The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-06-01
BIDDEFoRD, Me- FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE l, 1866.

no better Endorsement than loyai PcoP'c,
make room for those whose skirts smoke nov
with the blood of this rebellion. l know no
what may come. entertain no particular
fears for myself If that issue come, let !
come and an Outraged people will settle tllt
question very quickly. Sir, If the votaries o
treason have not had victims enough, let then
invade these Halls and yictimize the represen
tatives of a great people. Thoy are, It seems
to Inc, more voracious that the grave, more
,lnsatisfied than the horse lccch's daughter
that cried aGive," "Givc," till there was nc
more to give. They are not satisfied with
passing by the countless new made graves
they demand additional victims here that this
Hall 30 sacred in the recoections and IN the
history of the country, shall he made to run
with loyal blood to make room for those who
but yesterday were trying to tear down Its
pillars.
Can an American Senate long discuss such
a question: Has il come to this. that mem
bcrs sitting here with the high commission oi
q loyal people are to be threatened, und upon
this floor, with un exercise Of that power
which would have made Nero blush TO utter
its name Let il never be uttered here again
but repeat, if liberty and freedom deinnnd
that further sacrifice. your victims are ready.
Sir, the sentences and utterances which
have read were the expressions Of the now
President of the United States just before the
election. These ntterances, these expressions
were like an electric touch TO the wire they
electrified the whole community, and be was
borne upon the shoulders of as loyal a peo-
ple rs ever breathed to the highest place oi
power on earth, borne there by the exertions
of many of the members Of this circle. But
am not quite done with this speech:
"Hc who helped 10 make all these widows and
orphans, who draped the streets Of Nashville In
mourning, should suffer for his great crime
The work Is In our own hands"
What work? To make them suf1er.--The
work of making the rebels suffer, said the
President, is in our hands. That portion OF
the work. if done at all, has been done 30 ns
not TO excite the observation of the world.
Who suffers? will tell you, Mr.. President,
who suffers II is those who are fleeing from
the presence of the unwnshed rebels. This
work is in our hands, said the President; he
faliers in il; Congress proposes to take up the
work anil do il without him. ask the Scna
tor from Wisconsin whether any ofthe rebels
have suffered since the war.
"Ah these rebels have q strong personal rea
son for holding OUT
What reason?
''To save their necks from the halter"
Why, sir, the hemp has not grown yet, nor
sown, that will hang rebel in this country.
They held ont and they are not hung. They
held out longer than they ought to have done,
and they have gone longer without hanging
than they ought. So says mn intelligent world,
and so said, above all, the President himself.
lie said further
"Treason must be made odious, and traitors
must be punished"
have often heard that quoted, but he did
not stop there.
"Treasou must be made odous,. and traitors
must be punished and impoverished"
That is thing that hurts tho traitor worse
than anything else, to oimpoyerisli him. Where
is tho traitor that has been impoverished
What does impovcrishing mean? 1t means
confiscaton. There has been none of that
of any consequences that there was not re-
spectiiIl obcisancc by the authorities Of this
country in returning the property to its ab'is'
sc,l rebel owner What, sir, return their pro-
pcrty to the rebels when the great high priest
oftliis Union party declared that they must
not only be punished but impoverished Why
is not that promise kept3 Sir, do not ask
that question alone il is tho voice OF millions,
why has not that promise been kept? Let
him who made il answer, or his friends Tor
him.
"Tbeir great plantations must be seized, and
divided into small farms, and sold to honest in
dustriOus men,"
Where il the great plantation that has been
sold and divided among honest men Us aeon
tra.dsting,iislled from its former owners !!
The Senator from Wisconsin, when he re-
plies, will probably tell us where these contis-
Gated estates are, and where these honest men
have found homes OIL these cut up planla
tons.
"The day for protecting the lands and negroes
of these authors of rebellion Is past"
So said President Johnson. II he, spoke
il has not turned out ~ he pro-
phesicd. Then he is no prophet. If he spoke
by virtue of the power that was about to be
conferred upon him, ] think he has not exer-
cised II.
Now, to every one of these living, breathing
Congress says amen. Then
what is the occasion OfaDy difference between
the President and Congress? lyenturet TO as
sert that lave not read in this whole speech
a declaration that every member of This body
who prctends TO be loyal will not respond to
as true. Remember, too, that all this was
said under and by virtue ofthe Baltimore plat
form said by this intelligent man when he
accepted the nomination under that plat
form.
"The day for protecting the lands and negroes
of these authors of the rebellion Is past. II Is
high time It was"
shall he pardoned for saying | think 50
too. II was high time that protection to reb-
els should cease. What have they done since
TO entitle them to the confidence ofan,outraged
people? Let the history Of the times answer.
lie next proceeded TO give some Union 9TH.
Gers wlIat have no doubt was truthful re-
primand:
81 have been most deeply panied at some things
which have come under my observation. We get
men in command who, under the influence ofaat-
terry. fawning. and caressing, grant protection to
the rich traitor, while the poor Union mau stands
out In the cold, often unable to get receipt or
voucher for his losses The traitor can get lucra-
tive contracts, while theloyal man ispushed aside,
unable to obtain recognition"
Then the President had OIL holy glow OF
indignation ut such outrages rs these, and
most properly he spoke as became man OF
feeling. II was an outrage it Is an Outrage.
Has il been changed ? Go to the mountain
gorges of Tennessee, and see the fresh made
tracks Of the fleeing flgitives, the Union men,
from the fury oftheir pursurers, the trnitors,
Who hunts the pursueu7 No one. there.
fore rcitente this same complaint on behalf OF
the fleeing fugitives who love their flag bet
ter than their State. who are now finding
homes at the sources ofthe rivers and in the
gorges of the mountains. Far distnnt are they,
but stand here OF their behalf to maintain
the fll6llment Of this promise.-lt is duo to
the dignity Of this nation our dignity de-
mands il, and the people will have Il.
amnow through with the particular speech
from which hnve heen reading. but IlttIe