Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1866-10-05
THE RESOLUTIONS


Congress in passing the present Consutution'
j amendment is wise, prudent, and just
II clearly defines American citizenship and
guarantees all the rights to every citizen. II
places on a Just and equal basis the right o
representation, making The vote Of man in
one State equally potent with the vote o.
another man in any state. IL righteouslJ
excludes from places Of honor and rust the
chief cons spirutors snd guil,iest rebels, whose
prriured crimes have drenched the land II
+ faternul blood. 1t puts into the very frame
OF our Government the inyiolability of the
National debt, and the nullity forever Of all
obligations contracted in support Of the re-
beIlion. (Applause.)
Rosoloed, That it is unfortunate for the
country that these propositions have not been
received in the spirit Of conciliauon, elem An.
cy and fraternal feeling in which they were
offered, as they are the mildest terms eyei
gralted to the subdued. applause
Resolued, That the President as an Execu'
tive officer has no right to policy as against
the legislative department of the Government
tha his attempt to fasten his scheme of re-
construction upon the country is as dangerous
a. il is unwise that his acts in sustaining il
have retarded the restoration Of peace and
unity, they have converted conquered rebels
into impudent claimants to rights which they
have forfeited and places which they have
desec atsd, and, If consummated, 1t would
render the sacrifices Of the nation useless, the
loss Of the lives OF our buried comrades vain
and The war in which we have so gloriousiy
triumphed what his present friends at Chi
cago, ia 1864, declared it 10 bs-a failure. -
(ApplAuse.)
ResoiUed, That the right of the conquer to
legi,late for the conquered has been fecog.
I'D by the public law Of all civilized nations
By the operation Of that law for the conser-
vttion Of the good OF the whole country
Congress has the undoubted right to estab
hsh measures for the conduct Of the revolted
States, aud to pass all acts of legislation that
arc necessary for the complete restoration o
tne Union.
Rrsoivea. That when the President claims
INST BY the aid Of the army and navy he NIGH
nave made himself Die ator, he insulted every
soldier and sailor in the Republic. He ough
ilsuucily 70 understand that the tried pAtri-
its Of his nation can never be used TO over.
hrow civil liberty or popular Government
,Applause.)
Resolvtd That the Neutrality laws should
e 70 amended a. to give the fullest liberty
the citizens consistent with the nationa
faith that the great Union Republican part!
q pledged TO sustain liberty AID equality o
tights everywhere and therefore we tende
all peoples struggling for freedom our sym
lAlhy and cordial cooperation. (Apppause.
ResoiUed, That the Union men of the South
without distinction of race or color, are enti
led TO the gratitude Of every loyal soldier
.nd sailor who served his country in suppress
ing the rebellion, and that in their presen
lark hours of trial when they are being per
,ecuted by thousands, solely because they arr
aow and have been true to the Government
We will not prove recreant to our obligations
nut will stand by and protect with our lives
necessary, those brave men who remained
rue TO us when all around we're false anC
i,hless (Applause)
Resolusd, That in reorganizing the army
Justice 10 the volunteer officers and soldier
demands that faithful efficient service in thu
isld ought ever TO have place in the Arm!
.nd Navy Of the Union. lApplau'e.)
MORE MsN WANTED.-ins great want o
his age is men. Men who are honest, sounC
rom centre to circumference, true to thu
leart's core Men who fear the Lord an,
nate covetousness. Men who will condemn
wrong in friend or foe, in themselves as wei
IS IN Others. Men whose consciences arr
.teady as the needle to the pole. Men VII,
viii stand for the right if the heavens totte
nd the earth reels. Men that neither bra,
ior run. Men that neither swagger no
hlnch Men who can have COURAGE withou
Shistling for it, and JOY without shouting t.
1ring it. Men in whom the current of ever
iasting life runs still and deep and strong
Men careful of Gods honor and careless o
mems applause Men too large for sectariai
units, and too strong for sectarian bands
Men who do not strive, nor cry, nor caus
heir voices to be heard in the streets, bu
who will not fail nor be discouraged, til
Judgment be set in the earth. Men VIII
knos their message and tell it. Men VIII
know their duty and do it. Men who kno'
their place and fill it. Men who mind thei
own business Men who will not lie. Me
who are not too lazy to work, nor too prouC
to be poor. Men who are willing to ea
what they have earned. and wear what the
have paid for. Men who know in whom
they have believed. Men whose feet are o
the everlasting rock, Men who are stron
vith divine strength, wise with the wisdom
that cometh from above, and loving with tn
love of Christ. Men of God.
The FREEDMEN IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Tha Charlestown Leader, the Freedmen
paper, says the persistence of the land-hold
ers 10 South Carolina, in refusing to lease c
sell lands to the freedmen, has begun to wor
already. In d number of the districts, hun