The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-05-11
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,.a, 0eneral Butler on, Reconstruction.
The following is the gist and substant
Of the speech delivered by Major Gener
Butler on the LIST inst, to and BY requel
of the New York Union League: i. u
t.aI:proposs, with yosr permission, 10
conversational form, to evolve for coDsid
Grafton few propositions relating to tn
questions which now press home upor
~, ~ 10 the manner 10 which We shall
receive back tho ,rebeliousi States, or
avoiding oil controversy upon terms only
a. to whether they are in or out Of til,
Union to use the language of our lat.
lamented President, a:ckow these State.
can be brought into their practicsi irela
lions with tho Government !" / need
not say shat the Thoughts which have
been subjects Of my reflections spop shis
topic are only the speculstions of - citi.
zen whose mind has been turned for
soma time iu this direction, attracted
thereto aud enlightened By the success
Of the bold, original seton of Presiden,
johnson 10 bringing Tennessee, % by
d State, into the UrioD, by the vote.
only Of those Who ksS s0e ps~siSspsscvl
10 the rebellion. This, perhaps, Is the
key to tho whole difficulty In April.
1863, I had tbs honor 20 press so'sks'
oisisens of New York, At the Academy
Of Music, tho opinion thst the people
ofthe rebelIious States we're In the legal
relation to the Govern nent of alien enc I
mics. This proposition has been since
confirmed by the repested solemn decis-
ions Of the Supreme Court. BY whit
process. then, are these public enemies
ofthe United States living under polite
al organisations, a. State 'governm ents
hostile to the Union, their forces Just
DOW shattered and broken BY our victo-
ries, to be brought into political relations
with US and become endowed, as well,
with the privilege Of Legislation for them:
selves, Is . part of the Government, as
also to make laws for W. Who have idst
subdued the rebellion by the sword IL
is quito clear. that until some means arc
devised to enable the Southern people TO
govern themselves 10 tho Union, disor.
der must be depressed, peace preserved,
crimes punished, and The Industrious
and we'll doing protected BY the military
powers Of the United States" It'would
seem to be the part of wisdom to ascer-
tain, FIRST, whether any Of tho inhsbit.
ants of these States, and how many, arc
really DESTROYS of coming back and be.
coming part Of the Government with tho
political ideas, sfinities, unity Of thought;
with the loyal States, which can alone1
insure their usefulness and homogenity
as part, Of the body politic: = lib ~ r
Would it not be we'll, then, that mill.
tsry Governors be appointed for each |
State, who, It would seem, should be Sc
ected as much for their knowEedgc OF 4
'ivil affairs as Of "army regulations, !
md If satisfied that any considerable
numbcr Of the inhabitants Of his district
were truly loyal, and DESTROYS Of bringing
their State into the Union, should call
upon the loyal citizens Of the United
States residing therein, who had never
held Office during the rebellion, to- vote
upon the question whether the people
desired to resume their relations with the ,
United States as a loyal State. aud for =,
that end would provide and declare in
their State constitution:
First, That hereafter forever there
should be neither slavery nor involuntary
servitude, except for crime judicially de-
clared Second, That there cannot ex
ist in the political system of the United
States any such thing as right Of seccs-
sion by State Third, That no person,
corporation, municipal or other, or State,
could or might ever assume or pay any
part Of the debt or claim Of any person or
corporation, State or confederation of
States, incurred, or 10 any way arising
from or in aid Of the late rebellion. -
Fourth, That any person who bad held
military, civil, or diplomatic Office under
the 50 called Confederate States, or either
of them, or been an agent thereof during
the rebellion, should have no political
rights In the State, but should be and
remain alien thereunto forever lfthe
people Of the State should, BY a 90 d
degree Of uuauirnity, vste to call or
convention, to make these or like propo-
sitions part Of their constitutional law,
then nesting for the election Of dele
gates to constitutional convention could
be called, constitution framed aud sub
United to the people for ratification :
Such vote upon such propositions
would be conclusive evidence that tho
people Of such States we're truly loyal,
aud in concordance with the ideas which
control the loyal mind Of the other
States, aud by which the future Of the
country is to be governed If no consid
cradle number voted upon these ques.
tions, or they failed to command the as.
sent Of large portion Of the people, this
would also seem to be conclusive evil
dence that, within that military district
either the spirit Of the rebellion had not
been subdued, although its physical force
might be broken, or that the community
was not ia condition TO resume its