Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1868-02-27
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success where the whites were in the majority and
themselves voted for conventions 20 form new con-
stitutions, And, beyond all doubt the Senator
cannot organize them in States where the whites
stayed away from the polls and thus through spite
allowed the eolOred men to have q majority and
this after the rebel press urged them to stay away
and abused and DETAINED those who voted Sir ho
may ask again "With al the earnestness Of which
the soul is capable, what is the magnitude Of the
crime involved in disfranchising @the heart and
brain Of the South That brain worked out the
problem Of secession; that heart cursed the Uuion
hallOWed BY the labors ofWashingtOn that brain
made the demand, and thhtheart sanctioned the
terrible crime Of perjury. No no Such Demo-
/ cratic rebel prayers never be answered while
God remembers the tears and blood the sorrow
and death that followed the demoniae perfdy Of
| this "heGrt and BRAIN"
| In this debate it has been charged repeatedly
that the Republican party has not been aall times
as they are to-day, in favor Of negro ufrage aud
hence that the party has not been consistent. To
| this charge the Senator from Indiana, Mr. Nor
| ton has given the true and sufficient answer
! That negroe suffrage was not looked to as a RENE
/ dy for the national malady until Congress came to
the cOnclusi on that could not the guar
| antees Of the Constitution without raising up
new class of loyal voters hat eve did not prose-
cute the war to destroy slavery but destroyed slav
| cry to prosecute the war"
But let it be remembered that the Administra-
\ tiOn of Mr.. Lincoln had no settled policy in de-
| tail, and could have none There were no prsoe-
1 -
that was the object; but how That was 20 de-
pend on the course Of the rebels. Time indicated
each succeeding step, and wisdom applied the rem
/ edy.
| Mr.. President, ID ia charged that the Republican
/ party demanded a new Union and a new Constitu-
tion which, literally charged, is not true. But
had it not been for the anti-slaVery wisdom Of the
trainers Of the Constitution the results Of this war
would have necessitated such radical changes in
th at instrument as to have justified that change in
part. As it is, the word slave having never ap-
peared in the instrument, and slavery having been
abolished, the Constitution in its spirit thavng been
expurgsted, the lfe-bloOd of freedom now pervades
all its parts though human bOndaae had never
| existed. And Constitution taoitly ackn0Wl-
ed ging slavery is just different from one inspire
ed by universal freedom as light from darkness or
vice from virtue 10 that extent we have n new
COnsti tuition and g new Union. The men who Rll
life long held with Jefferson that in a contest for
universal freedom the Almighty had no attribute
by which 10 ally Himself with the oppressor easily
and naturally adapt themselves to the new aud
blessed order Of events.
! Opposed to this old Constitution, with purified
spirit would likely be found all who fail to COM
prehend the logic Of events, all who have trai1ked
in the souls and bodies Of men, and occasionally
given the market upward tendency by placing
| on the block their own offspring, and al who
destitute Of proper appreciation Of Christian civil
\ liEatioa. But that Of the free North, who
has known effort and toll and b0asted Of self reli-
and Of the spirit Of progress, should lend his
voice to swell the dismal cnOru5 OF tnOsO VINO weep
around the tomb Of slavery, cannot be acc ounted
| for on any principle governing sanity and Chris
| tian morals. When they have attempted to release
the 3 tates from responsibility and endeayOred TO
lose sight Of the crime account Of the many in
| dividuas participating, they have been mnst tri-
umphanty met BY the decision of the United states
court in the case Of the Brilante:
Hence in organizing this rebellion they have acted
States, claiming to be sovereign over al persons
and property within their respective limits aud as
sertng their rights absOve their citizens from their
allegiance to he Federal Government Several Of
these'States have cOmeined 70 FORM new conetera-
cy, claiming to be acknowledged BY the world as a
| sovereign State"
And thus the rebels have had 10 stand dumb in
| the presence of that broken, rejected COnstitu-
tOn the protection of which they would claim
while they deny its existence and sEurn its author
ity.
