The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-08-22


ally desired in the North do not believe;
but the only certain relief from the i'm
position Of additional penalties upon
those who engaged in rebellion is prompt
acquiescence. in the terms now offered.
We have great country, fellow citi
zens, and it has been settled that it will
| not be divided. Our population will
shortly expand to sixty millions of peo-
pie, and I take great pride in, the fact
| that / am an American citizen, and you
will soon be proud that you are. A
voice, &C How about John Bull and the
neutrality laws ?'') So tar as John Bull
! and neutrality laws are concerned, John
Bull never gave US much trouble and
| never will. fs~eyf5s s5et.g T
I am sorry to find a few persons in
the South who still hold out for the old
State rights doctrine. 1t is a heresy ex--
ploded snd disposed Of, and whatever
deductions some men may have drawn
to it's support from tae union of the
| thirteen original States, as they may
conceive it to have been formed. it has
still less pertinency when applied to the
State of Arkansas AS territory it was
bought and paid for by the money of the
| .vhole country. Congress provided how
it should become State, and it is alb
surdity to say that Arkansas is SOW
ereignty. entitled to more rights that the
Government that gave it being. We
are on people, not thirty seven distinct
nationalities .confederated together by
weak and inefficient bond that any one
of them can sever at pleasure. Then
look, fellow citizens. to your interests.
II you would have your property in
| crease in value you must assure the pub
lie that your domestic and political
troubles have been settled. and men will
not come here to any great extent from
other sections Of the country until they
are. In your approaching eIections let
ME ex'ort you to accept the plan Con-
oress has presented for the settlement
of this question of reconstruction, even
thouch it may not suit some of you, for
however that my be yoa can not change
it. That body IS now in session, and
am or my way to Washington. When i
come into your State / did not think
there would be session in July. but
tie Attorney Generals opinion has rem
dered that necessary. The Preside mt
and Congress did not differ as 10 the
hoe elc.@<, h. ,,laanH
the act to provide more efficient gov
erntnent for the rebelIious States, or on
the supplemental bill. They substanti-
ally agreed as to what these laws meant,
and the attempt of the Attorney Gener-
al to whittle down and emasculate them
shows the difference between lawyer
and statesman Congress is in session
to legislate against the evils that these
oninions would inf1ict, than which moth
ing has done the Southern people more
harm. Yi1 .ss- 50
Fellow citizens, the great purpose Of
liberty to all can not be defeated, Or the
imposition of such penalty for rebell-
! ion as the American people may think
proper to impose. Not even Congress
itself could thwart their purposes, for
| the people arising in their majesty and
might, can defeat any power that resists
| them. 1A at& 4lH HzJ stG.5
! Political parties must be governed, in
tic South as elsewhere, by principles,
and old time prejudices must be aban-
doned. l#
Great events have taken place. Slav-
cry has gone the way of all the earth
Come forward then, as sensible men,
and look to yonr interests not only, but
those of your children. Acquiesce in
what you cannot prevent, and strive to
make glad the waste places of your
State. za =
| l have spoken longer than intended
to, and have spoken plainly. Let me
exhort you again, then, that when you
make up your political associations, you
stand With those who are in favor of re
construction as it is offered to YOU
Treat the colored people kindly. They
are freemen now and will go with you to
tue same ballot box, vote when you vote
and have voice in making the laws by
which you are alike to be governed
| And to the colored men, I do not say
vote for Your old masters, but Tor those
who helped to free you.
thank YOU for your kind attention.
| young man to work in a store, in Port
land, brough. such a rush Of applicants
| that the advertiser was dismayed. 1t
was as bad as similar call would be in
Chicago. Probably if a young man to
! work on farm had been advertised for,
nnf a SINGLE annlifanf .Wacld have an