TERMS OF PUBLICATION. THE BEDFORD GAEFTTB is published every Fri (iny morning by MEYERS A MKXGEL. at $2 00 per .nriiro, '/ paid strictly in mdvttHr* ; $2.50 if psid ; within six months; $3.00 if not pain within six months. All svhstription account* MUST he nettled annually. No paper will he sent out of the flute unless paid for is ADVANCE, and all such subscriptions will invariably he diseoutinued at the expiration of the time fur which they are paid. All ADVERTISEMENTS for a less term than three months TEN CENTS pi r line for each In sertion. Special notices one-half additional All resoluti' ns of Associations; eontuiiinic .lions of limited or imiividual interest, and notices of lunr riages and deaths exceeding five line . ten rents per line. Editorial notices fifteen cents per line. All If gat Notices of every kind, a/trl Orphans' i Court and Judicial Salt*, are required by last to be published in both paper* published in this ' place. Lsr All advertising due after first, insertion. A liberal disc 'unt is made to persons advertising by the quarter, half \ ear, or year, as follows : 3 months, 6 months. I rear •One square - - - $4 50 $6 no $lO 00 Two squares ... fi 00 900 16 00 1 Three squares - - - 8 00 ! 2 00 20 00 Quarter column --14 00 20 00 35 00 j Half column - - - 18 00 25 00 45 00 One column - - - - 30 00 45 00 80 00 ! ♦One square to occupy ene inch of space. JOB PRINTING, of every kind, done with j neatness and dis-patcb. THE GAZETTE OFFICE has just beeft refitted with a Power Press and new type. 1 am everything in the Printing line can he execu- 1 ted in the most artistic manner and at the lowest rates —TERMS CASH rjf Ail letters should be nddressd t MEYERS A MENGEL, Publishers. j at £au\ JOSEPH W.TATE. ATTORNEY f AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA., will promptly attend to collection* of bounty, hack pay. Ac., m l all husiuess entrusted to hi* care in Bedford ] i adjoining counties. 0 h advanced on judgment*, notes, military ird other claims. H is f LAW, BEDFORD, PA Respectfully tenders 1. - • rviccs to the public. Office second door North of the Mengel House, i'.idfocd, Aug. 1. IS6I. JOHN PALMER, ATTORNEY AT ff LAW. BEDFORD, PA. Will promptly attend to all business entrusted to his care. Particular attention paid to the collection of Military claims. Office on Juliana Street, nearly ojtv-ite the Mengel H>uac. Bedford. Aug. 1. 1861. I.I.SPY M.A ESI P.ATTORNEY AT i'j LAW, BEDFORD, PA. Will faithfully and promptly attend to all business entrusted to his • ire in Bedford itrid adjoining counties. Military •I cms. b ick pay, bounty. Ac., speedily collected. Office with Mann A Spang, on Juliana street, two door- South of the Mengel House. Jan. 22, 1864, V. 11. KtMMELL. | J. W. LINGESFELTER KIMMEEL a- LINGENEELTER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. BEDFORD. PA . II ne formed a partnership * w* -* the Law. Office on Juliana street, two d sirs South of the 'Mengel House," / t H. SPANG, ATTORNEY AT ' T, LAW. BEDFORD. PA. Will promptly at- j tend to collections and all business entrusted to j his care in Bedford and adjoining counties. j office on Juliana Street, three doers south of the J "Mengel House," opposito the reside nee of Mrs. j M-.y 13. MM. r r mmtwm I w wcksbw*. AIEYERB & DICKERSON, AT -31 TORNEYS AT LAW. Bedford, Pa . office satiji- as formerly occupied by Hon IV P. Schell, two hairs east of the GAZETTE office, will practice ill the several courts of Bedford county. Pensions, bounty and rack j'ay obtained and tbc purcnts® and -ale of real estate"attended to |may 11,'66. JOHN H.FILLER, Attomeyat Law, ) Bedford, Pa. Office near y opposite the Post Office. [apr.26,'66. —ly. i'huoiciano ami -pentiots. PH. PENNBYL, M. !>., P.mkidy | Rrx, Pa., (l ite surgeon 56th P. V. V.,) ten- | u-r- his professional services to the people of that j " and vicinity. Dec. \\" W. JAMISON, M. D., BLOODY 1 \ run. Pa., tenders his professional servi •es to the people of that place and vicinity. Office one floor west of Richard Langdon 8 store. V V 21. '6s—l y n\{. J. E. MARBOURG, Having: permanently located, respectfully tenders 1 • professional services to the citizens of Bedford tad vicinity. , Office on JuliiAia street, east side, nearly opposite the Banking House of Reed A Sehell. Bedford. Fcb.uary 12, 1864. C K Hll'koK, I J G.MI.N.MI'H.JB., UENTI S T S , BEDFORD, PA. Office in the Rank Building, Juliana St. All operations pertaining to Surgical or Me •hnnical Dentistry carefully performed, od wnr routed. Tooth Powders ana mouth " ashes, cx c.'dent articles, always on hand. Tfrms —CASH Bedford. January 6,1885. t kR. GEO. DOUGLAS, Beqwrt- I "fully tenders bis professional services to the people of Bedford and vicinity. K> sidenee at Maj. Washabaugh's. aug.