Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1865-08-11
G3atrbman q STATE Journal.
BY E.P. WALTON
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MONTPELIER. AUG. II, 1865.
me NEGRO QUESTION.

and his letter developes the chief differences
Of views which exist among the Union men.
He agrees TO every article Of what is called
the Faneuil Hall platform, regards the public
faith as plighted to secure freedom to the
slave. insists that the system of slavery must
be abolished and forever prohibited by para
mount and irreversible law, and also that
1.-The systems Of the states must be Republic
can" 1t is on the mode Of enforcing the lat
ter that divided opinion is found 10 Ohio
just as it always was found in time past on
the slavery question, Southern Ohio being
conservative " aud Northern Ohio " radical. ="
That difference has been thoroughly set.
tied by the rebellion, so that now all are rad
ical on the abolition question and we look
without alarm upon present differences as to
the treatment OF the freedmen. coD6den. that
these, too, will be settled atignt. Il is said
that President Johnson is for leaving the
largest liberty to the friends OF the Adj
ministration on this question, making, him
self, no test 1t is well to have it so. Patri-
otism is the Jewel of the Union Republican
party, which the President represents. 1t
has carried the country triumphantly through
the rebellion; it has destroyed slavery and
it will surely be equal to the task of settling
righteously the future condition Of the eman-
cipaied slaves. 1t has taken four years to
settle the fret; it may take as many years to
SETTLE the last but, il the people of the &C un-
try will firmly abide by the principle OF pat
rotism, excluding nobody who seeks the
right end and is willing to ask for the best
way of doing it, the last will be as thoroughly
and we'll settled.
Gen. Cox believes there is deep-rooted
antagonism between the whites and the blacks,
which makes their permanent fusion in one
political community an absolute impossibilty /;
aud therefore he proposes a peacesble separa-
ton Of the races on the soil where they now
are. The plan he suggests is this:
The details Of any system Of separation
could only be determined by careful study and
wide comparison of views. Suppose, how
ever, that without breaking up the organiza-
ton Of any State, you take contiguous terri
tory in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama
and Florida. and there. under the soverienty
/ of the United States. and with all the fsc,l;
ties which the no ger and wealth of the Gov
eminent can give, we organize the freedmen
in dependency of the Union analogous to
the Western Territories. Give them schools
/ laws facilitating the requirement of homesteads
70 De PAID Tor by lheir own labor iull aud
po'',,1A' 30" ees' A'teu 'u'
lection from the lsr,est b,sins and most NH.
lantbropc hearts among anti-slavery men, to
join them, Judiciary or executive which
Nouiu 0ohmsua 'heir confluence IN the nts'
No oo,,o;,d onII,n,;,n 90 49,, ,oia.ad - ~
the designated region the majority are there
now, and the reward Of political power would
draw thither the remainder quite as
rapidly as their place could be supplied
~ 80 ing a''ou ln'o o'oe' o'a'e'
! der tha direct con,roI Of Tho Fsda,aI Coverr.
ment, as the basis for that common trade and
intercourse with other parts of the country
ana inc world winch would be necessary
'u'iros GPP'i t1u'H " uo.eioP 'ue n'sp
! the, be aiyen ColorsJ ~ - ,.Ian, "a
intelligence would not then make a vain strug-
gle for the empty name Of being lawyers with
OUT ofleis' OF merchants without trade out
Eat haa frsonan,iv s 90. To-, %a. ~, t1o
Opportunity As well as the ,igbt. TO take rank
according to their real character and ability"
! The General calls this irrepressible autago-
! nism fact, whereas we think it is theory
simply, and one most thoroughly exploded
/ by the history of the United States. The
worst sntagonism that could possibly exist
/ was that which did exist between master and
9 ive-the natural repulsion of blood and race
iotensiied to the slave by the injustice Of the
master, and to the master by bis fear of the
sieve. yes tho two did exist together
in peace, through the force of the master and
OF State laws backed By the authority Of the
National Government. Is it unreasonable,
then, TO say that they can still exist together
in peace. under more just conditions, held by
the same power of State law and national au-
thority The contrary is the unreasonable