The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-10-09
The Rcai Question.

Horace Maynard, the most able and
eloquent Representative q Tennessee
ia Coneress, ven stated tie read que-
ton now at issue, IN his late speech at
Boston Hc said
IL you ask us what you can do for
your relief ] point, as your Governor
has pointed, to the example of Yer
mont ] point totAo example Of Maine,
and say Go you and do likewise
(Applauso My couHtrymen. as look
upon the present condition Of affairs, ]
see that the issue Of the time is not, as
has been stated By many people, ,whoth-
er we are TO have a Union OF 26 or 36
States, Tint question has long since
been settled, and been made matter Of
record by The glorious arms Of our sol
aiet Loud applausc.) They bore
the tag through more than GOO fights,
with 86 stars cmblazoned upon The blue
union, and they bore t on to victory
Applause That Is not the question
Nor is it the Question whether ten Of
these States are ont Of the Union or in
the Union Not at all The question
is simply this: who shall administer the
affairs Of the country? Shall the men
who have saved it administer IT'S affairs,
on shall they be turned away or con
trolled by combination Of Southern
rebels and their Northern allies sympa-
thizers and associates? ("No," "no,
"neyer That is the question YOU
have to determine Eliminate il from
every collateral matter, from every side
Issue, That question you win decide;
you cannot help il, because upon the
elections that are now pending will re-
suit the one or the other consequence.
Either free government Will be in the
hands Of its friends or it viii be turned
over and transferred rs the keeping Of
its enemies ("Neyer. One or the
other Of these results viii necessarily
follow You cannot avoid it, aud at
your peril / charge you 10 decide it SO
that when your children shall rise up
they shall not denounce you as having
been untrue to that great trust which
wae handed down to You by your faith
ers. (Applause.) Do not suffer your
minds to be led Of, / beg Of you, BY
questions OF the policy Of this on the
other fanctionary by measures Of legis-
laG0n, or matters Of detail, with which
you may or may not happen to coincide.
All those things car be adjusted, pro-
yided the friends Of the government
continue to manage its affairs; but If
you lose the control, if you let tho adj
ministration Of the nation pass ont Of
your hands, those other matters viii be
Of very small concern. The question Of
reconstruction, we arc told, is the great
question Of the time. Wen, that is an
important question, / admit; and it is
important just in this way Here are
ten States IN condition that is sup
posed to require what Is termed recon
struction; and the question is, whether
You VIII reconstruct them, on whether
they shallreeonstruct y0u. (Vociferous
and prolonged applausc.) Whether
You who conquered IN this fight shall
give the law to tho South, or whether
YOU VIII accept it at the hands 81 those
whom you conquered ("No, stree j
10 us, the loyal men Of the South, many
Of us living in those States that have
been thrown into this condition Of dis
tress and disaster, your position is
matter Of greatm0ment. Lyon decide
you, the American people that loyal
men, the friends of the government are
to keep tho government in your hands,
then our situation viii be WE'LL loyalty
VIII be respected; treason VIII lie made
odious, and its author viii be punished.
applause il, on the other haud.you
suffer Il combination composed, il the
main. 81 the men who had control Of
the Government for eight weary rears
before this var, again to obtain control
Of public affairs, then, SO iar as wo are
concerned, II would have been better
for lis had the Southern Confederacy
been established, fJr then we could
have hod beyond It's reach; but on the
supposi.i0n that / have made, TO get
beyond TIE reach Of It's power We should
have to leave thc country and tito pro-
lection oi the flag by countrymen, /
am not here, nay associates are not here,
to appeal to your fancies to umuse nn
idle hour We have not left our homes
50 stlrnly demanding our presence, fGr
any snch purpose We have come here
becau We have d great aauas 10 lag
before you Me have an appeal to
make 70 you, b give Is relief and =
give & in tic only Way It 81 pg ibie iyl
you 70 to il, "a give Il to us at the
ballot-Loz. eve VIII do it We
vill ry your answer back we VIII
DO IT, say sou Wo VIII carry your
answer back, and repeat i until il shall
rsycrbcrate over tie mountain tops and
through the valleys ol our land, uutil
every dweller in the bosom OF oar
mountains shall know that there Is gtil
. power il tAe mighty ana populoua
North that will again. as before, come
to the relief, and protect them from
tie domination and the az otiam 81
treason
Rmog ga tia. Gen Tom Thunb
wiH 5ou Lave another thumb o. hs