Indianapolis Daily Herald, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 January 1868 — Page 2

DAILY HERALD. reconstruction.

i . a ifm I)lCVl£LtIN« Hiditor.

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.offiob—hbhald BuiLDina. 18 East Wasblngton Btrest*

THE GitEAT SPEECH OF IION. J. RDOOLITTLE, IN THE SENATE;

JANUARX 23, \m,IiMVIEWISGTHE HECONSTRUC-

THURSDAY MOgyigG^.JANUARY 30 DEMOClUTICSTAtE TICKET.

i'ot Gorcrnor, Thomas A. Hendricks, of .HarIon. Kor tiloutcnant Qovornor, Alfred P. Edgerion, •( Allen. ^ - ^ror Secretary of State. BKl! BEX C. KIBE, ol Boono. * ' For Andltor of State. JOSEPH V. BEMUSDArnBt^sf Fraukliu. For Treasurer of Stale, JAMES B. RYAN, of Merlon. , »oi Clerk of feuprsme Ooert, " . TO AH ‘8. LaBOtE^ef Oess. Fir Importer of Supremo Court, M. A. O. PACKARD, of JUrahall. For Supertntcnlent of Public Instruction, JOAN R. PHILLIPS, of Daviess. For Attorney General, SOLOMON CLAYPOOL, of Putuam. For Electors at Large, JOHN R. COFFHOT II, of Huntington, BAY LESS W. HANNA, of Vigo. • ‘ Contingent!, For District Electors, First Dlstrloi—Thomas R. tX)bb. of Knox. » ConRugent—R. 8. Bproule, of Vandcrburg. second Dlstrlot—C. 8. Dobbins, of Martin. ( ontingout—Jonas G. Howard, of Clarke.

CONGRESS.

\ Plea fbr the Oorerntent Which Washington and hie. Cone

in tli© CoMsiitni&#a.

,rc lojsl and

> ta -WW. dl.l.y.li and tmrmmK

n then actjuiesoe in icocmon traui nosuit- , act^Uy Dcgitu, had oijjanized HUrrestst-

Thlrd ULt-irt—Ja Ooutlngent—Elbai

Gavin, of Decatur.

C. Davors, of aleuuiogs.

►hn 8. Retd, of Payene.

Contingeut-rBoftlaiuii* L. Smith, ofltusb.

Fifth District—.lohn M. Lord, Contingent—Cass Byflcld, of Ji

Sixth District—A. B. Carloton, of Lawrencs. contingent—Samuel ft. HainiU, oi SuiUvan. Seventh District—T F Davllson, of Fountain.

Contingent—B. B. Daily, or Carroll.

Eighth District—James T. McDowell, of Grant. Contingent—X. R. Llnsday, of Howard. Ninth District—John Colerl-lt. of Allen Contingent—Bainuei A. Shoaff, of Jay. Tenth Dl«trlct-0. H. Main, of Elkhart.

Contingent—E. Van Lang, of Noble Eievcutb District—Not appointed.

of Marlon,

obnsou.

The Nutlonul Banks of Eafarette. A few days ago tho Lafayette Courier gave, a pondensed sUtementof the operations ot the jour National Banks of Lafkytottc, showing that upon a reported capital, nominal or real is not stated, of $1,830,000, their nei earnings for the six months, ending the 31st ot December last, were $183,02* 85, a fraction ever 8 percent, for six months, or 10 per cent, per annum. We made up these figures from the Courier’s own statement and if we ignored anything It was owing to the failure of the Courier to lufntsh tho facts. In Us

be sehed In his own right, or In

the right of his life, of a freehold of the

value of $250.

Mr. Doolittle—Ml. President, the question

. . . ,, ... .... i presented in the In Uuctlons proposed by me first statement the Courier said tho total | g whether Congre » Is still resolved to subamount of taxes paid by tboie hanks, $gcoi'J- ject the white pet I'sof the Southern States Ine to the statement furnished the revenue 1 to the domination (f the negro rsce at the oOUcr, for tbe a, -«». »—>•; j SS^SKS 'itfo I 31, was $<3.0,0 43. Now it says, we ignored I American people, Itrlll now so far modify the Government license, tho tax on circula- their policy as toll <avs the governments in ! Men, the tax w* deposits, Me tax on eurplus those States In th<l hands of the white rmce 1 ’ , , . .. and of the more civlll ted portion of the blhcks? ! fund, and the tax whid* those banks [ Th%t the nsked 0 „„ it | on . strl „ lt of aI | paid Jnto the Treasury of Tippecanoe ! useless verbiage And spacious arguments

' • fouuty pUr-I ainmt susulnlng "loyal men and punishC- Wo I7SVP l0 8 D’l'els. R 1* nothing more or less ‘ a k> >VP thin this: Shall the General of the army by the Courier, ■ put the negro 11 power over the

' IiLAjiegtenuAted or angtit set down In white race in all the States of the Sontb ' ,.Uc7 Tho I. noua., .,,, .r^. .od Wp fomh.^ «« ; says'the fourNstlo”»»l Banks of Lafayette i this radical recon striKifhn now as its stands, | nave paid • grand total of fortsxation— lores It will stand, lf^ his hill shall becomes ..nearly four and a half per cenL Upon their . U ^ ^“w^h “tt capital.” ThU nnp be so, or it may governments In tht w Stales where they beamount of ttxation which they should pay. ; 'onj amt where thei ought si ways to remain— ’

but it makes no difference so far as the force I tn thd hands of oui

tlia same time, U would $1 low the right of suffrage

irwHE

**1,01 us consider tho first answer, that the States of the South have n$eut<M •>« 0 *5**J tu \ tlonal amendment subiuRted By the ls«t^on- x

grese as the baalsof rceonstruction.

not. * In the ffm pfaco, that amendment con. tains one provision which made Us adoption alt senaa of peramal honor. It disfranchises from holding elhoa all the men ol tbe South In whom they ever placed any public confidence—all who ever held any office, State or federal. And ditfranohlaes them for what? For simply doing what they themselves had

done,

I can understand how one can say in argument that tbe leaders should be disfranchised. But how any man of common sense, of common manhood, could ever suppose It possible for the people of the South to vote to disfranchise moAaateemeU by thorn os equal to, It not better than themsolvof, for om offense ot which they themselvqy.are equally gudty, Is beyond niy comprehension. You ask tbe Southern people to betray the men whom they trust. X$u ask them to duhenur those whom May hdhor, *o uproot the tflwfftonr of years from their hearts. You gsk them to strike with a serpent’s tooth tbe bosom of a friends But unUf human nature •hhUOMaeWto wfcnt tied Res made it, honorable mao, to save tfcem8ely«a,Jo aavaevan thoir liras, would not incur thegulU of auch uudAtural treachery by vetfnrW ehch a provdalon: When It waa pending before the Senate, June 8, 180(1, I urged and Implored Senators to allow the several provisions of that amendment to be eeperetely submitted and voted upon, and I warned the friends of the aaasure that this provision would Inerltahly defeat IUadoption by every Southern State. But, sir, the majority were deaf to all appeals. Tbe caucus bad resolved; the deed waste be done. On account, mainly, of tbst proviiion, the amendment was rrjdeted almost unanimously by

every Southern State.

