The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-04-06


aay YOU arc n seoesb. vou ara a rsb.,. Did ever
ANYBODY hear Of .uob ,,o,dp gr..t MANY mao.
pie have thought that LtScoLS was better patured
man than JoursoS. IL has ocourred 10 me that
after LISTENING for ,hres mr. four y.ar, To the abuse
Of these people, he would have been disposed to
have placed them upon the cooking tool. There
was a oustor, In old ENGLAND, that when woman |
acquired a habit Of scolding beyond endurance she
was placed upon a stool called a cooking STOOL and
there she sat- the object Of the jsers and derison
Of boys, and sometimes Of those who ought TO have
known better
These people cannot keep peace with anybody |
They cannot agree with anybody. II you could |
only put them into pen by themselves the fate Of
the Kilkenny cats would be theirs There would |
be nothing left In short time but few tails lying
about over the aoor. They will not have Union
now because they do not want Il and why?
will tell you They have behaved 90 outrageously
during the last four years. so overbearng as II they
had all the patriotism in their belly that they know
very we'll that the people Of the South cannot love
them-that Is utterly impossible They never had
any charity for those people and having gone into
rebellion, thew would SEQ men. women, and chill
dren. loyal and d.,oyal all no 10 the same bottom
II vas mot the fapI Of the people of the south TINT
the rebellion came. A majority Of the southern
peonls warn not FIR n and n mi, oyernment had
done It's duty and mt down the rebellion in its In.
eeption. tb.re vould have been no war. re That's
m ~
| But hare Won had Copgre,s avhtinr nj one and of
| IN. .v.rp. ;,s, ma thay ara sgbtino INV You
had a.. p,.s;dsn, n, an. o,hsr and os IN. avsn,s
wanting IN do m. thing and congre,s another, and
vbilo ,bsv uors sn0,gsd svb,ins oach o,ber. tho
so,,h.rn oron.r.nd;.,. .,d Kn,sh,. n, IN. cold.r
c;rcls we're Ian fro. IN act With NO fore. IN oppo.e
| than and what cou,d thu manila do7 What do
,be,e nsop,s nm M. the cap,,oI nrono,. IN do nor7
| I'd ina;ct tbeir punisbm,nt npon IN. innocent
of the puilty They saw Won cannot restore
| the Union now. Why7 BECAUSE rebela will rot
back to Congress. Well, suppose they do come, Is
there no way Of keeping them out7 II man comes
| here claiming n seat In Congress- who IL n rebel n
| traitor leader who inoted the peope 10 rebe,Iion
would there be no way to avert the terrible caam.
ity Of his taking n seat in ConRress7 would not
| and any difficulty in preventing it. I would not
ask the President or Congress how to keep him out
| I would take out a warrant and arrest him under
the law. II he were n traitor would have him
| arrested and puuished would Let the courts the
mar.hals and the iuries do their work; and inter
| Won have hung n man as A traitor he would not
trouble you much about getting into Congress.
Laughter and cheers.l Oh, no, they do not want
the Union or law restored they want something else
What was the proposition they introduced into
Congress the other day? They said: "Let us for.
give these people down South" Well, suppose
you do. What will you require in return Let the
negro vote That is about the whole Of It, These
red.hauded traitors can come back II you will let
the negro vote. They will swop of the right to
punish the criminal If you will only give them the
vote of the negro But, you may ask, why do you
want the negro to voter Because II you allow tn,
negro to vote he will vote for U.S. Excessive laugh
teri He will vote for us, and there Is nobody els,
down there who will. CONTINUED laughter W,
have behaved toward the white people SO outrage
ously that there is OF one Of them who loves US
That Is the whole secret Of it, do not see an,
difficulty upon that point have no personal ami
mostly against anybody down there, and there Il
no reason for INDUCING in any such feeling excep
so far rs those people keep it up. But that is tn,
, explanation of the whole matter.
There are two or three gentlemen-it has bseom,
SO exceedingly unpopular to name anybody that
will not say who they are-I do not want to throw