Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-09-13

I Speech Of Hon. Mr.. Mayna,d.-The Institute
Hall was filled by our citizens last Monday
evening, who had assembled to hear speech
from Hon. Horace Maynard of Tennessee. The
meeting was organized by appointing Evan O.
Stotsenburg, chairman George Mccall, John
v. Christy, Jesse Lane, Joseph Pierson and
Edward Provost, Vice Presidents and Henry
Eckel and B. F. Clark, secretaries.
Mr.. Stotsenburg on taking the chair re-
marked This meeting has been called to
strengthen the faith OF our citizens in the
Union cause. We have been somewhat disap.
pointed by some of oar public servants we
have to 60 through another canvass and be
trusted all would act as loyal men. He re-
ferred to the Soldiers and Sailors pic mic, re-
marking that these men had behaved nobly
for the past Eve years, and the time may not
be far. distant when we shall have to rely
upon them again for the preservation of the
country. He then introduced Mr.. Maynard, OF
Tennessee, who remarked:
| Fellow Citizens This 10 the first time in
| not a very short and evsntful life that have
been permitted to address the citizens of Del
| aware. He then alluded to the events of the
war, and the triumph of the national arms,
which triumph had been emphasized by de-
cisive victory at the ballot boz. The rebel
lion mighty and long and pew erful was
crushed out as no other power was ever crush
ed by the Cat of man The rebels laid down
their arms when they were wrenched from their
grasp. They accepted the situation as the fe.-
| on accepts the situation when he drops int
the grave. He referred to the terms of peace
! offered by Mr.. Lincoln which were spurned,
when the rebels knew that their cause was
| hopeless. He thought that their mad course
| was prompted by an unseen power for some
wise purpose. We had seen victory snatched
from our grasp time and again, but we went
| n N ha pf Ia al tn
| rise no more The rebels determined to do
In the last hour of their existence what we
had determined TO do two years before, TO
call the colored man to their aid. he spoke
Of the uncertainty of the times at the present
hour, and remarked that it seemed to him that
| the same unseen hand was now shaping our
course to work out some grea. result He
| referred to the action of Oongess, and remark
ed that the question is not now whether we
| shall have Uni n of 26 or SO States, as had
been suggested by some men. That question
had been decided by our arms. We were not
TO have less than a6 stars on our flag. The
| question was whether these stars should shine
with patriotism or be 6imned by the hateful
| shadow Of treason. The States had not the
power TO go out of the Union, and be thanked
God that sufficient force could not be brought
against the Uuion by foes abroad or forces at
home to accomplish such result He wished
| to arm his hsarers against the sophisms Of
the men who now ask whether any had be-
come disunionists Dick Taylor Alexander
Stephens and Orr now talk of the indestruc-
| tibility of the Union, and argue that State
| once in the Union cannot get out of /. A
rather singular doctrine for men 10 advance
who labored four years to take them OUT
| He referred to Andrew Johnson as the idol of
the American people, but it was unfortunate
that they did not happen to be ali agreed at
| the same time. Johnson clubs were being
| formed as we formed them two years ago, and
| he eDjoned the men engaged therein to hssten
| their action least they have cause to repent of
their movement before il was completed. He
quoted from speech OF Andrews in which
he declared that the rebels by their action
had forfeited all rights to civil government,
and it became the duty of Congress to provide
them with republican form of Government.
johnson was appointed military governor of
Tennessee, and during his administration a
State government was organized. After the
| suppression of the rebellion the rebels came
home, and made attempts - overthrow that
Government. Thus far they had been unsuc.
cessful. To such an extent was the fsctious
| spirit carried at certain men we're arrested
| and imprisoned, Governor Brownlow pub
lished an address to show that the State Gov
eminent was lawful one, and not g usurpa-
ton. He proved this by argument that was
irrefutsble. He knew that there were very
many men in the land who take special pains
to ridicule that man whom the rebels did not
kill, and that was all that could be said in
their favor on that score, as they did to him all
most every thing else. Andrew johnson
heartily endorsed the Governors address or
at least so declared in dispatch to him.
The election in Tennessee resulted In the
choice of loyal men to Congress. Some have
since became angry and threatened to be an
CRY even unto death. Congress refused 20
admit them to seats until they had examined
into the loyalty OF their credentials. He JUS
tilted their appointment of committee, and
the precantion they had taken. Doolitte and
Cowan and Raymond all voted for it. If it is
wrong now, it was wrong then. If they have
charity they should be charitable to others
who had not seen the same light or felt the
same reasons, which they had. He justified
the institution OF the Freedman's Bureau, and
said it had been productive of the most be-
nefcent results. He also spoke OF the Civil
Rights Bill which gave the black man certain
rights, but excepted the right of voting, and
the freedom of the Hack race secure, and
not prove mere myth. The right of suffrage
was discussed in Congress, and in that dis
cusson IL was found that great mauy per-
sons were protected by the law and had their
rights fully secured, and yet were not allowed
to vote. The conclusion was that the black
man could be protected, and they determined
that each State should decide the matter for
itself. Each State can therefore act for
itself In the matter without effecting their
neighbors. He alluded to the gu bject because
certain men who had been ont of power great
while AMI had become very hungry and very
weary, were anxious to make the people ba-
lieve the Union party were 10 favor of negro
suffrage and negro equality.
We might suppose that these men would
have taken the first occasion to declare against
such evils. He read an extract from the Phil-
adelphia address of the Johnson convention
which declared that slavery WAS forever abol.
ished and the enfranchised slaves should be
protected in every right. They said nothing
against negrs suffrage but approved the actor
of Congress upon the subjsct. They ther
went home ringing the charges Negro
equality. II the negro is the equal OF the
white man, no legislation can make blu
otherwise. II he is not an equal, no leRisla
; ton can make him 80. The negroes are no
, one-fourth the entire population, and tn
whites monopolize the greater part of tht
wealth and intelligence of the country, aut
} he was ashamed OF the man who feared tina
the blacks were going to get ahead OF him -
Q He had no fears that his sons and daughter
would marry nigroes. Marriage was matte
{ Of choice, and there were enough white mei
, to marry the white women, and black mer
t enough to marry the black women. In th
: language o. the lamentei Lincoln it did Mt
!. follow because man did not want blsc
Q woman as n slave that he wanted her for
r wife.
Q The rebels threw off their citizenship m
they had no right to complain if Congree
A thought proper to impose conditions TO the
a restoration to their former rights. He quote
i the proposed amendments to tie Constitutio
of the United States. They provided that a
A persons born in the United States are citizen
n OF the United States. He said il this meai
: negro an ffrape II meant haby and woman sui