Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-04-26

the meeting Of which have spoken.
was sorry that Mr.. Trumbuli made such
declarations Mr.. Trumbull u an old friend
ofmine. have honored and respected
hin, and do not want to say one nm.
kind word Of him; but must say that he
made = speech hero which every man IN
the country who read II, and ID { fsir
minded man. instantly pronounced It 4
disingenuous speech. [Applauae.l Let
10 look at It for moment. He tells that
We have kept disabilities ON men Of the
South. Well, gentlemen, I stood up alone
In the 6enate Republican caucus and
voted against putting those provisions in
the Fourteenth Amead0eat. (Applause1
I did not believe it was policy to do ii,
and / have been for years Id favor Of let
ting everybody of, and any man who
behaves himself as patriot and respec.
table man, and asks to have his disabili-
ties removed, win vote for removing
::Sana tc.AAffP,sssss3} ffwiiH @ese- ks<
moving disabilities from John c. Brock
enridge, for ever since the war has closed
he has behaved himself like fair minded
American citizen, and honor him for it.
[Applause.] Mr.. Trumbull told rs 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 Colonies and Generals and men
who have served in the rebel armies,
whose disabilities we're removed by US
elected to office, and they were elected.
and General Grant, in his message, re-
commended the removal of their disabili-
ties to the House Of Representatives., and
the House, by an almost unanimous vote,
decided to remove them. It 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 amnesty to the old slave masters,
We should give protection the poor freed.
men, and voted for it, and others did
80, and it was put in the bill, and when
it was in it the bill was lost by vote of
50 to 10, and Messrs. Trumbun and Tip
ton, who propose to 60 to Cincinnati for
amnesty, there voted against amnesty and
il they had voted for it it would have
passed the Senate of the United States.
Now, gentlemen, l have another word ON
that point. Mr.. Trumbull knew very
well that we have been struggling to get
through the House for several weeks .
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.
Twill advert to one other matter. Mr..
Trumbull told us that he Is going to Gin
cinnati to get Civil Service Reform
Why, the President of the United States
appointed . Commission, At the head Of
which was your eminent fellow. citizen,
George Curtis. [Applause.] That Com
mission has been sitting for months.
They reported a partial plan, which did
not work practically, and now they
have agreed to q practical plan to carry
out those ideas of Civil Service Reform,
and to-day General Grant has proclaimed
them to the country. [Chcers.] These
men tell you they will 60 to Cincinnati
for Civil Service Reform. I say to you,
tonight, that all through these years
past, the departments ut Washington
have been struggling night snd day to
improve their condition, and they have
succeeded in doing 50, and never had we
as good clerks, or our offices in the city
Of Washington been IS well filled as they
arc filled now. Applause. But there
is another matter about which Senator
Trumbull told us. want to call your
attention to that too. He told you that
it was contrary to law for military men
to discharge civil duties. l am sorry he
told you that, for it is not true. We did
not pass any such law. We havca law
that will iot allow military men TO be APP
pointed to civil offices, but VIC have no
law to prevent men in the army from
being detailed to civil duties. Mr.. Trum-
bull complained that we have an army
officer that brought US the Presidents
messages. Laughter. Ifhe looked in.
to the history of the country he would
find that it has been done before. The
first message ever sent to the Senate Of
the United States was on the 7th Of Au.
gust, 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 thePresident's companion during the
war, and, perhaps. his most intimate
personal friend; and when General Jack.
son came in he appointed Major Donelson
Secretary. When Abraham Lincoln
came in he took John Hay, an army
officer, and detailed him for duty in the
White House [applause] but when Andy
johnson came in [laughter], he filled the
White House with military men. Gen.
tlemen, Mr.. Trumbuu should know all
this, and 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. [Laughtcr.] In
short, gentlemen, never read speech
so full Of errors in the short space of q
couple Of columns ~ Trumbull's speech.
He says, or rnshers asks the question:
IF Andrew johnson filed the White
House with office holders and military
men, what would be said about IT." He
did. He appointed Colonel Moore. Col
onel Morrow, Colonel Lesr, Colonel
Reeves, Captain McKeever, 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 a salute, and he asked
what they meant, and next day he sent
the troops away-the four companies Of
cavalry aud regiment Of infantry,-and
for three years not soldier has been
nearer Washington on duty than Fort
Washington. [Applause.] Now, what
are President Grants great ofenses! He
had three men on his staff during the war.
when he was Lieutenant General. He
was made President, and they went on
Sherman's staff. and they were detailed
to 70 to the White House and got no pay