The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-10-12


corruption fund.- Sooner or later il would
be thrown upon the country by mem
bers being bought up with it, who would
thus be induced to vote il iuto some appro-
priation bill.
Another portion Of tho amendment, and
which | cannot think was necessary, is that
we shall make them agree that we shall
nnver be required to pay for their emanci-
pated slaves. caunet think il possible
with any corruption or argument, that tho
people of the Northern States would be IN.
duced or forced into paying for men that
were made FREQ by the war, Applausel
II was well enough to prevent the poesi
bility of such a thing by putting it in the
bond
BUTLERs OPINION OF WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
REQUIRED.
For myself, will say, aud want il
understood, that | speak for no party plat
form in ths, but express simply my indi-
vidual opinion. which never wish TO cor-
coal, that think Congress did not 60 far
enough. Before these men were taken
back it seems to mo we should have re-
qured that no man who voluntarily bore
arms for the purpose of breaking down
this Government should ever Mold Office or
vote under the Government Cheers,
w non COnmUllloH 40 WIOup, uONeIUlleuN
can only punish the leaders. All history
shows that in the suppression OF rebellions
the leadera have been punished, and all
others allowed to resume their former posi-.
tons, but not to exercise any political
power.
Our fathers who established this Govern
meut, pursued this course after the rovolu.
ton. Every State but ono passed laws
permitting the tories to go home and live
in peace. whore they would be protected in
life, liberty and property but they were
not allowed to vote. Massachusetts, passed
law con6scating the property OF these
| tories. | would apply to these rebels the
same rule applied by our fathers, 30 that
hereafter no man shall find it convenient
to rebel against his Government. Cheers
One of the thirteen original States allowed
tory cit zcns to pass back into its commun-
ity, and tho exercise of all thcir political
rights, and it has never had republican
fern Of government since That State was
South Carolina. think we have had suf
icient warning. We don't want eleven
South CarolinaS in this Union. Cheers.
President Johnson, when asked why he
didn't hang jeff. Davis, said What shall
| do? Do you want me ts hang eight mil
lions of men2" No, IanSwer; four ont OF
tho eight millions in the South are loyal
blacks. We don't want them hung, and
we don't want you to hang all the whites.
But we do want you to begin with hanging
cae, and we will lot you know when TO stop.
| Laughter. Let it be understood that
treason is crime, and traitors are odions,
in other persons az well as in the President
of the United States. | by no means be
lieve that jeff. Davis was the worst man in
the rebellion f; but he was the representative
man he played for empire and staked his
life on the game he has lost and let him
pay the forfeit, 80 that no man will over at
tempt the sport again. Cheers.
WHAT IF THE SOUTH HAD ACCEPTED THE TERMS
OF CoNGREss2
Ii the South had accepted these terms in
the same fraternal spirit in which they were
proposed, there is not q man, so far as |
know, but would have been willing they
should come back, and each State allowed
it's proportion Of representatives. We have
no feeling against the good mon OF the South,
nor have we any feeling against the bad
men of the North that repent and do works
meet for repentance.
RECONSTRUCTED LOYALTY ILLUSTRATED.
1t has been said they of the South would
have been humble enough but for President
johnson, who has encouraged them TO man.
iGest their present spirit. They have be-
haved so badly that | want somebody pun
shed for it. Find out who it is, and if it ia
the President himself, have him punished
Cheers.
In Holly Wood Cemetery, at Richmond,
there are many hundreds of little green
mounds, marking the graves of Unicn sol.
diers, Oh one side of the main path, and on
the other there is large number of these
mounds, marking the graves of the Confed
crate soldiers. On a gala day, festival
was held in Richmond, and all the city
turned ont to deck with flowers and Con.
federate flags tho graves of Confederate
soldiers TO which perhaps no objection
should be made, although it is not the most
conciliatory way of showing loyalty. At
the same time few Northern ladies' who
were in Richmond, the Northern school
marIns as they we're called, aided by few
Golored women, reverencing the graves oi
those dead Union soldiers, decked with their
little flowers few of the graves of the
Union heroes there sleeping. But the re.
constructed men of Richmond tore off those
flowers and stamped them in the earth.
The United States, from money paid into
the treasury by Northern taxes, bought q
piece of land Of Vrg inian near Malvern
, Hill, and on that piece OF land were gath
cred the rethains of those brave men that
woA that glorious victory. Over it, in token
of respect, was raised by the burial party
of the United States the flag of tho country
to deck the monument of those soldiers
who while living, fought for it, and only
asked that it might float over them while
dead and yet that flag was torn down by
rebel hands, aud stamped in the mud by
those graves There was q time during
this war, when due and proper punishment
was visited on him who tore down the
American flag, sensation aud cheers, aud
if they don't let it alone that time will come
again. lRcnewed cheers. But this is
MOI all.
In Texas, in the State cemetery, sleep, or
did sleep, the remains of those who had
died in prison, soldiers of the United States.
The reconstructed Legislature Of Texas, by
a resolution, voted, after two hours debgte,
TO remove from that cemetery the bones
and as!.es Of our dead brothers, because they
ought not to oontaninate tho heroic Con.
federate dead who slept beside them. Now
then, until our dead can sleep in their
graves; until our flag can float over them
undisiurbed do not want TO see these
men come back, [great cheers and if my
life time passes before that time comes; still
let them be what they now are, CAMPS of
parosd prisoners and dying, would leave
to my son, as a Cherished legacy to see
that over every inch Of soil tho American
flag floats in honor aud in triumph. lGreat
cheers.
have already detained you too long.