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POTTER JOURNAL,
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W. X.pALAILIFEY. PrOPTletor.
sar Devoted to the genie of Republicanism, the in
terests of It grin olture, the advaneemeint of Education,
and the beat gocd et -Potter county, owning no guide
except that'of Principle, it wilt endeavor to aid in the
work-of mere fully Frei:don:liking our Country.
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bt. Hawley. H. H. Cammln.
.A.ttorneya-at-Lans. " '
VILLI.4.7IISPORT, Penn's. Special attention
V, giv,tt to CullenOon of ['claim's, Bounty and
flack Pay. and all claims against the National and
State Government.: nov2ltt
Free'sud,Accepted Ancient 'fork Haien%
T,IULALIA LODGE, No. 342, F. A. M. Slated
Idee'ing4 on the 24 and 4th . .edneitayeot each
month. Mill, in the 3d Story• of the Olnisied Block.
D.(l.lntun.trocs,Sec. WM. SHEAR, tV.M.
R. A. DRAKE. M. D.,
pTIYSICIAN sad SURAIVON, offers his Nervico ,
to the citizens of this place and vicinity end desires
t.) inform them that he will promptly respond to all
eallA for prof&elonAl services. Office on IsLtin street,
Over.aartalnesJeWelry Store t Iteeldence nearly op
poilte the (Alice of the Fox Sr. Rossi. Eatate.--1:-23..
O. T. ELLISON. p.,
PIIACTICI NO PHYSICIAN. Couder.port, Pa.,
~respoetfully informs the citizen. of the illlace and
Vicinityi that he will promptly,,re.poud to all call• for
prof...Mon. , ' met %leen. oriFirat street, first dour
w•itt of his renidenco. 17-10.
• JOHN S. HANN,
Arrli.74.TElr AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
`Coudersport, wdl attend the several Courts
iu l'uttir, earnerou and McKean counties. All bust+
ness entrusted to his care will receive prompt attert:
lien. ,! Mee on Mani street, in re‘itience.
ARTHUR G. OLMSTED,
A. TTORNE.Y A N:n COUNSELI.Eit AT LAW,
Condersport, P , will attend to all business en
trusted to his c:tre with pr.:tupt:lcsm and fidelity. (Mite
In the seco❑d storey of the r/Im.teti Mocks.
ISAAC BENSON,
• A TTORN . - C
EY-A.I.A W thi
4 Cour‘port, Pa., will
sump' to all.bu:lnens ootrust,d to him %vitt care
and promptness. Attends Cow is of adjoining coun
ties. 0111 c,, on S coed sirect,neor the Allegany bridge
F. W. KNOX,
ATTORNEY .: I 'l ND COUNSELLOR LAW
Cult ereport, Pa., w.II attend the thqurta in Put
-.r and the ..Uoining comities.
NULLEA CE: MeALARNEY,
6iTTOR NrIECVS•AT LAW, ILinntencno, Penn's.—
Agent,' for the Collection of Clttimeogoit.et the
nited . Shoeitrind StateCoverninent.,mylints l'enelonn,
Bounty,AtieareofPay,Ac-Allrelt 13. x 95, arri.b,ine
'Pr Ir. MILL-IM, J. C. IeLLARSIIIT
M. W. McAILARNEY,
REAL ESTATE and INSUR vNCE. AGENT.—
Land Bought and Sold,' Taxes paid atni Titles
investigated. Insures property againet tire in the best
companies in the Country, and Persons against Acel
dents In the Travelers Insurance Company of 'Lan
ford. Business transacted promytly 17-29
P. A. STEBBINS do Co.,
110110C11ANTS—Dealere in Dry •GoAs, .Fancy
Ari, Goode, Groceries.Provisioiv;Flour,Feed,Pork,
.nd everything usually kept in a good country gore.
Produce bought and snid 17
C. H. SIMMONS,
ArErt.criANT —WELLSVILLE N. T., Wbole.
