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C AELISL E, !’A.,
TtuirNilay Morning-, March I,
i. 11. BRATTON A IV. KH\SHi>V
i-UMTon.s axd ruoruiHTous.
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to call.
lly order of the Dem. .State Committee
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I‘IIKSIIIKNT JOHNSON SPEAKS.
We feel that no apology is needed lor
the want of variety in our columns this
week. 1( is due to the people that the
recent veto message of President John
son. and his great speech on Thursday
last, should he laid before them at once.
The people's President has spoken in be
half of the people, and in hb utterances
they have the deepest concern. The
message and address, found elsewhere in
this paper, will be read in every house
bold in the land, and will work an influ
ence for good, such as no Presidential
manifesto has ever before wielded. They
are the heartfelt eon vic( ions of an honest,
earnest, patriotic statesman, who, we be
lieve, has no higher ambition than to
serve and save his country. They are
couched in language so plain I hat it needs
no explanation, and will defy the ellbrts
of demagogues to misconstrue and per
vert it.
SIH-h WO I'OnillH’llll tlU'M* d<H
unumts to a caivful ponwal I>y all into
whoso hands tlu*y may oomo, and wo
hazard nothin,a'in saying llial tin.* sonti
monts thoroin oontainod aiv to-day on
dorsod hy a va-t majority of tin* Amorioan
}H‘l»jdL*.
Although we opposed [he ele.-lion of
Andrew Johnson to rile Viee Presidency,
yet we, and tho-e with whom wc are as
sociated politically, have cordially en
dorsed his policy whenever we could con
sistently do so. We speak of Him now,
not as a partisan, but as aI ml hfnl eoasei J
eu I ions slalesuian, who has had the nerve
to rise above the rule of faction, when the
Welfare of I lie conn try demanded Dim to
do so. Weendorse him as a trueand tried
patriot who lias had the moral courage to
lit row himself i nto I lie breach, ill the very
crisis of revolution, ami lo call upon (be
Bepreseiita! ive- of the people to slop in
their inadiies-. We glory in him as a
President who has a mind of his own ;
who has substituted the rule of statesman
ship for a reign of imbecility. We see
in Dim a second Andrew Jackson -great,
fearless and linn —lll rough whose iustru
uieululily the. liberties of the country
may ye! be rescued out of ihe liandsol' the
reckless fanatics who now rule the hour.
Ami re w Johnson stands he I ween the peo
ple and (he revolutionists who would de
prive them of their liberties, lie strips
(he mask from the bold, bad men who
now control the legislation of Congress,
and shows (he real objects I bey are seek
ing to accomplish. 1 Leclasses them with
the disnnionists and traitors of the South,
ami announces that agaiu-l all such “ he
is still in the field."
Open war has now been declared be
tween the President and the revoluliuua
ry cabal of the Rump ('uugress war, op
en, defiant war lo the lasi. On the one
side the crack of the radical lash will be
heard, day after day, as Stevens mid
Sumner whip in the dnubll'ul and strag
gling. On the other side stands the chief
Magistrate of the nation, in the strength
of conscious rectitude. He appeals to no
party or section for support, hut calls up
on the people —the ir/iolr j>i op/c — as they
value their liberties, to rally in defense of
constitutional government before it is ev
erlastingly too late. Whether that ap
peal will be regarded, lime alone will tell.
One thing is sure, the radicals are not
lighting President Johnson alone, hut
with him tlie hundreds of thousands of
voters wlio will vote in (liecongressional
elections next fall, mid who will then de
cide which shalPhave their allegiance,
king caucus or the Gmistituliou. We
have no fears of Ihe result. Politicians
may do their best, hut (he people tire
with tho President; and, thank God, in
tills government the people, after all, are
tho rulers.
Jt is u gross mistake to,suppose (lull tins
President, in his defence of tlie t.'onstitu
(ion, depends on any party. Demagogue
may turn,against him IVoin selfish .mo
tives; but the people will sustain Un
man, wlm, regardless of parly, will'hou
estly maintain Constitutional govern
ment. And thepeople, in any such con
test, are always stronger than the politi
cians. If the disloyal radicals of the par
ty which electeil Mr. Johnson choose to
desert him because of Ids patriotic and
conservative policy, the people will rally
around him, and they may make him the
nucleus of a national organization which,
whatever its name may be, will he poten
tial enough to overwhelm treason in any
(punier of the republic, though confeder
ated, as now, miderlheuamcof the “A'n
lUniul I'nion parti/." All true Democrats
certainly approve of Mr. Johnson's policy
of reconstruction. Rut to say the Presi
dent ha> pursued that course with a view
to engage their support, is simply ridicu
lous. We sincerely believe he lias taken
his position on an eminence of patriotic
principle,'above all selfish aspirations or
partisan aims, whore neither private
slander nor party malice can reach Idm.
