The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-09-26

relrl army !; every one Of those leaders Of the
rebellion. who held l-utticc under the Govern
mcnt We propose TO say to them, " loi
who wagcd four years Of bloody war aenlns'
this Government, shalt not control its dcsti:
pies" We say also to the black man, and
we say it bccau>e wo don't want t" .be 7intc.
rur to the negro. mud because We want to
prove our superiority hy having better hearts
and better hralS: we say to the negro who
sheds blood in our cnllsa', " You arr 4 citizen
Of the tinted States" The Constitution. the
moment Mr. johnson gets through Standing
upon il. will protest you. We say 10 him that
AZ lony as he stands beneath the sacred toldS "
the flag under which hc fought no human
power can laN,cn upon him its chains. We
say to him, If yon p!ow aaI SOW, you shall
reap"
"IIu,," SAYS the Democrat. startled into
ahjrcl horror, if you make him citizen. "i
the tnilcl States you make him voter.
There is not Democrat IN the United STATES
that Understands law, anil that ever rcad, DC
lihclntry = and canlNlly, law book in his
iG that will :.rt uIi and say that this IS tr1l,.
Not one. I;ul We say that if the Southern
States will not allow negro to vote, We swear
that Il r.lr shall Not vote Cor him. We say,
Mr.. Rebel. il Is enough that we have for
given ynn, Mrl that We have not stretched
your neck with loyal hemp. Is enough II
we allow yvI 10 br Il rtiz!n OF the Govern
mrnl. which YOU undertook to destroy. II
is enough. Mr. Rebel. to put yon on nh equal
A., a., lotV
, tnuskct down." go.
Here is loyal man who went from the
city Of !n'lianapu!S to pu, down this rebel
lion. tie drives one uf those South Car"Ii-
mans into his h"lr makes him give mp his
mnSkcl. and the South Carolnian Gays that
Inc WILL not com: out except upon the cordI.
ton that l,c has twice the r"l't.cLl power. o
the man who drove him in. Then, say. STOP
lIp the hole The members Of the Democrat
ic party are very fearful Of hring put npon nj
cquali,y with the negro. but they have nd
conscientious Scrlrplc> about making II recon.
Strrlcl:d rchrl twice as So"l, politically, as IL
g Union man. We say tla, shall not hc done
We say that E;ninn men shall represent the
people ortlc South, and noothcr. We say
that no man shall walk the halls O.: CongrcS' -
who won the title OF Colonel or General iE
! the work Of murder aud starvation. We tel
! tho<t gentlemen You stay back. If yos
want to be represented send To ,ItiS'C Congress
loyal men, who never, httFaye,L tlIeir country
and nrver Sworc Il c!'butOrc tlIcir GMi.'
When Il man has betrayed his country, anu
ml lrl p.riury TO lrra>nn--whrn he lies TO q
whole nation md lies To Gnl.-we don't pro-
pn>r to rt.him have any more political rights
upon credit. Now, .tlmn thnt is the clanS'
to the constitutional alHendIn:n! which Is tli'
platform Of the l'n"n IIrty. ...
The speaker then further discussed tli:
constitutional amendment. saying that every
man should hr ,li,p">al TO give every othcl
MN his just rights. 80 p. !
We say, if W. can not be Just TO the loya
m:n Of the South. let Us have separation for
ever rather than union based upon lnSratltuIc
> II the walls Of the temple Of liberty have L
br cnneutci hv blood she'd by rrl'el hands
with the fla. of orr country at the top, pay
Gol that temple mag never be built: ,l,w"uh
rather see the tla. torn into fragments. 'i'e
call&. those fragments would hc hunorahlr. |
We can no, reconstruct this government upo:
the principles Of eternal Justice, better not re-
construct il at MI, because II will not stand
! We have tried the experiment of serving 'o'
! and nlaninnn We have tried the experiment
oi Iayin. free government, with nil It's stnr
upon IT'S ng cleaning liberty To our white
men. u,rl the same ilaS krrrn. four millions
! nr prou!c in chains. This terrible war Of ours
with lis five hundred thousand corpSr-. liilu
every house IN the Ialrl with mourning. Tlm
was the result "f going int" partnership will
, the devil to run fire. government ! i;nrlor7'
: | Inscrch ynll. Il" not cn'leavor to repeat tia
cruel experiment. Let Us bnill FIRMLY tn
foundations Of the new gnNrrmnrni; let IL
,I,y deep: let u, get for the head of the cor
ncr that stone which has been rejected by al
the builders nf governments IN this world
universal human liberty aud equality bcfon
the law. Wha, more do we say in this ina::.
n:iiccnt platform ?-becaIl<c there is not
proposition there that is not $clCevilrnt. VI
saw: "Ir YOU want to send members to Con
grrs<, scn'I them on basis OF representation
made nv quaitinl voters for VIC don't propos
TO pay premium OH unsuccessful rebellion
i,ut they say "Do you want to diSsrac
these .>unlhrrn brethren ?" No, sir; "
want them honorable ru"ish to live npol
the labor oI lllcir. own hands. and hot npo'
the sweat ur other lnuil. We don't want Il
di.-rwc them, but 10 dignity them 10 sncl
nu extent TINT they would scnrn to live un
robbery: nnd We havc sworn, III our l"y'
wrath. ihnt S"ullurn id!cnc-- nni tr''nsr
shall never I've upon Southern labor nn
loyalty.
! In that same platform NO say that tn
debt OF our nation shall ln pail; that tn
'dcbt incurred to destroy this Govcrlmrn
D., shall not be p,il; and that the Sonth sla
not be paid for her rinancipatcl slaves. Why
Because God knows they never ownc'
| them q. . / ....|@..f '-". - J.-...'.
Now this il our platform. Arc We go'n
through the South TO hang aud murder
No, sir. We do not propose bloolSlicd,' a
mur,lcr, or|iuassacre but we say to thos
pcoplc oi tho south who raised tho Rebellion
"uush your mouth; just be still, mud 10
loyal men do your talking for YOU" ~
That, then, is what we propose, and.
seems to me. that il is the most masnanimoli
proposition ever made by n victorious govern
mont ,o,relels' in this woritl.@I challenge an
one to rad history and lind whcre a victor
ous government wa eyor ~ lnaS'anltpollS.
ours. when We merely ask tho rclSk to con-
hack npon an equality With. Us; WY tb:I
does tho Democratic parity dlject tb't?',N
ca,so, if they can; represent thtr"ncgrocsF ii
Congress- they: can Igotin tlc North ienouSS
+! Democrats, Of National. Union men. or. JohI