PU1.115 and Retail Dealer in Dry Goole, Fancy and
Staple Goods Clothing,Ladies Dress Goods Groceries,
Flour, Feed, &c, Retailers supplied on liberal terms
C. S. At E.. A. JONES,
gERCAANTS—DeoIersin Drugs.liedieines,relnts,
Oils, Fancy Artseles, Stationery, Dry Goods,
ueerles, ece., Main Street, Coudersport, Pa
D. E. OLMSTED.
Iti rErt cif:lNT—Dealer in Dry Goods, Ready-made
Utpsekery, Groceries, Flour, Feed,
Nit, Provisions, &e., M.in street, Coudersport, Pa
COLLINS SMITH,
MERCHANT—Do:der in Dry Goals. Groceries,
Provisions, Dap-In-arc, Queens ware, Cutlery,
and all G , hyls u-ually found in a country store.' n'6l
H. J, OLMSTED,
HARDWARE Merconnt, raid Dealer in Stoves,
Tin and Sheet Iron• Ware, Main street, Conder
spurt, Peni.a. Tin and Sheet Iron Ware made to
•rder r in good style, on short notice.
"COEDEIISPORT HOTEL.
DF. GLASS:4IEILE, P“OPRIKTOIL, Cornet of Slain
. • and Second streets.Couderaport.Potter Co. Pa.
A.Livety St.ble Is also kept in connection with this
Hata. :Daily Stases to and from the Railroads.
,Potter Journal Job-Oilier.
HAVING lately added a fine now aesortaient of
JOR,TYPE to our already large agaortment.
we are now prepared to do all Made of work, cheaply
and with taste and nentneas. Orde:a solicited.
wANTED. AGENTS , $153 PELL MONTM, TO
sell the improved C immon Souse Family Sew
ing Machine. This Machine will stitch, hem. fell,
tuck, cord, braid, bind, inviter, quilt, and embroider
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beaustrally. . Pelee only $23. Every Machine is war
'rented three Sean. For terms eddress or call on C.
BOWERS CO. Recept ion room, No. 245 S. Fifth
Street, Phlindelphis. Pa. • lm
MARBLE WORK
,nit.'
hub , 'Monuments and.Tomb-Stones
;t r , of an kinds, will be furpisited OD fessona•
„ ble terms and abort notic. by
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Fangio:le procured fur Soldiers of the present
ar who are diethled by re:vino of wounds received
or disease contmoted while In the service of the United
States ;and pensions, bounty, and arrears of pay ob
tained for widows or heirs of those who have died or
been killed. while Irv. servlee. All lettere if inquiry
promptly answers i. and on receipt by mail of a state
ment of the else of claimant , I . will forward the ne
cessary parrs for their sianntnre. Fees in Pension
oaties.sa axed. by law. :Refers to lines. Isaac Benson,
A: o: 'Olmsted, John Et. Mann, and F. tCr. If.nox, Esq
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tipper feed. - Warranted five years. Above salary
er large eocrunlisione paid. The nwt.i machines cold
is the traltad States for less thans4,ool7hlsh are isilv
llseolled by ifoalic Wheeler Br, Wilton, Grover Is Da
itsv,ineger & Ca.. fa )3 sthelder. A 1.4. other cheap ins.
shines are infringenicarts and the seller, or .niet 11 0
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RECONSTRUCTION.
SPEECH
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HON. GLENNI W. SCOITELD,
OF PEtiNSYt.ITANLA,
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Dram House of ilepiresentatives, Apr/1
28,.1868,
'The House, as in Co mmittee of the Whole
On the state of the Union, having under con
bideration th' President'a annual message—
IIr.SCOFI LD said: 1 '
!Mr. `SPE :KER : What is the whole
amount of di loyal populati on in the soutti•
era States ?, I
do not in lude in this'iu
quirY, persoes who have beenstigmatized
as "sympathizers" or Peopperbeads,"
much less any other portion of the Dem
ocratic party , but o n ly those who sought
to divide the country-into two republics
l who now regret the failure of the en-
Law,
tterprise. The whole amount of white
population in' the eleven confederate
1 States is, 5,007,624.1 Deducting front
this amount the estimated number of loyal
people is those States, and adding the dis
loyal scattered through the other i five
Nave Statea, will give the answ er .to, nay
question. Making this' dedu c tion and
addition from the most reliable d• to within
my reach, I baelude that th disloyal
pohulatiun in the whole South will not
exceed, if - indeed it will equal, five mil
lioas l in all. ' •
If the' eleven confederate States were
readmitted now ,(the l- Constitution and
laws remaining unawedded) what amount
Of representation: in Congress and the
Electoral College l would this five million
be entitled to claim ? They would cer
tainly have these; eleven States. There
could hardly be a doubt about Kentucky
cur if the loyal men of that State, aut.:
fouled by the power of the Federal Army
and the persuasion' of General patrouag,e,
with the young. dist:Monists absent iu the
South and the old ones disfninchised at
borne, could scarcely bold their own, what"
could we expect them to do when these
young men have returned, the disfrao •
chisiog laws have been Swept -away, the
Army removed or palsied by orders, and
Federal Patronage at least once, taiu ?
