The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-06-26
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@la word, prominence ~ the North
las, n lsic, been obaine3 el,hr By the
money O The man made promueaf, Or
tliai Be served TIE moaey inter sis oi shoss
WHO euahcd lls elevation. This eyii must
continually increase wi,h the Increase Of
Immigration while al the South, birth,
elacaioa and intelligence ha4 been iae
chief usual elements d politieaidistiuction
--the Grt necessity being. however, that
the man selected should bs q !rue repres
eutaliye 81 lle views 81 h,s constituency
whether those views were ughs Or wFcng
according to Northern notions.
TO thls Representative alltyi Dir. Da-
MS went or, were due the various positions
with ghich the South bal bouyei asm =
lie telecli0ns 10 l5a CHI fliee q TIE
ConleaerSey was in no aaHsg sought
The reasons inspiring the choice were o.
yious. lie was Mississippian; bad
graduated Al the Military Academy sery-
ed with some distinction IN tie Mexican
war lad large experience in the military
committee Of the Senate and IN the War
Department But one OF bis ehiei recom-
mendaljous lay in .his, that after the re-
moyal Of Calhoun aud Gen. QuItman, by
death, be became t,c chief exponent OF
representative OF those principles Of Staie
Sovereignty which lhe South cherished,
and Of which, as he claimed, the fathers
of the country had been the founders
Thomas Jefferson The inspired prophet
and they tie eloquent apostles. lie was
certainly not more responsible fDr lis own
elevation than any OF those who had yot
ed 10 make him President.
DAVIS OK TREASON.
Tie Constitution Of the United States
dellues very clearly what constitutes lrea
son but Mr. Davis has views of hIs own
on the subject
mir. Davis said It was contrary 70 rea-
son and the law Of nations, to treat as
rebellion, or hwless riot, a movement
which had been the deliberate action Of an
entire people through their duk organized
state governments. 10 talk OF treason IN
the case Of the South, was 10 oppose an ar
bilrary eplhet against the authority Of all
writers Oh international law. Naucl De.
duces-from III, tuly Of al former piece
dents--aad all subsequent internaiegal
iarists have agreed with him--ihat when
a nation separates info lwo parts, each
claiming Independence, and bath or either
setting up new government, their quar-.
ri, should It come to trial y arms or by
diplomacy. shill be regarded and settled
p.yeiscy as though il were difference be
tween Two separate nations, which the d.
y.del sections, de fdcio, have bet0me.--
Bach mus, observe the laws Of war ia tbs
treatment OF captiges taken ID battle, and
such negotiations as may from time T."
time arise shall be couduced as between
ind pendent and sovereign powers. Mere
riots, OF cJnspiracies for lawlesiotjeejs, IN
which ouly limited fractions OF people
are ileguhrly eu2a3ed, may be properly
treated as uca.oa, and punished as the
public good may require; but Edmund
burke had exhausted Argument on tie
subject, in lis memorable phrase, applied
TO The first American movement Tor iude-
pend nce j know not how an Indictment
against q whoie people shah be framed.
But or Nj. LiutUlu's uulinuly death. Mr..
Davis thou III there could have been no
question raised upon the subject. That
eyent--more cAI unity 10 the South than
the hor,h, ia the time and manner OF its
trauspiting inhaned popular passions
TO tho highest pitch, and made the people
Of tho section which bad lost their chief
now seek as an equivalent the life Of the
chief Of the sections conquered This was
an impulse Of passion, not Il conclusion
which judgement or justice could support.
Mr.. Lincoln, through ms entire admins.
tiation, had Acknowledged the South as Il
bcligereut nationality, exchanging PRISON.
ers Of war, establishing truce., and some-
times sending, and sometimes receiving,
propositions for peace.
DAVIS on RECJNsTEUCTIJN.
Every mans experience must teach
him that qaarrels between friends are best
healed when they arc healed most prompt
ly. The alienation which was at first Il
pain, Qecopcs by time habilual, and the
mantle of clarity being withdrawn, the
faults of each become mJre aud more dis
inct to the other, and thus lhe bitterest
hates naturally spring from tie ashes Of
tie closest friendship.
II IS, therefore, p,o5abl, to be rcgr
Ell thar 50 much delay has occurred IN the
work of reconstruction, because OF the en-
hancemeal thereby Of tho d iiicullies IN the
way Of speedy and cordial reconciliation.
This opinion Is qualified as probable be-
cause OF my want Of reeeut intercourse
with the people. 4 short time bsfore the
close ol the war the idea was infused into
my people, as you are well aware, tial if
they would cease rc,i.taare, ihe Union
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