Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-06-27
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~ Mr.. Drake, editor" of the UnioR Springs
Times, a Southern Journal, has had an inter
View with Thaddeus Stevens, which is de-
II scribed asifollows': di 70 2el ,7i go ~ i3ns
], visited Lancaster. and in the forenoon
lHof Friday, 231 instant, obtained an audi
ence.g Let me first give you a portrait 7oi
Il the man and-his household. Radicals have
4 a good deal to say about the close relation
i ship some of;the former slaves bear to their
n masters 'SThey mast stop this. 1t is hor-
n ribly unkind to their great leader and mas
H ter. .tIu the city;of Lancaster. Pennsylva-
II MIA, ,Tiii the Hgoodly North, nigh unto the
\ pure city of Philadelphia, tThaIldeuss Stew
ems has for, years lived in open adultery
Il with a mulatto woman, whom he seduced
\ from her husband, a full ablooded negro
4 This mulatto manages his households, both
at lancaster and Washington, receives oil
rejects his visitors at wilI,a speaks of. Mr.
\ Stevens and herself as "we,n and lin all
\ things comports herself as If she enjDyed
1.-THE rights of a lawful wife. have no word
II of sin kindness OF abuse for her, She is a
neat tidy housekeeper and appears to be
as polite and well trained as negroes gem
i eraIly Y are.F As TO Mr.. Stevens connection
with her, it is his own businessyand entire
\ ly matter of taste. only mention the
fact thatethe ultra, odly.shper-sanctified
l saints of the African ascendency may, get
the beam out of their own eve before they
gouge SO mercilessly at the mote in ours.
Ilo Mr.. Stevens was in his fine library, quite
feeble physically. but intellectually more
vigorous, prompt and lucid Than is usual
in men seventy four years old. : lie Is tall
| and has the bone of a large man, but is now
1 very thin in flesh. The face and head are
both good-the eye uncertain, the mouth
with its thin closed lips, and the strong
jaw, tell the secret of the bitterness and
love of, despotie power and revenge that
| fills his heart and keeps the man alive
| Upon first entering the room by the door,
which gave me- full view of the man,
there was something so like smile on his
face, that 1 thought his heart and his
speeches, his conscious and his words, were
not In harmony Th oon fitted, and from
that time to the close OF the interview, the
| whole, ,countenance-from the grand arched
forehead to the hard chin-was the very
ideal of cold pit iless intellect. l told him
who | was, the views entertained, and re-
quested that he would say nothing toaIne
which he would desire to keep secret. AS
he had been talking great deal, and was
quite exhausted, was forced to question
| rapidly, and confine myself to leading
topics. The most of the conversation was
heard by gentleman who called with me,
and who can youch for its correctness.
| which is almost verbal. s'-TsrHi
| + told him that had come to hear from
him, whom, l regarded as the great head
and master of his party, just what the
party demanded, and where his demands
would stop-upon what terms and upon
what prob lbl7 time his party would recog-
nize the Southern States as equal members
of the 9oYernment-and to ask his inter
probation of the present measure of recon
strnction., Then pretacinga the question
with the remark that it was an indelicatc
one to put to a gentleman, asked: IN
do you pursue your harsh policy as a
party measure for the purpose of intimida-
tion ?'' ,,..--.-- ....-.,r -i-.1' '
He answered at once: 81 do nothing
merely for party purposes. regard my
lipropoSed action as equitable, and resting
upon principles of law"
"But, Mr.. Stevens, by what provision of
the Constitution are you warranted in per-
lverting- a war made to- resolve a doubtful
questions, and the right itself to make
which was doubtful, into an excuse for
going beyond its purposes, in treating the
defeated SO harshly as you propose ?'' 'Tlr--g
"The Constitution does not enter into the
question--has nothing to do with it at all.
You made an issue of war. The North
whether wisely or unwisely it is no use
now to inquire--aeceptedg the issue and
conquered you. By Thousand acts, which
some of my party seem now to forget, the
Government recognized you as a belliger-
ent nation, and your defeat left you no
rights under the Constitution nor any
claim to be treated by its provisions. While
you were belligerents, regarded you alse
as great criminals: who had forfeited all
rights of persons, as we'll as property, ]
propose to deal with you entirely by the
| laws of war, and though not caring to have
those laws executed to the full extent by
hanging the poor devils, regard it as a
matter of the simplest equity to punish
you by fines at least sufficient to indemnify
loyal men for the damage sustained at our
| hands.'' l97r '.esr-7e .Ssa-s.-. 5a = ~ ~ Z
s'Will you persist in your confiseation
measure, Mr.. Stevens-will You be satisfied
| with no lesS?" '.'7l ISL
No, sir! Anything less would be unjust
to those wronged by your crime.rp ls'.s'l
"Will you be able to bring your party to
your support?" I'D -t
II don't know-we had a hard work to
| secure the passage of tue military bill-but
| shall take care of myself, and devote all
my strength and ability on this measure OF
Justice"
swell, Mr.. Stevens, there are good men
| in the South; honest men who took an oath
of loyalty to the United States Government
in good faith, upon the assurance that they
would be treated as citizens. The unset
tied condition of poll les bears hardly upon
them. Lands are valueless, and industry is
discouraged. Ifyou-and say you, because
! you are your party-intend to perfect the
proposed rconfiscation, do it quickly. Dc
not torment the South by delay aud decep-
tion. Bring Wilson home, and don't let him
tell any more lies to honest people. Let
| the issue be distinct and well understood
You are consistent and have been frank, at
least" mn I+.-5 5..s. r. .-.-.
| Mr.. Stevens now complained of being
over-worked. l begged of him to answer
one or two more questions.
| Would you be pleased to see organized
in Alabama Government similar to that
of Tennessee under such men as Brown
| low, a few of which, / am sorry to say, we
have among us ?"
He replied hesitatingly. SIT is not a mat
ter of7men at all; it would depend upon
circumstances and principles. We would
inquire whether you had a State. ana"
| L here interrupted, feeling that he was
dodgiug, and asked the following ques-
| Jion: -ii- '''i 7-' A-t. ...-ai VIDA '-t t-7
! Suppose, sir, Alabama should organize
Government enfranchising the negro,
providing for his education, and giving
ample guarantees for his protection before
1 the courts and in society, and under that
Government should sen good men, who
could take the testoath, to Congress, would
/ you admit her to representation ?"
! Without moments pause, he answered
with strong emphasis, E.No, SIR" and thus
closed the interview g % = o. .r.s'7
| Terrible Outrage at Fort Ed
| 7' ward, Pa ~. a
| On Wednesday of last week Mrs. Esther
| Stanton and, her sister, Miss Mary Delmar
arrived at Fort E lward from Warrens-
burg. In the evening. while they were
walking along on the canal towpath, eight
men came up behind and seized them. The
next day Mrs. Stanton was found by Mr..
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