The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-03-24
NO. l79.

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States but what nmple power was free
, " given. lApPlause. And l tell Won,
my friends, that one strong reason WHY,
support the Freedmen's Bureau Bill
was because e would protect the tiIlo
, lof those contiding negroes who follow
ed Gen. SheIman in his march to S;-
Yannah, when he put them on the Ship
Island plantations on the coast. That
bill secured them in the possession OF
that land, and / feared that il it was
not passed these poor negroes would
be turned adrift without any chance of
reward for the aborthey had done, but
thanks TO Gen. Howard and Andrew
Johnson, those negroes are still pro-
tected ON that land by virtue of the mil
itary order of Gen. Sherman, and they
will not be turned off those plantations
buutil the planters are willing to do
what is fair in the premises. Now, L
say, that upon all these various propo-
sitiOns, upon the necessity OF n change
in the basis of representation, upon the
necessity for protecting the negroes.
upon this question of sutfrnge-upon
all these questions that have arisen in
our politics of late, the diiTer-
ences between Andrew Johnson and
Congress are not such as need
otic citizen. No, my friends, wo
have n great duty to perform to our
country. Every man in public life
now has n heavy responsibility resting
upon 1ltllt IN the ulSGlufEe OF MIllcl no
IS bound to follow the dictates OF his
| own conscience given to him by AL
mighty God. There are, there must be,
differences of opinion; God has made
us that we must differ il is the estub-
lished nature of the human mind TO
disagree. 1t is only by discussion and
comparison of views that the highest
human wisdom is elected. Therefore
say again, that no Union man need feel
anxious or uneasy because OF the diff
/
Congress. Let me tell you as the SOL
emn conviction with which address
| you tonight, that Andrew johnson
never will throw the power we have
given him into the hands of the Cop
perhead party of the United States.
tGreat cheering.l have many rea-
sons for this faith. One is that no
nomination has ever been sent by An
drew Johnson to the Senate OF the
United States of any man of that stripe
of politics. No fiattery, no cajOlcry
can draw him from that line. He is IL
man that fights his own battles, and
whether they are old friends or foes
that assail him he fights them with
equal freedom and boldness, and some
times, perhaps, indiscreetly: but that is
u fault of his character, which need ex-
i cite no uneasiness in the minds of the
Il people. On Thursday, the day that L
LEFT Washington, we sent to him bill
which secures to all the colored popu-
Il the law, the Civil Rights Bill. 1t de-
Il clareS that no State shall exclude any
man on account of his color from any
4 of the natural rights which, by the
Declaration of Independence, are de-
clared to be inaliennble; it provides that
every man may sue and be sued, may
plead and be impleaded, may acquire
and hold property, may purchase, con-
tract, sell and convey; all those rights
are secured to the negro population.
IL IN he 10 I,..
President. If he signs it It will be IA
solemn pledge of the law-making
Y power of the nation that the
negroes shall have secured to them all
these nnturHl and iuHlienable rights. /
believe the President will sign IL; and, if
he does, what will become of the whin-
inGs of our cOpperhead friends / have
now gone over hustily, and without
preparation, the points upon which L
was desired to speak. 1 have stated to
you the points of difference between the
President and Congress, and / hnve
told you that, in my Judgment, there is
nothing in them 10 discourage Union
men anywhere. The Union party cam
not afford to fail. That party has but
half done its work. During the WAR il
incurred obligations which must be held
sacred. Revive the Democratic pnrtyl
| Why, sir, one of these modern Demo-
1 Gratis came TO a distinguished Democrat
| of the State of Ohio last fall, after the
friend, you supported Lincoln all
through the war; now the war is over;
you have had everything your own way;
| and now suppose we start again the old
Democratic party 2" WELL" said the
OLD Ohio Democrat, 81 don't know but
that would be "a good thing; / like the
| Democratic purity; i WIS Tnised in il,
and 1 stuck to 1t till 1t deserted the
country and went over to the rebels. L
\ don't know but IL would be good
! tn nd hfa nt1
lty; but would not do IL just yet"
IIAh - said his friend, |sWhen would
yOu do it then ?" My friend, p said the
Ohio Democrat, "When the Union party
shall have discharged in full all the
obligations il has assumed during this
war; when it shall have paid all the
pensions that are due to the widows of
soldiers; when it shall have paid every
dollar OF the national debt, incurred
during the war; when IL shall have
punished all the rebels; when, in
short, it shall havo accomplished all that
1t has promised to do, then L am
willing that the old Democratic Party
should be revived. LLaughter.l am
not willing to trust the Democratic
Party to perform obligations that they
opposed in their contracting. prefer
to see it done Inyself-tO pay my own
debts myself" Applause.l That gem
tlemen, was the simple logic of Gov.
Todd, of Ohio, one of the old Demo-
crats. My friends, we are bound TO
make the Union party successful. Too
much depends upon our success; we
must not fail. We are now building
anew upon the broad pyramid of Amer
lean Nationality. We have to provide
also for our material progress. We
have TO build railroads and canals; aud
above all we have to pay our great debt
There is nothing that can prevent the
attainment of these ends, or long post
pone it, except we surrender the pOtiti-
cal power now placed in our hands 10
the Copperbead party OF the country.
Tint would indeed be great misfOr-
tune. ] am sure it will never come to
pass. You, citizens of Connecticut, arc
called upon now to perform solem dn-
ty. The watchword from your election
will pass rapidly over the land, aud it
will go forth either as message OF
gloom and discouragement, or is
word of joy and hope. From what
have heard since came into your
State, am satisfied that you can be
trusted: and GO back tonight to my
dnties in Congress with firm and abid-
ing conviction that old Connecticut, the
Land OF Steady Habits, viii not be the
first to abandon the Union Party of the
United States.-[ Prolonged aPplause.l
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