Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-09-06
.IPOLIs, OHIO, SEPTEMBER 6, 1866.

be done: that IL the Radicals didn
look out he would send the army oil
! there and compel them to let rebel
vote. You will find the same int
nation in Raymond's address of tn
Philadelphia Convention. II thes
men are elected in the rebel States
and are not permitted to come an
count their electoral vote for Pres
dent and Vice President. or are elect
ed by rebel constituency and ar
not allowed to take their seats in
loyal Congress, then, says Raymond
We shall have another civil war, NOR
serious than the first.
Let me say to Mr.. Raymond, 4
the Philadelphia Convention, and t,
Mr.. johnson, how dare you thus Il
threaten, initiating the foolish exam
pie of your prototypes of 1860, Will
all the serious experiences of the las
five yesrs? Do you expect to scare
the brave men who have gone to bat
tie once before in this holy cause
and come off victors? / say to An
drew johnson, and to every Copper
head, and to every traitor, dare tc
put your threat in execution-Igreai
and repeated cheers dare to make
the 6rst move in that direction, aud.
speaking for my own State, 1 warn
you that she stands ready to march
three hundred thousand brave men
to ighfthe battles over again for
freedom and equal rights. Renew-
ed cheers. And 1 tell Doolittle,
and Browning with his rulfled shirt,
laughter tell Randall, Fowler
and Knapp, and every delegate to
that Convention, that they are fooling
their time away when they attempt to
intimidate men like those who have
fought and overcome the greatest re-
beilion ever known.
CROCoDILH TEARS.
But, my friends. serious as this
matter seems, We need not, in imita
ton of the Philadelphia Convention.
cry about it Laughter Who
does not know what farce that
whole affair was? II those gentle
men from Massachusetts correctly
represented that State, and those
from South Carolina correctly rep
resented that State. there was no
love between them, for they have al
ways hated each other. And now.
think of it, when they marched up,
arm in arm, everybody blubbered
out crying. Laughter The whole
floor was undoubtedly wet with their
tears. Great laughter Every fel-
low had his handkerchief out, except
the Indiana delegation, who had no
handkerchiefs! Renewed laughter
and shouts. Tears ran from the
eyes of those who never had tear
to shed for their country's misfor-
tunes; who never wept for the or
phaned children, or for the broken
hearted mother or wife, of those who
were kiAed by the merciless REBEL
ion. Great applause Sitting up
there, on the long rows of benches,
like so many great nincompoops, they
blubbered and boohooed like over
grown boys. Laughter Brown
ing emitted from his great reservoir
of milk and water, copious showers
They ran all down over his ruilled
shirt, and made it look like q greasy
Kentucky dishrag. Tumultuous
laughter. Then they sent n dis
patch to the President, and ali the
telegraph wires commenced weeping,
from pole to pole, and when the
dispatch reached the White House
even Moses wept. Laughter,
cheers and shouts.
j am told that the grandest spec
tacle, the most sublime and most
watery view ever presented, that the
most sorrowful and melting period
in the farce, was when the Indiana
delegation began to blubber. And
then that poor, simple, weak minded
old Andy johnson, when the dele
cation went over to Washington to
inform him what had been done in
the Convention, he put on an air of
seriousness and listened as though
he had not learned it all by telegraph.
Conventions, l think, must be pretty
nearly played out, when such con
trickery and hypocrisy as
this has to be resorted to. The peO-
pie understand this matter, and about
the middle of October will give those
fellows real scene, where there will
be weeping, aud wailing, and gnash
ing of teeth in earnest Great
cheers.