Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-03-05

In the pending election the issue is !,
be plainly whether loyalty or Treason
shall control the South. The reconstruc
tion of the late rebel States will probably
be completed before the next election. and
their Senators and Representatives ad.
mitted to Congress But the Conserva.
tive organs announce, il their candidate
shall be victorious they will at once undo
the work of reconstruction that has been
accomplished; overthrow the State Gov
ernments, and re-instate the rebel Off
Gals. The restoration of rebels 10
power, TO the exclusion of the loyal men
OF the South, is the cherished object Of
the opposition. The intTIgues Of these
enemies to progress and peace have kept
these States in n disorganized condition
ever since the close of the war. They
prevailed upon the rebels, to whom the
President temporarily entrusted political
power, to reject the easy terms of restora-
ton first submitted by Congress, and ac-
eomplished their purposes in prolonging
the agencies put in operation, and contin-
ued the reign of social and political
chaos. They have been equally diligent
In their efforts to embarrass all the plans
OF reconstruction, and until the recent
action of Congress have fattercd them
selves that they should be able 10 accom-
plish theirldefeat 1t is nothing to them
thar the social organism is broken up in /
the South that hunger enters the dwell /.
lings of the poor and throws its shadows
over the portals of the children of wealth.
They care not if their faetious opposition |
is damaging the industrial interests of
that section, and sowing seeds of enmity
between the white and black man, and
thereby produces an internecine war,
which would leave that fine portion of
our country desert.
They seem Indifferent to all these things, /
and will not be satisfied with any COM
promise btt the return Of the traitors I
to Congress who sat there at the opening
OF the rebellion, plotting treason against /
the Union and laboring to destroy the /
Constitution they had sworn to support. .
They want rebel officers to be chief magis-
trates Of the States which Union soldiers
wrested from their grasp, so that in time
the passport to official preferment will be
reward Of service in the rebel army.
They prefer anarchy and restitution in
the South, with restoration of the rebels
to power. rather than stable governments.
internal peace and national prosperity !,
with loyal men in the offices of State and
representing loyal Reconstructed South /,
in Congress
Hence the great issues which will en-
ter into the coming contest will be re- (,
capitulation Of those Of four years ago.
Then the opposition were not as bold as
now. We have to meet not only the
elements of the defiant leaders of the
South, but the bold, INSCRIPTIONS adher-
ents to the same doctrines at the North. :,
who will drag into the contest all the col +,
lateral issues which have tendency to I,
undermine the republic and destroy the .
credit OF the country at heHHe and abroad |
rallying under their banner of disloyal ,
rule and reputation, all the disconnected i,
spirits who are hanging upon the verge
OF d'sioyalty. But the strength, power,
and virtue Of our republican institutions ..
Will Withstand all the hosts and mad ,
Issues OF rebellion and come forth from the ,
trial with vigor and power.
THE VETERANS OF lSl2.-An impor- ,
tant Dill Is now quietly passing through
Congress granting pensions to the yeter-
ans OF 1912. 1t provides for the pens;on- ,
ing by the Government at the rate Of /
eight dollars per month Of all the suryiv- {
ing officers and men of the last war with b
England, including militia and volunteers I
who served three months consecutively. q
An exception. hardly necessary, We t
think, for men of so advanced an age, is t
made against such as have aided the late
rebellion. It is specially provided that |
the loss OF certificate of discharge shall !
not deprive the applicant of the benefi. ]
Of the act, The pension shall not be sub J
lsct to seizure for debt, and any claim Q
sgens accepting -sorc than tel, dollars Tor
claim shall be liable to II
psaalty Of one thousand dollars and six 7
months imprisonment. e
We have only one objection to this bill '