Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-11-04
The Snnfhern ReKolutinn.


The prayers Of devout men, and the labor
Of earnest lovers of their kind. are often s,
speedily and abundantly answered or reward
ed as to greatly surprise even the partie'
themselves Eight years ago no one could
have foreseen or believed the degree Of prog
rcss which has already been achieved in tn,
moral, social, and industrial revolution OF tn,
South--a revolution compared with which, it
its magnitude and importance, though per
haps necessarily preliminary to 1.-THE bril-
liant achievements of Sherman and Gram
sink into insignifcance. The most sangunc
Of the old.time abolitionists could not hay,
hoped, nor did the most radical among then
ask, such revolution in the sentiment and con
diiion Of Southern society as was eyinced BY
a speech before the American Missionary As
ISOLATION, at its annual meeting held at Spring
field last week, by Col. c. G. BAYLOR, Of
Athens, Georgia, in favor of giving the ne
groes homesteads, education, the right to yot,
aud the chance to be voted for. Col. b. is q
representative of the high and most aristo
cratic class of shareholders, thoroughly recon
structed We copy an abstract Of his re-
marks from the Springfield Republican
col Baylor stated that his object was not to
earn the applause Of his hearers, but to gain ioI
the truth recognition and support lie came
not to say that the South needed fine building,
and extensive factories, much as the principle
that made us what We are--tho principle that la
Dor is honorable. The American missionary 50
cety is doing good work at the South, in estab
fishing schools and stated religious instruction
there but it should accomplish more. The need
of the people. white and black, of that section, is
the establishment OF a system of digntcd, self
sustaining labor The old ieudalsm IN the lane
should be broken up and rooted out, and tn,
large plantations should be parttioned into forty
acre farms and given to the freedmen to own anC
to till. In the center Of each community of farm
ers, let the New England church and school
house be planted Tell the freedmen they arc t
decide great issue-that of the decadence OF
permanency of voluntary labor tell them t
work, and that they are free and can vote and Owl
estates and be ireeholders, land We shall Sc,
whether or not free labor can be maintained in
tropical climate. Let the enterprise be carried
on as New England enterprise let Yankees in
augurate it. Plant New England in the South
Massachusetts, in Georgia--and make that Stat,
the Massachusetts, of the Gulf "rhe blacks a
the South said Col. Baylor, know that an
their friend. | will vote side by side with them
and there is one black man in my district wht
ought to be Representatives, Congress- who vii
he chosen to that office, and who will have my
vote
Some say the blacks are not capable of ciyiliza
ton. 1t is untrue. The blacks know all abou
the qualities OF the land at the South They neeC
no instruction in the science Of agriculture the,
know it better than you can teach them. They
are intelligent, and have thirst for knowledge
that is wonderful They have great local attach
ments, and love for home, which is the ioundn
ton of everything beautiful The whites there
too, need schools and churches, especially in th,
Northern counties Of Georgia, where the suns anC
the daughters Of slain Union men-conscripts il
Davis armies--are destitute and ignorant 4
Young ladies school is needed there-somethinl
like that =" House Of the Angels" the Mt. Holy0ki
seminary at South Hadley Georgia is the bes
field for the New Highlander at the South. Con
centrate on that. Go down in numbers to SWEEP
il clean Let those who despise New England
see its power. Ii is the old issue over again. Al
this nation tried to save the Union and slavery
too, theefi6r since the war has been not enough
IN the direction of the black mans citizenship
and as God compelled us to give the slaves free
dom or lose the Union, 50 now lie Strings Us t,
say whether we will give the black, to the tulles
extent, the right of citizenship, and by his vote,
and vote conquer the unsubdued rebels, or let hin
remain the serf that he now is and in conse-
quence, succumb, and be denationaized. "Thert
is granite rock near Atlanta, !" said the speaker
" and | have in years gone by wondered why God
placed il there. Let there be a New England
community planted around it,, and schoo-house
upon it, and call il Plymouth Rock.