The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1865-10-04
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Gen. Hayes on Reconstruction.

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Gen. Hayes on Reconstruction.
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Second District, delivered spiri.ed anC
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ss?tpeG' 1aS 1nJ DrqlahSS SySesSt?i
Il in the Union as stats, and are, therefore enti
tied to all the reserved rights OF the Statcs, ahC
I 70 their due Representation in Congress, and t,
yGle y al pH Il me i9ture elections OF llsdGRt @ anl
Goy,rt w. , a,t 'y ,,'t ~ '@
Y priveItheu}of these rights, would be an assault
A upon the rights of every State in the Union
Snaa9 til'at '9,overth,ow the e9VeriInien' or
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ih This is,a far specimen ofthe arguments
by which the Democratic party attempt
i'to prove that the rebels have the same
.lrights as loyal men that traitors stand
on the same footing as patriots. Do the
gentlemen who adopted this resolution
mean to say that during the time when
the seeded rSasesl were in open rebe lion
and making war upon the Government,
| they were entitled to representation in
| Congress, and to vote at elections for
President and Vice-President? This
argument, if valid, goes to this extent.
The ordinances Of secession were just as
void during the rebellion as they are now.
The truth is the ordinances of secession
had no lawful validity to confer rights,
or to take rights away, but the passage
OF these ordinances. coupled with overt
acts of maintaining them by avowed hos
UNITY against the Government, was the
fcHme OF treason, and all citizens who
voluntarily teek part in lt were gully OF
that CRIME: The TACT that they have
been overthrown by the superior powers
OF !he lH7 SGt,9'yleaFnEmqent e does not take away
.her gulit, nor ITS consequences The
criminal who rs captured by the officer
Of the law, Or who ,surrepders, isF Grim
mai sun, The rebels who have surren-
dered 0have! such rights as belong to-
rebr Is, and they haYe no Other, fexgepl,
such as the loyal people IN their wisdom
and 5clemency eehoose, through tlielf.
government, TO grant, lihe loyal people
OF the country are wiling to extend to
NE rebels great ciemency, butbhey claim
The il$M Y 40 y upon such eondltloolhts'
as VIII provide SO tar as human foresight
cam against %'mllar rebellion IN iutures
A great many people have probably
been deceived, and great many. more,
perhaps, puzzled and perpGxed, by ar
guments upon H'e question whether "a.
Seeded State is in or out of the Union,
The difficnI'yih' this question arises, 1
think, out OF the common iaIl*cy. OF using
the same terms or phases IN different
senses in different parts Of the same.
argument. A careful &nsideration OF
what is the true neanng Of The term "a
State and of these phrases =" in the
union1' and tout Of the Union" as used
in different parts, Of these arguments, wilt
remove tile difficulty Of this Question
sullllently Tor practical purposes. NY hehlI
We speak OF the seeded State oi NlyglnR,
we may mean either merely che territory
included within lis baundaues, or ITS
State, government, or a gmajoiiy Of iitSI
citizens; or we may use the word in the
sense Tof the Constitutional provision,
the admission, ,of,n new States. :,
q, When a majority Of Tie people of South
Carolina, by a Convention, passed All
(9fdinance of secession, and by force ex
PEELED the United States authoritissrfrom
her borders, was South Carolina III Or oui
OF ithe' Union? The State was not law |
fu'ly, or constitutionahy out Buff by |
tile State is meant either merely her ter