%4,'66. j JI- oR KEKiI, I J ' £* St HELL, j 1 ) E E D A N D SC 11 EL L, | Rait km and 1) P. ALE It S IN E X CIL ANG E, BEDFORD. PA., DRAFTS bought and sold, collections inade and j i: Hiey promptly remitted. Deposits solicited. | cw. nrr o E ******* F sssswcrl I) UPP, SHANNON & CO., BANK- j IV ERS, BEDFORD, PA. BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT. j C'ILf.ETTIONSmade for the East, West. North: i >-.uih. and the general business of Exchange ; !i >d. Notes and Accounts Collected and j 11-- nitt&nees promptly made. REAI, EST AIE h'ight and sold. Oct. 20, 1*65. Mtettlteirta*. - DANIEL BORDER, PITT STREET, TWO DOORS WEST OF THE BED *'.>- U.ANDERSON, !itsiil Srrireru'r anil Cnnrnjuncrr, CKNTKEVILLE, BEDPOKD COU.NTV.P* , II attend to the writing of Deeds, Mortgages. Articles f Agreement, anil nil buaiie®a ually traatfActed by a S riYener and C>nvvaii ;[r Yk* luUroßacre of the public is respectfully elicited. April ft. 'flft-tf. BY MEYERS & MENGEL. Yumluarr. Sr. GEO. SLYXVER. | JOII.V F. BLVMVER. rj.EORHE BLY.M YER A SON \ X having formed a partnership, on the 6th of M ireb. 1866. in the HARD WA R E I- HO US E FURNJSHING BUSINESS, respectfully invite the public to their new rooms, three doors west of the old stand, where they will find an immense stock of the most splendid goods ever brought to Bedford county. These goods will he sold at the lowest possible prices. Persons desirous of purchasing BUILDING HARDWARE will find it to their advantage to give us a call. HUE LEAD.—We have on hand a largo quantity of \\ hite Lead, whleh we have been for tunate to buy a little lower than the market rates. Ibe particular brands to which we would invite attention, are the Pure Rued Lend, Liberty White lead. Snow Fran Ilia White Lend, Washington White Ijcnd. Washington Zine White Lend, New York- White Lend. At.so: — French Porcelain Finish: Demur Varnish; Varnishes of nil finds. Flaxseed Oil, (pure.) Turpentine and Alcohol. All kinds of IRON and NAILS. No. I CHKYSTAL ILLUMINATING COAL OIL LAMPS in prolusion. We would invite persons wanting Saddlery Hardware, to give us a call, as we nave every thing in the Saddlery line, such as Ruckles, Kings. Humes and Webbing Leather of all kinds; also a variety of Shoe Findings, consisting of French Calf Skins. Morocco Linings, Bindings. Pegs, ete. Housekeepers will find at Blymyer A Son's S store a great variety of household goods. Knives j and Fork of the very best quality; Plated Table ' and Tea Spoons at all prices. Give us a call and we can supply you with Barn j Door Rollers, the latest improvements; Nova Scoria i Grindstones, better than any in use; Shovels, j Forks and Spades. Grain and Grass Scythes and Snathes; Fishing Tackle; Brushes of ail kinds: Demi-Johns; Patent I Wheel Grease, Tar aud Whale Oil, and an infinite j variety of articles. S2O 000 M ANTED—WouId like to get it if our j friends wmtld let us have it. Less will do; butt persons having unsettled accounts will close theut ; up to the first of March, to enable us to close our old book-. This should he done ioay4,'66. GEO. BLYMY ER A SON. ' ?rutis, &Uiliriucs f tfr. JE. LEWIS having purchased the Drug Store, lately owned hy Mr. H. C. Rea mer takes pleasure in announcing t 7 - rpiJE liOctil circulation of the BKD- I KOKII GAZETTK is larger than that of any other paper tn this section ot oountry. and therefore of ers 'be greatest inducements to business men to fdvertise in its columns. / IDUNTRY M KRCHANTSsupplied V / with Nil kinds Of TINW ARE on the shortest B. Mc BLYHTKB * 00'8 a NTI-DUST PAltLOlt STOVES— r\ SPEAK S PATENT, at j \ . EAR sra b M( , RI yMyI . R &CO s. rgMNWAIIE OF ALL. KINDS AT I!. Mr. BLYMYER A CO S_ / lALL AND SEE OUR STOCK 1 I OF STOVES, TINWARE, AC. V / or tut M BLYMYER ACO I) Mo. BLYMYER 4 Co.. Whokn I ). sale ami Retail dealers in Stoves, Tinware, Ac. No. 1, "'Stone Row." Bedford, "*. I|Aid VES AT I , B Mc. BLYMYER A GO'S (The ? ilftK.ord (!