Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1867-12-11

Niat Nhufi ana ihe HentfA RlNtrumf mt pafNNYs lui
the hands of negoea Is proposed alta line peculiarly
unpropitious lac foundations Of society have bsei
broken up by the civil war Industry must be reorgAu
ized justice re-es,abished public credit maintained,
and order brought out of cOnfusion, To aocomphs
these ends would require all the wisdom and virtue
the great men VITO formed our Institutions orginauy
confidently believe that heir descendants viii be cquA
to The arduous task before them bu, II Is than
Madness TO expect that negroes will perform It Tor us
Certsnly ouS Sht not 20 ask their assistance until
despair OF our own oompetency The great difference
between the two in physical mental and moral
o.aracters'ics will prevent an amalgamaton or fusion
~ them gether IN Homogeneous II the in
feor OBTAINS asceudoncy the other II will glyeTn
with reference only its interests for 1t will
Ognize common Interest aud create such tyranny
as this continent has never vet witnessed ALREADY the
negroes Influenced By the promises Of conhscati0n
and punder. They are Taught 10 resatd as an enemy
every white who has any respect for the rights OF
his own race. N this continues Il become worse
and until all order will be subverod all industry
cease. aud the fertile eds " the South grow up ino
wideruess on all the DANGERS which our nation tas
ct encountered, none eqaM 70 those which must
suit from the of the effort making Afri
cAnize he half Of our country would not put consd
eratons of money 10 competition with justice and right,
bat he expenses incident p REQ tnstruouon, under
the syseta ad iptsd b. agqfavats what rse.rd
the intrinsic Of the measure itself IL has c0st
unoountcd Hons areadF, and persisted in it will add
largely 20 the weight Of xon already too oppressive
10 b. horne with "a ust complaint, and may finally re-
dace The treasury Of the nation 70 condi ion OF bank
fuptcy We must not dolude ourselves. IL will req lfe
a strong standing amy, and probably more than two
bundled millions Of dplars per annum 70 maintain tie
supremacy governments after they are established The
sum thus ttrown away woult II properly ueed. form
sinking fnnd large enough 70 paY the vhile national
d. b. ia less than fifteen years. lts vain to hope that
NEGROES will mantain their asctndaucy themselves -
Without military power they are wholly incapable Of
holding ia sdblection tbe white people OF Tie south
THg PUBLIC cEEDfT.
submit 20 the judgment Of Congress whether the
public cred may not be iniuiiousy affected by system
Of messutes like this. With OUT debt aud vast inter
esis VIII oh complicated wth II, We cannot be too
cautious Of policy which might by possibility impair
ths confidence Of the world in g17ernment. That
cn I'D only be retained oy carefully inculcat0g
the principles 4 justice snd honor IN lhe popular mind
and by the most sctupulous hdsiy 70 all our engage
mens Of every sort Any serious breach Of ,re orf.uic
las persisted Ia r a c1ns cradle tine caunot hut
create fafs the stability OF institute ms Habit
ual viola ion Of prescribed rules which bind ourselves
to observe, must demo'a ahzs the people Our only
STANDARD OF civil duty beng set az uaugh', the sheet
anchor OF our political morality Is lost the puphc eo1
science swings from It's m0ornss, and Yields every
impu Of passion and interest II fepudate the
Constitution, we vii not be expected % care much lr
pecuuiaty obligations. The VIC otion Of such pedgc
made the ga July, 1861 will a'suredly d min
iih the market value ui other promises. Besides,
acknow edge that The nst0nal debt created
not TO hold the States in The Union as Taxpayers were
led 10 suppose but u expe them ffom and hand them
over 90 be governed by negr0s he moral duty TO it
mas seem much less ciear say 1t may seem so. for
DO admt that this any other argument IN favor OF
repudauon be entertained sound; but its iufu-
ence on some classes q minds may well be apprehended
Tae financial hour Of great commercial nation,
largely indebted, and with republican form Of govern
meat administered by agents Of the popular choice IL
thing Of such delicate texture and The destucti u It
would be 70 loved by uuspeAKa0le calamity, that
every true patriot must desire % avoid vhatever mght
expose the slightest dangsr Tue great interests
Of the county ttq lire immediate relief rom these en-
Business IN the South is parAyzed by sense
OF negro supremacy. Sod'heru trsd-, from which the
North would have derived great profit uader gov
eminent OF Law il langushes, and can ueve be re-
vvtd uni il ceases to be iettefed by sIonay power
vhi,h makes all its operations unsafe. That rich coun
try the richest in natural resources the world ever saw
is han lost If II be not soon placed under the pro
lection Of free constitution. Inst sd oi Oeing, ~ It
ought be- Of wealth ani poser it will become
an iu,oiersbe burden upon ihs rest Of the nation.
