Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 12, Number 47, Plymouth, Marshall County, 25 July 1867 — Page 1
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THE PLYMOUTH DEM0CR.1T, ruBLwiien" Evmt TiiTTrtsnvY morning, AT PLYMOUTH, INDIANA. BY S. L. HAKYE - OFFICE, rxroSl-OFFICKnrLDTXG UPSTAIR. Km 0? SfBSfBlrTO $20!) A YEIK H ADVASCE. PivnvntmTitbe m-ido Invariably in advance and tV t i ' T in -vtTV e.i- will be ttN-ostinii'l at tu. e!.:r.iM..'n i.f t!i; tiiii pii.l f" nii'.o advance iaymviit TV.vn -niK.Tl'H-r- wh' iT'-t th.Mr riprs by the earner -Iii bo ch ix-.'d twenty-aw ecu:- a year extra. Rates of Advertising : On- sinr (tli ;i' of t i lim- or loss of thw rn on; week, -!,') J; and for -ac'.i a I ii.ional insertion, t -.-nts. ... . N. ? ir-. 1 m ". 2nv.. imn (min. 1 year. 1 ;i ur.! iJA !. .". f ".,K ",H '-. .t no r,.oo s.i 1. 1 ij.oo m - r .v s.tn i'Uii ivo' . i c-d. i Col. 1 Col. 7.-.i) lJjfcl i-i.o i;.oo 1S.D ',.)) 2 !.!!: :;-u Ki r,i.i) :;i).n;i ro. o 15.00 -.o'ir lverTis.mnt M..Va p:jair- for tin first iut.rtion. and -l.oOa S(i:r- f'"-'"' ' 1 l:r!nal insertion, C'.i ir.'.- l to p.irtio- onl-Tiii,' S'i- ir pitb'.'u; ttiu. nmiTHi-ition r prTii"f-' privat- interest-? mast -paid firat th. r''iil:ir adv.-rtis-d rate". M irri i '-s ami Pea'h- ar.j published aJ ttmvs. Vlvi-ni- in -nr-'. ir.l s t!t- iiuiu'vt 'f iii- rtmns !-pire.li-sp-.i.I--d. tviil l i'oniiuu.vl till urd-xed oat, atvl ch r-d at : ular r it . Local notki.-i pi teilt- for wach lin. IJUSINESS CAllDS The PlvntouthTlrancV Hanking Co , (Successors to the PI Ttnoutli Pranch of the Pank of the ! e t i-' . r... 'if.it rt.l.-f.b .1 r.iaieo: ir.ui 1.11, J' " I an! frem 1 tu I o'clock P. M. r. c 11 K-'s n v.K, jr. Ca?hic, vll-nlO-tf. i PAINTING. GRAINING, PA-ri:K-Tr.xc5ixr;, Cf. ARMSTRONC A-TYNKir, Hon, Si-n and Ornamental paiiiti-r-. irainiriL' -PapT II an-in.', Ac. Miopm rear of A. P. EUiotf, ,a.n Ly, ARMTRONGi. . 31-r.ni V. W.TYNEK. J. OSBORNE, Attorney cvt Xncxxr A Tin .lTTSTTHn rir THH PEACE. IIa removed his. office to the ca-rt tid ? of Miehi j-in ! tre.t. on the MociC tH xtiiot.U ot t.ie i arwer iioa--. wh.Tf b will l pi- i--d t- t!i..-e h vitiir ln-in. s to tnnsact with him. Collections made and inoney proinptly remitted. I'artienlar arter.tin -iveii to the settlement of etat -9 and iruardianshiris. r.v. j -f 1- A.TSKE U IiOUS"E. Sitnitelon t!u nonh-id c-'tmcr of Michigan -vl Washington streets', Pi.vmoctu, Ixoi.n. BAILEY 8c SMITH, : : Proprietors Thisl.irsje ai.d capacious Hotel has. l.ecn leased for a number ot yr-rs by the above gentlemen, and fully reürte.l and rep di ed, and under its present rroprietorshio, will be liV-t as a 1 irst CI ass Hou-e. vl-2n:i"2-tf mi. W. JACOBY, P!IY!i '7.I.V 1Y smoFnw OiTuc over II. TJ. Diek-on .t r.i.'s M iniu m- Stor.-. -iHf DU. W7 N'ViniLlIY, i;-sp?ctf,i!Iy terjI r hU r iV-'i,:i il servi 'es t t!ie public 0;Ti-e in roo-n n r Per'iinij' Druvr 't'r-. MivJk!.!-;-'. (U-T.)-ly.) SXl.J. M.OON'l-KP, late Surgeon of t!ie J 2.'U'i la li t'li Infantry, olfers Iii- prore.''o.i il Tvic' to t!ie i e.ple of Marshall f!ounty. 1 r O li :e hi ln'ii l-n :; west sido )f .Michigan SireeC, tnr" Kyin X-rih jf the Ivl wards House Ply:nutli I:ili:i:ii. vnji'52 J.J VINALL, TIOMif:VT!U " PHYSICIAN AN! St'Ki : K'l.N". P.irti-iii!.ir.i-.trtnt;.n pti l to 0!).-lrtrie prietiee, in I 'Jise.is f wo:n.'ii an 1 c'u' Iren. O '.ie.e over l.ivUson Co.'s otor.?. Ks5d-'iie opposite the irrt!i '.vest corner of the Public i'iire, riymout.1. In liana. vlüu'J tf. J. II. LONG, LICENSED AUCTIONEER, '.V'ill prom-tlv ntten-1 to the s.vle of sroo.l and t! ittel.s in .Mrs!i'.'l Countv. 11-ll-lv N. n.Or.L7.V,i:v:, kCO., M murittirers and ! Djaleriiu !urn'er, are prepare 1 t fi'I orders for all kinds of lumber on short notice. Oilice at II. G. Tiiaver'i Ware House. n. u.orjLnsm;:. 11-15-tf II. (I. THAYER. J. S .SCOTT, General Colle (Ho r, Continues to ive Prompt Attention tothe Collection of Claims. 1J Hjst ofi-oferences jjiven when require 1. Terrn m derate. TÜalä-tf. J. I). WOLFORD & SON, MANUK Af'TLUEBS OF Till! Ellis 3? a. in lit 11 a a kni, onLaporteSt.,eat of Westervclfa Store, In the Macula? .Shop formerly occupied bv J. Wallin, llyinjit!i, Inli;m:i. - V - 3Stf Steam Engine for Sale. A PORTABLE F.N'GINV. 12 hors power, will be sold, aä we wish to make room for air"er oae. It Cm be seen running at the Foundry juiJ Machine shop of 2'ttf ADAM.S &. SIMONS, South Plymouth. CHICAGO BARBER SHOP." UNDER MARKS k EHRLICHE STORE, Plymouth, Indiana. Shivinir.iir c ittin?. .Sh.impooning, Jtr., done .p the best style. Pmi-ular attention s'Ven to PvJin flir and Whiskers. f U"Tii höhest pri je paid for La lies' Hair. vllnll-Iy A. (J. IIOLTZENDO.IFF. 3 XvTOIjXJ, BUTCHER, Shop side Michigan Street, opposite Dranch ank.PIrmonth.Iiil. n-tf. ALar-e.to-kof IVA 11 P Ui:i! ju received from the Mmufietircrs- Cu?tomers cannot fail to u;t t .emsel ves in .stvle 'lihty,juantUy aal pr'ce? at LEMO.N'o D.