The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-11-16

lOllp as YOU please anu we VIII represent
them together They claim that the ne
groes in the south stand upon the same
ground as the non-voting population of
the nortll-the foreigners. men, women
and children. In this very state OF Yer
mont. where, perhaps. the ri ght of suffrage
is more widely extended than in any 9TH
er state III the Union, only about one in
five have the right of suffrage Our wo-
men and children do not vote Bv the
ordinary ratio, that is one in five. we are
just as much entitled TO representation for
them Is YOU are for your non-vOting pop
ulation in the south. If it l. true that the
negroes have been our true friends during
our struggle then they are entitled TO vote
for what they have done. and although
our women and children do not fight they
are by no means without their influence in
the campaign. The voters are made up
OF the fathers, brothers, sons and huS-
bands, and it is supposed that when they
vote for any man they are just a. mind
and daughters as they are of their own
even. and although this community of f5-
males are non-votcrS their interests are
just as carefully looked after as though
they were voters. Now, can we apply
that rule 10 the south Formerly ii
might be said they had a kind of propric-
tarv interest, but how i il now Is there
any identity of feeling between the white
and black men of the south ANY iuter-
est III common between the white popula-
ton and the slave who has been freed
Has the black had any rights accorded Ia
him Except - far H. the general GOV
crnmcnt has interttred lii their behalf.
there has been 4 general disposition 10
Grind them - the black>-to powder
They are anta"oni>iiy;ll 10 each other.
How do YOU suppose it would turn ont if
these people were allowed 10 vote! Would
they elect TO office such men a. Wade
Hampton or Gen. Forrest. or would they
take Your Charles Summers The whole
theory. gentlemen, l. simply 4 farce 10
talk about their >;anlin. in the same re
lation IL do the nom-yotin" population of
the north We have said to ihcm-iuS;
aS soon a. You will l,t these people have
the RIGHT ut >uiii.l-c, ~ soon a. YOU will
allow them To have power in the south.
Just :, soon and no sooner. will Won he al
lowed 10 rrprc>,u; Them. That i the
same rule that l. applied 10 III. l. there
ANYTHING unjust about il But. 1t i said.
what nccl i there of tli> amanImem, !!
What have you people 10 fear On this
question OF representation the north great
" prcpondcratc>. Do Won admit thai
Won are such towards and poltroons a. TO
fear thc Influence nt this increased repre-
scnta'ion That with a lar"t majority
in your favor vou cannot maintain YOUR
rights opine that an answer 10 that
proposition would lc difficult TO find dil
'rc not look ppm dia til, light Of hito,y :
Has not that statement been true for forty
wears Have We not had ~ far back as
that Il large numerical ma aioritv over the
south. And how did il come to pass
that with superiority in numbers the south
has ruled in most OF the departments OF
government They have contrivcd. bv
some means or other. TO always find Sutii-
cirnt help in the north 10 enable them TO
do ii. And it Is extremely probable that
they can find Just such help in the north
as they have found heretofore. Is there
nothing in our previous history TO warrant
this assertion
When thc rebellion first broke out. for
4 moment political crcc,iS were forgotten
and the people all seemed TO rise without
regard 10 political differences But be-
fore the war got through. while we We're
in the very deepest peril OF the war. when
the country WAS. rs Ii Were. in the very
amOmics of death while Sherman and his
Gallant army had struck off into the very
heart of the rebellion and it wa> not
( known whether he or his brave men
would ever emerge again. 60.0GO men
met in convention at Chicago and resolved
that the war for the Union WAS failure
and ought to be stopped, While the
country wa> i'll lis death struggle and it
seemed rs if the death thrue> were un the
country. mcn were found. who. for the
sake ot geltin" political power. could say
that the war was failure and ought 10
be stopped
\ leading gcnteman-I would not call
hi> name-s;id To NE Il few davs before
that Chicago convention. while Sherman
hosts were bcleaguring Atlanta-.'I on
talk about taking Atlanta You might
Just us well talk about taking =" The
wish was father TO the thought with him.
He desired If TO he so. | know of a very
great many men who believed it in their
hearts and rcjoiced at ii. Had the wal
proved a failure and had the south gained
the asccndency do You think it would
have troubled these gentlemen much Dc
YOU think it would 30 very much against
the stomachs of these gentlemen AnC
shall we now extend TO such still greater
: flvors ! Ny charity does not run TO quit,
that length
Ii is a>kel-wlat harm can they do
: us We have abolished slavery. now
what l. left them What harm Is ther,
that they could do TO Us that makes it :,
very necessary that we should guar,
; against it by adopting these amendments
will allude TO but just one thing. Ii
: carving on this war we incurred a deb
, of three thousand millions OF dollars
: Nearly all OF that amount Is now due
The great mass OF it l. held by the Iowa
| ,oo,,la of tho north All tho ,nono,- W.