The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-05-12
Correspondence



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on ibs eleventh asy Il Mareb. isF7. iAs Cover
naf - lass State srrroyeA q scaueauent Fsss-
iatiaa Fasssa b the ssa bfanoles = the legisls-
hIre. sulnlittHg 8 ths people 81 amendment T.
90 Cousu'usfa 81 a.is STATE
satd Amendments prsi8es fsr striking go, ~
tbs Consolidation tha. word ..vhsie." wherever itis
usea therein 81 qualification af TIE franchises
ofaay siusen, thus s.,ing &c right 4 satiIasc =
aN male c.ilEeas wh5 paseaa the other quaiftes-
Hors required 81 las This stop n thp riElt al.
recti0n mes vlth the seFerest opposition trom ,io
conservative sido hy everything a tie State .
eat she loval people vho had undergone every
hna 4 opposition frsm that saarca fof seven
years previous. were rot Is De- deferred frsm their
Outs BY she soeidiug II he old faash
that, 81 some mjshsp. escaped bgnal uudel tht
ruins q the wrecked ColieirH2 snd che raso-
Tuition received yen large mataty "a ethaF
house. LAST winter again, bafJre the same sis-
lature. q woaA-kneed Radical proposed e ressiud
che acion ~ the previous session, M calling beck
che rcsalaiian BE passed but snah numbering
and united protect came up ifam ille Radical
press and people frpm every quarter q the State
tha; TIE mover d the resolution vas glad "a leave
the matter without further disturbance. Tie
Senate took 30 action upon ihe matter, the prosi-
dent deciding that such motion Was out q order,
as Il vas now before the people, aud could not be
called back. The cause II manhood suffrage u,
therefore, now before the voters Of The State q
Missouri and al the coming election they viii say
whether OF not We shall halt in the course upon
which We started out when we took The state out
from under the control OF rchots and gave Il 70
loyal men Since The result at The last election III
Michigan many ~ our people, hitherto confident
have become timid sud fear that wo have a larger
load than wc can carry, and that ono self-mposed
burden may drag down the whole cause, proving
fatal 70 our State and National ticket u the ball
lot box, ] share in no such fears, feeling very
certain that We have voters enough TO elect our
regular ticket, and intelligence enough 10 dis
crimiaott so that we may win part at least II not
all We call for in behalf Of tho cause of mankind,
Further, l believe We shall carry the whole that
we have undertaken 10 carry, II ie very possible
that If tLe vote was to be taken to-dty, that our
people are not yet far enough "out Of the wilder
ness to extend the Golden Rule to our colored
fellow beings but IN view Of the wonderful pro
Bfttt TINS ptVpic nave lhhue III ths uitehHh %
justice and humanity, during the past few years
progress that has been perceptble almost from
day 10 day il is for our reasonable calculation 70
to project this rate Of progress into the future
aud count with almost certainty on this degree Of
advancement being made by the third day Of No
vember next The Loyal people Of Missouri and
| may add those Of every one of our States, hay
ing gone as far az they have in treating the black
man as possessing the same manhood as them.
selyes, cannot with any sort Of consistency any
longer withhold from him the full measure of re.
cognition to his proper status Of that manhood
There is no probability, that had they all been
white, in giving them their freedom we should
have denied them the ballot. There is no pre-
text for their Acknowledgement but that Of then
color that hateful prejudice alone stands in the
way Of their rights. Much of this feeling has
argued away by the logic Of events. Upon what
ground does any Of il remain
There is no record in history Of any race having
been suddenly emancipated from bondage, MAX
ing such cornest and worthy efforts to show the
world that such boon has been wisely bestowed
We believe that the people Of this State will b.
able TO see this matter in the proper light, anc
will. by setting themselves right before the word
on this great feature Of reform, teach the tardei
scholars of the great North that the severe les.
sons Taught by the Rebellion, have not been
learned in vain. EQUINOX