Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1866-12-14
Southern UniOnists on Amnesty
and Suffrage.

We have frequently of late had occasion
to refer to the decided ground taken by
Southern Union men against pardoning UNI
repentant rebels or granting universal am
nesty. Among the most forcible arguments
upon these subjects which has for some time
come within our observation is letter print
ed in the Cincinnati Gazette from citizen
of Georgia-an unconditional Union man
showing that the faithful Uniousts of Geor-
gia regard the proposition of universal am
nesty in return for impartial suffrage as
preposterous--as a sure means of deliver
ing them and their State over TO rebel con-
troll. The Union men of the South favor
impartial suffrage, but oppose universal an
nesty, and they would conllne suffrage to
loyal men only. Their motto is that traitors
should take back seats and that no man Is
worthy of voice in the government unless
| he is loyal to the government. This letter
is marked "private and confidential" and
the editor is warned not to publish the name
OF the writer, lest his rebel neighbors should
execute upon him the vengeance so often
visited upon the Union men IN the South
1t declares that
"Ihe above caution is significant OF the
I nionists' predcameut here. could not
help thanking you for what you say IN an
article in your paper November IL. Any
thing but unchalnng the mead deVlls mere
that are Responsible Tor al me rum ana inc
woe Oh the last SIX years thousahu uea'hs
would not atone Tor the crimes Oh eacn leau,
er' ihey nuNo tle press ""u ~ Opi' VI
puollc OPINION that thelr poor oe'uueu too''
Vote against Ine ainenuineh. 70 S"Ne 'iIc.n
10 take tne oihces wnel llcre aIe ll"'.S', ,
more SAFE thGh they, ana III all Respects oe'-
ter men.
me aIilehdhleiil VIII not u? VS. pow s -.
lohists huch goou, lof tntse lllsane const,i-
uellcies Wouiu VOC iol 'iie .iioa. di ~
SecesSiciilsts sooi'ei 'ily,l1 a aol al L,hl
nght' II loyh 10 'ne olu nag. Dul ~ .he
VI alheh'llienl) mas the l,ierlt ~ eA? -
N some OF me biggest deVlis, ana that Is solne
4 comfort. t'Ve universal amnesty ana you
VIII nave pack the dungeons anu poMi'
KNIVES again. on VINO shouia coIceue 'lli'
10 tlcIn Wouiu oe pro" " 'lic CiliS a..
re nc, pu!lies us Oh yore' ne hear.less ieauei
WIN SNe llnpartIal suiraSc lol uii ~, g. 90 "a
amnesty, put the power SO resiric'eu tilui al
the poor wines, mostly, VIII DC eAcit''' :,
anu lV'ouo lrceoineh kept lIoii INV Poi'S WI
one VINO Is pefmlttea 10 vote. e,
why are the kadlcals so crazy 10 Drio,
me southern states 10 Sieiu 10 u Hiouine'
negro Suffrage! 1or II VIII De restricted 50
tnat IL VIII be twenty years before IL VIII o'
oil any value. Ana long before thal liih'
they can alter the United states oonstitu
ton SO as to get What they want ana IN th'
way they wish. Now they would turn owe
the south to the devils Tor literally nothing IL
return: -,
AS ior eonclliatlng the uisloy"listS OF th'
South, 1t is utter folly. Inc more you pc
Them; the higher the morse lhey VIII pestriue
Nothihg but lear ana interest VIII nave al
influence You trled cohcllation iOr
quarter OF century before the war. IheN
spurned ana then kicked you, ana now yo'
are coming back 10 be kicked again. as yo'
deserve, IL YOU DrOIter more CODClllatlOn.