Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-09-12
Vol. LVI, No. Sc.

" ~ "uere ana when he pleases and
say what he thinks is the truth. The
other demands the reconstruction ON
terms that surrenders the fruits of
victory to Rebel hands.
The President is engaged in an cleo
tloneering tour, to the sorrow of loyal
men, and to the rejoicing of copper
heads and traitors. | have never be-
fore denounced President Johnson, but
l must say he is dishonoring his coun-
try and disgracing himself
Who can read without a blush of
shame for the disgrace he has done to
our own manhood, to speak such a
speech as he did at Cleveland yester-
day
What speech to send abroad to
Europe.
President Johnson said he had left
behind his dignity He told the
truth then, | am sure. (Iaughter.)
He said he had left the President be-
. hind l am sure he had more the
tailor with him than the President
CHEERS
With all the talk from the Rebel
adherents they do not care straw
about representation in Congress un-
less they are sent themselves. AndI,
fellow citizens, do not want to be repro
sented, or my State to be represented,
if it must be by a secessionist or trait
or.
With God for my support, [ will
ever stand up for my country. Ihave
served forty years in public life, and
have tried to live for my countrymen.
| have been imprisoned eight weeks
and day in Rebel dungeon, and l
am willing to go to the gallows, ifneed
be, for my country While I endorse
and will support all that Congress has
done, | condemn them because they
have not done enough; have not used
all the power rightfully ready to their
hands. will now tell you how to do
it.
Declare by law that every man in
the South and in the North who has
made himself voluntarily citizen of
the Confederate Government, de tacto
not de jure, has disfranchised himself
and renounced his country. These
men have forfeited all rights to citizen
ship, and to be restored they must ac-
cept whatever terms you propose AS
condition of restoration make it OBJ
ligatory that no man who voluntarily
rebelled shall ever hold an office.
Suppose the President pardons jeff
Davis, what then?) He cannot make
a foreigner a citizens. He may par
don felon, but cannot make him an
honest man. That is the remedy
Let me tell you while you talk about
the pardoning power, that for the last
six months | have been working to
prove that there is no power to pardon
any Rebel citizen / do not ask that
Congress shall consider that ques-
ton, or refer it to the Courts for their
decision.
That mischievous plotter, Montgom-
cry Blair, has told you again and again
that there may be two Presidents and
two Congresses. tits upon great con-
stitutional grounds | stand here to de-
clare that if President Johnson intends
any such an act Of treason, he is guilty
of the foulest treason. | have been
established in my views by studying
the decisions ofChief Justices Marshall
and Taney, and by reading the delib-
erations of the great men who framed
the Constitution.
say to every Congressman within
the reach Of my voice, that if they do
not, on their assembling, investigate
closely the acts Of the President,
/ ha 90 n
leans, and they do not impeach him,
they will signally fail in their duty.
Secretary II ssan referred to the
'pow-vow' Wiggf4m. They showed
their weakness putting muzzles like
dogs upon tn FSouthern men; thus
compelling thhH to remain as they had
never been begNre in a Democratic con-
vention-silaE But when they made
the platfornEhey did, it was magni-
fcent chea9g4 and an insult to the in
telligence 62our loyal men.
We haveiheard in the afternoon pa
pers that he Rebels had seized the
Capital ofa@ennessee, that is not true
But Gov. 5fownlow has received dis
patch sta4Ag that the Rebels have
called Gnvention for the 18th inst,
to recove possession of the State.
Oh. ifxsy words could only reach
my deludsl countrymen, | would warn
them in tarilling tones of the dreadful
nature 4sthe exterminating contest
they arc kira wing upon themselves.
The febellion is crushed as far as
arms aud ammunition are concerned,
but truth to God and justice to my
country, compels me to declare that
the spirit of rebellit sEs tenfold great
err than in 1861, secession times I do
not think that in Tennessee they will
dare to@attsmptit while Gen. Thomas
is there; nor will the president dare to