The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-09-26
WHOLE NO. 1862.

{ SDahlUg lleIQ ati up tOHctleT ne WOulu nave n
/ party to himself that would elect him Presldeiit
! for the next four years He undertook 10 recon-
struct these revoltel States hc said they had not
/ gone out Of the Union declared they had the
came rights as other States, and should be allow
ed their Representatives In Congress the same as
Ohio. Let us examine this theory and sec whether
Il will bear the test Of logic. They first insisted
that the States were never out Of the Union but
at the same time they say johnson had the right
10 appoint Governors IN each Of those States, and
tLeY had rzbt 10 representation in Congress
Ii these States were never out OF the Union, but
have tie some rights as Ohio, / would like 10
know By what authority johnson appointed Cow
I eInCrs for them. He caunOt appoint Governor
| for Ohio and Il not, how could he appoint one
for Mississippi, or North Carolina, Or Georgia,
they were states having the same rigbts as OHIO?
/ can't ugderslaId this Ny theory i3, that when
these States rebelled against the Government.
they bid farewell to all protection from that Cow
eminent. Gnd By their own s8Urds they mad 70
carve out their rights elsewhere If they could;
and when the rebellion ended they laid down
I their arms, and having committed the highest
crime known 70 the Constitution or the laws,
they forfeited their lives and In iorfeiting their
lives they forfeited also all their civil rights, ex-
ccpt the right to be tried By q loyal jury AMI
hanged between the heavens and the earth.
LGieal cheer-
REc0ysTRuCTIog
Now. let as gee what the Republican party have
done, ard what the Democratic party are trying
to do. We organized these States according 10
our own plan; laid them off into military dis
tricts; required their votes 20 be registered ex.
c!udng the GslOyal, and admitting oil lOyalmen 20
vote. We said. you men who attempted to destroy
this Government have no right now to control
IT, want to know il auy Of you men here would
giye the control Of yOur stores to men that are In
the habit Of breaking them open and stealing your
goods. FOces-"NO no; never" Then We
went upon tie theory that the men who protected
the Government were alone entitled to its control.
And we sag now this Government shall be recon-
structed by loyal men, both white and black.
Aud will say more, for | am not atFah of radi-
c4ism, or anything the whole rebel party may
OF mel hope the 1rst member Of Congress that
shall 90 up 70 represent the chivary Of South
Carolina may be as black as the ace Of spades
I Great cheers.
/ Let Us see how this policy win work with US.
These men shall not have representation In Con-
/ gress. Why? Because they forfeited their rights.
II, az States or people they rebelled against the
( Government Of the United States, they violated
their rights, except such rights as Congress, by
/ legislative action. shall give to them. Then how
arc they 70 get their rights? just as any man
who misbchayes in a community reinstates him
, self III the confidence Of tue people. If he acts
badly but afterwards comes back you don't
trust him at irst; but If be proves his character
BY his good works. you may receive him back
Let these Southern men show their faith by their
works, and it viii take good while for them to
I satisfy me-
/ No, sir. The Democratic party are determined
/ If they get power 10 let these rebels have power,
( the same as before the war. You may be sure
+ that BeauTegard, or perhaps JEFF. Davis will be
/ back in Congress, according TO Democratic the
/ org If they had the power. l am opposed to 1t,
/ and tell you, people Of Ohio--l am not candi-
/ date before YOU, and can say what mean-if II
/ is left to me, l never will vote to allow any man
! whose escutcheon smells Of treason, to have a
/ voice in the Congress OF the nation. LCheers.
Well, bat these Democrats say that this Is not
right You are treating our brethren down there
harshlv. Well. they are treating US harsbly.
