Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-08-16
AUGUST 16, 1866.

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whole people of the South against their
will, and hold them in subjugation? Iwarn
you as lovers Of your own liberty, you can
not sacrifice the liberties of this people and
hold an army there without sacrificing the
liberties of the people of Pennsylvania at
the same time. [Applause.l The design is
to overthrow the liberties Of the people,
North and South.
r. "You find that, after eight months, they
admitted the State of Tennessee, a State
that has done no more than South Carroll
ma. Why do they admit her? Because
Tennessee has got old Brownlow for Gov
ernor, and he is q Radical, so that they have
o little posse of white men holding power
ut the permission of the despots at Wash
ington, and therefore they are let upon the
floor. .Tag rOilu.H,...
''The New Orleans affair originated in
Washington. The order went out from
there, GO down into Louisiana and set up
a Government that will disfranchise all the
whites and enfranchise all the negroes, and
we will let your Representatives into Con-
gress.' They went down there, and this
bloody riot was the result. 'l-'i %
"The vote Of Pennsylvania, by this Radi-
cal programme, would be reduced four
votes by the vote of Louisiana, since they
would have power to entirely anhul the
Congress. 1t is conspiracy to run against
the Northern people. Don't flatter your
self that negro's 'svote, in the South, has no
interest nor effect upon you. Every negro
vote annuls one of your own! ., .Y.
"This Radical party, by its own acts, is
as revolutionary party as the secession
party ever has been. They look upon work.
ing white man as no better than negro.
They seek to degrade him by introducing
negro votes in the same ballot-boX. They
seek to make an empire of our Govern
ment, with this secret committee in Wash
ington as the head and front thereof. They
tell you Southern people, who have the
same blood as you in their veins, are not to
be trusted. Why can't you trust them?
Is it because these men seek to steel your
hearts against the people tor their own vile
purposes?
cit is the old Federalism revived. The
Johnsonian doctrine of to-day is the JEFF
fersOnian doctrine of the past. 1t is that
you must trust the people with the Gov
ernment. Do you want reputation of the
National debt? Do you want taxation to
grind you to the dust? Ifso, support Rad
icalism, with their expensive military des-
potism. Noother result can follow.
"We must trust even people who have
misbehaved These people of the South
nave uOuJ pay OuT
people will never suffer two Governments
to be established here. But there is no
danger. The fraternal feelings of our peo-
pie, though for time alienated, will unite
together more closely than ever before. We
ask you to be magnanimous, and 'thatis the
contrast between the Radicals of to-day
and the men whom | claim to be associated
with. had rather be associated with
rebels, misguided but honest, than to be on
the side of these ranting, canting Radicals.
ii want to see this Government pre-
served. You know that no man was more
prompt to resist these people than the
Blairs. Governor Curtin, at York, said he
never did like these Bairs. Well, my
brother Frank was the first man to enlist in
this war on the side of the Union. He
called his friends around him, at st. Louis,
and told them that we must protect the sew
enty-tive thousand stand of arms in the ar
senal there. He did gather an army to sus-
tain him and this Government, aud from
that hour this Blair, whom Curtin don't
. like at all, stood with his life in his hand on
the side of the Government.
"GOvernor Curtin has some reason to
blame me. He was down In Washington
wanting an office some months ago. He
wanted to go abroad for his health, and he
wanted a mission, but he thinks chat l adj
vised Mr.. johnson to let the appointment
alone till after the election, and that's the
reason he don't like me. b.
"And ForneY, that patriotic citizen
[laughterl, he, too, wanted an Office,
and reminded Mr. johnson that he had
two newspapers, both daily and he would
make capital friend if his man was only
appointed to the Collectorship of New
York, but Mr.. Johnson didn't make the
appointment, therefore Colonel Forney
don't belong to the Observation-Disclosures brig
ade. [Laughter,l l thank you for your
kind attention, and bid you good night.