-uStoro. V ; i ix i i n : 1 1 i i 1 1 . C HASLANGEFl &. ERO S, Manufacturer? of waonsarriacf etc. Black mithin, pAiatia end graining- doneto.rdcr IjMQIJOilS. PURE LIQUORS fui Medical at. l oih?r purpoes, cm be had at my Store, one door North of the Urancli Bank. . J. F. V A NVA LIC E N 3 U RG II, rijraoutli.Maj IS, tf
INSURE YOUR LIVES for benefit of your . family with good Local Age.nts, and nor Ttvru?fG3TiMiGEM. Policie? ijnMl an! losses r naid.throHjrh C. II. REFV E March -.3. ';: vinn30tf.
D. E. VANVALKE.NBUROII. itf U VAttlALMJIDUAM, i ATTORNEYS, COUNELLORS at LAW AND REAL ESTATE ACEMTSOFFICE Rank Building, (up stairs,) PLY3 1 OT Jrr I X , I IV 13. Abstracts of title furnished and special attention given to Ural Estate business. Insurance Policies issued on as reasonable terms us tan be afforded, by solvent companies, in the Home Of N. Y...-assets,..? 4,000,000 Home of New Haven ' 1,-100,000 Hartford of Hartford 4 2,000,000 LIFE POLICIES BY THE Equitable Life assets 3,500,000 2TTown Lots, -wild Lands, and improved Faring for sale or rent. vlg tl-tf SADDLE ä HARNESS Maker, havinz boncrbtth stock of David Hartman, one door vet of Palmer's old stand on La Porte Street, Plymouth, Ind., will continue t-- nvinufjiotnre and keep for sale.. Harnes-. Saddle-. Kridle. Halter, Whips, Cwsh m-dteat-1, &c. HiMvilldo a yciicral Upholstering Business, and warrant all work to bo or tue best mannracture. Mareli II, lsii;-tr. OalDixxel; Ware .1 xn FTJENITUEE. A. L. ALLEMAN & CO. Ha vi on band at nil time a rompl-" and olemit tock ofi'.ibin-t War! and l-'iirnitare, whieh they will tell at i verv reasonable rates. ! Also a co:n:l.-tj etock of undertaker' Fumisliiif Conds, and Cuifln- r.alt kinds. A j;ood Hearse bidon- , n" to the establishment. vM-nl.Vtf FasIiionaMcTifilorins Eslablislimcnt OYElt DAVIDSON & CO.'S STOKE. Ali kind- of work in our line done in .1 superior style tmmv in the co'intv. and inferior to none in the northwest." Partietilar attention given to CUSTOM CUTTING. Piym irh. In 1. -Ii V, -tf XEII. Jfc FORCE. New Saloon and Restaurant. S rih (.f thf Baal. tuV.:n St. riymcath.-lali na. L. TYRRELL, : : : rtoprh tor. f'lioiee T.iqnr-. Ales. Wines .-jnd Ci-.irs kept ron-t.mt-Iv on hand. t.-rs nnd Wild i Ja me served up in the Ik-t mo.-t palatable wanner. vi-2nir.tr. mT;js. duntiam Would inform the ladies f Plymouth and vicinity that she has ipe;n d her Millim rv More iu the room back of the Uook Store, LATELY VH iriED P.Y THE rOsTOTEH'E, where she will keep a pool assortment of 3tT3L,IXIViaiY GOODM on hand at as low prices as can b? found in Plymouth. n:SS Oin. C. CAPÜOX, ATTOI1XKV AX D NOT All Y, Awl Tju-eiisal War Chrim Ayut Will itten lto allrofesional lmine:.? placed in his ban Ispromptl v and cat-eTull v. Particular attention c;ivcn to t .lard'nn ships and the ettletnentof Decedent's Estates. Pensioii, R mnty an 1 Hick pay of deceased and disabled Soldiers procured -nt reasonable rates. Dee d,Mort:ie an lothet wiitteninstrnment? neatly and quickly drawn up and acknowledge ments taken. IT Collections m vie an Inrotnptlv remitted. j Ofliee over II. H. Dickson i Co's Hardwire Store, Plymouth Indiana vl0n2 tf 3 It. A. O. BOItTOX. UKOKO.N DKM IST, Can be consulted athis efiice everv dav exeopt Mondays andTuesdayp.nfer J J" Ollicc over u estervelt's Store. V L Y M 0 U T II INDIANA. New Livery and Feed Slafolc. WILLIAM SCIIOFIELD, PnorttETo, Corner La Porte and Walnut Streets, Plymouth, In lima. A Fplendi I lot of hordes, carriages, bnpr.ie', e.,to be hired at all limes. Passengers conveyed to any putofthe eountrv on reasonable terms. Call and se onr stock before hirinir. CARD.