The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-06-26


q may lose is rights tor a tine b selee-
hpg iheiigible persons 20 b Is rsprlsen-
ta.ifes But the right 81 representation Is
not impaired thereby, and the mistake or
abuse may Dc renedied Uy new eicc-
ton. Test 0atlis are evil eoatiaoally, aad
oniy evil. They restrain those honorable
meu who require 40 leilers, whle mea OF
3 different class will either take them per-
juFiouslY or with mental reservation. -
All history has proved them IN, ifeeual, and
something worse.
Our iorelalhers emigrated to a wilder.
nets, and waged the war ui the Reyoll-
tioas u hays ard % bold y government
Founded on the consent Of the governed.
They consulted and compromised with each
other 10 establish voluntary Union. 1t
t4at idea is to b. followed. confidence, gem
crosby, fraternity, aud not tho les-oaths,
disabilities aud armies quartered in the
interior, must be relied upon 10 restore the
Uuiou aud maae tire effective ior the ends
Tor which il was formed.
"Reconsuncuon, continued Mr.. Davis,
''canayt properly involve or be made to
depend Oh Hose social problems which
Aase arisen from the sudden disruption Of
the relations existing between the white
a d black races in the Southern States
These problems belong 10 the several
states, anI mast have treatment accord
ng " lhe dilisieni circumstances Of eacll
NJ gene.al RUE can properly be made ap-
plIcaOly to AL, abd il viii prove untorlu
nate il the subject Is controlled BY dislan;
and buI poorly informed, il not prejudced
authority. The seit-intvrest OF individuals
and communities, together with The de-
maud for labor 50 far exceeding the sup
ply, may safely b. left TO protect the Ia
bOter.
The public action OF the Southern State
Conventions furnishes conclusive evidence
Of the desire Of Southern people 10 resume
their position in lhe Union --and it must
strike all observers with surprise that
while those who stove 50 desperately to
leave The Union, are now 80 earnestly en-
deaNorlng 10 resu ne thrir places in ii, il
Is The very men who cent fire and sword
10 destroy them, or re arm, who nuw bar
the door aad deny lhcn re admission to
that yvi1 condition to which II was tAoIugh-
out the war proclaimed to be lLciE .irs aud
last duly 10 relurn. "So.itarA reflection,
concluded Mr. Davis, "hAs given me no
key 10 the Mysterious origin Of thc change
IN Northern opinion, al which lind eyl-
dcuce u EVER newspaper that reaches me;
aud, perhaps my own ,ail Late las ting
WlL lis GOO tie vista of the future; III
thus a.icpmed, d.joint and adntt, tie
country Should be visited with such Irals
Of foreign war, either nilh France or Eng.
laHd, or Lo,h, as are nov 80 often suggest
ed "a the public journals Of Anc.!ca, aud
their exlrac's from tie European press
DAVIS oS ANDEEsoNylLLE.
Mr.. Dayiss brief explanation Of tie
crudtids prclicrd toward prisoners ii rhe
South will reawak,n painful interest,"
liut be fails to account for tie monsrous
measures ol the crimes pe.petraled at An.
drrsonyile and salisbury:
There vas ood il the tonledcracy, bat
no means for its collection, the holders hid
ing it after tie currency had kceome de-
preciaed; and il collected then came the
difficulty offs transportation. Their rail.
roads were overtaxed, and the rolling
stock soon gaze out. They could no, feed
their own troops; and prisoners Of war in
all countries and ages have had cause Of
complaint. Some Of The people confined
in the West and at Lookout Point bad
been nearly starved at certain times,
though lie we'll knew, or well believed,
full prison ralions bad been ordered and
paid for in these cases
Herd men together ia idleness within an
inclosure, their arms taken from them,
their organization LOST, without employ
ment tor their time, and you will find it
difficult to keep them 10 good health. They
were ordered u receive precicely the same
rations given to the troops guarding them ;
but dishonest CommlssaIies and Provost
Marshals were not confined to any people.
Doubtless the prisoners on both sides often
suffered that the officers having charge of
them might grow rich but wherever such
dishonesty could be brought home, prompt
punishment followed Gen. Winder and
Col NorlLrop dil The best they could, be
believed bat both were poorly obeyed or
seconded by their subordnates. To hold
him responsible for such unauthorized pri-
sations was both cruel and absurd. He
issued order after order on the subject, and
conscious Of the extreme difficulty Of feed
inc the prisoners made the most liberal
offers for exchange almost willing 10 ac-
cept any terms ilat would release
BIS people from their burden. Non-ex-
change, however, was the policy adopted
by lie Federal goyegn4eHt-just as Aus
ttia, II her laie campaigns against Fred
eriek tie Greai, refused TO exchange; her
calculation being, thai her population Was
eve ti4ys more numeous than pru.sids,
tle refusal would be wise mea,ure.--
That il may have been prudent, though
nhutuau situated as iije South was, he WAS
noi prepared q deny bu, protested
againsi being held responsible lo- evils
which no posers 81 us caold avert, and 70
escape from which almosi any concession
had /. "a offered
DAVIS oy Tig sEsHo.