. They soy they are States 10 the Union. Well, as
said the other day. II these States were not out
Of the Union for four years, the Union was cut
Of them for fur years. LCheers.I And when We
LET them back in the Union / want to get the
Union back 10 them By doing 1t that way we
will have the thing al right, aud not uHtil they
Get as much Union in them as they are In the
Union, On that question / slightly differ with
tbe Democratic parLy. This man Vallandigham
saws he wants the debt to be paid oil as soon as
possible but in different manner Of doing II
from what we are doing. But he saws he is in
flyor of widows OF soldiers having pensions; he
IS determined they shall have it, Now all the
tensions widows and soldiers ever get from Val
landiybam wish they would show it to me.
All that they got has been voted to them BY the
Republican party. All they ever viii get VIII 10
voted 20 thgm by the Republic II party. IL Is =
most amusing thing to hear this patriot, Vallan-
diglam, considering the manner Of his getting
out Of lis treason, and going around and cajOiiHg
with soldiers making fair weather 10 them. II
he cannot slip through the smallest auBuE hole,
/ | would like 10 see the smaller one. must tell
/ n story tbat comes near lifting him. There YVES
an old gentleman who professed 10 be aphiioso-
/ rher We'll he was travelling: had Deen driven
ant of his own country and returned to il. He
, was winding his way down the mountain path,
md saw a little house 10 the side of the road,
where be saw q cows tail sticking TO the door
! throuOh an augur loie. y e.t Ee went up 10 Il.
Said he: | am a philosophers | have Travelled
many miles; l have Travelled through Europe,
! Asia and Africa | have ascended the tallest
mountains and stood upon the highest peaks l
have viewed the moon and sun IN all their
spendor; / have seen the rivers as they went
, smoothly along; | have watched the white caps
bnrst. the slip mount the mighty waves all
that can account for in my philosophy; TO seq
how that COW got through that hole l cannot
imagine.
Now. felow-citizens, I cannot account for Val
Iondigham's getting where he is. l fud MIN
going around among the soldiers, appealing to
Them TO repudiae this party because, As he SAYS,
inin,ical 10 the institutions of this country. He
indorses Andy JOhnsou's recent proclamation,
oIthonHh it was issued without authority OF law
for in 1866 the act authorizing the President to
4, these traitors. and under which Lincoln issued
his. aud johnson his first proclamation, was
| repealed because We feared johnson would ez-
ercse powers not intended TO be given in that law.
J In tbis Inst proclamation he pardoned all rebel
officers below the rank Of Brigadier General, and
in his next which he win be apt to issue in due
time. he will include Lee, and Beauregard, and
MI other officers, and JEFF. Davis himself He
D will do ii in violation of law, and without their
! | asking for it, This will be his course, unless
/ nd Hn mot i'm
: peach him. they ought to be impeached them
i selves. Great applause
f If Won had JEFF Davis in the Presidents chair,
|, or Robert E. Lee could they have done more for
II the Rebels than johnson has done since he has
r been President? If they could, | would like to
n know in what wav. If jeff. Davis had been
President what would he have done? He would
have returned all the property Of rebels back to
e It's owners. johnson has done that. II JEFF.
Davis had been President he would have pardon
ed all his fellow rebels. johnson has pardoned
IS nearly all OF them. JeG. would have denounced
d Congress, and called them traitors: johnson
p has done as bad. jeff would have relieved STAN
u ton, because he had been true and faithful pa
C triot. johnson has done the same. JEFF. would
q have appointed rebel Governors down there; and
johnson did that very thing JEFF would have
: vetoed the Frcedmens Bureau Bill, the various
@ bills of reconstruction. the same as johnson has
. done. Tell me one act JET Davis would have
j done that johnson has not done. And ifyou put
0 the Democrats in power, they will do just what
JED. Davis would have done.
> DISGRACE or THE NATION.
Look upon this scene. II is sad fact, my
e friends and fearful one. that while Abraham
q Lincoln lies moldering in the grave, Jen Davb
n goes stalking through the land. What com
y mentary upon our Government, or rather upon,
e It's Administration The head of liberty and OF
!. Repubiican Government: the defender of the
:, fag and the Constitution, Is assassinated by a
I, | nnnn nnnratic trotnr and the head of treason rs