Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1866-02-10
WHOLE NUMBER SAT.

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over again | urged It upon the Executive.
as member Of the committee on the cofis,
duet Of The war, and 10 my private capacity, y
aud in every oiber way, long before thas !.
policy took tfect. feel that according to
the power with which was invested i did
as much as could TO bring the Executive
and congress MP 10 The mark ofinyoking to \
the aid Of the Uuion he colored people in
The army and navy aud wherever else they
could assist us What was implied in all
that Did II not force upon me duty z
Would leod my voice and my vote to
sednce or compel the people to joepardixe
I heir lives 10 defence OF their country. and
then turn them over to the mercy oiftheif %
enemies aaaHs y5ni u .i-3g ti'foD ht9a2 :.
Sir, the man who would do It. delibe.. = =
rately aud knowingly. is the meanest OF all
Gods creation. Having tempted them into
the struggle, having Induced them to fight
through The war and hazard their lives in
your defence, having by this coui Sc inceusedg
The rebel population against them, will you
desert them will you desert them and
leave them 10 the hands of their vindictiye
enemies TO be destroyed I The senator from |,
Wisconsin did not alode to them all bis
sympathy was with the rebels. the men :
who endeavofed to destroy your constitu- d
ton, the men who buried ilhree or four >.
hupdted Thousand of your sons. My friend .
from Nevada, Mr.. Stewart sympathizss
with them, toU. The brave colored men.
weak aud .uniLaaential 10 Themselves, but.
who gave you the strongest aid, and with.
out whom do not know that you ,could !
have got through III cessful!y, have no part 4
10 these gen'euen's sympaihies. Those /,
who slew vur rbtetbreD, scoundrel traitors D
to God aud M N, are now the objects Of
their sympathy. In olttheir long speeches
they cauuot think of the four millions 4
whom We brought OH our side. and who
impered their lives to give US Important
aid. They sympal h:z, With those who In. !.
stead OF s. mpsthy deserve halter ! 7rupa
+ There is another question which the
senator from Wisconsin did not touch. IL
DO not remem berothat be said single word q
as to the temper aud. disposition of the
people whom he seeks now to bring to the
Government All be had TO say as that
promise had been extorted from them !,
that they would abolish slavery, or that Z
they had abolished il in form, but how are 3,
you going TO guarantee that ? What pro. 80
vision have they msde to make that securef .
shall never desert them. Ny honor, my =
sense Of Justice, is aroused upon this sub.
Jet I have invoked their aid in the army
/ have agreed TO protect them In their \,
freedom, aud SO far as my txertions 60 they J
shall be, whatever else may come. He said i
nothing about all this he did not tell ussir
precisely what it was that he would do, q
and now, after having listened to his elabo.eE
rate speech, | do not know whether he =
would let these states right in now without
any further inquiry ou the subject Or not,
He argued 10 show that these states had
| never been out of The Union, but that the
moment the insurection Was put down Or
suppressed they we're in their original
place, and apparently had nothing else to
do than to come up here aud legislate for D
us aud for all bis speech told US, our old 4
| enemies on this floor, whom we banished
for treason, may come back here to-day ii
their people see fit to send them. -, ss.,..,,r
Permit me now, sir, 70 say q word On q.
the question of constitutional law, rs TO a
whether the seeded tates vefe out of the d
Union or 10 it. i sgtee with Mr.. Lincoln y
in thinking that in settling the question: "a
before US it is not very material to decide
this point f,r if. as be said, their relation
to the Uuion is such that they cannot
participate in the Government without tha !.
action Of congress, it matters little whether
you call them outside Of the Union or 10 it,;
the question will principally turn upon
whether their temper and disposition are
such that il is safe to trust ihem in the B
councils of the Nation. od sifl aa ao'teoallq
have but word to say about that .
1 "A. A. L. -
question of very great importance. but
think the distinction which The mind OF any
statesman would make is very obvious. IL 3
a portion Of the inhabitants Of o state OF
this Union have rai.ed their arms against
the General Government and the stale, for
they cannot oppose the one without oSyos.
ing the other, aud lhe state is alI ofganiz.d
snd intact aiding the Uoion to put down
that rebellion, the state is not out OF tie
Union, does not lose her organization, bnt
stands intact, aud The momsnt such an iE.
surrectioa is put down The state stands 60
she did before But when the whole state
becomes contam,nai ed, when it is so per-
meated by treason that all its officers to the
lowest Office holder, are displaced and
thrown, out OF their position under the
Gosernmeu', il the people have organized,
their state on the basis of opposition to /,
the General Government aud declared var
/ mon IT, so tina, resistance to the rebellion
within tue state has entirely ceased, 40
such, loses its right to be considered as
an Integral part of The General Govern'
ment. -af.f2 ei .7sp4t = y 2i'
i twill not d. to iell me that there are
scattering men in these states who did not \
agree to oil these proceedings, for there
never was a war, either civil or public, In
which there could not be found some men
in both nations who we're opposed t, the
war, and who 50 expressed themselves. -
4 We know that daring the war Of the Rev,
olu,iou many of the emipent statesmen Of
Great Britain sided with Us 10 the British
Parliament. aud sympathizsd with usi
! throsghout that struggle bat tawere We
less NJ war wi b Eogland. or she with uss
because some Of her statesmen and many Of
her middle classes we're with Us, bslieyipg
that we were right and their own eoun.sy
wrong? Wosld publicist. dealing with
international law. orr even mnnicipal iavs