This would give them twenty-four Sena/
turs.! There are four more States that
belonged to the slveholiiing class, Dela
ware, Maryland, West i Viirginia, and 3lis
souri. Is it any stretch of probsbilitift
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to suppose tnat two more Senators will 1,
be picked up somewhere in these four"
States by the codfederate element? 1'
fear, there will be more'.'' This, will givel
them twenty six Senators.
In the; House of kepresentatives this
populatioh will ha've as, large, if not larger,
proportionate representation. By the ap:"
portiournent of 1851,, fifty eight Repre
sentatives were :assigned to the eleven,
confederate States. These States will
be 89 dietrieted by the hostile Sentiment
of their several Legislatures that not one
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true Unilia .
woo can be elected. To the
other five slaveholdiug States twenty-six
were assigned, by the act of 1861. If
any one will 'take the trouble to look over
these districts, I thiisk he will come to
the conclusion that even if laws disfrani:
chising rebels in, Maryland; West Viri ;
gioia, and Missouri remain in .foree, not
less thaq half of these will be controlled
by the influence and votes cr - ihe late
secessionists This gives seventy-one
Beprese4tatives in the House. But even
this large number must soon be increased.
The twoififtlis of the four millions freed
men whieh were not counted in the rep
resentative basis of the' last census must
be counted in the census of 1870, and
(other thins remaining the same) add
to that number thirteen members morel;
so that the fivel million disloyal popula
tion. as. soon as their full power can be
felt through the elections, "will have at
least twenty-six. Senators and eighty-four
presentatives and one hundred and ten
votes in the Electdrall College. This is
a low calculation.," When we consider
the earnestness , or rather 1 should say the
fierceness. of 'these! people, the ability,
ambition,
well
courage of their leaders,
we may well apprehend that the number
will be even greater: But this number
is their own—legitimate and/ certain un
der the laws as they staUd. Supposing
the entire population of the United States
to be thirty-five million I now, this five
million Will be just one ;seventh of the
Whole, but will have more than one third
of the representation in toth Houses of
Congress, and more than ne third of the
Electoral College. The same amount of
loyal population at the North 'is fepre-
sented bY only about half that number.
If by facitions or party division among the
loyalists of the military, they could con•
trive to Secure one sixth more of the.rep
resentatien they Would have a majority
of-the whole, and be able to control Fed.
eral legiilation, elect the President, and
distribuie hie patrenage.
theta States are admitted and
these penple corneae have the unabridged
control of this twofold representation, how
will they desire to nse it ? Ido not in
qnire hOW they pcissibly may use' it, nor
etc‘lo9# gin now enmet or intend to
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•_1 kea to ti)o f`kitleitiles of Illy,' &atrioolley, }p i a the &is3epi.iptioq of Notßiltg. Litet/108 1 417a ifetht•
COUDERSPORT; POTTER. COUNTY, PA., TUESDAY. MT 22, 1866.
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united North, it would be their interes.
and desire to use it. Fur the perpetua
lion of the Union? I fear not. They
have come back to the Union, we should
remember, only by coercion. To them it
is a forced bridal. j They submit to it,bu'
they' do not, because they cannot, embrace
tr. in their hearts. Tlie soldiers maimed,
*iyee widowed, and children orphaned in
their bad rause; appeal to their leaders
for the promised support, but the Union
has no pensions for them. The fortune,
invested in confederate faith seen° her
of realization in the Union.' Itatied of
the North and . its anti slavery majori
ties, the original motive Ifor secession,
is ten times stronger now than in 1861.
arid is backed up by 64,000,000,000 of
debt, damages, and pensions, which, as
they insiat,icoold, in a separate govern.
meat, he levied by BO export duty u
the cottori.consuadog world. The life
habits of these people, their love of ease
i 'and domination t i heir pride, aristocracy,
wealth, and pe4cr i were all theout•growth
of an institution which might possibly be '
revived in a separate republic, but which
is forever gone in the Union. "Confed
eracy", is a word that must long be en
shrined in their hearts by the tender
;memories of their fallen kindred,
.but it
Invest live, as they well koow, in the his
tory, Adkins, and ballade of the Union,
associated with perjury, dishonorable
'crime, and cruel war. If they should
profess to love the Union we could not
believe them. It is so unnatural that it
would be easier to believe they were hyp
ocrites than that they were mounters.
