, 1866-09-14
JUDGE TRUMBULL ON THE
STUMP.

river FlAte.
JUDGE TRUMBULL ON THE
STUMP.
Welcome fS the 10y 5al People OF Clinton
The War and I1n Eze4u1t4-The Pres.
fdes,,s Polley-HSAo urc Entitled to be
GecnsnfZed na Statc&-PoWcrs of the
Prcsfdent and GonEre%E-yEllnt Con-
Errs* DID and Attempted to Do-Iucou-
sfstenGfes of the Prcsfdcnt-The Com
A1i1utional Amendments The Nh
tional Union Party.
lSpecial Despatch to the Chicago Tribune.1
CLIs7oS, ILL.,, September IL.
The loyal people Of this seclIon turned ont to-
day en- MasSt to welcome and hear Hon Lyman
Trumbull. aud thefE demonstration wae ono oi
tic incst get made in the State. The weather
was very nne in the forenoon, the roads IN much
Letter condition than they have been for some
time past, and the attendance very large, al
though It would have been even greater hal
there been more ample and timely no
tice given through the country. II
order to have a meeting properly published
through the country, notice should be given over
snnd1y. and In most cases, where this conl1 be
cone quite as we'll as hot, 1t ID neglected. 1t Ii
70 hc hoped that more attention will be paid t.
| this in the future.
About noon hard rain came on. The original
/ wak al1ercd 80 thai Il came on In lie Methodist
Chn:ch, which was crowded. while fully thou
sand persons stood outside in the rain. unable to
enter and herring what they could through tne
| open Windows.
| 1hc exercises hesan with tho singing Of CAM
palGn song by doubl: qaa.tctte Glib. Dr.. War.
neE tesn in,toaGced ti; Cd Hon Lyman Trumbul1, who
Mr. 1rusnbull llesan LIS address By reu,atk,ue
uIfon ne satpfessIon 81 armed IePelilon, e5se.sd
dangerous attempt on the paft Of Inc disloyd "a
! effect tlrsc traItorous ends In peace. When tbs
var ended: he raid, the rebels kncw how cuor-
nous bad been their crime knew how vast d.bI
valuable lives bad been iast II cor cor<cancncs m Geo 8
their Sin. and they felt that tscy had nothing to c1
assoa Ta3 b, ,ss @ q 81 so
s'S tos thsm Ia come fofta. a pSS: The:e ar ar
ta 5e ?! iSs N hs a9s seSay INT nS 99 H '4.
Contention. these States hare equal rights, dis:
nity an1 auI'o;ity with al the o:hes statse. mud
ment wsle PEI iest and un!mrairel." Upon thIs
principle depends The whole of!sndscw Johnson's
kGl:ss his ,sSSohs''rs,otn; WSoe srst, and
These staie. were en.rsiy Without Is5 any slit t
| Go'ernmcnts. recognised as such By the Federal
taken tn cath of alieeiaEce to : socalied Govern:
mcut. hostile IL tbui Of the United States, In 6J
s s;s ssa e x@ g. wheu sas
form Of civil government, except snch us was
| afforded BY the military forec Of The United
| States.
Reconstruction was then necessary, universally
acknowledged ~ such. and 1t IL the boldesl as
/ sumption now 10 pretend that they had any fo-ra
a. Slnics. This fs point " hfch should be ganer-
! ally AID well understood, !n order to apptcctale
I hts NIt-ffmH ffoE.t1, I'm air +ka
q tue crushing Of ihs REBELLION. = sceosnisc.l Coz It'd
t snrps he aPponisd uisFg a
something witch hc ees:ainy could iut have done
II thclr le}at1one 10 tho Federal Government had
Sssn pstisc, aud npinpnised The s2tea them:
tried 10 Est ont, bpt bad not succeeded, and these
rnIly dcstloyed By tho JOSS Of t6eir siass So'dy
lsh 9h.s ,hss yet rsn e 7f[ri,oes tori III!
| forms Of Government should be Organized in
these rcbc! Territories, and Congress, ns the pow.
