The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-05-21


ela1se and cries Of tight .,-,...+,.
Win reference to the Federal deot there
was no question There was out one otilst
I'M pOrtant question. and that was the pro-
vision that disqualified me and others
from holding office. ! and Others ike ne
will soon pass from the stage, and Il We
did not there are ot4er and better men to
take our place, therefor, IN my Judgment
we &C ed very 1nJudtciouSly. W nat i0I-
lowed? The supplemental Reconstruction
Acts. I advised, on the passage OF the
first Of these. that we should accept
1t At that time. Il would have
been easy for me. Irle, without
vanity I may say, I had some popularity
ia m native State, and bad four times
been elected its Executive, and migh have
retained and cOurted popularity. but duty
dictatedsa different course. l have follow
ed it. and have received the hearty de-
ton of them, for having done so. have
been denounced as an enemy of my race,
and traitor to the cause which has wrought
50 much evil. lido not tE1nk so. think
my course more hOnOra Ole than that OF
man who was reel and sought the
sanae amnesty rebel State receives, and
receive, ana then stays in mis- bose n. pre-
pared 10 sting il when op pOrtuntty offers
fought fought on openly and Dolby
when surrendered, / surrendered in good
faith, and when TOOK the oath, L iook il
with q purpose reli9tOusly to obseI We it.
BY my theory, and had been tangi1t that
il was "A true one, Iny primary allegiance
was to state When I formerly taken an
oath to support the Constitution Of the
United states. I underst ood it to bind
me only when my State remained
in he Union; but If she went out, which
believe she mad right to do, for a just
cause, according 10 the nece sIty of the
the case, of which she must be the judge,
did not feel that I had violated that oath
when I went with my state; but the oath
10 which the President of the United
states bound me was very different. was
ton OftBe United states, hut the Union of
he States fApplause.l When / did that
I abandoned the doctrine of secession, for
cannot support the Union OF the states
and encourage secession from the Union.
fCheers. the NIrgl MA and Kentucky reSo-
Iutions that included the doctrine as un-
CerstOOi by them, have always
been the very platform upon which
the Democratic party had stood
under the feet q my ptTly, had nothing
left to take mold of, as I understood the
decline OF Democracy were state SoNe- /
rs1gnty ana n right Of secession. Inc
sword has established a different doctrine,
and hen &c ii is Unat am no longer bCuHd
by allegiance to the DemOcr party.
strucriOn Of the Constitution has been /
established by the sword. I have &cqu1- /
esced in that, and as I and Tie Republican
party standing on q platform To-Day that
was aband med Dv the Democratic party,
that naturally leads me into the Repubi-
can party. tCneeis. know THIS IS very
unpopular doctrine IN the SOUTH bat be- Z
Leve liz is true doctrine: but let me tell I
Won. Mr. President aud gentlemen. there are I
many white men in the south; there are /
a large number OF original Democrats; T
there are . large number Of original seceS- {
sIOnists in the south VINO to-day stand 4
firmly BY the Republican party, and VIII I
support the great Captain of the age, Gen. /
Grant. lGreat appiauSel Our Democratic /
friends there nave opposed negro suffrage. I
and denounced has an outrage upon man
mood and upon society; and yet In the late 4
elections there. the negro who voted the /
Democratic ticket, was really very re- I
spectacle fellow, Laughter, and the Write +
man who voted the Republican ticket, I
was a scailawag and a trailer tCheers and Z
laughter They tell as there that you Will I
establish negro supremacy IN the south. /
Not 50; not so. Whlle we grant to the
cOlOreO people al their rights, clVu ana
political, we do not expect them to he our
masters, much as You have seen in the pa
perS on that SUBJECT. IN the state OF G6Or-
gia, for instance, Wnen those who are
included within the cOnstit utional amend
ment, and who VIII be voters, although
they nave no right 10 hold Office under Ouc
CenstitutiCn1, come to the ballot box,
there are 10000 majority of white men,
There we have the advantage in educa-
ton and experience. We claim that we
have superiority of race. Tell me not then,
that the black people Of Georgia can rule
Wnen they are A,Vu0 IN the minority an5.
we have all these advantages. This IS aid
with a view Of pref nd cling the Republican
party North and South. 1t Is nor true. /
In other states, even where the b acKs
are IA the majority, II our white race act
properly in this matter, there will be no
difficulty. In conclusion let me say, |
while we have a hard fight TO make N /
Georgia, If you viii give US the fruits OF
-he victory we have lately won in des-
lefate light, we expect 10 carry Georgia
for Gen. Grant. Great applause We have
elected our Governor; we have adopted
our Constitution elected a large majority F
o. both branches of the General Assem-
bly,, vet our Governor is not inaugurated, F
and our Legislature not called together.
We desire that stevens bill that
2 ssed the House Of Representative
-he other day. be slightly amended in the
senate a I'd then passed. The amendment
Fe desire Is one 10 allow Gov. Bullock TO
convene his Legislature ON ten days no
ice. Do that and they viii adopt the con-
tituIOnal amendment; then let them
slect Senat Ors and receive us in Congress, /
ind give US the control of The state Gov
srnment and ITS patronage, which We
ought for and won, and must have II We
ucceed in this contest. CApplanse.l
General Lee, Of Louisiana. Chair
nan Of the Committee on Credentials,
exported the names of the several
delegates from the different States. !
n reference to Pennsylvania he said
here appeared ffty-nine delegates,
whereas that State was entitled to
My fifty-two votes. The committee
that the ffty-nine dele
-ates be admitted to seats upon the
Loor of the Convention, and that they
ie authorized to cast the ffty-two
-otes to which the State is entitled,
UGH being the wish of the Pennsyl-
ania delegation. The committee
commend allowing each of the del
cations from the several Territories
he right to seats upon the floor, and
he privilege of casting each two votes;
he same was accorded TO the District
f Columbia from Maryland.
The Committee recommended the
Omission Of the Creswell delegation,
tut they accorded seats on the floor to