The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-09-26

20 into partnership with their .Drniocrntc
Sympathizers in, The. North, and, control this
country. They tried assassination, and they
Ehave partially succee,lcd.% The man who iS
i, elevated to the Presidency by the aSS.l>sins
j shot, that man Slit to the American people.
only six DAYS after f.incnli'S DEATH standing.
as It were, hy the cort.S of that great ipilnVr-
!. tai, .he said to the In'lana delegation ,th1t
Lluyal men sho,tM rule thii country" Tie sni'i
+ that only loyal men should take part in the
work of reconstruction, 1T the South lie
S,id if there wrrr only five thousand loyal
men in S,ntc-if there were only enough
there To man the ship Of .State-tiny should
control the work Of reconstruction absolutely.
liz said ut that tins that treason WASH crime.
The AMERICAN people say that hungary, in'ir-
der and arson are crmt<. and If u nln com.
mitS murder you take llis life ind c"nilscatc
his property. What will Le said of u man,
said ne, who aS>:IS>natrS 4 nation. Aniirw
johnson did not answer that question at that
t;me but he has answered it since. liz said
this {: will tell you whl, mllt l'c done with
the ,n'ln who attempts to aS$lSSinatc thirty
MILLIONS OF people. .lic intlSt b. elected To
{ Congress, AMI make laws for tn nation. Titt
is what H. SAYS now. But when he first i|e.
came President he was the most intensity
loyal ma.i in the country. liz said ,ouIe bh.
ter things lie said tlat ll,e lIrgc plantations
Of rebels should be.S0ld and divided into small
G,rnS for poor and. honest men. liz said at
that time that rebels should and must Sultr
all tho penalties and punishmcnts due to their
crimes. lie snd At that tiina that hc Was IN
favor Of negro suffrage. lie said in his letter
to Mr.. Sinrkey that hc wanted him To intro.
+ ducc it into Mississippi; nnd in Answer. 10
letters from the South he said, reconstruct
yonr governments, but rccolcct that the gov.
crnlncnt, when reconstructed. nulst hc sub
m:ttcd to Congress and they mus: PASS upon
it. Didn't he stand up before negro rs.i.
. mrnt i'll. Washington; when they marched
home, from the war, Dan,l tell them this is
. your country just. aS much a> any body else
country ~ Diln't he toll those negroes that
!, ! this Gvwrnineht .;waS baSl upon tho, great
ssilca r( human equality! Nr. Johnson !oll
l.. that regiment that they haa hclpsd to defend
their country, AMI that they should be pro.
!: ltectcl in their rights. :. Mr.. johnson .aLN
himself propuSrd M amendment to the Con-
stitution ut tic United States, whorchH rep.
| rc,cutation should be based upon .qrIliit'l
) yotcrS; anN'he said, ahont" the 10Th Of Feb.
rua,y, that fallhnugh lie didn't. think amy
amendment to, the; Constitution was al,s.''nls'
,Ily nGcii::>s,ry. yet IL II was TO bc umsndcl il
. nr,ght to ht aiilcnl6Q in Tint very form; nn'
Inc IiL,ulI wruIc down uIn words uf that very
, amendment, and those words nrc now incor
poralcd in the resolution passed BY Congress
. Now. thai wnc Mr. Juhntun'. record mud
Vt sny here, tonight, that it was hyal.rcprI
.nv. however. TINT hi. loyal record "nd" on the
lil lmv OF +, ,hr.mry. lS'it. On the I'D /"
February he made hi, great slmcrh in Washing
ton. un lnt 'lnv in nnrrn'l thrrr r"Ir'arntativ,
rrni"r- flieSputl,--TonInbs. Slilcll. aud Davis
nm / r n'.o nninrd three iraltnrs at the North
, Sumner, Stevens. md Phillips. and said il
II ,In r. Wis u" long rRrcl"lon III the South. that
th, r. was ono in The North: 'nt W. n"w must pH'
nwn tho very Iurn hat plt down The r'l'lli"n. III
"r,itr tu have rncr Hn'i security III his COMMIT
That is what hn iscusscd on the I'D of Fcbrua
iry. From thu, Iu",nrnt the Union nvn I"n,
unblrucr in Ar,drr% JnhBsnn from ;lni iIn
n.ul they co,nmrnccd leaving him hy hlndr"d'
nul hv thousands from that mIuuirnt CnI"i
/ Concr -s,mcn ccn-"l to rnll mpm him. rrn-r'
: Ia slhuE lu him. nIrd ccns,,l u have my com
: mrrcr Ur inrrrcn,ir.r with him whr,rwr liz
=. ~, ~ worse duv hy day. Ilr vrto tIn Freed!
