The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-09-19
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, except South Carolina, and she let tho
J Tory pack take part in her government,
and the consequence is that she has new
er had republican government to thu
day. 1t seems that heretofore, under
the Constitution ofthc States, the Presl.
dent has never before undertaken to say
a State was or was not fit to come back
but by the laws Of Congress. States
'' carved out of Western territory come in
by laws OF Congress, and IN the pur-
chase of Louisiana nobody doubted that
it was the right ofCongress to recognize
the right OF taking States in the Union
by purchase or otherwise.
TIE SPIRIT OF TIE soUTII-TnE DUTY OF
THE NORTH.
After reviewing the Constitutional
Amendment, Gen Butler said:
l believe have gone over all the DIFF.
ficulty between tho President and Con,
gress, and the question is as broad as
the milky way plainin every mans sight
1t addresses itself without sophistry and
without gloss, are you willing to have
every man back when no man is safe
from the mob in the most civilized COM
muntics in the South? And when any
man undertakes to make discussion with
you, ask Inn if he is in favor Of what
was done at New>Orleans, read him
Gen. Sheridan's letter again and say
"nre you willing to walk arm in arm
with these men !" l trust the time will
soon come when the loyal men of the
North and the loyal men of the South
can walk arm in arm through the Streets
of New~Orleans without insult or dread.
then | am willing to receive back these
men, but until that time | cannot call
them brothers when they are ready to
stab ne under the fifth rib. Until that
time shall come say let the President and
Congress keep these men down in some
form. l hedr it saM you can not Keep them
ao,cm, yoa cannot gorern them. You ust
not tdh that to me, for knoW better. 1
hace done it [Applause.] You can haze
law amt order, you can haze it as safe i.
the streets of NeW. Orleans as in tile streets
Of your o,gn tc,cn, and any man en-
waN from one end to the other safe in life
od property, not By locking arm in arm,
but by locking somefhmg entirety different.
| am going to speak of a matter which
is a trait in the society ofthe South, and
also why they are easily governed. We
hear it said every day that they are
nigh spirited people, and ought to be
concllialed but this struck me as dis.
tingnishng trait-that having tor about
twenty years Of my life been in the prac-
tice of criminal law, l have seen hus-
bands pleading for wives, fathers for
children, and children for parents, but l
never saw mortal kneel TO mortal. Yet
when | was in New>Orleans 1t was an
every day occurrence that women, splen
didly dressed in silks and satins, would
come into my office and ask for favors
on their bended knees. The cause, was,
suppose, that having always been ac-.
customed to exact obedience and have
fayors asked upon the knees, when the
positions became changed and new mas.
tiers appeared, they assumed the position
they had once taught as proper, and
therefore l say, talk not TO me that these
people cannot be subdued.
II l have any doubt it is about this
Convention to elect delegates to Con-
gress, and to override the North, and,
forming conjunction with them in the
North, we won d have all our work to
do over again. And Mr.. Blair tells you
that uness they get control OF the gov.
ernment In the manner propose, and the
whole South is admitted, civil war must
rage again. Gov Brownlow of Tennes.
see tells you that there is now nm at
tempt In Tennessee to get hold of that
Government, and to overthrow the con.
s'itution ofTennessee, which distranch,ses
Rebels, so that they may elect disloyal
representatives to the next Congress-
Therefore it becomes the duty OF every
man to sustain Congress, in sustaining
first the Civil Rights bill whcl, gives to
everybody their rights in every State,
and sustain Congress in giving protes-
tlon to The negro, IN holding these States
where they are, and insisting that free
speech, a free press, civil and religious
liberty shall be guaranteed until a
change can be made. Sustain the loyal
men OF the South. Sustain them though
butten honest men can be found in
State, for ten men would have saved
Sodom, and these States are not much
worse than Sodcm, and let these ten
righteous inen save them. Let us have