Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-03-28
rpr spirit Manifested by the ssuth-
ern Press.

rud msliguity and bitterness mani
tsted by the Southern papers since the
rssssge OF the Sherman bill, over the
Presidents veto, reminds one of the Ian
susgs used by the rebel press before
and during the rebellion. They speak
in the language OF frenzy and some OF
them impudent nonsense, ranting about
~lntsmous tyranny" "dishonorsble con-
ditlous" degradation ofSoutherH men,
prescription of white men" and negro
government
A lair example Of the defiant Ian
nusge In use we find In the "Grlffin
jGs.) Star" which commends the Pres
ident for his firm championship OF Con.
stituuonal liberty as they term 1t, but
vet while he publishes his stern resolu-
ton to stand by them party Is spring
ing up in Georgia, willing to barter
away every consideration of honor or
right Tor miserable mess Of cottage"
The following extract indicates the ar
rossnt language they use.
The Georgian, or set Of Georgians,
VINO are content TO follow the pro-
grsmme laid down by Joe. Brown, de-
serve all the indignities sought TO be
hesped upon the South by radicalism-
not excepting a perfect social equality
with the semi. civilized Africans, whose
SURFACES they already are counting. We
dnd It impossible get to believe that
enough OF dung hill blood flows in the
veins OF Georgians to create anything
like party, respectable in numbers, on
the Joe Brown platform and reiterate
what We have said before, that Joe has
4 too much ssgacity to expect success at
81 the South, but wrote his letter for
Northern consumption. For Us we are
calm and serene as May morning. We
were born with love of liberty so in
a sense, that pought shall drive us from
& the portals of the shrine at which we
q have ever wOrshiped. Chains may be
S bound around US we may be spit upon
and bsieted-but we shall never kiss
q the hand that smote US. Nor is there
8 enough OF the spirit Of Christ In us to
bless those that curse US" If we can't
curse them back, we will fhtS& 1t as
strong as anybody.
We have an abiding faith in the final
triumph OF right and justice, and are
not to be intimidated by force or threats.
Nor will we profess love for that We
3 hate, or pretend respect for that we de-
spioe.
Drive on your apple cart, Messrs.
Butler, Sumner, Thad. Stevens, Brownie
snd Brown"
Articles written in the spirit and style
s o. the above indicate a hatred of all
measures and men who seek to apply
s1y remedy for the existing situation,
and will listen to reason upon no SUBJ
ect unless it be dictated by themselves,
challenging all rights or powers vested
1 In Congress or the Government to make
& the terms which they know their crimes
nave Justly incurred. The question pre-
sented to the Southern States is of too
much importance to be treated with
rant and fury they deserve a calm con-
sioer.tion by the ablest men in the
States 10 be reconstructed, and we feel
sure should It be considered Ia a candid
B light, most Of the plans of reorganiza-
ton proposed by Congress will receive
q the consent Of nearly the whole people.
The plan against which they enter
such earnest protests does them, la our
Judgment, no injustice, but deals in
mercy. Ii promises to pardon the Of
SnceS OF the leaders in the rebellion
4 with mild punishment. Instead of
abEidging their liberties, 1t plainly en-
l3rges and secures them. 1t lisa reform
story measure which gives TO all the
people the political right which has hith.
8erto been exercised by only part, and
Ia some States that part 8 minority.
The Constitutional Amendment does not
sxlsde over twenty thousand among Ave
millions Of people, and those men that
are crS sT know full we'll that by their
acts they have forfeited their lives, and
they should be grateful that they are
not driven from the country or hanged,
Rather than in the public prints to be
snding fault with t1e mild terms which
Congress has imposed. The injustice
they complain Of Is precisely the same
EDiustice they would infiict on the col
pred man. The American people, be-
iieving in popular government, and hav-
ing seen the numberless abuses under
which the English people groau, because
soi their disfranchisement, aud taught
BY tina experience of the whole world
aud by all history that a part cannot
govern the whole, look upon this act as
sonferriug benefaction upon our
Southern people, that will make their
population more peaceab,e, more pros.
seroasr and happier than they ever were
before,
WILLIAM P. FBssBBp8x.-An English
paper contains the following description
oE Senator Fessenden