Imrh'- Bnr.nn ,Bill, whlr!, Wis merely II bill Il
.rr that IL" 'r,,lmnn 20" li. rtg;.t-. AMI If 'h'
mg Mt. If TINT lsTrcnIl were doing WRONG. l''ha'
it. n III. p,wcr "a Irln. ih"lu u justice.
The m'xL thin ( lr.'dl wn+ |" veto the cirl
=, l,g:.;s Eli aud s.y ih>Tc Sa, never Il in"r'
n,S rirrnrls veto in ihis uavcrt.. tInn yrt"Im.
Z hhI which mcr"l: guaranteed {" "a mau wtn
! trl .:avr him. lie sail that the r''n.on ,hc,vc
: locI il wa. incnc,sc rl"vcn States ". r., unr. p"
| rented in Congress, nud he ul-" sail that out %
: for y.,wu bill, he r..l only vetoed two. We'll
n il hr vetoed them brcauSc eleven Stat's were
urr. pr.-,snls,l. 4 nok him. E" Mr. J"hn."n. ho"
,!il vu:, conc TO i'm til" o,htr forty. Tic crv"t
- States !. irg ,nnr' PR s"nt'"l:' &
But | want 70 call vaUr attention to one fact
nn.i say II to the ,;.r.Il anil imn"r'n!. .lnr.,
y nf .heSnr:h. that Mr. Julnsnn. from th. linz
= th.t he maje biz I'D "f F"brnary 1p."ell. & I'm
ed no Strength; lImt nliho':g'' h" h''l i"'rn IA
pnkr,s full Of Fed .ral offices inr tr rIrp'sr
{ bril-" rv and Of nnkils Other p:Vi'l" ~ t"rrni'
y H. hirn"If hr. nevertheless. got only now nn'
i then oip I,hor, solitary. imi :rablc rxc'l'" for
D man in the United Slnl.- al Aw"rIrr "h.y Iirv
h md hen some MIN like thu nr"tlIrr"rv 'IH' S"''
II the poiNIa tu lsoucU "o!n. uL.Ii VII" h'i "i''.
i - l":. ..rrly nce"un' "f empty ''idral bows
y win, ,ulI hirl-.lf 0nt Tor . pmtIIr n'1inP {" Al
u drew .i"hn,"n. wrull lis" ~ ."e prsns
,,n,,,rs pGt nn all those ni'n aud haze tic;Q "n
10 tie. .dent letter office "l universal c"ntrInp'
Now bccarsr the Union parry hns no l,ade
c except ,rincir!" hrnust thy r":d "r tl"!I
I selves :,.bcccusr thcy;d1n't'takr,t the Nord OF
Il nn. even though :.lat man !" Pr.shi";It "l th
? United States: and b'-an.e We found "ut TIM
d Andrew Iohu,pu WI. " INST the great rrincipe
:, ,lvndie.t:d by the war, %r svDre that We w"nl
- jfpIow orr principle and let Andrew Johnso
3 20. 4. f,w Men went nwny with lin-tl'
:. prophrt ofwh6rnI sppke, the 'Ilo'l-rnJ"r-ininl
!: ron TINT. ht yes.w ts. a fuiutain Of tear.. thr
: he might weep fnr his own dlsgrncr; and be
J" li.yr Tonight, TINT h" wi.hr. he had the wing
It Of n dove, that he u.ight hy away anil bc ut rrs
for. resi- WI, impossible at the Bntes House IA
i William II. Seward ia. To me. once lhs eng
= Lmns Of t century, Inlitcal thldIe for Nil tiiIi'
y The idca that Iie should bo more grateiu! Nv ID
!. Democracy for not qnit~kilIing h"u than le wa
3 tm.the Republican party f"rTJ'ot quite in"kl! s
: biuI lrssiJeDt: .Lls ijcay tl'at hss''"I'a nav
y Ef,rrot,rn his doctrine Of tho ir"prcs''oIc eon
!, dict .tc den tnt h-, one Of !he 's"iss" 'h1"
y haYo ,turneJ out to no aSlspht'Uphlts. and
uYngainp ali LAat, hd hss l9eu prcaehInS ahd !aco'
b Ing ir all vi, lifu, .lIv ihan old Tnsn.T ls y.
]. nrtL;np, reckon, W ko,,e tur in tho iutsrc,
l. lem, il the p,9ple and God remain just.
s] William, IL SasaiI xerkS 'Eith the rresiden
y and whom :did se. lake 1ith him! Nobody thu
= ever heard ;o( Sxarpet lie. Sscretary OF Stnt
III 4 f.v .o.hst mrn. ..1Gpi:t Nobody, ns ! hay
H.. 1.IS Sss:En E,,fdLingo; tf,.ni-1 Thrv urc alon