Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-05-03

minded American citizen, and / honor him
for Il. [Applause.l Mr.. Trumbull told us
that one set Of men In the South were kept
out Of office, and another kept in. Now,
gentlemen, they have got nearly twenty
rebel Colonels and Generals and men who
served in the rebel armies, whose disabilities
were removed by us, elected to office, and
they were elected, and General Grant, In his
message, recommended the removal of their
disabilities TO the House of Representatives,
and the House, by an almost unanimous
vote, decided to remove them. IL came TO
the Senate and Mr.. Sumner proposed to put
In the bill provision for civil rights, so that
when we removed disabilities and gave ann
nesty to the old slave masters, we should
give protection TO the poor freedmen, and
voted for it, and others did so, and IT was
put in the bill, and when 1t was In the bill
was lost by a vote of 33 to 10, and Messrs.
Trumbull and Upton, who propose to go to
Cincinnati for amnesty, there voted against
amnesty, and il they had voted for 1t 1t
would have passed the Senate of the United
State. Now, gentlemen, have another
word on that point. Mr.. Trumbull knew
very well that we have been struggling to
get through the House for several weeks 9
Civil Rights bill, and we have both Civil
Rights and Amnesty before the House, and
have been working to put both bills through,
and | expect we will do it. Applause
| will advert to one other matter Mr..
Trumbull told us he is going to Cincinnati
to get Civil Service Reform. Why, the Pres
/
mission, at the head of which was your emf
nent fellow-citizen, George Curtis. APP
plause. That Commission has been sitting
for months. They reported q partial plan,
which did not work practically, and now
they have agreed to practical plan to carry
out those ideas of Civil Service Reform, and
| to-day General Grant has proclaimed them
to the country. [Cheers.] These men tell
you they will go to Cincinnati for Civil Ser
vice Reform. 1 say to you, tonight, that all
through these years past, the Departments at
Washington have been struggling night and
day to improve their condition, and they have
succeeded in doing so; and never had we as
good clerks, or our offices in the city OF
Washington been as well filled as they are fill
ed now. Applause. But there is another
matter about which Senator Trumbull told
us. / want to call your attention to that,
too. He told you it was contrary to law for
military men to discharge civil duties. am
sorry he has told you that, for it Is not true.
We did not pass any such law. We have
law that will allow military men to be .ap-
pointed to civil offices, but we have no law
to prevent men in the army from being de-
tailed to civil duties. Mr.. Trumbull com
planned that we have an army officer that
brought us the Presidents messages.
Laughter # n he oo,nioO looked ed ,vdntS intG
find that it has been done before. The
first message ever sent to the Senate OF the
Uuited States was on the 9TH OF August,
1889, and it was borne by Major-General
Henry Knox. [Cheers. That officer carried
one more message from General Washington
to the Senate. He was the Presidents COM
panion during the war, and, perhaps, his
most intimate personal friend; and when
General jackson came in he appointed Major
Donaldson Secretary. When Abraham Lin
cold came in he took John Hay, an army
officer, and detailed him for duty in the
White House Tapplausel but when Andy
johnson came in [laughterl he filled the
: White House with military men. Gentlemen,
| 1I,I,, lyYnx all
when Senator of the United States leaves
his post at Washington, and goes up and
down the country speaking to the people,
he ought to understand whereof he speaks,
and be acquainted with the facts of history,
and know what he is talking about. Laugh
, ter. In short, gentlemen, | never read
a speech so full of errors in the short space
|, of a couple of columns as TrumbulPs
speech. He says, or rather askes the ques-
tion I" If Andrew johnson filled the White
House with office holders and military men,
. what would be said about it?" He did. He
, appointed Colonel Moore, Colonel Morrow,
Colonel Leer, Colonel Reeves, Captain Nc
, Keever, and Colonel r. johnson, his own
relative, and they are officers of the army.
