicating what public scn!im, Il.
demands of It's leaders;
New ORLEANS, Jan. 10, 1867.
II'm IT. C. Hang, Eq, Editor ottie Ncr
Orieu,S Times:
in your paper this morning yen publish
an article from the New York UciuH.
containing some remarks relative TO Il
speech | am reported 20 have made AT
Canton, Mississippi. to the Congressional
eXcur-ionlIs lately in Ills city. The
U,rdhi is in error; made no speech at
Canton or elsewhere, TO those excursion
l>ls, but convcrscd with them freely. and
openly told thcm that the South had
fought the North 20 desperately bccaus
il was defending what it conceived 10 he
its Constitutional rights; that having ap
pealed 10 the arbitration of arm, it yiclled
to the decision which VA, given against
it that | believed the people Of the
South were now " linz 10 accep, the
Constitution a- made 10y war and unlcr-
stood 10y the Supreme Court OF the United
States. said also, in my opiuion, that
the question Of secession and slavery were
forever settled and so far as | was con
cerncd under no circumstances would |
counlcnnnce any effort to revive them.
| That NC must now direct our energies
and our vitality t. repairing the damages
OF war and restoring TO our homes some of
those comforts and that prosperity winch
we formerly enllye'. In an,w,r to
/ questions Of some ot the cXcur-ioni,ts. if |
thought the South would accept the Con
s'lutlOnal amendments, | replied tn t
eschcwing politics and Attending strictly
| to private business and the duties Of my
position, | had little opportunity except
/ through newspapers to ascertain public
sentiment on the subject, but if they desired
TO know my individual opinion, | would
say that the South would not and should
not accept these amendments, even if pre-
sened as linality, for its interests and
manhood forbade it; that we well know
/ that we are now at the mercy of the North,
/ but that the South would never do any
thing which its honor could not approve
/ 10 protect its interests, and believe would
remain passive spectators Of the struggle
going on at the North, relying on the sober
second thought and sense ol justice of both
parties to protect us added that NJ the
tall of the conied rac i, S cad goias 10
a foreign country 10 swear allegiance 10
its government, | preferred remaining in
my own and swearing allegiance 10 what
! conceive to he its new government.
In conversation with the excursiOnists,
| used tho words " consolidated govern
wept y when speaking Of tho United