The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-09-14

AND FoRFEIr SHOULD BE PAID.n-Ad-
dress 70 loyal SoIitlse1uerS, APTit, 1865.
TRAITORS MUST TAKE BACK SEATS.
''IN THE WORK OF RECON
STRUCTTON, TRAITORS MUST
TAKE BACK SEATS.
e say that the traitor has ceased to be a
citizen, and in Joining the rebellion has
become a public enemy: HE FOR
FEITBD HIS RIGHTTO VOTE WITH
LOYAL MEN WHEN he RE-
fNOUNCED his CITIZENSHIP, AND
THREATENED TO DESTROY OUR
G0YERNMENT.'- at NASH
nile, June 9th. 1854.
JOHNSON ON THE THEORY OF RECON-
MISUNDERSTANDING STATES BECOME
TERRITORIES.
HBut, sir, there is another question
that suggests itself in this connection.
Kansas, during the last Congress, ap-
piled for admission into the Union.
She assumed to be State, and the diff
Guilty in her way was provision
In her Constitution; and the manner of
its adoption. We did not let Kansas
in. We did not question her being a
State, but on account of the manner of
forming her Constitution and its proVi-
sions we kept Kansas out. What is
Kansas now? Is she State or is she a
Terrttory? Does she revert back to her
territorial condition of pupflRge3 Or,
having been State, and having applied
Tor admission and been refused, is she
standing out State? You hold her as
a. asTefritory; you hold her as province.
You prescribe the mode of electing the
members of her Legislature, and pay
them out of your own treasury. Yes,
she is a province controlled by Federal
authority, and her laws are made in
conformity with the acts of Congress.
Is she not Territory? Ithink she is.
Suppose the State of California with
draws from the Union. We admitted
her. She was territory acquired by The
United States, by our blood and treas
ure. Now suppose she WithdFaWs from
the Confederacy-does she pass back
into territorial condition, remain a
dependency upon the Federal Govern
ment, or does she stand out as sepa.
rate government Let me take Louis
lana, for which we paid Sic, 900, 900.
That was a Territory for number of
yearS-yes, a province. 1t is onlY an
other name for a province. tits pos
session held under the jurisdiction of
the United States. We admitted Louis
lana into the Union as u State. Suppose
we had refused to admit her; would she
not still have remained under the pro-
lection ofthe United States3 But now,
Il she has the power to withdraw from
the Union, does She not pass back to
the condition in which she was before
we admitted her into the Union? In
what condition does she place herself?
When those States which were at first
Territories cease their connection with
TINS h1stGoYernment, do they not pass back
into the Territorial condition" Speech
IN the Senate, December 1911, 1860.
johnson on the Senate and Federal
Appointments.
THE SENATE CAN AND SHOULD LIMIT
NTFEN
"This successful sectional candidate,
who is in a minority of million, or
nearly so, on the popular vote, cannot
make his Cabinet on the 4fh of March
neTt, aLllleSs this Senate 1DiL permit him.
Am i to be so great a coward as to re-
treat from duty2 / will stand here and
meet the encroachments upon the insti-
tuttons of my country at the threshold;
and as a man-aS one that loves
my country and my constituents
will stand here and resist a II encroach-
ments and advances. Here is the
place to stand. Shall I desert the cita-
del, and let the enemy come in and take
possession No. Can Mr.. Lincoln
send a Foreign Minister, or even a Com
sui abroad unless he receives the sane
ton of the Senate2 Can he appoint a.
Postmaster whose salary is over a
thousand dollars year without the
consent of the Senate? Shall we desert,
our posts, shrink from our responsi-
bilities, and permit Mr.. LINCOLN TO
COME WITH HIs COHORTS, AS WE CON-
sIDER THEM, FROM THE NORTH, TO CAR
RY OFF EVERYTHING 2''-Speecb IN tic
Senate, December 10, 1860.
miscellaneous.
HEOPPOsEs PERSONALITIES AND ttAUTo-
BIOGRAPHICAL sKETcHEs."
nAIr. President, / was alludincs to the
n1R 0f naF1Onalftfna rmlNnty m mt
guments; they are the resort of men
whose lives are low and coarse. 1t is
very easy to talk about tcoWards,' to
draw autobiographica sketches; to re-
count the remarkable, the wonderful
events and circumstances and exploits
that we have performed. .''-iSp peeclt in The
Senate, Mdrc62d, 1851.
MR.. JOHNSON a RADICAL.
81 know that we sometimes talk
about compromises. am not COM
prom1ser nor a conservative in the
usual acceptation of these terms. Z
have been generally considered a 1RGdicdL.
! go for enactments by Con-
greSs and for amendments to the Com
stitution upon the principle that they
are right, and upon no other ground.-.
6peectt't the Senate, December 18Th, 1860.
HE FAYoRs AMENDING THE ooNsTrrU-
On Thursday, December 10th, 1850,
Mr.. Johnson, then Senator from Ten
nessee, introduced a joint resolution
into the Senate, proposing three amend
ments to the Constitution of the United
States. ON Tuesday, December 18th, he
said:
+. Mr.. President, if these amendments
had been made, and the Constitution.
had been in the shape now proposed, /
think the difficulties that are now upon
the country would have been obviated. !"
q While Mr.. johnson was in Congress
he moved no less than nine amend
inents to the Constitution.
HIS PAST RECORD a GUARANTEES FoRTHE
FUTURE.
The course which I have taken in the
past in reference to this rebellion must
be regarded as guarantee for the
future. -SP on being iHGuglLrdted
President, Apl-it 18th, 1865.
HE ADVOCATES NEGRO SUFFRAGE.
ExRCUTTvE OFFICE,
3a WAsHINaToN, d. G., Aug. 10, 1865.
GoUe71io7. ". y. SHarkey, Jackson, afiss.: !:
I am gratifiedst TO see that You have or
ganized your Convention without difii- :
entity. hope that without delay your
Convention VIII amend your State Con-
atitntion, abolishing slavery and tlery-
ing to all future legislatures the pow
er TO legislate that there isproperty in
man; also, that they viii adopt the
amendment te the Constitution Of the
Huited, States abolishing slavery. N
SlGit could ertend The egectige franchise 10
an psrSoIls OF color l6h0 can read ne
C01lsi iti,tfoii ot The U5itsd States n
5IIgl lfSIt did i0ftfte tier adnles, and an
persons Of color tplo oloiI real estate
gCIsgfef az not tess than tipo hundred and
NY Oi0tgdTs, aud pay td3es thereon, yoti
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