The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-09-19
NO. 90.

entirely consistent He was in favor of
paying soldiers only as little as possible,
and when soldier had lost his life in the
service, his representatives must pay as
dearly as possible for collecting his claims.
6. lie voted TOR paying rebel slave own
| ers for slaves drafted or received as volun-
teers into the Union armies and would
to-day vote for compensating the rebels
for the loss of all their slaves, and for PEN
siouiug disabled rebel soldiers Such
course would be consistent with his every
act and every vote.
IL That Charlcs r. Buckaleuo h,n-
dered, IN eUery possible ray, the worh of
| reconstruct a, e.rcept npon terms ac-
ceptUJIe to tie rebels.
L. lie was opposed to Senators taking
an oath renewing their allegiance and
fidelity to the United States. Having
acted with the traitors himself giving
aid aud comfort to the enemy, and never
having renounced his treason, he could
not have voted otherwise.
=. 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 States entitled to such repre-
sentation.
3 He voted against admitting into Con-
gress the loyal representative from Ten
uessee
4. lie voted against the Reconstruction
acts, aud the supplements thereto.
| 3, He voted against the bill re admit
ting the seeded States.
H. yoto1 L.
cludiug from the Electoral College the
vote of rebel States not yet reorganized.
ILL., Charles r. Buchale,o opposed
cUery measure calculated to secure the
political and cirH rights Of the colorea
race.
l. He voted against the Civil Rights b.h,
securing equality before the law to Ill
men, without distiction 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 COL
leges, from railway cars, from hotels,
from steamboat cabins, from theatres, and
from all public privileges. This doctrine
is now being enforced in Savannah, where
black men are shot for attempting to ride
| in street cars.
2. He voted against an amendment to
| permit colored citizens to vote and hold
Office in Montana.
B. He voted for an amendment to pro-
hbit colered persons from becoming citi-
zens of the United States.
f. He voted against the repeal of the
Fugitive Slave law.
5. He voted against establishing the
Freedmens Bureau, which was the means
of bringing relief and succor to thousands
Of destitute and suffering blacks.
6. He voted against furnishing tempo
rayy relief to destitute blacks in the Dis
trict of Columbia
T. He voted against admitting Nebraska
with constitution eniranchising the COL
ored residents.
s. He voted against the Fifteenth
Amendment, securing the ballot to the
colOred men Of the United States, and
raising these downtrodden millions to the
| dignity Of American citizens. He is
against this amendment still, and would
do all in his power to abolish it.
". Charles II. Buckalew, opposed
,cholcSomc financial measures, necessary
to secure stability and confidence amony
business men, and protect the credit Of
| the nation.
l. He opposed the National Banking
act-a measure without which the rebel
! lion could not have been crushed and the
financial affairs of the government suc-
cessfully administered which gave sta-
| bilty to the country, and subsequently
enabled the administration to provide for
the payment Of the national debt.
2. He opposed the adoption of a uni
form system of Bankruptcy, a measure
which has brought relief to thousands of
business men, and greatly stimulated mer-
camille and manufacturing enterprises.
3 He favored redundant currency, to
the end that financial confidence might he
weakened by a high rate of premium on
gold, and by delaying the gradual return
to specie basis.
T. Charles H. Buchaleio voted ami
Jormy against protection to American
industry, Hus striking directly at the
Uitoi interests Of Pennsylvania.
lie favored the passage of an act to re-
duce the tax on raw cotton, so as to bene-
fit his rebel friends but when the bill to
increase the duties on imports and the bill
imposing tariff on imported copper and
copper ore, were under consideration, he
voted nay.
This is the record of Charles r. Bucka-
lew. and we look in vain for any act or
vote of his in aid of the govrnment in its
life struggle with treason. We chal-
lenge his supporters to show, from his
record as United States Senator, a single
word spoken in defense of the govern
ment, or single vote given for the sup
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