Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1872-08-24
tion, except upon terms acceptable to the re-

tion, ercept upon terms acceptable to the re-
bells.
l. He was opposed to Senators taking an
oath renewing their allegiance and fidelity
to the United States, Having acted with
the traitors himself, in giving aid and COM
fort to the enemy, and never having re-
nounced his treason, he could not have
voted otherwise.
2. He voted against resolution provid-
ing that neither House of Congress should
admit Senators or Representatives from the
rebel States, until Congress should have
declared such State entitled to such REPRE-
sentation.
3. lie voted against admitting into Con-
gress the loyal representatives from Tenn
essee.
4. He voted against the Reconstruction
acts, and the supplements thereto.
| s. He voted.against the bill re.admitting
the seeding States.
q. lie voted against the resolution ex-
cluding from the Electoral College the vote
OF rebel States not yet organized.
III. Charles IL. -Buckalctc opposed eery
measure calculated to secure The political and
ciUl rights Of the colored race.
He voted against the civil rights bill, Sc
curing equality before the law to all men,
without distinction of race or color. BY
this vote he declared that black man
should not have the same legal rights as
other men-that he should be excluded
from churches, from schools, from colleges,
from railway cars, from hotels, from steam
boat cabins, from theatres, and from all
public privileges. This doctrine is now be-
ing enforced in Savannah, where black men
are shot for attempting to ride in street
cars.
2. He voted against an amendment to
nj nit t1 No md h,1,l IS
ticc in Montana.
3. He voted for an amendment to prohi-
bit colored persons from becoming citizens
of the United States.
a. He voted against the repeal of the
Fugitive Slave law.
g. He voted against establishing the
Freedman's Bureau, which was the means
of bringing relief and succor to thousands
of destitute and suffering blacks.
Z. He voted against furnishing tempOru-
ry relief to destitute blacks in the District
of Columbia.
T. He voted against admitting Nebraska
with Il Constitution cnfrauchsing the col
ored residents.
s. He voted against the Fifteenth amend
ment, securing the ballot to the colorcd
men of the United States, and raising
these downtrudden millions to the dignity
OF American citizens. He is against this
amendment still, would do all in his power
to abolish it.
". Charles Il. Bucka'e,c opposed ,oholc-
some financial measures, accessory 20 secure
stability and confidence among business men,
and protect the credit Of TIE Nation.
l. lie opposed the National Banking act
a measure without which the rebellion
could not have been crushed, and the imam
cial affairs of the government successfully
administered which gave stability TO the
country, and subsequently enabled the ad-
mlnlstratlon TO provide for the payment Of
the national debt.
2 lie opposed the adoption Of a uniform
system of Bankruptcy, measure which
has brought relief to thousands of business
men, and greatly stimulated mercantile
and manufacturing enterprises.
3. He favored redundant currency, to
the end that financial confidence might be
weakened by q high rate Of premium on
gold, and by delaying the gradual return
TO u specie basis.
Y. ChurleS Il. Buckalc,c uoted uniformly
against protection TO american industry,
thus striking directly at the rita! interest Of
Pennsylvania.
lie favored the passage of an act to re-
duce the tax on raw cotton, so as to benefit
his rebel friends but when the bill to in
crease the dulles ON imports, anu the bill
imposing tariff on imported copper, and
copper ore, were under consideration, he
voted nay.
This is the record of Charles II. Bucka-
lew, aud we look in vain for any act or vote
of his in aid of the Government in its life
struggle with treason. We challenge his
supporters TO show, from his record as
United States Senator, single word spo-
ken in defense OF the government; or a sln-
gle vote given for the suppression of the re-
Delllon. They will fail to find, in all his
long service as Senator, a word OF sympa-
thy for the Union cause, or word in de-
nunciatlon Of those who sought to disrupt
the nation.