The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-04-24

hays spJ San have no ympa'ny. Icy 1912 .s
none Since the snsrh reosn Sssh ,r,m" srainst
ha, been, in my Judgment, NJ '''A
WIN should I have sympathy 70. , nSar. oau,,d
not remember that II ali the blood the .a.t reser.
TO be shed had been poured out In one whole
yoir Jefferson Davis, his cabinet, and tn not
rebel Congress could have swum in ~ Do nd
remember that our prisoners at Andersonyiiie =
at other places have been starved to death BY thce
sands, and that upon the authors Of such barbEk
forget until this heart shall 70 beat that my
eldest SON. the pride Of my life has been sacrificed
in this war, caused by these guilty conspira.qrN
However strong my indignation toward the guilty
leaders will not allow myself 70 forget that the
great mhss Of the people Of the South were honestly
misled By the teachings Of Calhoun and his disci-
| pies the press the schools, and tho clergy, upon
the right Of secession and the blessings Of slavery
| Nor will blind my eyes to the fact, equally true,
| that now the mass Of the thinking mon OF the
South and especially those who were In the reoei
army have not only surr,udered their arms, but
have surrendered those two ideas upon which alone
they made the war. Upon this subject the concur
| rent testimony Of Generals Grant and Sherman,
and al the great officers Of the army conclusive
They have morally surrendered their cause.
Toward the mass Of the people, then, 40 nave
sympethy, In my Judgment IL is our duty and
onT heat policy to carry out in good nth the terms
Of modification rendered Preside,i 1t Lincoln and
President johnson, and ace spted b. them Lev US
at once recognize them as States In the Union, en
titled to representation and Ia Ike up tor oonsaera
ton each State by ITSELF and In 'uire INTO 'uo SS
ton returns and qualifications Of tho 'e Who claim
tho right to represent them. Let ~ b. sn WIN tue
| State Of Tennessee. .,,
My colleague assumes to ray that hc speaks the
voice of loyal Wisconsin, Sir, do not aouo. ms
sincerity. But venture 10 say that, in my Sp,n.
ion, he will find himself greatly mistaken. IN tS"t
| State unanimously resolved that the States ,ne
South were still States Of this Union, and mat
neither by peaceful secession nor by force Of a %s
| a. n l. % IL I..ta nlar
| Constitution.
Another resolution adopted by that convention
| reads rs follows: d.. .......
"That the anfmus which caused the late rebellion
| ambition Of an aristOcraoy founded upon slavery,
which the war and the spanSpatien proclamation Of
deem 1t essential to the regeneration q the late slave,
but free States, that they should in good Ish,
Sboishng slavery in their State constitutions, but by
coS.utGu t Of the United States. submitted by
coDv ss and Tow pending, which forever .eoi'.hes
slavery scss.ary 70 ,esSre liberty to all The people,
Al laws Tte. By It's adoption the cause Of the
beliOn win be Spop foundation which neither State
cry estApnnu Congress- nor court, nor change Of
parties shake as people q those states ali the
~ "a adHpOo " accept freedom az their Sit
uatiOD, and give up slavery
slavery forever .,...-
That through the influence 'osra.h neMsPapetS
and speeches, there may be som, IniaU 1T, ~
ment among the members Of the 81 90 Hosora
Is possible. But when my oolleagL ;'io ~ .n
the people OF Wisconsin with the PROB si,is W a..
duce eleven States to tho territorial co. ~. ,aI.,o
tax and govern eleven States and ten milh on
without representation; when he proposesl ~
to do what the rebellion could not do, tea om
national flag In twain, TO take eleven stars IA 20
that flag and reduce the number to twenty-five,
will find, in my humble opinion, that he has utterly
mistaken the people Of Wisconsin.
If he bad said that they look upon treason rs
and nj aOfna I'll Ia leaders should
be tried and convicted; II he had said that they
insist that under the constitutional amendment
Congress should that the freedman Is protected
in his civil rights of life, liberty and propertyi
he had said that since the abolition OF slavery In
the southern States has disturbed the basis of ap
portionment in the Blouse Of Representatives,
more just apportionment might be made having
reference to the voting taxable population Of the
several States would agree with him. But upon
this proposition of his he would find himself In a
minority of less than one third Of the voters of
Wisconsin. The loyal people Of Wisconsin, and OF
all the States, have bee fighting for tho integrity
Of the Union and the ent irety Of the flag for paoi
Gcation upon the basis Of the union Of the State,
under tas ConAitution. If this Congress will not
act upou that basis the next Congress will. That
is the col ner.stone. Whosoeve shall fall upon
that stone will be broken in pieces but upon
whOmsoever It shall fall It will g. rind him to pow;
der Men and c,gues and parties may oppose and
for q time postpone. But rs SURF as tomorrows
sun shall rise II will coLno Whats peyer stands In
its way will be trampled IL pieces.
In conclusion, from the Beg inning. and from be-
fore the beginning, any separation u aesuuo'lUn
Of the States, made impossible. u DER the Ola
Confederation, the Union Of the statesl was made
| perpetual" And the Constitution was 'ormed TO
make more perfect Union" To admi, there
fore, either the right Of States to secede or tho
power Of Congress to expel them would be to admit
| into our system principle of selfdestruo ZION
wholly at war with perpetual or perfect Uni IN.
The Constitution, every part Of It, and the spir.
which gives 1t life against peaceRble secession;
COnetitutiOn he
which 1t creates with every human power to pre-
vent separation by force Of arms. Those gigantic
powers, which had slumbered so long that they
were wholly unknown to the world, and hardly
dreamed of by ourselves, have been lately broughS
into full play.
Whatever may be said of the crime Of the rebel
lion, history will record II Of the most per.
sistent, selfsacrifcing, and tremendous struggles
the world saw; both the part Of the rebels,
AMI on the part of the loyal people of the United
States No other people upon earth could have SO
resisted, and no other people and no other Govern
ment could have overcome such resistance.
But did overcome It. We did prevent the
separation Of these States from the Union by force.
Every law Of Congress, every act Of the President
every blow we struck, every shot we fred, every
drop of blood shed, not to thrust these
States out, nor to open q way for them to 20 out,
nor to reduce them to Territories but to keep them
as States In the Union, and compel them to remain
| in the Union under the Constitution. Tho flag of
country bears thirty-sx stars, tho emblem of
a Union of thrty-six States. Wherever 1t floats,
over this Capitol, at the head Of armies, In tho
storm Of battle, and in the hour Of victory, over
the well the land, that sacred ensign,
which, next to the God Of heaven, we love and
erence as representing the good, the great and the
true everywhere bears thirtysi stars and thereby
proclams to the world the great, fundamental, ma
tional truth, there are thirty-six States in tho
Union, under the Constitution. Thirty-six States
! constitute that great Republic which tho world
calls tho United States Of America, Upon that
line" and under that flag, began the great
| under
million Of our sons and fathers and brothers have
laid down their lives upon that line and under
that flag we fought II out to victory, and now, God
helping me- will continue to fight II out on that
line and under that dag to the end, whoever else
may abandon It.
Applause in the galleries. which was checked
| by the Presiding 0fieerI
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