>;t?rttc. THE COMMITTEE TO VISIT THE PRESIDENT. GREAT ENTHUSIASM OF TIIE UNION MEN. SPEECH OF HON. REVERBY JOHNSON. RESPONSE BY THE PRESIDENT. SCENES AT THE WHITE HOUSE. GEN. GRANT BY THE SIDE OF TIIE PRESIDENT. PROCESSION FROM WILLARI)'S IK >TEL. On Saturday our city was filled with strangers and delegates just from the immense demonstration at Philadel phia. Willard's, the Kirkwood, the Metropolitan, the National, and the Ebbitt House, have been the scenes of meetings and congratulations. At Willard's Hotel the committee to wait upon the President met about 10 o'clock, and in the principal parlor held a meeting in regard to their visit to his Excellency, President Johnson. The Hon. Reverdy Johnson occupied the chair, and the Hon. Mr. Perrine, j one of the secretaries of tiie Conven- j tion, and Major O'Beirne acted as sec retaries. The roll of delegates was j called, and several substitutes answer- j eil the names of the original commit- ! tee men, and were-o recorded. The programme of arrangements, as j follows, was read by Mr.Perrine: "The Committee to wait upon the j President will form into procession at j 12 o'clock. "Delegates to the National Conven- j tion will form into line immediately i behind the ('ommittee. "Then will iollow citizens. "The procession will be formed un- | tier the Marshal of the District of Co- j 1 uui bia. "E. (). Perkixe, Secretary." j "JAS. R. O'BEIKNK, Rec. Secretary. Mr. Johnson announced, finally, that the Committee meet at one o'clock, and march in procession us arranged, and that the ladies who desire to be ' present, will be given the front seats, j and that they go te the Executive Man- j sion as early as possible, so as not to be j encumbered by the crowd. The East j Room of the Mansiou being in disor-I tier, theiadies wi! occupy places near I the President. Our patriotic citizens by hundreds and thousands were anxious to find i out the proper time of the meeting, and ill consequence, they assembled in enemies. The day isbeautiful and the air just cool enough to be delightful, and the happy expression imprinted on the countenances of all, indicates that the hour of a general delivery from the tyrannical rule of Congress is nigh at hand. God grant that it may j soon come, so that Peitcc will surely reign supreme. About a quarter to one the procession | formed in the parlor, at Willard's Ho tel, as arranged. The Committee on the right, followed by the delegates from the Convention, ami on the left of the line the citizens of the District! of Columbia, Marshal Gooding and Secretary Perrine took the lead, fol- j lowed by the Hon. Reverdy Johnson j and Senator Doolittle and the remain- , tier of the procession, and just as the j city bells and whistles were sounding the hour of one o'clock, the whole par ty entered the East Room of the Exec utive Mansion. Mechanics for some time past have , been refurnishing this room —one por tion of it, the north side, being veiled from the gaze. By the side of this cur tain the ladies; stood—some on rolls of carpet, and others on chairs. A mahog any table stood here, which was at tirst appropriated by the reporters, who li nallv deserted it, so they could hear the „ ■ ARRIVAL OF NJb ; er r J ' Tbattl T1 GOODS! State*, undt '>'7 i trial te ! ing, althou] I tret 's, SIR >KS, NOTK >NS ! ) the it act*, Jolll B'i. CASIMERES, HATS of *ll kinds blv of R es to suit the time*. '/hat in TOO!,, g1 ,0,l Cont go to the Regulator. t'heri-o mot* good p'r Bouts, go to the Regulator, being Sct'P good Vest, go to the Regulator. and tw lifaP got"! p' r Shoe*, go to the Regulator. i' good p'r Pants, go to the Regulator, proof i ' a suit of Clothes, go to the Regulator, this ac s ' ,m i good Shirt, go to the Regulator. "Vi'i"-! the t good Hat, go to the Regulator. Sena good Gaiter or Shoe go to theßeg'r. mittcil of ( i?" "' C.issimere, go to the Regulator. jj pnsP v ariety of Notions, go to the Reg r. be'.uli As soon as all was arranged, Marshal Gooding called the assemblage to or- j dor, and then the Ilort. lteverdy Jolin- j son advanced to the President ancl ; spoke as follows: Mr. Johnson's Spopoh. Jin, PRESIDENT: We are before you as a committee of the National Union Convention, which met in Phil adelphia on Tuesday, the 14th instant, charged with the duty of presenting you with an authenticated copy of its proceedings. Before placing it in your hands, will you permit us to congratulate you that i in the object for which the Convention I was called, in the enthusiasm with i which in every State and Territory the call was responded to, in the un | broken harmony of its deliberations, in the unanimity with which the prin ciples it has declared were adopted, and more especially in the patriotic ' and constitutional character of the BEDFORD. PA., FRIDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 7, 1866. principles themselves, we are confi dent that you and the country will find gratifying and cheering evidence that j there Oet at the school house in said bet or wa „ of, or by senulttho borough of Bloody Run to or invite corn pie of Daniel B. Ott in sid bor- or wager, .it forfeit an n Rainsburg iu said town- The qui ~ following t tie Ct,uui , ..v.