Again, when examined mere elooely, we find that provision required them to vote to disfranchise thousands who bad received pardon and amnesty, and a restoration to all tketr rights as oltlzena under the proclamations of President Lincoln end President Johnson, by virtue of slew of Congress, which you yourselves enacted, which expressly authorized them to grant such pardon and amnesty upon Just such terms as they thought proper. An amandment offered by me lathe Senate the 31at day of May, 1*88, to except’those men who had “duly received pardon and amnesty under tbe Conatitutloa and laws,” waa voted down by an unjlsldiagmajority. I can never view thia proposition in any other light than a most palpable violation of the plighted faith of this Government given to those persona In

the most solemn farm.

If tbe Emperor of Russia, by proclamation, were to grant full pardon to auch Poles as would take an oath of altegtaaca to hi* crown,

... . FTniimt on i 111,11 lf heshould afterwardsdellberately break read tbe Constituti m of ttio v'nitccl tytatos and wim word ivHmt <{samifa<sia*i«anw ___.,1,1 v«ss mmri

tb 3 H^aiafr- ■ ■ I iltzed world! The

the part of the clli/.on and protection ou the

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Mr. President, there Is more involved In this measure than in nay ether, gr other*. P*r» haps. I see It In a complete overthrow of the constitution In ten States of the Union. 1 see it Id a practical dissolution of tbe Lnlon. I eee a republloln form, at least, still remaining North of the Potomac. I see an empire rising South of it. I see In It the realistttlon of the wildest dream of Calhoun—a dual Executive—a President to execute’the laws In the republic of tbe North; a military dlotator. Independent of the President,to make as wall a* execute laws in the negro empire of the South Mv heart is oppressed with a sorrow too deep for full utteranee; and yst, Vlth the ladulgence of the Senale.I would m»k»al*st appe il to modify this policy. I deem It a fluty which l owe te the country to do so now, bewre this bill goes to the committee, for In that commlttee 1 have no voice, and I know wbau its report Is one# made, and they are fully committed to® e measure, It will ba too late. I fear I am already powerten to loSuonce the Judgmest of the Senate. But as I love my country and her republican Institutions, as. next to the Ood 1A he.-tveiiy 1 havo worshipped them Irom my youth up,:and as I verily believe, although I pray heavan I may be mistaken, they arejln now the moat imminent peril of utter destruction If the bill shall become a law, I know that Senstors, If they do not agree with me, will pardon me foe giving expression to those earnest convictions which I

ooold hardly repreas if I could.

As I can have no hope that Congress will wholly abandon Rs reconstruitlon policy, for the purpose of aeking the Ssnate to consider the question of modifying It m far as to limit negro suffrage to certain classes I submit as the basts of my remarks this morning the following motion, which I now sepd to the chair and request the secretary to read.

The sec rots ft read as fallows:

lietolctd. That the bill be referred to the Com mlttee on tho Judiciary, and that the said committe' 1 he Instructed, In said bill, or In *ny other bill which may be reported by them having rdereocr to the question of reconstruction. so-called, In any of the States not represented tn the present Congress, to In-

sert the fnliowlns proviso:

Piooieti ntterlhelott, Thaturonan elec. Hon tor the rsiihcAtion of any constitution, or of offl e'sunier f ie same, p evlom to its adoption in any Sisite, no pen-on not having tbe qualification* of an "lector under tbe constitution ard lawa of such State previous to the late rebellion shall be allowed to vote,unless be shall possess one ol the following

qualifications, namely:

1. lie shall bavegerved as a soldier In the Federal army for t ne year or more. 9. He shall bar sufficient education to

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part ot tue ciuzon ana protection ou mo part cf the Government are correlative dutiesBasil govornmeutthe right tq demand tho Sirt ff it does not afford the other? Has it tho

why shall vre ceatlnu* to dkope _ t rebels, and flo all In our posfee them as

to be rebels, and to remaiu -

forever? is .that th* W* ■ ebcls and cnemiea Ity? I-that the cotine •/to restore prosperWtll that bringperr of wi »« statesmanship?

Sir, let me pi>' janentpeace?

pose that tbeer * ‘he extremest case. Supwar JiatLln*' States of the South before the conquereA -i fore! go ST a tea, till'd that we bad Siatea - • lhem b 7 arms; would not wise tner -UUP 1 lhe policy of conciliation ? Would fa’ * H® 1 truat tllera ** friends and make them dow-eilixens at the earliest possible moment? How much more earnestly should we

All honor to the radical chief, the great

to compel them Commoner, who, with all bis faults, ft too

great a man to resort to subterfuge or shams, or attempt to conceal his real parDose in this

legislation.

Somo who favor these joeaMNs do-no» adnut his leadership. But tho truth Is, in some way or other hs Hnma ^—-»*—»

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county for 81 at* and poses. We Ignored nothing

of our comment* or figure* tipoa ••stupendous folly” of the national banking system Is concerned. In fact. If the revised atotement of the C'ourffr has any Significance, it ouTy confirms our charge as to the extraordinary privileges which tbe Uovcfmaent confers upon the National Rankers, a small and privileged class. A bondholder to tbe amount of $1,050,000, gets his interest, less the revenue tax to which tbe Uuvernmttit subjects him.

perfidy oi sucli an action

would only be equal* I by its folly aa a measure of pacification to Polaad. Congieta authorized the I’reaidaat to give pardons and amneaty to thvuasoda whom Congress now calls upon the people of the 8auih to dbfrauchlse. Again, sir, there 1* another feature of tbit provision which no sentiment of justice should tolerate or excuse. In that sweeping disfranchisement no distinction whatever la made Iwtween those who voluntarily engaged and those who were compelled to engage in the robclllopt no U4*tiaction whatever between the

innocent sod the guilty.

The Seaata will remember tha<; when this amendment waa pending I offered an amendment to restrict that disfranchisement to those who had voluntarily engaged la the rebaillon, and It was voted down by tho saate unyield-

ing majority.

1’arlisan zeal and party necessity may account for many things. Hut when tbe history of these times shall be written, It will seem Incredible to oup posterity that learned men

and able .Senators aouidev-

be monstrously unjust.

W# know very well that the radicals of the South had a powerful organization. They were as bold, as earnest, as reckless of consequenoes. and as restive under constitutional restraints as tbe boldest of th» present radi-

cals of the North. . >

Mr. President—It Is a striking fact, showing how easily extremes sometimes meet, that the radical cry ol the secessionists of 1860 is Id- n iosl with that of the Northern radical of to-day, namely: “The Union is broken; tbe constitutions In all the .States of the South are gone. Dawn with the old Union, down with the old CowstltuUon; we are ontside tbe Union, and outside the Constitution; wo will htve a new Union and a new Constitution to •suit eursolvss or we will have none at all.’' Tbe cry was tbe same, tbe purpose the same, political power. The radicals of the South raised that ory to build up their power noon negro s’avery; tbe radicals of the North to build up their power upon negro supremacy,

upheld by Me bayonet.