From Unit proud position lie can alibi'd
to look down-wit h pity on (he contempti
ble motives of (hose who, in their strug
gles for power and plunder, seem to for
get Unit they have a country, and care not
for its peace and prosperity.
In the President’s speech, which we
publish to-day, ho speaks of Forney as
Hie "dead duck,” and by Hits name he
will lie known the balance of Ids life.—
(leu. (Irani in his Report, christened that
consummate .humbug, Butler, "Bottled
Ben,” and by general consent tins is lobe
his name for all future time.
Chairman
ll'hat the President meant by calling
Forney a " dead duck,” can be imagined.
A dead duck, particularly if it died lie
cause of having gorged itself too liberally
upon olfal and corruption, at once becomes
very otlensive, and lias to he removed
from the sight of pedestrians. Forney,
if not dead in body, is dead morally and
politically, for lie is gorged to repletion,
and gives unmistakable signsof gangrene.
He is becoming otfonsi vc —a stencil in the
nostrils of the people—and the President
thinks it about time lie should be trans
ferred to duck heaven.' The suggestion
is well-timed ; Forney/*• offensive. The
rich pickings he gobbled up by permission
of Air. Lincoln and bully Stanton, has
made him fat and saucy, and at the same
time disloyal and exceedingly unpleasant.
He now puls in his spare hours in wri
ting treasonable disunion articles for Ids
two papers, and in heaping vulgar slan
ders upon the President. This is evidence
Hint President Johnson is honest, for
Forney only defends those who permit
him to make big grabs from the public
funds. In his political course he is gov
erned entirely by self, and hence it was
that Hie Lincoln administration suited
him so admirably. Like 1 lie vulture, he
is attracted by corruption, and like that
filthy bird, lie is most happy where cor
ruption is most to be found. President
Johnson despise.- and spurns him, and
will not permit him to pollute the While
House by his presence. " Dead Duck
Forney" is the name lie gives him, and,
considering all tilings, it i- a most appro
priate appellation. How are you, Dead
Duck Forue v I
<>iki:at male kv the freekmk.vs m -
lIKAV!
In consutjiiciicu nC Bivsiiluni Johnson's
veto of I lu* mammoth alms-house
bill, (Ji'iuTal Howard, c-liit*f overseer and
eook of lln* coiurni, will oiler lor sale (he
elVeds, pxxls, chatties and good-will of
Mu* iMahlFhincnl, viz—one enormous
black Bureau, a quantity of black wool,
one j*ood sized “dead duck,” several mil
lions i)oumls of superior («ovem inent ra
tions fifty lliousaml barrels extra Hour,
beef cattle, about one'million five hun
dred thousand u'ood overcoats, blouse- 1 ,
drawers, shirts, and stockings, two mil
lion.- pairs of shoes, a quantity of
New Knuland School Books, pipes and
Mnokiuo tobacco, pie-tail plug, red-eye
whiskey, wine.-, oysters in cans, lea, cof
fee, molasses, heans. crackers, candies
(that had heeii laid in expressly for the
little nigs, i Brandret h’s pills, itch oint
ment, ten thousand manacles (manufac
tured in Boston, ami which it was intend
ed ,-hoilld he used upon the wrists and an
kle.- olf.while men and women who re
fused to do homage to the “ put lambs,”)
a large (plant it. y of toys tpurchased for the
amusement of young vel vot-heads,) but
ton.-, tape, line-tooth combs, pomatums,'
fiddles ami (iddle-sirings, banjos, tooth
picks, t weezers, curling-tongs, several
l linu-a nd copies of Sumner’s and Stevens’
speeehe-, twenty thousand copies of the
U 'port of (leneral Farl Seburz, ('handlers
speech, delivered mx months before the
war, in which he inks for a “little blood
letting,’' several (hou.-and enpie- of (Ik*
popular song entitled “John Brown’s
soul is marchi ng on,” lifeof John Brown,
life of Fred Douglas, life of Wilson of
Massaeli nsel (s, Fonuy's speech deli \ eivd
at tin* party lie gave the negroes, < tree
ley's song, entitled “Tear Down the
Flaunting Ble,” iMulips' speeches against
the Fnion, dishes, pots, kellies, pans, &c.,
tog(*ther with “a great variety of other
articles, too numerous to mention.” Sale
to commence at 10 o'clock, when terms
will be made known by “(amend How
ard, chief of Freedmen’s Bureau.” Stan
ton will act as cryer. ami “dead duck
Forney” as clerk.
