Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-09-15

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| of the colored man ~ But Ieto me tell iyOns
here toalag, while there is great sympathy
and q great. desire to make perfect the,
emancipation OF the c6lored man, let me
tell YOU chat am In favor OF ennRheipating
\ the whttB men of ltis.cOuntryd tLoud and
continued eheering,l There are some, that
\ have advanced SO far in this question with
| this sympathy, there are SOME, Isay, chat
have advanced so far along, that really
they seem To have forgotten that there arfb
any Iwbite people in this country at, all,
| [Cheers.] While have done, and while L
am willing to do and willingto TO go further,
feel that there Is some obligation RESTING
upon me in reference TOT the whole, as1Weli
as to part, Cheers aud cries of ..good." u
| The time has come when party sllackles
should be thrown off, when we should rally
round the altaro our country and lay the
| fiag-+yes, with thirty six, rot Twenty-Five,
stars-[cheersl-the Union, the magic cir,
Gle OF The Union, as All entire whole-yes.
the Constitution that has been pulled
fdown from 1.-THE high archives of the
State, muilated and tranlpled under, foot
I--L say it. should be resurrected and
| placed intact, and laid upon the altar Of
lyour cbtntty. fCheers.l / have laid them
there, the ffag tire Union, the Constitution;
let us gather around IL Ikea band OF patri-
| OTIS and of brothers, in one traternal hug,
and with faces upturned toward Heaven,
| swear by our God and bv our affairs, that
we shall sink Into the dust together, bnt
what this Union shalt be preseryedf7,
/ tCheers.l Let us do this59 let us save the
country let us restore this bleeding cOun-
| try; let us do that, and that once done, why,
| If we want to divide into parties, and haYe
party issues openttl, and different party
measures why,Fwe have a acountry to have
| parties in; but without it, we have no
country. [ say, give me cduntry ;llet par
ties go. Loud cneering.l ra.i.'.U lrd gFru
Why, something has been said in this
| country in reference 10 Congress. Why,
| who has made the Charge? The divine
| Cpngress itself; but II is Indigniiied Ia me
| [Mughterl to r,ifer to Congress, but 1t is en-
Cirely par e1cellettce and dg1ifed for Con-
gress TO denoutce me as usurper and
traitor. Laughter, uproar and cheers.l
| Tire Congress constitutes the Legislative
! Department of tile Government. and IL it
| tries to usurp the Executive, it Is my con-,
cern; it is my dutyto vindicate the EXecu+
tive Department of the Government.
! [CheGrs J., Yes, Congress, that talks about
| tyranny and des potisn. are the authors and
projectors of this FreednIeii's Bureau bill.
T" ThaGs;so.r] And, inradditiOn to that, let
me ask this audience here to-day, after all
| the complaints in regard to restoration,
Iuwhat step, What measure has this iumacu
| late Congress akeniH reference to restor-
| ing the Government, after eight months
legislation? ! Mcneil But, by way of
satisfying, as they supposed, the mass of
| the people. and by way Of picking up the
votes and supportsOf our patriotic men,
soldiers and officers. who have. fought
the battles. of the war; by way OF
aliating; by way, of trying TO create a
| little popularity, why, at the close of the
! session, Whit did this Cbugressd doY 1t pass
ell a bill called theiBqqnty bill, [hOoting
and cheers,l in which bill they proposed to
| give the brave boy that slept on the Battle
Ehe1d, that fought the battles of his country
-and perished at the CANTON S mouth, they
proposed to give him, tor two years service,
fifty dollars, [aughterE but, by way of
making the thing more palatable and ac-
ceptable, for two years service they voted
themselves four thousand dollars extra pay.
| Loud laughter and cheers. want the
advocates Of'Congress to take this and other
| things that might be enumerated, and
| count them over before they "hOlleT' for
| Congress againi Laughter. Such has been
'thGhistOrYgin brief OF what has been trans
hpiring there. | have exercised the veto.
1 poWer'in. bpshalf of heipeople. ["GoOdF9
| lvetOed their Ereetlmen's Bureau bill twice.
I [Cheers, ',VetoIi it againp] and with your
llelp, and God 6ging willing, il itwere to
! come L would VetS it forty times. l[ Laugh
! ter and loud cheers Then let me ask you
| here to-day, after having passed through
this perlbus conflict, after having emerged
| from this owl war-=let me nsk this people
| here to-day, as has been said by your CHAIR
| man and organ on this o 'casiOn, has there
| not been enough blood she'd? I'Yes."] Has
| there not been enough life sacrificed (? The
| time has come forpeace; peace has been
| proclaimed. [''Peace." 4 Cheersil l, trust
in God that the time will soon come when
all agricultural, mechanical, and CONNER
| cial, and financial-when all the pursuits
in fine, that tend to elevate, and make a.
people great and civiliz d, will be resumed,
and our, nation will renew her career.
I trust In God that it will soon come;
1 when ali your nitrcies, when your canals,
! your rivers, your great lines of railway
| the great arteries of trade and commerce.
| when they shall be resumed; that trade
| shall so along It's accustomed way; yes,
and your telegraph wires snail be strung
along like the lines of latitude and ,longi-
| tude until they embrace and encircle the
globe, anCt 'thG whole globe itself will be
sensitive to toueh' and reflect intelligence
] like the face Of arman, l trust we, will be
| permitted to resume this career. Are we
| willing to turn back and look at the wasted
fields ?ia Who, letsme ask, Il repeat here on
| this occasion, who is ID that again wants to
set man upon man, and lit his hand, in the
name of God, against the throat of his
| eountry? Let me ask here to-day, who is,
1t that wants TO see these fair fields, this fair
| land that gave q brother BIRTH, to be
drenohed in his sbrotler's blood? aTp 0l hal
! Oht let us have peace let us have peace
Yes, the balefuf comet Of fire and blood has
been in the ascendant long enough. The
benignant star OF peafe has chased it away,
aud thrust in God that the time is at hand
when we shall have peace on earth and
| good will toward men! TCheers1 Why
| should We now cultivate our passions, and,
| resentments 2? This ispeace; and the poll
| cY to be pursued in time of peace IS pre-
4 cisely opposite to that to be pursued In
I time of war. Oh, yes, know It has. been
said my io0untryaien, that Il turned, rebel
and tFait9ro .WhY2lotTNeyer,pl., Why?,
| t'.Never,pJ Because many. persons who
have been n,engaged in the rebellion thought
otherwise, fell victims under the law |; be-
cause /, I'M following in the footsteps of, my
4 illustrious predecessor, exercised the par
! dOning power. ,...,.'...-... =.
! But ilet me ask You here to-day, who Is 10
| that rises above the attributes Ofithe1 Deity
\ aHdchas no mercy in his, besom2 Who, is
4 1t among us that has, not SiHped';ft some
/ time of his life Whe=that is here to-day,
| If he had beensaerifeed prthe first or the
! second sin of bis life. would haYel been lett?
| am one of. those-I must cdnfe ss it to V0H,
4 that a mar niayd do wrong -Etifatoa anaip.
j may sin)AI Il ain one OfthOse, that helieye,
] t1ab, chtsreap1 repent and become aIbetter
4 man: ana, having, ,repented and believed