-C. II. REEVE. VrrOUYEY AT fj AAV, A0 War Claim Ag't, Plymouth, Ina. Hiving concluded to resume tli c practice of .he law hen-, will Practice in Fidton, Stark, LaPorteand Ivo'ciusko.as 'veil as Marshall, Counties. Collections promptly and efficiently attended to. Careful attention giren to Probate business. Insurance ctlected on Live? and Propertyin the bestcompanies in the United States. Srfxrw. Attkntiov paid to the prosecution of Claim.! of Soldiers, their Widows and heir3 for bounty, arrears of piy .pensions and otherclainis. Rnrrns to Fanvell Field & Co., Chicago. Shaw Harbour & Co., Cincinnati, Rueklv Sheldon k Co., N. Y.. (JrafT Hcnnett k Co., Pittsburg. f OnGtL A. KECKI311 Co., WHOLESALE & It ET AIL DEALEItS IX GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, ;aocKcstv, Quni:.siVARi2f PLYMOUTH, INDIANA. . 3Str lff)XEY FREE ASWATER.-1ft.miO ALTIVK I.O. ral and Traveling Atrnfs, Male or Foirale, of all a are v vnti 'l to n.ii- i t tra! in very t'ify. Town. Villi',". Hamlet. Woi khoj) and Far lory, throughout fii fittire world, for the most a ,1,. ,n, navelMs ever known. -.V Pr:f Ci:T. PKOFIT and hk.kuy Pvi.K whkckvkic "Ci'tRro! ! Smart men aa.i women ran link' from S" to VI pr d ir, and no ri-!r ofloss mi in rapir u requireu or rrom f -'0 to iooti, morn iiiouey invested tie; t.'', at ;r tin; pro'lt. A'w twwrt'"u t-f i,t a fwirc'r- Jlrft l Vi itril-t" an I v'r. l tH-i afh ru-'in)! If you artailly wbh to make money r.ipKlly and a-ily, wr!t forfnll p irf irul.ir and ddrs MILNOR Ä C"). (From Paris.) '1' 21 I. R"n l.viv vVnrvr'it. " - - - " Ol It, II J , FAIRBANKS' STANDAUI ' 8CALRS. OF ALL K I NILS. 52G A 22$ Lake St., Chicago. - 209 Market St., St. I IT nrnrrrf. to rtv qhlv rut CENit.i. ' l-2vn?nl7
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Honor to our Workmen Whom shall we call our heroes. To whom our praises in;7 Tli pampered child of fortune, The titled lord or kin?? T.iey live by others' laborTake nil and nothini; ;;ivc ; The noblest types of manhood Are those who work to live. Then honor to our workmi n. Our hardy sons of toil The heroes' of the workshop. And monarch of the soil. Who spans the earth with iron, And rears the palace dome. Who -reale! for the rieh man . The comforts of ids home? ' It is the patient toiler All honor to him. tK-n.J j Th true wealth of the nation" Is in her working men. Fot many.barren aes l-.arth hid her treasure deep. And all her j'innt force Seemed bound nsin a tdeep. Then labor's "anvil chorus'1 P.roke on the startled air. And lo ! the earth in rapture Laid all her riches bare, 'Tis toil that over nature Civcs man his proud control, And purine and hallows The teii!est of hiseouh It scatters foul diseases. With all the phastly train ; Put iron in the muscle. And crystal in the brain! The firand. Almi-hty Builder Who fashioned out the earth. Hath -tainpcd His seal of honor On I.a bor from her birth. In pverv an;el flower That blossoms from the sod, P.ehohi the Ma-ter touches The handiwork or GmI ! Then honor to our werkmcn, Our hardy Kns of toil The heroes of the workshop. The monarch of the soil I OP HON. GEO. II. PENDLETON, of oiiio, To the Pcoplo of Minnesota, D JULY EKED AT Saint i'uul, July 11, 1SG7. I thank you for this friendly greeting. I have for a long time dasircd to visit choc new North-western States. I had heard who has uot? of the fertility of their soil, of the beauty of their scenery, of the health fulnc--3 of their climate, of the wonderful development, which has, as if by the magic of a fairy's wand, converted their forests into farms and cities. I had read from one who wrote with a masters'? power of these great cantral plains, where the St. Lawrence and the Mississippi kiss each other before they separate for their long journeys to the oceans above which the suu at its zenith seems to linger in ailmiration for a moment in its ceaseless course to the Pacific where the icy blasts of the North arc meltca to cool breezes in the warm embrace of the sultry winds of the South and where, under the influence of all that is beautiful in nature, and all that is impressive in the character of a people made up of all the families of our Caucasian race, the soul of an American citizen rises to the full measure of his couutry's c pportunities and his own duties. JJut I wished to see them with my eyes to know them by my own experience, that I might, by the intimacy of personal association, warm up .tili more, if that is possible, the fervor of my patriotism and add one more to the unnumbered ties of allectiuu and admiration and interest which bind my heart to my country. I desired especially to visit Minnesota, for, like him to whom I have alluded, I was one ot those who aided in admitting her to the Union, applause and welcoming her to the full possessio' of all the powers and rights aud dignities of the original States. When your