The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-09-10

That is what Andrsw joLnson And
Demiiohn said 70 thnn. But the
loyal people North 6fHnSrd win him;
shsy Asd - imptFssiot thst Andrpt
Jokqsen vas 80 Ne gopasstusns Of
The U6lasd States, bet that Consrsss
t9na the power 70 decide al thsss
political qusstioas. spsh as the re-.
ssustructiea Of Siatss. Usder Mr..
=. a. Johepon thayislsetsd sd ssst- Rep.
resenhuvss. Were they men who
,siood loyslin tie South during the
rebellion, aud raised their voices
.-kAgainht ixaaaon- "a. -iha -GovorhmsDL,
of the United States; who had
\, fought 70 the srmies Of the Union,
Z ,sfsn Tennessee, Kentucky apd oth-.
o. . Southern States Not AZ al. -
tF fhey were men selected simply and
.soieiy because they had dis,iuguished
=" p themselves 10 slaughtering your
brothers asd children aud tho fridods
et freedom throughout the world.
: They nsrehsa sp 70 the capitol bold
aud dshant With shameless miep,
claiming that they had done nothing
wtoog, and ssksd 10 - seated b. the
edo sE the syal man who stood true
daring the war, snd crushed than
wheh they he'd arms IN thsis hAads.
The blood eas bot yet oH tksis kAads
ssd gsFnesAs whsS thy dsuAsdsd
sestoraii4h " Politicai power just o.
they had below the var. AmsrIoa
: vss-nOt Jet ready FOR thai She said
no, W must nOt scssPt tksss men.
Men must not Be sent 10 tho Halls
Of CongFsss whose only title 10 that
privilege is that their hands are red
With The blood Of our children
. ApafsF. JohnSon cried out "Lst
them come ib they shall come back
Il iLrlkht; they hSvs done no wrong;
thsy are still States In the Union,
Hpd the ipsiabi thst hid dopp tbtir.,
arms they resumed the fSnotionp
they had before the war. But We
: = could not Seeis. my friends. Congress
then took plan Of its own. What
vasitf They were asked to accept
sud rasifJ the 18th AmeadmsSt,
leaviag ID their hands sptItelS.
slwply and solely the question Of
suffrage. II simply required that
tho Confederate debt should be
q thrown sside aud that if the black
people Of the South, four milhons
strong, could not vote, they should
,S not be esuutsd IL che basis Of
rvpFeseBtstiOn. That fred the South.
sru heart, ard nov after four
years ofwSr they propose 10 como
back into this Union not only as
strong ss when they Weot out, but
with 81 saditioSAl tNO. GFths power
in the Govsrnaasnt. We Said nay.
Andrew johnson advised them not
10 accept; the Democracy North de.
:. cided against II, and ths Southern
States, With the exception Of Tenn
essce, defeated The measure. De.
mseraey howl about the expenses ws
have incurred in maintsining the
Government down there-Demooraoy
isresponsible. II they had Gdyised
e s. the South 10 aecspt tAe I4th Amend
= =, riisnt, there would have been. no ne.
eessity for military power thsre.
Congress gave the black ckman.,hs right
=. 20 vote; Whsp.i, wss .ar,t proposed
" 70 put blaekmen into thu army II
cried out against II. I did not want
them U Aa sEigs ..pKk they would
; rh9hti bpt'beesuse I felt certain that
- the very question that has como up.
would come up, and / could NOE sav
that the men who were good enough
20 Eight on tho Same battle field with
me, were not good enough TO vote
with me. ! did not want them TO bs
p tut,into,a position to claim the right
OF franchise, because l did not bo-
hsve that America was ready to give
IL to them, and | felt that great in
justice would be done. But when 1
went South to live, aud found every
ONCE Ia the possession ofa man noted
Tor his strength in the rebel army
whose deeds In the cause Of rebellion
had been the means Of putting him
10 that once; when l found myselfI
IN common with six or seven thous-
aud men from Ohio living in peril OF
ite iand property, decided shat /,
was necessary that there should be
buih up a loyal element that would
vote right. and when Congress gave
the blaekman . vote l cried ou,
amen. They knew that the negro
would vote as he fought, aud thai
was opposition TO Democracy, Well. |
.the Southern people we're allowed to
decide whether they would hold a
Convention for the purpose Of fran.
ing a Constitution, aud u Was not
only ths negroes Who voted, but tens |
Of thousands Of ichis R.ea IN tie
South icho had di'oGy, beea held 6y1
ne nose % hAe sIdpe dristoeraey, and
Nho were tired out With this eternal
pickering and Insecurity. They 70
ted for ., ,eonvshlioa. How did the
rebels act !, Said they: 1--WE viii
give these Yankee carpet Dagger.
enough Of the negro" aud iaslssd Of
aelscting mea Who would do their
best 20 ffams Constitution tkat
would bripg security 70 the Stats,
and 20 life snd property, thsy az.
tempted 10 make . farce Of 4 hy
selecting daTkiss aho did not know
The Consultation Of the United States
ftom hay stack, aAd osnt them
down there 70 barIssQus the matter.
They fs1 inta- the haAds Of nsA
Ehsrs Who di.i kaow semsthiaT abozt
ths CoastitatiOa OH lhs Unitsd States I
+. add about the rsbslIieu, apd the
Tssalt Was that the CORstitatiou thsy I
.fransd wa not 20 much Of farce
Aftsr alt II COS 10 be serious
nAttss. = ThS Democracy thas pat
ths powsf ipbo the hands Of the dar.
kiep'thsy could not control, and then
they sNoys THAI. feeOnsirHctioh was
.shs.9.titStion1L .sa svors .ha. they !