~r jr.iuy townshiD to March, It momentarily delay it, but the princi-1 pies of political liberty for which our forefathers successfully contended, and to secure which they adopted the Con stitution, are so glaringly inconsistent with the condition in which the coun try has been placed by such misrule that it will not be permitted a much longer duration. We wish, Mr. President, you could have per- uially witnessed the spirit of concord and brotherly affection that an imated every member ot the Conven tion. Great as your coufidence ever has been in the intelligence and patri otism of your fellow citizens, and their deep devotion to the Union, and in their present determination to rein state and maintain it, that confidence would have become a positive convic tion if yoa could have seen all that was done and -aid upon that occasion. Ev ery heart was evidently full of joy; every c\e beamed with patriotic ani mation. Despondency gave place to assurance that our late dreadful civil strife was ended, the blissful reign of ; peace, under the protection, not of i arms, but of the Constitution and laws ■ would have sway and be in every part j of our land cheerfully acknowledged, ; ;uid in perfect good faith obeyed. You i would not have doubted tnat the re | currence of dangerous domestic insur i rection in the future, is not to be ap j prehended. If you could have seen, sir, the men of Massachusetts and South Carolina coming into the Con- I volition on the first day of its meeting, ; hand in hand, amidst the rapturous ap ! plause of the whole body, awakened | by heartfelt gratification at the event, liiliug the eyes of thousands with tear (ofjoy which they neither could, nor desired to suppress, you would have felt as every person present felt, that the time had arrived when all section al, or other perilous dissensions had ceased, and that nothing would be heard in the future but the voice of har mony, proclaiming devotion to a com mon country, of pride in being bound together by a common Union, existing and protected by forms of government, proved by experience to be eminently fitted for the exigencies of either war or peace. In the principles announced by the 4Ad .iy. iUc i Acpliug..t imrc that harmony throughout our entire land will soon prevail. We know that as in former days, as was eloquently declared by Webster, the nation's most gifted statesman, Massachusetts and South Carolina went "shoulder to shoulder through the revolution," and [ stood hand in hand "round the admin- { ; istration of Washington, and felt his - i own great arm lean on them for sup- 1 port," so will they again with like una- : niniity, devotion, and power, stand j ; round your administration and cause i you to feel that you may also lean on 1 them for support. In the proceedings, Mr. President, which we are to place 1 i in your hands, you will find that the Convention performed the grateful du ity imposed upon them by their know!- ' j edge of your "devotion to the Consti- ' tution, the laws, and interest of your j country," as illustrated by your entire j 1 Presidential career, in declaring that in | you they "recognize a Chief Magistrate j worthy of the nation, and equal to the j great crisis upon which yourlotiseast." j | And in this declaration it gives us un- j | mixed pleasure to add, we are confident ; j that the Convention have but spoken | the intelligent and patriotic sentiment j jof the country. Ever inaccessible to j the low influences which often control the mere partizan, governed by an hon si'lini; minion of constitutional obligations [ h bcTw iht, and of the duty of looking > y.