Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-04-18
Jhe frEEMan
MONTPELIER VT.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL Is, 1877.


sbis state in 1874, and at the election No
gember 7 last, was again, by your votes,
elected to the same office. My title to the
offlce upon every legal and moral ground
Is to day clear and perfect. BY the recent
decson and action Of the president of the
limited States, find myself unable longer
40 maintain my official rights with the
prospect Of final success, and ! hereby an
nounce TO you that | am unwilling to pro
LONG Struggle which can only bring
fnriher suffering upon those who engage
in il. In announcing this conclusion it is
my duty t. say for you that the republi ans
+ of South CarolinA entered upon their re-
cent political struggle for the maintenance
Of their political and civil rights, consti-
uting beyond question n large majority OF
E fine lawful voters oflho state. You allied
Yourself with that political party whose
central and inspiring principle has hlther-
to been civil and political rights for all
men under the constitution and laws of
our country. BY heroic efforts and sacri-
fees which the just verdict of history will
rescue from the cowardly scorn now cast
upon them by political placemen ana
traders, you secured the vote of South
Carolina for Hayes and Wheeler.
In accomplishing this result you became
tie victims of every form of prosecution
and injury. From authentic evidence 1t is
shown that no less than one hundred OF
vour number were murdered because
ihey were faithful to their principles and
exercised the rights solemnly guaranteed
to them by the nation. You were denied
employment, were driven from your
ZONES, robbed of the earnings of years Of
honest industry, hunted for your lives like
wild beasts, your families outraged and
4 scattered, and all for no offense except
q vour peaceful and firm determination to
Il exercise your political rghs You trusted
4 as YOU had right to trust, that if by sucf
& efforts Won established the lawful supre
macy Of your political party in the nation
\ the Government of the United States ii
n tbc discharge of It's constitutional duty
would protect the lawful government o
YOUR state from ove throw at the hands
your political enemi s.
From cases patent to all men, and ques
y Toned bv none who regard the truth. yol
q have been unable to overcome the unlaW
& full combinations and obstacles which nav
opposed the practical supremacy OF tn
government which your votes have est'D
q ished. For many weary months yo'
4 have waited for your deliveranco. Whll
the long struggle for the presidency wa
in moGress, Won were eXhorted by ever
REPRESENTATIVE and organ of the nationa
ropnhlicon marty to keep your alleganc
trin to the narty in order that your deliv
oroncn from the hands of your opprrssor
mioh he certain and complete. Not tn
C,intest whisner of the possibility of disaI
nointmont in these hopes and promise eve
Loarhnd Won while the struggle was pend
;n~ To'd,v Anril 10. 1877. bv the orde
mf7 ,be nrrSiJpnt whom your vote alon
rn.cuod from overwhelming defeat, th
government of the United States abandon
Ton drlibrratelv with,lrlws from you it
snnnort. Win the full knowledge thu
tha p lawful government of the state will b
snood;l,, overtbrown by II new interprt
tition IF the constitution of the Unite
S,atns Site. nt vari,nce alike with the previou
nr,',Ij nrnntice ' If Government and with the d,
pl;s;onS p%or of g. No snnreme conrt. the executiy
or i9 'bo Tnitad States eyades the duty
oscertainino which of two rival stat
oovernmpnfs il the lawful one, and b
,ha withdrawal Of the troops now protec
@ ;nr ,hn st,to from domestic violenc
nE13nJons 1 the lowfnl state government to
s,ruoole with an insurreetionary force tC
moweIcnl to he resisted.
The grounds of the policy upon whit
this nclion is defended are startling 1t
said ,hat thn north is weary of the lol
1"',,harn ,,onLlns If is weary. too of Il
lnna trouhlas which sprunq from the st
,,',iJons n,i,nn of chattel slavery. al
,nn'I f,r ronoso IT souoht to GOV
.baH,T .baS,, r.am, wv s;nbt Nv wicked CONFRONT,
% with the wrong which disturbed its pcat
hut Cod helI i to its duty until, through
conflict which racked and agonized the I
tipn ] ,bn are,t crime was put away, Il
f.'o1on, s,o' an ST,s orjoincd for nll. 1t is ST
th,t If = naiori,y Of the people of IL ST.
'n.1,Io bI, nhvsic,l force to maintt
tho;r rirhte jhev must be left to politi,
snr,';tn7e l. lbis doctrine ever beft
bn.,r1 in our historvp If it shall prev;
;ts oonseo1ences will not long be confn
:" South E,rnlino or Louisiana. 1t is 81
~ .bnt % t,o donoocrntic House of Represen
.;.,os .;,,'v ,,,;ll raI1sa IN onnroDrialion for
u,,u0 ,n,,,1 W. of tho Tinted States if the law
".,ny n4 ~ S'ra ,fSnrth Carolina smaintai1
o;iitnn. Fornns cn1mis. ion TO such co
~ o;o, ,n'r t,"rIs tho decrneracy of II politi
o,o., '',', nmd I or The np0nln which endures it
I''. W ,,,,,, worthy the name. n polti
S'T, 5ortr M at IN Weld power, never bel
{lnnchnJ at such a threat.
Rnt tho e1ict has zone forth. No ar
,dm,s n"v ,mc nr considnr,tions which your frie
ni,IiJ 'n,'ij' r,osont W. Lovr suf1iced to avert
CGu" J;'a.,dr '7 No M n(fnr,ive means ofresista
W T'" oonsnn,n,Ion Of the wrong are
~ TLa Wv s,Tnrroln c,u he prolonoed, NV st
no 81; ~ -, o,o of roIrea wholly nnaffec
s%, s,La isat;on Of tbn rresidcnt No &C
ps .l'o ,to .,o,ioit hna W in,isGic,ion TO mass Il
~ tho 'tV 4;,lo o','t ar NV Gttirc. no lawful Legi
.,,,.a o,,, no convened eycept upon my
~ IS'I ,ho o"" 'sa ~ IF those mowers promised |
:, Wv aa,,oooss "oo o w. onr rouse. 7 should
nL"tU nhn;ni, 5'Gr G.on, anv sacrifices which mi
onnrrort onr Tro n, mn II isn cause in which,
UOn',oi,t TI,oht ,if nF rooson and conscience. n
WV ,,'i,,h, IT. ~ wnll al Inv down his life, but to
niSI i9iI nresnnt responsibility involves
nnnsidoration of The effect of my ac
',,'o,, "p,S,Ia' tha'o ,yhose representative an
uPon t;,y,a.,', S,Vn honr WILING to ask Won.
,.,, N.Y. "'.''0a 'c Cn,,h CaroIino to risk
lIo.o., md onIurn all harushiDS until
Ilel should come rom 'l.e Sove, ns ,iim u1' n
the United o'"teS Ili''' telroi fIlo,, m,r 49," i"
come l cannot ask you W n lo,'o" Nv hIo Nv,