Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-08-07

l. ihe reelection Of those democratic ma
Il bsrs WAC are sO-opcraiifg With you III
"a ssrpOrt Of Mr.. Greeley. DO yoa
!. knoE, Mr. sumner. and will you not :,
!. eandid man acknowledge hat viii n,
j. fmen in power IN Congress The rights
4 pend on federal legi,laiiong
4 Still further: The rights Of the q
ored men in this country are secured.
5 secured nj ALL By. three great ronssi,a;io
, al amendments, 18th. llth and 18th I
give these amendments full scope and c
feet. legislation by Congress Is impersti
lyTequired. as yoa have 80 oiion and ,
eloquently demonstrated. But the Den
ocraiie party are on record in tho mo,
conspicuous manner against any lerislu
ton on the subject. Il was only in tn
month Of February last that my colleague
Mr.. Peters, offered resolution in In
House of Representatives, affirming :. IN,
validity Of the constitutional amendment
and of such reasonable legislation of Con
gress as mas be necessary to make then
IN letter and spirit more efIectual." Tbi,
resoluiion-very mild and guarded, a.
you see-was adopted by l24 yeas to So
nays only eight Of the yeas were demo.
Gratis; all the nays were democrats.
The resolution Of Mr.. Peters was fol.
lowed week later by one offered by Mr.
Stevenson Of Ohio, as follows =
" Resolred-That We recognize as valid
md binding all existing laws passed BY
Congress for the enforcement of the tbir.
eenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amend.
nents of the constitution of the United
States. and for the protection of citizens
n their rights under the constitution as
On the vote upon the resolution there
'erc 10Y yeas to 65 nays. All the yeas
'erc republicans, and they are now unan. |
nous in support of President Grant All /
he nays were democrats, who arc now
IualIy unanimous IN support of Mr.. Gree
v.
IL is idle TO affirm, as some democrats
d in resolution offered by Mr.. Brooks
New York, that "these amendments
@ valid parts ofthe constitution" 50 lone
the same men on the same day vote
at The provisions of those amendments
onld not be enforced by Congressional !
,lslatlon. The amendments are but
brass and tinkIing cymbals" to !
coIored man until Congress makes &
IN effective and practical. Nay more, Fl
he rights OF the colored man are TO be /
to the legislation of the southern ..
ties, without congressional Intervention. +,
would under a democratic administra. :;
be deprived of the right of suffrage :.
less than two years, and he would be i
y lucky if he escaped some form of !
tteI slavery rpeonage. And in proof a.
his danger | might quote volumes of Ia
iom and warning from the speeches of n,
rles Sumner =,
When therefore, you point out to the -,
red men that their rights will be SAT-. Il,
nc hands Of the democratic party, Won !.
dc and mislcad them.-I do not saw !
fully, but none the less really The h..
i handful Of rcpublicans-compared ;;
the whole mass-who unite with
self and Mr.. Greeley in going over | /
e democratic party, cannot leavon III;
lump of political unsoundness, even ~,
gu preserve your own original princi- olo
In the contact The administration no
Lr. Greeley, therefore, should he be c,r
ed, would be in the whole and in de. ,,a,
democratic administration, and you lev
d be compelled to 90 with the cur ,ryt
or repent and turn back when too IF :
o mend the evil you had done. Your or
nent that Horace Greeley does not NH
ne democrat by receiving democrat =, ,
it by the analogy Of ,
own election to the Senate.-is hard.
rtinent The point is not what Mr.. -.
y will become personally, but what -,
9 the complexion of the great legis- 49,.
branch of the government with all ~
st and controlling power. You know -, e
we'll, Mr.. Sumner. that if Mr.. Gree.
elected president, Congress is hand ~
er to the control Of the party who w.
persistently denied the rights Of the
man. What course you will pur- h.
'ward the colored man is of small -.
Iuence after you have Transferred j,
'wer OF government to his enemy! H.
colored men of this country are !, q
class enlightened but they have III,
rful instincts and when they read the r ri,
they will know that at great crisis -
n
If fate you deserted them. Charles
n cooperating with Jefferson Da- !,
not the same Charles Sumner thew :,
hitherto idolized-any more than ,i'"'
Greeley, cFcercd TO the echo in ~ =
any ball is the snme Horace Gree. ~
the republicans bayo L;.L hosn