Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-04-04

GINA, bonfires had been built and huzzas
filled the air all over the South in honor of
the triumph which had been achieved.
There never had been time when the
South was nearer capturing the capitol Of
the country than at that time, and thou
sands had come to believe that when M,sSa-
chusetts had been thus Inundated that the
capitol had been indeed captured The
gentlemen Of the South believed it and made
demand alter demand in rapid succession.
and the North in it, humiliation responded
as rapidly, until in their pride OF power
they asked too much and then the solid
North said, Not one single step further,
and then had come the war. not brought on
by poor old John Brown at Harper's Ferry
when he frightened Virginia with fifteen men
md sOTe old muSkets, but a serious war. At
mother time the South had its troops on
the heights above the capitol. Why had
they not taken it2 lie could tell his friends
the other side there was a God who
iiled over the affairs OF nations. That war
had a logic, and by that logic Burns had
J. come freeman and an American citizen.
But then the kuklux and white leaguers |
came and hundreds of poor blacks were
murdered. Then troops mad been sent down |
and peace had been restored, but the troops |
were soon withdrawn and the result was a |
solid south. There had been half dozen |
dusky faces in the last Congress where /
were those duSky faces now The south /
had said the places that once knew them
should know them no more forever. Gen |
tlemeu OF the south thought because they
had the two Houses OF Congress they had |
captured the capitol OF the country The
gentlSmtn from Mississippi should not have
acted 81 trlumphantly. The democracy had
the House but they had to keep very
well and attend to business to keep even the
House. They had the Senate. but thank
God they did not have the Executive vet.
Applause on the republican side When the
democratic party thought they would have
him by threatening him they were making
an entire mistake. They had begged out
OF him on Bonded knees the withdrawal of
the troops from the south, and because
they had done that they should not pI esume
that they could 90 To him with pistols ami
demand all they wanted Dcrsiye laugh
ter on the democratic side.
Ia answer to questions, Frye said until he
became satisfied that the south would not
murder negroes when they 10 to vote, he
favored keeping troops near the polls. 1t
would take volume to inventory political
murders in the south.
Davis-rhere have been more political
murders in Philadelphia than have occurred
u huItn NaIuilna since us OrEanlE Atom as !
State.
Frye am not certain about North
]arulins, because il Is very nearly a repub-
lean state 1t is dangerous to shoot men
v there there is good. large party of white
men on the other side.
Carlisle called attention tn the tact that
he use oi United States troops in Boston in
SD was to 10 assist United States marshals
n executing processes issued by United
tates commissioners under authority OF the
jnlted States courts, and was very d ifier-
mt thing from using the army to enforce
he laws OF u state.
Hooker said the gentleman from Maine
ad expressed his regret that halt Owen
OlOred men who had sat in the last Con
ress were not here now. Would not that
eltleman admit the fact that IN Maine |
nd Massachusetts there had been reared and !
iucated some OF the most intelligent color d
! men N this cOuntrY, and how did 1t hap 7
Ell that IN AL the history Of the country
he people OF those states had never thought t
nough of colored man to elect him 10 d
ungTess
frye-Ihe people simply preferred to
eet somebody else. Laughter ON the I
emOcratIc side.
liurd said IL anything had been settled by il
lie legislation OF the last quarter Of century "