The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-02-08

stituted very large degree OF the men who had lately
been in open rebellion against the national authority
and whose hands were still red and reeking with the
blood of the best and braves of the loyal citizens of the
Republic That such were the men is absolutely noto-
rious and that in not few instances after they were
constituted governors and judges and magstraes-hey
were as rebelious and bloodhirsty in heart when
they actually fighting in the field is only too evil
dent by the horrible events which occurred in New
Orleans.
Here was an act of open and unblushing usurpation
which in itself deserved and demanded impeachment
And if such penalty not visited on the trans
gressor it owing to the excessive lenency OF the
Congress and people of the United States.
This was the first great of evil which the Legisla
tors of the country had to undoto abolish those bogus
governments 50 unconstitutonally set up and to ns
tute that military rule which is necessity until the
really loyal people of the different States have oppor
tunity to elect freely their legitimate rulers.
Our readers know as well we do how the President
has acted through the troubled of the past two
years of which he was himself the principal
cause For every act of reconstruction he ready
with veto, which only rendered his tyrannical oppos
ton to the popular will notorious and intoerable
And when the laws were constitutonally enacted he
then set himself resoutey to obstruct their execution
The in whom the country reposed confidence were
one after another recalled and dsgraced and other and
more piable instruments put in their places the object
of whose appointment to obstruct not to execute
the law of the land, the will of the people.
1t is to put an end to this wretched despotism that
Supplementary Reconstruction Bill is imperatvey de-
handed 1t makes it the duty of the General of the
mil; in Cor
shall have the confidence of the country and to main
tain them there that the loyal people will have pro-
lection to the free exercise of their political rights By
this constitutional government really chosen by
the people, will be speedily and successfully naugurated
and peace and prosperity dawn the South more
We quote few sentences from the magnificent ad-
dress delivered by Mr. Bingham in closing the debate
on the Reconstruction Bill:
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and dying, such Let the
republic of republic their
That will be we'll the time will
within lifetime, honoring with
his attention. when the of the republic will be just
humane ndiscriminae their justice and in their humanity
that the and the humbe creature between the oceans
bond will equal
ton with the Hottest. the noblest and the best.
We conclude by saying that entertain good
and peasurable hope that before the end Of another
year. the majority if not the whole of the States of the
South will be restored to their places in the Union,
where they will henceforth be the very bulwarks Of
liberty This will be glad and glorious change from