Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-09-20

ftcd, 50J It Is Wnetner tneSe people
, have put themselves IN a position to
j ba represented. They forfeited that
ght, and il must be restored by
! Congress before they are in condi-
ttion Ito be. represented. But Mr..
EJohnson says you must let loyal men
in, Well, as soon as Tennessee con-
formed to what Congress thought
was right in the matter, they did ad-
NIT loyal Representatives from Tenn
essee.
WHO ARE LOYAL MEN!
But Andrew SAYS these other Rep
resentatives from the South must be
admitted, that they are loyal men.
Well, Ipresume they are, very loyal
men, according to Andrew Johnson's s
and JEFF. Davis definition Of loyalty.
What kind of men are they? They
are such men as Alex. Stephens and
Orr, the rebel Senator. Parsons
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives Of. Alabama during the Con-
! federate organization, the rebel Gen
erals and other distinguished trai-
tors. HE says these are all loyal
'ensB, because they obey the laws.
Welf,so do obey the laws, and so
do you; but some of us sometimes
l'disobey them, and we are made to
obey them, that is the difference.
And aaat is the position of these gen.
tiemeT. they obey the laws, it is true.
Why Because they can't help it.
That rs the reason, and there is no
otherk 1t is not because they love
the law that they conform to the
laws Of the land; 1t is not because
they love the country, that they allow
r-fsg to float; it is because they
canthelp it.
believe you have penitentisry
in your State, where you incarcerate
persons guilty of larceny, robbery,
arson, manslaughter, perjury, etc.
Now, according to our laws, each and
all of these crimes are embodied in
the crime of treason, because it is
the highest crime known to the law.
Suppose you go to your Governor
to-day and ask him to pardon all !
these eonvicts in your penitentiary,
and suppose he shsuld do so, how
maRyof them would be elected to
Congress at the next election
Laughter and cheers, and a voice
Every one, according to my poll
cy.' ;" They are as much entitled !
to be elected to Congress to day as
any of the red handed rebels that
have been knocking at the doors of
Congress during the session just |
closed. [Checrs. And we have
just asmuch respect for them.
NoEswe say to the loyal people of ,
tsosskStstes..Eau must he, reRresen;.
ted by men who are not only loyal I
men, but who have been loyal during
the war. But, says Mr.. johnson and !
his party, they have not got that
kind OF people down there Laugh
ter. Well, we have plenty OF them
here, and can spare them few. Be
sides, l think we run this Govern
ment about five years without their
assistance, and we can get along
very well as much longer if necessa-
ry We shall try very hard to do so,
unless they do what We require Of
them, exclude rebels from holding
Office, and choose loyal men to rep |
resent them.
ANDREW AND THE sTRAGGIISG SOLDIER.
This is the position Andrew John
son held on becoming President.
But he declares he has not left the
party; it is the party that has left
him. Laughter. He is like the
Irish soldier l knew, who got lost
from his division. After some time
the boys found him, sitting by FIRE,
roasting some meat. Said the boys
to him: "Why, Pat, what are You
doing?" "What the devil do you
suppose am doing? am cooking
my breakfast, shure." 'But where
is your division?" "How should 1
know? Hasn't it been lost for the
last three weeks; and haven't been
sitting here waiting for it to come
byi" Suppose it don't come by?"
said the beys. "Why, suppose 1
shall have to join some other divis-
ion; it's all 1 can do" Andrew
finds himself in just this position.
He's been ont foraging, and got lost.
He may rest assured that his divis-
ion is not going to pass back on the
route he is on. Cheers.I |
JOHNSON AND JEFF. DAVIS.
In considering the third section
fthe constitutional amendment, pro-
hibiting traitors who had violated
their oaths to support the Constitu-
ton of the United States, from hold
ing responsible offices in the State or
National Governments, Gen. Logan
said:
Why is the Democratic party op-
posed to this? Do they want JEFF
Davis again in the Congress of the
United States? "Oh, but there is no
danger of that" they say "he is in
prison" But he would be out of
prison, II johnson were not afraid OF
public sentiment. If court were
to convict him, however, l believe
johnson would let him hang-not
because he thought he deserved it,
but because he is afraid he viii be
formidable opposing candidate for
the Presidency at the next Demo
cratic Convention. [Great laughter
and cheers.
Idon't want to see JEFF. Davis in
Congress any more. / don't want
Il see Alex. Stephens there any more;
nbr do I want to see any traitor
there-whether big Dayises and
Stephenses, or little Davises and
Stephenses. Iwant to see only loyal
men there, and hence we insist on
this provision of the amendment
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