The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-10-30
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eiaius that Il ) ~ lie we'll lot al candid
people 10 consider lie starts of With
these two propositions
s'ir4--lbat slavery was "plauied'
10 ibis eonatry from Africa and root
"a u the outh Though the hard
sud thorough discipline ol New Ing
laid
S0ad- That secession was both
planted aud rooted AS doctrine 10
our constitutional system by New
England, aud vas taught, advocated
aud threatened as constitutional
remedy Tor state gries aaces by leading
New England statesmen many years
before il was ever whispered ia the
South
He also says that The South never
made dollar out Of slavery and that
all the money ever made by anybody
out Of the institution was made by the
North, who purchased the cotton. to-
baoco. rice and sugar raised by slave
labor aud intimates that il the North
eru people now lose by the Southern
states repudisting their debts. it serves
them right
Now II seems little singular that
the Southern people should have hung
TO the infamous institution OF slavery
with so tenacious grip, even risking
10 The end their lives aud fortunes in its
defense II il WAS Improbable.
In regard TO the historical arguments
sustaining the FIRST two propositions,
we will only say that the honorable
senator is substantially wrong in both.
II is undoubtedly tue that New Eng
land trading ships did from time to
time bring negroes from Africa and sell
them 10 the Southern states, but it is
also tue that New England sentiment,
as a whole, has always been strongly
against slavery 10 any and every form.
In regard to early secession senti.
ments in New England, it is quite true
that before our government was fairly
estab lished in its present form the peo-
pie Of certain portions Of New England
did find fault with certain principles
and transactions which eliminated 10
the famous Hartford convention, but
they were not unreasonable 10 their
demands, and everything was satisfac.
torily arranged in peaceable IN amer.
But however much people may hon
estly differ about what is past, the only
practical question to be considered is
10 regard to the present situation and
what we may expect in the future. In
regard TO this Senator Hill 10 very
frank and no doubt expresses the feel
ings OF majority Of tue Southern
people. He says:
The attempt by the Republicans
to treat au act which grew out Of
honest differences OF opinion as a
lraitorous rebellion against the Gov.
ernment is as uumanly as it is untruth-
fol. But the Republican party not only
insists that the Southern people are all
traitors but that they shall confess
themselves to be traitors. The result
is that no Southern man can affiliate
with The Republican party without
ooniessing himself criminal and
agreeing 10 treat all his own people as
criminals. By such confession BIC would
show himself unfit to be trusted by any
party by this policy Of the Republi
eau party everything decent in the
South il drisen igto the Democratic
party, aud then the Republican party
raises The cry for Solid North against
the Solid South Z ! do not know what
else may happen in the fcture. bot this
much | DO knUw Come what may the
Southern people will never confess
themselves traitors. Their children
will never confess it, and il the ntelIi-
gent people Of the North shall see
proper ~ solidify and keep the section.
al Republican party ia power until this
confession shall be made, then your
hope 81 only one more year OF sectional
agitation is the dream Of disiempeted
brain. aud cordial reunion is hope
lees
Tais is the trGlh 10 nut shell. The
Southern people. as whole, still be-
liere in the sacred right OF secession (;
believe il is 40 crime TO liis up their
hands against The government believe
they have done nothing wrong 10 the
past. and declare they never will be
lieye IL, aud Mr. Hill ssks, at the
close. 10 Boss Tweed's language, what
are you going 70 81 about il
Well. il IL not very hard question
TO aas~ef. The beet gay will he 70
ueA lhsm wiGh Chnstiau charity
Give thea all the rights Aad privileges
wbich Notiheru people eujoy. Give
them their tlghiial representation Ia
Congress and The right to make their
local laws 10 sait themselves. provided
alwsys that they keep wiihiB the liniss
u the Constitution. and II they eau
elect The Presideal by iaiF aud lawful
Vole, give them thai TOO. bot As long
- they feel the way they do sow Ne
shall never lavof their having The ca.
ecu.ise. and we thiDk large majority