The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-09-26
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But will tell you what did think:
thought that they broke up the Union becnuS
they could not coutrol it; Lccsusc majority
Of tic people, AS they had right to do, elected
the President u their choice. We raid to the
people: The idea with us il that tho voice o
the people is the voice OF God. and il you won't
submit to the will Of the majority, 50 help us
the Lord that protects our flag; We will mike
you submit We Ind kind Of dim notion
that the war was unconstitutional on thci,
part and think SO yet. The States are no,
out Of the Union, but, thank God, they arc
out Of Congress. and they shall stay out until
they are willing to come in upon an: equality
with loyal men.
The next thing that Mr. Johnson does is,
Of course. to leave the hag and the constitn.
ton in their hands. "Pcrmit," he sAys, "this
humble individual. in, conversational way,
to $ay that he has held every office, from the
Altlrrtlan Of Grcnville, East Tennessee to
President Of the United States" and tho
"humblc individual" might Misc add, II
never had any capacity for any other oiiico cx.
ccpt the first"
The next place he makes speech, he snys
| q think Mt Schenectady "thst TIE people aIv
DESTROYS Of imwaching him hrr"u,c hc stands
upon the constitution Of the United States"
Now, this * simp y untrue. No mun ever
sail that he ought to he iml"nchrt for stand.
Ing upon the constitution Of the United States.
No man ever said that he ought to be i'm
pcarhrd for acting according to law.
/ The next place he makes n speech hc says
| that his intellect is not so strong rs it should
be. Upon that point raise no issue whatever.
In this magnificent tour he comes TO. the
city Of Cleveland In the city Of Cleveland.
when they cry out to him New Orleans
when they make several other remarks and
call him Moses" he gets little offended,
and says. "You may call me traitor il you
! want to-" lie says " II | were disposed to
play the orator, and deal in defamation. |
would initiate one Of the old tragedies. and
bring Mr. Seward out before y"u show his
body covered with scars, his mantle COW
cred with gorr, and would ask You who is
trai,rr?"
WE'LL for one should say. the man that
! tried to cut his throat. II ! were disposal {"
deal in defamation. !, too, would initiate one
Of the nld tragedies: | would hiring before
: you three hundred thousand corl'srS now
! sleeping in unknown graves in the South; |
would bring before you the twcnty-ci.h,
thousand rInaciutc,l bolicS Of those who were
starved to death in rebel prison pens, those
men who lay upon the frozen ground. with no
covering except the clouds Of Gml. with no
light but the stars; those men Tint were no,
allowed to hear from their wives and chill.
drcn; those men that were not allowed to
write to .hrm: would bring before you
| their cmaciatcd bodies: | would bring before
YOU, too, their widows and their orphans, md
I would brin. before You the UnionstS OF
that country, who ile.l by the light Of their
blaz,n: homes, seeking protection from the
glorious fla Of the United States. Then |
would ask you, in the nam" Of God, who arr
the traitors to the country?
We say to Mr.. Seward. &" hnrk to your
former principles; Dc loyal to liberty, h
!nval to this Niosrrmmrnt. and wc will he
! loval To YOU, but no, till then.
! Mr. .Inhn,rn went on TO the great city -!
t'hica." 1h"rch he n>>i>,rl IN laying the corner.
! stone a. the )nll.la> Monument. u seems to
M thu, il would have nlaic the homes OF
Douglas stir IN their cuitin because this same
Douglas said, little while before he died.
that there were only two parties in this
Country traitors and patriots,
! The crrn"r.stonr WAS laid and it seems tina,
+ it is impossible Tor any body accompanying the
| party TO tell the truth. Mr.. Dix, in making
his o:,.on went on to say that we could
never have ACCOMPLISHED rs much rs has leen
accnmpliShcI, hal il nnt hcrn for the personal
popularity Of Andrew johnson in the South.
! Dnln'; .Aairvw ,tuiln>nn tell us til:,t l." WAS
! hunted cut Of the South Ike n wild beast, that
he was driven from his home? wonder TINT
| they drive popular Ern away from their
homes No: they hated and 'lcSpiScd An
drew .Inh,l>nn rs long as he w:s tmon
man. l",aSc they hate and drSpiSe loyalty
md if Andrew johnson is popular in the
! South to-day, il is nj the rxpcnsr Of hls PIT.
rio,sm. Tell mo TIM, Twenty-Five millions OF
people. armed IN the holy ra'lSc Of liberty, are
! dependent upon one man. We can pm, down
rebellion aud hmlrrw johnson to boot.
From Chicago b. went TO the oitr Of ST.
L.n,iS and thcr he charged tho ou,rag'<
AMI the murders ut New Orleans, recently,
! upon the Congress "f the United States.
! What, in the name "f God, has Congress d"nc,
that they should 10 charged with murder
. Did Congress want these men asSaSSlnatcd
! Didn't Congress merely want justice done IN
! the South Doesn't Congress say. let loyal
men control the country? Doesn't Congress
say, Le, the black man be protected ? Where
| ask YOU, is there word from any loyal
| Congressman that could Le construed into
advice of that character? Driven to fearful
necessity Of explaining that thing. in his
agony he cries out. 1t is the result Of what
! Congress haS done"
| Don't YOU know that every man that
brought it on was opposed to Congress And
80, Andrew Johnson says that the members
of that convention were trnitors. Then, IN
the maine Of GuI, why is no not their friend
He is the (ricnd Of all the balance Of the trai.
turs-why not include them? But don't let
him think that It is u greater crime to 10 a
traitor to "my policy" than it is to he trail
tor to liberty and justice.
Mr. johnson tells us that he darcs Con-
rcSS to iuipcach him Congress will never
try i, unless he is guilty, and unless they can
substantiate their impeachIncnts. Yet yon
know, and so do I. that il the President Of
the United States is guilty Of treason. the
loyal North has the power and the courage to
bring him to punishment.
| Il seems to me that | ain nearly through
with Mr.. johnson. / can not review tie
speech he nsdc here tonight. because he
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