Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-05-28

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ioiccd at every outrage committed upon
4 Cuion man suddenly alter And why.
simply because they perceive that the
| United States i, bound to do its duty and
hurl the usurper. Andy johnson. from
the Presidential chair, and place therein
that tried and true patriot Ben. Wade.
who In, h,ea r,igt,d aud found uo,
Maniiug
But, hank what means this shout upon
our usually quiet courthouse square
\ special telegram from Washington
"a the Nashville Banner. that the
President friend, are confident ii hi~
acquittal" | can help but think that
# such a telegram based upon uo,hiugucs-
A. il must be, would breathe thu breath ut
life into the rebel rank, and rai,a such a
lcmoniac Yell that the future for ~ Is
| indeed dark, if perchancc legal tender"
doe, its work and johnson is acquitted.
Politicians have already commenced
paving the way for a great and mighty
Presidential campaign Grant still APP
pears to be the choice Of the Republican,
Of the South, and il made the party nom
iuce will bc snpported AA- all al the party,
not one dissenting.
Perhaps the Republican, of the South
are too radical, as have seen stated in
some of the Northern papers That they
are in favor Of placing the negro upon a
social as well as political equality with
the white race, and I beg the privilege
of saying, that in this, gentlemen. You
are mistaken. Being a member Of the
Radical party | take the liberty of stat
ing to my friends our platform in
Tennessee, and the gist of it is embraced
in these few words. viz: Union, Liberty,
Justice and Equality rights before the
law. Analyze that and make social equal
tty with the black race out Of it il You
can. We are unable To do So
Rv th. ,,-,.la--..ss,., 80 .L~. L----..-l
respected and beloved man, Abraham in
coin, four millions of human beings were
liberated from feudal bondage, whore
they had been telling for over two hun
dred and forty years, were declared free
men, competent to place the musket upon
their shoulders, and battle for the Union
and that Star Spangled Banner, which
now waves over every nook and corner of
our land, but not competent to WELD the
ballot for the men Of their choice for pub
lie offices No, not that; hdt would be
placing the negro over the white man.
But thanks be to God, while Andrew
Johnson was Military Dictator" over
tennessee, and advocated the principle
that treason should be made odious, and
that TRAITORS should take back seats," lie
convened a Legislature which passed
law placing the ballot in their hands,
thinking that the civil government would
he more safe in the hands of loyal black
men than in the hands of rebel white
men You may ask the difference be-
tween political and social equality lst.
Political equality is going TO the ballot
box with the same freedom that any man
goes there, and depositing their ballots,
according to the dictates of their own
consccnces. Tor the men of their choice.
ID. Social equality is taking a man TO
your house as an equal, marrying and in
tcrmmrying, Gc., &c Those men who
talk SO long and loud against the negroes
voting probably do not remember that in
most of the Southern State and in Ten
nessee up to 1896 freemen of color went
to the hallot-box and voted, the same as
! white men. have seen men in this good
old town of Gallatin howl in regard to
the Acknowledgement Of the negro as they
| proceeded 10 the balot-box Arriving at
that place they would find that they had
two tickets, one Republican and the other
! Conservative, and would actually be I'M
/ der the necessity Of getting some colorcd
man to tell him "thc rebel ticket" No
/ comments are necessary, as all can fudge
for themselves which Of the two was the
most competent to use the elective fran
chisc There il considerable excitement
iii regard 10 the "ku-Klux Khan" | ot-
serve that many in the North are both to
believe that any such ncfarious order OK
lists But there is such an order, and it
j. in full blast. Nor anon,
Respectfully, ImrErY.
/ COY. Bullock A>D THE MASS tcHr-
SETS LEGISLATURES. The Springfield
Republican gives the following account of
the position Of affairs between Gov. Bull
lock and the House of Representatives ON
4 the License Bill.
Gov. Bullock insists on his right 10 be
heard, and, yesterday, delivered in per-
son, TO the committee of the House of Rep
rcNentatives, his reasons for his message,
protesting against the license bill. which
became law without his signature, and
winch the House, in its majesty. thought
/ II. not proper to receive. The committee
went to return it, Yesterday, and were
treated to brief and pertinent lecture by
the Governor, wherein he defended the
: night and propriety Of Lisaction. by the
constitution and precedents, and for lis
. wisdom and policy, told the Representa-
tiyes that he preferred to appeal tn the
people, TO whom he reminded them tbev
were also responsible The division h..
tween the Representatives and the Coy.
ernor grows more distinct and irracon.