The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1866-07-28
Speech of MajOr-GeneTal John
A. Logan.

"A. Logan.
Would you have believed two years ago
when a certain great man Of this land SAID
that treason must be made odiouS and trail
tors must be punished, and not only that
but that they must be impoverished, and
that their property must be distributed among
the loyal people, that he would declare that
they werc entitled to representation IN the
United States? No. If he did, he bad Il
very strange way of expressing hlmSrIl.-
This is all | can say on that subject
Laughter No, sir, the work of restoration
Is this country belongs to loyal men and not
in performing this work and restoring this
tcNutry they must say TO these traitors:
'Grntlcmeu, we intend to confer these
rights upon you whenever we are minded to.
it is not tor you to say the time when it shall
be DONE but it is for us to say. 1t is IN cur
hands. in our power; we have the right, aud
you have no privileges in this country
.'GoOd, good, that ; So
But it is said that inasmuch aSthcsc States
have been recognized. and certain Of them
have acted on certain subjects, that they are
fully restored. Why my countrymen' that
is great mistake. They are restored SO
far us the act that they prcIorn Is recognized
by our Government rs lawful whether it was
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not by the recognition we made lawful
Hence, the only acts that they can perform
are such acts as we recognized as being law
full by our recognition. The acts that we
say to them they shall not perform, they
cannot perform until we say they shall.
Let US, then, examine the question a little
further. Oh, but some OF the opposition say,
Mhv if YOU do not allow these people to be
represented there is one half Of the Union
unrcIrcscncd, aud the laws that you pass
in Congress are unconstitutional because Il
portion of the country is GntePrcsented. d.
Laughter,
Wen, presume upon the same hypothc.
sis all the laws that we passed during the
war are unconstitutional because jeff. Davis
part of the country was not rcprcscntcd.- -
Laughter. SO it might he in reference to
,his rrprcsentationifth the doctrine now cuumci.
ctcd l,v the Opposition to the Mon propir
in this land is correct that is that THESE
people. the very moment they laid down
their arms, although they had forfeited their
property. although they had forfeited their
rights, civil and political, all those rights
came back to them, and that they were as
Iuliy restored, rs fully entitled to the rights
aud privileges of American citizens in
,apre-uutatiyra wcllas in any olhercapacity,
as amy other people in this aud.
Now, my countrymcu. that seems to me
TO- u" Il very strange ""St,lnG' ~, I'G' US see
where IT. M"'"I :T' !! Us ~ ',' i'''I''' 'nr
m"hcnl '"'H III" ""N " '"''' Z" ", ''"" an
Cue" ,.S"' '"'N' " '''''' - ~ '''o''
Iart OF laying down 'hr'' afl'''S """Id restore
them an Ihelr Fl%n'S' 'hr., ] |""'" ASK H""
Iat Is the'e IN reason TIiPI"Ho W. w,
"aE J"'I c""G'"'c "ti' ,l '',,I W T,' 'S
S'h'n.G iI 10 c''epI"'' ,,'' o"'," - .,',''
we VIII array oTISei'!' "E"'"'' INV ','"''
'oye'hmeHt Oh l'''"o'S' We ~ W. W. "ol :i
"h" co''n''' 'r'"S'l! "I"'',HH ~ PI'''
our h'eS ana our fortune" oy our actS'-
"eI'' we LOOK aor2 G! anu see we are "oouI
W De "h'ppc"' we rah"o' sum" II any
longer; So we t''o" """" our IWHS' "i"
send WORT 10 inc toNeT!'ihenV we atoIe
these ora muSKc'S tiey "I" NOT cost Us any
thi'E' yo" eau ,'NI ''''''l n"CN We "''i ~
canu'oa,cI ana '"Nt I'''' III i'o'l''I I'',, '''
ilia!rS OF 'IlG state, J""l us we ever "''!.
" 1"V Is w iP"H''' - i'"o I'.' 'i"'' Ir ~,
nc''cr PoSH'"" 'n"'' I I, '"l"l "'en =, NJ
4"GH ""' .''"N % n'''lott' Nv" '""S'''"',I
anu ne" S"Nc''t.le"' an" lHe'I 'oI'H "o''
ing ON 'oP ol ooo e'.'''i ;r, NO" 'li' Is 1"
s't4'Ee 2"'4c " Ply "'. NAV ; Te"" WI"
IAN" you IoSo' ''a"S"Ver' ne traitor
roses hot"'h%, me Ip{al man ioSc1 al us
Government loses all. ~ roses ny the de-
structon of properly; it loses by the destruc-
ton of life; it lose; the effect OF the law OF
the land; 1t loses the moral effect that I he
enforcement Of the law has upon the people.
All those the Government loses, but the tran
tors loses nothing t;g an ar, ,,,,, c,:,,.
~''N our lricnas WI. e"I' ettn ''Ign"s
because we can o':' t''enuo "".1o" VII M NOV,
tnoy arc our cl'e''',G@ VI S"h '''"I '"a, '"aI''
%h"I 20" l''cnsp' 'Ile l,e"P'e "no oIPo>1!'
lne war arc no" otoSms 'I,G T''m "'s ~
Wi'o! !, IN w ;o' ' ~, t''s
M - - ,'' ror y I in Cnnrre.s now
rs soon as they ny opWil 'I!elr "r'nS, T"e''
theSe people oec''l,ou ,oL ,o" VIZ ye'''5 'ct
sai.es 70 We W oHe,s'i 80 '''' ni 10 'te'a
h'INt'f ''to 80, ~ C,.. o'',''' n;S, ~,
Wy tnS l'Gint v" , ,"J %n ,'"1 s'I L,,r'
Ile ll'eo 'otl'es Sio",u W - aJS T nH,S