Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1866-06-26

NANDADA ~ 90 AAoO INV hlOA1NN l1Iot
by the fair ought to go as we'll to or
phans of rebel soldiers as loyal
Voices "Neverl ." You say
Never" | will not join in that cry
Far be it from me to visit the sin o.
the fathers upon the children. Zap
plause.1
The orphan Of the rebel is to be
pitied first, for his orphanage
Then he is to be still further pitied
because he receives from the dead
the sad legacy of a traitors name
But let me say distinctly, that if the
President of the United Statesthinks
the money of this fair ought to com
fort the orphan Of the disloyal sold.
Ter as well as of the loyal, | think il
ought to comfort the orphan Of the
black soldier as we'll as of the white.
Tremendous cheering.] Would to
God the President bad said this him
self, instead of leaving it TO be said
by a fanatic and Abolitionist like
me. Laughter, during which some
Kisses were sent up,,around the speak
ers' stand Mr.. TiIton good humor.
eddy exclaimed, 1t seems as if
somebody here has been so unkipd
as to hiss the President of the Uni.
ted States! [Great laughter. l.
When William l.. Yancey was alive,
and used to utter in Cooper Insti-
tute, in New York, the worst doe
trines of the rebellion, | used to lis
ten patiently, and never hiss. l
never Kissed anybody in my lite-not
even Andrew Johnsonl Laughter.
| have been for a few days a specta>
tor in Congress. | happened to be
there when the vote was taken on
the new constitutional amendment.
Well, the Union men in Congress
are true, noble, and wise-they mean
well for their country. Considering
the obstacles which the man at the
other end of the avenue throws in
their way-[great cheering]-l was
about to say that, considering the
enemy whom they have to fight,
they have fought well and gained
much. Nevertheless, the new
scheme of reconstructiOn-let mo
speak frankly-.is only the foretinger
OF Justice reached out to the negro,
but you and / must never rest till
the Government shall stretch out to
him the whole right hand of fellow
ship, to lift him up to his manhood,
his citizenship, and his franchise.
Great applause, and some further
Kisses Well, / know that some Of
you don't like it but | could talk a
great deal worse if l tried. CLaugh-
teri And l rather like q good, old
fashioned hiss. [Laughter.] 1t re
minds me of the early days. Shall
l not say in Washington what | am
in the habit of saying at home!-
Well then, when | am at home, |
say that the only true reconstruc-
ton Of this Union--the only basis
which will cndure--the only scheme
of which yourselves will not at all
be ashamed a year hence-is the one
and only rue foundation Of equal
rights. [Great applause. My mot
to is, all men equal before che law !
As God is no respccter of persons,
how dares mar to be! Why do you
make your statue Of Justice blind,
if still you permit her to see the diff
erence between a white skin and a
black | hold that high and low,
rich and poor, white and black,
must all be equal before the law.
Applause. In this faith | abide,
sure of the issue. On this doctrine
| stand as on a rock all else is sand.
Any other foundation is wood, hay,
and stubble this is adamant. No
settlement will be final which is not
fully just. The scheme Of to-day is
only partial justice. l ask that the
horned crescent be rounded to the
full moor. [Applause.]
To day looking at the dome of the
Capitol, | said to myself, "Unto what
can it be compared, except to St. Pc
ter's at Rome. But ST. Peters
at Rome was originally draft
ed by Michael Angelo for a greater
and fairer structure than the archie
teot was allowed to erect. The great
plan was dwarfed. There are authors
and planners in Congress of scheme
Of reconstruction as full orbed as Mi.
chael Angeles dome, but the Presi
dent will not allow it to be built
Nevertheless it must be built, Presi.
dent or no President, Cor gress or nc
Congress. Let both ends of the av.
enue take heed that the party ofjus
tice, the party Of liberty, is the party
that controls the conscience of the
nation, and will sooner or later con
troll its policy. Gentlemen in Wash
ington? be it known unto you tina.
you shall never have rest for tn,
soles of your feet, until your legisla
ton shall have squared every jot anC
title, according to the great rule 0
equal rights. [~Applause] | know
the world vas not built in a day.
know this realization of reconstruct
ed Union cannot be had by u mer,
wishing. But | know that sooAer
or later, God mean to give it to thi
nation. 1t is written in Heaven tina
the fairest nation on earth shall b.
modelled on no meane plan. Keel
the glowing ideal, therefore in you
minds. Seek to achieve it be con
tent with nothing else. Out Of th
broken fragments of eleven disrupt
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