The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1866-09-20

NY old friend, Col. Higgins of Waverly, CAME
from Portsmouth on the morning train on last
Thursday, aud made johnson ~ speech at the
Market House in the afternoon. l was engaged
inwrting my resignation as Assistant Assessor,
and was little late but got there soon after Mr..
Higgins had commenced speaking. lsaw Mr..
Roberts, W. T. Washam and George W. Whitman
on the stand. There were several Democrats ana
more Union men there. The crowd was not
large. Col. Higgins said that he should not be
surprised If the Standard reported that he had
made copperhead speech. He had taken mp the
Standard short time ago, and noticed that IL
said that Col. Higgins, who was not nominated
for State Senator, had made johnson speech.
He sold he scorned and detested the man who call
cd him trator-the man who had staid at home
during the war, while he had done terrible things
In the army, eating hard tack and SOW belly. /,
did not know that It was calling man traitor to
say that he had made Johnson speech. The COL
then commenced abusing 'niggers, and contln-
ucd II for some time. I became dlsgusted and
left. As was going away l heard him calling
the negroes cattle, and then vOcferatng that we
must be Christian people. learned that his
whole speech was low, vile abuse of negroes. He
abused Fred. Douglas, and Fred Douglas wife,
and Fred Douglass little baby. Big words for the
gallant Colonel, when every one knows that
Douglass Is far bis superior In point Of intellect
At night there was another meeting. Mr.. Rod
crts made good Union speech and the copper
heads present squirmed and wriggled. Then
Higgins came at It again. He declared several
times what good country this was-it was the
asylum for the oppressed over the whole world,
and in the next breath abused the negroes again,
and denied them oil rights. Such was bis con-
sstency. He tried hard to fool the Irish saying
that he had been in Ireland, married on Irish girl
and had kissed the Blarney Stone. HC did moi
however, tell the Irish how his great leader, An
drew johnson, sold the Irish Fenians guns, ant
knew for months that they intended to strike fo
the freedom of Ireland. Knowing all this, h
said not word against 1t until they had crosses
the lines and faced the British soldiers, and thel
he ordered the U. 8. forces to attack them In tn
rear, and ordered the arrest of oil leading Fenian
In the United States who even intended to strik
for Ireland ana IreedOW. Oh hot NV w" uN
mention this. Neither did he tell them that hl
candidate for Congress- Col. Moore, labored o
the stump, and in Congress, to treat Irish Cath'
lies, and all foreigners, worse than the negro'
are treated. tB .u.,t ..gs l4
The COL abused Congress without stint, and hs
much to. say against the long-halred people
New England, and the Western Reserve, A larE
portion of his speech at night, as well as day, W
" bitter abuse of negroes. He made several lung
at me, saying that bad staid 1t home, and hi
{ never seen rebel. do not know how this Isl
saw about avs thousand Vallandlgham hors
thieves, led by one John Morgan. They destro
ed my printing Office and perhaps Imade as nut
pecuniary sacrifice as the gsllant Colonel. b
he would not call Morgan's Vallapdigham hori
Z thieves rebels Oh no. Thad. Stevens, Sumn'
aud the "Rump Congress as he styled 1t, are q
rebels, as viewed from his stand point. +
The Col. said President johnson bad perit
right to compel the rebel States to adopt the GO
stltutlonal amendment; but when speaking OF I
present propositions Of Congress, for nmendmen
10 deelafed that " was . lnonstrouA nsuFPauC