The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-05-25

| UllS WuOlo SNeCtU ucCllIAlloN tlAl every
member Of this body wlo pretonds to bo
loyal will not respond to as true. Remem-
ber, too, that all this was said under and by
virtue OF the Baltimore platform said Ivy
this intelligent man when no accepted tho
nomination under that platform.
The day for protecting the lands and negroes ot
these authors Of the rebellion is past 1t is high
time il was.
| shall be pordoncd for saying think so
too. 1t was high time that projection To-
I rebels should cease. What have they done
since to entitlo them TO the confidence oi az
outraged people? Let the history oC the
times answer. lilo next proceeded tu give
some Uuou officers what have no doubt
was a truthful reprimaud:
! Ihavc been most deeply panied at some things
which have cume under my observation. We get
men in command who, under the influence of Hat
terry, hwning aud caressing, grant protection 70
the rich traitors while the poor Union man stands
ont in the cold, often unable to get receipt or
voucher Tor his losses The traitor can get lucra-
tive contracts, while the loyal mau is pushed aside
| unable 70 obtain recognition.
Then tho President had on q holy glow
| of Indignation ut such outrages as these.
aud most properly ho spoke as became a
man of feeling. Ii was an outrage ; it is
an outrage Has it beeu changed Go to
the mountain gorGes of Tennessee, and see
the fresh.made tracks of the fleeing fugi.
tives-tho Union M .n--trom the fury Of
their pursuers--the traitors. Who hunts
the pursucrs No one, | therefore rettr.
ate this same complaint on behalf of the
fleeing fugitives who loved their tlCS better
than their State, who are now finding homes
at the sources nt the rivers and IN the
gorges of the mountains. Far distant are
they; but stand here on their benalt to
maintain the iulGlmont of this promise. 1t
is due to the dignity of this nation; our
dignity demands it, and the people will
have it.
| am now through with tho particular
speech from which have hocn reading,
but title later, on tho 4th OF October,
SG4 the present Presidents gushing heart
gave forth other utteianccs. He was called
upon 10y few returning braves who repre-
sented regiment who had been thrice
decimated in battle, regiment of colorcd
soldiers, and he addressed them thus.
"Negro equality, indeed" cried he; " why, pass
any dav along the sidewalk of High street. where
these aristocrats more particularly dwcll--theso
aristocrats whose sons are now in the bands OF
guerrlas aud cut-throats who prowl and rob and
murder around our city-pass by these dwellings
say, and you will see as many mulatto negro
children, the former bearing an unmstakabe re-
semblancc to their arisocrdtic owners, Colorod
men of Tennessee, this, too, shall cease"
He changed the entire color of the Airi
rican race in TeuuesseG from that day, by
order. Laughter.
Your wives and daughters shall no longer be
dragged into II concub mage, compared to which
polyganiy is virtue, to satisfy the brutal lust o
slaveGnlders and OVersccrs. Thenceforth the
sanctty of Gods holy law of marriage shall be
respected in your persons, and the great State o.
Tennessee shall no more give her sanction to your
degradation and your shame
AID having, in LAM uafe which you all
remember, promised to be their Moses, lie
: added:
I speak now as one who feels the world his
country and all who love equal rights his friends
, What pinnacle of exultation that must
be! | almost envy him who stands on il
Standing on it he would be expected to
speak words Of encouragement to these
men:
l speak, ton, as a citizen Of Tennessee an
here on my soil; and here mean to stay aud figh
this battle oftruth and justice to triumphant end
Rebellion and slavery shall, by Gods good help
no longer polute our State. Loyal men, whether
white or black, shall aloue control her destinies
and when this strife in which we are all engngeC
is past, trust know we will have better stat,
of things, and shall all rejoice that honest labo
rcaps the fruit of its own industry, and that every
man has fair chance in the raco OF life.
Sir, often envy men when they seem tc
speak from this high eXaltation. | have
sometimes tried to reach it, but my wings
are too feeble. The sentiments, however
that drop from such an exalted position
I make deep Judgment in my heart. These
uttelances given to nation, white anC
black, needed words of encouragement ant
the downtrodden slave breathed freer ant
: deeper as these utterances were echoed tC
him. How dare the Senator from Wi6con
! sin and the conscientious Senator from Con
necticut 90 back to these holy sayings o
their President? What excuse can they
give? The priucpa excuse was, believe
: tho cost of the measure. Who ever ex
pected that four nj lions of people, who f0i
n centuries had bowed their necks to degra
: dation, could he lifted up to the platform
y of human equality aud not have it COS
t something? Sir, whenever the time Gomez
when | weigh a benefit to my fellow maj
against dollars aud cents, shall probably
: vote as they did. 1t will not do. Tht
|, Freedmen's Bureau Bill was killed, and i
was killed in the house of it's friends.
, shall have no ghosts haunting me. votet
a for it first and last, and my vote wa
/ prompted by the best feelings of my heart
: Cost something! Sir, the uequitcd toi
. of the slaves, the sweat from their brow
!. had made rich the men that now bear thei
| pardons ia their pockets Tor their iniamy
! and rejoice that the Freedmen's Bureau Bill
, was killed.
, That awoke the first shouts of the dor
= mant Democracy. IIurrah for Johnson
said the Democrats. 1t then evoked gush
ing speech from my friend from Delaware
. who had lived through Buohanau's admins
tration Both the Senators from Kentucky
the Senator from Delaware, the Senator
from Connecticut, and tho Senator from
Wisconsin were holding sweet commu iol
+ over the defeat of this bill, which wa
founded, | repeat, on the best impulses o
( tho human heart.
But sir. that is not all. This bill origin
ated uponthe hypothesis that the old law o
last year. establishing the burPau originally
was dead. Here, however, the Pfesiden
} exhibited very unusual power am glad
to see that he possesses it. lie convinced
the world that if hs could destroy, ho could
create. While one bill was cruciIied and
} killed, ho resurrected auother; 80 that IN,
} opinion and Judgment of Congress was IN
! dorsed, that measure having originated
} here. II it had been my case, should have
said To Congress, us the oil bill is in opera
ton return this to you as not being neces
sary.
There came the first line Of marked dev
! alton. Then came the CIVIL Rights B'l
} crowding upon tho heels OF the other. ln'
deed they were born together, twins IN
birth, mutual in operation. one being the
; aid aud helper os the other. The Ciy
Rights Bill did what the distinguished
| Senator from Naryllud MIR JolIsoul de