The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1866-09-20
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hSdll5J IuC bdidfy DuI IdTBe TnhlOf1by
Of the Democrats voted for it, But
while ] do not approve the measure and
should have voted against it if my health
had permitted me to have remained at
Washington, it is not without some
good; it cuts off constructive mileage,
whereby hundreds of thousands of dol
lars are uwusdy drawn from the Treas
ury,, requiring travel to be charged up
on direct routes, and the mileage itself
reduced from forty to twenty cents per
mile The practical effect of this meas
ure is to adjust the disbursement equal
ly among the members, and the increase
of charge upon the Treasury is compar-
atively tri fling, and unworthy the atten-
ton the Democratic stumpers demand
for it. ..,'H ' .''t
@. T.. win you explain why your
party voted themselves Sc 900 extra
pay for few months service each year
and at the same time only voted Sl0Oto
the boys in bluefor 'thrae years expo
sure, toll, and peril, and fifty for two
years serVlce-explain fully? l.- .f
A. This is but repetition of for
mer question 1t lisa sufficient answer
here when / state the fact that it be-
came law because a large majority of
Democrats voted for it, while a majority
of Union men voted against it; there
fore, good or bad, the responsibility is
with The Democracy who clapor SO
much aboutit orb I'" savl tasa,eg.'
Qg,8, Are you in favor of the pro-
posed constitutional Neutrality-suspicious.
explain it fully? Is it not the intention
to, as far as possible, elevate the negro
to the level with the white man? VIZ
A. lam in favor of said amendment
voted for it in Congress, and defend
it as a safe and reliable measure of re-
construction, without which, or some
thing as good, no reunion of the States
can be had that will not expose our
country to another rebellion. perhaps
more wasteful and bloody than that from
which we have just escaped. BY the
first clause in the constitutional amend
ment, we confer civil rights upon all.
BY the second clause we propose to ap-
portion Representatives to Congress
among voters so that white man in
Ohio shall have the same voice 10 Con-
gress as a white man has in Louisiana;
we propose that members of Congress
shall represent white men who vote for
them, and not negroes who give no
vote; we propose that hereafter no
member of Congress shall be elected
without a white constituency; we pro-
pose to keep out Of Congress thirty
members from the South who represent
negroes, and give the South-as we give
the North-Representatives in proper
tion to her voters. By this means we
propose to elevate the Northern white
man to the political status of the white
man Of the South. BY this we propose
to withdraw, the negro from Congress
and leave that body exclusively to the
white element; cutting the ligament
that in the negro and the white man as
the Siamese twins, and elevating the
Northern white man above the contami-
nations of such a degrading miscegena-
ton BY the third clanse we say lead
ing guilty rebels shall not hold Office
until we shall be satisfied they are truly
penitent and can be trusted safely in the
exercise of official trusts. BY the fourth
and last clause we say our loyal debt
must be held sacred and paid, every
dollar, and that the rebel debt shall not
be paid, and no tax shall ever be laid
upon our people to pay the same ip any
form whatever Without these consti-
tjitional guarantids we shall be constant
Iy exposed TO dangers that no loyal man
canfail to see, and that every patriotic
man ought to guard against If he does
not wish to play into the hands of the
traitors of the South apd give mp the
Government to their threatened destrnc-
tion. a.79'7qGe 'Hg7n 'yi1 hns ,ss".1 Of
@. 81 AS syou staid at home and eh.d
ioyed your ease and made money while
Col Howard was battling to put down
the rebellion, and your friends have
voted you "a, 900 extra pay for two
years serviceyJ would it not be patriotic
IN You to decline in favorof Col. How /
ard and let bin gotQ Congress! ,ggil,d
A. Mr.. Howard made quite as much
money going to war as |. did at home,
md presume the pay was no small
portion of the stimulus TO his patriot
SIN, for he found it agreeable to his
patriotism to resign in the midst of, the
war and, to come home and take the
stump for Vallandigham-the worst op-
poser Of the War this side Of rebeldom |
Like Dhgald oDalgetty, he seemed per-
edtly at ease in fighting on either side.
Col. Howard having such remarkable |
act in suiting himself to circumstances,
feel no inclination to decline in his |
av6r, and Il Should think he would
scarcely thank yodfofexposing the help |
essness of hisicase1 in trying to- beg /
POSITION which it seems his best friends
acknowledge he can obtain btaainnr in no other I
way. III =. ...;..: -... ...;f,.-
@, 10. Are you in favor of clothing
he negro with the elective franchise?