Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-11-05
senator shcrman's speech.

The following passage from Senator
Sherman's recent speech at Cincinnati
shows tina, in the opinion Of that able and
yery conservative statesman, the rejection
by the South Of the Constitutional amend
e would be followed by the reorgani-
cation of every seeded State BY Congress,
on the basis Of impartial suffrage. II
Senator Sherman would himself take this
course, il is difficult to lame a Republic
csn in either House who would not. We
commend the concluding portion Of Ssna-
tor Shermsn's speech to our readers:
They say that I am a bunker" a
" conservative" and a " little backward"
and so l am, my friends. Idon't deny 1t.
I always prefer to gam that which can be
gained; to seek that which is astainsble.
| believe that the provisions Of the Con-
s,itutional amendment are just, right and
liberal, and l believe that the people Of
the United States. by the requisite ma.
jori,y, will adopt them. l I'm willing to
stand by them, and ! offer them, as one OF
the Senators Of Ohio, TO the people Of the
United States. I say that BY virtue OF
rebellion they have heen deprived OF all
civil government. I say that we have a
RICH, to take a bond Of them for the future
safety OF this country. I say that those
amendments are just, right, and fair ac-
cep, them if you will; come in and be
equal to us-a white man in the South
equal 70 q white man in the North. We
ask nothing Of you except, simply, not TO
elect a few men to office for q little while,
and I have no doubt that two-thirds OF
Congress will shortly even remove thai
from you. II, under all these just and
reasonable circumstances, they should re-
fuse to accept them, after q full and fair
trial, then. my friends, there are but two
courses open: one 10 to let these reoela
back with increased political power to
govern u country again and make laws
for US, or TO base the doctrine Of the Union
party upon the platform Of universal man
hood suffrage. Great chsers. 49,,
I hope that every Northern State will
adopt the Constitutional Amendment.
New Jersey, the last, has taken the lead.
Let the United States contemplate their
position let them look at it as we look at
il. Let them talk the matter over among
themselves. Let that offer stand as the
las, made by Us. and the most liberal that
will ever be offered, and if they will not
take that let them understand that the
same power that conquered them once
will force terms upon them that they will
not like TO bear. I have talked with men
Of all parties, and I never saw q man yet
who took up those amendments and read
them thoroughly, but said that it was a
liberal and manly offer. II it is rejected.
or il, by the treachery OF the man whom
we elected to power, the Southern people
are finally led to reject the Constitutional
Amendment then, let US place our super
structure on the rock of eternal truth.
where all the powers Of hell will not pre-
vail against it. Applause.
They ask. How will you do it, l say
we will tell them how when the tint
comes. I believe it is the full determine
ton Of this people, that if there is no other
way to deal with this people, we will take
the mos, radical doctrine that the widest
man in the country could advocate, rather
than surrender to those rebels, not only
their negro population. but power over
ourselves. We will never let these unre-
pentant, unreconstructed rebels vote.
Let the Union party stand as it stood
heretofore, on moderate, conservative
ground. Let US only demand what Is
right. From the beginning Of the contest
we lave been driven on, step by step.
When we formed the Republican party
it was simply to prevent the extension Of
slavery over the Western territory. They
drove us by force and fraud into war, and
took up arms against us. and we were
compelled and driven finally to abolish
the Internal institution that was a pretext
for the war. (Cheers.1
Now, my friends. we have been willing
to trust them with the black population Of
the Southern States, provided they will
only give q constitutional guarantee for
their rights; and if they will not do that,
and still demand undue political power,
then, in the name Of justice, in the name
of Almighty God, the fountain Of justice,
lie, US demand justice for the black popu-
lation of this country.