Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-07-29

other mems faces. 1t has brought shame
and sorrow upon both North and South.
Finally a class of men grew up in this
country and held the doctrine that eman-
cipatlon was not only the duty of the !
master but the right of the slave. An
other class denied this doctrine, and
said that the government had no right |
to touch the question of slavery in the
several states but we had determined
the system of slavery should not touch
the territories, and with Gods help we
carried it through. We elected Abra-
ham Lincoln. that charitable, just and
pure man. While we love the slave,
we-never hated the master. God being
my judge, l have never entertained
sentiment of hatred toward the southern
section of my county, and l speak the
sentiments of nine-tenths of the people
of the North. Before Lincoln was elect
ed the banners of instruction, had al
ready been raised in the South. Edu-
cation, no doubt, had much to do with
it. Had | been born in the South, no
doubt [ would have been with them :.
but in the providence of God, | was
born and educated elsewhere We had
a bloody struggle of four years. No
Drawer men ever lived than you of the
South. You gave your lives and prop
erty for your cause; but you expected
at the close of war subjugation, that
some of your men would be imprisoned
and tried and some executed; but not
a man has been tried for treason. [
have in my possession letters from sew
eral southern soldiers, among them thir-
teen Confederate generals, thanking me
for kindness to them while confined in
my State during the war, and one from
Alexander III. Stevens, who was released
from Fort Warren and finally altogether
through my Intervention, stating that
he owed his life to me. When the last
flag disappeared in the southern sky, l
forgot the struggle and only wanted to
lift the poor slaves into the position of
citizens, and that we should be a free
country and all live friends together
again. No unkind feelings were meant
toward the South when Congress passed
the reconstruction measures. | made
thirty-two speeches and wrote numbers
of letters to southern men, begging them
to help give rights to colored men, form
good State governments and help to re-
store the country. What was the re-
suit? Many, exasperated by following
the policy of Andrew Johnson, took no
part. A few loyal men, whom you call
''scallawags" had accepted the situation,
and the management of the new govern
ment was left to them and the colored
men and few men from the North, and
then you tell US that the Congress and
the people of the North are responsible
for your mistake. But we are told there
is Ku-Klux act, and that is despotism.
In the winter of 1871 evidence came to
us from every part of the South that
outrages were being perpetrated. | say
here to-day that there are hundreds of
men in this organization who gave us
this information and give it to us to-day.
These Ku-Klux organizations were not
so secret after ALL and we know a great
deal more about them than one organi-
zation knows about another. In the
spring of 1871 the Senate of the United
, States thought it ought. to stay at the
capitol and protect citizens from these
outrages. The House thought it ought
to adjourn and 60 home. Horace Gree.
ley about that time wrote a leader, say
ing that government that would moi
protect Its citizens ought to be swept
from the face of the earth. While the
two houses differed, General Grant Just
, then issued little message about a:
long as your finger, asking for law fol
punishment of the Ku-Klux. 1t haC
the effect of battle order, and the &C
was passed Immediately. You. gentle
7 men democrats, have taken Mr. Creole,
and can say no more about the despot
!. ism of the Ku-Klux acts About you
North Carolina canvass L know little
and propose to say less about your loca
;. politics but as your election is at hand
j I will say to you it is destined to exer
! immense influence upon the vote of tn
country. The people of the Unite,
) States are looking upon this vote Q
North Carolina as the settlement of tn
presidential contest. If democrats carr
!; it, it will give more votes for Creole
. than you think, but if you carry it
). will give more votes for Grant than yo
have got in your whole State. Las
- year | went to New Hampshire, | wa
. laughed at when | told men there tina
! we would carry the State, because W
had been beaten the year before, for tn
!, first time in sixteen years; but We di
- carry it by an increased majority, an
- in Connecticut; We made gain of 800
on the democratic vote. Last year W
: also carried the election in Oregon by
A large majority, with seventeen on tn