Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-03-13

fhoped to kill it with obnoxious riders. Its
effect l. to make General Grant ruler over
the states since there can be no doubt out
that, although nominally subordinate to, the
General is substantially Independent OF the
President.s General Grant is more acceptance
to the people of the South than any clvliian
that could be appointed. He is above ONCE
hunting, and we hope has no aspirations OF
any kind to crafty.
ssSbould this bill become law, of which
there is every possibility, we must quietly
attend to our own business and await the day
of civil law
| The jackson Clarion sees no way in which
the state authorities can be interfered with
constitutionally, and thinks that the Presi-
dent '' will not permit the state governments
and the judicial tribunals appertalnlng to
them to be disturbed in the exercise OF leglt-
innate functions
| The Richmond Times is particularly dis
pleased at the thought that
Whether we consent to return to the
Union, or prefer to remain at the mercy OF
the military, we cannot avoid the outrage OF
negro suffrage The charter of our city and
the Constitution of the state compel us In
few weeks to elect city and state officers. and
at those elections the cleaning bayoncts OF
the soldiery at the threats of a dlsarmed peo-
pie will force negro suffrage upon us.
The Charlottesville (Va.) Chronicle leans
the same way
s.Under the provisional government we
have the military and negro suffrage if ad-
mitted into the Union, we have negro suit
rage and get rid of the military. Pending
the provisional government the men prescribed
bv the third clause of the amendment can
not vote they can vote when the state Is
admitted. Then this is to be considered
the quicker we get into the Union the bet
ter; there we are state, and we can con-
troll our own affairs-our State constitution
if necessary. There we are out OF the jaws
of the beast that is ready to devour us
Again The quicker this State constltu-
ton is formed the greater will be the lnfiu-
ence of the whites in shaping it. Postpone,
and the radicals will organize the negroes
against us. And lastly, if the legislature
does not call convention, Bolts and the ne
groes will by primary meetings.
I'VE are not recommending either OF
these courses We are inviting the public
to think
The Louisville Journal urges an appeal 10
the Supreme Court and. if that falls, thinks
that the South should submit TO the law, but
never coneent to it. 1t concludes an article
as follows
:. The object of the measure is to put the
political power of the South in the hands OF
negroes and loval' whites, and the measure,
if executed will be executed as to attain
its object, no matter what the southern people
NAV do or omit to do Political activity,
within the sphere of martial law, amounts to
nothing And political numbers amount to
no more The true strength of the South lies
in the preservation of her selfrespect. And
she cannot preserve her self-respect by con-
senting to her own enslavement. She has now
lost all but honor if she loses that, she will
be poor indeed
TENNESSEE.
The Memphis ArGldnche is fierce. 1t saws
1.-The man in our midst who favors this
military bill is an enemy to the people
among whom he lives, and the man who rec
ognises encourages its advocates with his
patronage or his smile is no better than the
radicals scoundrels who are seeking to rob
us of liberty and make the abject slaves
of the most unprincipled tyrants that ever
disgraccd the earth. The Military bill is
nothing but plan for Polandizing the south
ern states-states larger in geographical area
than the whole continent of Europe. and Oc-
cupied by twelve millions of the Anglo-Sax-
on and Celtic races 1t is as pregnant with
danger to the North the South, and if the
people submit To it, ii will only be to find
their own slavery in the act of submission. =
Charles f. Browne better known Arte-
mas Ward, died at Southampton, England
the 9th inst lie was born in Maine in 1884
learned the printer trade when quite young,
and subsequently became noted a popular
humorist. both az writer and speaker. He
achieved undoubtedly his greatest success
during the last fall and winter in England
having become contributor 10 Punch and
lecturer who drew crowded houses, and was
favorablv and critically noticed by the best
literary papers in London. He belonged to
the same school of humorists Orpheus C.
Kerr, and Petroleum Y. Nasty.
DIR. David Livingstone. the noted Afri can
explorer, was recently murdered by the CAT
frs, in Africa. His visit to that country at
this time for the purpose of endcavoring
10 open that region to the influences of 4
Christian civlizat ion.