St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-11-27

The north will prove hostilp to tbei,
Independence and will inevitably lead
tO IA ruinous reduction of wages. A
mere difference i'll the color of the skin
will not suffice to maintain an entirely
different Standard of wages in contign-
Gus AMI adjacent states, aud the vol,
nntary will be compelled to Weld t(
the involuntary. So completely have
the rOiored men. in the south been al
ready deprived by the democratic par
ty OF their constitutional and lega
right Us citizens Of the Uuitcd States
that they regard the advent of thai
party. to natio al power as the signal
.of their reinstatement and are AT
irIghted because they think all legal
protection for them is gone. Few per
sons in. the north realize how com
pletely the chiefs of the rebellion
WELD the political power which ha.
triumphed in the late election. ~.
1t is portentouS fact that the dem
ocratic senators who come from the
states of the late confedcracy, all and
mean all without Il single exception
personally participated in the rebellion
against the national government. II
Is "A still more significant fact that in
these states no man who was loyal ia
the Union, no matter how strong a
democrat he may be to-day, has the
slightest chance OF political promotion
The one great avenue to honor in thai
section Is the record of Jealous service
IN the war against the governments. Ii
Is certainly an astounding fact that
the section III which friendship for the
Union III the day of its trial and agony
is still political disqualification
should he called now tn rule over the
Union. All this takes place during
the lifetime of the generation that
fought the war and elevates into prac-
teal command of the American gov
eminent the identical men who organ
lied for its destruction and plunged us
into the bloOdiest contest of modern
times. | have spoken of the south Us
placed by the late election in possess
ION of the government and mean all
that my words imply. The south fur
nished nearly three fOurths of the cleo
tnral votes that defeated the republi-
can party and they will step to the
command of the democrats as unchal-
ienged and as unreStrained they held
the same position for 30 years before
the civil war. Gentlemen, there can
not he political inequality among the
citizens of free republic; there can
not be a minority of white men in the
south ruling majority of white men
IN the north. Patriotism, self-respect,
pride, protection for person and safety
for country all cry out against it, The
very thought of it stirs the blood OF
men who inherit equality from the pill
grims, who first stood on Plymouth
rock, and from liberty-loving patriots
who came to the Delaware with Will
liam Penn. 1t becomes the primal
question of American manhood. 1t
demands hearing and settlement,
and that settlement will vindicate the
equality of American citizens in all
personal and civil rights. It will at
least establish the equality of white
men under the national government
and will give to the northern man
who fought to preserve the Union as
large voice in the government as
may he exercised by the southern man
who fought to destroy the Union
The contest inst closed utterly
dwarts the fortunes and fate of candi-
dates whether successful or unsuccess-
full. Purposely, | may say Instructive
ly, | have discussed the issues and
consequences of that contest without
reference to my own defeat, without
the remotest reference to the gentle
man who is elevated to the presidency.
Toward him, personally, | have no
cause for the slightest ill-wilI, and it
is with cordiality | express the wish
that his official career may prove graf
flying to himself and beneficial to the
country, and that his administration
may overcome the embarIassments
which the peculiar source of its power
imposes upon it from the hour of its
birth