Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-03-23


THE CABINET.
Actuated by this broad and cath ollie spirit
he selected his constitutional advisers, and
allow me to say right here the President has
j right to select his constitutional advisers
TO suit himself, and the idea Of men endeavor-
ing to force themselves or others into the
Cabinet OF the President against, as IL were,
his wlll--why, would as soon think of cir
culating petition to compel some woman
10 marry me. Mr.. Evarts Is a man standing
confessedly at the head of the American bar;
he Is perfectly acquainted with International
law, and his character is without stain.
Carl Sehurz Is man OF culture, q man OF
great literary attairmeuts, and, believe, an
honest mdn and an orator and a reformer by
nature. Richard w Thompson have known
personally for many years. He is a gentle
man of the old school. He has been Re.
publican ever since that party was born, and
believe he has helped to write every plat
form 1t has put before the world. He Is an
excellent lawyer and one OF the kindest aud
purest and best of men. Gen. Key--I will
be honest with you. When 1 first heard OF
it did not like It, / went to call on Gen.
Key-now follow me fairly-and let me say
l am satisfied with that appointment 1t
will do. Why, he begins to resemble Re-
publican already. Hefought against this Gov
ernment, and did nearly as much harm as
though he had lived in the North and talked
and wrote against It, There Is one thing in
| will not say it, for he voted for Samuel j.
Tildcn. What do you think OF thatY Do
you tell me that reformation Is not possible
for all the sons of meng He is Democrat.
And yet the President made up his mind that
to appoint that man would be say to the
South: " | do not look upon you as pariahs
in this Government ! look upon you as
ellowcitizens. want you to wipe out for
ever the color line, the rebel line, or the
Union line from the politics of this Govern
ment, on account of what has been done
heretofore" What are you nowY is the only
question that should be asked. 1t was q
strange thing for the President to appoint
that man. | admit It, IL was an expert
ment. IL is an experiment. 1t has not yet
been tested. But believe that it will be
proof of the Presidents wisdom. 1t was
brave thing to appoint him. 1t was brave
thing on the part of Gen. Key to accept. For
my part l am glad the ice is broken, and be-
| leve that the future will Justify and applaud
the appointment of Gen. Key. Nothing
could have been better, in my Judgment,
than the appointment of John Sherman at
| the head Of the Treasury Department. He
! is perfectly acquainted with our financial
history, and with all the legislation upon
| the subject, and he has the confidence of the
entire country. As long as Gen. Sherman
holds the sword and John Sherman the
! purse, this nation will neither be whipped
nor robbed. The Attorney-G General, Charles
| Dgvens, was as brave as he was modest, and
| he is as learned as he is unassuming. ! am
satisfied with him. McCrary is naturally a
man of peace, il the South will accept this
| proffered branch; and if the South will not,
my Judgment is that he will be q man of
war. He comes from the banner Republican
| State in this Union. He is good, firm,
! honest man, aud whatever he docs will be
that which his conscience and his heart will
approve aud applaud. Taken altogether, the
| Cabinet suits me. / am satisfied with every
| Of aafi Had To 10 ha ny npri-
| ment; ltisied to have the experiment sue
ceed. The moderate men, the men of bust
ness, the men representing the substantial
| interests of the Countrywide men who have
| succeeded, the men who expect honestly to
| succeed, the real heart and brain of the
whole county are satisfied to try this policy,
so far as it has been developed They are
! satisfied to stand by the President in this
matter. They know that this policy is only
| the means to an end; and, IL this policy fails,
| tell you tonight that the President has got
| the brains and he has got the pluck to
change his policy just as often as the end to
be attained requires that change.
THE BoURBoNs AND THE IMPLACABLEs.
OF course there are mon South and North
who can never be conciliated. They are the
Implacables in the South--the Bourbons in
the North. Nothing will ever satisfy them.
! The lmplacables want to own negroes and to
whip them; the BOurbons never will be salts
fed until they can help catch one. The I'm
placables, with violent hands, drive emigra-
ton from their shores. They are poisoning
the springs and sources of posterity. They
dine on hatred and sup on regret. They
mourn over the lost cause and partake of the
communion of revenge. They strike down
the liberties of their fellow. citizens and re-
| fuse to enjoy their own. They remember
nothing but wrongs, and they forget nothing
but benefits. Their bosoms are filled with
the serpents of hate. No one can compro.
mise with them. Nothing can change them.
They must be left to the softening influence
of time and death. The Bourbons are the
allies Of the Implacables. A Bourbon in the
majority is an Implacable. An Implacable
in the minority is Bourbon. We do not
appeal TO these men; we appeal from them.
But there are in the South thousands of mel
who have accepted in good faith the results
of the war: There are thousands OF them
who admit that they were not successful in
the late civil strife. There are thousands OF
these men IN the South who wish to.preserye
this Union. They are tired OF strife. They
are longing for real Union based upon
mutual respect and confidence. These mel
are willing that the colored man should bC
free. They are willing that he should vote
and willing that he should vote fol
the Government of his choice; willing
that his children should be educated; willing
that he should have all the rights of an Amer
lean citizen. There is air enough for us all
enough for us all, let everybody drink
There is liberty enough for us all, let every
body be free. The man who is not willing tC
extend to every other human being every
right that he claims for himself is dishon
est, mean and selfish man. The men, North
and South, who still love this country, are
tired of the Implacables, and they are dis
gusted with the Bourbons. These men wish
to unite with the patriotic men of the North
with the men in the North who have an in
tePest at stake in the great work of re-estab
fishing a government of law. For my part
call me of what party you please, | am will
ing to join hands with these men, without
regard to race, color or previous condition
These men of the South have already made
us their debtors. ..I.r
WHAT SOUTHERN CoNGREssMEN DID.
Let me tell you something: II the High
Joint Commission had failed; II the Vice
President had never counted the vote; II the
election had been thrown into the House oil
Representatives, Samuel j. Tilden would moi
have been elected, but Rutherford D. Hayes
would have been elected by Southern votes
4 know what ain talking about. During
the last Congress the Southern members
not all of them, but enough OF them, meI
who had fought upon the field of war agains
the life of our country, then held in theil
hands, SO to speak, the destiny of the United
States. With one word they could have
| plunged us into the hell OF civil war We
were not saved by the Northern Democrats
we were not saved by the great host of hon
esty and reform. We were saved by those
who once sought TO destroy the nation, be
cause they had had enough of war. They
refused to act with the Bourbons of the
| North. To them we are Indebted for the
peaceful solution of the question. They
gave us peace. They preserved it, so tC
speak; and | am willing to unite with them
to preserve that priceless gift forever Why
should we live in enmlty? II there is any
way to settle this question by reasoning by
argument, by compromise, let us settle it In
that way. When the President delivered his
inaugural he knew exactly the position that
had been taken by these Southern men. He
must have known 1t. He knew the patriotic
stand they had taken. He knew that the
opportunity had been presented to the South
TO show that they still loved this country,
and he knew that the opportunity had been
grandly improved by them. Knowing all
This, he extended to these men, to the entire
South, not the sword OF war, but the cliyC
branch of peace.
sUBLIMTTY oFTHE PRESIDENTS COURSE.