American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-09-05

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that is true; there was more of you than
there was of us, you know. After YOU
whipped us we submitted, we accepted
the situat ton" This is the language Of
all these Southern chaps. aWe accept
the situation. Dyes, we accept it, we are
willing to obey the law, aud we are as
loyal as anybody" | want to know what
disloyal man loses He fights for four
years to create an independent govern
ment. So soon as he loses the fight, what
does he forfeit According to the the
ory of Mr.. johnson and the Copperheads
he loses nothing the very moment he lays
down his arms.
Z AT this stage of the proceedings Gov.
Oglesby appeared upon tae platform, and
was greeted with enthusiastic cheers
Gen. Logan resumed as follows:
My fellow citizens, as | was remarking
the man who is rebel, if this new the
ory that we have heard is to be carried
out, he loses nothing, if he wins, he wins
all. But if he loses, he loses nothing !;
he can lay down his gun to-day and be
made loyal man tomorrow; be elected
to Congress the next day; and, if MIR.
johnson has his will, he will be received
and sworn in and assist to make laws to
govern you, and be received in Ave days
after laying down his arms as rebel
He may one day, according to his theo-
ry, enter the rebel army, and the next
day be elected to the rebel Congress, and
perhaps the next day battle may come
off and the rebel army may surrender, and
as soon as it surrenders he may be APP
pointed Governor of State or elected
to Congress, and in less than six week a
may be representative in the Congress 8
of the United States, then a commander
in the rebel army against the Govern
ment, then in the Confederate Congress,
making laws fo- rebels, then Governor
of rebel State; from that he can step
into Congress and make laws for the 10y.
al people of the country, all in thespace
OF six or eight weeks, according to the
machine that Mr.. johnson runs.
Now l do not like this kind of mill;
| think it grinds out loyal men little
too fast out of these men, and We do not
propose to settle it but one way, and that
is, we propose to adopt this amendment,
as | have stated, that proscribes these
men and says to them, "You have been
leading traitors, holding Office under this
Confederate Government, having taken
an oath to support the Constitution of
the United States. As q punishment for
your treason and to make treason odious,
we will brand you by the Constitution of
the United States, and mark you so that
you will go about the country marked,
and branded too, with treason's strong
est brand so that each and every man ,wo-
man and child may know you as you pass
by the wayside." (Applause.)
That isour side of the question, and
what we propose to DO, We say, I'VE
have seen these men tested before; when
they were tested they proved traitors to
the land, and we never will trust them
again, nor allow them to govern US
Now | want to ask you, the people Of
Chicago, one question Tgo years ago,
suppose soma on should have got upin
Chicago and said that Alexander III Ste.
phens. the Vlce-President of the South
ern Confederacy, would be Senator in
the United States Senate within two years
how long do you THINK that man would
have lived here? Now your feelings
were in such condition that no man
could have said to you that he intended
the President to make United States SEN
ators of such men as Alexander III Ste
phens. as Mr.. Orr and such men as Mr..
johnson wants to be received into the
United states Senate. No man could
have come into the city Of Chicago and
advocatedeany such doctrine two years
ago, in my judgment; but yet, to-day,
the great head of the nation attempts to
enforce and impose this doctrins upon
the people of the United States Of Amer
lea. [Cries of "They can't do it"1 IL
seems to me, i is a little too heayy,a dose.
l do not think they will take it. / do
not think we viii do it. IF the Copper
heads,vant US to agree to that proposition,
we will tell them this g"Wheneyer we
get out Of loyal menlin the country, then
perhaps we will agree that you may send
a few of them in, but not before, and
they must wait until we do it. As long
as loyal men can be found to govern it,
idisloyal men shall not govern this coun-
tryJIqThat is what we say. We say to
these people that othis war has cost too
much we have she'd too much blood; we
h,ta .incurrad too heavy a debit and, wa