) They set about posting guards in and around
= the White House. When President Grant
came in they paid him salute, and he asked
what they meant, and next day he sent
the troops away-the four companies of
cavalry and regiment of infantry-and for
: : three years not soldier has been nearer
! Washington on duty than Fort Wash
4 ington. [Applause.l Now, what are
4 President Grants great ohenses? de mad
7 three men on his staff during the war, when
l he was Lieutenant General. He was made
: President, and they went on Sherman's stall
. and they were detailed to go to the White
i. House and got no pay for it, and helped
j. President Grant to do his immense work, and
n n J1rlt saves so much to the public Treasury
=, Laughter That is all there is about it
q [Applause.1 Now, my Republican friends,
i do you think you ought to retire to Cincin-
- natl because President Grant has got "a couple
!, of his aids at Washington-men who fought
\ the battles of the country, dangerous men,
" [Applause.] l find men nominating tickets,
=. and trying to get the boys in gray to work
n for them. They are not afraid of men in
+ gray, but they have terrible horror of men
u in blue laughter l-the men who fought for
; the old flag. God bless the men in blue that
Il fought for the old flag. [Cheers.] Senator
y Trumbull told you about the encroaching
- assumptions of those in power. | am not a
N lawyer; Trumbull is. He is supporter of a
"a Civil Rights bill which went further than
~ any other measure we passed, and he comes
~ here and reproaches us for encroaching and
a arbitrary power, because we followed the
~ Chairman of the Committee on the Judi
~ oiary.
~ Now there are charges made of corruption,
~ as if this was the most corrupt Administers
a tion known in the history of our Govern
W ment | believe, and say it here upon my
~ lieve there has never been, all things con
~ sidered, more faithful and honest Admin
~ istration. Applause.
ns 10 Mr.. Wilson continued at length, denounc
i ing corruption of all kinds. and said Grants
of Administration has tried and convicted more
r ra thieves than all the administrations of thu
h. Government from 1889 down.
Is Mr. Wilson then spoke of the integrit.
q and ability with which Mr.. Spinner had man
q aged the affairs of the Treasury.
% Mr. 1rllmbull referred to the Secretary O
~ ~ the Navy. Now, gentlemen, | want to sa.
ie in regard to that Mr. Trumbull stated wha
40 10 were not facts. OF course that is all. Now
VI VI say right here, that the facts are not wha
81 Mr.. Trumbull stated them to be- | believ
~ ~ that Mr.. Robeson is an honest and uprigh
~ "a man. [Applause.1 l know that in this cas-
10 10 he acted according to the law, both In eX
,o no amining the matter and paying it. hay
NJ written statement OF the facts In tull
hs which have prepared.
ns ns Mr.. Wilson denied the statements made b
~ ~ Mr.. Trumbull that we could save S50,OOOOO
"a if the otiiceholders were not so powerful
~, bo and said we were actually growing mean an
~ saving. Some money ought to be appropr
20, ated for ship building, etc
90 90 Mr.. Wilson concluded as follows: If ther
NJ y, is a combination at Cincinnati, | don't car
~, on whom they make it, they will take NOR
81 Democratic votes than they will Republica
nu votes. The nominees at Philadelphia will
"a elected. Applause. l make that predit
lh ab tion here tonight, and say to every man i
~ u America that my voice can reach thrcug
~ the press, Join hands and let each one of u
IN Iai do our whole duty. Let us be as firm as tn
az az eternal hills, and let us be kind conciliatorl
~, and treat our erring friends as erring friend
~ until after they choose to take farewell of l
~, W. and go away, and then, gentlemen, they wi
4, be where men who have deserted us for I'll
'n last twelve years have put themselves, OF
90 a of the power, out of the control of the a
so ao faTs, and proved false and recreant to the
"T own selves" Applause.
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MS nice lot of sweet potatoes or cabbas
ee- plants, to see them cut down one by OF
,ss by cut worms. We have tried ashe
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