The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1866-03-22
THE PRESIDENTS POSITION
AS 1T WAS.


Immediately after his nomination in
1864, Mr.. johnson delivered speech
to an audience of Tennesseeans, in
which he advocated measures more
radical than the most radical of those
now advocated by the majority of the
present Congress. His views then,
are those of a large majority of the
people of this country now, as reflect
ed through their representatives in
Congress, for which they have been
stigmatized as s.traitors." Read the
following,-the Union party wants no
better platform to-day:
Slavery is dead, and you must par
don me if do not mourn over its
dead body, you can bury it out of sight
In restoring the States, leave out that
disturbing and dangerous element, and
use only those parts of machinery
which will move in harmony.
6 But in calling a convention to re-
store the State, who shall restore and
re-establish it? Shall the man who
gave his influence and his means to de-
stroy the Government Is he to par
ticipate in the great. work of reorgani-
zation? Shall he who brought this
misery upon the State, be permitted to
control it's destinies
IF this be so, then all this precious
blood of our brave soldiers and officers
so freely poured out will have been
wantonly split.
" All the glorious victories won by
our noble armies will go for naught
and, all the battle-fields which have
| been sown with dead heroes during the
rebellion, will have been made memor-
able in vain.
"Why all this carnage and devasta-
ton 1t was that treason might be
put down and traitors punished
Therefore I say that TRAITORS
SHOULD TAKE A BACK SEAT IN
THE WORK OF RESTORATION.
g If there be but five thousand men
in Tennessee loyal to the Constitution
loyal to Freedom, loyal to justice, those
true and faithful men should control
the work of reorganization and refor,
nation absolutely. Loud and pro
longed applause l say that the trai
| tor has ceased to be a citizen, anC
joining the rebellion has become pub
| lie enemy.
He forfeited his right to vote with
loyal men when he renounccd his citi
zenship and sought to destroy oul
Government.
1--WE say to the honest and industri
Gus foreigner who comes from England
or Germany to dwell among us, and tc
add to the wealth of the country, BE
fore you can be citizen, you mus
stay here for five years If you are sc
cautious about foreigners, who volun
tarily renounce their homes to live will
us, what shall we say to the traitor
who, although born and reared among
us, has raised paricidal hand against
the Government which always protect
ed him?
"My judgement is that he should bt
subjected to severe ordeal before hs
is restored to citizenship. A fellow
who takes the oath merely to save his
property, and denies the validity O.
the oath, is aperjured man, and not tt
be trusted.
Before these repenting rebels can b.
trusted, tet them bring forth the fruits
of repentance. He who helped to MAX,
all these widows and orphans, who
draped the streets of Nashville il
mourning, should suffer for his grea
crime The work is in our own hands
We can destroy this rebellion.
'sWith Grant laundering on the Po
tomac before Richmond, and Sherman
and Thomas on their march towar(
Atlanta, the day ere long will be ours
Will any madly persist in rebellion 2
Suppose an equal number be slain il
every battle, it is plain that the resul
must be the utter determination Of th
rebels. All! these rebel leaders hav
strong personal reason for holdin
out to save their necks from the halter
and these leaders must feel the powe
Of the Government!
Treason mast be made odious, an
traitors must be punished and mepoverish
ed. Their great plantations mast 3
seized and divided into small farms, an
sold to honest, industrious men. The da
for protecting the lands and negroes Q
these authors Of rebellion IS past. 1t
high time it was"