The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-09-10
speech of rAon. columeus DeIsno. OF

OHlOs
Hon. Columbus Delano spoke briefly
at a meeting in Easton, Ohio, on the
Sd inst. In the course OF his remarks
he said his hearers should not think
that because the war was over the
fighting had ceased. Blood was run
ming no longer, but their troubles were
not ended. There was as much impor-
tant work now to be done to promote
their own welfare and that of their chill
dreu as had already been done, and
upon the fidelity of the people to the
Government depended its perpetulty
and prosperity. The foundation on
which the conspiracy against the Gov
ernment rested was the terrible wrong
of human bondage, and the design OF
United States. Its supporters in the
South bought up the Northern Demo-
cratic leaders,, and thus were able to
control the nation. But IL was written
in letters OF light, in the eternal and
everlasting courts of justice, that a
course OF iniquity such as that shouId
come to an end. God would not always
suffer it to endure, even if the struggle
TO overthrow it made graveyHrds by the
ten-acre field. He was not speaking OF
the rank and file OF the Democratic
party, but of its leaders. The same
conspiracy was now going on, and its
leaders were at work, and would con-
tinue to work till the heel of loyal men
was placed on the serpents head. 1t
was the decree of God that they were To
fight the COpperhead snake until they
had killed it. On the subject Of recon-
struction he said that the President had
undertaken TO establish civil govern
meuts in the Southern States, but he
(DeIano) never saw any constitutional
authority for It. Congress WAS re-
onired to establish civil govern
Inents in all the States. ..., But
in regard to the present conspiracy,
where were Vallandigham, and Pen
dIeton, and JEFF. Davis, and Foom bs,
and Mosby, on this question When
around the circle, he said that Con-
gress WAS "pretended Congress-
Hanging on the verge of the Govern
ment.n What was that but saying that
Congress was an Illegal bodyH Val
landigham and Thurman echoed this
declarations; they said that Congress
was not u legal body, because all the
States were not represented. But If
Congress was an Illegal body, then its
acts were void. Suppose the President,
who, instead of being u Moses, was
Pharaoh, prevented any reconstruction
this fall. He would then assert the va
lidity of his State governments, and
they would be represented III the Elec-
toral College. The people were mis-
taken il they thought they were yet out
OF danger Andrew johnson was
probably now coutriving means to re-
move General Grant; he was now quar-
relIing with, him and might remove
him. The only way to get rid of the
President was TO impeach him, and un-
Ill he was removed he would be an OBJ
stacIe In tie way or reconstruction.
The speaker believed there was a deep
seated purpose on the part OF the Presi-
dent to restore the rebels to power, aud
men like Vallandigham, who opposed
the war, supported the President. These
men were looking to revolution. The
South was powerless; but they had
hoped to succeed through. the acci-
dental tyrant at Washington. He had
nodoubt they would be foiled, for Con-
gress had anticipated the Presidents
course. That body knew from Secre.
tary Stanton that Grant was loyal, and
would not allow rebels to be counted in
the Electoral College, and they had
made a law so that the President could
not remove him. Butfit the President
tried to remove him he would find that
Grant was there; he would also lind one
hundred thousand boys in blue ready
to stand by the old flag and strike down
the conspiracy. 7F FT