But they are neither hypocrites or
monsters. 'Thej do not 'love the Union,
and do not 'pretend to. It is untruthtul
men of our own section that prevaricate
for them. The same class of men that
tutsrepreseoted the feelings of the North
before the war, and thus deceived the
South - and goaded them into 'rebellion,
now misrepresent the feelings of the South
to deceive the North and lure it into ir
retrievable surrender. Before the war
they deceived the South and betrayed
the North ; but now it is reversed, they
deceive the North and betray the loyal
South. The same perfidious breath that
carried South the untruthful story' of
northern hate, and thus prompted tbe war.
comes back now with another story,
equally untruthful, of southern love.
They tell us that the disloyal South is a
gentle bride, impatit.nt fur the nuptials,
when they know that she submits to them
with loathing. Have they not laid down
their arms 7 is the argumentative inquiry.
Ne, sir ; their arms were taken from them
Hove they not submitted ? No, sir:; they
were defeated in battle. There is toOthing
in 'their past conduct nor present attitude
that justifies the use of the word sntonis
skin. Prisoners of wanhave been taken,
but they were released 'On parole • rebel
armies have been dispersed, but they
have been re-organized as State militia;
rebel State goierdments have been over
thrown, but again revived and restored to
the 'old possessors; and forfeitures of life
and estates have been remitted, but that
is ,all. Call this clemency,
privilege, vic
tory, triumph, what you please, but do
not call it submission, with which it has
not one shads of meaning in common.
We do not need to call witnesses to move
that these people are hostile to the Union
and its interests. The history of the hu
man race proves it. Whoever attempts
to prove the cont rary must first show that
they are unlike any other paople whose
passions, struggles, and defeats are re
corded in the annals of the world.
But witnesses have been called—Union
generals and rebel' generals,'• Union and
rebel citizens, without distinction of party,
condition ' race, or color—and all support
tinder oath the great historic truth, that
a purpose imbibed in infancy, cherished
and stimulated by the rostrum, press and
pulpit for a lifetime; upheld by large for
tunes, wrung from the toil of slaves, and
sanctified by the blood of sons and kin.
dred, has not been and cannot be surren
dered to military orders. Such a purpose
surrenders only to time. I do not presentil
this great truth now by way of reproof or
condemnation of these misAuided people,
'out only- by way of caution and warning
to ourselves. I come to the conclusion,
therefore, that they do not desire the per
petuation of the Union. If we would re
move all restraints and give them freedom
of choice they would' revive the confed
eracy at once They would take advan
tage of a way with Great Britain or
France to secure their iodependence r
and they would take advantage of their
double representation here to promote
such a war., If uo Opportunity of escape
should soon offer, would they not, still
live in hopes of it and in persistent hos
tility to the country's obligations to the
soldiers, widows, orphans, and creditors
of our 'rim, and friendly to the lissom!)•
lion of sttnilaroblig,ations created by them
, selves in the interest of the rebellion ?
Even in advance of their own coming a
portion of their vast claims have reached
your files. 'Men my ,oellempe [..2)/F.
RAND'ALT.I from thisDammlAo4r
p.sed that the national -faith, pledged in
war, should not be broken in patae,there
was one voice ] from Kentucky against. it
—only one by count, but considering the
quarter from which it came, multitudi
nous in omen. A bill has also been in
troduced by a gentleman,sometimes Called
the Democratic leader in this House, to
repudiate in part the public 'debt under
pretense of taxing it, in violation of the
lows by which it was created. These
cannot be regarded as the oddities of one
or two men, but'rather as impulsive eon•
fessions of imprudent scouts, too far in
advance of the following army. The
purpose will not e , be generally disoloied
until the forces are arranged for its eke.
cation.
I am speaking now only of the dangers
'hat will beset the Republic by the al
lowaoce'of a representation unfriendly to
its prosperity and even its existence in
such disproportionate numbers.; But we
should not forget that this act Ps alio a
recognition as republican in form of con•
stautionsi we have never seen (excePt
that of Tennessee) and all, except those
of Lincoln °riga, under rebel summing.
