Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1868-10-09


ties, depiving tenn of their most sacred
rights Of citiz .nhip; that the rpconstruc.
tiOn acts took tr,n the President all prerog
alive as Conmader and General OF tht
Army and Navy md placed in his stead
the equal powel Of the President in tn,
hands # the Gebral of our armies, the eau.
didite designate by the Radicals tor the
Presidency, Wristbands with tho whole ar.
my ut his nackand his bayonets at The
thrOats OF eight Millions OF white people il
the South, piunig them to the earth in or.
der to compel 1em 10 support him and
submu to the Elimination of an alien ant
-ml-barharous1ce Of blaclIs. Toe same
fragment Of a Cngr-ss, guilty Of these un
Constitutional as, had Invaded the sacr.f
precincts Yf thecourt OF justice aud over
awed its decisirs. Am | u revulut oni-t
because | Advdcte thr restoration uf right,
provided by q n,t, uiiou ? AID wrr,
hose usurping.leG Nh, had degraded ",
we're they gull Of revolution ? bod my
acou,rrs up beire the nation as revulniiuu
lists, rs malefa,DIs that have troddeu m
der foot the Csti'uliun which they had
sw ,rn to mamtn, aud have laid hack per.
jury tp their s,,s. [Cueers
luquiring thenotv.s that -uggested Ger
taiu measures t~a'ds the Son b ru people
General Blair nieTred that il was for tht
purpose of tan iAriz,ng tue n rtbern pen
pie o acts of tranny. IL was ,hr military
inst nets uf II CaniidSte OF the Rtficst
party, the gsirAl of the army and other
leading officer which tsugnt them that
theirs was ltlejirty of de~pptt-m aud which
had brougbttsm its Support; because
II a gOyerume an arbitrary and deSpntiC
gOvernm, ut, Sung upon tOrce is 10 b. Is.
tseLshcd in ts country the great chiefs of
the army, VII WELD All power upon which
tue COVER nm,t stands, will neue ssarily b.
the me.n UI q greatest Importance in the
country. Gvral Grant, against whom |
have not ont-S liable to inter, to whom |
am grateful services he has rendered
the country, ON whose laurels would mo-
pluck a s,uglleaf # it were IN my power t,
do 81, has, my judgment, hoSevrr, al
lowed hImse 10 be seduced by his ambi
tiOu.
know-ai have a right TO speak ot
his public sc since be is public man ask
ing tue iavoDi the people Of this country
1 know aud e country knows that he do,
not approve the radical programme, that
he disapproS IL, and that be gave his cor
dial suppurtO Mr.. johnson at the begin
ming of his administration, and testif, be
tore the Curesslonal Committee upon hi,
oath that . Presidents measures were
deutically use Of Mr.. Lincoln. When tht
North CArmA proclamation, the first pa
per in whie Mr.. Johnson disclosed his pol.
icy, was witen 10y Z. N. Stanton, uudel
the instruc ms OF President Liuculu, wa
read 10 ArLiuc ln's Cabinet and approved
ny every DmUer OF it and when Genera
Grant hlInlf cordially s,sented to it, why
has he chGed Why does be now 20 back
upon his Oh report, which he made to Pres
luent JohDn after having visited the South
era Slatesubsequent to the Wa in which
ne declare that the people Of the Suutt
accepted situation In SINCERITY and good
faith, aud hat he hoped soon 10 see the
represenuves ard tue Sttt's m-rt in the
Senate ofhe United States Why doe,
be now aept diff rent policy from that
which heJromiSed to Grueral Lee in hr
parole t is not that Geuersi Grant ha'
any .atiim with the negro, because ! once
kueW hHTben he was pro slavery ID M
ocrst. hs not thai he has any hatred foi
the solids or people OF the South, bscsu-,
he aakrtaud Obtsined amnesty for those
huO Ia aims hkAluNt llAF government
! but il because his military instincts teach
or him at the party which have pu; hin
! iOrwans ia favor of an absolute aud des
poyic verument, aud he expects to bt
made . permanent rui-r Of this couutry
! la mypini0u, he would not Exchange ia.
office uch he now holds to be the cousd
tuuar President of the United STATES flr
! lour telght years, and then retire from
! pubflie stil 4 young man. He wOul,
preiehls present position. II j. bette
saitetO his lasts aud military education
aud . which will last during his life. Bn
ne been tempted by that last iutirmt'
OF gbt minds smhition-ani S willing e
see . liberties of h,s country Oyerthrown
] II b4Oiug 50 he can attain for himself th,
gre prize ot permanent and absolute pow
| or ring his life. Under such cjrcumstsn
| ces do think the people OF this country
Sihrow away their iberie on such mAn
! in,ra Biair next cOmmeUted upol
VI hu considered the uiterinr motives q
th3Adicsl party N glvi & To the blsok p q
llun more political power than 10 tb
I Ses, cOuJeudug it Wss crime rot out
aust fee government, hut against civil
EOn And the Christian religion. II dl-
crd the hyprcrscy AMI can ut that par
tDf pretended moral ideas. Suca c urS
Vlld eyentuat- IN "a gru -uprcmtcy 10 III
Atn. Congress nan given 20 three mil
b. Of hiacks IN the s u II tw,lty senator
he United States senate and hfly mem
IS in the House Of Represents alive, shit
required for millions Of Whites in tht
Ate uf New 'rk % -snd two ) ntors o,
Ie United States Seuste aui thy-r mil
ins OF Nhite people IN thr S,,te of Pepu
wanna 10 s.ud tso Seustors, ana she thre
lilions nf blacks at the South had as nus
n members Ia the Il u.s. oi R-p.--euta
ves as the seventeen millions white peo
le in the great States o. Nv YORK m
snusylvauia combined 50 that, IN tScl
ne gtO al the South, by these re'O asiru,
lOn arts, "a, mate equal 60 .rn white m-
n the States Of New York aud z. sylvia
li,. Hos could such Thug be- ju~ut"d
,,nu What theory uf hum 70 rights IN az
lrrsOu imAs ne any other IN dvr than ths
" hich seemed to be TRANSPARENT That th
r tdiczls baye lost confidence in the whit
r see, and are willing to call ia the black
10 make them the tools aud instruments Z
themselves IN power and pusitip
.gamst the votes Of the msjority of the prC
nl4 OF the Nnrtb,,rn free States, as Veil .
az tinst the whole bpdy Of the Whit race d
ihr Southf AMI Shat better free coul
o- found a. msiutsip d~spotism han tHos
,gunraut black men, which uo aspiration
aud no appreciation OF liberty in the sens
in which se understand ~ In my iudl
lnent the policy embraced by the d mocTA
Pc party, which iopkS 10 conduing all Ihos
OF the south, as well as at The North, 10 th
people OF that race who established th
government in themselves aud their chi
dren aud who are educated and eulighteI
Ell aud have created the civilization IN,
exisis among rs, ~ the best p0'icy tor NJ
restoration Of peace and prosperity aud n
maintenance of that iorIa Of Rovrrnmei
which has been transmitted to rs by our al
oestors. (Cheers.l
A dispatch from louisville, dated Sep
2g n. relative TO the " dismiss 81 " of Geurl
ID. Prentice from ihe Journal says; M
p, has been on salary of $40 per weel
Al the age of GO he is personally pennies
and a miserable wreck Of his former sci
Tha architect Of his own ruin, he yet hi
--.sa... - his old paraonal frianHa