The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1868-09-09

IlOn OI anu DdSSlHS through the ndDuS
of his subordinate. But this is not
all; they have not only taken the
Executive power, but they have in
vaded the Judiciary. In every free
government the Judiciary Is regarded
as the bulwark of liberty. When
public officers fail to perform their du-
ties and infringe upon the rights of
the people the citizen falls back upon
the judiciary, which is presumed to
be independent of official Infiueace of
any kind or character whatever.
WHAT HAS CONGRESS DONE?
But what has this Congress done p?
They have passed a series of acts which
are notoriously unconstitutional, and
then they passed an act prohibiting
the Supreme Court from reviewing
their work. The very powers which
our fathers conferred upon the Su-
preme Court this Congress has, by an
act of its own, prohibited it from ex-
ercising. Was 1 not, then, correct in
saying that they have violated every
principle, to which I have referred,
upon which the government was
founded, by usurping the power of
the Executive and the Judiciary? Is
ii wonder then, that people are dis
c0ntented? Is it singular that you
find complaints made on every hand
against the administration of public
affairs ? Let US go one step further.
And here again desire to address
my republican friends.
Let US recall for a moment the his
tory Of Congress with reference to the
restoration of the Union for the last
four years, and see how you have been
led along, step by step, by these bad
men, until you have approached the
very precipice over which they ask
you in this campaipu to plunge, taA-
ing your country, with all its liberties
with you. When the war was over
and Mr.. Lincoln died, he had recon
structed two States by proclamation
Arkansas and Louisiana, He recon-
structed them upon what was called
the zone tenth principle''-that is, if
one-tenth of the people Of any State
of the South would form a Stare gov
eminent he promised TO protect them
In the enjoyment of such a State gov
ernment Arkansas and louisiana
did that. They called conventions,
adopted constitutions, submitted them
the people, and they were ratified
They elected State officers, members
of Congress and Senators, and sent
them to Washington. All of this
was done before Mr.. Lincoln's death,
and under his superiatendence. When
he died he left unissued a prOclama-
ton for recognizing North Carolina,
When Andrew Johnson came in he
took the Identical proclamation pre-
pared by Mr.. Lincoln for North Car
olina and issued it TOR the organiza-
tion of not only North Carolina and
Arkansas, but Tor all the other unre-
stored States. Under that prOclama-
ton all Of those States proceeded to
organize State governments. They
abolished slavery by constitutional
provision. They recognized the ted
eral debt by constitutional provision;
| They repudiated the eConfederate debt.
in fact, did everything which ut that
time was required of them-organiZed
their State governments, elected mem
bers OF Congress and the Senate under
that organization, and sent them to
Washington. Now, my Republican
friends, l ask you whether you did
not support that policy of Andrew
johnson at the time it was inaugLra-
ted, and for a year afterwards p
Did not the great mass of the republic
can party (for thee bad men had not
then the control of its organizatioa)
approve and support the policy OF
! Andrew Johnson in restoring those
States? Let US look back row to the
fall Of 1865. ...
| APPROVAL OF PRESIDENT JouEsoN.
Mr.. johnson came into power in the
spring of 1865. In the fall of 1865 the
Republican State Convention of the
State of New York passed a resoIu-
tion expressing approval of The pol.
icy of Mr.. Johnson in restoring
those States in the manner he did,
and they went to the people. The
Democratic party did the same thing
and the Republican party, through
their presses and public SPEAKERS, de-
clared they were better friends of the
policy of Mr.. Johnson than the Dem
Ocratic party, and they vent to the
4 people and beat US on the issue that
they were. They not only ask you
/ to repudiate that policy and 20 curse
Andrew Johnson every morning,
noon and night, but, as l viii show
! you presently, they insistop your ap-
| proving measures which are not only
unconstitutional, but which, if per,
sisted in, must revOlutiepizeo our GOV
ernment, and every principle upon
which it. is founded. The Southern
people, when they were beaten, laid
down. their arms AID proposed to
come back into the Union in good
faith. We wanted them back. If we
NAA AOt Why Olu ne l3S III =. w Ily WdG
it that we-sacIificed half a million OF
the lives of our. young men and un-
told millions of treasure? If we did
not want those people back why did
we do that? WHAT was the argument
we used to the young men to enlist in
the service of their country durinDg
the rebellion 1t is not so long ago
but that you may remember.
ARG GUMENTS FOR ENLISTMENT.
Tou probably attended war meet
ings and heard the speeches. I at.
tended a great many myself, and
made many addresses in favor of fur
nishing men and money to carry on
the war. When Congress declared by
almost unanimous vote, that this war
should be fought tn restore the Union,
and when the rebellion was put down
the rights Ofthe States should remain
unimpaired-when Mr.. Lincoln pre-
claimed that in his proclamation