The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-09-27

PRESIDENT uANEs on 1nE TRAMP.
President Hayes and some members
Of his cabinet have been making an ex.
tended tour through Ohio, Kentucky,
Tennessee aud as far south as Atlanta,
Geo. He has been everywhere enthu-
siastically received and one would
judge from the press reports that the
southerners were even better pleased
with him than the people Of the north.
He has made a great many short
speeches, all concliatory in tone, and
some Of them giving good advice which
the southern people viii do we'll TO fol-
low We give condensed report Of
his speech at Atlanta as a sample
Here we are, republicans, democrats,
colored people, white people, confed-
crate soldiers and Union soldiers, all Of
one mind and one heart to-day. and
why should we not be !? What is there
to separate us longerl Without any
fault Of yours, or any fault of mine, or
Of any one of this great audience, sla
very existed in this country. 1t was
in the constitution of the country. The
colored man was here, sot by his own
voluntary action. 1t was by tue mis-
fortune Of his fathers that he was here.
| think ii is safe to say that it was by
the crime OF our fathers that he was
here. He was here, however, and we
of two sections differed about what
should be done with him. As Mr.. Lin
cold told us, there were prayers on
both sides for him both sides found in
the Bible a confirmation of their opin.
ions, and both sides finally undertook
to settle the question by that last Gnal
means Of arbitration, force of arms.
You here mainly joined the Conferate
side and fought bravely, and risked
your lives heroically in behalf Of your
convictions, and can any true man any
where fail to respect the man who risks
his life Tor his convictions? And as /
accord that respect to you and believe
you to be equally liberal and generous
and Just, | feel that as | stand before
you as one who fought in the Union
army for his convictions | am entitled
to your respect. The President used
his illustration Of Greek meeting Greek
and said, so, with no discredit to you
and no especial credit to us, the war
turned out as il did. Now shall we
quit fightingl Gen. SCOTS remark
about beligerent non.combatants was
related, and the President continued
Non think we have gotten Though
with that, and having peace between
the soldiers and nou-combatants that
is the end OF the war Is there any
reason, then, why we should not be at
peace forever more Z We are embarked
upon the same voyage upon the same
ship under the same old flag Good
fortune or i'll fortune aile cts you and
your children as well as my people aud
my children. / believe, further, it is
the duty Of governments TO regard
alike and equally the rights and inter.
Gets Of all classes Of citizens, That
wipes ont in the future in our politics
the section line forever Let Us wipe
out ia our politics the color line forever.
What troubles our people Of the north,
what has troubled them, was they fear.
ed these colored people who had been
made freemen by the war would not be
safe ia their rights aud interests 10 the
south unless il was by the interference
Of the general government Now, my
colored friends, who thought, or who
have been told. that | was turning my
back upon the men when fought for,
now listen AMER thinking ]. over, ]
believe your rights would be safer if
this great mass Of intelligent white
men were let alone by the general gov.
eminent Aud now. my eolorcd friends
let me say smother thing We have
been trying il for these six months,
and, 10 my opinion, for 10 ak months
since the war, have there been so few
outragcs aud invasions Of your rights,
nor you 90 secure 10 your rights Of
persons and home than 10 the last ok
months. Then. my friends, We are all
together ia this We believe and 10
this al these vho are here agree--in
The The Union o. COR fathers, in the old
Tag Of cor fathers. the Constitution as
il il with all its amendments. aud arc
prepared 10 see il ially and fairly obey.
cd spd enforced. The President de-
Tended himself from The charge that Be