The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-09-03

ase r. cnHu tno hepu0licanr
on he would ask them to compare the
on selves with the Republicans Ia Inc
ay respects. Were they wiser, purt
q better, more moral, and honest n,
at the Reptibhcansr He thought, IN.
" would agree that their sineiphbo,
il. were about as honest az they wcr
tn How was'itin Congress ? Before Il
m n seven States bwefc reconstructe
II there were in the Senate fifty.tv
ID members. Ten; aud toward the clos,
g twelve OF these were Democrata an
= the rest wcrc Republicans. Wer
these twelve democrats better, NOR
e honest, more to be trusted. than tn
!. iorty republicans? Were the twelv
J. pure and the40 corrupt and unmitioa
& ted scoundrels? Take the Hons
! and he wished them to tell him ifth,
\ 30 or 40 democrats there were IL,
!; only pure and honest mon, and If n,
ioO, more rless, republicans there
were "a set of perjured scoundreIs
deserving position In the peniten-
tiary :? You could not come TO snob
. conclusion. The most they could
claim was that these Democrats were
as likely i to be right as
the Republicans. Now if thew are
only as likely to be right why make
Il any change at this time? - III
io But here he read in their platform,
adopted Of n. T., that the reconstruc.
ton acts of Congress, were usurpa-
tons, unconstitutional, revolutions
4 ry and void. When were thew orr
ganized as the ultimate tribunal for
the decision Of constitutional ones.
tlons ? VAST more likely that 400
respectable gentlemen, selected bv
caucuses, gathered for two or three
days in convention, could consider
these questions with as much deliber.
alton as their represen tatives "a con.
gress. selected at least with al mncb
care, probably their equals r. taIant
and who sat there month after
month, carefully considering every
sentence and word, with reference II
its agreement with tha -const;...; 49,; ~
and Who wara sma.a n .1o ooss.itu.ion,
;n oor.,o,ront ~ " make 11 laws
tainlv Won uaaiJ sma'n why GER
thu Gono,.,ss ~ oa.u ssay sne iegal BODY,
rasoh ooe, Is, vas oc..er prepared 70
Rnt s.ons thon .s' on 'nat SUBJECT.
bodv - Jaa;a. 10y y, . constitutional
Snsro = !, !, $50 Ts,... .nysc duostions-the
and 49, .s s..as =. y sne onited states,
n ssa l. ~ l Is..1 ~ snow Which OF
enese laws that had been adiudicAted
had been decided nncdnat; ;1st;n,.f .
He called on tho,r -, 3, $50 ~.'a W. II
:. M ~ ene,n 70 speak out. Name
~. lney should not wait till he was
gone and then tell. Do not read n u
your nlaff fnrr, ,,rlo..,,... -" -,
:. .Si ~ - unlcss you can name the
inosSuro tnat has bccn declared un>
But you cannot d6 I!
II. Yo3 cannct name ono Ma. ,.hat /
4, ,La,, -.''S nat .
'sition Do They expect by such n
course to gain the confidcncn nf ,ha g
Ameriran ia0nla0 q
r@ =. h
Well, W tney ciafm lhat thea plan OF
were right IN is the wiscst ono 2Ic
..,ao,,struction ws.nlapo r.
i tT yvnoo' s..' s'..,,ss.rv wah eney lf
ronrs-- a neeessniy hen no q
~, ,0.s Q0ors, sna AZ.
come I'D. Ilup was 30 ota.oo
4 necessary. LetIthem elect their We
resentativas and eirle0islatnreselact
- "l,i.. 81 -. .-,,... 4,
lhelr oenatofs, uiiu tot VI SnifSouaS H.
And hencethey were readyt carry out
the rebel Gen. JOhnston's propositiOn
~. cL - at -, .ha.
w '1en' TncIinan' anu .n"s WIS snns
the people OF those States should Dy
Observation-Disclosures rescind their action.
!. .d.aIas. .,,.,,,,asa,,ta &c, ond s.n.,
anu ei0os iopi oso'i .a' .'' os 0nu ooA"'
tors, una SO reconstruct the govern
ment.. But in Mr., Johnston's procla-
nation to South Carolina, made early
in 1865 he declared that, whereas,
the former State governments had
been destroyed by secession, and,
whereas, the Confederate State gov
J ernments had been destroyed by the
. war, those States were without civil
! State governments, therefore he pro-
, posed that the people elect delegates
to q State Convention, and frame a
I constitution in agreement with the
constitution Of the U.i s., that was
his position. He said they were
without civil State governments, and
therefore they must begin de moro and
frame a new Constitution and elect
officers under it. And he pro-
ceeded to carry out that plan
: Now, the democrats ash why the States
were not admitted unner tnose cons!isu'