The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-07-28
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stump speech. With his penshant for mis-
nomers he calls it message. It is an elAbo-
rate effort Of how not-to-do-it worthy Of the
prince or Barnacles. It is very clear to him
tina, the resolution don't let the delegation
from Tennessee in, but he sanctions it be-
cause as Grand Mogul of reconstructers, he
don't want that delegation kept out. g Fit
didn'tlet them in what superfuous labor it
was for ANDY to signit9 Probably Like Sir
HueH, he deems it 'ferry honest knayeries;"
but OUT s'Moses" shouldn't so have surrender.
ed his virtues to the radicals.
ANDY has an idea that Tennessee has not
sanctioned the Constitutional Amendment.
The wish was parent to the thought. But
"My Policy has been kicked overheard in
ASpYs own State. Tennessee has sancs
tionedM, land that what's the matter"
But ANDREW stultifes himeeH He re-
counts that he as Executive had appointed
Provisional Governors and perfected resto
ration before Congress convened He says
again my approval, however, is not to be
construed as an acknowledgement Of The right
of Congress to pass laws preliminary to the
admission of duly qualified representatives
from any of the States" Again, he recon.
mends the admission of the Southern States
to participation in legislation "when they
present themselves in the persons of loyal
Senators and Representatives. Where in
the Constitution and laws did our "Moses"
find the extraordinary powers that he assumed
in his attempted reconstruction By what
right did he assume to impose conditions
upon the South in reconstruction, if rebellion
were merely pastime of the chivslry, and
the States Internationally in the Union and
entitled 10 full and uncontrolled State and
Federal government By what right did he
assume to impose as condition precedent
to admission, the ratification by the rebel
States of the amendment abolishing slavery 2
or the reputation of the rebel debt ? By
what right does he now claim that these rep.
resentatives shall be "loyal'? By what right
does he continue an extension of extraordin-
AIRY Executive control over the Southern
States 1T because he recognizes the fac,
that this strife did work change in the rela
tons of the States to the Federal Govern,
ment, because he recognized the fact that ex-
traordinary national peril demanded extraor
binary measures and that, since the life o
the Government has been imperilled, the
Government has right to provide for it,
own protection.
The assumed honesty of ANDREW JOHNSON
is o sham; his protested patriotism the arr
of a demagogue; his specious championship
OF the Constitution the insolence Of a politi-
cal charatan his craftsmanship is trickery
his devotion to democratic principles trans
parent cheat and his opposition to Congress
with whom the matter of reconstruction prop
erly rests, not the result of regard for popular
rights and the conservation of the principles
of free government, but from desire to con-
tinue his autocratic assumption of extraor-
einary power, and by overriding the people s
representatives TO crush loyalty and endan.
ger the Republic, if thereby he can get the
people to endorse the assassin in the choice
of President.
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official acts constantly repeated, Mr.. JoHS>
SON has stultifed himself falsifed his record
belied his solemn declarations, and shamed
the nation by the most palpaple duplicisy and
demagogueism. Congress has control over
the subject of reconstruction; he has conce'
ded that yet denies it just as emphatically
and opposes Congress for the exercise of pow
ers which are within its province, while he
used unhesitatingly similar powers when they
did not belong to him. He denounces Con
gress as an unconstitutional body, and give,
his sanction to their unconstitutional meas
ures. He is the most unprincipled ofpoliti
cal adventurers writes vetoes and messages
TO his own qualification but not confusion
and this last message is but another of BIZ
peculiarly stultifying political manifestoes