Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-24
iois 1asHf. Colrax's Speech.

AOAAAhA 1t being definitely settled BY the With
od ,obaa aa.s drawalof General Banks, that Mr. Col
s asy s have little no opposition for
iaa,sa ~ spssEsrpf thssenezl House of Repre-
sentatiseA Ethe DemosFals in that body
~" si' scarcely amounting to- an oppositions).
dIt e., b. 1 bis recent speech has an i'm portant bear
.sI,ao ing on the great question Of reconstruc-
.4sssass ton, which viii, be the most difficult
,.0G < problem that thy- next Congress will
ava 81 have to solve. Mr., Cola has. the
81 .1M Legislation of the House under his cons
nTgtssr 70 troll In selecting the different Com
s"sra 80, mittees hscan directand give shape to
All, laws ! to an extent unknown to
'rg - those who have meyer studied the man
.,.s,s .,. ner In which business is transacted in
PaF1iamentary bodies. Indeed, the fate
-nn9 = OF most bins depends almost. entirely
- upon the favor with which they are re-
garded by the Committees to which
bGn r--. they Ore referred. I'VE presume all of
Hin.s7th Credentials of the recently elected
Csngrsssmen.from the Southern States
~uiFF will be referred to the Committee on
Elections, In appointing that Commit
,-,nas,1s tee Mr.. Colfax make it Of one shade
of oPinion-or another as he prefers. He
r. can compose it Of radicals, ike George
Julian of this State, who will be salts
DEE fed with no reorganization that Goes 81
give to the freedmen the right OF suf
TNAE fragei-or he may make it-up Iof copper
headsJwho would abolish the. test oath
'b"s'@a and admit at to all the rights and
yrn no privileges-o of the House, the worst and
most nhrepenting rebels; or he may APP
,..s point.oa, theGommittee men Of prudence
and sound Judgment whose parti
san bias is not strong enough to
EOIseA4 prevent them. dealing Justly, Aha
acting for the best: interests of
.sm w ~ the awhole cr,aiupss Oest confidence
rs,ss on SinS Mr. Coffax justihas the belief that
the latter class of men will be selected
ma T,,soi,o,- by him in making his appointments.
His speech indicates this for It'll frank
and easy-to be understood
9MTY We confess Mr. CaIfax seoh is cal
aeulated ID take. the starch out OF some of
RElGalEs noisy in the re bel States,
ssasE. EEiaho, having done theirutmd st to over
eft6row the Government, now come for,
ward with unblushing mpuaence and
.aI90e attempt to dictate the policy that il
should pursue towards them for their
MISUNDERSTANDING, they attempt TO
nsaArr,a# nsurp the prerogatives and places fthe
,AEE Judge and jury--but we likel itsall the
,rofsaf n better for its manifestationof deter
,-74raiaatiou to-give justice Opportunity
.,,-sg TO yiaaisate her chains.
Az This Chicago Republican, in eomme mt,
ing on the speech, regards il as. indi-
s,.s.neating the following pohcy:M ,a,e,i ~
,vsolAsE FSrstAFhAt no Southern @rs bel State
.xNFsasa will be admitted on the floor at the or
QlgRnixetion
,,.r, : sSecoad--That Roswork of rsconstrue-
O1S ton viii be organized untp, after Ehatare
T1oo dsliberstion, that action is submitted IS 10
and ratified by the people at the polls,
= l. ,1frl.r-f hat fha mann Ia nj ha
North will have an assurances of their
----- honesty ---. .es-T@srs
.~rnu Third-That the test oath will be en-
100 Fesd for years e come q the
Union party will not be abandoned un-
.DNIu aeza1Y' co nis s.as
'Idemsuds- upon certain rebel States to
.2ts1 t=e6mpiy with certain conditions that he
deems necessary to. organization; that
Congress will approve of that much, but
s'ssasy ssyili rthsr and demand more, and in
IT'S that they viii be Sustained. by the peo-
sss.:is sples that the question of negro suffrage
S.s9STa rwili mot be made a prmary ed nsidsra-
bal .,ilir.tior, but will fallin in due time; that,
~ though many men have paEdons in their
9alhTspoeksts, the people haFe not yet ratified
81 ..sfheni . = q 70 . -
r.s4 ~ Our belief ID, thesspsoplsr-@e mean
ssFes saths ioyal'peopls- sustain every one
.,,,,. of these propositions with hearty una
Bal ',.asssnimity. Especially do swe slike that
which gives ms to understand that the
,.Oyp tessoath will not be msdifed or changed,
but will be rigidly enforced. The ndan
hoAaeA who lifts his impious hands against q
GoTeFhment whose existencei he is
aware of only by the blessings Il shows
-dN -hrs Enpons his pathway, can never be
-, trusted, With the management of its
$3.50 Anaissas any shape or form. He ought
--r-'--- 70 be- ccntented nat the strong arm of
fha1aw aees-not deprive him Sf prop
.ycartF liberty, or life We feel assured
sEak majority of those concerned in
,50e@ItAs REBELLION would have beent thus con-
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