The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1866-09-06
WHOLE NO. 1907.


erty upon their mountain tops, and there
they will maintain it forever [Cheers1
Sir, the State that represent is Radical
and radically right Laughter Not
one limber-kneed Conservative repre-
sentative will ever come from the west
side OF the Rocky Mountains to the
United States Congress Every trem-
bling wire brings me their exhortation
to stand firm, and the assurance that they
are with me [applause], so that | say to
the people Of New-Jersey though the
storm thickens around, and though the
elements are pOtentOus, and though the
atmosphere is thick with the fragments
of dissOlving parties, be of good cheer,
stand firm. Above the petty conten
tions of the hour hear that still small
voice saying, "be ye not afraid, it ISL"
[Cheers. | tell you, my fellow citizens,
that the spirit Of true liberty pervades
this whole land Its Sons are marshaled
for the work. aud New-Jersey, ever true
to herself, will stamp with a seal that
can never be effaced the coward who de-
serts the cause in the hour of danger
Fellow citizens, | have spoken to you
too long. One more eloquent than my
self-a man full of youthful yigor-is to
follow me, and have kept you from
the substantial fat of the feast as long
as your appetites can bear. | have
only one Or two things more to say. l
heard Gov. Hamilton Of Texas, the
other night, in the House of Represen-
tatiyes, give to the members there pres
ent narrative of the existing condition
Of affairs in Texas lie says that it is
unsafe for Union man to live there.
Union men are deprived of the ameni-
ties Of society," and their condition is
made SO uncomfortable generally that
they are compelled to leave. Negroes
are butchered in cold blood, and the
authorities pay no attention to the fact
when brought to their notice And 80,
my friends, from every rebel State the
evidence Is complete and conclusive that
the spirit of Rebellion is yet unbroken.
We admitted Tennessee, and she came
in through much tlibulation. Gov.
Brownlow who is an earnest man, |
think can say that with entire safety,
if not a Radical laughter, brought his
Legislature in, and some of the mem-
bers he brought in noieas rOlea& and
made them stay and do their duty-the
best discipline that traitors could have.
say we have admitted Tennessee, and
by doing so we have got some good
men but Tennessee is the most loyal
of all the disloyal States, and even
Tennessee has loyal representation to-
day only because OF the fact that all men
} who were engaged in the Rebellion are
, excluded by the Constitution from yo-
ting. Now, | tell you there never will
} be substantial peace in this country un-
der this Government until Congress EN-
acts law that those who have been en-
gagged in the Rebellion shall not hold
office or vote. [Applause. You may
give them all the sugar-coated pills you
please, but the disease will never be
cured except by taking away from them
l the power to do wrong. l wish to be
understood upon this point, for. that is
the length and breadth of my Radical
ism. | can forgive a man an injury as
easily as half your whining conservatives
can. Forgive them? certainly would
forgive them, but / want to deprive
them of the power Of doing harm in
the future Human depravity was new
er so shockingly exhibited as when
Joseph's brethren sold him into slavery,
and | do not believe that any one of
! them ever recovered the effect Of the
consummation of that act. And beg
of You now when you can get these
men who are imbued with the spirit of
Slavery, and who pant after Slavery az
the hare panteth after. the mountain
stream, when you get such men to love
liberty, and love free institutions Just
send me word. Laughter | tell you
that nothing but the most striking ex-
hibition of divine grace will ever make
one of them do it. This generation of
Rebels must die out, a voice, "that is
fact, and in the meantime they must be
excluded from office, and from the polls,
or this warfare will have lost one quar-
ter of a century. The sooner that Con-
, gress asserts its power and wakes up
manfully to the work, the sooner this
war will be ended, the better satisfied
will the American people be. Fellow
7 citizens, we have amended our Coneti-
tuition, and for doing so, we are called
by some Constitution tinkers" !
D heard a red-mOuthed Rebel from Ken
S lucky the other day talking about the
e Constitution, and, said |, "My friend,
: you seem to be very learned in the Con-
stitution, when did you read itf'-
D "Well," he said, Il often read it,"
A Said I, 81 will make you bet that You
Y never read it in your life, for l have
| heard You talk about it for half an hour,
e showing clearly that you do not know
e anything about.it, and you have spoken
of several things that are not in my con-
S stitution." These men talk as learnedly
! about the Constitution as if they had
9 read it, and they say that we tinkered
= it. Well, we have tinkered it SO that
they must stay out four years more; and
: | tell you frankly that instead of four
years provision, l would, were it in my
G power, make it forever. Sir, the spirit
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