= upon whom de'o!Sed tho Responsibility, uu-
duced were Of a truly republican character When
they BEGAN this investigation they very soon Dis
covered 1hst eomc Of thcse new ssatc Govern.
rchel* and traitors, men who had forfeited every
right by their treason. exrcrt-as stated by John
son himself. before he went over, 10 .them--the
| essN"kf N@N H@A~ AAaAb ~ 0E 44A4lEA az
flo% IsR59" aed yery clear exposition oftb.
we're divergence to the character Of he philadcl.
phia Convention, with sketch Of Grnhau,, oi
North Carolina, tan ex-rtbel Congressman, one
wo has 81 Low h,cn elected to h Fedesal Cor
tive rights Of the President as the Executive and
Congress as the Legislative power of the Goscru-
.ccndrd his authority 10 this connection. He de-
rcoped nn instance Of Johnaon's Inconsistency IN
his refusing to recognize the perfect and complete
ecpt on thctr repeating all their acts Of secession
,erudiati'.E The rebel debt and adopting the anti
| s'asc'y Amendment to The Consultation. In The
| Scfy establishment Df these rules or laws the
President transcribed his authority, as he did in
all his process Of reconstruction. Congress, on
Investigating ] ,he Governments hs ?aa sci, mp.
fgnnt That they were ut variance with the pr1lcl+
isoyai md aih"ns6 Congress ~ va. | inisposea aH
ssond o ss s..
| lishe1 whie. was Doi thoroughly aud truly loyal
| They found that thcse newly crganizcd Goyern:
Injurious distinctions against part Of their cits-
zcus; that they were carrying ont policy which
| Wou1d rcauce The freedmen to condition eyet,
/ cgntcd.
From This the speaker divcrgea briefly to a sar-
castle consideration u the resolutions anil prin-
cp1es Of the Philadelphia Convention, according
them The credit OF haring made very consider.
ass ;irtass on the way e seknqwlfdgment 9,
,hss Sa:iona: Gnion rartv Esi much Wni"n . aIons %
C"prc!heads Of ,he North aad been tryinG sSr ia a
ee Ss met II sa sod n g s
| pm as they Wonid hare been glad to do any tins
alcte na:t iye years. If the boys in blue had not
Returning assiu 10 the question Of the perfect
and complete character Of the Southern Statcs, he
showed that Johnson &c bad not Al asss aesspted ehs
Of base hn. cncpura ccd the election of. f.Gpycfuur
I'm; Hnnrhtsys, an sx.Eeoea 4 General in Missi..
G 81 70 o :eSs II
members n 1,,o ef &c, Congress n GeeTfs, nst ons q
,rbela TO demand that the5 should have thare
in the administration Of The Goyernnent-
csS,ens Ssaneda h The Gix Ras ana
Of cssl righ,s 10 ali persons IN lie United States,
aud making pr vision ioE the punishment Of al1
in,sactiun. Hereof by the power OF tho United
oi.bc Constitutional Amer dnacnt, which PROPOSES,
t1s. e9nal civil rights to ~ second, equal sep
Of 10 ~ a. reSe sfd es g. siS tSss
The national lebt and pensions shall be held sn-
cEe d: fourth. making treason odlous by dlsfsan-
speaSsr ,spsa & ess md 1efy eaeetvely, H.
cling with particular strength The necessity
FOR the, adoption Of the second clause Of tho
q thc site4s Il s' and a reoastEae,eS s i SsSi feses
the loyal and tlnc men Of the North Tennessee,
Gsczs had, on Obtaining evidence that tie Govern.
1ncns OF the State was In losa1 hands, and that
hts aensn1 h3d been saopsed
| Congress is dssisous Of doing the same thing with
al tne other states South aa coon as .possi-
sound lcssal basis, will not allow them to se-en.
Ma,lng shas stated The positions of the Pre.l-
0rODiam. thr sneaker ekctcbcd The motley c-ryy