And,air, shall we make tic allowance for the gnat mass of the Southern people who, by foroc, by tovror. by persuasion, by the absn-donment-of the Government, and by the excitement* passions, and necessities of actual war, war* plunged Into tbat terrible conflict bv tbe radical* of tbo South, as by a puwer they could not control ? We all know the Influence over any party or community of a ■mall, well organized minority, strong In Will rand reek toss of consequences. What nave we seen la the Republican party itself within the

lact tbreeTears?

We have seen a comparatively small number of earnest radicals reverse and absolutely overturn from Its fvundatlnns tbe policy of reconstruction adopted ny Mr. Lincoln before blare-election, and sustained by the conventton which renominated Mm and the party which rejected him in 1*64. His policy was reconstruction upon the white basis. The negro was excluded altogether. Even the Wade and DtvU reconstruction bill, wbfeb passed Congress by Republican vote*, and which Mr. Lincoln refused to sanction, but not for tbat reason, confined reconstruction to the white basis alone. It excluded all negro sufferage. It left that question, where it belongs, to tbe white race to determine In each State for themselves.

Upon this subject I quote and adopt the language of the Senator from Indiana [Mr. Morton! while Governor of that State: “1 call your attention to tbe fact that Conertao itaxtir * .ir L rs If a IV mv f r\ tuL-o t N> ca tvVinla

cress itself.’when It assumed to take tbe wbole question of reconstruction out of tbe bands of tbe President, expressly excluded the negre from tbe’rlgbt of suffarage In voting for the men who were to frame the now cons I’.uiloas .for

the rebel SUU*.”

• •**«*•»** “If Mr. Lincoln had not relused to sign that bill tbers would to-day ho an act of Uaograas on that statute-book absolutely prohibiting negroes from any participation In tbe work or reorganization, and pledging the Government In advance to accept of tho const’ ittloas that might be formed under tbe bill, although they made no provision for tha negro beyond

tbe fact of bD;personal liberty.”

1 repeat, wu have seen a little handful of radienls, by their holdueas, persistency and force, persuade, caj >le, or drive the great majority of the Republican party away from their own avowed policy of reconstruction upon tbe « h.tc hasls. and compel them to adopt tbe policy of universal negro suffrage, to establish ueut o governments, and now, at last to propose In the bill on your table an absolute military dictatorship iu all tbe Slates of th* Sotith. I shall say nothing unkind of tbs Senator from Indians; I admit id* pstrl- ! ctlsm and emloanl ahliiliea, anil his almost Incomparable services during tbe late war to put down the rebulllon. Rut If anything were wanting to demonstrat* the power which these radicals have had over tho mass of the Republican party In changing their opinion* and reversing their policy, we have only to point to the able Senator himself, once among the moat powerful advocate* of the

was not to subjugate, but to maintain the Union with the equality and rights of tbe

States unimpaired.

We had a war with Mexico, resulting in the acquisition of people and territory. By treaty the people were unde citizsnsat once, with * ! ‘J 1 ® r 'ghls of dtlzena. Wo have had wars with Englishmen; but when tbe bloody strife was over, when peace bad come, what course old our great ancestors pursue? We all know the war of the revolution was a civil war. During tho strife, confiscation and disfranchisement were the order of the day. Rut When peace came and they sought to lay the foundations of tho Republic broad and deep, what did they do? Do you find In the Constitution they formed, or the laws thev passed, any test oaths,• any bills of attainder; any military reconstruction bills? No, sir.’ Nothey were too great and too wise. They had’ too much faith In man, and liberty, and truth and God for that. On tbo contrary, they declared tbat no bills of attainder, no ex post facto laws should be passed; no man not inthe military or naval service should be subject to military trials under the arbitrary power of the bayonet; and that even for treason itself there should be no corruption of blood or forfeiture beyond tbe life of the guilty party; and, furthermore, that no man should be convicted except upon presentment by a grand Jury and after a fair trial, confronting his accusers, by the verdict of a Jury pi his peers. J 1 In the Declaration of Independence, al»o, even {a the midst df war, reason remained

r passion. They were equal to slon. In one of Its subllmest

sentences they declared they would bold the people of England, their fellow-countrymen, with whom they were then engaged tn civil WEr, as tbuy did Ihd rostof niinlciod, •‘©nemtes In war,, in peace, friends.” If we can not equal them, may we not endeavor to follow

their example?

What do the great examples of history teach us in dealing with rebellion* It not that, after forco baa been subdued by force, magnanimity U more powerful tb*n revenge; that love cooquers what hate never can-the hearts and

offer '

revolutionary schemes. Now and theitoone shrinks back. More than once l have seen tho “ galled jsde wince,” but never fail at the last to obey the fash of her master. Would to heaven that the radical party could pause and modify its suicidal policy* BOtTteir ffiemajority have become bound to It—bound hand and foot with chains they can not break; that, however much some may regret it or atrlve to conceal regret, political necessities compel you to go on, and right on to the bitter end. Yen

must live or die by It.

Established in 1862

supreme ov

tbe grand occv

The Senator from Massachusetts. [Mr. Wilson,] as if by authority, says, “ We will take no step backward.” Mr. Colfax, In his resent letter, re-echoes, “Not a hair’s breadth.” Such, I fear. Is the fatal resolution taken by

the majority.

The leaukof tbe reoent elections, showing that a majority of tho Northern and Western States is opposed to that policy, ao for from changing a resolution from which the radical party dare not retreat, Is pushing it on to the madnos* of deapalr. It sees that Us majority In the North and West is already lost. It dare not exclude the South in the next election. The South must be forced at the point of the bayonet, hy white disfranchisement and negro suffrage, to vote for the radical candld*te:or he will he beaten. Tfie majority In the Northern and Western States against Mm must, the^juth be 0V8rcon,e b y ltie negro votes of to hold the balance of power In theRennbllc and to elect to the Presidency the candidate of thev y s^ 8 nn D »h the <Je r ne r r ‘ te dayS ° f 14011,6 they set up the empire for sale? lam no prophet; but, if not mistaken in the signs of the times, the Amcneao people are not yet prepared for that. The Democratic party,

t '? lD V t * ,f troa 11,6 errors of

the past, planting Itself upon the living issues of the hour, welcoming into IU rank* all who are opposed to this radical and barbarian policy of subjecting the States of the South to negro supremacy by military dictatorship, all ;mTh Vi,." ”iW'X" St ‘jSSSI'-X Southern radicalism which brought «n this rebellion, that a Srate may secedTfrom ih‘ Union, nor ad rat that other doctrine of the Northern radical, no less revolutionary, that Congre.s may exclude or dLfrancbiM ten States from the Union, are now coming together upon the platform of the father* of the L 0n jL\rr’ “ nd , ln tho 8a ® e fraternal spirit UcTn^marnUtneT 41 **^ ^ al ° 0e Sir, there are Dine* when public opinion is like n placid stream gently flowing within its banks, when slight obstacle* may for a time arreft or change or divert Its oourte. Tbeo, it m%r be said, tbe voice of the people U tfca th IC wm P olitlcl * D6 i ' he voice of the people is the will ol a party. Rut there are olbertimes when the heavens are overcast, the rains have descended, and the floods have come that its m“j ‘*tlc current roils on, emblem of wrath and power, when resl.tsnce maddens its fury and increases Us strength. Then it over-

flows Us bank*. Tha birrtet

■ctionsof a people?

