Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-10-31

. Another great question. and one that can
1 not he dismissed SO readily, and which woul
, take more time on my part and more pa
tIence on yours than can he commanded to
J night for il, is that political project whcl
:. seeks TO SIIhiugate the suffrage in Il grca
n part of the country, and then by that maSl
of dead suffrage, being thus nothing but
glamor OF dcspotIc power, SO harrass, dis
e trcss, friIstratc, thwart and overwhclm tn,
r free suffrage of the rest of the country that i
cannot have its fair participation in tn,
maintenance Of the Government and of TIA,
voice of the people. Why look at it, A.
t thus practiccd it takes 13S Electoral vote,
: ont Of politics. ont Of debate, ont of reason
, out of influence, out of education. on
: of conscience, out of all that makes tn,
, American system worth having at all lap
plause and leaves us Republicans to get
ont Of the 23l remaining Electora
votes 1s5, and their allies TO get only A
Well, that is a nice thing 10 havc-a free
; suffrage over these vast populations, in whicl
, reason, debate, diversity of interests, or tn,
caprices that sway mems minds are to have
full play. and this 13S stolid votes look on
and say fOur-tiiths must 20 against us or VT
shall win. Now, that is what mean by .
snhiugatcd suffrage, being made hy its inert
and deSpotic mass an overwhelming power
H..
run, struggle with. Now, gentlemen, il does
not take much reason, or much exploration,
to prove to the American people that that is
the condition of the Southern suffrage.
Some very pregnant and very instructive
examples have occurred, showing as with a
blaze of light, TO the American people what
the condition of the suffrage is do not al
ludc to the murder of Chisolm or the tragic
traits of that occurrence as crime pcrpc-
tratcd ly many or few, forI have no desire to
stir up your feelings to mutiny and rage by
dcpictin" the slaughter Of the boy and the
girl that threw their lral bodies as a shield to
protect their fathers breast from the muir
dcrouS fire of twenty or thirty men. Iask Your
attention 10 it rs an evidence of its political
character and IFS political transaction, as an
expression of the thinking and doing adopt
cd in the community in which it was pcrpc-
tratcd. Chisolm said, with his last breath
Il die for my country, and because | would
he a freeman anda Republican" Applause /
Now. gentlemen, in time of war we are will
in" Ia die for our country. that we may he
frccmcn and Republicans. The horrors of
war, and violence against tie law we can en-
durc, but the horrors of peace and the vio-
Z lcncr. with the methods of the law, We can
not and will not endure. Prolonged ap-
] plausc Now, the North, just and patient.
I waited long to see whether any movement
would be made to punish that crime, and by
the example of that punishment to give Sc
/ curty to other people down there that want
ed TO he frccmen and Republicans Two
/ years passed without a trial. The trial is had
I this law-abiding people always awaits he
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