The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-10-17
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i. not i,t; dead! LSsSht az .
right 70 commit ISujcid u !; s,
ton Is against Il. Great hag6s SHA1:
With the States. lsgree That's fYsb4td
no right to; do any Of t6sse ihtst "a
having done them, what Is the elect !ssss:
Having shown that those States md !,
tho robels people had no rights In sths
Union, Il bog ypurpardon. they bad oSs....
right which th6y iooulds mot forfeit =, one,
which was gusisateed to them :by: the
Constitutioe - theS 3
/ Fisnsblc; naCfSsifbls;- I'D it:wittxGlEs
right to Bio hanged (Grsst chesrs:j
When, by tho success Of our: arms, those
people were captured, what was done
with them? They surrendered oil their
rights. Their armed Organization was
surrendered by, Leo and johnston. aqtr
thcir civil organization; |; what tbers.xaS
left of it, was travelling down South in
the person Of JEFF Davis. But, they
wished to get back their political rights &
but it was. determined they should not
have them. And now the question arises.
when did they get them back ! What :
were those States in tho intendment oe
the law;?, They. had armed. public enc.
mics theyAbecame disarmed public
enemies, and went homo. Therein, then.
in the intendmcnt ,of, the law. the ten
States became simply ton camps Of pa
rolled prisoners Of war, (chccrs), surren.
dcrcd to tho armies Of the United States.
and, allow me to soy here, worry poost
stuff to- mako sStatos Of tho American
Union out Of. President Jobnson st
that time said, in his proclamation, that J
NIL civil government was ;thcrc over.
thrown : and he proceeded 10 establish
military or provisional governments.
What? wero these provisional govern.
mcrts TO do Thoy werc, 10 the first
place, to call conventions Of the people
within the boundaries Of what bad bssa.
States, and then they were TO say that no
body should votc that had taken. part .inths3
rebellion. At that time johnson seemed 70 :
be determined that rebcls should take back
seats Then, If thcy:wonld do thcss thing.
they might DO admitted into tho Union, -
President johnson said thcn, il Congress :,
agreed To it. since that he has changed his:
I'mind. ,-..,/g4 .y;.y.;! CI r.
lie then proceeds TO show why Congress.
didn't change thor minds, and why, astsr q. ;.
aiming into tLe condition Of tho South; Coz
grcss found It necessary TO- proposc tho pF's.
cnt Constitutional Amendment. After show.
Ing tho justice Of cqual fights In every STATE.
to all citizens, and,squalty Of Representatives.
no says: Eli? T.
The last condition il, that tho national dsbt
shall forever remain inviolablc.% Why did It
become necessary to put that provision IN the
Constitution? Il was because tho South had
said, in various Ways, that they were not I
bound by our debit Their most abb slstss.:
man, the 'yicc President Of their Conicdsrscy;
Stephens, in tcstifying bcforS, Committee a.
Congress, that fto Tor ono, and be wlS under. I
stood to mean that he represented The: Sent.
mcnts Of tho South, did not hold that thy
wcre bound BY anything done by Congress n :
| The abscDlco Of thu, SOUTH Hsisdoptsd thS /:
present doctrine of President johnson; tloS'
Congress. while tho South was ont o. ~ !,
Union, was an unconstitutionA! body, end
all our !, national debt was ineurrtd y
the ;, abscnce OF tho = South, and thN1,;
foro Congress said to those rebel States ias
YOU say you are not bound by what rlsdoAe
In your abscncc, ,.wc wont lot you book uaia
YOU agree to be. bound byswhst wAs' doA0 ~
your absence. :! Az . proiect ton. 20 ever 1s
and woman who has little, n,ASns laid byfefS
10 rainy day, this Is . provision Of graf tmpps
tancc. :, It k, ,truo tho Convention at EhNa91ki
p6ia passed resolution 70 thix sans seecf4
but Il the measure 10 good enough %, hayo ~
aircsolution which nobody is bound BY ~
81 it;not good enough 70 have ~ tho, Con9
Etutian, where cyery body Will DO bound byn a
Another branch Of this propoSi ition Is that "A "a
Confederate debt shall not he paid. hsHo Z
4 had some experience In this MATED. VA.
took in TcxiA understanding No -Wet not -
nay her debt ;of. ton millions, OF dollars .Mtf
was NOT worth thicc cents on the dollar. al4
yet tho parties vho hold It worked upon Gu:
rress ycar Iiter ycAr, until Tho United Ststeo
agreed to pay tho ,dobt, and did pay every doQe:
oft: and how much mop NO have pad nfhe
than Etlc is worth you have Sccn byt thef IN
conduoe And who can tsn what HopHi lAA.
tho cdSct on political pArtiea, n thsnl lyst1
thro1iiipl into tho scilc; thrco thousand Hltaj
Of Conis is3orate debt, IL . cosTpptlo SHA4
! Sooner Of lstcr It would b throrl y i; ~
country by members being bought nps Hts9,i l.,
II; who would thuj be induced 70 Yoss + -
some .ppropriat hll ! 4. s. b NJ snSi,'
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