The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-09-25

of tie begro. he has labor; TIE souih
wanss IL, ard must have Il ot perish
siaoe be il free, he eau Row give il or
withhold Il, use ID where be is or take u
slsswbcEe as be pleases. Hls labor made
him slave, add bis labor can, II be will,
make hIm free. comfortable and ipdepen-
deut. II is more 60 him than either Ere,
swords, ballot.boxes or bayoneis IL
touches ihe hear, oithe South through hs
pocket, Upon befag emancipsied, The
negro was thrown out OF bone by bic
former masters. but the latter sOnbd tbs,
bis flelds mnst be titled aud his table snp
piled with food, aud be called back The
ireedmeu, less from Humanity than from
capidlly, 10 labor agsin. After IA years
Of service, In which be hAs demonsrsted
tbst be alone can supply ihe labor market
OF the South, The freedman Guds himself
again homeless. lie lines the sunny
banks OF the Mississippi, futteriag iu
rags aud wretehedness. He staHds
mourufully imploring the hAFd-hearted
s,eamboal captains to take hlm on board,
while the friends Of the emigration move
meut are diligently soliciting funds al
over the North TO help himaway from bis
old home TO the modern Canaan OF
Kansas
Mr.. Douglass then discusses the cause
OF the exodus at great length, denying
that 3, has been brought about by politi-
clans or by spectators In Kansas lands
or by malignant emissaries among the
negroes from the North. Political trick.
sters, land spectators, defeated Office
seekers, Northern malignsnts, speeches
aud resolutions in the Senate, uuaided by
other causes, could not OF themselves set
such q mutitudinoas exodus In motion.
The colored race is a remarkably home
loving race. II has done little 10 the way
Of voluntary colonization. II shrinks
from the unlried AID unknown. 1t
thinks It's own locality the best 10 the
world. OF all the CALLING conditions TO
which be was subjected lu the days OF his
bondage was the liability OF separation
from home aud friends. Ills love OF home
and dread OF change made him even par
TALLY content in slavery. Douglass re-
cites the wrongs perpe,rsted upon the
negro by their employers, aud says they
believe that, When the government, state
and national, shall be in control Of the
old masters OF the South, they will tiod
means for reducing the freedman to
condition analogous TO slavery. They
despair OF any change for the better, de.
csring that everything is waxing worse
for the negro, aud that his only means OF
safety is to leave the South. He warns
the South to learn from the assassinations
now going on in Russia BY the freed seris
of the revenge engendered by wrongs, II
they desire to escape like fate.
Mr., Douglass does not favor con-
gressionll appropriation for the removal
OF the negroes from the South, nor organ
lied subscriptions. He discusses the
treatment OF the negro for years past,
both North and South, and thinks be il
better of South now than few years
ago, and that, as the law is on bis side,
time will bring the right TO him. OF one
thing we may be certain, be says, and il
Ia thing which is destined to be made
very prominent not long hence. The
negro will either be counted at the polls
or not be counted in the basis Of repre-
sentation. The South must let the negro
vote or surrender its representation in
Congress. The chosen horn of this dia
lemma will finally be to let the negro
vote, and vote unmolested. Without
abating one iot OF our horror and indig-
nation at the outrages committed 10 some
parts of the Southern states against the
negro, we cannot but regard the present
agitation of an Africsn exodus from the
South as III timed and 10 some respects
hurtful. We stand today at the begin
ming OF grand aud beneflcent reaction
There is a growing recognition of the
duty and obligation OF the American peo-
pie to guard, protect and defend Tue per-
sonal sud politicsl rights OF all the people
Of the states, to uphold tie principles
apon which the rebellion was Impressed,
slavery abolished and the country saved
from disInembeFment and ruin. We see
and ieei to-day as we have not seen aud
felt before, that the time for eonciiatiop
and trusting 10 the honor Of the late
rebels aud shareholders has passed. The
President OF The United States himself,
while still liberal. just and generous
toward the South, has yet sounded bal
10 that direction, aud has bravely, firmly
and ably asserted his constitutional
authority 10 maintain the public peace In
every state In the Union and upon every
day In the year, and has maintained tbIs
ground against all the powers of the
House and Senate. We stand 81 the
gateway OF q marked aud decided change
in the slslesmanship Of our rulers. Every
day brings fresh and increasing evidence
thai We are, and OF right ought TO be, .
nation, that the confederate notions Of
the nature and powers OF our government
ought 10 have perished in the rebellion
which they supported, that they are an
achrouisms aud superstiiions, and no
longer O, to be above ground. National
ideas are springing up all around Us. The
oppression Of lbe negro ls seen TO be like
the enemy OF the peace, prosperity aud
hoaor of the country. The attempt TO
nuIliiy The national election laws, TO
s,arve the officers where they could not
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