, 1866-09-17
THE SOUTHERN LOYALISTS,

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Reception at Troy, N. .T.-Enthusiastfc
Demonstxation-Co2ou Stokes ON
johnson and Negro HuHfakeJudge
Yarmouth on ReconstFuct1on In
Lonfslana-The Duty OF tho North.
What the South Needs. :
Especial Despatch to The Chicago Tribunal
THoT. N. r. September L.
Tha Tfo}aus tuned ont In great numbets On
rerJ abort uotioe, this e7ening. to hear portion
OF lhe soutbctn Loyaiists. Jpd9e Yarmouth, Of
LouiAiana, Colonel stokee and Senator Fowler, Of
Tennessee, werc eecozted hers from Albany W
delegation OF lesding citizens, and Harmony Hall
YVES crowded with one Of the largest And most en-
thusisstlc audiences ever assembled In Troy. A
fre band wan In ntscndancc. "Down with the
traitor, aud up with tho Si2E," was greeted with
lond burst Of applause.
WSssS ae ade
the Republicans had made mistake. and now se
must bold speEe aFTly to he prinsip!es ot The
Hand a6oit 1s ~ Il soild phaisn1, and tse hsalt
sssn m 10 ess2 sse II wsoat a1sa
thcie Who suseTed everything bnt desi6, and
those men arg true TO Us to-daJ-tFuc 10 the cause
.. sDms Of then .se heFe s;1nsh to
f fSfj.deipsi.. unasr 81 I'D VIZ e} bootle @
Ss Ssse r. IT, s hs y 9 dsy rxS e.
pic hare organizcd themselves aud nomlnsted a
ticket - lo!al y was ereE nominated. They have
sho md a.sf VIZ s1
sss boaoE ses
y Se e. Se{ hs !osis so Il
treason and rebellion. bat New York Will chow
them that the houors The soldiers Of the Onion.
"A list of Vice PreefGenta having been read md
approved, the Southern Ioyallats entered The hall,
md were greeted with toud and prolonged cheers,
the audience Eislng ~ one mac, and wildly hur--
Colonel Stokes WAS introduced. he said the
Southern delegates were not going around as
show sS ,t OF msS1asstie as51 !La9R6ss Hs thankea
free Stale, in which the shack1ea bad been arick-
,e:t sonRSss sRSsar&a e. t. Ss'of e a assgs @
d. @'1 essP P9s 1867 an and X xebs% al
raid hs 5sd Enown 5ohnsea !or yeas: .o!Sus; Thsy
declared IL ths senste th.s h. would Stand ~ tae
Fehtaary, lsGa, the Colonel was required By Nor
Gan,+ men to sxesr allegiance 70 ibe conssdsracy.
or iesss e the % %eonntIy, ot stretch hemp; He ae.
vile. where he found johnson a military Gov
eTnor; In that position be consulted often
VIII hlm, 4 ana even aiteF r. his inauguration An.
to-day: 1hc country is divided into two parties.
with Congress- At the head Of one and Andrew
Of the Republican party IN the nation was an
enemy Of febcliion and afslend Of The Union. Tbs
o1lie!: coppc1head. Democratic, or whatever you
guerilla aud tushwhacker Or tic South. lie pro.
fcr.ed TO stay on thc old ship with The old
party, aud follow the lead Of Congress instead Of
Government; tho other fought to destroy It.
Since the Pfesident's able speech OF February
l,augh.esl he bag been going backwards, lie
y, even II they were only fve thousand or Iess;
that the etril Government must be conducted BY
the loyal; that treason mus be rnaio odiona that
iesd;rg 1cheji should be impoTeTi.hed; that ;o
i1si Is. b. WSald n,1 s. nell Msss.
| his policy Of Reconstruction xas only
an experiment. subject 70 the action Of Congress;
ior tue projection oi The blacks tie hsd proved
went 10 CongTess he was asked II It was best to
Aferward- tennessee disf:anchIsed tho diusoyai ya
who bad tried To destroy ths Gorernnaeht and
Tatlaed e Amenamcnt. A.. proEosed hy CongFe..
did not know what tile Fottfcth Congress NIGH.
be, bu1 he Knew the metilc Of this Congress, aud
no state would y" admitted nntfi shc had done
what Tennessee had done. Hong continued ap.
Now be did not want to offend the men o, New
11 n9tE. hat he wantcd to speak Of negro suffrage
61Fana ~ = ~, .nsi.x. ~ 1i'e'af 'nAt WA
os eoionei stosesef ea eefsMeS. M ss1I yon how We are
Situated r. Tennessee. We have sixty or seventy
proposed 10 give the ballot to every male
% the ns u 81 aua aase sseniaaea Maa
sterns xef aoTns IT,. ise 'lnSaai1 loyai Zen a1a os
Tic loyal mcn of tennessee have ewoin III 10 1 Hea.
ven that ihe heels OF the rebels shall never BE-
p1asea .p apoa M thel5 nsfks assi: They wili dc ss
another tremendous outhntst Of applausn.l
A. for Johnson'E eacriaces, he never s1nelt gun
uas ony faeae nn b. MADE r w 1., to o
II i ? slsniaesnt tsct that the portion of The
Be % mos M waFmj Sa'Gd s spPsndss 'ee'' sa'
Judgc Yarmouth next spoke. liz said recon-
tttnction in Louisiana began under favorable cir
ment ever. member, Of which was loysl II MI
Lincoln had lived, the loTal men OF Louisiana
would have been amply protected; but the course
10 tho rebels null ihc fs and liberty Of hs loyal
sSfnmeat s q Jfa ~basis. o1s q de
M !,t a5ores ycns.sea in seaitas ppt
suits thnn make contract wishs1 The first ten
a"yf 10 ef or osse b @
man without consent. There laws establish ab.
t6lu1G ef6Fef9. A11ulAcf Jaw f0Eblds negroes 10
carry arms. Judge Abel instructed the Grand
Jury after the 1nassacta that tho surviving rna1-
bcre Of that body should De indicted for murder,
because the Convention met Illegally aud men
were Killed III consequence. Northern OF
Union men can obtain no justice IN the
Courts- Il WIS for the people OF the North to eay
whether this state ol things should continue. The
loyal men OF tic South appeal for protection
aEafnet rebel tnle and s1oleEec. The people had
control Of reconstruction, aud could do anything
they thought necessary to SAY Tho couhtsy. 1hcY
can, It they choose. obltetate State lines. Tlcy
ean Ct bang or pardon q many rshrls as they
take measures 10 protect every loyal nlan-ggtys
or. sshitc. ILoud applausc.J The only
thinE That would save the Soutt
was equal suffrage. and he was Eiad to sec tht
audience respond with such enthusiasm to ii.
scntsnlcnt Hclp The loyal men Of the South mus
have, and they DID not know where else to lool
for 1t than 10 the negro. They were for negro
suf1acc first. hecsuse II wus right, and second
because they could not protect themselves with
ont It.
At the conclusion Of tue speech the aulIeuc,
gave three rousing cheers.
Rey. At: aennicut, Of Virginia. and Senate
Fowler, Of Tennessee. made speeches, mud th'
meeting contiuncd until a very 1aic honr.
ALBANY y. Y. September 15.--The Southc.1
Loyallsts arrived at tivt O'Clock this evening.
eight O'Clock tney were welcomed Al the Cap{to
by Judge Harris. and Governor Rrnwnlow and \
j. Hamilton spoke 10 4 respectable audience.