The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-09-25
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Sis Dear su II hae boon with heart
fek SORROW that I have witae ad tb,
eoatie. = opinion That hes unfortunate
/ ly prevailed between yourself aud ths
C0nsre 81 ths United States in lala.
ton 90 matters believed 10 be atal d
the Welfare 81 our common country
Such difference 81 opinion when hon-
tly entertained. ard sometimes yio-
ionily nobiad far shoa the reason
why charity H the greatest # ail vir
tfle, because the exercise 0l charity Is
s. constantly required 10 enable as 70
bear with the Weaknesses md lniperfoc-
tloas el eieil otis
+ There is, / believe. uo boitor WY io
reconcile difference of opinion than to
got q full understanding Of the causes
ont 81 which such misunderstanding
originate.
l5 lo tiIis oEociuallY il il necessary
to begin bg admitting the laet that all
effects. physical moral and politiedale
f tla result of cause chat me equal to
their production
/ 4 little reflection on the almost al
mighty power that the circumstances Of
birth, education, climate and country
have 1xeted to form and fix erroneous
opinions that often lcad men, like Paul
81 old % believe that they are doing
God service when they arehailmg mon,
women and children to prison and to
death reflection on these facts viii
show how very wise il is for those who
hNe never made mistake to send
the lilst stone at those who honestly
entertain opinions different from thcir
oa8.
1T has always been to me a source Of
sorrow and rcgrct to hear 81 men IN
Congress, Us ia any other department
Of Government who destroy their
influence for good by calling each
other hard names, which never better
tie condition of themselves OF their
country
ana sure If Nh, Sumner could have
been born Of your parents, andsubject-
"a to all the circumstances and coadi-
tons ,hat h5e fallen to yourlot through
lile, hc would Then hoyo boon the man
that would haye declared the many pa-
inoLc truths that have bcanprocalmcd
by yourself
And I lou could have been born and
subjected to Al thcc3nditons that have
mado Mr. summer what he il, YOU
would then haya been eyoltinc, as he
has done, ail the powers OF a mighty
mind 70 abolish slaycry ia OIL It's forms
tfom TIE t4ea ot The earth, as orc ofthe
most colaP.ing eYlls TINT ever brought
death and lieaolatlon g. The sconrse oi
0od, To- 'eaeh li8 TO go y o1Aets aa We
would lhat others should 90 unto ua;
yol would tAen Lave peen hhe sumner
ieaa-h6 What 22lon sall Two thousand
alA hundred years ago tl8t phWsrer
da9 mates nan @ate taxes hay hia Hortt
agaH
II i We're possible ior US to see our
selves os others zee rs, It would inspire
US with charity, aud teach Us to over
come the evils ot which we complain,
with kindness, instead of returning
railing for ralllh8 and evil for evil.
! have thought It strange and Unac-
couniable that you should 50 severely
censuro the large minority IA Congress,
for adopting so mild form ofmoamres
as means for the guaranty otarepu5-
lcan form ola agoycrnment IN the States
50 lately nrebelhon; measures So much
more mild than those 50 torcibiy re-
commended by yourself where you
Said Treason against the Govern
ment i thc highest crime that can be
committed, and those engaged in it
should suffer al its penaihes;' and
when YOU declared that treason must
b2 made odious: that traitors must be
punished and impoverished.
You say They must notoniy be pun
lshed, but their social power must be
destroyed III not they MAINTAIN the
ascendaEcy and may again become nu-
mclous enough Tor treason to become
respectable
10nSo further md say that after
maalng treason odious, every Union
ban should be remuncrated out ot
the pockets Of those who have inflicted
.hia great suffering on the country.
Again you ay. ] hold It q solemn
obligation in every one of these States
whore the rebel @1aics have been beat
en- back or ezpellgd, ! care not how
man the number CI JNOu men, If (