committee invited mc to meet here to-day. vast number?, not only of my own countrymen, but of that portion of them who arc one with me in a common political faith, one with me in opinion as to the triio administration of the Government, with the assurance that they would give mc a hearty welcome, I determined at once to gratify my wish. And so I came threading the valley of the Mian: , traversing the fertile farms of Indiana, the vast prairies of Illinois, the teeming grain Gelds and picturesque lakes of Wisconsin, across the Mississippi with its castellated bluiTs, across the upland plains of your river counties, carpeted with the most brilliant wild flowers, and laden with the weight of the coming harvest, to fiad in your attractive city, in this uncipualed scene, at the very threshold of your peerless State, every promise oTgrandcur aud beauty fulfilled, and every anticipation more than realized. Cheers. In Ohio they are fond of telling us that the Democratic party is dead, The newspapers assert it, the ftump speakers announce it, the State Convention annually preaches its funeral sermon and writes its epitaph. If their wishes were consulted it would not only be. dead, but damned also. Loud cheers. Let them look upon this scene. Let them hear the shouts with which I have been welcomed, merely because I am an Ohio Democrat, cheers, and although they may assert again that the old party is dead, they will do it with the cheerful air with which the boy whistles as he goes through the graveyard, looking with fearful glance behind, around, over the shoulder, lest' the dead may come to life again, or his ghost may be sitting above his grave. Cheers. The Democratic party dead I ! Within a month I 1-avo bcn to the far Kast. I have .'cen the brave and constant and unflinching Democrats of Massachusetts; I have seen the Democrats of Connecticut jubilant over the result of their late conflict. Cheers. I have seen the Democrats of Xcw York, and Pennsylvania, and Ohio, marshaling their powers for the contest in October. I have teen the Democrats of Kentucky vigorous, unfaltering in the very midst of their fight and everywhere, whether in the Kast or the South, or the great Central States in every condition, whether enjoying the fruits of victory or gathering up of their forces after the pressure of defeat, or putting on their armor for another struggle, I find it living, vigorous, active, energetic party; and hero, a thousand miles away, in tire great Nurlh-wcst, I find the Fame party, sustained by ths same courage, animated by tho name hope, nnd vitalized ly tho same dcTotion to the principles aud forms of government which have for seventy years permitted a development of individual liberty and collective pros perity withoutpipllel. io the ..history of j the world. " ' '' " ' '
More truthfully now, perhaps, than ever before, may we say that our party, is neither sectional nor local, but that in all the Union, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the Lakes tothe Gulf, there is not a State nor county, nor township, nor town, nor neighborhood, nor family iu which it has not an adherent and member. The Demount ic party dead ! ! ! It can never die so long as free government shall exist. The active, vigorous beiug of the one is the essential condition of the existence of the other. So long as the human heart aspires to ameliorate the ills of life, f-o long as the human intellect can trace the cause and efTect, so long as government is confided to the collective wisdom and will of the people, rather thau to the unlimited discretion and irresistible power of one man, so lo ig as there be a party which seeks to increase the liberty of the citizcu and to diminish the power of the Government, to cnh.rge the sphere of his active development, and to reduce the restraints which arc imposed upon him, to gratify his hope of liberty, and to make effective his hatred of tyranny. There is such a party iu England to-day, and it wrests from Government a large fjrm of representation. There is such a party in Prance to-da', aud the thunders of the Tribune cause sleepless nights at the Tuilcrics. There is such a part' in Kussia to-day, and the Czar grantj mmcsty to Polish patriots. Cheers. There is such a party in Austria to-day, and its leader exchanges every recognition cf the right of the House of Ilapsburg tothe throne of St. Stephen for a concession to the rights of the people of Hungary. There is such a party in America