Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-08-23

ficers that they we're educated * tht
GoscrnnIent's charity school. anC
took 81 oath of allegiance, and yer
fought against US and in defense oi
tre5son. $50, nov, and every child
in tae country shall point to you as
brssded ss God branded Cain Cor The
murder of his own brother" Zap.
plapse. We present the issue in
the form of an amendment to the
Constitution, which. when adopted
cannot. be repealed by a mere major
ity OF Congress or vetoed by the
President
The amendment declares that al
persons born here, except Indians
not taxed, shall be citizens Of the
country, No man who loves his
country can deny the justice of this
pfSrision. The man who would
tassy to . colored man who had
fcnsht for the country the right to
lifei liberty and the protection of
property, is fit for association with
traitors, with Andy johnson at their
head. (Applause,
The next proposition is to equalize
Misrepresentation of the States. A
parallel was drawn between South
Carolina and Illinois, showing the
Injustice of the present basis OF rep
resentation. If the Democrats say
it takes three Democrats to make
one rebel, we say all the rebels in
South Carolina are not as good rs
one loyannan. There is no fairness
in the representation as it exists
nov, and no man dare say it is just
The opponents of these amendments
dare not come up and discuss them
ona their own merits. Is there q
soldier here tonight who served his
country for four years, who is willing
to-adinit that he is not as good as u
rebel cloud cries of mo, nol'
The next proposition provides
that no man who took an oath to sup
port the Constitution of the United
States, and afterwards gave aid aud
comfort to the rebellion, shall never
be entitled to hold office under the
Government. We propose, accord
ing to Andy Johnsen's Tennessee
platform, thst none but loyal men
shall vote or hold office Ap-
plause. We say that this Govern
ment shall be placed in the hands of
the men who have saved it. We
have loyal men enough to save tue
country agsin, both in the legislative
halls and in the battles front
Gen. Logan then followed in a
scathlng rebuke of the claims OF the
retels and Copperheads. II man
stesls a horse to day and is. caught
to-aorrow, is he any the lessa horse
thief then than now? The ,rebels
obey tho laws becsuse they cannot
help II, not because they love it,
Jeft bavie IS = good -lepal man now,
according to Johnson's platform, be-
cause he obeys the law. Laughter
and cries OF sit makes HIM sick y
Illustrstious of like character were
given by the speaker.
Gen Logan then proceeded, srgu
ing that according 70 President
Johnson's theory it is better to be .
traitor than a loyal man, for if sue,
cessful q traitor was all ne fights for,
and if he fails looses nothing, and
by laying down his arms and obey
ing the laws becomes a loyal man,
and is ii to hold any office In the
gift of the people. Our programme
is different. We propose to brand
traitors so that they shall bear the
mark TO their graves. loud ap-
plause.) As long as there are loyal
men to govern the country disloyal
men shall not govern it. This war
has cost us too much for US to agree
that traitors shall govern Us. After
we have adopted this amendment we
will keep on the statute books an
oath that any man applying for a
seat in Congress shall swear that he
has never aided nor encouraged the
rebellion. If any man commits
perjury in taking this oath he shall
be- expelled from Congress.
Another amendment of the con-
stitutional amendment is that we
shall dot pay any part of the rebel
debt Besides we intend to tax the
rebels TO help pay our debt. They
profess to be very loyal now, and
Trey must assist in sustaining the
Government they have made. This
constitutional amendment is our
platform and this is the Issue before
the. people this fall 1t is whether
loyal men shall be better than trai-
tors, whether our debt shall be
paid and the rebel debt shall net be
paid; WI ether loyal mems votes shall
count as much as traitors. We are
for this amendment because il is
right and just, and If we fail now we
will keep trying for forty years, till
it becomes a part of the Constitution.
Until it does so become the rebels
must keep out of Congress. Hearty
aDDlauSe !