The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-04-27

"A great was Cone 10 tennessee
under the direction of my Iamen,ed pre-
decesser. We comme enced the work to.
gether. We succeeded, before came
here, in restoring the relations which had
existed between Tennessee and the rest
of the Union, with one exception; and
that was the one relative 10 representation.
came to Washington, and, under extra>
ordinary circumstances, succeeded, 10 the
residential chair What then? The
Congress oi tue United States had ad.
iourned without -rescrbing any plan.
then proceeded, ss had done in my own
state under direction of the Government
to restore the Other states AID how did
we begine We found that the people had
no courts, snd we said to the Judges, Dis
.rics Attorneys, and Marshals, "Go down
and hold your courts. The people ueed
the tribunals of justice to be opened"
Was that wrong' The courts we're
opened What else We looked ont and
saw that the people down there had NO
mails. They had beer interrupted ard
cut off bv the rebellion. We said 10 the
Postmaster General, Let The people have
mail facilities and lie. them begin to under>
stand what we all feel and ,hiuk, that We
are one people We looked out and saw
that there was blockade; that the Gus
lomhouses were all closed. We said
g Open The doors of the custom houses,
and remove the blockade. Let trade and
commerce be restoied.' And it was done.
We thus travelled or, opening custom
al
al customs that had been interrupted
during the rebellion. Was there any thing
here that was not authorized 10y the Con.
s:iiution and justified by the great neces-
sites Of the case that has no! teen clearly
consistent with the generous spirit Of our
Government! Cheers.
What remained to be donei One other
and pagan world that We have passed
successfully through the third ordeal of
our national existence, and proved thne
our government was perpetual A great
priuciple was 10 be restored, which was
abolished in our Revolution, when our
ia hers we're Contending agains. the pow>'
er of Great BfltiaD. What was one of
the principal causes Of their complaint
Il WAS that they were denied representa-
tion They complained Of taxation with
ont 1eprese nraton. Cheers One Of
the gfeat principles laid down by our
fathers, and which fired their hearts, was
that there should be no taxation without
representation. How does the matter
stand Who has been usurping powers 7
Who has been defeating the purpose Of
the Constitution! And what now re-
mains to be done to complete the resiora-
ton Of these states to all tLeir former re-
lations under the Federal Government,
and to finish the great ordeal through
which we have been passing! 1t is %
admit representation. Cheers.
| AID when we say admit representation, what
! do We mean We mean representation III tho
| constitutional and law abiding sense, as was
| intended at the beginning of the Government.
| The Constitution declares i'll express terms
that each House-the Senate and House o.
| Representa- yes acting for itself shall be the
| Judge Of the election and qualfca ions of its
| own members. 1t is the House that must set
| tie that question undert e Constitution. And
| can We believe that either l1ous would admit
any member into its body to participate in Leg
| islation, who was not qualified. They have
pow not only 70 correct abuses but the abuse
it elf. All that is needed to finish this great
work Of restoration is or the two Houses re-
spectively to determine the question. Oh, but
some one will say, traitor might come in.
! The answer to tha j. that each Iiou must
! b the Judge and, when traitor pre- ents
| himself, cannot ithcr House know that he is
| a traitor Applause. nd, if he i a traitor,
| can not they kick him o It of doors and send him
back, saying othc people who ent him, { You
must send a loyal man u heers, and a voice.
:: That's 10 ic."1 Wha the dfculty bou,
/ that '' Meme, none" and cheers If ira
tor presents himself to either House, cannot
that House say, 40. You cannot be admit ed
! into either body. Go back. We i'll not deny
! your people representation but they must send
us loyal representative. Cheers And
wi hen the State does end US loyal representa-
] tivcs. can you have any better loyalty
There is no one | armed III the Constitution
and law that will say that if q traitor gels into
/ Congress- no one can eXpel him for treason af
ter he in. Hence. say, let us stand by
that Constitution, and in standing by it, the
covenant will be pre- erved.
While have becn contcnding against trail
! tors. and treason. AMI sece SIGN. and the dis
solution of the Union, | have been contendinG
! at the same time, against the consolidation OF
! pow here. think the consolidation of pCw-
j e. here, Is equally dangerous with separation
| of States. The one wLu tottcr US, and might
! rim to anarchy while the other would con.
! ccntlate and cventuate in II monarchy. Oh,
! but here is an dca abroad that one man Gun
! be despot that one man can be usqpe but
that hundred or two hundred m II can not. =.
Mr.. Jetfers n, tie apostle of Liberty. tells us.
and 80 does common sense, that tyranny and
despotism can be exc cised by mans, more
vigorously d tyrannicallv than by one.
What power has our President " hat Can he
do What can he originate Why, they say he
exercises Il C veto power aughter What
is the veto powerl \ voice, ''to put down
the niggcr." Laughter I Who is your prcsi,
dent ? Several voices, = Andy Johnson."] Is
he no elec cd by the people The President
is noth more than the Tribune o: the people.
His otfce l. Tribunal in its character. In oil
ell times, when TribuneS wcrc first elected in
the Roman Republic, they sto d at the Il or OF
the Roman Senate, which was then cncroacL-
ing on popular rig IS, and tting the heel
power on the necks of the people. The people
choose Tribune and placed him at the door
Of the s, ma e. so thar v hen that power vehtur-
ed such an act he was clvthrd with power to
say. Veto. f rbid " Your President now
is the Tribune of the people / tha God I
am, and intend to assert the power which the
people have pla ed il me.
Your President. standing here day after day
and dischar ing his duty is lik horse on u
tread-whsel and, because he dare offer in
opinion in regard 70 public mca sures he is de-
( nounccd as Il usurper an "a yant. Can he
originate anything IN o. tho veto power l
think the veto poweris c nseryativc in its char