The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-07-23

for such gentlemen Woulu III oe - ~ -
occasionally meet, as they WANDER oaiiy osel
this broad country, few OF the many wan
tpred hv the sanity Southern brethren OF
Nortbern Democrats on fields of strife, thrust
into prisons unfit for dogs, and starv-
ed fill q hale constitution was II wreck, and
tben left TO suffer the worst penalties incl
dart to weather and climate. l could give
nv friend from Brooklyn illustrations OF In
diyidual suffering at Andersonvllle that
would make the hair stand on his head, the
blood freeze in his veins, and curses spring
Involuntary to his lips. 1 remember one
Door bov from my immediate vicinity espe-
ciallv. His name is Dougherty. He went
into Andersonville prison without scar on
his young body or 4 cloud on his talr brow
but under the humanitarianism OF Southern
cbiyalry he came out without foot to
walk on. They were literally frozen OH IN
prison.
There are thousands of such instances that
might be paraded if had the time OF lnch-
nation to do it to justify the stern, uncom-
promising dissemination l feel to call by the
1entle term of brother these rebels OF the
South. When find in their conduct con-
elusive proof of contrition, and find them
openly opposed to becoming the instruments
and tools of Northern Democrats, who,
while the war was rag ing, accepted the pro-
lection of the stars and stripes, and now have
the graceless effrontery to brag that they
were false to it, I may, and probably Will,
then be glad to welcome them back into the
Union. But when 1 do that [ wish to be
able to 90 home and face the widows and
orphans that swarm the broad pralrles OF the
West, whose weeds of mourning meet us
there on the highways and the by-ways, and
oh
have to ask recognize the responsibility OF
q REPRESENTATIVE here to his constituency,
and feel that woman or child that cam
not vote may have as sacred right to ask
me a question as a man that can, and am
simply anxious to prepare myself to meet all
such Corners In the silent vigils of the
noiseless night many time and oft l fancled
I could hear coming on the soft whispering
breezes of the South, from the lowly pillows
of loyal soldiers sleeping sweetly where they
fell oallantv, the affectionate message: " Be
of good cheer: stand fast and firm at duty's
sacred post. 1t was standing there we lost
the crown of life to win crown OF glory,
and we appeal to you now, from our bright
home here in Heaven, to save our offspring
from the dire necessity of having to perish
as we persisted to save from destruction the
affairs and temples of liberty And how
treason. and petting political prof1igates! l
do not recognize the right of the rebel States
to insist that no issue not made with them
during the the war can be legitimately con-
sidered now. If they had established ma
tionality and had been recognized and treat
ed with by the nations of the earth, then
such proposition might perpossibility have
had some claims to consideration, but other
wise certainly none.
The position | wish to assume so distinct
" that it will and cannot be misunderstood
is simply this: that treason Is a crime, that
traitors are criminals, that the law is supreme,
that when it is violated expiration must fol-
low; and hold that mercy to the wicked is
cruelty to the Just. Here is presented an is
sue, admit, with the President. He does
not proceed upon the proposition that trea-
son is crime, that rebels are criminals, and
that legal penalties are enforcble. He is so
eagerly anxious to forgive that he seems to
forget that no forgiveness has ever been
proposed vet save as a sequel to pennitence.
Having failed utterly to establish anything
resembling nationality, the Southern
States can properly claim the protection of
no laws international upon that subject. My
consent can never be commanded to ignore
the claims that l feel the gallant dead who
fell fighting under our flag have upon my
devotion to their fame while live. Let
the poets tribute to the soldiers memory be
eternaly illustrated in the practical graft
tude of the American people when he said:
con fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents spread,
while glory guards with solemn sound
The bivouac of the dead"
And how Others feel cannot tell but I am
free to confess that feel that it is the men,
orv of those who fought and fell under our
flag, who charged rebel batteries carried re-
bel heights, vanished rebel legions and final
" crushed the rebellion, that has claim
upon our respect, care, and veneration far
above office-seekers and political partisans
The gentleman from New York says that
he and his friends are bound to have the
next President, and that we are bound to
impeach him. We have not vet impeached
any President, and if in the past we would
not, it is hardly presumable that in the flu
ture we will
A Member You would if you could
Mr.. Logan 1 shall not say what 1 would
do, but until the wishes of the people COM
mand here a proper respect do not think
the gentleman need to feel very serious
alarm about what we will do.
The gentleman has nominated General
Grant for the Presidency, and if General
Grant has any enemies | dare say the gen.
tleman's nomination must have made them
profoundly happy. General Grant rarely
has anything to say, and when he docs
speak it is generally directly to the point,
and from that fact the inference is fair that
he will be found more than equal to any oc-
casion that may call on him to take care of
the true interests of his fame and fortunes
whenever and wherever they may be direct
ly or indirectly threatened. But were I
General Grant and really aspiring to the
Presidency would give the gentleman no.
tice that if he wanted an office from me his
claims to consideration would not depend
upon how much, but how little, he had to
say in my behalf Oaughter.) Presidents
rarely owe their success to their enemies
General Grant may learn wholesome lesson
from the South about the consequences of
falling into bad company hunting for
friends.
General Grant is certainly great and
good man. He deserves and enjoys the af-
lection and confidence of this nation. His
personal popularity is universal. His mill
tary fame has spread
"From earth's remotest bound to oceans lone
lest shore"
1t rests upon the adamantine pedestal of
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