The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-10-08
THE NECESSITY Pug MILITARY RULE
AT THE SOUTH.

fefN q AtfN 3tAua army q tht IT.,
public. snd made speech, il which
he indicated the action Of Congress
towards the South, aud showed the
necessity u military occupation for
awhile. a. follows:
The Legislature Of South Carolina,
IN 1866, passed law. approved by
Mr. Perry. provisional governor, re-
organizing the militia Of the state
By that law ans officer of the militia
was authorized in the exercise Of his
own discretion to call out his com
mand and shoot down, disporse, xiii,
and destroy any assemblago Of freed
people Of color found anywhere. ---
Under the circumstances that meant
mischief. That law was suspended
by military authority, and Congress
prohibited all such militia. Cheers
for Congress and General Sickles. -
In North Carolina, in 1865, a law
was passed legalixing all transactions
Of guardians, executors and trustees,
by which property Of widows and or
phan children was turned into COM
federate bonds, and went to bolster
mp the rebellion and impoverish the
women and children to whom it be-
longed, A worthy citizen Of New
York, whose name is Mclaughlin,
went 10 South Carolina soon after the
war and hired an abandoned planta.
ton from the freedmens bureau, in
whose charge II was placed by law.
Mclaughlin planted and raised a crop,
when along came a returned rebel,
who claimed the land. had him put
In prison until be could find forty
thousand dollars bail for trespass, and
took possession of the land and crops.
(Crics a ''Shame shame ~ That
is specimen Of thctFeatment north
ern settlers would have received IN
the absence of military protection
since given by Congress. In Cass-
well county, North Carolina, during
the war, 4 loyal student, while es-
Gaping from the enemy lines to ours,
where he afterwards did good service,
took without leave one night piece
Of bacon for his subsistence on the
march. When he returned home at
ter the war was supposed to be over,
he was arrested, tried on a charge Of
burglary, and sentenced 10 be hung
and to pay the costs. Laughter and
cheering. While he was awaiting
his trial and pending the execution
Of his sentence, the prisoner was
chained inside an iron cage and kept
there fqK a year, without blanket
even In winter. Information Of his
case was undergoing investigation
when the governor Of North Carolins
in exercise Of the power granted to
him by the military commander, par.
doned the man. The costs not hav.
ing been paid on account of poverty,
he was confined for some time after.
ward in the same place, until releas
ed by military authority. Here isar
illustration of what must have beer
the fate Of loyal refugees If the gov
eminent had not afforded them mill
iary protection. Three Thousand
schools for the education Of the freee
people have been established under
the protection of our bayonets. Tw,
hundred aud fifty thousand coloree
people attend these schools; nor hai
our presence aided only our loya
friends. whom we were bound in hon
or and humanity 10 protect. Assur
cd Of Justice, FREE labor has produc
ed this year =, 100000 bales Of cotton
and the largest crop Of grain raise,
for many years. The value Of thi
crop IN money is more than 5000,
600, O00--iis value to the population
Of the South can only be measure.
by the estimate 10 be put on thei
lives, for without il they must has,
persisted by famine; and vet withou
military protection the freedmcl
would have fled from their old mas
tiers and sought security and employ
ment ia the free states. Congress
did not send Us there TO compel th
rebels 70 pay the exences Of the war
as Bismarck wonld have done, Tn
North i paving the costs Of the re
bellion after winning a vactory. an
and Ne have been helping our forme
sdversaries TO feed aud clothe thepl
selves, and 10 recover from the mir
IN which they have involved them
selves. The crowd here becam
very much excited. History may b
challenged for another instance i
which yanquished enemies have bee
50 generously treated BY their con