Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-04-10

come vo,ers under his beck and bidding.
The plan is To transfer New England aris-
tocracy to the South, and there establish
such an uigarchy as the South never though
of or dreamed of for themselves. This is
no convic ion of my own; have heard it
from their own lips. 1t is the boast of their
leu ling men.
When you shrink back from the negro
suffrage i'll the District of Columbia, you
must not imagine You see the hurrid thing
i'll all its proportions They say everywhere
he is man and brother Equality be-
fore the law is what Sumner has inscribed
on their banner, and what Congress indOrSes.
You will tind them skulking and dodging
here at home, but You must hold them to
the record. Congress has voted for negro
suffrage, and there is no propriety in forcing
it upon the people of one section. who are
opposed to it, aud withholding it from those
OF another section.
lie called upon the Orths and the Julians,
who had voted Tor negro suffrage in the
District, to come home and make the issue
here; to force negro suffrage upon The peo-
pie of Indiana, us they had forced it upon
the District OF Columbia. 1t Was not manly
to cram the lUathsume pill down the tbroats
OF u helpless community thousand miles
away. which they were afraid to offer to
their own constituents.
Mr.. Voorhees, then considered the charac-
ter OF the Freedmeus Bureau bill, and ex-
tUlled the Presueut for vetuing It, saving:
L care not tor past affiliations. | hailed
him as friend OF the people, as taking a
step in the right Direction 10 preserve con-
stItuuunal liberty. You indUrse congress,
do you! [CrIes ol No, no." was sp ukng
vi the Convention that met here some weeks
ago. hey imdUrsed Congress. Let them
ndOrse the Freedmems Bureau it they dare
Will pay amy man ) expenses who will 20
with lue ;ls lar as the President said Ii his
speech Ui Feb. -. l am III the fe d uuce
luUre, and will Gi>cuss that bill before the
people. Tins little Frcedmen's Bureau bill
called for an appropriation, not six weeks
ago, vi Sl2 ,UVU,UUU of the peoples money to
support nIggers aud the agents vi the bureau
W Iii sumo l''yaI, patriotic man 20 with me
to dcleud COnSrcss by telling the people that
it is their duly to work from sun to sun,
denying their childI Gu the cuiuturts of life.
iUr the purpose of supporting the able bDd ed
and strong buned negroes uf this country in
iulcmess! They wanted Sl2.UUU. .UUU OF this
overbIrdcued leuple mune.-more than
1t cost John Quincy Adams to administer
the Government Year by year.
My Trend RUes. III the House, moved to
set aside one day II the week to attend to the
white man ) business. l saw Que such day
1t was when the President gave 10 the cuun-
try that nUb!e veto ne>aa.u, not merely
crushing munstr, us usurpl ion of power, but
emuncIaurnS the grand aud wise prime. pies of
just government.
On the I'D of February his friends rallied
to that great meeting which closed by him.
self stepping out ANA laying aside the Presi>
dent iUr whlie, telling these scuumdrcls that
they were traitors to their teeth. Men walked
the streets that day with Tears iu their eyes
Tor GlaumeSs. Shouting. Get out Of the way,
mig2er and Yankees; thus is the white mam
day umce more in Washington" Let lis ce!e-
Dr0te the white nlum's day III Indiana. Let
them take their side of this issue anu we will
take ours. Let them tie to Congress, aud we
will, step "y step, keep equal pace with the
wise measuics given 10 the country by AudIcw
johnson. WcwiII 90 no faster than lie goes
IUt will give my up'niun that he will as
tUrIsh YOU with the speed aud power with
which lie will make war upon them.
a IMAM, who elected by party, could in
six months make himself SO srcu.e us to take
off his c1It and walk out aud cali the men by
their Irue name, OF traitors and disuuIumists-
this Is u man not to be trIfed with. la all
your celebrations take him into account |
know it makes our Republican friends sleep
badly ut nights. They have uUt only drawn
all elephant, but an umcnged NumIdIuu lion
Like Belshazzar. they have their least before
them. They IegIsIate for the principle of
hate, aud upon ali ST ch Providence visits Il
just retrIbutIOu. That which sweeIemed the
cup drink now, is that which most embit-
tiers the cup now pressed to the lips Of these
radicals. 1t is the thought have heard them
utter about the Presidents speech ''Just
to think that we elected him. Yes, thcy
elected him. They called HIM into Prcsi-
DENTAL existence aud he is u retrIbutiun for
the crimes. He uses up ter grim and
terrible destroyer, Gen"unces anu scLttcrs
them Why, they pl"d along the streets,
cL"tter!ns and gbLering Ike ghrSts ut day
light. Don't let these men Tor Il moment
iuragine that they can cry yUud God and good
devil. =" GU camnUt serve God and ManI-
mum." They must cUue out for Johnson or
for Congress. hey are in death struggle.
think know by that prcScience uf lUUk-
ing INTO b ave man $ lace that JuhtlSun WILL
succeed by making terms with the PUstmIas-
ters, t"e Collectors and Assessors, Di.tr ct
Attorneys, and United Suites M;rshals.-
! 1hcy will stand by HIM Oh the low basis
l he Democracy ask no patI oma"e ut his hands.
L have told hun So, anu told him that he had
no uthce lie could give lie except what l cuu.d
get from the people. We are willing the
President should bestov hls offices upon The
men with whom he has affiliated for ears -
Ii he cnmnut find enough Of them that have
patriotism sufficient to hold the OFFICES, he
will have nU trouble iu finding men %ho will
take them and not steal the money. as mu. Ii
us Cameron aud shat class of men dill Let
us go forth in the canvass united by the i'm
mutable principles Of right. Let US take our
stand under the banner Of the Constitution,
where we have always stood, and wherever we
find men ready for corporation, whether
Presidents or privates, let US embrace them
i'll this great forward movement of restoration
and constitutional liberty. Upon them, my
friends, aud to-the breach once more for con-