The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-08-26


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sad give souc ogAer party . chsace L
ify tsi shortly afisr The gsatlsmar
asserted tat there i no fraod an4 10.
unsastiga Il the soaih tai everything
= gaisi peaoefui I'D praspsfoos i
tsis i - 10y 6oss Be wish = chAaEs
especially since hs failed 70 show ous
act q oppression OF enc right trAmpled
( 5Pos ~ The party 10 power
he sad the South gains forty az
representatives, To Congress aud &c
electoral votes ~ reason o. The enirau.
chisemest a the blacks abd i would
ls very foolish "a The whites 70 refuse
70 lcs ths blacks vote and thus BE 10
dagger q ios.ng ibis additional power,
besides they did Aot wish 10 drive The
b.scks away - they would DO il they
E refassd them The right to vote This i The
s1sc, point 81 issue. The South gains
IS votes by reason Of the hlScks having
the right 10 vote and then controls the
whole II this vote 70 their own selfish
cads That is they not only vote for
themselves bet virtually for tbe blacks
aso, Which mAkes a Souiberner's vote
yearly equal 10 the vote OF two North.
erpers lie admitted that there was
violence and blosdshed 10 the election
Of 1875 bot said II has bees perfectly
quiet At elections since that time. The
0 tgtoes 80 to their white employees
aud inquire FOR whom they bad better
vote, 20 and cSst their ballots and 20
back coBteuiedly 10 their work. THE
negroes have learned, said this South.
eB representative. chat whites know
Eore about matters Of government
than they do" Yes, learned il at the
muzzle Of the shot gun and at the com.
mand Of rife clubs. His own admis.
sioL 10 regard to the outrsges OF 1915
goes TO prove It, Hundreds OF pages
Of sworn testimony takes by congress
ional committees aud the admissions Of
hundreds Of people prove II. 1t has
been comparatively quiet since 1875
but the work then was we'll done. A
race which has been in subsection for
centuries ia not slow to learn the lesson
Of violence and brute force. The crack
OF the whip OF their late masters is still
ringing in their ears and it cannot be
expected that they will at once rise to
the full measure Of citizenship. The
whole drift Of this Southern gentlemAn's
remarks tended TO show that the
Southern whites are masters of the sit
uaiiOn aud they intend to remain SO.
In other words, they intend to keep on
eeciing their 46 additional representa-.
tiyes and presidential electors. without
reference to the wishes Of the blacks
whom these forty.six men are intended
to represent This is poor issue TO
present TO Vermont audience and we
apprehend that some Republican votes
will be gained by this meeting at Fac
tory Point, and in other places where
Gen. Martin has spoken. At st. Adams
and Burlington. according to the pub
lished report Of bis speeches, be denied
that there sere any outrsges 10 1875.
He also claimed at these places that
every supervisor Of the census 10 the
Southern States is a Republican, and be
also made the same claim here but AT.
forwards modified il by saying that he
supposed they were from the fact that
the Presdentlappointed whom he chose
Even this is false for the Dem ocratic
Senate refused to confirm large num-
Der Of bic appointees and compelled
him to appoint such men as they chose
to recommend, The three supervisors
Of South Carolina are all Democrats
and there are several more 10 other
Southern states. He made many other
statements which we would be glad to
notice II we bad room TO spare.