The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-05-05

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pruss u, The sserihoe sac made in tho fun belief
that II poald IRE from the troubles q the past
~ beysne that IL would end the rule ~ slavery,
30 ono deabied thas the evils which slavery had
generated would b. suffered 10 die With H. IL
vas nos expected that an aristoeFasio minority
wosia costume 70 force their oTinions upon re-
puhAekn people with threats and violence. Men
wegc po longer 10 tc prescribed for holding ofin-
ne uhich cur government vas established 10
perpetuato. The south was 10 be opened 20 men
who believed in political equality and The dignity
Of labor They worr 10 live there Sc citizens and
n a as sliens TO hold their possessions by night,
aud no, BY The liberation u their neighbors %
e1pTess their opinions freely, and not have their
lipe scaled BY fear u the bullet and the knife. II
The men who endured the weary marches and
faced the dangers o. the field, had not supposed
that . brighter err would succeed the storm oi
war their task would have been less easy. II
those uhoso bodies Oh the National cemeteries Of
the South, or enrich the hundred battle-bolds Of
the war, had supposed that We should have again
the Union A. it was, their last moments would
have been embittered with the thought that their
lives had been given in vain. II the fathers and
btpthers Of the slain had known that one for
whom they we're called upon 10 vote to oil high
Office Of the Republic wac ready TO reconstruct
tho Union upon such a b4sis, they would have
shrunk from the act ~ outrage upon the dead.
And vet al the close Of the war reconstruction
was commenced under policy which could no,
but establish the very state q society which the
var was expected 10 overthrow. The peo-
mence again the course which had just
resulted in their rebellion and deefeat.
Loyalty to the Government was punished with
social prescription, as fidelity TO liberty was be-
fore the war. The weapons which were once used
TO kcep ont Abolitonists are now used TO keep out
Radicals. A man is free 10 advocate impartial
suffrage now as be was 10 advocate abolition ten
years ago--at The peril Of his life. The same
means that were then employed to keep the me-
groes In slavery are now employed 10 keep them
In a condition next 10 slavery The efforts Of the
negro 10 obtain knowledge meet with as much OPP
position as his former efforts 10 obtain freedom.
II those whom he assisted in time Of war cndeav-
or 10 protect him In time Of peace, the edict OF
some mysterious power dooms them 70 destrue-
ton. LeaRued assaseins single out their victims
in broad daylight and II civil or military author
lilies attempt any interference with such an adj
ministration Of affairs, Southern papers edited by
rebel Generals SAY they ought TO be murdered
Charitably considering the faults Of their educa-
ton, the Southern people were INDUCED with .
taste Of blood for conciliatory purposes and If
any evidence ID needed to prove 30 plain propo-
sition, we have the testimony Of every loyal man
at the South that the indulgence has only made
them more muTderous.
Thus this lawless spirit has been foatored and
sustained by the Executive branch Of the Govern
ment Its compromise and its clemency brought
into activity the opposition which had disappear.
cd under the disasters Of war. Ii proposed to
me Ct defeated but unrepentsnt traitors upon an
equal footing over the graves Of the Union dead
Those whom Abraham Lincoln proclaimed on the
fret Of January, 1863, thenceforth and forever
free, il was willing TO leave in a condition that
as slavery in, everything but the name. Those
who chung to the Union when their friends fol-
lowed the seceeding states, il suffered to be
thrust aside, as they returned from the fields Of
the contest TO enjoy the fruits Of their victory.
To reconstruct the Union, the Presidential policy
subjected the political and social rights Of its ey
faithful defenders to the mercy Of its late as
sAilants. To carry out this policy the Executive
de1ed the Legislative branch Of the Government,
tho immediate representatives Of the people /;
and usurping their functions, assumed 10 create
siatos and fix representation. Whatever may be
the result Of his trial before the High Court OF
impeachment President johnson stands con-
yictod by the loyal community Of completely with
traitors and usurpa,ion Of power, and that decis-
ion will never be reversed by the judgement Of
posterity.
We may reasonably hope that the soath viii soon
be deprived Of the support Of the Executive branch
IL our Government. The Presidents counsel
plead his great services and sacrifices in tho cause
Of the Union, and ask il such man il TO be con-
victed upon miserable technicaiities. The argu-
ment ia quite as servieeable on the other side,
The citizens Of the Rspublic may properly ask
IL this President, who has ururped the preroga-
tives u King to them In the interest Of
traitors, shall he suffered 10 escape upon mere
techuicalitiee Tho three days speech Of hr.
EvRrts to prove that the Constitution has been
The inspiration Of 81 the words and deeds q An
drew johnson, has delayed the rosnlt but 10 not
likely 10 change il. Before be accepted the pay
81 an attorney, Mr. Evarte characterized the ut
terAnces u President Johnson, more tsrNely and
aud truly, "A 'tbe voice Of the beGson rebellion.
We trus, that notwithstanding his professional
ciurte, the time viii soon come when the voice Of
the beaten rebellion shAn no longer insult 10y
Al people frum the portals OF the White House.
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