Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-07-23
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finally adopted My disqaI'ies the
rebel leaders to kosa flee, while he W.
ted to disfrdac5iSe ALL rebels until
July 4, 1870. No reconstruction at nj
Congress ever went so far as that N
DISTINGUISHING the white p ,pulafiOn of
the South and yet Hubbell pirates 10y
the column about 'forciDE down The
throats OF the Southern people tie d 5
franehisrment of b whit" race
The amendment as finally drawn was
passed by the House on the 18th OF
June. 80, when il was voted for Inc
second time by our would be DemOcr It
ic State Senator. IGlobe, P. 4, p. 3l4A1
Not only so, but he voted to restore the
State of Tennessee to h Union upon
/ the terms and conditions of her ratiFy-
inc the amendment, TGIObe P D. p.
$3.50, July 20, 1861 and on the "a Of
| March. 1867. but little over two years
| ago. he voted for 4 bill which required
| EVERY rebel State to T0tgy the dn1esd-
l 75le5tf as a condition precedent to restor-
/ alton to the Union. lGlobe, P ) p
1881
3 Our model Democrat descants long
and loud about the outrage of exclud-
ing from Congress the representatives
chosen under the Johnson govern
ments, yet, on the 10th of Feb. 1866, we
| find him UOtiRq for a concurrent resOlu-
ton offered by Thaddeus Stevens, in
these words:
ssThat in order to close agitation up
on a question which seems likely to
disturb the action of the government,
as well as to quiet the uncertainty
which is agitating h people of the
| eleven States which have been decl1r-
ed to be az t3lStTTectiOH, no Senator or
R-eDreseHtGtiUe shall be admitted into eth
er branch of Congress from ana Of satd
States until Congress shall hare declared
such State entitled to sWch representation.
On the day following q motion was
made to reconsider the vote by which
this resolution was adopted, and Hub
bell C0ted to lay that motion on the table,
that is, to pTeUent a reconsideration.
So it seems he voted 10 assert the pow
er of Congress to exclude the rebel
members as long as it pleased, and now
he comes saying that this very exeIu-
sion which he sustained and supported
was an outrage!
4. But Congress established a militia
ry despOtism, says Hubbell. 'fIn a
time of profound peace" he says,
when there was not an arm in rebel
lion against the Government, Congress
established military governments over
ten States and eight millions of people,
a proceeding wholly outside of the CON
stitutiOn," etc. Well, let us see what
part Hubbell played in that business.
On the 18Th of Feb., 81, the House oil
Representatives passed the military re-
construction act of Thaddtus Stevens
and for this b5B HHbbeU Uoted. (G.P. 2. D,
4GAOaJ liz JILL as 1t pdGSCA vi AlLNh DE-
c4S1On WAS a military bill pure nd
simple and made no provision for the
organization of civil governments. II
placed ten OF the rebel States under Htil-
itary control and provided hat the en-
tire machinery of government il liz 81
States should be sub=erVirntto mill ~
power. For all this HubbelI vOted.
The Senate took up the bill and
modified it by inserting provisi rs
which would enable the people of those
States to call conventions, and, by or
ganizing The machinery of civil govern
neut, relieve themselves of mill 4ry
dictation. But this did mt suit Hub.
bell. When the bill came bac to he
House in that shape he U0ted against It
I(G. p. 2. p. 1907 Hubbell was then, il
would seem, for a pure and unlim TED
military despotism" or nothing. The
Senate amendments were, hOweV err
~concurred in by the House and the bill
went to The President who returned il
with his veto. On h I'd of March, 81
ghe bill was passed over the veto anC
} Huhbpll, reversing his previous action
COted for 1t, (Gl"be P. 8. p. 1882 Ihui
, gong back not only upon himself hui
upon his next friend and model sta es
man, Andrew Johnson.
: 8. But our jewel of honesty went still
/ farther in the support of these ''milita
ry despOtisms." On the 10Th OF Feb.
81 the army appropriation bill cam
~ - NAN0 &Ao1IGa AZ &O4GGA4OA q : CT
: tion which provided that all orders 0
q the President relating to military opera
lions should pass through the Genera
of the Army, and fOrbiddiog The re
moval Ofthe Genera without the c IN
r sent of the Senate. This section wa
j, designed 20 prevent Johnson from an
nulling the military supervision of tn
South and we might reasonably SIP
8 pose that if Hubbell had been Opposed
20 such supervision he would have don
: what he could to enable his Soutberl
, friends to Scape il. But not so. l.
s BIoud, a Democratic member, moved
> that h section be stricken from III
, bill, and Hubbell voted against stiik
ing out. When the bill was put upon
3 its ina passage u faithful Repres en-
f tative was probably suffering from
"thrOat a~hrciion," as he was not IL biz
seat. "a P. 2. p. I404.)
6. On the 23d of Feb. '67, we find hin
, voting for a bill to declare valid anC
/ conclusive "all proceedings and acti
done or had by cOurts-martial or mill
tary commissions, or arrests and i'm
r prisOnments made in the premises b1
any person by the authority of the or
; ders or proclamations Ofthe President
[Globe PIT. 3, p. $780, thus legalizinl
} the prosecutions of the sanity Vallan
/, digham and the entire host of Demo
: cratic martyrs who have suffered tn
- pains of Imprisonment in the 'bas
, tiles" of Lincoln. Then, again, Feb
10, '66, we find him voting for a serie
= of resolutions declaring
f 1. That the rebellion deprived tn,
: Southern States of 'au civil govern
ment."
! 2. That when a State is thus deprivedo
government it is the duty OF Congress
r mot the President to organize a gov
eminent in such State.
3. Justifying the suspension of tn
q writ of hd6eGS corpus in the Southern
: States, and
I 4. Declaring that the condition o
those States fully justifies the Presi
4 dent in maintaining military possession
s the AGAR PoICer for the protection o
Union citizens and h freedmen il
: those States" CGlObe, PIT. 1, PIP. 920-
92I.1
: So much for our statesnlan's record
b on the military part of reconstructi1u
Concerning his pretended complaint
the test oath we may here remar
f that on the 18th of December '65 Hub
bell voted for a resolution which de
= clared that the oath must be exacteC
from persons appointed TO Office Gin al
e departments of the public serVic, anG
5 should IN no instance be dispensed with
l 70. + /, p. 10
On the 18th of May, '66 he voted fel
e the Ereedmen's Bureau Bill, and OF
the I'd of March '67 he also voted fol
the Civil Rights Bill on the occasion O
: its passage over Johnson's veto. WheT
the last II med bill was first passed
= Hubbell was numbered among those
3 mot voting" Probably another case O
{ throat affection.
We may also incidentally remark that
on the 18th Of December, 1865, he voted
for the famOu resolution authorizing
a contraction Of the currency with a view
TO the resumption of specie payments.
From this we have an inkIing of the
Observation-Disclosures financial views,
of which we hope the Democracy Will
take notice.
From this review of HubbeII's votes
on reconstruction it will appear that
he was a Republican, or claimed to be.
until the Sd of July, 1867, the latest
date at which he held office from the
party. 1t also appears that he support
ed The reconstruction policy of Con
gress until it had become clearly de-
lined and thoroughly established. and
long after that of Andrew johnson
had been discarded. In fact, for aught
We know, he did not change his prin-
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