, 1865-08-19
THE CAMPAIGN In OHIO.
Speech Of Gen. Schenek, at Chill
lie0the.
His Interview wiRh President John.
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Especial Dispatch to lhe Cincinnati Gazatte.1
CH11LlCoTur, Aug. 10,
"A far larger audience than Is usual on such
occasions In this rather uudemonstratIve
town, assembled. this evening to hear Gcu.
Schenck. The City Ha1l was crowded,
wte1eaB usualiy half its benches are empty.
The General Was received and greeted In
said ho was he1e mcse By accident than de-
sign, as be was On his way to attend re
union Of the soldiers Of scioto md Pike
counties, where he had promised to
speak tomorrow, hut he wns gratit1ed to
meet again, after an interval of ten OF
tlfletn yea's, the citizens Of Chilllcothc,
especially, such Of them. as had, With stern
resolve, stood by the uolon through the four
years OF terrible war that had 80 tried the
hearts Of patriots. Although the rebellion
WIS broken, 60 far IS tts ply sIcal power was
concerned. he felt It to b hts duty to say to
his late fellow soldiers that the work IN which
they had been engaged was still going on.
e1tiueu:shed. The idea that one or more
States Of this Union Las the right to break
up the whole Government at pleasure, aud
bring upon us all the horrors NE have just
passed through, still prevails. Until this Ii ex-
tinsulsled, End the work Of reconstruction
monlous national organization, our work will
not be completed. Tao speaker then con-
a.de1ed the difficulties in the way OF recon-
s,ruction.
The President might have held the rebel
lous States In military subiectlon as con-
qnersd people until satisfied of their entire
loyalty, and until rcinstated In their former
positions by legislative action or he might
have withdi avn the military force altogether
and left thin to exercise their civil functions
locally and In their relations to other States.
From the start there were objections to
each Of these courses, and the President com-
bined them, holding military force over
TO 1ctnstatc these civil powers, ard begin
again the exercise Of their loyal functions.
This latter privilege, however, was only an
experiment, and the speaker ossu1ed his
hearers that P!estd mt JOHNSON 30 rsga.dtdis.
Only ten days ago, IN q fail and lfee inter
view With him, The Presideut said b. regarded
the local Governments set up In the rebel
simply to give the Ieop.e IN opportunity to
show whether they will develop the right
spirit and policy necessary for iult re5tora-
ton to their proper position In the Govern.
mint. While regarding them as experiments
DC intends that ths military power Of the
that II rhsy be found ntrayiDg hack into re-
belllpus ways the military Will be there 10
proven: them from sHgalu making the trouble
they have heretofore caused.
4DG lfe6iQtuE, IL Gn1s colserSatlon. re-
fer1td to the course that had just been pur-
sued In 1efescnce to tho Richmond election,
where the citizens manitestsd their, rebel.
lions spirit bF electing to Office tie very men
who had recently been in arms against the
Government. Il was with his sanction that
the military, authorities had act aside that
election, and he gave this rs an example of
what might be expected In other cases Of =
s!m!lar Aind. Approaching the question Of
suffrage, the speaker Ba1d 1t did not. trouble
him in the least. The only question With
him In regard to the restoration Of the rebel
lious ststes to The full privileges Of cluzens,
,,aa, VA a. to The Loyalty @ 9th Of the people; When
year or ten years hence, Congress should res
torn them but then would come up the
question Of representation. Slavery WAS abol-
i.hed, and the rule Of allowing three -hfths Of
the slayes to'be represented In Congress, 50
unjust TO tt e North. would have to be abol-
according to voters, and not according to
population. II no one else did, the speaker
would at an early day In the next Congress,
offer an amendment to the Constitution, by
which this three-1ftbs privilege should be
done away with. and certainly no Democrat.
any more than Republicans, could object to
the fairness Of the principle that Representa-
tion should be according to voters. IT. under
such amendment, the South wished to have
It's vast colored population represented In the
councils Of the nation, In order to approach
somewhat the political power Of the
Northern population Of fVotels, should inau.
eu1ate negro suffrage, Nobody, had any right
thousands Of negroes, under some conditions
Of education Of property, to vote, there could
be no great objection in the North II the few
negroes we bare among us were allowed the
same privilege but this was question for
The future and for the South Itself to deter
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