St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-09-04
For the st. ,Johnsbury Ca,edor;sn.
The South.

Wctho SlI'c' souic Dll NlSlOllS Ol Inc
future of the south. Indications of her
slow but sure development under our
free institutions. The change that SEEM
ed creeping over her, marked out by the
finger of that benign Providence which
had so lately broken her chains and of
tercd freedom.
That these late rebel states feel tho
political quahing that now shakes the
nation, is not 10 be denied. In some of
the more barbarous portions there is i'll
tense excitement, with violence and mur-
der. Slumbering passions are awakened,
and smothcrcd fires rrkinlied
With all the bright visions of future
prosperity and glory for the south, we
cannot shake OFT the tear of danger. Her
dangers lie not within herself. We
have long felt hat there were no clement,
here that we could not control, aud con-
;rol easily, if her rebellious spirit was not
fed from northern fountains of di,loyalty
And now the clouds that threaten are
rising in the north. The distant thun-
lerS that alarm us, come from the cradle
of liberty, from states historic as the
birthplace OF freedom and righteousness.
Ii the north, ingloriously surrenders all
tor which she fought, mocking her seven
hundred thousand dead soldiers; ii she
basely elevates to places Of power and
trust, those who would have been rebel,
but for their cowardice, then the south
/ is lost indeed The New York and the
New Orleans riots, were shaped by the
fraternity. And now, is it strange. that
we feel the dangers that threaten Us
The triumph OF modern democracy Is
the death knell of freedom. Give the
rebel conservative democracy the power
they seek, and the condition of the freed
men is tenfold worse, than III their worSt
]
torA of slavery. The triumph OF dem
ocraSy, is war, inevitable. L know the
( temper OF the elements around me We
do not speak from a sense of personal
! fear We came here amid the thunder
of artillery, to watch at the couch OF
! dying soldiers, TO open a>ylums ot resi-
tor refugees, fleeing from the land oi
>ighs and fears; 10 lit up, in the name
of God and humanity, two downtrodden
races oi men. Here ior six consecutive
wears, amid the graves of your fallen
| heroes. and the abodcs OF suffering mil
lions. there Is no motive to inritc us tC
4 false alarm Here, . quiet missionary,
without :. single personal ambition, or
political aspiration, We solcmniy declur,
it our deliberate conviction, that Il chang.
OF the political power of the nation a
the fail election, would be the inaugurI
ton Of civil war more terrible than til,
world ever saw. No power on earti
can now disfranchisc four millions o.
people Just lifting the cup OF freedom Il
Ups burning with generations Of oppres
sionS, but with consequences that woull
cause the nations ear to tingle. No peo
ole on the face Of the earth are now sc
Jealous of their rights.
The Freed people comprehend the dan
gers of the hour, and the rcsponsibiliiia
OF their new lit" They walk with IN
soft stcaIthy tread Of the lion, about t,
be robbed Of her whelps
The man who expects any genera
Generalization in their vote, will wax
up a mistaken man.
But the chief danger lies far ava
among the green hills Of our own dta
native north. Before ii is too late, |,
!, Us lit the warning voice to those VIII
- would ION hand in hand with traitors
If you listen to the voice of reason,
you heed the voice of God and humanity
all is safe. 1t is not our own lives tt
which we plead. We count not tho-
lives dear, else we had not wasted the
energies in the enemy's country amid Il
swamps and sands of the Carolinas. b.
we plead for the honor of the dead, al
A. Al; the salvation of the living. We plea
ct for unborn generations. The triurnl
now, of constitutional liberty, in /
Il; treest, fullest form, is its triumph foreve
= A defeat now, at the very gate Of II
citidel, is its death, i'll the country v
love, and over the continent on viii
we live.
On the Sd of November next, VIII
you 90 to deposit your vote, In the mai
ted of God and humanity, we beg you, gl
back the nation its wasted life and vigo
= give freedom and equal rights t. all
Q Yours, IL. 5. b.
IS, Wilmington, n. c., Aug. %, 1868.
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