Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-09-14
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! ton of the loyal people throughout the
cunt ry. Shall 1t not be given?
!
Mr. Hamilton to the Soldiers.
Braye Words for Brace len.
Hon. o. S. Hamilton, our candidate
for Congress, needs nc better recOmenda-
| tlOn as an able and fearless champion Of
the principles Of the Union party. than
the letter, to which we referred last week,
written by him, IN reply to a cOmmunica-
| ton from several soldiers at Eden. IN this
! county, inQuIring his views upon the sub
ject of boUnties The letter is of itselfa
sufficient assurance to every reasonable
mind that the best interests of the sol
diers, as well as the entire Union party,
| are safe in his hands. 1t evinces the firm
ness and decision of man who can be
depended upon, and the more our enc
mics denounce it as too radical, the more
we shall believe its radic8lism is just the
kind needed at this crisis. La these times
of political treaehery and indecision.
such outspOken manliness and decision
as Mr.. Hamilton shows are indeed re
! freshing. Let the soldiers and the peO-
pie rally to his support with the conf
dence and enthusiasm which his brave.
true words have challenged, and the
Eight District will In October next. speak
to shame the corrupt party which would
sell out the country to traitors.
We regret that we have not room for
the entire letter, but this will be atoned
for by the fact that during this week the
| people of nearly all parts Of the county
have had the opportunity to hear Mr..
Hamilton ia person. The main portions
are as follows:
In relation to bounties allow me to
state to you my views, as / have long en-
tertained, and often expressed them, to
wit The Government having adopted
the policy of paying bOunties to its vol
unteer soldiers, it becomes its duty to
equalize them. so that the men who en-
tered the army 10 the earlier stages of the
war, and who bore the bTunt Of the con-
test, should have justice done them and
I did hope the bill introduced by Mr.
Schenck. and passed by the House, would
become a law IF | should be elected to
Congress, / should advocate the passage
Of an act that would accomplish what
that was intended to.
A government should treat its people
and especially its soldiers, alike. A gov
ernment which pays its soldiers unequal
ly, treats some of them unjastly Let all
be equal before the law.
Mr. Hamilton then proceeds to ably
vindicate the justice and propriety Of the
different measures proposed IN the Con-
stitutional Amendment, and continues
Colonel Reid will say TO you, no doubt
that he will vote for bounty bill such
as you want Now here is the point at
which I wish to put you on guard he
stands pledged to Uote JOr the lHcORdt-
ti0nat adm esiOn Of .fifty Representatives.
from rebel States, eUery one elected 6y reb-
els and eUcTy one Of 5JhOBJ mould an
questj0nablV roe against the blu Can
he be your friend loho giUes one cote for
yOU and rOtes TO bring into Congress .ftty
Uofes against g0u
Let me explain what course of events
will probably be- Under the theory
maintained by Col Reid aud his party.
that the rebel States are entitled to i'm
mediate and unconditional representa-.
ton, the rebel States will elect members
for the next Congress, and these will 20
to Washington and demand admission,
aud Col. Reid stands pledged to vote for
their admission, Immediately aud uncon-
ditionally III these were to be admitted
would you expect them to vote for b0un-
ties or pensions ? Your answer can only
be an emphatic No
I propose to stand with whatever firm
ness and courage God may give me, when
the trial comes, against the admission of
represen ntatives who have been rebels, un-
bAl AAAG OUHolAeAHAQ4 40 81 NAAA1u0GAA bAAal
one rebel, has no more voting power than
one loyal man. I know full well the Fl
cry ordeal which probably awaits the
next Congress. / know that the Presi-
dent has more than once given out that a
Congress which excludes the representa-
tives of part of the States is a usurping
and unconstitutional Congress. I know
that such men as Ewing are furnishing a
madman with arguments In favor of for
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seutatIVes from the rebel States, one of
whom will WELD as much voting power
as two like myself, who represent loyal
constituencies. i know that Thurman,
| Morgan, Vallandigham, and many others,
leaders Of Colonel Reid's party, boldly
declared that Congress, as at present con
stituted, is a usurpation, aud is not the
Congress of the Constitution and I ex-
pect an effort at the organization of the
next Congress, to make what the Presi-
dent aud his followers may be pleased to
call Constitutional Congress, by COM
pelling the admission of fifty represents
tives from the rebel States
Col. Reid, being pledged to the "imme-
diate and unconditional admissiOuOf re-
presentatives, and believing, as the plat
form of his party declares. that represen-
tation is now and has been 'unconstitutiou-
ally and arbitrararily withheld from those
States, will Of course offer no opposition
to their admission by speech or vote. In
deed it viii be just what he desires, if he
is a consistant man
I am in favor of the admission of rep
.resentatives from these States as soon a IS
they consent TO an amendment of the
Constitution which gives them their just
proportion of power, and not before.
But I ask you to go with me another
step, aud contemplate with me another
condition Of things which may arise
The House of Representatives consists
Of about two hundred and forty-one