The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-11-30

! 10 DC doVernor OF ONO, asserts that tho States
have no sovereignty whatever of "a =
g In'1S64 they asserted that the President had
power,'by proclamation, to 'emancipatc four mil
lions of slaves: In,1867 they deny that he
has power to remove member OF his Cabinet
[Cheers.1 4 qi' nsi tis lIu9t E,
In 1862 party purposes required them to
consider the Union unbrokcn. c In Louisiana
the esFederal Government had possession Of New
Orleans alone. TO- They admitted Hahn and
Flanders to their scatsas Representatives from
their State. In 1865 it had possession of every
foot of the State these same men presented
themselves as Senators and they are rejected
because the State of Louisiana had ceased to
exist. [Cheers.] 4h#nio p, ei3
In 1862 they desired to create West I-ir-
ginia-they must have the consent Of the old
Statc-thcy elect Governor Pierpont and a
| legislature. and take their law as the solemn
act of the State of Virginia asserting to its
own dismemberrncnt. In 1866 they set ND a
military government over Pierpoint and his
legislature, on the ground THAT, prior to his
election, secession had destroyed the State.
lApplause and cheers. @
In 1861 and 1862 and 1863 and 1864 and
1865 and 1866, during the war, and after the
war, they admitted Representatives from Kcu-,
tucky, and now they reject them until COM
,s.slcc can inquire whether Kentucky has TO-
! publican government. TCheors.] ''a'i
In 1863 they established military T;conii,mis,
sons in Ohio for the trial Of citizens, and, by
their judgment, sent them to. death or exile.
In 1866, the Supreme Court by All unanimous
decision, declares these tribunals illegal and
their sentences void, In 1863 they vexed us
with many oaths and in 1866 the Supreme
Court refused to administer them. Loud APP
planse. cR .s1y" a':' M u
For this they have threatened to impcach
tho judges, and they have actually reduced
their numbers, rs ai, 1re taae
In 1861 they appealed to the patriotism of
the people, and raised immense armies to main
tain the constitution and the Union In 1866
they preferred to continue the war rather than
make peace on the-basis of maintaining the
constitution and Union fEApplause.l .ica
And to-day, calling themselves, with osten-
tatious hypocrisy, the Union party, they would
prefer to recognize the independence of the
Confederate States, rather than restore the
Union on the basis Of the constitution lI.oud
chccling.l i1-s5 astitt,n4a't .t,ti -.
They have held and abandoned every theory,
of government and every political opinion.
"Inthe short space of one revolving moon
Was statesman, poct fiddler and buffoon." Go|
~ [Laughtcr.] 4
They proclaim loudly that the constitution
does not exist either in theory or practice in
ten States of the Union; and their mcst trust
cd and able leader, in the funcss Of his con-
tempt for that instrument and for the few Re-
publcans :sho are willing to obey it, declares
in his own choice language that ssome frag-
nlents of the old and broken constitution stick
in their gizzards and trouble them of nights"
[Laughter.] '-''+'A
Gentlemen, this is the charge we have al
ways made. They do not understand what it
Is to stand by the constitution; and it is for
this very reason, as we assert, that they have
cioiisacd our land in the mourning Of civil war,
destroyed our form Of government, broken
down the guarantees Of liberty, and loaded us
with this enormous burden of debt aud taxa
| ton ef' 3B e1 .{NI ~
And yet, r,y friends standing before you to-
night, believing that love my country more
than | love my party; that would be willing
to sacrifice for its interest every opinion,
and prejudice and sentiment that might have;
I can only say to you again, as / said before,
STAND DY THE CONSTITUTION. Loud cheers
1t is the present remedy for all our wrongs. 1t
is the panacca for all the ills under which we
labour. STAND BY THE CONSTITUTION. Do
not seek to change it, Do not seek to amend
it, DO not seek to cvadc it. Obey it, 1t
was good enough for your fathers. 1t is good
enough for you. And fyou obey it it, will be
good enough for your children for hundred
years to come, (Applausc and chcers.] One
hour Of Just administration of the Federal Gov-
ernment would restore the Union One hour
of Just administration of the Federal Govern
ment, would reinvigorato our nation, and
restore the harmony that VIC before enjoyed.
]Checrs] .l, s,,3..
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