The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-05-21

| Mr.. c. Berry Jr, made a speech
in the Ohio Senate on the evening
of the 9th inst. The whole speech
is simply a violent TRADE against
the Republican party. We quote:
! cit is true that there is party in
this country to-day that is willing
to see this Constitution trampled in
the dust, the union which it consti
tutes despoiled of its fair proper
tions, and ten of the States compo-
sing it crushed beneath the iron
heel of a military despotism a party
that is willing after having sworn to
support the Constitution, to work
outside Of its provisions a party
tha. is willing to disfranchise eight
millions of our own race, and place
them under the domination of a
semi barbarian, inferior negro race
a party that at one fellswoop would
strike down ten of the States ofthe
Union for the purpose of pelpetu-
ating themselves in power" :" -.
Had Mr. Berry such deep rever-
ence for the Constitution in 1868
4? If SO why did he not denounce
his fellow Democrats of the South
who were numbering ana starving
those who were engaged in its de-
fence? Did he during the long,
gloomy day of the late war utter
any denuneiatiens against that part
of the Democratic party which FIRST
met at Montgomery, and afterwards
established it's headquarters at Rich
mond? Did he find any grave
fault with that distinguished mem
Der of the Copperhead party, jeff.
Davis? ..E ..-..
Oh ne, Mr.. Berry, the Republican
party don't propose to "crush" the
Southern States, but to restore them
to their proper relation in the Union.
We don't regard these States as
out of the Union, Mr.. Berry, but a
short time since they got on Dem
ocratic drunk, and we have been
endeavoring to get them sober
again, and just now with a very
fair prospect of success. Indeed,
several of the States have already
come to their full senses, and are
putting on their new suit prepara-
tory to their admission into the
halls of the National Legislature.
Your assertion that the Republi-
can party proposes to disfranchise
"eight millions of our own race" is
not true, and even if it were SO,
your denunciation of such an effort
would come with very bad grace
from you who refused to count
the vote Of the brave soldiers of
your county. Sir, you had no
scruple in DISTINGUISHING the Sol
diers of Wyandot county while they
were in the field defending our glo
rious Government from the murder
Gus assaults Of your Southern cop
perheads. We want the people of
Ohio to know, that while you shed
tears over the disfranchisement of a
few men in the South, who in their
hearts are rebels, and who, if they
had the power, would annihilate the
Union and you with it, (your sym
pathy for them would save you,
you deliberately repudiated the
votes of the soldiers of the county
you now represent, and which, as
Clerk, it was your duty to count
and make proper and honest re-
turn of the same.
Mr.. Berry entertains great admi-
ration for Andrew johnson, but
this is of a recent birth, IS we be-
lieve no language was sufficiently
strong with which to express his
dislike Of the same man when he
stood up for his country in 1861 2
3-4. We suppose Mr.. BIS admira-
ton for Mr.. johnson began about
the time the latter got drunk on the
18th Of March, 1865.