Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-04-17
THE NEW SOUTH,


It if you would learn to swim yon must jun
lie into the water If the late slaves we
:, ever to enjoy equality ofrights they mn
i have every protection which all other CT
liens have, and the chief protection is II
vote. Until they were voters the domir
ant class would have no interest in trca
ing them fairly; and it the county woul
have peace and acquiescence and prospe.
ity that interest must be created, 1t
done. and We see the result. Instead @
4 the slave code, the barfacoohs. the auction
block, the paddle, the nine o'clock bell, tn
mounted patrol, the lurking, nameles
fear which John Randolph described, W
have equal citizens meeting upon a com
mon ground; and Wade HAM TN ant
Governor Orr, who were yesterday risline
their lives and fortunes in war to per
petuatc slavery forever, are now calmly
reasoning with the late slaves, and ap.
pealing to their common sense and the or,
binary motives of intelligent human be
ings. The words actions of these gentle
mon entirely discredit their previous as
sertions, and are the most startling COM
mentry upon the system of slavery and
the arguments by which it was supported.
The late slaves are neither more nor less
men than before, # they are capable of
being influenced by such arguments as are
now addressed to them, was it not an in
conceivable wrong to hold them enslaved ?
Ought such persons to have 1880
treated as chattels? The speeches Of
Messrs. Hampton and Orr and johnson
increase our respect for the colored cit,
liens, but they are the most terrible in
dictments of the speakers.
These speeches, however. illustrate the
qualities of the Southern politician which
are not the most consn;cnons brt wb;oh
are very Observation-Disclosures and
practicality. Accepting the situation
without debate. the orators use plain
less of speech and directness of argu-
ncnt which show the ac,omnlisbed ,s,dor
You arc now citizsns ike tbeo roc. z of 10 +.
hey saw in substance .vou ar sontborn
men SO are We and onr interests No. 90 , 49,,
non. You are growers Of cotton Ween :
congress taxes every hale Won raise ond (
oes not tax the wheat Of Ohio Or tbo Inn :
e e of Maine. Is that fair . sbs,, No not S
fish to send mon TO copareeo wbo, ~ viii +
lbor to remove that tax F? So in our State a
overnments whom shall we put in office . n
ur neighbors and friends whose interest
necessarily the same az our own or the o
rangers who have come among US to t
under us? There are many such from G
e North who call themselves vopr "
lends. Yet in PHILADELPHIA these "
lends of yours will not let YOUR reonlc g
lie in the street cars, and in Ohio and "
ichigan and New JERSEY they will not Il
them vote at all. Such things show HI
u that it is not love Of Won nor resnect
your rights, but merely their own in in.
est which dictates the action Of These 2
'rtherners. AS for us. indee ~ bv onr III
eds. If we deceive Won then turn else u
ere. IF we show that we are vonr W
ends, will it not be better for US an who U
: together to act together p, jfyE.a Ii
Notb;no could bo obr 49,, = 49,, nc
ID of sneecb and notb;n, , r,o Ill.,, :. al
!. It's object l. evident hit :, 81, IN
ate. I.ike al other mon ~ = {, 81 hi
ms must learn from e exncr ;,d VIA u
rtv is rcalIv tho friend &c ;,s.;oa = "a IT
ny e ieai'y the ir F s OF Jusnce and III
= W NV oe' ."' Us , we nave nave dc
ore said, that Mr.. Hampton and Mr.. en-
aud the other old leaders understand
colorcd citizens any better than these 90
zenS understand them. The new vot.
will trust and follow leaders Of their :
a j T.. 4
n people As one Of these, James Sims. VI
d at Savannah They knew enough to a .,
1T right, and they would vote right '"
ored men are not fools" tits men '''