The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1867-08-02

. AAit llttt q w Aht llfRlfA' AhtAh Nl' . itNi-
dents policy can ever be sustained by
the nation.
There is another thing that has
contributed to the peaceful aspect of
Iportions of the States lately in insu =
rection. That is the ballot put into
hands of 10000 black mon. Those
> men, let me say to you, will bring
those States back loyal to the conn
try, and fully and unroservedly com
mitted TO the cause of human liberty
in America. applause. | make the
prediction that eight or nine, and l
think nine, of those States will not on
ly comply with the terms and condi-
tions Congress has laid down, but will
elect men who can take the iron clad
; OATH and will send men TO the Con-
gress of the United States who will
think, speak. and act rs the loyal pro
, gressive representatives think, speak
> and act Cheers | will tell you
, why. These 10000 black men feel
that they are fighting the battle, not
only OF the country, Int of their own
liberties and rights. OF course, they
will vote for the Union, for .hey be
lieve in this country as no people ov-
en- believed in it before and They have
( reason too. They revere tie name
, and memory Of abraham Lincoln as
no portion of our countrymen do -
applause The word Union is
engraved on their hearts they viii vote
4 not only for Union and Liberty, but
for school houses and churches, and
1 for q liberal and progressive policy in
: that section of the country They
will carry it too. Old Virginia, this
. very Autumn, within ninety days from
tins time, viii put herself alongside OF
Vermont, Massachusetts,, and Ohio, MS
a strong, liberty loving progressive,
Radical State of the Union APP
. plause) South Carolina viii follow.
n applause Other States wil 10 the
+ same; and then, gentlemen, / predict
that these States will enter on liber-
AL progressive policy such as IS pur-
: sued in The New England and great
h Central and Western States Of the
F. country There is not Democratic
flag floating from the Potomac to
+ Florida, and they dare not raisc One
T. look upou Sir. Johnson just ms !
t look upon Bull Run Bul Run dur
ing the war brought sense % shame
to the cheek Of the country, hut after
, all it was a great lesson TO the eaun-
l. try. Andrew johnson seems 90 be d
s sort of being brough. into existence
q for n purpose He stands rieAt there
a and every time he undertakes % do
+ anything against the cause Of liberty
g and Justice the country rallies and
r goes further than it ever would have
. gone before He got the opinion OF
the Attorney General the other day,
and all over the souih tine rebels
+ reared their heads, and began to hope
4 again. but in day or two went the
= news on the breczes that Congress
would assemble, and the rebels closed
their lips Congress ASSENT al and
made an additional and stouger meas
IRE than ever before. lie may uudm-
take to set it aside If he pleases; our
, fnnds in the South VIII take care 81
the cause OF the country. And iot me
tell you that Grant is for negro suii-
rage, not only in the South, but in
r the North. So is Thomas, that great
General whom his soldiers uitknamed
"Old Reliable; SO is Phil Shcrid d.,
and nearly every General in the coun
try who has made "a page If the histo-
~ of this war / find very large share
of the men who have opposed MS indi-
{ yidually say it is right, but they say
+ they have got great prejudice vote
behind them, ard they must pauler TO
that. / think it becomes statesmen to
speak the truth to come ont III adj
vance OF the people and maintain what
is highland the people viii follow
them. There is no portion Of our
: countrymen SO Ignorant or prejudiccd
who viii not do the right when they
see it clearly.
Such is the present condition Of the
country. think it is a hopeful one.
and it will be better next year than il
is now. The men who cmaucipatod
four millions Of slaves and have estab-
lished liberty and justice in the land
are to have the country next year.
/, Whether Grant will be the candidate
OF those men or not, and | think he is
very likely to be, that candidate will
be elected. There are to-day three
millions of those voters in the country
who would vote for Grant, or Sheri
dan, or Chase, or Thomas, or Colfax.
or brave old Ben. Wade, or any of the
true and tried men who have carried
the country through the dark and
! gloomy days of the last seven years
But no man who opposed the cause of
the country during the war, no man
who opposed emancipation, no man
who opposes the civil rights of the
emancipated races, no man who OPP
poses negro suffrage, will ever be
President Of the United States agein.
Let me say to you that patriotism, lib
erty justice, humanity, Christianity,
everything that is pure and noble, all
good pulsations Of the human heart,
all that is beautiful in woman, all that
is lovely IN human character, is to-day
III America on the side of the men who
are lighting Tor a united country, and
for the equal rights of All men, of eve
ry cline and race, And it is our glo-
ny and our pleasure to struggle on
and fight out that battle. Ere a few