The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-11

tNNAF hi'D VI blblh N4dNH IN
the lash shall be paid by another
drawn with the sword, as was SAID
three thousand years ago, so still
it must be said: The judgments
of the Lord are true and righteou,
altogether"
Said President Hayes at Allan.
Ia:
| am quite sure there ale be
fore me very many of the brave
men who fought in the Confeder.
ate army applause /, some doubt
less ofthe men who fought in the
Union army. Both sides found in
the Bible confirmation of THEN
opinions. and both sides finally
undertook to settle the question
by that last final means of arbi.
tration. force of arms. You here
mainly joined the Confederate
side and fought bravely, risked
your lives herOically, i'll behalf OF
your convictions.
Is there any difference in merit
between the Union and ConIed.
crate soldiers here. and If so, is
not the balance a little on the
side of those who made Lincoln's
impressive speech at Gettysburg
mourning possibility
This for the first fact promi,
nently obtruded upon us by the
late Presidential tour. Now foI
the second, regarding the "patri,
otto" President, Andrew John.
son
If the Presidents minister is
then the Republican party
was wrong; if the party was
wrong, then Mr.. Hayes was
wrong for upon the stump i'll
Ohio, in 1867, he said:
Andrew johnson, in the dJys wheu
lie was loyal, said the work Of recon,
structicn ought to be placed alb
solutely in the hands Of the loyal
men Of the State; that rebels
ought not to participate in that
work; that while that work is 90
ing on they must take back seats,
We rant that understood in y)ar WJrE
of reconstruction.
If Hayes and the Republican
party were wrong, then Mr..
Schurz was wrong, for, as tempo
rary Chairman of the National Re
Convention in 1868, he
outlined, advocated, and voted
for the following declaration;
s. We profoundly deplore the
and tragic death of
Abraham Lincoln, and regret the
accession of Andrew Johnston,
pho his acted treacberonsly TO the pea
Dl3 who elected hia, and the c1ase he
,ra3 pledged to support; who has
usurped high legislative and ju-
functions; who has refused
to execute the laws; who has used
his high Office to induce officers
to ignore and violate the laws;
who has employed his executive
powers to render insecure and
property, the peace, the liberty
and life Of the citizen; who has
persistently and corruptly resist
ed, by every means in his power,
every proper attempt at the re
construction Of the States lately
in rebellion; who has perverted
the public patronage into an en-
CINE Of wholesale corruption; and
who has been justly impeached
for high crimes and misdemean
Ors, and properly pronounced
thereof by the vote of thir-
ty-fve Senator'S
And as with Schurz so with
sumner, who, even as late as go,
yaunted Trumbull with having
to "screen this enemy OF
the government who dared to
raise his hand against the CON
summation Of liberty"
If Evarts is right, then the civil
bill was wrong, for John
son vetoed it. If he is right, then
impartial suffrage was wrong, for
Johnson put the stamp Of his dis
approbotion upon it.
When new revelation has this
Republican administration had
that its second officer must needs
dispel the convictions Of
years? Has not a mistake been
Was it not the following
declaration that Mr.. EvartS was
seeking to eulogize?
ReSoIUed, That the President Of
the United States, Andrew John
son, in exercising the power of
his high Office in resisting the az
gressions of Congress upon the
constitutional righss of the States
md the people, is entitled to the
gratitude ofthe whole American
people, and IN behalf Of the democrat
c party a0e tender him oar thanks for
his patriotic efforts in that regard.
This was the resolution adopted
by the Democratic party in 1868,
md it must have been this that
our Republican Secretary was
inning to endorse.
Finally, in order to "%preserve