The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-09-26
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nm astonishcd that the nation will not
pay It's debt of gratitude, and that any argll-
mrnt is needed to induce Northern men I"
discharge that debt. II seems to mr that the
Whole question now prrScntc'! to the .tm"ri.
can peoplc--thr question of rrc"n,trlrt'nn-
is simply. one Of gr.ttudc aiil Of honor.
You know. anil 80 do !, that when thi, war
commenced. We rcal, with thr"hl'in. hearts,
every word every letter, from the Union men
in the South. You know that We longrh to
hear what they hn,l to say. and vnn know
that what ncrvc'l our arms. perhaps nbnvc al.
mos, every thing else. was the sympathy OF
mrn in tho Southern States, who thought
more of the ilaS Of their country than they
did Of the ilIg Of treason You know that
We said at that time that loyal mrn must lr
protected in the South. If it cost every man
aud every dollar We said thrn, lfynu. the
people Of the South, stand true to the princl-
pies of Cniun, anil the i,lcn that this country
is one and lndivi>illr, you shall Src us march
ins to lonr ai'l though We march over mil
lion Of corlISr< Of traitors" We prosecuted
the war upon that ;lra and the Northern
people gathered strength from the hrlirI that
they were Sllrroring their rrirmlS viii" wrr" be-
lrasucicI hy the enemies of this Government
We prosecuted the war not only !u"dLyN and
months, but for years; and all at once ""
in,lnl that nation, IN "rlrr To be successful
q lrIiryc i, is one Of the laws Of G") in any
great undertaking, must, OF necessity. he just
We >al,l in the iiI> plrct. 1--WE vii! save
the Union as it was" We also said, "W"
will not Interfere with the institutions Of the
States" We saul then, when We were I'M
pl"Iins G"d to SAVE onr national lie, Give
u> vr,":y. and we will keep four millions I"
nl!n in Chains" thank God, tonight, that
he did not hear that lmayrr
The p,nIhc of the North th"n.ht Mr.. Lin
coin had gone too iar, when h. wrote Il letter
to Mr.. Greeley. in which Inc sail that lr would
save tie tmnn, although lac lraluplct; slavery
beneath The Indignant feet UI our army. I'ut
in little while We learned the lesson that III
n,ler to he successful W. muit le just.
want You to bear mc witness Tonight. that
", never commenced whipping the enemy awl
lving mn anil heroes ourselves till Abraham
l,inrnln's Immortal iin"'r wrote the w"rl>,
"rn'vcr>al liberty" w. were lllta lishIin;
for SON thin. mare than ap:Gc: q! rrc''n'I
called the Constitution ur the United Slasc>
and vet, regard That instrument a> much a
,h. gentleman who addressed the people I"
Indiana Tonight. We were li:hlin. for more
than laws, and for mor' than the m'rr idc,
Of Union; we were i.hting for more than
empires we were fighting for than physical
nn,ionaI strength We were fighting for IN i'm.
mortal. shining, .liltcrin. principle, that viii
~, only hcnc.i, us. but will benefit all tuturt
arcs. When that i,lca ntrvcd our rarInlc>, the
eagle Of victory lnrrlIcd upon onr banners
bu, not ill! then. We can see it now.
presume lhat that great modern prophet, Mr.
Seward. can now prnphc>y backward nS wei
a> forward. think from this tinr f"rwar
lr had hct,cr turn his vision behind him
Now, then. am saying wh, ! do in order
tia, yul ur,y draw II lesson from the fact
that we DID not succeed anil could not have
Succeeded until We had n.a,lc VI our minds to
hr lust This question is before us nSAIn
Il nul tell vml that yuu will never s'Icccc
upon the Congressional plan or any other
plan, until you make np your minds to &C
equal and exact Justice I" all men. l"'i never
will succeed in rron>tructing THIS h"rrrn
ncnt until YOU resolve and swear before the
Slinin. throne or Gnd that you will never
, forget the men that protected onr flag You
, must br convinced that whenever the N"v'
rrnn,rnl ceases to defend its defenders, 1t vii
cease to be Government. For one, | pro
,nse that We carry out the pledges that VI
made to the black loyaisls of the South
When the Union republican party met III
l4il in the city Of Baltimore, and resolve.
! that slavery Slon,h be cXtirpatcd from the sol
inI this Republic. it was the grandeSt resolve
,lra. ever c,nrmte,l from Northern convcn
ton. We also said, in that same platform
! llml Mr. johnson says lr IL now SLand'l'I
upon, that We ask the loyal black ln"n OF thu
upon their hulirs and loyal muskr,< in thclr
hands. anil to help IN crushing this rebellion
We a>k,-l them 10 tln this IN the city Of I'nl
,inorr. When the n"gro cams forward nnf
fought for this Union, what dill he fight for
lie fought not only for his own liberty, f"
his vile and children, but he foug Int for ,h'
free,lom and protection Of his race. An,
every one Of us, you and !, by that PLANK
which VIC put in that platform, agreed no
,onlv TO rive him liberty. but to protect hin
in that liberty. Will Won allow it TO lie sn''
that the American people received the servi
ceS Of the negro under false prctcnscS? Viii
, YOU allow it to I've said that yoa asked th'
NEGRO 10 help save the nas, and then roLhN
him Of what YOU promised To give? WI
: it he said Of the American people that whcr
u,c great rebellion was crushed they furso
their friends Mus.it 90 down in history
that Of all governments in the world a rcpuu!b
licau is the most unSr.,cful; or will .wr, b,
orr verdict in Indiana, Maine. Pennsylvania
and New York, swen.that whoever protect
and lldcfrmis this government shall bc protect
cl and defended by it,? +. ln the nalna OF Got
ask yon. il yon will not now defend lh
men who rallied to Dur standard, how will yo'
nut down another rebellion? How will ydt
ever rrpcl NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. runiIh you
friends apd load your :enenlss: with honor
1t is simply j. question. Of justice tits Smpl,
question q gratitude; tis simply a que:
tion ofhonor; 4nnd any man Who IS not wi
flip- tn nav; tho debt wc owp to Southcrnloy