-*rx v to the true interest, safety and J e g b ''thj|r of the nation, such a class is in > pirsuqjjp ~f resorting to any stale bait Unpopularity, at the expense of tin? he priijy good. r c-0 the measures which you have a ■"u his ed for the restoration of the Union, i a reeeipConvention saw only a continu-j of; or e< () f t j ie policy which, for the same i an elec . , , ' . j nenty-Kose, was inaugurated by your un-, eiri'fo iatc predecessor. In his re-elee-j oVrosid ly the people after that policy bad ict, and f u |iy indicated, and had been int give; " . : n-es sue one of the issues of the contest, of his political friends who are i t by n assailing you for strictly pursuing forgetful or regardless of the o- pinions which their support of his re-1 election necessarily involved. Being j upon the same ticket with that, much | lamented public servant, whose foul assassinat ion touched the heart of the civilized world with grief and horror, you would have been false to obvious duty if you had not endeavored to car ry out the same policy. And judging now by the opposite one which Con gress lias pursued, its wisdom and pa triotism are vindicated by the fact that: that of Congress hat hut continued a | broken Union by keeping ten of the States, in which, atone time, theinsur rection existed, as far as they could ac complish it, in the condition of subju gated provinces, denying to them the right to l>e represented whilst sub gecting their people to every species of legislation, including that of taxation, j Such a state of things is at war with the very genius of our Govern ment, inconsistent with every idea of political freedom, and most perilous to the peace and safety of the country. No reflecting man can fail to believe, uger, eithe,p t s j r that the proceedings of any writ! . ... * uiiy peiwMvention will cause you to ad . upon oonjf possible, with even greater ad pay thr ... ~ , i tbe bet. ss to : yie course which you are j laltfied elflfig, I>A satisfying you thut the i ? act of A , , see AN are with you, and that the wish i | whicfftfes nearest their hearts is that a i perfect restoration of our union at the earliest moment be attained, and a con viction that that result can only be ac complished by the means which you are pursuing. And in the discharge of the duties which these impo.se upon you, we, as did every member of the Convent-ion again, for ourselves, individually ten tier you "our profound respect, and as surance of our cordial and sincere sup port." With a reunited Union, with no foot but that of a freeman treading, or per mitted to tread our soil, with industry renewed, with a nation's faith pledged forever to a strict observance of all its obligations, with kindness and frater nal love everywhere prevailing, the desolation of war will soon be removed, its sacrifices of life, sad as they have been, will, with a Christians resigna tion, be referred to Providential pur pose of fixing our beloved country on a firm and endurable basis, which will forever place our liberty and happiness beyond the reach of human peril. Then, too, and forever will our Gov- j eminent challenge the admiration and receive the respect of the nations of the world, and be in no danger of any effort to impair our rights, or to impeach our honor; and permit me, sir, in conclu sion to add that great as is your solici tude for the restoration of our domestic peace, and your labors to that end, we rejoice that you have also a watchful eye to the rights of the nation, and that any attempt by an assumed or actual foreign power to enforce an illegal blockade "against the Government or citizens of the United States" (to use your own mild but expressive words) "will be disallowed." In this determination 1 am sure you will receive the unanimous approval of your fellow-citizens. Now, sir, as the chairman of this committee, and in behalf of the Convention, I have the honor to present you with an authenti cated copy of its proceedings. At the conclusion of this speech, the President made reply, of which the following isa verbatim report: SREECTI or THE OE.VT. Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Committee: Language is inadequate to ducedbv this occasion. Perhaps I could express more by permitting silence to speak and you to infer what I ought to say. I confess that, notwithstanding the experience I have had in public lifeand the audiences I have addressed, this occasion and this assemblage are calculated to, and do, overwhelm me. As I have said. I have not language to convey adequately my present feelings and emotions. In listening to the address which j your eloquent and distinguished chair man lias just delivered, the proceedings of the Convention, as they transpired, ; recurred to my mind. Seemingly, I partook of the inspiration that pre vailed in the Convention when I re ceived a. despatch, sent by two of its distinguished members, conveying in terms the scene which has just been de scribed, of South Carolina and Massa chusetts, arm in arm, inarching