The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-10-02

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,id government 81 The Union. 1, Is
aby5nsly mpatiicable IL the federal
government sd ihe.c states 10 seeute
~ usbl II Independent sovereignty
60 each. and yet pmside tor tbe ialer-
rsi .sd safety 81 a8 10 aIi ogr irlb.
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steadily boo agf sisw that Which sp-
peaf- 70 MS the greatest interest at
every true American the cousolida-
ton Of our Urion 10 which i involved
our prosperity felicity, safety perhaps
Cur Ha9eHR existence
Lincoln held that lhe Union j, per-
petuai that It's government Is natian-
q aal supreme aud that al II H. IN
hahitaats should be free. aud ba ac-
corded equal civil aud political rights
These are the great fundamental
principles, affirmed 90 The one side and
denied on the other, upon which the
appeal was made 10 the God Of battles.
| do not undertake 20 review the de-
bate AS to the nature aud powers OF
the government OF the Union. and as
to the doctrine Of state rights. which
began with the foundation OF our insii.
tu,ions, aud which was continued until
II was hushed by the clash If arms.
II is enough for my present purpose to
say that, a. matter Of history, all Of
the political parties Of the past, when
charged with the responsibility Of di.
recting the affairs Of the government,
have maintained 10 their practical sd.
ministration OF it precisely the same
principles which were held by Presi-
dent Lincoln. TIE principles as to
the powers OF the national government
are among the legitimate aud irreversi.
Die results 81 the war which ought not
to be questioned.
The President referred to the eman-
cipation aud enfranchisement OF the
colored people. and the response which
200 600 Of them made TO the Presi-
dents call tor troops to put down the
rebellion. There still remains, he said,
disposition in some localities to de-
priye the negroes Of the rights guar
anteed them by the constitution as il
now is Deprecatipg this fact, the
President went on 10 say:
No one can overstate the evils which
the country must suffer if lawless and
violent opposition 10 the enjoyment Of
constitutional rights is allowed to be
permanently successful The lawless-
ness which to-day assails the rights of
the colored people will iud other vic.
Tins tomorrow This question belongs
70 no race. to no party, aud 10 no sec
lion. It is aquestion 10 which the
whole country is deeply Interested.
Patriotism. Justice humanity and our
material interests AL plead GA the
light side 81 this question The col
ored people are the laborers who pro-
duce the cotton which. going abroad
to the markets Of the void, gives us
that favorable balance Of trade which
i now doing 50 much for Tic revival
Of business The whole fabric u socic.
ty rests upon labor If free laborers
sulGr from oppression aud Injustice,
they viii either become disconnected
aud turbulent, desiroyers Of property,
aud no, producers Of property, or they
will abandon the communities which
deprive them Of iheit alienable rights.
III either case. socis order and the
peacefel iudu-trie. upon which pros
peTily depends ate imporilied and per-
haps sacrificed 1t will not DO to say
that this is an sfair which belongs
solely TO The distant states Of the
South The whole country must
suffer il this question Is not speedily
settled, and settled rightly Where
the two races are numerous. prosperity
can Only caist by lbc united aud har-