The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-11-13

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week w0nld b. hanged upon 9 tree
And precisely - with the freedmen
Tniess We adop, this amendment the
men Who aided Ia in the South and
are .rnc 10 our cause there nov, VII
cease 10 live They anoi exist unless
wo give them protection for ihe South
il lefs 10 themselves ia the matter % e.
scsions. vii not place such men IN ol'
fec A. win protect them In every Ell.
eetinn far state ~ county officers las
any one n my hearers ever read q q
Union man being elected 7 Hs hu-
al, instance come 10 the knowledge oi
any one II you whore man who has
ve4,,Ained Union man throughout the
war do not mean such men as Alex
nndey II stephens, who professed Union
sentiments. ia, who went with the trai-
tors Notwithstanding i mean READ
t-nrsu man, has ever been placed IN Of
fire If YOU have heard Of such an in-
stance, YOU have heard something TINT
have not heard vet! Very little hbs
been said abonl this phase oithis amend
ment IN the discussions IN the ncN b
noperS. but. II we would save the Union
n,en in the South, white o. black, Il be
hoovcs as 10 see that this amendment
becomes part Of the Constitution O
sbe United States, and as 70 IFS justice
and universal propriety, | take - ha
enc viii undertake 10 contradict Il.
Naxt comes, gentlemen, the amend
mont IN reiercnue 10 representation II
1cads
Representative shall Be appohlou.
ed among the several states according
90 th@r respective numbers, counting
che whole number 81 persons p cact
state, excluding Indians not taxed. Bu
when the right 10 vote At any election
for the choice Of electors for Preslden
and Vice President Of the United States
Representatives in Congress, the exec
utise and judicial officers 4 a state, 0.
the members Of the legislature thereof
Is denied TO any Of the male ihhabitant
of such state being twenty one years g
nge and citizens of the United States
or IN any way abridged, except Tor pay
ticipation in rebellion or other CRIME
the basis 81 representation therein sinai
be reduced in the proportion wheel
the number Of such nUie citizens sh0
boar to the whole number OF male CIT
liens twer,y-one years Of age IN sucl
state
We sav III this amendment to tn
people 81 the South if you viii lot tn
negro vote son may be repros nted 70
The whole q hem, int as We repres'n
our people II You say the negro shsl
not vote and shall take no part, what
ever, in your politics We say they shal
not be represented by you. let 20
north and the South be repD scnios
alike. They think, and say, this is
very hard proposition. we can has.
the negroes oil about us; they can Wal
upon us and be our servants and y
viii treat them we'll; they can come i
very near proximity to US ~ every rlac
and under all circumstances except q
he ballot-box. And we say very vel
Just let them go without voting as Ion
AS you please aud we viii rpresen
hem togethcrl Thcl claim that the Nc
crocs ID the South stand upon The sam
ground as the non-yoting population
The north -tho foreigners, men, worne
and children. Ia this very State
Vermont, where, perhaps, the right I
,uffrage il more widely extended tina
n any other State ID the Union, onl
about one IN fre have the right Of su
rage! Our women and children do rs
vote. BY the ordinary ratio, that
one in fise, We are Just as much entitle
q representation for them as you n
or The non-yoting population IN IL
outh. II il il true that the negroC
have been our true friends during or
struggle then they arc entitled 70 yo'
or what they have done, and althoue
our women ana children DO not hgl
they are by no means without their -
flaence in the campaign The yotei
aro made up II the fathers and broil
erS. sons and husbands, and it is SUI
posed that when they vote For any ma
they are Just As mindful u the interes
az the matrons, wives and daughters
they are.oi their own even, and athoue
this community Of females arc non-y
terx their interests are just rs careful
looked.aher AZ though they we're y