into that vast assemblage, and thus giving evidence that the two extremes had come together again, and that for the future they were united, as they had been in the past, for the preservation of the Union. When I was thus in formed that in that vast body of men, distinguished for intellect and wisdom, every eye was suffused with tears on beholding the scene, I could not finish reading the despatch to oneassociated with me in the office, for my own feel ings overcame me. [Applause.] I think we may justly conclude that we are acting under a proper inspiration, and that we need not be mistaken that j the finger of an overt uling and uner i ring !'rovidence is in this great move | meat. - The nation is in peril. We have just passed through a mighty, a bloody, a momentous ordeal,and yet do not find ourselves free from the difficulties and j dangers that at first surrounded us. While our brave soldiers, both officers and men, (turning to Gen. Grant, who j stood at his right,) have by their hero ism won laurels imperishable, there are still greater and more important duties to perform; and while we have had their co-operation in the field, now that they have returned t< civil pursuits, we need their support in our efforts to restore theGovernmentand perpetuate peace. [Applause.] So far as the Ex-' ecutive department of the Government is concerned, the effort has been made to restore the Union, to heal the breach, to pour oil into the wounds which were consequent upon the struggle, and (to speak in common phrase,) to prepare, as the learned and wise physician would a plaster, healing in character and co extensive with the wound. [Applause.| We thought, and we think, that w had partially succeeded ; but as the work progresses, as reconciliation seem ed to be taking place, and the country was becoming re-united, we found a I disturbing and marring element oppo- I sing us. lu alluding to that element 1 I shall go no further than your Conven i tion and the distinguished gentleman VOL. 61.—WHOLE No. 5,363. who has delivered tome the report of its proceedings. I shall make no ref erence to it that I do not believe the time and the occasion justify. We have witnessed in one depart ment of tlie Governmentevery endeav ! or to prevent the restoration of peace, harmony and Union. V\ T e have seen hanging upon the verge of the Gov ernment, as it were, a body called, or which assumes to be, the Congress of the United States, while in fact it is a Congress of only part of the States. We have seen this Congress pretend to be for the Union, when its every step and act tended to perpetuate disunion and make disruption of the States in evitable. Instead of promoting recon ciliation and harmony, its legislation has partaken of the character of pen alties, retaliation and revenge. This has been the course add the policy ol one portion of your Government. The humble individual who is now addressing you stands the representa tive of another department of the Gov ernment. The manner in which in was called upon to occupy that position 1 shall not allude to on this occasion. [Suffice it to say, that he is hereunder | the Constitution of the country, and | being here by virtue of its provisions, ; he takes his stand upon the charter ol ! our liberties as the great rampart of civil and religious liberty. [Prolonged cheering.] Having been taught in my early life to hold it sacr. d, and having done soduring.iny whole public career, 1 shall ever continue to reverence tin Constitution of my fathers, and to make it my guide. [Hearty applause.] I know it lias been said (and I must be permitted to indulge in the remark that the Executive Department of tin- Government has been despotic and ty rannical. Let me ask this audience of distinguished gentlemen to point to a vote 1 ever gave, to a speech 1 ever made, to a single act of my whole pub lic life that has not been against tyran ny and despotism. What position have I ever ore ipied—what ground have I ever assumed where it can lie truthfully charged that I failed to ad vocate the amelioration and elevation of thegreAt massesof my countrymen? [Cries of "Never," and great applause.] So far as charges of this kind are con cerned, they are simply intended to de lude the public mind into the belief that it is not the designing men who make such accusations, but some one else in power who is usurping and trampling upon the rights and pervert ing the principles of the Constitution. It is done by them for the purpose of covering