to-day, and it insists upou a rigid adherence to the provisions of our written Constitution, and to the primary elemental principle of the equality of tho States. Loud applause. And never in all our history has the exigency of the country demanded from that party such an exhibition of tdl its strength, ill its intelligence, all its virtue, as now. For never not in the corruptions of slothful case not even in the mad excitement of a difficult and doubtful war have its institnti jns been so ruthlessly attacked, and its liberties so greatly imperiled. Its enemies have obtained possession ot the powers of the Government, and wield them for its destruction. Applause and dissent. I do not speak unadvisedly. I mean what I say. I measure 1:13- words. L do not impute bad motives, nor question the sincerity of convictions. Hut I repeat it, the men who are in possession of the Government arc its enemies, and it is their deliberate purpose to overthrow its constitution and chanjrc its form. Continued cheers. Though I speak to a party meeting to-day, I wish to speak in no narrow, bitter, sectarian sense. Parties arc inevitable where opinion is free. They are necessary where opinion is to bo carried into legislation. They arc beneficial when patriotism gives them direction, and moderation curbs their excesses. Their discipline and organization arc the condition of their vigor. experience in life begets more and more confidence in men's motives, and leads me to expect the most extravagant opinions as t policy, combined with the purest aspirations for the public welfare. Attached to the principles and organization of a great party myself, because my judgment approves them, I expect to liud equal zeal for a like good reason in others. And therefore I desire not to wound sensibilities, but to appeal to the reason and conscience and judgment alone. The foundation of the federal system, that which made its organization possible, and its administration beneficial, is that the powers ot the government are all granted, and therefore arc limited that the States have equal rights aud equal duties, are equals in their relations to the Federal Government, and equals as sovereign self governing States; and yet wc fcc ten States not only deprived of all voire in the government of the Union, but deprived of all powers of self-government, and subjected to the will of military commanders. And we are told this is an incident and consequence of the war ! Let us see. The war came upon us I will not trace its causes, i;or mark its progress avowed
ly it was a war on the one side to withdraw from the Union : on the other side, to maintain it. Mr. Lincoln, Mr. Seward, Congress affirmed it. ''Armed force," said Mr. Lincoln, ''had disturbed the practical relations of the States to the Federal Government. That force must be met and overcome, and then these relations will be restored." "Let members of the Senate and House return and be welcome to occupy tlu? seats which they left vacant' said Mr. Seward. "The rights and dignity and equality of the States shall remain unimpaired said the resolutions of Conirrcss. It would, perhaps, be too much to expect that in the midst of such a war, passion should always be restrained by reason, and all the acts of government be kept within tho constitutional limits. Certain it is, many illegal acts were committed. The rights of individuals were trampled on the rights of States were disregarded. Dut these acts were strenuously defended as being legal, or, at least, as being necessary. They were alleged to be incidental to a condition of war, and would cease when the war ceased. And if any of you ventured to suggest that this was not the teaching of history, you were delicately called copperhead, disloyal ; ami the idea that the object or effort of the war would be to change the Constitution or system of government, was loudly and constantly denied. The war came to an end tho armies of the Confederates were defeated. The armid force was met and overcome. Sherman rud Johnson met in Xorth Carolina. Their trncc dispersed the forces of the Confederates, and left in full operation the laws of tho Federal Government over aM the seceded State. This was the logical conclusion of the war. No plan of reconstruction,' no amendments to the Constitution were needed. This broke down every barrier tothe legitimate excrciso ot Federal authority. This restored tho' Union. This reinstated tho practical rclati6ns'6f the States.
