The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-01-31
SPEECH OF NIn. PLANTS.

Hon. I. A. PLANTS, Member of Con-
gress from the 18th Ohio District, has
sent us the Daily Globe Of the 9lst inst,
containing speech made by him in the
House on the 10th, upon reconstruction.
We regret that we have not room to
publish the whole Of it; but we SO
entirely agree with the sentiments con
taiued III the speech, that we make room
for the concluding portion. ao 3
| These States embrace the garden.spot OF this
continent, II not of the world, The sun shines
| upon no equal area so favored 10 every respect as
\ thls ] I has climate varied saiubrious, GENIAL
/ and healthy beyond comparison with any other
aud suited TO oil tastes and all conditions II has
soil as varied, and prolific In ali the agricultural
| nroductA which give sustenance. LUXURY and
wealth to It's cultiyators. Ii has mineral resources
Of unlnIaglnable richness waiting development,
1t has monntalns pillared up with copper and
iron and COAL while they are underhowed with
salt aud petroleum and covered with forests Of
valuable timber. Il has broad valleys wateFed b.
beautiful rivers, and Water-power which II prop.
| erly employed might weave and forge for the
world. II has thousands Of miles Of ocean and
gulf coast indented with bays and harbors, the
/ Inevitable seats Of an undreamed commerce. And
this natural Eden invites TO Its bowers the iml-
grants from NIL lands. i1H'fi( 5dl iHH r
In looking back to the settlement of our western
Territories and their erection into States aud In
corporation into the Union, the, Imagination
Itself becomes staggered at the result. Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Iowa,
| Wisconsin, Minnesota Kansas California, Oregon,
Nevada, Nebraska, Colorado, and our free Terri
tories have oil, within the memory of living men,
been redeemed from the wilderness, clothed with
cultivation, dotted over with cities, and checkered
with railroads. The very air has become trenulous
/ with the music Of machinery, end every avenue
Is crowded with commerce. The busy millions OF
the evet.nereaslng population occupy homes Of
comfort aud elegance, while churches, schools,
academies, and colleges mark - mlle-stones the
Every by-paths Of tue land. Whence, sir, this
1 miracle of population and development ImmL
grafton and lis natural increase answers thu
question. Have the sources Of this mighty
Immigration been dried hp7 MOI they are In.
ereasIng, aud the condition Of the Old World, as
well as portions Of the New, make y certain thai
these streams VIII be greatly augmented IN the
future. NUeIi nA tsiW dTt3
Hitherto thIs migration has been diverted
from the South BY thc eurse OF slavery before The
war aud hy the reign of terror" that has been
kent up by the rebels since. Give the pledge u
security and IL win llow TO the South IS 1t Heve
did TO the West. Give them assured pFotec tion
and from tic farms and workshops and manu-
factories and marts of trade and commerce OF the
States apd Of E0rope win guaranty ID Eve years
en- addition of five millions to the loyal popula
ton Of those states--a number quite sufficient te
, overshAd0g the dlsiosal element and reconstruct
not the political institutions alone but the socIs
life OF the South. With this Emigration vii
come tile capital, the Intelligence, che enterprise
aka taf Naa
The North apd, lhe West Social intercourse,
commercial aud business relations, and varied
reciprocal interests will thus be established. 4
aee press free spseeh, and free schools will
necessarily follow. These Will asslmlhte th
society there to that Of the loyal States, and thu
blottlng out forever the insane sectionaism that
fostered BY saysry has hitherto & pep sle paa = 2
homogeneous people. And here, slr opens Il
the imagination vision Of fnture glory that freu
: want Of Lme leave with some Tegret. Each one
} however can Gil np the picture for himself, By
with the hope that Its realization may not
prevented by our want Of concert, shall vote 70
this measure.
! A word, Nj. Speaker, upon another element O
/ this great problem and have done. Il need NJ
he denied that many good aud true men q
greatly embarrassed IN their action IL View Of whi
? 70 be the future VI the African race ID III
} country. would not be candid to cay that th
problem 10 Of easy solution from the standpoint
Of mAnv gentlemen. But II Is problem that
90 not intend TO discuss 1t any length Ia thl
: connection TlmRF IL nothing else iuFblds 1
4 The unsettled question Of The equality OF rae,
NAV, fur = thousand years 10 come, form the them
Of the philosopher ln hia study, rs has fot
thousand years In the pastt bnt legislation ea
. hardly walt for its settlement Whether the neg
Is physically or mentally equal4o the white TaI
s 4 not tha queatlnn here But the real quests.
" which affirm, il that each race and each Ind
y viduaI has natural, ihhasehs ana equal right
2 the foil and free exercise uf whAtavsr faculties
may possess, restrained only 50 fer a to pFeveg
the violation Of the equal right OF every 9th
IL person, and that BY impartial lawge ! wea
establish such Law, and let every enc work d
bis own desainy. ] would strike "blacks u
y lswhItss alike flosu I'll iawe, making our Iegisl
don 70 descend, IKE lAs dsvH and the rains u