their own acts ["That's so" T tVJfr .It jyj r call the attention of my countrymen to their proceedings. W hen we come to examine who has been playing tiie part of the tyrant, by whom do we find des potism exercised? As to myself, the elements of my nature, the pursuits of my life, have not made me either in my ieelings or in my practice aggres sive. My nature, on the contrary, is rath r defensive in its character; but having taken my stand upon the broad principles of liberty and the Constitu tion, there is not power enough on earth to drive me from it. [Loud and prolonged applause.] Having placed myself upon that bioad platform, I have not been awed or dismayed or in timidated by either threatsor encroach ments, but havestood there in conjunc tion with patriotic spirits, sounding the tocsin of alarm when I deemed the I citadel of liberty in danger! [Great ! Applause.] 1 said on a previous occasion, and ro- ! !l peat now, that all that was necessary in 1 this contest against tyranny and :'' despotism was that thestruggle should j " besufficiently audible for the American J people to hearand properly understand I c the i-sues it involved. They did hear, ! ~ and looking on andseeing who the eon- |' testants were, and what the struggle j was about, determined that they would 1 settle this question on the side of the ' Constitution and of principle. [Cries 1 of "That's so," and applause.] I pro- * claim hereto-day, as 1 have on previ- i t ous occasions, that inv faith is in the 1 great mass of the people. In the j < darkest moment of this struggle, when j the clouds seemed to be most lowering, : 1 my faith, instead of giving way, loom- j • ed up through their gloom; for, beyond j I saw all would be well in the end. ; j My countrymen, we all know that, in u : the language of Thomas Jefferson, tyr anny and despotism can be exercised and exerted more efl'ectually by the j ; many than the one. We have seen Congress gradually encroach step by step upon constitutional rights, and vi olate, day after day and month after month, fundamental principles of the j Govern men . [Cries of "That's so," and applause* | We have seen a Con-, gress that seemed to forget that there was a limit to the sphere and scope of legislation. We have seen a Congress in a minority assume to exercise pow er which, if allowed to be consumma- i : ted, would result in despotism or mon- j I archy itself. This is truth,and because j others, as well as myself, have seen proper to appeal to the patriotism and republican feeling of the country, we i have been denounced in the severest i terms. Slander upon slander, vituper | ation upon vituperation of the most ; virulent character, has made its way ' through the press. What, gentlemen, : has been your and my sin? What has been the cause of our offending? I will tell you: Daring to stand by the Constitution of our fathers. Mr. Chairman, I consider the pro -1 ceedingsof this Convention equal to, if not more important than, those of any | convention that ever assembled, in the t'nited States. [Great applause.] When I [ look upon that collection of citizens I coming together voluntarily, and sit ! ting in council with ideas, with prino ' p.esand views com inen.su rate with all the States, and co-extensive with the whole people, and contrast it with a Congress whose policy, if persisted in, will destroy the country, I regard it as more important than any convention that has sat—at least since 1787. I think 1 may also say that the declara tions that were there made are equal to those contained in the Declaration of Independence itself, and 1 here to-day pronounce them a second Decimation it' Independence. [Cries of "Glorious," and most enthusiastic and prolonged applause.] Your address and declara tions are nothing more nor less than a reaffirmation of the Constitution of the United S'ates. [Cries of "Good," and applause.] Yes, 1 will go further, and say that the declarations you have made, that the principles you have enunciated in your address, are a second proclamation if emancipation to the people of the United States. [Renewed applause.] For in p ochtiming and reproclaitning hese great truths you have laid down t constitutional platform on which all, .vithout reference to party, can make •oimrion cause, engage in a common •fibrt to break the tyranny which the louiinant party in Congress has so re entingly exercised, and stand united ogetlier for the restoration ofthe States old the preservation of the Govern aeut. The question