Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-08-04
Ghe SIRE press.
GEO. w. L G. G. BENEDICT,
EaitOT' sHd ProBTisf0rs.
BURLINGTON
FRIDAY MORNING AUG. 4. 1865
REsToFATIoN NINGEoRGIA.
SPEECH BY THF NIw GOVERNOR.


/ Governor johnson. the newly appointed
Govern. of Georgia. has recently made a
speech "a, AIlledgcyille. which tsl.s the peaple
+ OF Georgia more truth than they have heard
from one of their own publIc men, siuce Alex.
/ Stephens grat speech against secession
We caly cme Interesting portions Of it:
Il now feel bound to declare 70 sou one thin,
which yvu must recoguize A. accomulishcd: and
the sooner you suoT It and conform 10 it. the
sooner sou viii Pc relieved from military rule
Slavery exists DO more. This Is decreed. Iis
restoration, under .Iy iorm.is utterly out Of the
QUESTION. Tics Who iLdulz, huuos 20 the con-
trary are lanor7ur under delusicn Ia order
10 c,Hyiu,e you of iLis will call your attention
90 cettaia tic-- which have already trau,prei
Twenty-Five States Ia the Union have ALREADY
! accepted tte proposed amendment to the Cousti-
tuition of TIE United States, hy which amendment
il IS declared thar slavery or involuntary servi-
iude shall uo longer exist in the United States.
and that Cyu.r,-s may make laws 10 carry this
INTO effect. Twenty-Five States have ratified ard
adopted th- proposed amendment. only two are
waiting go pass t by constitutional majority,
AM wlou b, D, go Iasst o. will be the Law of the
land. These $50 viii De obtained. There Is no
poss.bii y ,f drtaru. b. Aud when it shall
have been 1one ihe Constitution Will declare
thar slavery u the United States no longer
exists.
But furthermore. slavery m, been eztngush-
ed by the operations ot ilc late war DO lot
propo>r, Iu ,as coHutetiHu, 90 enter upon a
lengthy argument 90 prove t. | simply state
what D, universally ac0uowiel- -ed uy all writers
ou national law, thl- lt.!-ercuis h8se Jie right
10 u.a,e captures 40 persons aal property. and
that ihcy may make what q 50, S iIou they rle..
Of the properly captured. The vauqush,i are
at the disposition gt the co8Cuerors. and mly he
disposed ol as they think proper. such IS war.
and 70 IS Be- s.n against God aIl humanity that 20
~h,ul Doe wa1od. We must sutmi, 60 the result
ut tac var. Congress. tI tLe Constitution oi
the UIIt,i States. ha, tine power Oh give % the
President tie regulations % cap-urc- hy sea and
land. aud ,lc President, d. ihe exercise Of this
power given 10 IIm 10y Tie Constitution and hy
Cas-tg-s. .-.uel his Frycismat..u l-ilsir- oi
rh,-, captures. declaring TINT all the negroes
Who 7er, ,lIHg- lu toe reyOltvl States should,
L, y.r,ue af jUa; proclamation, he come emauci-
uateI ~uca s. .u my Judgment. the law, and
t,rr,ctac supreme q. urt viii So decide.
..ua tr ar.tb.r POINT. The constitution
sre. .ac He...t oi Georgia shu- adopt IA con-
s,ua.4 u-.. O.. tal.ed upon to a-re 10 jhis
,hagr. ...g,r exist IN these States They VII
1e .II.i uiaa t1 decide fhr> before 5he.r restor-
alto. f. l.e Union, iu order t.at 'hs quarrel
.t.uf slavery. which has existed since the be-
-Iurrr,t Inc government Jc present time, shall
never 81. revived. snl Ia order THAT there shall
he 1e dis. .te among 'hc people ot This state on
the subject 1E,v must provide for IFS cXtinc-
,iou u.y. aud so tel' You to-day, ID you wish
10 be- admitted iulu toe Jh.vu, tins convention
OF the people ut Gc1r-It must be composed oi
such material 1s RI. Icco- -uizs the fact Qf the
extinction 81 slavery 20 Georgia, sad agree 60
the am,ullueur Co tng Constitution yi the United
States. ,a.cn ullI ozuugu.sa slavery throughout .
the Uuitcl -'afe-.
