The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-06-06
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amnesty aal farlsn are
CRESTED u the rfsa. mss ~ the
alhera people BY the .on5
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eaaI Cos trb.r q North Carolina.
directed Is uks he nece
msa.ares lor roayeH ing 4 Convention
81 sle loyal citizens d lbe State.
Iar zapuans from tie berediso Of
els Anarsy Pr5eamalda are quite
numerous AL civil ana diplomatic
M and an military ard naval om
abas- ne rank q colonel Is tie
arms anl lieutenant tn the navy ali.
Who le.tja#Hcial stations anil seats Ia
Cou.rcs, "a aid ths rebellion, and ali
ale Gotero,s Of States 10 i%nsurfee-
lion 81 Who bn voluntarily paftie.
ipaiei e. ibe rebellion and whose TAX.
able property 3 estimated q; over
twenty thousand dollars are except
excepted FROM The general pardon
These exceptions shos that The Pres,
iieHt IS fully determined neyegto lst
The S u.be.n ]otzarcHy recover Tie
power tleY have forfeited By their
treason The exception Of all who
were educated al the expense Of tue
Government at the mil tary or naval
academies. and Of all who resigned
commissions in the army Of navy to
to eyade their duty in resisting he re-
rebellion, Is an act Of justice which
could not well have been overlooked.
No mercy is extended TO those Of any
rank or condition who haze i'll treated
our prisoners Of a All persons
who have absented themselves from
the United Stated, or passed through
tie Federal lines into the so.called
Confederate States, to aid the rebel
lion, are excepted. All who have
been engaged in the destruction Of tie
commerce of the United States upon
the high seas, or in making raids into
The United States from Canada, are
likeaise excepted from the benefits Of
the Proclamation. This important
document takes away all policical pow
er from the rich classes who brought
about lhe war, and vests il in the poor
whites who have been their victims.
Under this reconstruction policy
the cmancipatel slaves are not per.
mitted to share the right of suffrage.
President johnson considers the set
element Of this question out Of his
power, or at least not practicable at
the present time, and is content to let
the matter rest until the States are
fairly out Of the dangers of the revo-
~lutiouary state and in the enjoyment
Of the blessings Of civil government
When that much is accomplished, The
subject Of the great innovation can be
brought before the nation in a manner
becoming its Importance. The class
Of men Of which Wendell Phillips is
the representative are very much dis
turbcd because the work Of recon
struc.ion was not given to the negroes
and are berating Mr.. johnson most
soundly for his action in the matter.
But the a Of the people, while
holding that the right Of suffrage be-
longs, and must ultimately be extend
edt 10 all, are wiling to let The prob
lem be worked out in a constitutional
aud proper manner Mr.. Lincoln ac-
complisaed a great deal towards the
destruction Of slavery in two years,
and yet he was ali The while called BY
Weudeli Phillips a tortoise and
even a slave driver Mr.. Philips
may think President johnson IS la
mentally behind the'imes, but The
people are satisfied that he viii 90 as
far as possible for the elevation Of any
down-lrodden race, whether il be
white Or black.