The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-30

4 the government. Tzfen certain ConStlGu-
tional amendments must,be adopted before
the Southern States can come ia. They
must take the negro into the Constitution
before the States should be restored What
has all thlsto do wit y making loyal men men
out ofrebeIs ?.,org 80 80 .4ssais bafinfl
He declared himself sick of the negro
question:. and then proceeded to speak in
II the usual Confed erate- Dem ocratie style, of
negro equality and negro superiority; al
luded to the negro clause in the Constitu-
ton, and declared that If any one attempt
led to enforce the law passed under this
Eprovision he was liable to fine and impris-s
onment, under $heCivil Rights Bill for
executing the laws of Indiana. and he
again exultantly asked What this had TODD
with making loy'alfnen'at the South out OF
rebels. e91~ff@tiFa DH'' -
The whole bject of the Republican party
he said was toabolitionize the people and'
4 make an equal To break down all dis
tinctionsiof races, and to continue the ten
ure of power. Would the people keep the
power in their own hands, Soreo1nfhit it to,
Congress7i Johnson wanted to Keep the
power in the hands of the people, "TciA+ a
" THE October election was a most impor-
tant crisis 1.-THE Republicans win, things
/ WAAA COAbsAuC 'AS fbk1Cy sb4SsF II tnO AtctAAO~
Gratis succeed, we will have restored Cow
eminent, just as it was before the war. He
then considered the Constitutional
amendments proposed and the rights they
confer upon the negro. ~ sasssii pF1ih
He would not say they conferred the
right toxote, but If the Republicans were
successful at the FAN election the Supreme
Court and the next Congress would so de-
eide. slw nde " = J stSt.-.a sts
1t would not donow 1.-THE people were not
quite educated upto that point, not quite
mp to the Thad. Stephens standard. If
men were in, favorIof negro suffrage, he
wanted them to sayrso, If not, vote foF'the
Democratic ticket.lG iise Fl o.i2Fao sass4s
He then seIaboratedt the subject of negro
suffrage, and said that it would only add
power to the South as they wouldavoteithe
negro at their will. The negroes South
were very mad about the cotton tax .s15soiH
If negfoesfw erealIowed the rightto vote,
there was no way to keep one from being
elected Presidents He would suggest a
ticket: For President, Fred. Douglass; for
Vice President, a. IL Robinson for Score
tary of War, Ben. Rutlery and forQuarter-
master General Col John Nv. Foster. u
He then spoke1 of the colonization
i scheme, and said it was absurd. Negroes
were citizens, ,andiwei had no right to send
citizens from the country, and we should
feel thankful IL the negroes did notsend
the whites off, b1 $500 .stmoJ9h a i q
y The next Congress, if the Republicans
were successful, was sure to establish me-
gro suffrage After a. half hour more on
the African, the apportionmentyq question
was briefly alluded too If there was any
change he. wanted. an entire new deal, so
as to redqee the representation of New
England. He touched this subject very
! lightly, and did not tell his auditors that.
1000 white men in South Carolina,i and
100, DOC negfoes. had the same representa-
ton that 10000 white men. in. Indiana had.
The Tariff laws and Taxation next re-
ceived his attention. The tariff was all
wrong because it gave protection to capt.
tai, and nome to labor. THE Federal debt
4 must be paid, and there was no danger Of
Democrats paying taxes to pay the rebel
debt. -lroo. g..bss5asx n6snfloI , sol >.
He is IN favor Of taxing Government
hBonds, but did not know; neither or not it
coufd be done.x IfDemocrats gotiDtopow
/ they would try it, and leave the Supreme
Court to- decide. There was no danger in
restoring the Democrats to power. If they
lPhad wanted to destroy the Government
they had let their best opportunity slip.
two or three years ago. Democrats had
i never caused the Government any trouble,
Morton had led men into the Sons of Lib
erty lodges, while the friends of the Demo-
Gratis were bleaching on battle fields. ~ 81
i He had meyer opposed the. draft, but
+ thought it singular that while the Govern
ment could drag poor men or to fight, it
4 could not draft money from the rich to pay
! them. aetbnt 9'tJ HW"b hsPe
He required again and again to taxes and
the tariff, and muddled the whole subject
livery essentially. iA ~ 9nl 5s imaiiis2 ]
He alluded to questions that, are being
propoundedto him, but did not propose to
answer more than suited HIM iHf@g91 a
4 Z, Harrow had said he ought to have been
hung; that, hereafter, would be a two,
handed game, and Andy johnson would
not suffer his friends to be hung, ~, f. -,
Ilf9 The JOURNAL said he had declared that
Il he would not give another ran nor an
Il other dollar to carry on the Wharf.-The man
that originated that was liar! p a. s,.ls.
Il "A man in the audience here arose and
expressed his readiness to take an. oath
4 that he had heard him say SO, at Cypress
Dale. t & -
a. .Niblack was manifestly confused, and
said the gentleman had misunderstood
him, and would appeal to Col. Allen.
He next attempted to, explain his vote
against trying and hanging JEFF. Davis.
The resolution was offered merely for
Buncombe, and he made it a rule to vote
always against such resolutions. They
were RECALLED every Monday with such
resolutions, and he had got sick of them;
didn't exactly remember about that reso-
luton, but the whole subject had
been submitted to- the Judiciary Com
nittee, and he did not think it right to
take it out of their hands. ts-gs
FuHe had. never been much of a friend to
JEFF. Davis Had admired his talents, but