So then. 7 say 90 Won again. under whatever F.
view y,u may take of tie subject, slavery Is ex-
iiuru.sf,i Il goue-it is gone forever.
re,, a,..al apil.uis upon this point, lel .
low Izcts. that iu passing from the state in I
which We have been into the new order OF things.
a GREAT many difficulties and Inconvenience will .
arse Nothing else could have been expected. r
Il Is said the negroes will straggle through the
country. commit iopIelations. many of them be- .
imuultul. A.l yA.> may be true But for the F.
purp. se f rec-iifjig these evils, We must have
Legislature th,t vii. make lsvs 90 punish them, f.
and punish them severely. for the commission OF +
crime THAT l- your remedy; complaining vii.
claimed d. some tast the negroes Will not work. I
know that these who have been driven off the F.
farms DO hot Wulh. because they have no oppor- .
tuuitv ot working. and some of them Will not /
work where thew have not been driven of. For I
this latter class the Legislature must make laws
declaring them yugTauts, ami Iuuishins them .
as such The negro viii not work How do .
YOU know they viii uot, saw them working
ytrv well in New York and other places where |
have been ltis true they sometimes commit crmes
IN those place. and they are punished Tor H.
They must Work-they can work-they mlst
either work cor perish. " That j. the d'inculty
Do not the people hlye TO work IN Germany
in France. 10 New York, in Ohio: What is the
reas u they will not work, tell you they will
work: ami must say that under the peculiar
circumstances bv which they were surrounded.
10 people ever behaved better tEan they have
done These who tell you they VIII not work
have hopes cf continuing their control and do
minion over them. They will work undel con-
tracts Of hire; and If they fail they become va
grants, and may be punished or eXlled, as The
laws of the State msy direct. Let the Leglsla-
ture meet and pass the neediul laws for their
regulation. and eV Verything VIII move smoothly
on Let them he employed by men Of humanity
and have fair compensation gwen them, and, ~
my judgement, no difficulty will lie M the way
We have lost our capital IN negro property
II : gone. We are reduced as n people TO bank
ruptcy We have beer in atfiuence, and onr
riches have flown away. But who i to blame !
From what source came the result? II is from
the war; it IS one Of the penalties We must pay
IL was Il war of our own seeking. and such has
hsen the result of IT, We made the war. As
southern man am bound 10 say, and history
will say, We fired the first gun, the result oil
which has been a war Of gigantic, huge proper
tons. We have been impoverished by our folly,
and such will ever be the result OF stupendous
folly.
Bat while say these things on this point,
think some advantages will result from this war
IN the future. Whilst we have heen hurt and
chastised for the present, Jet, let us remember
that we may accumulate property IN the iuiure'
and cur surplus capital, instead Of being laid out
in negroes. will be expended in permanent i'm
movements, in increasing the comforts Of our
homes, manuriug our lands, planting orchards'
building permanent fences, and IN manufactures
of al kinds Attracted TO hrs land, Immigrants
from other parts OF the world and from the Norm
Viii come 10 settle among Us, because We have as
Co d cline as any under the sun Our towns
al Villages. instead Of going to decay. VIII I'M
rroye. and arts and sciences viii flourish among
us Such. believe. will be one Of the results OF
this war.
And not only that, there Is another advan-
t4re. We have been very sensitive. as people
We allowed DO man 20 think that slavery wss a
moral, social or political evil, and II any one
th.uaht thus he was deemed unsound, aud ar
rairpei before vigilance committees. Even when
Lord John Russell, in England, took occasion TO
eay that be boped slavery would be abolished
by this revolution, our people commenced aeus-
ing him as if he had trespassed upon cur rlsh's
We abused mankind when they differed with Us,
and we carried our opposition TO mems thinking
as they pleased to such an extreme that men
among us who dared to differ from us on this
subject were arra'gned, not by law or before
legal tribunal but before vigiiant societies. and
personally shused Civilization was almost
driven from the land. law and order we're sup
pressed by these lawiess men. But now we can
iook over this land and pray, as Solomon did'
that sll Of Adams race msy be elevated to dig-
nity and happiness Now every one may, IN the
exercise Of mis- constitutional rights, advocate
slavery or denounce il, surrounded as he Is by