The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-08-14
LOYAL AND PATRIOTIC SENTIMENTS.

"The question is whether man is capable
of selfgovernment. 1 hold with Jefferson
that government was made for the conve-
nlence of man, and not man for the govern
ment That laws and constitutions were de-
| signed instruments to promote his wei
! fare. And hence from this principle con-
clude that government can and ought to be
changed, amended to conform to the wants,
to the requirements and the enlightened
spirit of the age."-[ A1adreao J0knson, Nash
oiLe, June 10, 1864, in u speech accepting the
| nomination for Vice President.
"As my honorable friend GGov Morton I
knows, l long since took the ground that
this Government was sent upon great mis-
sion among the nations of the earth that it
had great work to perform, and that in
starting it, it was started in perpetuity. :;
= x Now turn to the Constitution :;
we find that amendments may be made by Il
recommendation of two-thirds of Congress,
if ratified by three-fourths of the State. The
instrument was made good in prosperity,
and you can take hold OF it, not to break up
the Government but to go on perfecting it
more and more, it runs down the stream
of time"-" President A. johnson, in a
speech to the Indiana delegation, April 81,
1865. the consent of traitors not necessary"
''Shall the man who gave his influence
and his means to destroy the government
Is he to participate in the great work of re-
orranization9 Shall he who brought this
misery upon the State be permitted to con-
troll its destinies If this be so, then all tins
precious blood of our brave soldiers and ottl-
GERS so freely poured out, will have been
wantonly spilled All the glorious victories
won by our noble armies will be for nought,
and all the battle-felds which have been
sown with dead heroes during this rebellion,
will have been made memorable IN vain
| lauoctotinn If
was that treason might be put down and
traitors punished. Therefore, say that trait
ors should take a back seat in the work OF
restoration. If there be but five thousand
men in Tennessee, loyal to the Constitution,
loyal to Freedom, loyal to Justice, these true
and faithful men should control the work OF
reorganization and reformation absolutely"
Andrew johnson, June 10, 1864.
TREASON AND IT'S PUNISHMENT.
Treason is the highest crime known in
the catalogue of crimes, and for him that is
guilty of it, for him that is willing to lift his
! impious hand against the authority Of the
nation, I would say; Death is too easy
a punishment '-'sV Vice President johnson,
April Sd, 1865, on the fall of Richmond.'
when you ask what 1 would do, my an
swer is. 1 would arrest them, l would try
them; 1 would commit them; and l would
| nan0 Cnem- we nave puI oo"II
these traitors in arms; let us put them down
in law; in public judgement, and in the
morals of the world."-Vice President An
drew johnson, April 3. 1868
Il have always thought that theft was a
crime, and should be punished as crime;
that arson was crime and should be punish
ed as such; that murder was dreadful crime
and should be punished as such, and that
treason was the greatest of all crimes, and
should be punish such."-President An
drew johnson, April II. 1865.
With other and inferior otfenscs our peo-
pie are familiar But in our peaceful history
treason has been almost unknown. The peo-
pie must understand that it is the blacklist
of crimes and will be surely punished. 1
make this allusion not to excite the already
exasperated feelings of the public, but to
point out the principles of public justice
which should guide our action at this par
ticular juncture, and which accord with
sound public morals. Let it be enyratted
upon every heart that treason is il crime, and
traitors shall suffer its penalty. =
But we must not forget that what may |
be mercy to individuals is cruelty to the |
State president Andrew johnson, April
1S. 1863
"Trason must be made odous: traitors |
must not only be punished and Impoverished. !
but their social power must ar destroyed! md |
after making treason odiuus every Urinn |
man and the Government should tie rcmun- |
Grated out of the pockets of those who have |
inflicted this great suffering upon the coun- |
try Andrew johnson, April 21, 1865.
ON DEBARRING TRAITORS FROM PUBLIC |
SERVICE.
al say that the traitor has ceased to be a |
citizen, and in joining the rebellion, has be-
come a public enemy. He ,torteited his right
to cote nth loyul men achen he renounced his !
citizenship, and s0lt'tt to destroy our GOCern-
ment- We say to the most honest and in
dustrious foreigner who comes from England
or Germany, to dwell among , s, and to add
to the wealth of the country, before YOU
can be citizen you must stay here for five
years" If we are so cautious about foreign
ers who voluntarily renounce their homes to
live with US, what should we say to the trait /
or who although born and reared among us,
has raised a parricidal hand against the
Government which always protected him
Ny judgment is that he should be subjected
to a severe ordeal before he is restored to
A fellow who takes the oath
merely to save his property, and denies the
validity Of the oath, is perjured man and
not to be trusted. Before these repenting
-ebels can be trusted, let them bring forth
he fruits of repentance" Andrew johnson,
June TO- 1864.
ON EQUAL RIGHTS.
al desire that all men shall have fair
tart and an equal chance in the race of life,
md let him succeed who has the most merit.
This, l think, is principle of Heaven l
I'M for emancipation for two reasons; first,
because it is right in itself, and second, be-
ause in the emancipation of the slaves, we
freak down an odious and dangerous aristo-
racY. | think that we are freeing more |
whites than blacks in Tennessee ANDREW
ohnson, June 10, 1864.
Il, Andrew johnson, hereby proclaim lib
rty-full, broad and unconditional liberty,
D every man in Tennessee will be your
loses, and lead you through the Red Sea of
truggle and servitude to Il future of liberty
nd peacel Rebellion and slavery shall no
lore pollute our State. Loyal men achetser
hite or black, shall alone govern the State"-
ndrew Johnson's speech to the colored citi-
ems of Nashville, October 25, 1854.
ON. NEGRO SUFFRAGE.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE,