The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-10-12

me br honor TO invite me lad go OttI anu au
dress gbc meeting, anC did So Ny speech
was ANN reported and YOU vail findft printed
in the Memphis Bulletin l then said to that
asseuublvd multitud- mat the government
was not seeking vengeance, Dub was 0lSpOSed
to BE- more magnanimOuo Than just. IhaG all
it would demand would De mat the civil
and pUIitica! rights OF ALL the lofty aud low
1y alike shOuld be assured That when that
was done. universal amnesty would be pro
claimed asd expected them to do promptly
and ehecrully hat which they must sooner
or tlttr do and then and there I made the
frs speech ever made in rebel state before
Il rthei audience wherein was advocated uni
verse; suffrage, and | used this precise Ian
guaae - hat in my opinion the government
wUuIu be dlsgraced IN the civilized world II
it restores to civil rights and political privl-
lCges hose who have rsked their all to de-
stIoy BE Union, and withhold the same
nights and privileges from is cOtOTed defend
ers VINO have sacrificed their lives to uphold
and maintain it." That the people of the
Sou did not promptly and cheerfully con
cede that which has since been eXtOTted from,
them Is due TO Andy johnson and those
friends who upheld and sustained him, Judge
DOo:itle Ceng one | think, then, that on
the amnesty question / rave quite as good
record as my friend, and as he has SAID that
amnesty is he remedy for all the ills OF the
bOu} polite, | wish he had gone little fu-
the and told you that the present Repub
can iou~e of Representatives, at itss March
session passed q general amnesty bill by Il ma
i0rty ol over three-foUrths. The bill now
aWuGs the action OF he Senate and will
dOub iessly pass early in December Then
sac and surely will OthelIO'e occupation in
deed re gone, because h. tells Us that amnrs-
ty ojij cure all the ills OF which he CONF plains.
NY sEe nd points TO he effect Of oul recon
struc on policy q seen IN the carpet bag
governments OF he S0u>h. | ain not here to
defend those gOyernmrn S. They are not the
offspring OF our policy tut '0f the policy OF
AuQreW JOhneOnsand Senator DOOtittIe. Their
policy al once eDgendered spirit OF perse
Cut1ou, violence, ma ilgnlty and injustice; and
TIA, men who 81 the close of the war were full
OF submission, soon assumed such position
towards ali Union men, black aud white alike
Us @ drive the best men out Of the country
ana prevent other good men from settling
She t., as thousands intended Q do at he close
OF IH- war That spirit eliminated IN 1863
In hc riots OF New Orleans and Nemphis
'Iis-@e GuIugs wprr nos condemned as it shoe
hGV been, e c TO her WINK and encour.
agsd Then 1t was That The kuk TX Khan was
en- ne d The result OF all this violence
wa, o drive the PES men, the men o. princi-
plr enterprise and capital aWay from the
rou4H aud in their place were left the soldiers
hi .rf ubG y no had followed the camp OF our
army They were generally than otherwise
democrats when they left their homes in the
DO1u Il was largely OF thl5 class OF adVen
W. re composed Let me not do Injustice to
many excellent men who stand the r ground
an IL remain IN thr south, and some O.
wl4a occupy positions OF high pubic trust.
Soc of the best men ever knew are OF this
ella, but I viii not drny that under the
@uh e0H-Tebei policy, many very BAG men
nav Obtained p aces OF respccfaOllity ana
90 .r, which positions have been used as
scn"lge Of the son hern people / look upon
the. carpet bag governments as The legin
nu.r results of the wrong and injustice that
ma neen encouraged and persisted in by the
so hern people TO the pr sent hour, and
reg q tuem q part OF the o. eat economy
oi ed. When Hoses entreated Pharauh
10 his people 60 and he refused, the rv
Grs ere turned into blood. When he again
be 2ht him and was again refused the
20 Try was OVerrun with frogs, which took
o. e->LOn OF their OYena and their kneadlng
rC,. rs and overs pr"ad the land Yet that
&c was not enough to soften the tyrant
Et. 5 and the Lord sent the lice and the 10
Gu 10 devOur the land and still he would
no IT them go, and God caused the great
wu.l.Hn and DESTROYED all their cattle, but
ri ,9h was still URreenting, ana not until
ID Lord came and took away their first born
Wou the tyranL relenG and let the oppressed
80 rec look up the carpet bag scOurge
u south as part OF the great economy
VI q d. Why should not he, who sent lice
an .ucuSts to Egypt 10 punish that people
sen d similar scOurge and punish PEG
81, s. hose hearts were more hard than Pha-
racl ; and all his hosts | tell you what 1t
IS IuN fellow citizens, sec the band OF God
II this and s nth Carolina, the most
wiz II ID Of all, has had the full benefit Of this
div atfiictIon, ard my friends If we had
gnor faith in Gods ability and will TO puotsh
no, mOrlalS in this world for their sins, aud
zguatd not spend so much time in thanking
Ho& hat there Is q hell in the other world
where rebels are to be punished, be would
mo- readily comprehend the divine economy
in "uderiug carpet bag horde more
deIauHng and destructive than The
lice md I0cu3t6 ol Egypt to prey upoE tnG
people. When the hu Kiux shall dIsband
ThsH society shall demand equal and exact
ia, &c Tor I'll men, tlIen you viii see an eEd
at larpet bag governments in the south.
Wbaf seems TO disturb my friend the most Of
an ming is the danger that seems to be ever
pr acnt with him that the President viii
uslrp the government by means of the stand
tQ& arnly and proclaim himself dictator, and
tha hereafter there viii De no more Presi-
DENIS TO be elected and his OWE hopes nipped
ia ne bud and vanish into thin air, and the
'Cluud-Capped towers, The gorgeous palaces
(elrn The White House itselD, all dissolve,
aad, ike the basele6s fabric OF vision, leave
no a wreck behind
l. st the President should do all this, he
demands reduction OF our standing army,
before by q coup d'et0t, he shall seiz5 upon Ii
anG 0verWhelm our liberties forever, Now,
Z " un't say that Judge D0Onttle does not be
iityr all this. think thai he does. His Ge
lusions are realities 10 hun, but / do say that
10 ask any other man outside OF an insane
asy um 10 believe it, is presuning on the
creduity Of mankind to degree approaching
ohy sublime, and he pays but poor compl-
ueuJ to the courage, intelligence and patri-
otisn of the American people Should Gen
era Grant, with all the standing army he can
gather around him, attempt to set himself d p
As dictator, there are Republicans enough
ia Ills country alone, to go down TO Wash
ingtOn and drive them all into the Potomac
0Ut upon such nonsense.
/ have THUS dwelt at such great length on