When L ilium, one of the Roman provinces, revolted, and the revolt w »s put down by arms the question arose in the Rsmm Senate, What shall be done with Ltlium and the people of Latium? There were some then who cried, “disfranchise them;’’ others said, “confiscate their property.” Thera Were none who said, “subject them in vas-alage to their slaves.” But old Camlllus, in that speech which revealed his greatnest and 'm»de his name fm. mortal, said: “ Senators, make them your fel. low-citig ms, and thus odd to tbe power ana glory of Home.” In this high pla.-e, in this Senate of the great Republic of the world, outgrowth of the clvilizattoa of all age., can not we, S-nators, rise to the hight of that great

argument?

To descend to humbler examples, may we not even takolesKOug from some of our Iinjian

tribe.? It u well known that tbe chilized i a ‘ ,vv ' i u»uks. ino barriers of party cantribes of our Indian territory took sides in our ; t -• u^ > e, » n,I POlRiclans are all.swept away and terrible conflict. Civil war. in its dliest sad become mere flood wood on the surface of the most savage form, roged through all their troubled waters. The voice of the neonle then country. Their dwellings were r—*-*' — * i* «« «—i-

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- -gs were sacked and . ^ no l°n? 6 r the voice of politicians- then It Is burned; their htndi were red In each other’s ‘b* 1 t^ 6 voice of the people It the voice of

* Yet they have made peace. They God.

organized their governments. They 8,r - xre h \ve piased through such crlsisesln e side by side In perfect tranquility, “ur l *»y- well remember when a feeble Prosperity la once more smiling upon their minority In this body raised its voice against beautiful land. Can not Christian statesmen that .overboanng nnjorfty which, under the have equal faith In magnanimity—equal cour- dictation ot houtbern radicals, sought to force sge to forgive and to believe that love Is the ® ff OV6 vnment, with negro slavery, upon power by which to reach the hearts of our late psop'e of K rasas against their wi l. That

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to ail those negroes who have any claim to It by reason of intulll£«0C0 or pairlotlo services or estate sujbect to taxation, nijneljT 1. To those who hive served In lhe Federal 2. ' t'o those whe hive anfll-lent education to re*d theUoustitutlon of the United State*, and to subvert!* their Domes to an oath to support

the same: or

3. To tuoie who have acquired and hold

real property to the vslue of 1,250.

from the Executive and confer It upon the t Houses of Congress. It is revoiationtry, and

The National Rank*, having the same amount I apply the same tests to tho white men of the

I South?

of bonde, realize a net profit, according to the showing of fie four Lafayette N'atlonal Banks, after paying rents, Urge asthffcs for officers, a taxation of four and a half per cent, upon their capital, etc., etc., of sixteen per cent, per annum. Is not that a pretty good thiog? And when It is taken tnto consideration tbst tbe reported capital of these banks, in a great many Instances, Is only nominal, that in bonks representing $1/350,uOO capital not a quarter of tbe sum has been actually Invested by tbo stockholders,

the value of these national bank privileges be- to suffrage tho classes of negroes oamod In

comes the more apparent. Tho “ folly’’of the system-Is in furnishing a privileged class with capital to bank upon and which pays a Urge profit, according to the showing of the four national banks of Lsfayatte, without a dollar invested by the privileged recipients of this government boon. A common soaso policy would Suggest, so fir as the Interests of the people are concerned, tbat tbe three hundred mtllions of currency furnUhed tho national bankers to bank Upon, should be Issued directly by iRe Uovnrumsnt, thus saving the interest upon tbat amount of the national debt, but a radical Congress thinks it more sagacious to yWAattmie iffom of eighteen or twenty millions of dollars annually ill tho pocket* of a privileged ejase, for no compensation or con-

sideration whatever.

ana aoie benatora eeiUd evar lor one moment

bring themselves to helieva that tbe people of ^ _ . . tbs South should vots lor such *n smendnirnt. Lincola-Johnson policy ot restoration upon It contains still another objectionable fea- the white basis, now bound band and foot, _ ture in violation of an importaift principle In and dragged In chains at the victorious ebar-

n U wHV« 1 <.7"-whno C1 ^r i i»i« ; cv f r y good, government, cooMamdlag execu- I lot wheels, to grace tbe triumph of Wendell linw thn rtirht nranflVur* ' tlve wl,1, legTiilstlye duties, if there bs sny Phillip* snd the .Senator from Massachusetts,

prerogative which mure than another pertains .'Mr. Sumner.] Even bis great mind now to the executive of all govtrnmeuU, ancient j iends its powerful influence to favor the esand madam, that prerogative Is tbe power of : tahlishment of governments based upon unipsrdoA. versal urgro suffrage, to hold. It may be, the This amendment proposes to change the balance of power in this Republic, under Constitution so as to taipe that ppwer swsy the contrcl of the bayonets ot the regular

“ ' ‘ “ army. 1 well rrmember tbe effect produced by the speech of the Governor of Indiana in U>&5. It came at a tius to be most grqUfully remembered by me, fori was ongausd In s Strug rle at that Urn* against the radicals in niy own State, to prevent them from changing tbe creed sod reversing tho polloy upon which tbe Union party fought and mastered tbe rebtdllon, and by which alone their victory was achieved. I endeavored to demonstrate tbe tame truths set f irth in that great s|ioeab,and when it came, with Us Irresistible eloquence and unanswerable force of argument, I re-

his strong arm for supon more than one oc-

Johneon out the

policy of bis predece-aor. We did not then have tbe positive testimony of General Grant and of Mr. Stanton to prove tbat Mr. Johnson's North Uoroilna proclamation waa drawn

oln’s

worse than tbat. 14 vetoes the power of clemency In advance. It not only takes that

a, properly m me vs.ue o, rc»u. , ^V r »?l ‘n%^ ld ror’J 1 r«. ,t . t ^ e "r!a‘uTr2 ,L1 e ! tno.m t Jor b^Houreor^rtoex^

the power of pardon, the same majority which Is necessary to pavirs laW (Tver the presidential veto. In what civilized government upon earth wsg there ever *neh e restriction upon the power of pardon? Can It he found among

tho savage tribes?

Sir. tbt$amendment makes it Impossible for

The ana wee is plain snd twofold. Fir.t, by the conatlgutlons su.Mawa of those States ‘bo right of suffrage is already secured to them snd ws have no rUbtful power to take it away. To do ao would trample fftader our fi-et ono of tho most sacred rights reserved to ths Ststes.f It is by extending suffrage to the negroes that Congress Is overturntne the con-Mtullons of those States. In m) opinion, this Is a usurpation, which its advocates justify upon tbe ground of necessity alone. I neither admit the power rot the necessity; but, granting both, no reason can be given, nnd no necrsdty, but that of party ascend mey can be • rged, far going any further in this re vole’’on ary work than to ad

this amendment.

