Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1866-07-27

| cannot see why any should pose % why SHOULD
the President opposei The first clause Is that all men
born in this country shNl he citizens Of tie United
States. Well sr. can take more thAn one OF those
men iu high positions Who are against e. and show that
they have favored that very proposition Tor ysafs
The next proposition is thAta snst s o. be drawn
between those who have been engaged IN the rebellion A.
leaders and oya men II also requires iha' representa-
tJn iu Congress shall be rade tpuahat IN district
in South Car lima having 10000 people say 600 locd
and 30 900 whites, and perhaps GOO voter that these
GEO voters ,ha not have The same represcniauon IN
Congress 30 ono white people in the Nor just as
much roRcr and weight Go the q vr ment as vote IN
NE Norih aud no more. Dos anybody opfgsa hat "
he Is opposed 90 mating that d.trc ion then What Is
ne IN favor OFF II he il opp sed 60 making distinction
betwccu traitors end lofa men this eiyts The Ia
Sruh Carolina who votes the power az 10 gives 10
10y man. IL makes him bic equal a. no more II
The man who taf that traitors must be GUN shed and
treason made odous against this proposition because
Dr. is not sufficiently favorable 10 the South. how would
he make treason odiousl | suppose he would make
traitors odi1us BY putting them IN office Laughter
suppose has become 20 odous to hold office that they
propose 20 make treason odous BY putting the traitors in
Office There may be something pertinent In that, for
nine euhs 4 these men committed treason they
could not get the Offices they wanted lLauRhtfrI
say, then. that the IL Oppo cd TO this amend
mcnt tccau.e u reduces the power Of the traitor ia the
South 20 equality with your power ard because Il
proposes pay the national debt is in favor Of epuda
ton You cannot put it in any other light Let IL be
remembered that this ia debt We owe = urown people.
1t j. debt incurred 70 save the NE Of the raton-neur-
red to give us he and liberty The man uh1 would op.
nose The nay ment Of that debt would not p'y his vn
d,bt d. not believe A. would pay the funeral expcn
scs Of bis wife laughter aud cheers
Then shN objection is there II not oppo ed 10
the payment Of The ma onn debt putting it in the
Cor stiiu ion u it guingto burt the Consuulini IL
to me 10 will make 1t more bright IL possible than
be- lore IL shows g. our children and our chhdfehe
chdrtn Ne high serse of homo their fathers held mat
they placed their detefmna''n, that their honor AID
good faith should not he ternthed, IN letters Of Icing
light. that all generations might read that tey would
never repuda'e debt incurred to save The country -
Applause. con see no reason why any man should
oppose hat unless the determination ~ 20 change o}alY
to treason aud make 10y atty ooious can see no other
reason for IL 10 10Y soul aui II there is no other,
then Why not let the constitutional amendment be mne
diately ddoptedi fAppause l. will be adopted aud
will tell you how II the 10y Al Of his land have
much they ought 20 have It will become part
Of the tuition. II hey have the iame nerve thai
they exhibited during u continuance Of this reuell
I It VIII be adopted. Oh, but sss some visearre
" these Of the sered'd States will not adoptil; oh
mol their honor is iuvolved they cannot do IT, lhe
honor OF these tfatofsl II must not be done Oh
hey are terrible on honof this thing must not be don
They say you cannot eEfeet us to prescribe ourselves
heir dbt must be psid. Well did not ,0poot them
10 commit treason, but there is h ug do expect
them do and that is unless hey adopt hist amend
mert Their footsteps will never enter the portals II his
Congress Its not question: as 10 whether thei have
not 10Y men mere or mott mat Is dodsinR the min Is
sue. IL j. not 20 here and be admitted
loyal men and then or disloya men be elected from
The same district and refused aimitanoe it Is for Us to
determine whether the people themselves entitled to
representation % all The question is have the stiors
which have been broken of bet the peoe Of these
sta'es and the National Cover mtut been restored
say that in orfetrR their III hts by war, they forfeited
their right to representation just as they did any other
political right and the only way that right erestor-
ed is by Congress s, Judge snd jury, and by
body else. l. is the nh department in this Government
that has the right Of restoring them hd poll: cal
privileges ana It has the right 4 restoring thin to just
such Tiyitgts 1t IT. Until Congress does
not emit led to that right and they viii not be unit,
they have voted for this Institutional amendment and
done several other things
Weave told thatunless we admit these people without
further conditions they wi sir up another trouble; that
they AIR ady begin ming to down there that they
are getting very ore Well they have been very sore
for some time If they mutt have trouble must have
On fara l fh.va
not have representation until they have performed these
acts required Of them. ttre disturbance was mace
by on the farther side Of III and crs Of
put him out w're raise and quickly put into execu-
ton by the election Il the disordefy indi idual
General Logan resumed: Ibis then, say, is quest
ion for Cor gress to dtefmfe and il is questoa r
as tie States latel3 ia rebellion 'rned. as TO
whether they viii will not; there is study about H.
