The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-03-12

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power to choose Senators in this body?
As we'll deny TO living body the right
to breathe.
But perhaps you sny if they had
ratified the amendment, then they had
Legislatures which had the right to
vote. But as they voted to reject IL
they had no Legislatures, and no right
TO vote. In other words, # they voted
with you they had right to vote; if
they voted against you thoy had no
right to vote at all.
Again, sir; all the world knows the
whole object of the war was TO put down
tho rebellion and to MAINTAIN the union
of States under the Constitution.
Every act and resolve of Congress,
ever dollar spent; cvory blow struck,
every drop Of blood shed, was to com.
pei tho people and the States of the
South to live IN the Union and obey
tho Constitution. And now that we
have succeeded, now that tho people
and tho States Of the South huvo sur
rendered to tho Constitution and laws.
you say they shall not live IN the Union
under this Constitution Mt ALL They
shall first form another Union, and como
into that Union under another or
amended Constitution.
Mr.aPrcsldoEt, having thus shown
that this first answer to that question
is unreasonable, inconsistent, and alb
surd, | repeat tho question second
time. Why press this negro domina-
ton over tho whites of tho South p
What reason can you give2
A second answer IS, because the nc
grocs were loyal and the whites dis
loyal. Let us examine this bold assor-
ton. lslJ truo? We're the negroes
loyal duving tho rcbolhon2 Recall tho
facts. Who does not remember that
at least three four:hs Of all the negroes
in those States during tho whole war
did all in their power to sustain the
pobol causo2 They fed their armies;
they dug their trenches; thOy built their
Notifications; thoy fed their women
and children. There were no inssur-
rcctions, no uprisIngs, no effort Ct any
| kind anywhere outside of tho lines of
our armies on the part of tho negroes
to tho Union cause. In whole districts,
| in the whole States cvcn, where all tho
able'bodIcd whito men were conscript-
cd into tho robel amy, tho great mass
Of negroes, Of whose loyalty you boast.
under the control of women. dccrcpid
old mon and boys, did all they wore
capable of DONG 10 aid the rebellion.
Again, sir, tho assumption is equally
groundlcss that tho whole Of the white
population, or u majority even, over
voluntarily engaged in the rebellion.
1t is true, the great majority in tho
end were compelled to acquesco; but
IL was not until after tho Federal Gov
ernment, speaking through President
/ buchanan, had abandoned the loyal
people Of the South and declared that
neither the President nor Congress had
the power to mako war to compel the
States to rcmain in the Union; IN
word, it was not until after President
Buchanan, in his message of Dccom-
Der, 1860, declared that tins Govern.
mont had neither the right or power
to doicnd itself from overthrow ut the
hands of the radicals of tho South that
n minority of tho southern people were
! disposed to consent to secession, nor
did they oven then acquiesco in rebel
lion until hostlities. actually begun,
had organized an irresistible military
power over thom. Then the major ity
were compelled tG succumb.
1t should not be forgotten that al
legiancc on the part of the citizen and
protection on the part of the Govern.
mont are corrclative duties. Has q Gov
ornmont tho right to demand the ono
it do not ford the other? Has it
the rIghtIto punish the citizen for YIELD
ing 10 superior fOrco against which
it makes no attempt to protect HIM
Such clam would be monstrously
unjust
We know very well That the radicals
of the South had powerful orgunlza-
tion. They were as bold, as earnest,
as reckless Of consequences and ms res
tive under constitutional restraints as
the boldest Of the present radicals OF
the North.
Mr., NYE, With tho permission OF
the honorable Senator from Wisconsin
| should like To know what ho means
by "tho radicals OF the South p
Mr.. DOOLITTLE. l mean tho So
cessionsts.
Mr.. NYE. All
Mr.. DOOLITTLE. will not leave
YOU to understand, sir, to whom re-
fer.
Mr.. SUMNER. I should like to
ask the Senator what is his authority
for tho expression
Mr.. DOOLITTLE. AS 1 perceive
that my honorable friend from Massa-
chusettsproposcs to enter upon this dis
cussion, trust ho will allow me tc
finish what l havo to say, and then he
will have ample opportunity to be
heard. shall rofer TO several things
before got through that will perhaps
attract his attention.
Twas speaking of tho radicals of the
South and the EXTREMIST radicals Of thC
North, and say they are similar in