The .H c i.ud answer j?. that white man have for eenttirle* biv»n aa latomed to vote. They have borne all the responsibilities and dincharged all the duties of freemen among treemen; and it la a very dlff rcnt thing to take away from a freeman a privilege long exer-

e>«« * ,ui. aujrnoin'-ni maxes 11 impusainiu iui a majority ot tbe people of the United Mates, by the choice of a President, or by tbe election of the Houses of Ueu^rtss, to grsnt pardon

and amnesty.

I speak with all becoming respect for the opinions of others and for tbe eincerlty of their motives. I knew it nsvsr could have been Intended, hut, Judging this provision by Us own words, standing in Us own light, It s-ems to be born In distrust in the Intelligence and magnanimity ef th* people; the off-prlng of cowardice snd revenge, of unforgiving hsts snd lust for pnlfticsl power. And is it because the Legtalaturco of-the South rejected auch a proposition tbst Congress should now enforce thia policy and establish a combined negro and military despotism In til of the Stall * of the South, snd un-

(Senator Doolittle** Great npecch. Tho reoent speech of tienator DoOUTTL* upqp the req$nttrnctlnn policy rf the radical m lorlty In Congress not only made s deop impression npon tbe Senate, but attracts tbe attention ol tho whole country. Promptly upon its delivery an Immense number were ordered to beclroulsted ass ctmpslgn document. Such was the ability of the speech and so forcible Its arraignment of tho rovolutioB*ry*nud destructive schemes of tbs radical Congress, that It forced tho ablest representatives of the radical party to attempt * justification of Us encroachment* npon the Constitutions and Its subversion ol the principles npon which free government and civil rights are based. A cotemporary in commending the effort says that “Its calm and candid tone, Us Christian spirit and the statesmanlike policy It advocates commend it to the consideration of all thoughtful and patriotic men. Nothing could be clearer than Its exposition of the Inconsistent course of radicalism, tbe ssllsh purpose which actuate* It and demards the sacrifice of every element of republican liberty, In contrast with that noblo spirit which united all loyal heart* in tho struggle to suppress the rebellion; It lully Jus-

It Is to c infer one never botoro enjiyod upon Ignorant, half-civilised Africans Juat ri ‘ from slavery. Three generations back many

□ ulbals and.aasags* of the

ins Just released

ion

of ibera we. —,

lowest typo of'buman]k!nd. Tbe only civilization they have IktbM which they hare recelvei^during their slavery in America. To confer this great privilege upon the

people? ress bos

upon

morn enlightened negroes might tend to elevate the mass In the end. Rut to confer It now upon their ignorjfct hordes can only degrade tbe ballot and thk repu/lcan Institutions

which rest upon It.

No answer to this view has evsr been given,

no onswer can versal negro suffi

i this view has ever been given, b* glvsiL by Uts fneada of uni-

negro suffrage, dxoept thin: “The Ignorant foreigner Is sllowsfrto veto, why not allow tbe Ignorant negro to vetef” Thus to compare the-civilized European, sccuttomed to free labor, to self support nnd to solf government, to aU the duttbe nod responsibilities of a freeman, snd wbo, wl'bal, before bets allowed to vote in modt of the States, must appear In open court, and, after five years’ residence, prove by tbe testimony of two citizen* s good moral character, snd tbat he is well dt-posed toward thsGovernment and Institutions of the United States—to compare him to the poor degraded .mau of Afrlc ms, plantaib n Mzvei Just set free, it an a roclous libel upon ourselves, upon our ancestors, upon the results of Christian Vivlllzatlon, and upon that Caitcasslan race which for thousands o

years has ruled tho worljl.

But suppose It to be true that too many Ignorant foreigners cf our own race are admitted to suffrage already, Is that any reason or sny apology even for admitting six hundred thousand half civilized men of another racemen whose natural home 1* in ths tropics, wbo are exotics here, transplanted, not by their own free will, but hy the cupidity of Old snd New England, as slaves, and whose educatlnn and civilization, so far af they have any, have been derived from Mavory to the white man? 1 do mt say there are not some Ignorant white m/n, foreign and native born, who are not qualified to vole; but they are exception* to

tno general rule. 1 do not say ther some persons of Indian, af Chinese, cau descent wbo are qualified; but

, , .. ; exceptions to tbe general rule. Sooi

tlfles his prediction that “ the same patriotism ] |„ main, be governed by general laws, which led hundreds of thousands of Demo- { While the general rule Is that while men sre crate to eustain tbe Repwbltosn party In put- capable, and therefore suffrage may be msde ting down the rebellion of tbe Ecu them r.dl- unlvers,,, “ n,0n * «>• ®“>« “> 6

cals will now load hundreds of thousands of Republicans to act with the Democratic party

general rule Is that Induct, Chinese, coolies, negroes are Incompetent; sod tspeciaUy Is tnis true of tbe negroes In the plantation

,o .b. r I... r ...ou, dwi™.,f I’;uj7 , '(ben| e rfom 8 "llflV»g« er A. U j’l’evonlJ,”f. the tsdlcsls of the North. They are fighting ' N hotild be no further reluced than to admit In tbe same cause of tbe Union snd tbo Con- tbe excepted classes mchtijmcd In this smand•Atu/tton, and for the spirit which gives them ment. , . me/’ This speech, tn statement, argument, I 'T ,,e ,ll< ' adoption of this amend- '• T » ■« ■( isssa ant] reason. ®nJ tUe principles it advances and ’ States before tbe rebellion, not specially diflthe action U advises are worthy the adoption franchised, to vote; that is to say, the msssef -

...... r „-..y r .r„

that truly loves liberty and tho government 1 • - -

Imbued with Its spirit—the government Washington and his compeers inaugurated within

tbe constitution.

ass i Id a

patiiile with tbe maintenance of civilized gov-

ernments of those States.

Let C’ongreas now pause, and modify Us course In accordance wit$ tbe provisions of Urn amendment, and I have every reason to b. ’leva tho people of those States would at once take part in Urn work ol reconstruction, * solution of our difftoulttes would be attained. and peace restored to tbe country.

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acy, then chaos comes sgsln: a war of races

is Inevitable at tbe South.

