The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1867-01-23
CAMERON-IIE MAKES A SPEECH
HARRISBURG, January Is, 1867.

! StA"A'SNDAN LIZ Ahhhisp n VI
HARRISBURG, January 10, 1867.
This afternoon public gathering
was held at one of the hotels of this city,
at which speeches were made by AItor>
ney General Brewster, Senators Lowry
and Landon, and General Cameron, In
the course Of his remarks, Mr.. Cameron
said: | thank God that in spite of the
ISLANDERS my enemies have heaped on
me for twenty years, my fellow citizens
who have seen my life from day to day
have always stood by my side and help.
ed me to repe them This struggle OF
my political life has ended in victory
| desired this as an answer to vindicate
my honesty to my children and friends.
| now propose to pu. these slanders be-
hind me and forget alike the lar who
concocted them and the fact that good
men in some cases, by repetition of them,
were induced to believe and repeat
them.
Mr. Cameron continued Six years
ago thought slavery was the strength
of the rebellion, and ought TO be des~
troyed without delay. wished also TO
arm the black men who would volun>
te6r. or course | thought clothing a
black man in the American uniform
clothed him with the rights of an Anne
rican citizen, and | am sad to see a
black soldier, and reflect that even Penn.
sylvania denies him the ballot, the only
weapon whereby he can protect himself.
| hope to live to see the word white
stricken from our own constitution, and
the spirit Of caste upon color utterly
destroyed.
The South, however, is more controll-
ed by social influence than by political
principles. If you are wise and firm,
you may possibly educate the rising gen>
Grafton into loyalty but there is no
method of craftsmanship which will
make this generation Of the South loyal
to the Union and flag. The poison Of
thirty years cannot be eradicated by the
subseryienoy of President or by the
statutes Of Congress. Let us look the
truth in the face. The Southern terri
tory is disloyal. The loyal men OF to
day must guard their children against
another REASONABLE rebellion. The
Constitutional Amendment, impartial
suffrage, will help to do this; but ans
nesty will help to undo it.
OF Andrew Johnson, l said long ago
he was a traitor to his party, and an
enemy to his country and bad man.
lie has done many bad things, but moth
ing worse than Offering the offices of
the country to those few unprincipled
men who agreed to desert and betray
the great Republican organization for
his patronage. He joined the Demo-
cratic party long ago. He has a right
to give them offices, but he has no right
to dispose of them at auction to weak
knoed Republicans.
The pauper labor Of Europe is again
competing with our labor, and our mans
ufactures langulsh for want of protec-
ton against it. Pennsylvania needs no
assurance of my devotion to her inter-
ests in this regard, which are the inter.
ests of the whole country. will con,
tnue to labor, in season or out of season,
to protect our manufactures from rum
and their workmen from being thrown
out of employment, Or their wages res
duced to the starvation point, for l hold
that the 6ue welfare Of any nation de-
pends on the welfare of lis laboring class.
JOSH BILLINGS PROVERBS.