The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-03-08

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We don't allaw peorle ID iaik ooi
here IL yoa b 10 AIa-sschnseiis..--
They advocate treason iliefe. We
have sUifcrrd ioo uae d pot % With
nn,ihing Of ihs Kind here.
The Uuioa men here 70 pot miaee
matters 1hey make po apssogi
bat speak thr.r opiataus freely iap-s.
who are seceasionists at heart daFe na
express their opiaicns. Tbers are !
,hink but 4ew who ara II favor Of -e-
cession.
Ga the emancipation question there
i greater diilemnoe u opihian. There
arr some Who ga loF immediate .snan-
eipalion. Other favor tie gra iaal
plan, while some pla le,s are utterly
opposed to emancipation - asy siiape.
These differences Of opioion are iner-
woven sih State politics. There are
primarily The radicals and conserya.
lives. Bat the radicals are divided
among themselves. As a party they
are IL the majority "a the State, and
If they would bot sink cliques and rise
to the dignity Of the hour, they could
carry the STATE for immediate emauci-
patton. In ghoir squabble for power
they waste their strength and neglect
a glorious opportunity to elevate the
commonwealth to its proper position
1t is an inert society. The people
are very ignorant. You will see few
churches and no school houses. There
are some private schools but there is
no common school system. In some
Of the counties the school lands have
been sold and the money appropriated
/ 10 other uses. The people are not
awake TO the value Of schools. They
arc deploring the loss Of slaves and are
twadding whether it is best to be one
month or fourteen years in abolishinq
the institution.
Meanwhile il is abolishlng ITSELF
The slaves are going 10 Kansas, Iowa
and Illinois. Said d eenllema TIE
nstitution Il dead. Sla es are worth
nothing. They 20 and come ab a
they please ITO Kansa, aud Ncbras
ka. 1t comes hard upcn these mer
and women who never have done any
work to cook their own meals and earl
lheir bread, but am glad o. it. ] re-
member the time when a white man
in his shirt sleeves earning his bread
was of less account than black man
bu, | reckon the time is pretty neal
when white man will be as good a
a negro"
Ii is evident that the public opinion
| ia not fully cryslallzed % the subjec
| ofemancipation, but opinions favorable
toirnmediate emancipation are gainins
ground. The immediate emancipa
tionisls are the aggressive party in th'
State. They are oyerlurning old pref
udiccs, and will direct the affairs o
the State 20 soon as they cease 10 b'
pariizans and become whole-soule
patriots. Perhaps that remark i mol
altogether just, for there are homes
and true men, who are ready % IA,
down their lives for their coanlry
who ire forced to tight agpn-t whtl
they believe 10 be demagoIurism 0
tie basest sort. For when State i
ia the transition period, like Mi.sour
at tie present time, there are unprin
cipled men who are ready 70 ride in
10 power, even at the risk Of breaking
down aud oyerthrowing d great prn
ceple.
In tins letter / have endeayored 4
give the language Of men with whom
have conversed, rather lhan my oHi
statement Of their opinions, that yol
may have Il true idea Of the presen
aspect Of affairs in this section Of th,
State. CARLETON.