Mr. Alexander U. Stephens, one of the shle-t living men of the South, and who speaks from

long snd actual observation can—

••Seenothing In the polle/r: reconstruction hut the operatton of a (earful gcheatc. whose ultimate result will be the destruction of either the black or tbs white race. Every day it becomes more pain? illy evident that the estrangement between "•.oV-aces Is widening--on the part of the necroos from the effects of auch Inetrunticn as loaches them to distrust and oppose the whites sad on tho part of tbe latter from an ahborance offtbe negro leader* and an footfoetlvo aversion to be ruled and legislated for by Ignorrence and seml-barbar-ism. From what fell uuUsr his own observation In Georgia be was unable to dated anvthing like a spirit on eHb«r side tending to mutual sympathy of sentiment and Interest- Radical emlsarfee from the North have sown the Heeds of evil dlsssuidon with a terrible earnestness, and tbe diametric bpposttloa of the race* now visible all over tbe Sou’h must in the very nature of things, lead, at tome time or other,to fearful collisions. This Inevitable result, as a dispassionate observer, forces Itself Irresistibly on his attentloa. A war of race*, desired by some, and indifferently heeded by others, ft, to bis mind, • conseqaeqce At sure to happen, under tbe radlnal method of reconstruction, salt Is imposslbla to avoid. If the precedents of history or the Impulses that control human nature be taken lato account.” And such Is tbe united testlatony of tbe

intelligent jasn of the Sjuth.

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race and kindred and

Mr. President, Congress' has proposed faam time to time many scheme*, but they ros^T tie resolved Intodlstinct pvUotas, radically op-

posed i o each other. 1 7

First--Reconstruction bs UiAconsUtuilonal

amendment on the white basis.

Second—Reconstruction by negro suffrage

and military force.

Ths first assumed tbat peace hod come; tMat the State* were in tbe Union, with governments organized, with legislatures having power to ratify or to rnlact constitutional amendments; and, furthermore, that Ibose governmeni* were In thfeLancUof white men: with power, st In all tbe olherStates, to admit or to exclude negroes from auf race. And In case tbe amendments were adopted by threefourth* of tho States, the onl/eff-ot of admitting or excluding mgrocs from the ballot, in any State, would be to ebange Its number of voters In tbe other House of Congress, and In

tbe Electoral College. ,*~

The second assumes tbst arc are still at war; that the Southern bt*te* are not States In the Union at ail, out conmrtreJ provinces, with no Legislator** wblab r ean elther ratify or reject a constitutional amendment: that the white people of thoaa States shall no longar have any power overeth* question of suffrsgu; that Congress by the bayonet pill disfranchise the whites and enfranchise lhe blacks; and thus by military power and urgro votes compel tbe adoption of a new Union and a new Constitution. Because they rejected the constitutional amendment Congress now resorts to tbe baycnat and negro suffrage to compel its

adoption.

True, I admit [they did reject tbe amendment. But bow did they reject It? By the votoa of their Legislatures. They could reject It In no other way, for It was only to their Legislatures that Congress submitted the question. But how could their Legislatures reject It ^ they had no Legislatures at all? If they had Legislatures which could reject It they had Legislatures which could ratify it. To eo either Is tbe highest act of a State legislature, for it then acts upon the fundamental law not only of Its own State and people, bnt of all the States and all tho people of the United States. Conceding they had power, as you claim, to reject yofir amendment, by what shadow of right do yon deny to those Legislature* power to choose Senators in this body? As well deny to a living body the

right to breathe. 1

Uutfperbaps yon say if they hkd ratified the amendment, then they bad Leglllaturea whteb had the right to vote. But as Ihey voted to reject It they bad no Legislatures, and no right to vote. In other word*, If they voted with yon they had k right to vote; If they voted against yon they had no right to vote at

Uti,

Again, sir; all tho world knows the wbole object of the war was to put down tbe rebellion and to maintain the union of States under the Constitution. Every act and resolve of Congress, every dollar spent, every blow struck, every drop of blood abed, was to compel the people and tbe States ol the South to live In tbe Uuion and obey the Constitution. And now that we have succeeded, now tbat the people and tbe States irthe South have surrendered to tbn ConstUuiicn, ■ ou say they shall not lire tn the Union under this Constitution at all, They shall first form another Union, and come Into that Union under an-

other or an amended Constitution.

Mr. rresKcnt, having thus shown that this first answer to that question Is uiireosouabi 'inconsistent and absurd, I repeat the

tlon a second time. *"•-- —

domination over the

-Whst reason can you give?

A second answer is, beoi

juiced to lean up n hit port. Like him, 1 bad

caslof attempted to provs that Mr. , inherited and was faithfully carrying --’’ey of bis predecessor. We did n

by Mr. Stanton and read over tn Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet. Had those facts then appeared It

,red that bonerable Senator and

tity of tbe

mltf$t have oared tbat bom

myself the labor of proving lb*ld«n

policy of Mr. Johnson with tbat of Mr. Lin-

coln, which the Governor of Indiana demonstrated In a maunur so complete that no man

has ever been able to answer bl doubt!-’-, patriotism nor hi*

uatrtoin

all surrenuers to the radical negro' suffrage policy ot reconstruction, noon fliled mo witb so much surprise, nonagave me so much pain, as that of the honorable Senator from Indians, cxceptooe. I refer to General Grant. Again, sir, If It Were true that the wbit« were disloyal during the rebellion, they are not rebellious now. Rebellions can cot exist or continue without real or aupposed eau*r. Slavery, the cause and the pretext for tbe late rebellion. Is gone forever. II can never be revived. Nrtihingcan incite another rebellion at tbe South, for thev have no power to organ1*0 one against the Government, and will not

have fon m*ny years to oomo.

Upon this point allow me to read an extract from a letter of Hun. Benjtmln Fitzpatrick, formerly the presiding officer of this body, and known by all the older Senator* as being opposed to secession, a gentleman of the highest honor and undoubted Integrity. Hc*r

what bo says:

“It Is said hy (-omo that it was made to keep dow a relieillon. What have the people of tbegouth to comiucnpa or carry on a rebellion with? Our slave* »ro all set free; our fleids harcly cultivated under tbe now system oflsbor, and maov of them grown up In briars and weeds since emancipation, and almost everything In a state of dilapidation and decay. The cry for bread which c«mo* up Worn almost every hill and valley In the State bad acareely caused' ringing in our ears, and it waa only hushed by ths liberal donations from the, benevolent of the North and West. No people of the OUI World in any of their long and desolating wars ever longod for peace mors thsn wc do. We want peace, but not degradation. We wish to be left free to aot for ouraelves, and free from the intermeddling o< those wbo do not live among us, but coma hars to foment discord and (peculate upon our troubles,” Sir, this ts the language of one who knows tbe white people ot tbe South, and speaks for

them.

And why, sir; why should they not desire peace? For that rebellion Into which In an evil hour tbe radicals of tbe South plunged them, they have been punished already by the sacrifice of all their alave property, valued at three or four thousand million dollars; hy tbe sacrifice of more than thrcp-foilrtliN of all other personal property, probably two thousand|mlllions more; hytheaacreiioeof their public and private credits—at least a thousand millions more;, by the depreciation of the value of all their real estate at least seventy-11 ve percent.— amounting, probably, to more than two thousand million dollars more—making In all a sacrifiseol property, credits, and value* In tbe Southern States sloncof st least nine thousand

million dollars.