When they have attempted to justify the Prosi-
| ident in his plan Of recOnstructng States and
secuted the right of Congress to interpOse, they
have had to meet their Owr votes in 1864 sustain
| ing resolution which denied 70 insurectiOnary
| States
sEThe right to vote for President, electors Vice
Presden t'of the United States or Of eectng Senator.
or Representatives in Congress until said nsurrecton
said States s suppressed or abandoned and said in
habitants have returned 20 their obedience 70 the Cow
eminent Of the United States nor until such return
to obedience shall be declared by Proclamation Of the
President issued BY virtue o: act OF Congress here
| after to be passed, authorizing the sane
Thus have they acted upon the assumption that
/
could not declare their return 20 obedience until
| Congress granted the power By law. When th y
have made the specific charge that States cannot
secede and hence their original governments
Weathered the storm and survived the earthquake
shock Of battle, the admOnitOry words Of President
/ JOhnsOn's prOelamat. appointing a provisional
governor for North Carolina has smOts upon their
ears
"And whereas the rebellion which has been waged
By portion the people Of the United states against
the properly constituted authorities Of the Govern
ment thereof in the most violent and revo' ting form,
but whose organized and revolving forces have now
been almost entirely overcome has in its revolution
airy progress deprived the people Of the state North
! Carolina Of al civil government"
Not suspend the relation Of States with the Gen
eral Government, but "depriving tire people Of
| North Carolina Of all civil government"
When these gentlemen have attempted 10 dis
tinguish between individual traitors and public en-
emes, between the sup preston Of a rebellion and
| waging war with be elligerent Power, they have
been routed from their fOrtifcation Of straw 6y the
| following language Of the supreme Court:
''When the party IL rebellion occupy and hold in q
hostile manner certain portion Of t0rrtlry have de-
ciared their independence have cast OF their alisi
/ ance have organized armies have Commenced no.
tiiities against their former veTegn, the world ac-
knOwledges them as belegerents -
| I call attention to this
''rbe Id Acknowledges them as beasrents and TIA
| contest WAR; Black, pages 666-ss7.
| Again, the court says:
GAN persons residing within this territory whose
property be used TO increase the revenues of the
tile power in this contest, liable be treated
as enemies, though not foreigners They have cast o
| their allegiance and made their Government
and the less enemies because they are trait
Ors."-Ibid., page 67i.
When our mode Of recons truction has been de-
/ nouneed as reVOl lutiOnary because il goes beyond
mere alteratiO and am endment it has only been
necessary to invoke the precedent Of the Presidents
pFoclamati to Tefute the fsllaeious assumption
'Nov the refore in obedience TO the high and SOL
emn dutie. imposed upCn me by the Constitution oR
the United States and The purp0-e Of enabling the
loyal people Of SAID State 20 organize State govern
/ ment," &c.
/ Not to Am end Ct exchange, but remedy that want
Of "ali ei vii government" By organizing State
/ government.
When an effort has been made to parry the force
/ Of Judicial decision BY den0uncing It as "dio-
/ tum' Of one ju dge, the fact that beueh Of nine
cOncu rred in he Opiuien has not had the influence
| Of producing recantation.
! W hen the Opposition have tried to shield rebel
st a te OTg8nZatioDs by investing them With an in
de Enable sanetity account Of the fact that the
President Of the United STATES ordered them into
exisenc e, the very pleasant Illusion has been dis
PEELED by the decars ton Of Chief ustico Taney ia
the eel ebrated Rhode Isl and case
'SUnquestiorabIy military government established
as the permanent government OF the STATE would
a republican government, and il would be The duty
I Of Congress to overthrow it."
\ When the charge Of unnecessary disfrlnehise-
ment has been made against tho policy Of Congress
il has been answered By refsrense 70 the fact that
the Presidents plan Of organization Orgually dis
franchsed fourteen classes Of persons, perhaps In
Guiding from two hundred and ffty to three hun-