Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1872-08-29
Legislature. should cvcr..pa4s u BILL Of a.tai


! der.
The reconstruction oct OF 1867 waa b
oiaita'ndcr more deliberately cruel 4.
: with pains saad spanaliies more ca,npen,
J olSiF unjust than any British bill that eyd
was passed But its authors we're conscius
tiiai if could not stand and. they must r.
place il with something else.ss for sooner d
later tic courts would BE- sure to pronouuef
II void. Besi.ies, the objtct being to put III
southern. people anders the domination Il
greedy adventures from the North, witt, M
limited license tet ppress ant. piunder ,ile,sS
the officers Of the army were not very goe1
agents in such q nefarious business, Tnl
negroes would be inslrumerts Of tyranp1
hisch more easily managed. But Nil act III
Congress aisilanchising the white people fol
/ onehces real Or imputed. and handing oveI
their State governments ito negroes, to be|
rah py them in the lhteiestsIof carpet-bagt
GERS, would be merely au, thcr bill of atta,Dj
| Ger, or rather modification of the firstsena
making it much worse. but equally within
me feaeh "f' Judicial correction. In thin !
strait they rcsorted to the expedient or conl
Verting the constitution itself into Lili od
attantler
The Fourteenth and Fifteenth sucn.I-|
Hiehts We're frauds upon the spiritand letter
OF the Instrument, fifasmucll AZ they Effected
the worst outrage which it WAS made to pre-
vent. Ihey were carried against The knox,1
VIII OF nearly every State in the Union bv
shameless deception In the North and by
ofutai vlolence In the South. MAY this be
washed IN Letl,e aud forgotten ~ Certainly
not us long as anysportiou OF our people. .aro
compelled to bear the intolerable burden M
TIE yoke thus fastened upon them. seed
NOT say how much they have suffered ALREADY. :.
nor Try 10 conjecture how much they will be
caiied TO endure hereafter but 1t is certain !,
mat any ordinary daspotism would have been
VISITATION OF mercy III comparison. When
we reject upon the number and rupaeitv os
the thieves that have been upheld III ,hetr
piiase by means of the negro governments,
we cannot help but regret the non-adoption
OF Mr. Stevens proposition. atrocious as It
Was, for universal contiscatior. The ner- .
hieious consequences of this rule are felt in
tue general us well as the local governments.
he legislation OF Congress is. largely cor.
tfoiied by nit representatives of the carpet-
Dag Inteaests, and the worst acts OF the Ex.
echIiva administration are done to. pIeasa
aae power which controls the negroes aittSsss,s
meeting places Of the leagues. and drives
hem thence to the polls.
Mr.. Greeley's election will not do ali that
We could wish to free us from these evils 1t
VIII not even be a popular condemn tian
4 the base meapss by which rheyassere i,,-
llcted upon Us. but i will begin the process
u their gradual extinction, 1t will give .ha
9hlte people reasonable hone that tho
erltabie qualities of their fther's blood
nay some day be restored. In tl,e m..n-.
me. II II Goes not reverse the attaint,er. ~
'iii at least insure mercifill execution of IT.
'enocrats who dislike Mr. Greeley's nomi.
non pave reflected well. anil think viii,
lRp"rt him with almost perfect ,nanimitv
ne thought that a victory viii not give us
'efythlhs at once may diminish, IN some
gree Tie rapture OF the strife,'' but il viii
~ isi'palf the efficiency OF the support, for
icy are impeiltrl to their almost exertjons
proio'lad convic ion that nothing but
eiection will save the country from q lonp
ROD Ut misgoyernmcilt, and. perpaps. ths
ta' destruction Of our free institutions
u, with great rrspecr, yours. &C.,
j. =. BLACK.
YORK. Pa. August 8. 1872.