The white Unionists whit have been look
ing through five years of persecution,
lynching, and confiscation to this as their
hour of delivorance, will find themselves
betrayed into the hands of their old, en.
humbled,' unreleitinm, tormebtors. It
also consigns tire freedmen to the tyranny
of old [eskers, not now as heretofore
bribed to4iurbanity by a monied interest
in the preset vation of their chattel estates.
Twenty-five per cent., says an honorable
gentleman who presents his back offen
sively to the North as he his,
his low
obeisance South, twenty-five per .rent
have already perished. The wish no doubt
was father to the thought with the mas
ters in whose interest the deelaration was
made. _
These, then, are my premises. I will
repeat them
1 There are only abint five million
disleyal.population in the country.
2. This population when fully restored
to the Union, the Coustitution and law.s
remaining unameoded, will hold , more
than one third of its reprexentative power
and the supreme control of at least thir
teen Stmts.
3. Thy will be interested to use that
power for the division of the Union ; and,
failing in that, for the repudi4tion of its
military and financial loblightioos.
New, what is to be done r If. these
States are 'denied - re'prientation, it vie
lit.ts the fundamental principle of repub
lican governt ent. if allowed a double
and hostile representation; the •Uniclu
itself must be destroyed or preserved at
the expense of another war
Three remedies are propbsed:
1. Disfranchise some portion of the
rebels.
2. Allow all the rebels to vote, but
neutralize their disuoion sentiments by
enfranchising the blacks in these States.
3. Equalize representation by taking
as its basis either the number of voters or
the population; minus the disfranchised
classes ; so that these States shall have
no more representation in proportion to
their represented people than the old free
States have.
Either proposition would require an
amendment to the Constitution, to be ac
cepted ley the rebel -States as a condition
precedent to their restoration. It is also
proposed to couple with either proposition
a second amendment. prohibiting the as
sumption of rebel debts and claims either
by Stases or the United States. '
The third proposition bas commended
itself to much the largest number of
Union weavers, and the amendments to
that effect have already passed this House
by more] than a two thirds vote. This,
then, so far as this House is concerned, is
the congressional plan of reconstruction.
All we aik of the rebel leaders who are
wrongly Charging us with having no pol
icy at 'all, but designing to exclude th em
for an indefinite period, is
.a little time to
put in form of fundamental law these
pledges of future peace. For five years
they , have been out upon plague-infected
seas. Can , they not tarry at quarantine
for a single session ?
Stripped of all dirguises, herein lies the
main disagreement. . Shall these States'
be recognized at once is their present
temper, without guarantees of any kind
and with a twofold representation ? it
is not whether they shall be represented
at all ; to that we all agree. There may
be a little question of time ; a difference
of a few weeks or a few months, and that
is all. Shall they be represented twice over,
once in their own names and once in the
name of the negroes ? -Shall they come,
in upon a representatiOe basis that clothes'
a white man of the South with almost as
much again political power as a northern ,
man controls? That gives two white
voters in South Carolina as ' much voice
in the selection of a President and in . the
legislation of this Honom
se
voters in
Pennsylvania possess? -That :practically
gives to one seventh of your populatinn,
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your power? That, s ir , `
is the great
question before this House and the Amer
iean public. It is so - effort on the part of
the Opposition to carry into the politics
of the country the old problem by which
sixteen is made the majority of forty-nine.
In .England it is called the spited of "'Te
ton boroughs."' It has long been > the
subject of political strife between the free
and slave labor counties of Irlarylind,Vir
ginis, and Tennessee. And when it is
everywhere else:abandoned as a pernicious
and Anti-republican theory of represents. I
tion; we are asked to make it the' basis of
reconstruction in the model Republic..
The enactment of these two , simple and
brief amendments, cr otbcrs similar in
ptftpose, is so absolutely necessary for the
preservation of the I ltepublic and the dis
charge of its obli gations to its soldiers,
and credifois, midi is so just and even
generous to the insurgents, that they:
ought to receive the assent of every Union
man, especially of every northern Union
man. The Orposition do net dare to dis
cuss their merits. While some deny that'
we, have any plan of 171construction,othere
assail it with insidious and deceptive ob
jections. Some of these I propose to
wide'? here. i '
First of all, they complain of the con
sumption of time Five months have
passed, and aot a rebel admitted, is the
complaining accusation. The Opposition
are impatient. They cannot wait. Come
in at once, say , they, to the "erring breth
ren." Do riot wait to drop your side 1
arias or exchange your disloyal garments.
