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

befa eatisfel uBi6 esd nothing an
q L aprlause hsd t teu deemed
Bat j, w@s believed ~ TIE
an Rac6nstfueton n winch
my friend uho b.. las spoke Mr Nor
ull. VA. member I'M rleleabla That
aux ,ioFsd man sloul3 he allowed g
vote AID K WAS bel "a that i Noa.3
Dot i, adopted by many q The Sofi
ern SfH Connecticut and v i=coa-
sia BOT. have y0iod against extending
suffrage y col8isl people IN those
state. lst We % hore that. Is tima
rolls un. this prcJudse gand negroes
a.faalae ant ~ slavery in .ane de-
eres-ulll eeaso and tbo great desire
% tie part 81 ibe south ioT political
poVer. wiil Lead 20 The extending q SUI .
trace Is coloGed men j certainly
seems 10 me, Alr President that they
have no night q complain q the propo-
sit5on embraced Is this a..iclc; ,l.t IL.
IS 81 MOI. than pe have a right TO re-
auuc. uo none than tho interest and
safety and perpalmiy 81 tbs ooEelh-
m0ut require ~ order to meet that
changed state 81 things tha. has been
brought about ~ their oyclt-acts al
ralns The Constitution ard laws of the
laud
A word Mr. President, in reference
20 the lema ming article Nehaya sad
20 them that any person who has he'd
a position requiring him to take an
oath to support the Constitution OF the
United States, Il he shall haze held any
Office. either under the general Govern
ment in the so-called Coniederacy,
thereby breaking his oath to the Con-
stitution of the United ESTATES, that be
] shah not be allowed 10 hold Office un-
der either our General, or State Govern
Imeuts until O two-thirds vote Of Con-
gross shall decide
Now is there anything wrong in ref
orence to that? We allow any man
who has been a traitor merely, who
has been guilty Of nothing but
treason, to be enutled-if lie can get
through the test oath not only 10 the
right Of suffrage, bat he may hold Of
fee. but we have said TO them, that
these prominent men who have held up
their hands and called upon God to
witness that they would be true to the
y Constitution Of the United States and
then have gone into bloody war to
tear down and destroy the government
they have sworn to protect until you
have shown BY 4 sufficient length Of
good behavior that you have repented
the wrong you have done, You shall
hold no Office until two-thirds of Con-
gress say YOU may. is there aIy thing
| rash or unjust III this Can sou point
me to an instance IN any country where
traitors to their government, rebels
Who have been compelled to
submit to their government, have oY-
a. been let of on such terms as these
I There have been rcbeIhons from time
| 10 time in England not such as VIC
have had exactly, but arising from DIS
, putes as to who was the rightful heir to
/, the crown, some questions OF genealogy
! whore some one would assert then
, fright to the crows and whenever tlA
manner Of rebels have been nubdued
have net the streets run with blood, h"@
} not their property been taken by tAt
: crown. and has any one Of these rebels
GOT oil with his head But we say,
/ keep your property, You may even vote
( but YOU can not take the relns OF GOV
! eminent until you shall have shown q
! sufficient degree of repentance! Was
} there ever such lenity shown before?
! trow not You may search all history
: but no instance can be found OF any
/ such clemency extended to rebels!
] do not desire to say anything harsh
q in regard to The President; / have nc
! doubt, myself, that he was thoroughly
! honest in believing that the plan
i That he got up was an excellently 6ood
( one. Bul the Southern men came
4 about HIM and deceived him IN relation
$ to their sentiments They reported tC
, him that everything was going on II
s harmonious style, and that lenlen
b policy svould be very satisfactory t'
r both the North and South. / have NJ
$ doubt that he did believe that he hat
! got scheme that would work we'll
' But when it was put in operation; whel
' they had got restored" us they beliey
: ed; when they had elected Their mem
q bers to Congress and supposed-as TIN
5 bows have it--that they were out oi tn
t woods, then we began to hear iron
4 Memphis, and from New Orleans. The.
e supposed that they had done all tina
e was required technically, and then be
n gan to act out Their part OF the pro
d gramme And President johnson, al
Z though he fonnd his policy was work
S ing ruin to the interests Of the South
# and to the people Of the South, blacI
i aud white, and ruin TO the Union, wa
{ too wiliul and obstinate to alter it.
IS His policy was inaugurated and sc
o in frame at the Philadelphia Conyen
i ton There tie party was bern
It party to sustain and carry forward tin
o policy Of Mr.. Johnsonl And who mad
II the party Have you ever heard Of
II real Southern Union man who is in ia
X yor Of Mr.. johnson or his policy? ID
G. know Of single man who joined N say
g ing that the war was a failure an
q ought to be stopped who IS not John
son man 1t is a very strange state {
r. things that all the loyahsts IN the coun
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