Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-09-06
Gen. Buffers Speech.
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tell us all shout this riot The Presidents
dispatch asked for as kindly report as pos
sihle Of the affair.
When the President asks General Sheri.
dan if the civil power is sufficient to take
care Of these men he answers II should
say emphatically they are not" This is
after the President had issued his procla.
nation Of the 18th of August that peace
reigped and civil authority is sufficient pro-
lection for all citizens. am sorry to see
that 10 face of the facts that Horton the
clergyman, Dostia the pure patriot, Hyer
sud Others are dead, and wounded men are
coming North with the testimony Of all
these unavenged. with Northern neople un.
protected so that they ore Obliged to leave
New Orleans, that the President has issued
his proclamation that peace has obtained
throughout eli tbe lahd and the civil courts
are ample to protect life and liberty And
in the face Of General Sheridan's emphatic
disa7o1al Of the ability NJ the civil author
tiles to protect the citizens, the President
on the 18th Of August turns over every
Union man in the South to the mercies of
the Thug, rs4assins and murderers of Lin.
coln and Dostie. Are you ready to sag that
these men shall sit in Congress make laws
for you. have power to say whether your
debts shall be paid or 20 unpaid, whether
joupties shall be paid to your soldiers, pen
sionR tn your widows, or whether the flng of
the United States shall be upheld? To
have p.rtion efthe country in governmcn.
tal relations TO the couTNry where no loyal
men can speak, aud no loyal men can as.
semble?
TEXAS.
have had some private documents from
smother portion Of the Union. 1t was he.
l. 4 4 u
Union that this proclamation of peace is
sued. A gentleman born in a town in this
county--torperly serving upon my staff
was sent upon an inspection tour to Texas,
and he made his report and was forthwith
ordered home, becauee he reported what be
saw. and in what condition hs saw things.
Among other things what do you think
be saw in Houston, the olptal Of Texas?-
Alhremen's procession bearing Confeder-
ate flag reversed. and leading figure of
goddess OF liberty personated BY a young
girl dressed in black and white, with chains
about her wrists and about her ankles The
goddess of liberty was in chains in Texas !
When the procession came to the house of
United States sfiiocr where the flag of the
United States was flying. they saluted him
with groans and hisses and hurled all man.
ner Of contumely upon him. and that. pro.
ccssion OF our reconstructed brothers passed
on, and for some reason-some blur over
that officers eyes he allowed his flag to be
insulted. A ii volunteer officers of the armv
are discharged, but undertake to say that
there we're volunteer officers in the army
that would have put an end to that proces.
sion-aye more, never have allowed il TO
start in the first lace. lIe arain reported
that in an average of one fifth of our terri
tory about ten murders a day we're commit
ted since the war, that they had a list OF
about loo. and they found skeletons of
some of them hanging upon the trees every
morning And this had from a gentle
man whose character for truth stands ms
good as any in this community. No Uni
ted States officer can 20 in that portion Of
the country without an escort-nnd these
men are to come back into our Government
now declare my own feeling and belief
that if this state Of things continues il il
not peace, but war and the worst kind of
war; for it is war upon unarmcd men, wo.
men and children; and IL no other remedy
for this state OF things can be found, if this
state OF things cannot be altered, we will
march once more, and woe to him who Cd.
poses
THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
Gen. Butler then proceeded briefly to
consider the constitutional amendments
irst that every citizen of State has the
same rights as a citizen of any other State
all over the Union. Very well. Second,
that the Federal debt must be paid If it
is not to be paid what are your 7-30 bonds
good for? Next, the right of representa-
ton; and it says to the Southern States. un-
I'll you allow the freedmen to vote you shall
not count them in your representation
Formerly the master could represent three.
btths OF his slaves; under this amendment hv
giving him the right 10 vote he represents
him entire. The negro'ought to vote, or he
ought not. IL he had right to the elective
franchise, then he would not offer il as bribe
TO the South. For himself he was free 10
say he was not in favor Of that amendment;
IL did not 80 far enough for him, but he nc.
ceptcd II as the best be could get under the
circumstances. lie was in favor of impair
tlal suffrage fix your standard where you
nlcste--then let all who come up to il vote.
Whst towards we are. We implorsd the
negroes to light for us and now we will not
Let them aid in governing the country they
helped TO save. He gave everybody notice
that in whatever position he might be
placed, be woald use overy means to give
the right OF suffrage to every colored man
who fought for his country. When loyal
men OF the North can walk in the streets Of
New Orleans but no, until that time,
wosld he call q man brother who stood
ready at any moment to stab him under the
drth rib. Men may say that these people
cannot be governed but they need not talk
that way to him. He had done il. ZAP
plause. Not by look ing arm in arm with
Them, but by different way Laughter
They have always been taught to look upon
force, and not argument. for their govern.
ing power hey look tos Yankee Mayor
for Munroe is Charsstown stevedore. We
can govern them and We will Applause
THE SOUTH NOT uSaANAdEABLE.
believe ! have gone all over tho diff
hcuty between the President and Congress,
and the question is broad as the milky way
plain IN every mans sight, II addresses
itself without sophisiry, and without gloss,
are you willing 20 have every man back
when no man is safe from the mob in the
most civilized communities in the South,
and when any man undertakes 10 make dis.
oussion With you. ask him If he ID in favor
ot what was dono ~ New Orleans, read him
Gen. Sherldan's letter again and say, ''sro
you willing to walk arm in arm with these
menY trust the time will soon come when
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