But there Is snother bloody and terrible pagein this account— a pngs in aouount with death. It ts estimated there have perished In battle, by disease, exposure or other cause Incident to the war, at least three hundred thousand able bodied white men of the South. I take no acconntof the unutterable anguish of millions of crushed and bleeding hearts. No language can express,no figures measure tbat. Fur that rebellion tbe white man of the South has been most terribly punished! Nine thousand millions of values are gone—lost forever! Three hundred thousand able bodied white men of tbe fl >wer and itreagth of tbe South now lie in their bloody or premature graves! GreatGod! is not this punishment enough? Must we go further? Must we now punish the g ilte men of-the South hy placing them under the domlnltton of li»lf-c1vllf*ed Africans? And In order to do that shall we punish ourselves by giving over to stolid and brutish Ignorance the political control of onefourth of the States, and, it may be, under tbe control of tbe army the balance of power of the United States? Shall we Africanize the South and Mexteanlze the wbole Republic? I know these measures of Congress have done much to wound, nothing to heal. Yet,, notwithstanding all that Congress has done to embitter their hatred toward tbe radical policy, there is neither hops, nor thought, nor wish to restore slavery, nor to separate from the Union, nor of rebellion against the authortty of the Government; all evidence proves

tbe contrary.

In the whole rebel army which surrendered I challenge any Senator to point me u a single instance th which a rebel officer has violated bis parole; or to a single man, of any position or prominence in the South, who, after taking the oath of allegiance, has violated his plight-

ed faith.

No man can more deeply feel than I do the great and monstrous folly and crime of that rebellion, which brought ao much of agony and of blood upon all parts ol our beloved land, which robbed us of our sons and dearest kindred, and threw a shade ol sorrow over our hearts which will anvar .{mm away until they oeaae to beat. But, now that blood has oeaaed to flow; that three year* of peace have elapsed; now that the whole South has surrendered and avary Interest thev have Or can hope for Is to be found In tbe Unton and under the ConsUtuUon; now that they have in good fsltb pledged anew their allegiance, and datlrt to join with us In rebuilding tl

it no

I do not

laincerlty. Rut of

He,

iu, A lepcat tue QUOSWhy press this negro bites of the South?

«. because the negroes were loyal and the whites disloyal. Let us examine this bold assertion. Is it true? Were the negroes loyal during the rebellion? Recall the facts. Who does not rememb'-- that at least three-fourths ol all tho nagre In those States during the wbole war did a., in their power te sustain the rebel cause. They fed their armies; they dug their trenebre; they built their fortifications; they fed their women and children. There were no insurrections, no upri-lngs, no effort uf sny’kind anywhere outside tbe lines of our arnitea on the part of the negroes to aid tbe Union cause. In wbole districts. In wbole Stales even, where all tbe able bodied white men were conscripted into the rebel army, the great mass of negroes, of whose loyalty yen boast, under th* control of women, decerpld old men and|boys, did all they were capable of doing to aid the rshel-

Jloo.

Again, sir, the assumption is equally groundless tbat tbe wbole of tha white population, or a majority even, ever voluntarily •ngsged In the rebellion. It Is true, the great majority In the end were compelled to acquiesce; but it was notuntU after the Federal Government, speaking through Praaldent Buchanan, had abandoned theloyal peopleOftbc South and declared that neither tbe President nor Congress bed the power to make war to compel the State* to ram <n tn tbe Union; In ■ word. It waa not until Aftar President Bochsnna, in Us message of December, 1M0, do-

enerato?

Hut, «lr, annposo fh* ststeioent be true that th* negroes arc loyal ami the whites disloyal In heart, have we even then th* right to degrade thi white In vassalage to ths negroes? 1 answer no. For their criminal acts we would hove tbe legal right to try anil convict and sentence to Imn-lsonm mt and to death even. But now, without trial, hy what operates a* a substantial hill ef attainder and ex pot' facto

monstrous wrong stirred the hearts of the people to their very depths, and party lines and pony names are forgotten. Psrtv ties were sundered like ilixal tne touch ol fire.

I ou remember that, sir.

Again, when these same radicals ol the south, because the people of tbe North Indignantly refused to sanation tbe subjugation of Kansan, rose In arm* to destroy the Union and

ex pot' facto lhe Constitution, whit became of party then? ,

at that, to subject them to negro governments The people rose as one man. L irpc masses of I Isa ertm* against the Constitution, against the Democratic — — —■ — '

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ourown race, and sgtlnst c'lviMzetion*ttsclf. port to the admlni^treitlon of f fir.'^Jncoln, ' B6St JclDclll 1?62L $2 00 It I* to impose upon them against their will a ' formlngtbe Union RepubHcsn party? and to 1 * 'e' u vrwj

ever h**a attemp 1 U would mike it

degredstiou which every State In the North would rejset, and one tenfold greater thsn hsi

attempted In any Northern State, hem unlit to be our fellow-

ritl/.en*, and pliev th* SDles of the South upon a footing Inferior to that of tbe other

States In the Union.

Air, we claim to have fought for liberty and against slavery. The issue of I’k!') was the extension ef slavery Into tbe Territories. By the election of Mr. Lincoln the people of th* United States decided against that. The rad-

.. - . Ptrtyf and to their eterns! honor be It said that the great moss of the D-mocratic party, with some exceptlon«, gave to bis war measures a hearty and untlmehlng support. Without that support ih- war would have been a failure. In the actual prosecution of the war. In lhe camp and on tbe fieid of battle, In the rank snd file, aa well as in command, we found no dialluoitjii whstewr. shoulder to shoulder, Democrats and R-publio-ras stood together like brothers on every battle-rield from the beginning to tbe end of the rebellion. To defend

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teals of tbe ttouth, another name for tbs neoes- the Union and the Constitution against overstoelsts, rebelled sgalnst tbst decision, and throw by .Southern radicalism, in arrosogalnst

endeavored to reverse It hy arms. That rebel- l lion raised another and greater issue - the extstenoeoMticOovernmentltselt. Ilalsoplsced i at stake slavery tn all the States. Br the re- | .•lecWon ef Mr. Lincoln In 18»U. tbe people do- ■ elded in favor of a vigorous prosecution of tbe war until every rebel should lay down his arm*, and also tn favor of an amendment to the OoDRtltutien to abolish slavery In all the

.•Rates and Territories forever.

