The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1865-12-27
Ts,E PRESIDENTS POLICY.
sShai a COHseryaiIVe RepubI.-
can Says.
THr RADICALS DENoUNcED.

tiun raising Committee Of Fifteen to in
quire into the condition Of the States COM
posing the late 30 called confederate States,
and report whether they were entitled te be I
represented in either House Of Congress, /
ai j declaring that no member from any of
those States should be received until the !
committee had reported and final action had /
been taken, Senator Dooli.tle, of Wiscor sin,
raid:
Mr.. President, there is still graver OBJ
lection to this resolution ms it stands. The
provision that until such report shall have
been made and finally acted upon by Con-
grcsS, no member shall be received into
either House from any Of the so called con-
federate States, is a provision which, by
law, excludes those eleven States from their
representation in the Union. Sir, pass that
resolution as 1t staatls, and let 1t receire the
signature Of the President, and you hare &C.
comphshed rchdt the rebellion coutd not ac-
coB,piish What tie sacrifice IF hdL a mitiion
men could not accomplish IL. Earring against
his G0reraneRt-yOW hare disSDirod the
Union by act Of Congress. Sir, are We pre-
pared to sanction that! trust never.
The Senator from Michigan talks about
the status of these States. He may very
properly raise the question whether they
have any Legislatures that are capable of
electing S:nators to this body. That is a
question of fact to be condidered; but as to
whether they are States and States still in
the Union, notwithstanding their civil form
of government has been overturned by the
rebellion, and their Legislatures have been
| disorgani2ed-th they are still States III
| this Union is the most sacred truth, and the
dearest truth to every American heart, and
| it will be maintained by the American pee
pie against all opposition, come from what
| quarter it may. Sir; the flag that now floats
on the top OF this Capitol bears thirty SIX
stars. Every star represents State in this
Union. | ask the Senator from Michigan
does that flag as it floats there speak the
nations truth to cur people and to the
world, or is it hypocritical, tlaunting lie?--
That flag has been born at the head of our
conuuering legions through the whole South
planted at Vieksburg, planted at Columbia,
Savannah, Charleston, Sumter; the same
old flag which came down before the rebel
lion at Sumter, was raised up again, and 1t
still bore the same glorious, mot star OBJ,
scured, not one.
Mr.. Fessenden-Wer not some Of those
stars obscured?
Mr. DooIittle-No, sir. Those people
have been disorganized in their civil gov
ernmcnts in consequence OF the war; the
rebels overturned civil government in the
first place, and we entered with our armies
and captured the rebellion; but did that de-
stroy the States? Not at all. We entereC
the States to save them, not to destroy them
Our constitutional duty is tG save them, anc
save every one of them, and not to to de
stroy them. The guarantee in the ConStitu
ton is guarantee to the States, and II
every one Of the States, and the obligation
that rests upon us is to guarantee to Soutl
Carolina a4repubcan form OF government
as State in this Union, and not as terri
tory The doctrine Of the territorial con
dition of these States, that they are mer
conquered, subjugated territories, as it VI
had conquered Canada or Mexico, will go
stand argument for a amoment. 1t is utterl
at war with the ground on which We stant
+ and have stood from the beginning II
ground we occupied was this: that no Stat
nor the people Of any state had any powc
to withdraw from the Union. They coul'
not do it peacefully; they undertook to do
, by arms;we crushed the attempt; we tram
: pled their armies under our feet; we CAP
l tured the rebellion; the States are ours; an
4 we entered them to save, and not to dc
= strOy.
Mr.. President ] have no idea the Hous
~ of Representatives had any such intention
| | am bound always to speak with respect {
= | the House Of Representatives and OF the IL
o tentions of that body. ! simply sPy--
4 The President pro tcmpo1e-!he Cha
a will suggest that it is not within the rules
n order for the proceedings of the House
10 Representatives to he discussed here.
~ Mr.. Doelittle--Wou it be i'll order
-. make u statement that the resolution VI
70 passed without debate in the House?
Ct The President pro tenlp0re-Ihe Cha
Il thinks not.
u Mr. Doolittle- e-That is all | designed
say, that it passed that House without d
a. bate. | do not mean any diSrespect to t
House. yH.t ..H.
But, Mr.. President, there was anoth
en- assemblage in Washington which took pla
Sc not long since, and whose proceedings a
n published to the world and known of
bo men, of which suppose ! can speak wi
entire freedom: | refer TO certain assp
IN blage whose proceedings are published as t
in proceedings OF caucus OF gentlemen IN t
a. city of Washington. L suppose 10 rule
p+ til, Senate requires me to speak in any OF
~ er terms of those published proceed,
IN than to speak the truth. To that am v
in ing to be bound By the published p
he ceedngs of that aSsemblage, it would SCI
be that on Saturday night without any
-. clssion whatever acertain resolution, VIII
y reads word for word just like this resolut
In which is sent here from the House Of K,
in resenatives, was adopted III that caucus
in Ger the leadership OF a certain gentleman
-, will NOT 81 peak of him as Il member Of
- House, but as a man known to histor,
n, vh3 resides in the State Of PENNSYLVANIA
Z Irefer to IIou. Ihaddcus Stevens. j
history is known to all men and one til
Ce Euow Of linn certainty, thnl heis most
ne teLy. anc0n,lp0mistagty hostile TO the po'
ael of the present ddauaistrdti0R on the sn!j
-, of reconstruction. He goes with him v
'ad goes the farthest, holding that even
our State of Tennessee is an alien State at ,
oas with the United States; and if | am
- misinformed, in the Convention at Baltim
7eS which nominated Messrs Lincoln and Jo
ore son for President and Vice President, he
3ected to The ammunition Of A,ldre,c john
because lie 1raS an alieh eRcmyi Sir, h
or seen nothing in the history of that gen
m. man to lead me to suppose that he ha'
-, -. any respect changed his opinion for it is
'eo long since we read speech of his, delivc
uf- in the State of Pennsylvania, marked "
asst his usual ability, with his great boldnt
st with that cool assurance which sometil
- almost rises to the sublime, in which
~ proposed if LIDO not mistake, almost the
tire and universal confsca ion of the wi
Of the Southern States
in Now, Mr.. President, If the doings Of {
.ur- assenblage in connection with the resolut
I feel at perfect liberty to speak without
oiatipg the rules Of this House. Twill
san speak with dsrespect even of that ass