Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1866-03-14
WHOLE NUMBER 2O5.

iup of the fountains of revenue the in
crease of extravagance the swelling Of
the public debt the increase of taxation
these are the legitimate resdlts These
IleadeTb have made immense fortunes out
of the var. They own estates in the
South eonfscated BY their own legisla.
ton. Immense quantities Of cotton have
been vuined By their legalized Treasury
permits, into bank deposits, to their
credit, instead Of to the credit Of the
Government. Whole caravans Of Gov.
erument cattle of every description; have
been swallowed BY these fierce and over
whelming simoons of AbolitiOuism. The
whole contract system Ofthe war, created
by them, was bat feeder TO this Adolf.
tion capacity. The high tariff System
legalized piece Of larceny-mads By
these leaders, enabled them to declare
three hundred per cent. dividends, in
their business, at the expense Of the
masses Of the people. On land and on
sea the Government and the people have
been shamefully defrauded and robbed
BY these men and when in the oourse
of the war, to meet speculation and the
1 legitimate expenses, the Government
needed loans of money, these men bandsd
together, like so many ShylOeks, dictated
the conditions Of the bonds ofthe Govefhi
ment, as to rate Of interest and ezemp4
ton from taxation, invested these i'll
gotten gains in permanent form, and
now shake four thousand millions Of
property, exempt from taxation, in the
faces Of the laboring masses. They point
with intense satisfaction to their Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court Of the
United States, to the supremacy Of
Eastern monopoly, and their power in
! Congress, as a guarantee of safety. Thus
established as a privileged class, they are
without wound or an Inconvenience
from the war, and without burden in
time Of peace. To provide indemnity to
themselves for the past, and security 70
themselves for the future, these leaders;
in and out Of Congress, are moulding its
legislation They have lost sight Of the
people and the substance Of the Govern
ment. They have controlled the slee4
tions for Ave years, and those five years
have been years of ruin. They falter at
the future. They believe they can, with
the help Of the votes of S00,00 negroes
and the exclusion Of the votes Of over
900 900 Southern people and the plum
der Of the South for their supporters
maintain an ascsndancy over the eou-
servative masses of the North. The
present Congress met in December, 1865,
With the Union restored. During the
session the Southern States presented
legally chosen Representatives, who
asked, but we're refused, admission
Congress, at the outset, gagged itself, BY
comforting its power upon a COMMITTEES
instructed to attempt the disorganization
Of the Southern States. The Wh0ls
session has been consumed, so far, IN
taking testimony at great expense to
. show that the Union cannot be restored.
+ To inaugurate universal negro sufrags
they commenced with the District of CO.
, lumbia. A bill passed the House con-
ferring the right Of sufrags Oh the negro
in that District against the will Of the
people, bot yet awaits, in the Senate,
, further developments. They have also
! proposed an amendment to the Constitu-
, ! ton to extend the elective franchise to
all persons, without distinction Of color.
+, Also. another amendment to regulate ths
+. riubt Of suffrage in all the States of the
!. Union. Also, another amendment to en-.
force protection to life, liberty and proper
1 tv in all the States. Also, another
= amendment to make voters the basis Of
representation, thereby entirely ignoring
5 four ffths of all the people in the Union.
Large bundles of half-digested writing
. are daily proposed in Congress, By the
little statesmen of to-day, as substituts
for the sacred work Of the great states
!. men of the past, and to be reported upon
, soon bv the committee. All these meas
ures are for the negro. From all these
4 propositions can be gathered, only, negro
suffrage; negro superiority over the
b. white people of the South negro Office
: holding; negro equality exclusion OF
\ white people from governmsnt-aiI OF
. which assume, If made part ofthe Con
; stitution, a condition Of perpetuity, &C.
eompanied with unlimited power, conesnt
= trated and consolidated, so that the
!. States will have left but the forbearance
q of Congress as the only safeguard OF
= liberty. Our Constitution will become,
4 simply, a grant Of legislative power to
? Congress. The power usurped and sxer-
!. oised to exclude representatives, to dis
4 franchise States and people, to Prescrlbs
; test oaths and other tests, Is subversivs
4 of equal government, and is fitting prs'
. lude to that dsspotism which frowns from
!, the brow of a revolutionary Congress-
i Il is strange that a Constitution suited
; to twenty-five millions of white people,
! producing prosperity when Obeyed, and
j misfortune only when violated, should
l. now be deemed insufficient for three
e millions of negroes
: Whilsall these proposed constitutional
= amendments have been kept in obeyance
!. and Congress has been speculating with
N the temporary suspension Of the relations
.e of the South to the Union. until tbs public
N mind should become familiar with and
" tolerate the permaneney ofthe suspension
5 an important measure was being matureo
10 as an entering wedge for all these reVolu'
= tionarv schemes. The Freedmen s Bureau
+ hill recommended by its charitable aP'
"a lpsarapcs and ostsnsible humanity, and
a besides. having 8 precedent in operation.
y in the South, was brought forth--a bill
st 70 establish military jurisdiction over al
: parts Of the United States containing Ee'
ii fugess and freedmsn-to create iarg'
and pernansntstanding army--s0 Esqu'F'