Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-03-15

not repeat these threats. I'll
burned into the memories of s.
men. And If they believed one !
drcdth part OF Efhss theS ssid 4 'F.'7',| 4
nothing haz t.ia s..se tsEt COW 1l
that prcventesl t,fesl fscni tal !.
arms wish tAeis aoblo hretsna
The rebels did look for the eid q
northern Democrats. They had
right to look for it, and they rec cs3FeSs :
IL in every form in which it cctld 4
safely be given. And what was tIie
position of the party after the
hegaB: Did they give aid tn<Ve (
Government in tie hour OF its m5r
tai peril? Sir. instead. they pro.
nounced every measure OF the GcT-
ernmcnt unconstitutional, everF edt I
er the Administration q usurpaCioRz
every mpyement or our trOops 81 !,
outrage upon the rights OF the pea
ple. The soldiers we're denouncsH 81
as Lineoln's hire.mgs. abolition caft
throatS. fauaticai mUrderers, fghtinz,
TO ensiaye th" white man and eiey-e
the negro. Every falsehood that -
reRuity could iuveut, and every vii
gar prejudice chat maiignity .'oailS
indame were aruH-as - hear sgaiR5t
thc 15niaistIat. 20 en5arrass i
ID its efforts 10 ssfe .hn CGion. IN
-tc.. : Of lying - th- iusal.ed st&s-
5alj Of their country, th5y SlInk Into
The dark lodges Of knights " t'es
Golden Circle, 2Ed binding thcI77
selves together by biasphemOus oatlss
tat lin5e1 them ii fellowship witk
their like in the South, plotted ssag
ton and planned coaspiracies woie4
gave COURAGE ard hope and stsenss
10 the rebels. VINO dares 20 deny
this? Sir, the South did Fely upOd
the Democratic party Of -aie NORTH,
and drew all the Inspiration Z ever
had from that source.
So went on the first years of the
war of arms in Che Scl.th and of plot
tings il the Nerth, until another
presidential election approached
They were assured, and believed that
by the party and the means | have
been describing, Lincoln's re-elec
ton could he defeated; and, if fail
ing in that. his murder. had been de-
creed. For that Booth planned the
assassination no sane man believes.
rnat IL vas the crme of those whose
madness had already murdered q
quarter armii.jon o! his countrymen
every sane u.au knows And it was
only vixen the hope Of his defeat at
the election cad of aasrchy on his
assassination failed, that the arm of
the rebellion was unnervel and the
coufedcracy l,ed.
! repeat, then, that ! hold those
responsible who gave this hope and
courage TO the rebels. Nay, i hold
them respons;5le today for all the
scenes Of oasrage L ttanspirihg in the
S6utn. and the ,iifirrlties IN the vsy
of recoastrgc,is.l When the rebel
armies were crushed and all hope
was dead they would willingly have
accented conditions based 1pon jns-
tice and right, and in time would
have been content. But here stood
this sane party still denounci9g, not
the President now, but the Repre-
sentatiyes Of the loyal people, and,
with the ingenuity Of tiends, induced
the rebels 10 believe q most mon
/ slrous and prePosterous lie. Atleast
I hope il is. for am not willing 20
believe that It can possibly be true.
They tell these unreDeDtont rebels,
whose hands are yet red with blood
Of the assassinated Lincoln, that the
man whom that assassination made
Lircoln's successor is false to the
7 loyal and coniding people who elect
ed him, and has, IN heart, and in.
/ tends, in act, TO betray them. l re-
peat, sir, cannot believe there is
any truth in this representation. A
. treacherY so base. q betrayal so dam
. ming transceDds my powers Of con-
ception. They probably rely upon
/ the simple fact that the President
once belonged TO their party. But ]
am not prepared 10 admit that no
man can be trusted that ever did so.
/ l am sure VIC have many loyal Dem
ocrats in the great Union party whe
did not enter it merely to betray,
and I am not prepared +G exclude
/ the President from the hOnored mum
/ Der. But, unfortunately for The
country, the southern rebels do be-
lieve it.
And now, instead Of accepting
those terms that would insure the
/ peace and freedomof the country and
make their own States the garden: Of
the world, they arrogantly demand
their own terms, a5 if they were con-
ouerors-terns taat-soH the present
thick with the seeds Of another re
/ bellion. And l chHgs whcaEe[ .ef
trouble this new phase of affaift
/ bring upon the coustt44o taet q,
sition on this floor and the pafl4 .ais
J they lead. Sir, consider this at
tempt to damn the President % eter.
nal infamy by their pionshIp
a more cruel act than the murder on
his predecessor. That gave Lin
coins name to immortality enbaim-
ed in a nations benedictions; this,|
if believed, gives the nams OF hi.I
successor to Immortality, too, bo7
with a nations curses. Add nhA1
made the outrage more iDezcusab
was that it was supposed tiie big
position OF the President would p;
vent him from noticing the Hland
aud his constrained silence ToaI1
illogically construed into a
Report of the Reconsz
Committee.
WAsHNGToS, 10
The testimony reported fsIc
Reconstruction COMMITTEES. "a