Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-08-16

sal amnesty, aud for total oblivion OF
the causes and consequences of the late
aud dreadful war, is directly in the interest
OF another Southern rebellion; and
should he be our next President, as he
has repeatedly proclaimed his belief in
the right of secession if agreed upon by
a controlling sectional majority, there is
reason for the gravest apprehensions as
to what may transpire under his admin
istration. There need be adduced no
case for greater distrust or stronger con-
demnation than is found in the fact that
the great body of Southern whites-loy-
al in form by necessity, not choice are
eager for his success, while as large a
portion of the Southern freedmen are
trembling in fear of it; for they instinct
lively perceive what will be the sad con-
sequences to themselves. They may not,
indeed, be again reduced to bondage
but short of this, there will be little re-
gard paid to their personal or political
rights. For this reason it is tnat they
are feeling so alarmed and indignant at
the stupidity or perfdy of any of their
number in voting for the Greeley ticket
and well may large margin of allow
ance be made for them if, in any case,
they have attempted to prevent this by
threatening personal violence. Theirob-
ject is not to strike down freedom OF
choice, but to save themselves from a
cruel betrayal. You can shed no light
on their pathway; for they have much
clearer vision than your own, and prac-
tical knowledge of men and things
around them that you do not possess.
Talk not to them in disparagement OF
President Grant; tell them not of the
superior virtues of Mr.. Greeley As a
matter of common sense and ordinary
prudence, they only ask-they need only
ask on which side are their despisers
and prosecutors rallying, Ku-Kluxes
and all, to come to the sensible conclu-
sion that their safety lies in an opposite
direction. Yet it is Charles Sumner who
is exerting all his powers to persuade
them to the contrary! By what witch
craft has this been brought about?
20 madness of discourse.
That cause sets up with and against itselfi
n fold authority ! where reason can revolt
Without perdltion, and loss assume all reason
Without revolt this is. and is not, Cressid"
The special point that you press upon
the grateful consideration of colored vo.
tiers is this: Horace Greeley, from
early lite was earnest and constant
against slavery, full of sympathy with
the colored race, and alacays foremost "a,
the great battle for their rights. =
l am so much of republican that
wish to see in the Presidential chair a
lifetime abotitionist" Here, again, as
in the case of Gratz Brown, you make a
claim that can not be substantiated
MIR. Greeley never was and never as
sumed to be an abolitionist. He never
denounced slaveholding as NAHUM IN
Sc, nor advocated the immediate liberia.
tion of the slaves. nor recommended a
direct assault upon slavery itself, nor
discountenanced all pro-slavery compro.
misses, nor objected to a slave represent.
alton in Congress, or to the legal rendi.
tion of fugitive slaves, nor connected
connected himself with any anti-slavery
organization, nor sanctioned the aboli-
tion movement. He was a trimmer
througout the whole struggle, notwith.
standing that he wrote and published
much that was serviceable to the cause
of freeeom. He was not even a Free
Soiier, but always Henry Clay Wing
until republicanism supplanted the Whig
and Free-Soil parties. Even after the
slaves were set free under Abraham Lin
coins Proclamation of Emancipation, he
was in favor of paying those who had
robbed them of every right and rioted
upon their unpaid toll, not less than four
hundred millions of dollars Far differ
ent was the manner in which your friend
Mr.. r. W. Emerson, regarded this pecu-
MARY adjustment between the slave-mas-
ter and slave:
Give the otcRer compensation;
Fill up the bag TO the brim
Who is the owner2 The Stare is owneri
And ever was Pay Ain!'
Not so, said Mr.. Greeley; pay the
money to the slave-masters. And this.
too, after they had risen in rebellion. and