Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-10-27
Essex County 3frala.
ISLAND POND, vt, OCTOBER %.
SHAMELESS ATOWAL or ABOIIN-
ABLE SENTIMENTS.

the people VI It's SNSlN sSNAioh iHNN N''i'
parativelv close relations to each other,
treason was iraught with more danger
than now because schemes to destroy the
government could he quickly arranged,
and executed before the unsuspecting
were aware of their existence; but now
the country is so extensive, and full of
growing active intelligence. that any
vicious plan must become so general be-
fore it can be executed that twill explode
with its enormors expansion and reveal
the reasonable designs OF its authors.
Still, loyal men wake slowly to any con-
dition i'll which section or class of men
shall he found deliberately measuring
one or more sect on or sectional interest
against the common veal; or planning
or executing schemes of violence to defeat
the will of the people; or conspiring to
set up one interest and ally with others
"as soon as they have guarantees that
can he trusted implicitly" And while
this is true of all the invdSions on the
rights OF trccmcn the most insidiOus are
those made on the right OF suffrage.
But declarations are now being made
IL the trumpetngs OF which no living
man can sleep. \ form appears with the
mask torn of, revealing a figure more
hateful than treason itself. In another
column we publish some startling revela
tons made yGov. Tillmau the acknowl-
edged leader Of a certain sectional senti-
ment, who SAYS that The rotten gov
eminent fastened by Grant was worse
than martial law. lie SAYS there is 20O0
negro majority i'll his county, "and we
beat them 5000 votes; he adds, "and
make no apology for it " " ii you don't
like ii help yourselves" This might pass
for gibbcriSh or the idle babbling OF a
crank, unworthy OF notice. if it were not
for the fact that he is one OF the rccOg-
nized representatives of his States senti-
mcntS, and the fact that his uttcranccs
were applaudcd by considerable audi
cncc in sister State which seemed to be
in sympathy with these abominable sent
imcnts, and the further fact that there
are so many apolOgiStS for them even in
New England, and who, let us hope, may
not now have the hardihood to do no
more than to condemn the boldncSs of
the messenger and the frankncss of the
message
He says when the negro was cniran-
chscd it gave them {" these votaricS at
the shrine of Anglo-Saxon civilization -
a club" which they nave used "skiIliully"
70 preserve their liberties, tAuglo-
Saxon liberties we suppose. They gave
us thirty to forty additional votes in the
electoral college. etc, he adds; and so
this noble army OF patriots, martyrs and
statesmen, on the basis of that increased
representation send representatives OPP
posed to a majority Of thousands and
make no apology for it." He stigma
tizes the demand that the negro shall
have free vote aud fair count as "out-
ragcouS." He admits fraud and bull
doing" and that the State of So. Caro-.
lima is controlled and held against a
majority of 5000. 1t can hardly he
expected that such men
Gould feel the halter draw
With good opinion OF the law
Such an excgesis as this must I've pain.
tul to the disciples of that faith who
dwell in the North. and who have con.
stantly asserted that these facts so au.
thoritatively stated were mere hctions
gotten up for wicked partisas purposes
But this let-thecat he bag fellow
covers his Southern friends and Northern
allies with the most painful confusion
and chagrin when he breaks the old rot
ten chestnut by saying that in the North
where thousands upon thousands are
employed in factories" undue influence is
ex,rted on voters. He says that while
he does not pretend that there has not
been fraud and bulldozing"in his State
use the "club" I'm very scientific man,
ner' to club their opponents with than
to have rights secured and regulated by
law i.e., it is better to leave elections
to be controlled by selfish local interests
ambitions, and contempt for a class OF
The voters which has been cultivated for
more than hundred years than to have
them regulated by law. And this is
"Anglo-Saxon civilization 80 say
you all, gentlemen "
such abominable sentiments and sucl,
shameless ayowal Of them is enough to
even wilt the roosters feathers in a dem.
ocratic procession. Unless YOU at The
North cease to exercise undue influence
on voters, the less ypB NEEDLE with our
contempt for the will of the majority,
'the better 1t will be for all CONCERNED"
Treason in Vermont jpstifes treason in
So. Carolina. Were the disciples of this
faith dwelling i'll the North ever so shame.
fully betrayed before in all their lives
But go and read carefully the words OF
this patron of Southern chivalry; Tn.
limited States Rights; and "Anglo-Sax.
on Civilization Read carefully in and
between the lines, He speaks frankly
the real sentiments of sectional antag.
onists and usurpers. Follow him in and
through all his exhibitions of effrontery
of which he lost nothing by the rebellion
his startling revelations of the plans
and purposes of his co-workers-hs
abominable expose of their principles and
designs and his scheming overtures OF
alliance with other sectional interests to
oppOse the general interests Of the cnun.