Bills to pTatect the loyal men of the South
at your:pretended violeuce are pond-,
ing now, come and help defeat them. We I
will soon !Java bills to eolarge pensions '
and equalizel bounties tm the soldiers you I
have maimed and the widerri -you have
made; your advice and votes . will be
needed. A bill to give bounty land to
the "boys in blue" could not be defeated
our the "butternuts" included witheut
you. A bill to lift the burdens of taxa.
tion from thi industry of the country and
place it upon your .foreign confederates,
through exported Mitten, will need your
attention. Hurry up your organizations.
Do not wait to heal {tips blistered with a
double oath of broken fealty before you
kiss the •Holy Evangelists with another.
We have buried our sons and aro fan.
guishieg to clasp the hands of their mur
derers. When once admitted, deny that
you ever tried to break op the Govern
ment, but swear on all occasions that the
Lincoln party were and are the traitors.
The complainants have only themselves
to blame for much of this delay. - Except
for their pirsistent opposition the amend
meets would have beep aubtnitted months
ago to the Legielatures then in session in
the loyai States, and been assented to , no
doubt, by the constitutional number.
Except for their own opposition they
might now be welcoming back their long
mourned friends to beats in these [Halls
But ihey would consent to nothing that
did not tram them greater . in numbers,
and more malevolent in purpose. Hence
the delay. Hinc fire lacrime.
Next we iire told 614 it csenfiicts with
the "President's policy." What is the
President's policy I - I aver, fi rs t, th a t
the President, when last ein;horitatively
heard from, was in. laver of the priociple
embodied in each, of the proposed amend
merits Of , the first one, because he re
quire,:
the confederate States to adopt it;
of the scowl; one, because he has repeat
edly declared himself in favor of making
the number of 'voters the basis of rCpre.
sentatient I aver, second, that he does
not coesider the status of the States such,
that their assent to constitutional amend
ments canoot be' required - as conditions
:
: precedent to their restoration, because he
directed Mr.' Seward to , inform these
States that their assent to the amendment
proposed in. the last . Congress' was "indis
poosable" to restoration ; sod because he
has not himself dealt with themes If they
were States already in the Union. Gov
! ertiOrs, Legislatures, judges, and a full
set of county and township officers were
at work' under constitutions once deolared
Ito be republican in form by the United
States.', These governments were regular
unless you; assent to the doctrine of for
fejture, for they , had political continuity,,
what the church people call apostolic sue
' cession. Yet( they were destroyed by the
President's Oder and new ones , extem
porized it thei i r stead.
i
From thol t tme to this, in % these States,
the breath otthe President has been the:
law of the land. Mr. Johnson weot mach
further in thiS direetien than his prede
cessor. Mr. Lincoln established govern
ments only in States where he found none
existing Were, but Mr. 'Johnson first
destroyed existing , governments and then
supplied their places with those of his
own oreation.l l So, both by words, and
'lotions which speak louder than words,
the. President . aeiecits to every principle'
involved in , the congressional policy of
m
recomit:lion. , Indeed, the two policies,
'mold not well ponfiict,.because they relate
to diffeeent siatijeCts. The one creates or
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news their Federal reletions, yfite., - n
these organizations were coinPlete, l ftn i d
the States'ready to apply to tonitre 'for
a return to the Union, the Pres ties
i polioy was ended: Ms work wu it detile.
The rest was for Cengress. Ili he d tad
his Secretary orStitelto ieform'Ciciirirrnitr
Sharkey. July 24, 18135„ fibrirtner iktir
via, September 12, 105 - ,:' - itildr - iii be in
formed us in hilamitiartizesenge...7.lthe
has changed his peliiii, !Inge_ then, if,.ls
hardly worth whi!ta to l inquireiihat it is
now,for his principles re written in Water.