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Dut it was instantly rejected. Then the President developed his plan of reeou - atruction It consisted of an amendment to the State Constitutions repudiating the Confederate debt and abolishiug slavery thron .rtiout the States The States ad op.tcd it, and yet the Union was not restored Congress proposed the Constitutional amendment of 1SG6, whereby the States were to be made to purchase peace and power by the surrender of all control over the right of suffraire, and all objection to the Civil llights Dill. And Left re these terms were fairly understood, Congress proposed another plan ; and to sec that the work was well done the new Congress met on the 4th of March ; z:::c: lllll tn fill n t. nrT .-.-.... ...i,r. l-i. -
J" ' u 7' V um3Mng.er.iy ot pop- vajatlou of tlic (Juvcrnmcnt to the cVt. ular light might shme .n upon the people, Lf these voters, and the destruction of the mcctagam in extra session on the Fourth v..lue and purity of tllC 1);llIut Jiy conf,r 'i'l"" f ii-i . 'r. r Uing it so lavishly on all sides. It is the I ns p an abolishes tnc State 'Govern-1 exacerbation and embittering of the spirit ncnts. It subjects the people to incre Uf raccs by subverting their normal and m htary despotism It gives the nght ot accuMomc,i pOTiflliI1Sf and" placing the inÄ lZ "CPCTJ 'cdligenee and superiority ot the one under
grades the State governments from their equality in the Union, and from their po ..o .. . o..4 u " Al csition as protectors ot the rights of their citizens. It subverts and destroys the Constitution of the United SUites.'and then holds out to the people the hope that if they will cheerfully acquiesce in these things, if they will not only patiently submit, but if they will with alacrity nnd zeal and gratitude, appear to be happy to submit to them, then unless Congress changes its mind unless another plan shall bo suggested unless the coulWatiou of Mr. Stevens shall be thought a fitting reward for supcrscrviccable loyalty they may be permitted to let negroes elect and administer a State government over them, and cluose members who shall he admitted to seats in the Senate and House of lioprcsentative'. Cheers. And this is not all. The States thus held in military despotism, thus compelled by tyranny, as relentless as ever.applied the rack or turned the screw, to change their own Constitutions, are then to be used to amend the Constitution of the United States, and to impose upon you in' Minnesota, and you in Wisconsin, and us in Ohio, a government which we do not approve. iiiee-ioui ins ci mc Maies alone can amend the Constitution of the United 'i'i I . 1. . -i' . 1 States. Twenty-six States drive ten out of the I niou. A majority ot ni'tti l'ltV rf till? twenty six harrass and oppress the ten until thev will consent to rh.nn.ro their stituiions and admit ncro ufira-e sur - r t render all reserved powers and yield implicit obedience to their will. They will then admit them into the Union, and use their concurrent votes to change the Fed oral Constitution so as to introduce ne-ro .... . . suffrage aud Federal interfence iu all the States. Do I state this too strongly ? Congress meets now in extra session at great trouble to its members und vast expense to the people and for what ? For the single, simple, avowed purpose of conferring more absolute and despotic power on the military commanders. G rcat Heavens ! Have they not power enough already? The civil government, the tenure of ofliee, the rules of trade, the maintenance of order, the administration of justice, the writ of Jiulniif corpus, are subjected to their will. The State officers must obey them or they will be removed. The courts must render judgment, according to their dictation or they will be closed. The sheriff must execute the penalties they prescribe or a tile of soldiers will take their places. And Congress meets on the eve of that very day when the colonies justified their separation from the mother country on the ground that the King had atfected to render the military independent of, and superior to, the civil power. Continued cheers. And they cor.mcuce their work by excluding from Congress, without any good j reason, without a decent pretext of pallia- ! tion, the Representatives from Kentucky. And why is all this ruin wrought? Js it to punish treason and make it odious ? These are intelligent men thev know human nature they have read history. They know that men will rebel when they have causes for discontent. They know that neither imprisonment n-r stripes, nor exile nor death restrain the people of Poland or Hungary or Ireland from rebellion. They know that the fear of these punishments will no more curb the efforts than it will curb the aspirations for freedom. They know that treason is the protest of liberty against tyranny. Is it to do justice to the negro and to accord to him trie enjoyment of natural rights 1 If the negroes would assuredly vote with the Democratic party and thus restore it to power, would these gentlemen hp. so philanthropic and insist on negro suffrage as a condition of 'reconstruction? Cries of "No, no, not much !" Is suffrage a natural right? Where then is the authority to withhold it from the miiur, from the woman, from the alieu ? Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are alienable rights, and they are accorded to women, minors and aliens as well as men, and courts arc open for their security to all alike. Does stiff rage stand on the same footing? The States have tho power to admit ne groes to vote, aud theti they aro counted in the election of Federal olliccrs. Why not argue the question before that tribunal and thus accomplish the purpose, if at all, in a constitutional manner? No, gentlemen ! These arc not the purposes of this plan of reconstruction. It is to. revolutionize the Government. It is to destroy the States. It is to buildup a great central government. These Republicans hate the Constitution. They hate limitations on power. They hate to comply with forms. They cling to the idea of a strong centralized power. They want the government so framed that it will feci the lca?t impulse of the will of the majority, and so strong that It may instantly execute ' it. They prefer to confide fido to tho nbsoluto will of an '-unbridled and irresponsible majority the litt nn I lib erty ami property cd the citizeu rather than to the care ot the States, j hey think that because they control'' the power of thnt majority now, they will wield it for- . They forget that ten j-ears r"o they , ! . . " . ... - - - - ever