Tennessee Gooedes TO lie proposition Of Congress and
to-morow he is restored 70 her posi- ion in the Uurn.
Arkansas does the thing, and when it is done she
also will step in. II others do choose to far
a. pesent alton is concerned get along with OUT
them. We did this mAthine for four years. ard It
seems TO got along pretty we'll La ghter, an d
crys Of" That's the talk We had pretty large
tact on hand but we got along with pretty we'll and
believe had pretty early the Of men in Con-
gTe's that We have now thought got along very
VIII without the aid 4 the rebels; ] no cause To-
com plain aud reason complain in the future
80 far az anu concerted hen let these who ta
about their rights 10 enter the halls cfCorges, and tn
begin to spout treason against the land, main outside
remember, 81 me four years ago, they Withdrew from
this Government. and set government or them selves
iemtmbeT the battles they fought INST his Govern
mtnt, and how they defeated and their organization
Destroyed therefore Il is not their place dictate
the Terms Of reorganization 1t is for them to sit quiet
aud wait until Tedy 20 inv The to back
Oenilem en- until We invite yeu think you had better
stay AthOme- aul hteT and some time ago they won
have been yery well satisfied with that until they had
been taught to believe thu these Yankees they had
been aoouston ed To regard sads before the war
were tth towards, and that they might have tnolh r
hull hun in Congress They would come in and have
eyeTythI their way, and WELD the power Of Con
ress and the country The same as they did when James
bu,hanan, Esq. was President Great laughter But
they were misakeni they met it'll different mate
rial from what they expected, and hope and they
will still lind the men they meet made Of steiner stud
than they can well imagine
Now, my fellow -oountJmen, remarked by Governor
Hamilton, there is TO be gfea assemblage Of all kinds
Of people Of all compilations Of poll les IN Philadelphia
pretty FOR the purpose 4 what FOR the purpose
Of making 10y al mem Tor the purpose Of esab shin
this Government Of fathers on a better and truer
foundation 1t SEEMS to not During this whole re-
bdun there were two par les IN this Governmen--the
tsiofs and the patriots. Tie patti for this Gov
eminent, lhe ifaiof Was against H. The Union man
lDmpaihlzsd with the GlyeInment; the traitor fought
against the q yoTnment sympaihi1td with its enemies
A line was drawn between the two Thee but two
siCes, and men must follow The other So ia the
south here were loyal men, houl few in number who
stood by the side Of the Governments all the Others
on the side Il treason.
This assembage which is TO meet in a few days is
not TO destroy the Coppuhea party, for that Is already
destroyed il Is not for he purpose OF tup ressing the
reb n Tor that already Suppressed. What, then, is
j. for ~ the purpose " destoytg the org MIA
ton Of the Union party Of this country AID for other
purpose whatever You will find the Cnppefhe I'D there
you will ind the disappointed ofcesteker there the
hungry aud hirsv Republican Who has been thirsing
for the waters that spring from he fountains Of off e
about his capital for long years an1 Who mas never AZ,
drop TO COO his parehed tongue and Who goes there
for the purpose Of eryi out, "Oh, Lazarus fer one
drop" lbo'steTous laughter and cheersl You will
find, perhaps, few officers Of the Amy ing there
to prove heir loyalty the country Wen those Who
90 there to prove their loyalty the country belle
that this country belongs this tue re-
fore prove their loyalty him and not to the Govern.
ment have nothing u say against these men they
were my brothers In arms. | have ihe CHEST regard
and esteem for them, but will SAY 20 them this that in
opinion the OIL Of the army Of the United states
Who marched under the ching q ihe South
wade as they did almost in blood save this Govern
him, amid storm Of shot and she'd poured by he enc
mics Of his eouutrY, who leave the graves Il his
oro hers aud not hear voice from those graves in
far on HOutl0O not into the meshes Of stand
by our eoofs you fought for YOU country stand by
the men who stood by you and who fought your side
during those hours OF uial Great applausel II hey
20 there and engage ia that dance il will be such
dance as The soldier USED To In his march battle
be danced 10 the music q the Cnon--ii was sAve 10
his oul bu they will be dancing there the mu
sic Of treason IA will meet there fome OF the lead
] foueht upon e bloc y fields Of the South Yoi wifi
find there the Copperh'ad who spa upon while you
were lighting Tor The flag Of your ny who spat up
on that igi who treated you with the utmost nfrmp
-aud they thfre for the purpose of destroying the
organza ion that saved the county The least you
do, IN my judgment l. % nave no aine'on with am
man who is not loyal Let a you II the same men
who are standing by those proplsiu OF Congress
not myn rhl stand by the countyi Aud who are the