I do not wish to d isguise the feet thit
while he approves the two ameaditeets
and_believes the power exists . ' to requite
tieir adoptiou as conditions of, return, be
thinks it unnecessary to insist upon any
terms additional to those:imposed by him
self. It is in this opitaon that his old
persecutors, the defeated elemies ofltire T
Union, the foiled plotters of his'assailtin:-
mien, have taken heart, and with Oriel
malice conspired with northern sympa
thizers to pursue him . iith—fheir..unre
looting friendship. Their last hope 'ratite
destruction of this country lies in the ae..-
(auction of its friends .. War foiled thein,
they resort to diplomacy. Tlie President
was not much moved by their threats, will
he bli sedneed - by their flattery 7 If tici,
let me assure these of our friends whtitiris
disposed to suppress their own coi3victien§
in hope to detain him and his . patronig e
io a little se ' ect ccurt party, that - dey
might as well exercise a reasonable lib:-
erty of opinion. For if he ever deterininea
to trust his pplitieal future to anybody
besides the great earnest, triumphant
Union organiation that elected him, he
will have sense enough to put - them
,aside
as mere nobodies in popniar strength,
heartless friends and harmless enenries","aS
courtiers always are, and posh straight
for the "southern brotherhood,' rebel-led
opponents of a -permanent - and peileifiii
Union. In that event, his children tied
friends may well rejniee that -the past - , at
least, is secure. His' patriotic . thouititi
of the last five years will still live,althoragh
only to reprove him. . . •-: .••
Again, ft is said by way of came,
"Why not admit such Union men as.row
ler, Stokes, and Maynard, of Tennesseftr!
Because it is not a question about INJ3O
Shall a disloyal district, while , it ts,st l jtl
in a disloyal spirit,. be destlared entitbat
to representation with only-half-as many ,
represented - people_in it as we recytire - for
a district in the -North? : That is thi
question. Captliin - fsevuukee run up Ai?
Union flag when' he wished to dicey an
noarmed merchant vesselamder the power
of his guns, but replaced it with the pi,
rate emblem when be. had secured, ,hit
victim.. The names of tbeeepatrieus ell
hung out to day to aeoure repreaeltisloll
to a rebel constituency behio.d•thetn t chtlt
they will be hauled down at -the ; fire;
election and rebels pat ,op ko their me t ed,
You may think-yon are only reCoge,:tlag
U
the Union flag, but when it ie stoO 'lite
you - will find yourselves alengtide the
Alabama and in the power of ilk pqate
crew.
But it is said in reply, "We ,will nit
admit difoyal men even if elected." How`
can you help yourselves V if a whOle
delegation from South Cartdine, for in
stance, present themselverto the Clerk of
the last House and ask to be placteiron
the roll, prior to clganization, and tender
him the certificate of their election sign it
by the Govapor and sealed with the great
'seal of that most sovereign State, alien
the. Clerk.say whichis loyal and which ii
I suppose not. After.the o-gan
ization, in which all have
_participated,
and all have bow 4u.dified_ and taken
their seats , will yotilget up an ititini-ito7
twat comtnittee 'to e . plore the secret - re
cesses of their con'sTeoces fafher
enifessors to their loins ?" "No, but the
iron-clad oath will exclude them." Do
you not know, sir,lthat almoit every wise
who is in favor of admitting thme States
without cooditions is also in favor - Of :W.
pealing that oath ? !They already demitir'c3
it as an odious and uncoostitntional ti i s s;
The Secretary of the Treasury and The
Postmaster Generid, , backed up by a tnes:
sage frem the PreAdent, ask -its •sera( -o
far as lregards their Departmen , s, thne
making rebeli as eligible as Union sot iiq, a
to the appointments here, and tiOtr;r elich
lead I expect to pee it swept away, and'Ao
do most of the genileneo who me now
urging us to lay aside a real safe gnarl
and trust to this cobweb of a morniog,..
Bnt'stippose we could in this way eli
trive to dictate to these people wl.o they
should' and who they should not elect,
what kind of a representation would that
be ? We say to them, "you are tree - to
select your representatives, but miwitthat
you select such as suit us, not yotmetv4.7
Yon call that representation ? call it
obedience. We propose to extract the
envenomed fang of the serpent More he
is uncaged, and you to
,bind I him with
test oaths afterward., Suppise; attain,y'na
could :manage to exclude in! 'cull war
those who had been engaged in the rebel
lion, do' ou not know that a rebel car"
stituency could find a fit irepre:e•siblioni
-ECtritrenuei lcurtitra3e.]
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