The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1866-12-27
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f. a II WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, ,1SGd. !.
Thad. Stevens took the dbdii by
Pthe horns ON Monday, and, dsslaE1
ed that JEFF. Davis iwas,motIlgunlts
of treason-that the magnitude Of
the,war rendered the ileSof ANY
party to it having committed tre2s
son simply absurd--and 1that he
didnot, mean TO- be q party u, ANY
legislation looking to seedfe, the
punishment of any person, when
the law, atlthe timtefhe alleged OF,
Ifense Was committed, s%as bdt ,suiL
ficieht for his copvictioT The
speech of Mr., Steyens, was. Eeenly
felt1by Lawrenceydc6f Ohio, who
had introduced aHebill alleging its
object, to be to insure the eonyicD
tion of jeff. Davis andIothSn Veb-
els. 1Ihe POSITION of MFRaSfeyens
is the only logical one ,f8r ,the Bad
icalS in their present posi- lion. l.
The ground assumed byoiMr. Ste
yens is. that the States South did
dissolve their CONNECTION oYithWhe
.GoyernR, ent of the UnitedsStates,
did establish andlmaintai91s osgpa.ss
rate gpvernmcnt 0f.ddhsErlo@ps
which goyernmentImadd MAR ON
the GovernmehtyTof tbeL United
States, and that IT was, conquered
by the latter, and is anowhheld as
lconquered 9lterfitoryA aCHadI9Rhe
Government Of the United Statesi
taken that ground 4 atk the cqnla
mencement of thewar,nand, MAIN
tanned it throughout the abtynggleg
il would now claim, with, ,prpptiaty, I,
that the Southern States lafeacon.
queredterritory, and conld Treat,
them as such u Bot The character
of tbe struggle, on our part, was
proclaimed to the worldbyqa1oint
resolution Of Congress, gnd bSreb
peated declarations Of the Exseu.,
tive, 1t was heldGlihyl both p06n.'
gress and tile Executive that mo-
State could Separate from the IN,
ion, and that the war was not pros
ecuted Tor purposes Of conquest,
butSimply to assert sthe aIightful
authority Of the UnitednStates I9y-.
aer The Whole Country, The RSii-I
cal leaders now wantotq shift their
ground, and, admitting,tkat the
Southern, States did go out, t,Iof fhe
Union, did make war onathei9B Unit
ed iStatesy andewere conquered 9hy
the fpundatons for the, IelaimIt that
they can be held as SO much terri
tory acquired by war. Had they
taken that ground at thestaft there
would be, some propiiety aih their.
reconstruction theoryi3lttat q the
SouthernoStates are cohqueredter-
ritory, and are, therefore, ydbjeets
of Congressional Hgislatioh.l 2 As
il is, however, they are wrong and,
the Rresidentright, and the whole,
world so regards their respective
p6sitioNsf ID
It now ,transpires that Surratt
might have been arrested long ago
but for the apprehension that an
attempt to secure him d while on,
British territory might dead tor a,
war between England and thelUnl-'
Ted States. MI Seward was afraid
To demand him Of a powerful gov
ernment, but waited tiiihe'beeame
a subject of the Pope, whom eve
,rybody is hitting just now, before
attemptingto secure him. He has
been watched for over year at an
immense expense to the Govern
ment, and'it is estimated that be-
fore his trial is over he will have
cost the Government fully one!h8lf
million of dollars IJlYsTTkaI
The Senate, after much discuss
ion, passedithe House bill,with an
amendment or two, conferTipg sRf-
frage on the negroes of this, DIS
trict and disfranchizing shchHeiti.
zens as served in the Confederate
cause, or sympathized With III Mhe
galleries were pfettylbwelt filed
with blacks, on its pasCnges bqtIbe-
Byond a visible commotion,D . no,lde-
monstrations of delight were man.
Tested. The effort made by afsw
to,confine suffrage tosueh AS could
readpndIw1te, wasI unsuccessfil,
So. also, was the effort,uto. cenler
the right to vote onfehAlesas we'll
as males. SSFhe bill will be Vetoed
by the President, and there is sppe
doubt if itcan be passed 0TeEhe
veto. The character of this sbillds
such as todcwideh d dtKee@ bf each, be-
tween theS North and the South,
ganddinten sifvlfhe afealingiofI hitter