Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-08-29
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BELLOWS FALLS, AUG. 20, 1862.
No Fear Of "a Dc,ugc of Negroes.

No Tenr of "a Dciugc OF Negroes.
The northern secrsh papers, in their ef-
forts to dsmpen and alarm loyal people, are
constantly harping that the negroes Of the
South will come here to compete with
Northern laborers, and cheaper labor. Let
such read the following, from the speech of
Col Sickles, at Brooklyn, the other night:
"There is an impression, said he, exist
ing among the laboring classes OF the North,
especially those of foreign birth, that the
war is prosecuted by those in power for the
sole and primary object of emancipation.
and that the rssull sill sisss &ailc ak~Ashsr~l
| ing men fight the battles, after the war they
will be brought into competition with blacks,
and the result will be injurious to the la
boring man. believe this to be an error
Il might almost say hallucinalion. !
would not allude to it except in discharge
of what deem TO be my duty, aud a de-
sire tc meet every question openly and
frankly. While protest that am not
here to discuss any political question what
ever-for since l have become a soldier l
have ceased to be politician, and have no
sympathy in these times with politicians
vet do think that this subject demands a
respectful consideration. Permit me to say
that am one of those ci,isens who, in
former times, acted with the dominant par
ty of the South. was utterly opposed to
any measure that looked TO an interference
with any southern institution. l believed
that all these questions could be settled at
the ballot-box. / never ceased TO deplore
that southern men abandoned that mode OF
settlement. Bot when they resoried to arms,
nsulted our flag, and amassed armies to
! overthrow the government under which they
had enjoyed protection and grown rich, they
submitted themselves and their institutions
to the results of the war which they pre-
cpiiated upon the country. (Applause.)
Whatever they may suffer, is consequence
Of the war for which the North is not re-
: sponsble. Emancipation may be one o.
the results Of this war. Immense applause
, accompanied by few hisses.) You who
/ hiss are not expressing disapprobation o
/. me Cno,' .no.) but of history. ! am no
responsible for history, nor for any ineyita
BILE event that goes to make up history
Let us look the results in the face. Eman
e cipation, say, may be a result of this war
or it may not be. That depends on the
: duration of the war and the spirit in which
! the South conducts it. If they conduc
: the war in the spirit Of the recent proclama
d ton of JEFF Davis; if they refuse to trea
!. Union officers as prisoners of war; if the,
shall become animated with that dark. ma
\ lignant spirit which fro equently accompanie
d rebellion, then it is impossible to see wha
IS measures Of retaliation, Of spoliation or Q
+ punishment mig ht become necessary in OF
!, der to secure the necessary and ineyiabl
!. triumph of the government. But / wis
+ TO say word TO my former political asso
b oiates, for it is they mainly who entertai
: the erroneous apprehension as to the resnl
! of emancipation. ! wish to disabuse thei
e minds of the idea that such an event woul
d interfere with the dignity, responsibility Q
:; rewards of the laboring man Of the NoItl
- This result could not happen.
"The speaker here proceeded TO sho'
II that the demand for the great staples of III
h South was constantly increasing throughot
t the world, and that the supply for las; yea
:, and the present year was next to nothing
4 That on the restoration Of peace there woul
ID not only be an absolute necessity for all III
l. labor heretofore existing at the South, b,
= the demand would be so great as to dra
of thither the colored population Of the Nortl
,e so that instead of labor coming here,
I'd would 60 there. Not only that, but tf
r. crowning proof which we shall hate give
y to the world of the perpetuiiy and immo
n taliiy of republican institutions, would dra
IN hither from Europe stream of emigratio
IN such as had never before been known,---a
he which would add to our wealth and pro
y u perity, and would open new fields of labc
L in the South as well as the North, whic
ie had heretofore remained iinctiliivated."
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10 Ex-Gov. Stewart is the candidate of Il
emancipation party for Congress from II
~ - fth district of Missouri, and Is attendr
" n,aat;acs oil o,,ar L;s DISTRICT fe,y d,,