The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-09-01
NEW YORK HERALD TUESDAY SEPTEMBER sea-TRPLE SHEET

Southern States presented, undertake to say under
all the circumstances OF the case. most remarkable
the North that there would be bands OF armed men
roaming through the country who would carry
ended But nothing OF this kind took place They
returned ti TO peaceful pursuits; they gave up the
slavery without word. They gave up the ConfeIe.
rate debt and expect to come INTO the Union say
the country, aud most remarkably when we con-
slider the great war which had been carried on for
MENDAcIrY OF THE RADICAL PRESS.
| NOW know you are told In the public press every
c cay 10 smc papers as e ana Others which
badly, and that these things were necessary, and all
TINS Kind OF argument Tor the purpose OF satisfying
| your cOnsciences to support these bad men. Now /
propose to Introduce to you witness upon this sub
ject whom you will have no right to disbelieve--a
witness who spoke OF the transactions before any
OF these military governments were organized at
| the South lie is a witness whom think you are
bound to believe. Now. will read his testimony
first.
GENERAL GRANT ON THE STAND.
! Mr.. Church then read from the report OF General
Grant as to the condition of the Southern States,
| who testified as to their peaceful condition, and
There is the evidence furnished by this witness and
| now will tell you who the witness s-Ulysses 3.
Gran-who went through the Southern States at the
ascertanng whether the people Of those States de-
sired in good faith to return to the Union. Here Is
his own unqua lied evidence that they did Here is
| his unqualified statement that they desired TO do
everything that the government required Of them
was pointed out they would do 1t in good faith and
expressing their regret that there was not more
mingng between the citizens OF the North and tie
| South and especially those in authority. Now, there
| are one or two things about that evidence. Either
General Grant was grossly deceived, or else that Is
true. If he grossly deceived, he Is clearly unfit
| to be President applause and laughter) And II
| II Is true he ought not TO be President. But what
does Congress do now?
CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON GRANTS TESTIMONY.
After this evidence furnished by General Grant,
together with all the other testimony which comedies
with IT, what do they dor After the Southern States
had organized State governments, elected members
of Congress and Senators, and sent them on to Wash
ington and asked admission and full restoration to
their rights as States what does Congress dor In
stead of granting it they organized I'VE military
stop. to think what military government
DO you not know That evds the most
| by the wit or the wickedness OF man? DO you not
know that it places life, liberty and property under
the control and disposition OF commanding olicer,
who can take citizen and shut him up without any
reason, with no complaint with no indictment
aud dispose OF it and there is no redress You have
no trial. jury, none Of those rights which protect
you in this county of schuyler When your properly,
! liberty or rights are invaded in any way, however
| Insignificant. They have the power to remove any
officer in any OF those States and without reason
or law the whole government OF those States Is in
the hands of this military authority American cit-
thats Is it in the constitutions Shouts Of "No,
no.'D We all know that it Is not Was It not a
usurpatlon, clear and unquadedY (Cres OF ayes,
| ye5.') Why, certainly 1t was.
CHEERFUL WORD FOR TuAD STEVENS.
Even Thad stevens, the leader OF that party, who
had more to do, perhaps, with the prssage OF these
military acts than any other man, admitted that they
were all outside OF the constitution. BY the in
scrutable decree OF Divine Providence Thad Stevens
has been removed from this world and gone to
another and hope better one. "a Voice-"And l
hope not.' But there was one redeeming feature
about him. While he was leader in the Revolu.
ton, while he was a malicious fanatic who would
see our government torn down and the liberties Of
the people buried under it without q twinge OF con-
science, he had the manhood to acknowledge It, Let
me read to you what he said about those acts. GAN
IN
tiOn." Now, my republican friends ask your con-
sideration OF that proposition for moment, "out
former times that free government was an expert. |
ment. And what is the EXPERIMENT. Why, 1t is
constitution That Is the experiment. II you could
go outside of the constitution In one case, you can in
Violate in every Up part TIT yoa c. put South Caro-
lima under military law, you can do the same with
New York; and do not be too sure that some one
combination OF States may not be formed, II this
precedent Is to be established by the people, which
wiz put New York IN minority and under military
TIE MILITARY DEspoTrsM OF CONGRESS-
Who gave these men the power to Judge Of the
Constitution ri Itself defines the manner terms and
times upon which military rule can be exercised In
other manner than that prescribed by the constu.
ton. Necessity II has been the plea OF despotism
from the foundation Of the world to the present
| time. (Cheers 1t Is the plea OF the autocrat OF
Russia for keeping his iron heel on the necks OF the
people OF Poland. 1t is the plea OF the Emperor OF
after Year It has been the plea Of Great Britain for
hundreds OF years for Expressing the down trodden
you ever know OF the adoption OF that plea OF
necessity to bring up these people to love the gov,
over the world. Find an irishman anywhere and
tell you, when you bring the subject to his mind he
Is loud In cursng the government OF Great Britain
aud will throw up his hat for the independence OF
Ireland under all circumstances whatsoever. TAP
plause And so 1t is everywhere. Mankind have
been the same from the foundation OF the world
until the present time. Military power or Oppre5
sion OF any kind or character has been unable to
alter these opinions OF men or to change their dis
likes into likes, their hatred into love. IL cannot be
done. IL Is contrary 10 the nature 0l men. Wnat
else did these revolutiOnists dor
THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE A STATE RIGHT.
They imposed negro suffrage upon the southern
States. Military government was not SUFFICIENT but
they passed an act giving the right OF suffrage TO oil
the negroes In the Southern states. ] am not now
discussing whether the negroes should vote or not
pass an act enfranchstng eight hundred thousand
black men at the south. You know that Is right
government to the present time. 1t is state right
IL Is power that has never been conferred upon the
Constitution OF the United States as belonging to the
State. This very Congress, by one Of their innu
this right OF suffrage as o power existing in the
several states and not In Congress. When that was
proposed three-quarters OF the republican party, all
over the land, said, "No, they will never do that;
they have no right TO do that" Yet they did IT, and
ask you now to approve II.
| NO RIGHT TO PLACE THE NEGRO OVER TUE WHITE
object togving the negro supremacy over the
white man, lie was protected in all his rights OF life
liberty and property before. Now he Is given the
right TO vote, to rule those Southern states Did
you ever think, my republican friends, that when he
Is ruling those ten Southern States he s also ruling
the state Of New York; There are 100000 negro
votes In these ten Southern states and about
white votes In the State OF New York. 500 900 negro
votes can elect twenty Senators to the United States
Senate, while 100000 white can elect two Sena-
tors only to the Senate Therefore, ten white in
New York are about equal to negro at the South
Now see II you do not by this place the power In
the negroes not only to rule those southern States
but the Northern States also. Take twenty Senators
who In the United States Senate will act In concert
| and tell you they can control the policy Of this
| government, no matter how bad II may be. They
can control New YORK a. well as South Carolina.
And these men have done this and ask you republi.
! cans TO follow them, although you have throughout