At present, what do we b>hold? Now that ' the war is over, now that every rebel has IstU down hi* arms, now that the people of the j South have unanimously agreed to abolish ! slavery forever, to obey the Conatltutinn and ! discharge every duty as citizens of the United StaUs, tbe radicals of the North have morally begun e user rebellion against the Union anil the Constitution; for,raising anew tno old cry of the radicals of the South, they now declare that tb* Statoi of the South are outside tbe Constitution, and that Congress, acting outside the Constitution, has unlimited power over

them a* ever conquered territories. In their | utive; ana uoiv,

blind zoal for the advaocriuent of the negro, j and to crown the «ucie ui lueir UsUrpaitrn* tMy propose toov.rthro* the Coos’.ltution In | they propose to subjugate the Supreme Court; order to practically subject the white race to to overturn justice in her sacred seat in this

them, they braved every danger and endured every htrd.bip. Together thev stood in the day of the conflict, freely bared their bosoms In each other’s defense; together often their Ilia’* blood gushed and uiuigied, and side by side they now sleep their last s eep in their honored graves. There they will sleep together till heaven calls them to their reward. And now, air, what do we behold? A domInant majority Iu this Senate and in Conaret*, under the lead of Northern radicalism, at the point of tbe bayonet forcing negro suffrage snd r.orrogovernments upon ten States of the Union and „ix millions of people against their will. What waa the outrage upon Kansas compared to that? \V* see them practically dissolving the Union by excluding ten States from the Colon, thu* doing what the rebellion could never d '.and what we spent $5,000,000,ooo and five hundred thousand lives of our bestand bravest tn prevent. For long months we have seen them encroaching steadily and

of the Execchains upon us

crown the whole of their Usurpation’,

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g outside we nave (•een them encroaching wer over | persistently upon tbe just rights < In their utive; and uow, to rivet their ch

thu domination of thu nc| As men who claim to

■gr j.

he tip

ertv, wc have no right to do that.

As chrlstlsns who claim to have learned something of forgiveness from thu teachings of our Savior, we have no right to do that. As member* of fhe great Caucasian race which has given ibe world its civilu-Jon, we

have no right to do tbat.

AsstatH.inen wbo desire to restore tbo bless.

1 tribunal of last retort,

friends of lib- ! the court whose ofli

s

They would compel

onice it Is to hold an even

balance between the Stales on th* one band and thu Federal Government on the other.and also between the several departments of tbe Government, to place false weights In the balances. They would make tbe weight of the opinions of three Judges In favor of tbo usurpatijr.s of Congress more than equal the weight of the opinions of five Judges In favor cf tbe

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Ings of peace, we have no right to do tbst rights of other departments the rights of the which would Inevitably m ike eight millions Slate., :,nd the lilxirtie* of the people. of our own race and kindred In our own land — .--- .... . .

eternal enemies of the Government.

A’ statesmen Who, With ordinary sagacity, shou'd Ions to tbe future and to postJh!* wars with foreign Powers, we ought to make hast* to restore sentiments of affection And patriot ism In all that vast region, larger and richer hy far In natural resources than England,

France and Prusds all combined.

And 1 ask, Mr. President, with all the earnestness of which the soul 1* capable, can any human being conccivo of a measure so well calculatpd to make the wbole white peo-

ple of the South, men, women and children, hate and loathe our Government, to hsle it with a perfst hatred, to gather ur und the 'amtly alter upon their banded knees to curse It, and In tbe agony of prayer to call upon God to curve It, as this radical reconstruction which sreks to disfranchise the heart and brain of tpo South, and to subject at thn point cf tho bayonet tho white racn to the dominion of tbclr la’e half civilized African slaves? Insteel of peace It gives them s sword; instead ol hope It Alls themiwith despair; Instead of civil liberty It gives then), military despotism. White disfranchisement and negro domination was the Idea which Inspired and provoked the not at New Orleans. It has arraved everywhere the blacks snd whites In hostility to each other, often resulting In bloodshed til over the South. It tends directly to bring on that w*r of races which In the West Indies envr.trit scones of horror to sicken and appall

tbo world.

• - - - • »**v |zwu>|se\?. 5-:r. we sre in the midst cf a new rebellion, bloodless as yet, but which threaten* to..estroy the Onstllution, and with It the last hope of clvlfc lioerty fur tbe world. But let us not despair. Let u» not surrender our faith I* the people, nor our faith In republican Institution*. Toe people everywhere are coming to the rescue. They sre again rising shove party and the clamors and denunciations of partisans. Hundreds and thousands of the earnest R . publicans wbo supported Mr. Lincoln’s administration bsvo already severed their reUlions to this revolutionary party. Hundreds of thousands more are ready to do so snd to strike hands with the great mass of tb* Democratic party to rescue the Constitution from

this new rebellion against It.

They are organizing everywhere, from Maine to California, not upon the dead Issues of the past, for Inglorious defeat. There is # too much at stake.and they are too terribly in earnest for that. But with living men, upon the living issues ot the present, they will organlzo for * victory so complete and overwhelming that the votes of the negro States of the South can not hold the£bal*nce of power snd decide tho election against them. That same patriotism which led hundreds of thousands of Democrats to sustain the Republican party in putting down the rebellion of the Southern radicals will now lead hundreds of thousands of Republican* to sat with tbe Democratic party to overcome tbe no less dangerous doctrines of the radicals of the North. They are fighting In the name cause

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nli its outbreak upon a I = r which omm begun, will | exile or the extermlno- —

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gigantic scale—a war end, I fear,] In the e:

tlon of the blacks from tbe rotoman to the Rio Grande. I know the Senator from Uhio, [Mr. Wade,] In a speech In the late canvass, had no fear of such swar or of Us result*. He Is reported to have said, “let tbe war comc; let them fight It out.” God grant that tbe war may never comet But, If it does come, no amount of military dlclpline can

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length tb* second answer to my question, snd finding tbat It Is not tusulned hy the facts, that It U bed In principal and worse In policy I repeat the question a third time—why pre** this negro supremacy over the whites of the

South? What reason can you give? The leader of the radical forces—that Inex-

orable Moloch of this new rebellion against

tbe Consit'utlon,

‘‘The strongest and the fiercest spirit

That fought in hosven.now fiercer by despair," answers with boldness, and tn plain English give* the true rfeason, namely, to secure party ascendency. This Is the third *td last answer which I propose to consider on thls-eecaslon. On the 3,1 of January, WOT, Mr. Stevens, In the House of Representatives, used this language,

which l find reported in the Globe:

“Another good reason Is, It would Insure the ascendency of tbe Union party. Do you avow tbe party purpose, exclaims eomu hor-

ror strtckrn demagogue? Ido.”

The party purpose Is here avowed In the Honse. In hte speeches and letters elsewhere Mr. Stevens again and again, In stronger language avows the real purpose of this legislation, to them I mainly refer. Tho negroes, under the tutlllage of the freedmen’a bureau, led by radical emissaries, or pushed by Federal bayonets, must take tbo political control of these States in order to obtain their votes in tbe electoral college or In tb* Bouse of Representatives In the election of the next Presi. dent. Here is a reason,and Just such a reason ns the bold radical would give. It ft In keeping with bis revolutionary measures, and in

keeping with bit revolutionary history.

The letter of General Pope, when In command of one ot the district*, recently published, draws aside the vail and discloses the fact tbat the same party purpose seeks to con-

trol the bavonet slao.

This argument, for party ascendancy, all can understand. It Is bold, clear and log), oal. It is the argument of necessity addressing itself to unscrupulous ambition. One syllogism contain* the whole of It: “We must,” roy* the rsdieal, “elect the next President. The negroes, under the lead of our bereau or thn control of our bayonets will vote for our candidate. The whites.ontraged by our attempt to put the negro over them, will vote against him. Therefore the bayonets mast place the negro In power in tbew States to give aa sevaaty electoral votes for Praaldent, twenty Senators, and fifty mam-

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