Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-09-14
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II n .,,yar botwccr tbo S,o,o. whom 4,
wns n w,r he,w,c, tho Not,o, and us
rcbollious citiyop. II 10 , ,,is,,ko ~
ltc,ch thceo crrors in onv scction or tho
lcouu,rv to tbc ,isiny yorera,iop n 10
lcven moro = mistake now than /, was bo-
fore ,hc war. for mon IN inve,pb oyoina,
In national law bcc,rsc thcy think that
lin some rcsncc,s IL iunosca nm uncounl
lha,Jsbin ma, ,b,ir scc,ior for tho homo
hts of Union immcosurab,v snrposs all
its disadvantages
Near tho close of tho wa, II was n mis-
Itakc for prcs,d,ut 1.irco,, to ,vithboId
Ibis nuuroval from, n lin that had nassed
Irorrross. which ,cut,,ivcl, prov,dcd for
Demonstration nv rccoro,zcd thc contiru-
Cd existence of the rebel states and pro-
vjdod for ,hcir restoration to the on
| franchiscmcnt Of thc blocks II Mr. Lin
coin could have forcsccn that hc would
not live. probably he wouId hive upprovcd
tho bill, with or without law. reconstruct
ton would have been safe i'm his hands
lTt was n mistake for the republicans
! to make Andrew johnson yicc-prcsidcnt.
II was n mistake for him to proceed to
rcorganizc the states without n law of
| Congress- 1t was n mistake for the Irgis-
iaturs of those states to cnnct laws
against the negro which reduced him to
scrfdom. II was a mistake for Congress
| in IRVING to remedy this wrong tn cause
the rght of suffrage to he conferred upon
the ignorant frccmcn. Now that millions
of them have ceased to be- ignorant, it
| Is a mistake for the Southern States to
disfrauchisc the race, at tho same time
cxcmpting ignorant whites from the
educational test because their grand e.
| fathers could vote.
| It was mistake for Congress. when
strong and responsible guidance was
needed. to risk The chances of m.sgovern-
m.nt to adventurous and freedmen. and
it WAS mistake for southern leaders To
hold aloof from government because no.
proos We're taking part in it. The Ku-
! l<lux Khan with its long and hideous re-
cord of terrorism and crime was the
greatest mistake of all. a sad memory
Of it was revived only last month. when
there was brought back To Vermont the
mutilntod body Of one Of her former
soldiers whose career was summarized IN
this dispatch.
| Ottawa. ont. Aug. n 1o05-Aftcr Il life
filled with Il wonderful series of adven-
lures that few men would have lived
through to tell Of col Marshall II.
Twitchcll, United States consul AT King
sion. Can, for = years died to-day, aged
g..
Born at Townsend, VI. Col Twitchcll
fought through the civil War in tho
I Mon army. being twice severely wound
cd. and in 1876 had both arms shot away
10y tho Ku-Klux in louisiana
Ills first wife. Miss Adele Colman. was
east off by her southern family for marry
ing the northo officer who nurscd her
brother when he was stricken with vel
low fever. 1ho brave girl learned OF a
plot to Kill her lover. and. disguised as a
boy. rode miles through the darkness with
a warning that saved Twitchell's life.
After the war Col Twitchell was ar-
pointed marshal of Sparta. La, was
elected a republican state senator and
founded the town of CouChatta, La.
with people from the North. During a
fierce political campaign his only brother
and two brothers-in-law We're murdered
in tho Couchatta massacre.
Tw" years later. during the Hayes pro-
sidontial campaign Twitchcll and two
others were crossing the Red river when
they were fired into. His remaining
brothcr-in-law was killed. and himself
shot in both arms. They were torn tcrri-
bly, and had TO he amputated. and he had
for Is years worn artificial arms
A man Of brilliant intellect and cxccp-
tionallv we'll liked. his death is SINGER.
ly regretted. aud many Kingston flags
arc half-mastod. lie Will be buried at
the homestead in Vermont, under tho
auspices of the Masons and the Grand
Army of the republic. He was twice mar
ricd ana leaves two sons
1t was and is and forever will be "A
mistake attempt to influence public opin-
ion and shane public policy by persona!
violence. 1t is a mistake to treat the
black man in any respect differently from
the white man. White men are not all
fit to govern: witness the gross mis-
government of orr cities. North as well
as South. and in tho South il cannot he
CHARGED 10 tho disprarchised negro The
blacks ,re ranidl, ,co,irirr land. ~ III.
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