Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-09-11
NO q.

eracy and levied war upon t.ne United
States.
Well, after a while. the war came
out just as every pdan who believes
, God sits on his throne, and Drefere
truth to 4alshoGd, justice to Injustice
liberty to slavery, might have predict
ed It would come out. 1t came out
with triumph of all good things over
az bad things Loud applause And
our armies swept everything before
them, and demolished every cradle and
stronghold Of treason and rebellion
/ and they planted our flag in old and
time-hOnOred places after sweeping
away the rebel armies, and after sweep
ing away the rebel States they swept
away everything that was part and par
eel of rebellion, every instrumentality,
every agency, and every means by
which traitors had sought to levy war
upon the Government; and these rev
olutionary State Governments were
the principal agency for that war
Now, then, what was the consequence
They had had Government In the
Union from the organization of the
Union down to 1860 They had de-
strOyed that They had set up in its
/ place a revolutionary, Illegal, uncon-
stltutlonal Government, which had
been in existence until Grant swept
that away.
Then they will be without any State
] Government whatever. The old Gov
ernment they had destroyed and the
| new Government we had destroyed
They were without any Government.
/ [ Applause Now whatWas their con-
dition2 The soil of Georgia was still
a part of the dominion of the United
States; the people Of Georgia were still
citizens of the United States They
had thrown off no part of the duty
| which they owed to the Union. The
Union had lost or forfeited no part of
its power over them. They were still
SO many square miles, and 80 many
American citizens, without a local
Government. Now, Hanifestly the
first step after the war ended was for
somebody to establish a local Govern
ment there, This brings US to the
questioh-Who shall do that? The
Democrats say 'sThe people of the
State SHALL do it.' The Democrats
say tAatthe people of Georgia had cot
their hand in making GoyernmenEs-
they had experimental upon the sub
lect lderisive laughterl, they had pecu-
liar and special knowledge, EI3aughter.1 I
Z hey had demolished the old Union
State Governments, and they had crea-
ted a revolutionary Government; they
had built Southern Confederacy, and
over that they flung out its Haunting
rag IN rivalry with. the stars spangled
banner of America and they should
form this State Government for Geor-
gia.
Now there are two theories. one or
the other of which must be true. The |
Southern theory of the situation is
that the edict of secession. passed by |
Georgia, took her out Of the Union, and /
out of the limits of the Federal domin- /
ions. Upon this theory. when we con-
quered that State, her soil and her peo-
pie were as subject to the absolute
will Of the cOnquerer as would be tn a
soil and people of conquered Mexico
or any other foreign power subdued
by our army. If this was their condi-
ton, then it was not for them to say
whether they would have a State Gov
ernment or not it was not for them TO
say whether they would ever belong to
the Union or not as an independent
State. 1t was for US to say. 1t was
for the conqUerer to dictate terms to
the Couquered-not for the CONQUERED
to dictate terms to the cOnuueror.-
[ You are right. Then, upon their
theory, Georgia had no more right to
establish State Government. to come
back into the Union than the people
Of Mexico had a right 70 demand ad-
mission into the Union when Scott
planted his standard ON the halls of the
Again, the other theory is-the +.
Northern theory is-the constitution /.
al theory is-that the ordinance ofseces-
sion was a pulEty that it was no pro- :
-eetion to the rebels of the South; and
we chose, as we had a right .
70 do, to exercise as against them bel !
.igeTent rights-the rights and power {
II a sovereign people over rebel :
they acquired By the or
finance Of secession no privilege and :
DO protection.
What is the result of that doctrine ?
rhe result Of that doctrine is that !
when the war ended they were so
many subdued and conquered traitors,
AIKEN in crime, taken with the blood Z
Ipon their garments. [Sensation.l J. n
They have forfeited life, liberty, prop
.rty, civil government and everything :
hat belongs to a man. Great ap- T
'lause cries, that's so p you have .
.ot it ~
Upon this theory, very clearly, the Z
eople of Georgia had no right to form !
government and say it had right to ! !
ONE back into the Union. Now, He
ont care which theory the Democrat Il
c party takes for the purpose Of this \
rgument, because either one cuts their 4
hrOat from ear to ear. LGreat ap- 4
lause and laughter
There IS, then, an end to this pre- :
ext that Georgia could settle this Il
uestlQn. Rebels may say when war :,
hall begin, how it shall begin, how it y
hall be managed, but the Government .
lust say how it shall end Echeers.- y
hats the idea l'' Applause. 1t is ~
bout time, after hundreds and thous- :.
nds of lives have been sacri6ced-af- p
sr we have baptized and fertilized y
hat rebel soil with the best blood of
be land-it is about time that some -,
ian had the courage and the nerve, s.
nd the good sense, to stand up and y,
,lk the truth upon this subject TSen- -
,tioD. applause and cheers ~ Il,
1t is clear, then that Georgia could su
OF reconstruct a Government without III
IT consent. Now, the only party in Is
rested Is the Government of the Uni fi1
d States. They, as rebel States, could r,
ot do it. The General Government mr.
ust do it. ~
And, then, we come to consider the WI
rther question. How? By what ge
apartment, and through what DEPART N,
emf, and agency the United States shall sa,
t to the end of establishing these State su
oyernments? And this brings us to tee
e question upon which none Of the me
.partments of the Government have foI
'er held different opinions The Su- Ill
eme Court of the United States, the no
resident of the United States, have sol
concurred in saying that the result he
the war was to leave Georgia without Ur
" civil Government, and that the mo-
ople of Georgia, were pOwerless as a ion
Overnment In the place of the one, col
nich they had destroyed The Su- VIII
eme Court of the United States de- thi
ied what necessarily leads to this
in the prize cases decided soy
1862. when thew decided that the Il,