American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-09-19

charged that the black man is lazy and
rebelious, and thus concealed the fact
that more whites than blacks, have been
protected and fed by that noble organiza
tion and that while declaring that it was
corruptly managed and expensive to the
Government, he has connived at a sys-
ten of proAgacy in the use of the pub
lie patronage and public money, wholly
without parallel save when the traitors
bankrupted the treasury and sought to
disorganize and scatter the army and the
navy only to make it more easy to cap
ture the government; that while deelar-
ing against the injustice Of leaving elev-
en- States unrepresentcd, he has refused to
authorize the liberal plan of Congress,
simply because it recognizes the loyal
majority and refuses to pcrpetuate the
tIlitor minority. That in every State
south of Mason and Dxson's line his
policy has wrought the most deplorabe
consequences, social, moral and political.
! Il has cmboldcnel returned rebels to
threaten civil war in Maryland, Missouri,
West Virginia and Tennessee. The pat
riots who saved and sealed these States TO
the Old flag, surrendered before their ar
rogant demand. 1t has corrupted high
State fficals elected by Union men, and
swore To enforce the laws against return
81 rebels, and made them the mere in
ruments of the authors Of the rebelliCG.
# has encouraged new alienation be-
tween the sections and by impeding emil
grafton to the South, has erected form.
idabe barrier against free and friendly
jntc. ests in the North anl West. 1t has
allowed the rebe, sol!iery to E,rsrcute
the teachings Of the colorcd schools, and
to burn the churclfes in which the freed
men have worshippcd the Living Cod
That system so barbarous should have
eliminated in the frightrul riot at Mem :
ps il, and the stillmore appalling massa-
ere Of New Orleans, was as natural as
that bloody war shoull flow frcm the
teachings of John G. Calhoun and JEFF.
Davis
Andrew johnson is responsible for all
these increasing crueltics, and as unpro-
vokcd so he justifes aud applauds them,
sending his agents and emmissaries into
the rcGncd and patriotic metropolis to in
sist upon making his reckless policy test
upon Christian people. lie forgot that
the protection extended to the l4th of
August convention in Philadelphia was
not only denied to the free people Of New
Orleans on the 30th of July, when they
assembled to DISCUSS how best to protect
themselves, but denied amidst the slaugh.
ter cf hundreds Of innocent mcn No
page in the record of his recent outrages
upon human justice and constitutional
law, is more revolving than that which
convicts him of refusing 10 arrest the
preparations for that savage carnival, and
not only of refusing to pupish its authors,
but Of toiling to throw the guilty respon-
sibility upon unoffending and innocent
freedmen. The infatuated tyrant that
stood eady to crush his own people in
Tennessee, when they were struggling to
maintain government erected by him
self against his and other traitors perse-
cutions, was even more eager to illustrate
his savage policy, by clothing with the
most dcspotic power tho rioters of New
Orleans. Notwithstanding this heartless
desertiou aud cruel persecution by Andy
johnson, the States of Missouri Ken
lucky Tennessee, West Virginia, Mary
land and Delaware, imbucd with Demo.
cratic Republican principles which the
fathers of the reppblie designed for all
Americans, are now making determined
battle with the enemies of free eonstitu-
tional government, aud, by the blessing
of God, these States will soon range
themselves in line with the former free
States, and illustrate the wisdom and ben.
eficence of the great charter of Ameri,
can Liberty, by their increasing popula
ton, wealth and prosperity in the remain
ing ten States.
The seeds Of oligarchy planted in the
Constitution by the slavery feature have
grown to monstrous power, whose reeog
milton thus wrung from the reluctine
trainers of that great instrument, enabled
these States TO entrench themselves be
hind III, doctrine Of States Rights, anc
sheltered by claim Of constitutional OBJ
legations, to maintain slavery in The
States, to present'Ato the American gov.
ernment the alterations Of oligarchy
with slavery Or democratic republican
governments without slavery. The gov
ernment, owing to a supposed eonstitu
tional behest, aequiesced in the former al
/ ltsEnative. The hand of the Government