only is the salva ion ofthe country, for our country isesabove all party consideration or nfluences. [Cries of "Good," and ap ilau.se.] How many are there in the United States that now require to he ree? Tiiey have the shackles upon heir limbs and are bound so rigidly >y the beliests of party leaders in the National Congress ak though they were n fact in slavery. I repeat, then, that our declaration is the second procla .nation Of emancipation to the people ! >f the United States, and oifers a com mon ground upon which all patriots -an stand. [Applause.] In this Co. nection, Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, let me ask. what have I to gain more than the advancement ofthe public welfare? I am us much opposed to the indulgence ofegotism asany one, out here, in a conversational manner, while formally receiving the proceed ings of this Convention, I may be per mitted again to inquire, what have I to gain, consulting human ambition, more .ban I have gained, except one thing —the consummation of the great work of restoration? My race is nearly run. i have been placed in the high office which 1 occupy by the Constitution of die country, and I may say that I have • ield, from lowest to highest almost ev ery station to which a man may attain ni our Government. I have passed through every position, from Alderman ofa village to the Presidency of the United States, And surely gentlemen, son-able ambition. If I had wanted authority,or if I had wished to perpetuate my own power, how easily could I have held and wield ed that Which was placed in my hands by the measure called the Freedmen's Bureau bill! [Laughter and applause.] With an army which it placed at my discretion I could have remained at the capital of the nation, and with fifty or sixty millions of appropriations at niy disposal, with the machinery to he un locked by niv own hands, with iny .-at raps and dependents in every t< wu anil village, with the Civil Rights bill following as an auxiliary [laughter,] and with the patronage a.id other ap pliances of the Government, I could have proclaimed myself dictator. "That's true!" and applause.J But, gentlemen, my pride and my ambition have beentooccupy that posi tion which retains all power in the hands of the people. [Great cheering ] ii is upon them 1 have always relii d ; [it is upon them I rely now. [Avoice: ' "And the people will not disappoint j you."] And I repeat, that neither the j taunts nor jeers of Congress, nor of a I subsidized, calumniating press, can ! drive me from my purpose. [Great ; applause.] I acknowledge no superior 'except my God, the author of my I exsitcnee, and ofthe people of tie ! United Statis. [Prolonged and en -1 thusiastie cheering.] The commands of | the One I try to obey as best I can, com patible with poor humanity. As to the ! other, in a political and representative i sense, the high behests of the people 1 have always been, and ever will be, re . speeted and obeyed by me. [ Applause. : Mr. Chairman, 1 havesaid more than | I had intended to say. For thekind al- lusion to myself, contained in yourad dress, 1 thank you. In this crisis, and at the present period of my public life, ] hold above all price,andsliall ever re cur with feelings of profound gratifica tion, to the resolution containing the endorsement of a convention emana ting spontaneously front thegreat trass of the people. With conscientious con viction as my courage, the Constitu tion as my guide, ami my faith in the people, 1 trust and hope that mv future action may be such that you and the i Convention you represent may not re- I gret the assurance of confidence you nave so generously expressed.[" Weare ; sure of it." j Before separating, my friends, one and all, please accept my heartfelt thanks for the kind manifestations of ! regard and respect you have exhibited i on tills occasion. At the conclusion of his address three rousing cheers were given spontaneous ly for President Johnson, and a voice i cried, "Three cheers for General Grant," i which were given with a tremendous will. The President, General Grant, and i the Cabinet took positions at the door, and shook hands with all who passed j out. The President's eye beamed with joy at the scene before him, of so many of the great men of the nation ready to I take him by the hand and say, "We are j with you in Ihe gnat figlit lor lilm.y i and thetoisiiiuth n to the very death." j The entire assemblage here passed w"' h universal feeling of patriotic ha]v ■ pineas.