The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-06-15

Cen. John A. Lsgan,s speech In
New Y0rk.
On Wednesday night, an immens'
meeting was held in Cooper Institute, New
York, under call to rally to the supper,
of the Administration of Andrew John
son. Generals Grant. Blair, Logan, Au
CUR, and other military and civil notabili
ties were present Among the most note
worthy speeches Of the occasion was tha
OF Maj. Gen. Logan, Of Illinois.
SPEECH OF GEN. LOGAN.
General Logan commenced by SAYING
that he knew nothing of the object of the
meeting. Whether it was meeting fol
the purpose of making circus Of ceftais
officers l do not know Laughterl But
no matter for what il was called, We ore
glad to see you all. Ny friend, Genera
Blair, suggested an idea to me that il VA
called for the purpose of approving of the
Administration of President johnson
lCries of Eyes" and cheers. So far a
his Administration has developed itself
| certainly have no fault to find with it
lCheers. What there may be to obiec,
to in the future, l do not know. It6ere
IS that which is Questionable in the fu.
ture, then, as q matter of course, as the
questions arise, the country has . right
to decide for itself as to whether he is
right or wrong. TApplause1 Tie great
questions that have been before the peo.
pie for the last four years are now settled
The rebellion is suppressed. TLoud
cheers. Slavery is forever dead. Tire
mendous cheering.] The power of this
great Government has been felt, and is
we'll understood. not only at home, but
abroad. Renewed applause.] The su.
premscy of the laws of this country, with
Its Constitution, has been maintained by
the powers of Americans. ICheers] The
people of the country have satisfied them
selves (because there was once a doubt)
that they can maintain the Law and the
Constitution, can suppress rebellion, and
cause men to bow in humble submission
to the law of the land Applause This,
then, having been done, other Questions
naturally will arise. We now, as a mat
ter of course, all of US, when We see our
friends returning from the bloody fields
and many bloody scenes we have wit.
messed, feel proud; We hail the time with
JOY; We all shout in one accord at the
coming of peace and good times to this
country again. [Applause, and three
hearty cheers for Logan
After advancing his views on recon.
struction, General Logan proceeded to
speak of
NEGRO SUFFRAGE.
The next proposition that nm lerstand
is to be decided before the people is this:
The State having been reduced to terrific.
rial condition, then it was the duty of the
President of the United States to declare
that certain men should be permitted to
organize this territorial Government, and
others should be excluded; that is, that he
should declare that certain men have
right to vote who never had by law
right to vote. l maintain this az being
the correct distinction. President John
son has right to exercise such power as
is necessary to assist in putting the ma
chinery OF these States in motion. He
has right, for the time being, to appoint
> man as Governor. They are under
military authority now. He has a right
to appoint persons to govern them, that
they may have head for the purpose of
recognizing their civil department.
[Applause. When he has done that, and
they organize, the State is then in exist
ence; not only as it has been before, but
it can exercise the same functions that it
had before in the Government of the Uni
ted States. The Constitution declares
that each State shall regulate the quali6-
cations of his own voters. If President
johnson has right to declare that all the
negroes in the South are voters, he has
right, upon the same principle, to declare
that the white men are not. If the States
that have been subdued, or ,he people of
them, are not in territorial condition,
but States, as we maintain they were, in
rebellion, then President johnson has no
right to make any such declaration. II
he does it, he does it in the teeth of the
Constitution of the country that we have
attempted to support and maintain here.
[Applause and Misses from part of the
house.J So far as the discussion in ref
erence tosthe question Of suffrage is con
cerned, it is of no concern to me. | have
nothing to do with it. l do not care
whether the people of Virginia, or North
Carolina, or Kentucky, or of any other
State, allow negroes to vote. It is not nv
business but theirs. ICheers.1 In Hi
nois, where | live, whenever they decide
that the negroes shall vote, It is their de-
cision. The Constitution says they have
right to decide. and when they do so, /
say amen to it. IThree cheers for Illinois. |
But until they do make such a decision,
l. their sovereign sapacity ss State, no
President has right to decide for them
IChsers. The President has right to
ay that certain men have forfeited their
rights in this country BY their acts Of trea
son against it.
He has right to issue a proclamation,
- he has done, saying that the Govern.
ment and Generals and all the leading
characters engaged ia the rebellion, who
advised it. have no right to vote, or hold
Office, or exercise any other right in this
Governmenf until Aha MANILA ehell cr..t