Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-10-12
MD HERALD.
.,,,,cnI southern speech.
YpAY. OCTOBER q, 1860

t"'uton in the slsterhood of States,
has at present Il Provisional
.,, who, Judging by the following
ram recent speech made 10y
3..sryes to 20 to the head o, Pro
81" .,, Governors. Indeed his rtJer-
M ,,,o,d not only serve well as mod.
-n,. Provisional Governors a. .
~ southern States, hUt might De .
M s,,bly studied by many Governors
FL ,,h,,. officials o. the North. We
nmend them especially to the atIen-
Ia ,tau those Northern individuals
" A., are 50 extremely solicitous about
La constitutional rights of States IN |
n .uion or lust demonstrating. out OF
a nlion. who are continually and en-
Il ,,lv bellttling the valor Of the col
N. "A troops and who would, under the
NJ d, oy(er of things, deprive the freed
an d.. all rights before the law. This
pr,usional Governors name is Marvin
Ain a speech made on the 9th of Sep
- he talked in this wise. After
!, tnp that theoretically State cannot
sccde ne says
ur,orida has been a State in rebellion,
hr her acts, has destroyed her State
nrr.rnmcut and particularly the insti-
- os slavery, which was nursed in
"a bosom and defended by it. She is
NV held by martial law in a state of
tntclage with her political rights in
s5eyance, and will be kept there until
h. organizes for herself, on new basis
new government.
That is plain statement, without
,ircumlocution or State rights blus-
.sr Of the condition of the lately rebel
HONS states. He goes on to say that
stbe future constitution of Florida must
Guarantee freedom to ALT must not be
h.. o.. irius, bit .frse.' He contin-
hes -
~ am free to confess, in view of the
disorpaplzed state of our society, it is
gel, in my Judgment, that slavery has
passei away forever. Surprising the
HIS llLuLlOu lGllidluCI anu bLAN ACOtNpV WI
bred troops, who have been thoroughly
drled in the use of arms, and instruct
I'D in the rights Of freemen, and teh0 hare
Il fyiibttld on many hattie fCi8 md ia the
,ayiaiag Of batteries, a steadiHeSs and c0ur-
Al. f3pa! to that of tchtte men, were turned
y loose among us, how long would that
institution last, or whose life or proper
e ~ would be secure In that case sla-
\ verY would disappear in carnage and in
rivers of blood. Thank God, the thing
is out OF the way, and we are safe The
Future of Florida in this respect, is that
Of every other State in the Union, ex-
cept Kentucky and Delaware, and
shortly these States must he free. As
ff.fns before tie lac, the trcedm5 mast b,
b. Ill respects orr equals.
The one point on which heis not explicit
is negro suffrage. He neither expressly
advocates nor opposes it, But his gen
seral expressions seem to indicate ten.
b dency in the right direction on that SUB.
Aiect. On the question of negro testi.
y mony in courts he speaks in the follow
Il ing interesting style;
81
turIheruloFe' Ihe CONSTITUTION mus
II dccIare thaI perSonS Oh Color snail o'
h admllUeu as witnesses III All our courts
o. civil JuFlspruqehce' Inc law, IL
Il Ills respect uuSI kho" no ulStIhcCloi
u OF color.
am aware thaU IhlS Is nara "oc
tIhe 10 many out II Is not anu never
q was, Such 10 me. Some MINK the Negro
II conSututlonaily har-that laIsehool
n Is marrow In his bones ana that IL CIR
cuateS IN his blood NO" that Is no
# true, In whole or IN part, ana the state
Y Eent IS SANDER upon both COO ant
man. In etpej1sHcc Gt HH1Y HfaS ~ IN
q H0ath h"S Sotisftd me that the sure hos otte'
d o.f the truth, 'rhRe tie master has hc@ 10,
u ~" "arS / occupied the bracb. End many ar
u t"~ Instances IN 'ch'ch ! hatf hHo'r" g'4H'
I ry'ils 10 90 'o'rhPPc" q J"sttre 5ccause col
81 nrd peop2e coHld nut come into the court en-
y "Vh The admission of such witnes
Sys would have given the State Prison
y Or the gaIloWs its due, and relieved so
cietr OF bad and dangerous charaCt rs
/ have much feeling upon this subject
because the impressive and painful les
9UpS " wye years crew. IN upon my oI .iell
d Of Al, nYtinns o owe '', Yerynittad IN ennea,
in court and testify, and that in som,
Ans'anses lords and MOBILES have beer