"Tin: Goveunmext." —It would go
hard with the A bold ion journals to-day if
“ loyalty" were lo be measured by their
own definition, ami enforced by' the ap
pliances which they have advocated as
necessary, salutary and lawful during (Do
past live years. Kurt Lafayette would lie
crowded to overflowing, aud there would
be a head in the edd ('iipitijfl for every
pane of glass in its windows-. The news
papers wliieli have made merry over the
suppression .of their neighbors, would
themselves go into eclipse, mid their edi
tors, instead of penning lively laudations
of the latest arbitrary arrest, would be
meditating on the power of the luuideutf
as a mural and political agency,nirdenhe'r
cosy cover ofa casemate.
tisg" On Monday of last weekfut (Join tu
bus, Georgia, a negro “soldier” ataeked a
mmi mimed Hiudsay anil was shotduriug
the fracas. A sipmil of negro “soldiers”
then arrested Lindsay, and would have
killed him but for (he efforts ofa corporal.
■Bub,sei|uently (he negro “soldiers” eou
■4m4cdJ4,iemselves outrageously, wanton
ly shooting several 'citizens from (heir
barrack window. . A .Major Warner was
shot in tint leg, which had to be amputa
ted. This is the way tho “eolered troops
hear off the palm.”
Gi'ksks Come Home to Roost.— The
Freedman's Bureau Bilj would have been
passetl in Die Sou,ale, over (he veto of the
President, hut fur ttit* votes of tile two
Senators from West Virginia, a Stale
■erected hy Ihe radicals in direct defiance
ot the Constitution, lur the sole purpose of
perpetuating /heir power.
DICK I'OItNUV
H()X«!'l:!l lit
ir.TINd IN NEW Tdilli
A monster meeting, numbering ten or
fifteen thousand, assembled in Jew York
on (he evening of IhotDd —Washington’a
hirth-day—to a] prove of the President’s
veto of the moils ter negl'o alms-house bill,
called by some the iFreedmeu’s Bureau
Bill. Those most prominent intho meet
ing were Republicans, Jmt who at (lie
same time are in favor of a whole Fnion.
Hon. F. 15. Cutting (Republican,) presi
ded. David I)udley Field, Esq. (Repub
lican,) read a most aide and powerful ad
dress to Hie people, and Mr. Seward, Sec
retary of Stale, delivered the principal
speech. Mr. S. said that Uiedestruetivos
in Congress, who are attempting to strand
the Shi]) of State, must got ontof the way,
or Hie indignation of an oulydgcd people
would sweep them overboard. He was
severe and pointed in his condemnation
of the disinihmists in Congress, Sumner,
Chandler, Stevens, Kelly, and others,
and intimated that the “time has come”
when such men must stand aside. His
speech was long and very able.
Several other short speeches were de
livered, by late ollicors of the army and
others. A largo portion of the fiiceting
was composed of soldiers, who had fought
and bled, not for the negro, but for a
whole Union. During Air. Seward’s
speech a veteran, minus his right arm,
speaking for the soldiers, cried out., "send
us to AVa.sliington, with authority to
clean out the Rump Congress, and sec
how quick we will do it!” Truly, the
people arc indignant and arc becoming
aroused; and they are determined, bo the
consequences what they may, to put
clown the negro-equality traitors who arc
now in open rebellion against the Clov
en! men! and the people.
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
Tin* President VclooiiaicVrcpdmcn'Hllnrpnu
Kill—'The ItnilicaN Fail to I‘a.ss (lie Kill
Over tin* Ycl«“*A Week of Exeltoment—
Andrew JolniHOn KringH Out tlio “SM'anip
Alltel**—A Tcrrilic Explenlon Eunuch— Tlio
Lciulini; “ ItmlH" and “Tliad*” and “Dead
OiieliH" ProHlrittcd l».v tlio Shook—All Hail
the Second Andrew JaekHou I
■Washington, Feb ihtu, istiU.
Mnssns. Fomins Voianteeu ; The
announcement in last week’s Volunteer
that “ our Washington letter failed (o
reach ns in time for publication” admon
ishes mo that I must mail my future
communications before Monday evening,
to have them reach yon in time..
Monday last was a day of intense ex
citement in both Houses of Congress and
throughout t.lie city. Shortly after noon
it became noised abroad that President
Johnson* hud vetoed tlie Froedmen’s bu
reau Bill. I hastened to the Capitol, and
there found .Senator Vales of Illinois,
making a terrifically radical speech on tho
apportionment amendment. After the
Governor had taken his seat and received
Hie congratulations of his friends, the
Vice President submitted to tlio .Somite
Hie message of the President, which had
been previously laid,upon his desk. Dur
ing tho reading of the message silence
prevailed throughout the Hull, except a
little bustle created by members of the
House crowding into the lloor of (he Sen
ate to hear wind the President had to say.