j invoked the States to pass personal liberty ! ! bills to urotect them from the power of j
' the Federal Government. They forget ; ; that when power is con fit j the passions of the times fided it is used as . pasaions ot the times direct. They desire also to introduce a new po litical element into our system, and to hand ' over the absolute control of sic States. ! the largest, wealthiest and most productive j ot the Sauth to the lately enfranchised negro. It is not a question of negro voting only It is the absolute surrender of these States to the control of the government of j negroes. It is the transfer of political power to them. It is the substitution of their ignorance and incapacity and inexpe ' ""1 rience and passions fur the discipline nod it the dog the control of members of the .Iber. In one word, the whole svstcin of rcconstruction advocated by the Republican party the test they have set up of loyalty and intelligence c.'nsi-t in the cons solidation of the government, the conferring of suffrage on the negro in all the States and the absolute trausfer to him of all the political power of six States. Ts this wise? Is it fintc.-'innniikc 1 Shall it be adopted Will it restore peace and order and fraternal feeling and stiiiiulatc industry to repair the ravages ot war? Will it conduce to that stability in legislation, that harmony in society, that hopefulness of the future which arc essential to a prosperous community ? I address you for a moment simply ns Northern men, fis a Northern community. I leave out of view the feelings, and wishes, and interests of the South. I make no appeal to your sense of justice or your fraternal affection for men of our own lineage and race. I address the question to your immcdi:mU personal and material mteiests. iU t!,5s Folicv conduce to your interests? lW il tcnJ to ""Tcaso the prosperity and li:lI'Pine of community ? Will Min-ui.-'uui, win 1110 .oirui, ue iiia-ie stronger yr freer, or more contented by pursuing to the very end this change of our govern-i.n-i rmn..u j-.hui. . 1 iita ui t .. I 0...1 t. ....... r.-. v r'-:.. ,.r j no- J 1 1,!,v thi policy subjects six 1 tatcs to thc domination of the negroes. 'i'l . ...lit t 4 .1 i. e They will have immediately the right of sulirage; they will have inevitably and necessarily the right to hjld office; they will have greater political privileges than i Yu con,er P "women, upon your sons ...1. , 1 ... ..... . . e .. : .. 1 . 1 1: woo ai iwciuj jeais 01 age, upon iineiugent and educated residents of foreign birth; they will have a majority of voters. Will the laws of the Federal Government affecting this community bo more beneficent when they arc subjected to the influences of such voters. Will the presence of fifty members of the House and twelve Senators elected by such constituencies, inspire you with more confidence in the wisdom cf the laws or the purity of the irovernmcnt ? You are au agricultural people. Your products are bulky; the' follow naturally the channel of cheap freights; your best markets arc on the bank and at the mouth of the Mississippi river; your interests require tint the communities wh im you feed should be rich and prosperous and populous, and that their policy should be peaceful and stable and wise that their industry should be active their civilization advanced their laws effective. Your advantage is to be found, not only iu selling for money, but in making exchanges for the products of their industry. Will the value or the pjeasureof vuir intercourse be enhanced by this substitution of the negroes for the whites in political power ? We are told that the interests ot the North require harmony and repose ; and that to secure these, wc must have guarantees against another rebellion. Will this change afford any guarantee? Will the negroes be always quiet and submissive, and self-restraining ? Will they possess always a reverence for Federal law ? lias there there been no rebellion, 110 revolution iu Hayti ? Has Kngland had no trouble iu Jamaica? Or is it a part of this plan of peace that they shall restrain the turbulence of the white race, aud be to them a perpetual menace? Guarantee of peace ! President Arista, iu the height of Iiis power, at the head of the Republic, exclaimed, " Unhappy Mexico she is doomed to the agony of perpetual anarchy by the conflict of hei.. races." There can be no guarantee cxccptvjustice, good government, absence of all causes of discontent a-?, even of discontent itself. And in the many wrecks which are strewn along the pathway of history, there is . melancholy proof that cveu these will not suffice. Eternal activity of the human Intellect is the condition of us vigor. Repose is stagnation stagnation is death. We need not wonder that its ceaseless motion fails .sometimes iu au upward and on ward step, its efforts are the parent of all progress. Its struggles put all things in the crucial test. Its touch is the great dissolvant of commingled truth aud error, and that it tdiould sometimes, fdinntlate. to acts of apparent or even real evils, to causeless, rebellion against our good and vise government is but the badge of its human infirmity. Rut suppose the work fully accomplished ; .suppose tiie Government thoroughly consolidated; suppose the constitutional amendments adopted and reconstruction perfected 011 the basis proposed. It will Iu strong enough to execute the Civil Rights Rill,. strong enough to execute the duties assumed to themselves uow by the military coiumaudcrs. It will have a 'large army and a large navy. 'I he number, of civil employes will be increased, and they will be spread over and throughout the couutry, as well as collected at Washington. The power of the President will be vastly enhauced, and the subjects of the attention of Congress will be ten-fold multiplied. Will the Government bo better or safer ' 1 .1 .1 - 1 vr ,1,orc economical inau incone wc have heretofore- had ? Will there be fewer tax-