THE RsoEST RLsorIoNs.
Another reason for retracingo n steps will doubtless
be by Congress in the late manifestations Of public
opinion this su iect. We live 10 country where
She popular will always entrees obedience % Itself
sooner later. Il is In think of opposing It
with any III short Of legal authority backed by over
Nheming force II caup0t have escaped ate lton
that from the day which Congress formally presented
the proposition to govern the SO iihern Sta 10y mill
tary force with 70 the ultimate estanlishment Of
negro supremacy every EXPIRE sion Of general sentiment
has been more or less adverse 90 H. Inc auecuohs OF
this generation cannot be detached from the in titutons
of their ancestors Their deerninaton to preserve the
Inheritance Of free government In their handf and
transmit il unim pared their posterty is too
strong 20 be ssfy opposed Every wease' pass
will disappear before that love liberty and law lt which
the Amen ,an people distinguished above all others
in the world.
BEIsrANcz TO UNCONSTITUTIONAL LEGt LArioN.
How far the duty Of the esident TO preserve protect
and defend the Constitution required him 10 90 in oppo-
y
aud important question which have dfliberated
much and felt ely auXi q reaca proper
clusiun where an act has oeSn parsed according % me
forms OF The Constitution, by the supreme lfgslarve
authority and is regularly enrolled among the pubic
statutes Il the couay i've resistance 10 It, espec-
ialy in times Of high party excitement, would be likely
produce violent collision between the respeo i've ad-
hereuts Of the bfAnC hes of the Government This
would be simply civil war and civil war be resort
ed only th4 last remedy for the worst Of evils.
Whatever might lend u provoke shoad be most care
fully avoided faithful and eonseieutous magistrate
will ooneede very much honest aud something
10 preveTse malice before he will endanger the
publ peace and he will adopt fIfcble measures
or such as might lead to force as long those ~hica
ave peaeeabe remain open 20 him or To bis constituents
1t IS true that may occur in which the executive
would be compelled TO stand on It's rights and untAn
r them, regardless OF all consequences II Congress
should pass which Is only in pAoabe conf ct
with the Constitution, but will certainly, il carried
produce immediate and irreparabe injury to e Organic
structure Of tie government. and II ihtre be neither u
dioia remedy for the wrongs it uhets power in the
people protect themselves ithout the otciA aid OF
their elected defender; IT, for instance, the Legislative
department should pass an act even through all the
forms Of law to abolish oo-ordnale department Of the
goyeTnmon-n such case the President must take the
high responsible les Of his Office, aud n life of the
nation at all hazards The so called reconstruction
though plainly uneonsti udona as any that can
be i'm magined we're not believed to be within the class
! last mentioned The people not wholly dsarmed
Of the power Of elf-defenoe In all the Northern States
they still held in their hands the sacred right the bal
lot. and i. safe believe that in due time they
would 10 the rescue Of Their own Institutions ii
gives pleasure add that the appeal
constituents was not taken IN VAIN aud that my com
denoe In their wisd and virtue not TO have been
u splaeed
Frauds ON THB TREASURY.
4 1t is well and publicly known that enormous frauds
been perpetated hs Treasury, and that colossal
fortuu have been made at the public expense This
species Of corruption has increased is increasing, and
II diminished will bring us Into total ruin and
disgrace Public creditors and tax-payers alike In
terested in honest administration Of the fuanoes
and Ieher class Will long endure the large handed rob
berries Il past For this disoreditable state
OF things there several some Of the taxes
are so laid present irresistible temptation to
win oy conns at fraud ceate pressure which Il
than the virtue Of many Withstand and there
be coubt that The open disregard Of constitution
al obligations avowed by some Of the highest and most
inf enii men in the country has greatly weakened the
moral sense OF those who n bordiuate places
The expenses Of the United stas, including interest
on the public debt, more than SIX times as much as
they we're seven years ago To collect and disbuse this
vast requires careful evison well fys
tematic vigilance system never perfected was much
dis Iganixed by the Tenure Of Office bill which has
almost destroyed official accountability. The President
may be thoroughly WINGED that an officer Is inoapa
ble dishonest unfAhfdl to the Ccnstit lton; but
under the law which have named, the utmost he can
do is complain the senate, and ask the privilege O
supplying his place with beteT II the senA be
regarded personally politically hostile TO the Pes
dent is naturally aud not at9Pothtr unreasonable for
the officer to expect that IL will take his part far
pn hs executive superior The officer has other
chances of mpunty, arising from accidental defects Of
evidence, mode OF inyestigAting IT, and the seeesY o
hearing II is not wonderful that official malieasanct
should become bold in proportion as delnquents learn
. 10 think themselves safe.