The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-05-03

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eondsei 4 he Sos.h tbat entities iti
ihe admraiioa, encouragement, 80
suTPon u snglsnd. Before ,hey sst =
foot ihe great rybellioa. tlss men N.
are now identified 18th is interest
and responsible Ter Is management
we're vel khowa - those who settle
differences o. opinion ly toe dasl, en-.
endeayorsd to prevent The expression
q Northern sentiments and 10 eoatro
The national legislation b. riots az,
assaults on ihs iloors q Congress. b,
Tie somewhat irregular courts Of mol
law they sentenced negroes 70 be burn
Al The stake, aud Witnessed the exeeu
ton Of tbs sentence with display s
qualification thar would btar eompa
fisoo with the dance Of savage.
around their dying victim. They
bonored the provisions Of the Consti.
tuition in favor Of freedom Of speech
and the press by hanging or shooting
al those who, Veniuring TO rely upon
the protection Of an instrument so
lille respected, expressed doubt az
10 the civilization, justice. or even
profit, Of the peculiar institution.
When ready for the grand denoaeme,t
they FASTENED 10 take oalhs Of Office
and secure positions Of trust in order
that the wages Of their own infamy
might supply The material necessary
to open the war Of rebellion. Having
broken their own oaths, both OF aIleei-
ance and Of office, they punished all Who
would not follow their example with
the halter. While claiming the right to
east Oft their own allegiance without
moleslation, they claimed the right TO
enforce allegiance OF themselves by
all the punishmentS Of the scafFold and
The prison. They organized bands of
irresponsible soldiery who murdered
the innocent without the form of a
trial, and outraged humanity by in
suits TO the dead which have no para
lei in the present century, except in
The history Of Indian and English
warfare. They put in practice a sys.
EN- OF general starvation of prisoners,
and let the weakened sufferers die by
from the .inclemency Of the
weather and the want'of medical treat |
nent. They permitted, and at last
ordered, their soldiers to massacre (
heir wounded and defenceless foes on
he scene Of the conflict and under the
'ery folds Of the white flag. These
re the things that enti1e them to the
and the sympathy Of Eng
and, and in the opinion Of the aristo.
ratio classes, TO more cordial cheer
han the policy Of their government
las yet permitted.
And what is this England but such
nation as might be expected to join
ands with the most cowardly of assas-
ms, the basest Of perjurers, and The
lost inhuman of sayages2 An aris-
ocracy which maiotains its social DO !
lion upon The degradation, poverty, I
nd ignorance Of its laboring classes, +,
ould not be expected to have any de- I
Ided rePugnance to an aristocracy
hich supports its state upon sleek
nd well-fed slaves. A nation which
IS broken nearly every treaty it ever
ade, till the phghted faith off Chris a
an people is less valued than that of a
heather prince, would not naturally n
troubled with many scrupIes about :
atronizing men so destitute Of honor !,
I'd so regardless Of oaths as the chiefs q
the rebellion. A nation which up u
ids its authority by merciless seye- b
y and having set up its government P
violation Of all rights compels ale : :
ance to il by the sword, is The very u
e TO acknowledge the right Of insur-
ctionists TO hang all who remain HI
Ne 10 the allegiance which they have 81
ST off. The nation which half GEN. .
ny ago applauded The bombardment =
ihoui warning OF the friendly city Of n
'penhagen n, and which few months il
Q justified as an act of righteous
IribuIion for the unauthorized MUIR yf
Z Of one Englishman, the lombard )
mt Of city Of 10000 Inhabitants, :;
d the destruction by fire in a single ST
y OF from len to twenty thousmld an
man beings, certainly ought not to u
expected TO see anything inhuman 81
the destruction Of Lawre ce and =
murder Of only hundred or two ~
its citizens. The nation which fla
Ployed Indians 10 massacre our an
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