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es, or lighter burthens, or less corruptions? The taxes collected by the Government iast year were live hundred ana eighty millions. The taxes collected by I'fahcC were three hundred and ninety millions. You pay one hundred millions more than laud, and one hundred and ninety mil1! . 4 1. . -. TV y-v. wont llüns ,11(?re 1,1:1,1 runce. jou fauv thN'Cxccss still greater 4 France has property, real and personal, as a taxable basis, amounting to forty thousand millions of dollars. Great Rritain has property, real aud personal, amounting to thirty cix thousaud millions. France and Lnglaud pay no more local taxes, while the people of the United States, iu addition to the sum I hive stated, pay for State, county aud municipal taxes nearly U 1 1 or... Wtll l.;a change reduce our taxes? Do you believe our financial system will be improv ed? The national debt exceeds twcnty-Svc hundred millions and the annual interest is not far from one hundred and forty millions. Each sixteeu years the amount of interest thus paid is almost as great as th whole debt. Will it be reduced ? The capitalists have two thousaud millions of Govcrunieut bon Is. They paid lor them at an average of scarcely more than fifty cents on the dollar. They receive interest in gold at six per cent, ort their face ; and yet they arc exempt from taxation. Minnesota taxes the land, and houses, nd horses, and money, and labor of her people, but she dare not touch with be profaiig hand of her tax-gatherer the fortunes of these gc'ntlcmc'n. Will their numbers be dimished, or tli 2 amount of thcii non-taxable investments be reduced ? Three hundred millions and more of these bonds are in the hands of the own-' 3rs ol National Rauks. They depeVil them at Washington, and draw, semi-annually, the interest iu gold. They receive from the Treasury an almost equal amount of Rank notes, and these thev lend oit to' the people at six, or eight, or fifteen per cent, as the necessities of commerce or thecondition of the borrower make him a fit subject for such demands. The manifest interest of the people is, thnt these bonds he redeemed in legal tender notes. Thd interest of these bonds would thus.be saved, and the currency, if any i-rr.eeded, would thus be furnished free of cost to tho people. Will this be effected ? Such a consolidated government as I have described would furnish the hey-day of the speculator, the stock jobber, of all those waiters on fortune who live by their wits on the labor f other men. Rut leaving these considerations and rising to a higher level of argument, I ask yoti 1 this policy worthy of our country ? Wi!l it extend the liberty and increase the happiuess of the humau family? Will it lay deeper aud broader the the foundations of the Government ? The wounds of th-3 war arc stil! agape. In the North they are not yjjt healed. In the South they are fresh aud bleeding. There the industrial system is destroyed. the social fabric is shattered, the commercial prosperity is utterly gone, families arc broken up, neighborhoods are dcpppulfftedi agriculture is forsaken, fields laid waste, and famine actual starvation carrying mauy to thcii graves. The tracks of the chariots of war are worn so deep that a century will not efface them. The North lias conquered their armies; shall it nor? conquer their hearts ? The highest duty of patriotism, the chicfest aim of statesmanship, should be to calm the passions and allay the exasperation, and, if it were possible to efface the memory of the war". This policy of reconstruction adds dishonor to defeat, adds the sting of degradation to the bi:terness of submission. A radical New England Senator refused to permit the trophies of the war or the paintings of victories to be put up in the Smithsotiiau Institute, lest it might keep up the unhappy memories, and nourish bitter resentment, but with refinement of cruelty, ho exhibits them in tho laws, and perpetuates them in the institutions with which he would govern the people. They tell us wc need a strong government, that we need to clothe the nation with power to execute its will. Strong for what? Has not the Federal system been strong enough? Has it not waged successful war both of offense and defense ? Has it not by force of arms overcome a gigautic rebellion, and for years sustained a most exhausting civil war? Has it not had the power to preserve order at home and maintain its position in the world? Has it not been strong enough to protect the rights, alas, strong enough to jeopardize the liberties of its citizens! History tells us that confederation is lib erty that consolidation is despotism that a confederation is the strongest government for defense, and the weakest for oppression. A government which holds in its hand the power to pr?serve order, to enforce juticc, to make and administer all the local law applicable to thirty millions of people, and thus to enter into the details of their daily life, has that hand mail ed in in n, and may by its weight upon and crush out their liberties. A government whose power is so con centrated is mined, if it is defeated in a hiniile battle ; or if the various chords of power are not all closely gathered in one strong grasp. If power bo dipe.rsed among many local governments, equal and indc pendent, except they are bou:.d in confed eration, it never passes beyond the control of the people, so far a to opnrr tb?n and if disasters come, it presents manv organized fronts, and rallying points around which armed forces can cluster, and discipline and order be maintained. The Austrian army was defeated at Austcrlitz, almost undti the wails of the cajiit.il, and consolidated Austria Liy at the mercy of Napoleon. The Prussian army was conijucrcd at Jena and Auerstadt, and consolidated Prussia was almost obliterated from Europe. The Russain army wag struck at Eylau and overwhelmed at Friedland, and Russia submitted to the dictation of peace. The Czar and Napoletm divided the world at Tilsit, and with seven hundred thousand men at his command, the French Emperor turned to the conquest of Spain. He inveigled the royal V.mi!y to his camp ( T0AY7 vh ten n x hx rn tit fa o f.