The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-03-14
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o7E1nl6lIinn ot the S9athcrn States. The
whole session hAsebcen consumed, 81 far. in
taking testimosy At great expen-e to show
that the Union cannot be restored To in
mgurate universal negro suffrage they com
mnnca1 with the District Of Columbia A
bill passed the House comforting the right
Of suffrage on the negro in that District
against the will Of the pepnls, hu; yet awaits,
la the Senate Further tevelbpm.nts They
have a'sO proposed an amendment to the
Constitution 10 extend the elective franchise
to,all persons, without distinction Of color
AlSo. another amendment to frenhte the
right Of suffrage in all the States Of the u,
NON. Also, another amendment to enforce
protection to lif,. liberty apd property in
all the States. Also, another amendment
to make voters the husiS of representation,
thereby entirely ignoring four6fths of all
the r"oplo in the Union. large bundles Of
htlf digeSted wriliHg are daily proposed
in Congress, by. the little Statesmen of to-
day, as a substitute for the sacral work Of
the great statesmen Of the past, and to- be
reported upon soon by the COMMITTEES. All
these measures are for the negro. From all
these propO O'itions can be gltherel. only,
ncgro suffrage; negro superiority over the
white people of the South negro o!fcohnld-
ing; negro equality; eX fusion OF white pep-
pie from goyernmcnl-ali of which assume,
! if made part of the CONSTITUTIONS conii-
ton OF pcrpetuity, accompanied with U7lm-
lied power, concentrated and consolidated.
so that the States will have lcfi but th1 for
hcarancG of Congress rs the only Safeguard
| of liberty. Our Constitution will become
simply, q grant Of legislative power to Con
gress, The hover uSurped and exercised
! to. eX Jude. representatives, to disiranchise
States and people, to prescribe test oathS
AMI other. tests, i subv 'rslVc Of equal gov
| egnment .a71 Is fitting prelude to thlt les
! potlsm which tl1QwDs from the brnT Of Il re-
voutionury Congress. L is strange that a
! Constitution Suited to twenty-five millions
of white people, producing prosperity when
! ohryel. ;trrl misfortune only when rioloted
should now be deemed insufficient for three
N illitnS of negroes -,r. ,,...
While all these pr posed Con titutiun1l
amendments have been kept in a5eyaHcc,
and Congress has been speeulalimg with the
| temporary suspension Of the relations of the
| South to the t'ljon until the public mind
should hrcrNe familiar with and tneratc
! the permamnrY Of the Suspcnsiln, an inn
| portuut measure was being ma;llrd as en-
entering wedge for all these revolutionary
| schemes, The Freedmen 5 Bpreaa Bill,
| recommended by It's charitahle Appearance
| AMI otensille humanity, and, besides. hav-
ing a prerrilent in operation in the South.
was brought forth-a bill to establish midi
| taN jurisdiction over al pai4S o. the I'nitel
States containing refugees and trcedmcp--
| to create 4 large and pprmlnpnt standing
arnlY-to req}lrp ra!arletl aTeatS, without
| Inumhnr, II every STATE, caanty and pgr,,h
! mthe South --to invest th SC agents with
! s1p ema power o~er the negro, and over all
| questions between tbs negro and ciizer,
and tot v illl white parsons who, might be
charged with uEen 9s against the negro.
| upon nng@o testimony, without in iictment
or jury and without any fixed ,lulrs Of law
! or evid me- and to iptict such punishment
az the burHan agent might see proper, and
in which iHoee ling there was no appeal to
aDEc>qrte iR power Of, the bureau Was
to be suprcinefoyer ) ate Constitutions,
State QAigrr$ ani courts aud laws and WAS
to hG lalltl Sterpd by that class who would
seek a, iiyalihnal By such occupation! All
| the negroaS we've to be fed. clotbed anil sap-
ported by the i4en.rlf Governments: ON of
Ethr treasury ut'sthe Unitcd State,, WI, t, be-
pail the expense OF erecting SehDl3-hauses
and aSylumS, and negro c!lu rhes and hos
| pitals, and the lands OF the rosid1nts were
| to be taken away and given to the negroes
Every scctiopof the kiilwas II violation ef
! the Whole scope and purport Of the tonyti
tati0n, and was in effect, IL b Il to cutlaye
and impoyeriSh the whits pcorlu of the
Sou h, and to establish, in tbc gHneralruia,
the negro race, at the eXpen@foi N rthrrl
! labor. This bill totally ignosad the South.
ern Statesa< being in, the Tn on a ID the
Sont bern people as having any, rights uu-
| der thH Copsttutioa. With this bill law
apl IN operation, and followed. up by the
Constitutional amendmtnts praposed the
| w'rG OF .dlsunpn Wnuid be. cAmplcta and
pern'a en- 1t ltwpuId have prostlate. the
| whole agUcul-nFal system OF the South, de-
strhrrd its commerce and the revenue Of
Hth- Go eminent, onI increa-ed the public
\ deb !, perhaps. ono hundred milliG,s nt dol
la ! yearly Blythe veto Of this bill, the
| plan fot lhs disunioulSts are, tor the time
being, boken up. The work Of the whole
Sc sion has come to nanght, anl their mo-
tlvcs are exposed to common view. Pref
| dent JAln4on has denounced these workers
OF disaninnin the following language. a
II have fought traitors and treason in
Fo0mbseS, the Slidas, and long h,t of
Others, whose names need not rop"at; and
now. when turn around, at the other end
of the Inc find men, | care moi by wha.
nane you call them voice, Cal them
traitors, who still stand opposed to the
restoration Of the Union of the States. -
And am Tree to say to yot that am still
for the preservation Of this compact; [ am
still in favor Of this great Government OF
ours gninS on AMI following ont its own des-
tiny. 4 voice. Give us the names. A
| gentleman ca is for their names; w,ll / sup
p nse should give them. A voice, we
know them. look upon them, | repeat
1t, as President or citizen, as much oppose
t the fund dlman'al priuei pies of this Gov
ernment, and believe they are as munh la
boring to prevent or destroy yth&m, as were
tn" men who tnught against Us. 4 voice,
What are their names?' T. | say Thaddeus
| Stevens, of Pennsylvania. tremendous an.
plallsr | say CharlSS Sumner, great ap
pIausc | say Wendell Phillips and others
Of the same stripe, all among them. " !. ID
That these leaders brought an the war.
that whila one danger to the Union has been
threatened, another, equally great, is threat
cning tom the Ahnlitionists of the North.
must excite the reflection ofsevory lover OF
lisc'mtry. II the Hartford Convention
has merited the odium of three genera.
tions, may not this Congress m"rit. am will
itn,t receive, al the h,nas of the people,
an mortality n! inlamy2 r
Frecdan, Union, peace and prosperity are
being sacrificed on the altar Of negpo tanat-
icisn! " 3Tta .f
Both our interests and common patriot,
ism demand that the people shall oppose
the schemes Of these leaders. 70 destroy
eleven States, or hold them in vasshlag,; to
make make a,nngigro paaper i,nfnn4ry out Of the
South and a.poor fund out Of the Treasury
Of the United States; to place the negro on
an equality with the white man; 10 give to
a traasonlhle fiction the nnGrn rlcn as ~