It was amusing to murk tho elfeet of the
message upon the senators and members
there congregated. Some of the radicals
grew pale, others red and lidgity, while a
smile of calm satisfaction and an air of
conscious victory was visible on the Dem
ocratic side of the Chamber. And it was
a victory of which that noble little band
of Senators might well be proud, it
marked the turning point in tho revolu
tion inaugurated by northern rebels and
traitors. It rung (he knell of Xew Hug
land fanaticism. It was the great echo
of the popular voice in favor of the Union,
the Constitution and a white man’s gov
ernment. It was the victory of the mas
ses over the despotic reign of caucus and
faction. That veto message was the sec
ond Declaration of Independence. The
clerk’s voice had scarcely pronounced
the limit word, when a storm of applause
hurst from the crowded galleries, mingled
with hisses from those of the African
persuasion. Ofeouise the white galleries
were at once ordered to lie cleared, while
the darkies were suffered to remain. The
Vice President asked: “Is the Semite
prepared to proceed to the reconsideration
ol the Bill;'’ and then commenced a great
counting of noses, on both sides of tho
house ; hilt the radicals had losteonlideiie
in their strength, and moved to postpone
until one o'clock on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, the Senate galleries were
crowded to suffocation, and lliO greatest
uncertainty and anxiety was everywhere
manifested in regard to the final result.—
If I he Republicans could muster their full
force, the Bill would pass over the Presi
dent's veto, hut it was confidently assert
ed that such a vote could not he mustered.
Tile hour of one, arrived. Garret Davis,
of Kentucky, took tlio lloor in favor of
sustaining tile veto; and was followed by
Mr. Trumbull, the author of tlio bill, in
favor of his bantling. At the conclusion
of Trumbull's speech, the Vice President
announced: “The i|iiestion before the
Senate is, shall the bill pass, the Presi
dent’s objections notwithstanding.” Tho
vote was as follows ;
r VMessrs. Anthony, Iln.wa, I 'lijiailh'-r,
Clark, Comn-ss, t'mam. Crisa-.-11, K.-ssomU.n. Kus
lar, Clrimrs, Harris, 1 U'mitir.sou, IJowanl, limn*,
Klrkwooil, timr (1n.1.,1 l.am* i Kansas.) .Morrill,
Nyo, ,Poland, Pomeroy, llamsey, Sherman,
Sprufa'ie, Sumner, Tinmliull, Wade, Williams,
Wilson, and Vales—:l‘l
Nays— Messrs. Ilnekalew, Cowan, Davis, Dixon,
Doolittle, (luthrie, Hendricks, Johnson, lli-Dmi
(;all, Morgan, Nesmith, Norton, Kiddie, Saulshn
ry, Slewin'!, Stoekton, Van Winkle, and Willev.
-I- IS. Absent—Messrs. Foot and Wright,
The chair announced that, the number
voting in tho ulUrmiitive being less than
two thirds, the trill had failed. Tliis an
nouncement was greeted with a prolong
ed hiss from the negro gallery, anil,
strange to say, the Vico President, was un
gallant enough to ordcrall the “ Dinahs”
and “Matilda Junes” to lie unceremoni
ously turned out. For this outrageous
conduct the chief of the Hrcednieu’s Bu
reau was sorely tempted to arrest him.—
All honor to Messrs. Cowan, Dixon, Doo
little, Morgan and Stewart, (lie Republi
can Senators who voted to sustain the
vetoj&kvnd who were self-reliant enough
and patriotie enough to rise above the
tnuumelsof party ami give a vote for their
country. Such miinifestatHms . of pure
and unselfish patriotism are rare in these,
latter days.
There is one remarkable feature about
tho veto, which stamps Andrew Johnson
as a patriot “ unhought by power and un
brilied by gain.” Here was a hill, passed
through* Doth Houses of Congress by u
three-fourths vote, grunting him a pat
-ronage which a king might envy, bestow
ing u power which would secure beyond
JJifiJSf ilVonturc Ills reflection, and might
make him President for life; yet, (rue to
"the Ci)iislituti.oli libliad sworn to support,
' true In the promptings of Ids noble na
ture, lie announces that ho is not a candi
date for roelection, lie rejects tho tempt
ing unit, and vetoes the bill. Here is a
hero for you, made out of the true metal.
Misfortune never comes single hand
ed. The radicals have been in, the
holiest of hot water all week. They
had scarcely recovered from what you
called the bomb-shell explosion of tlio
veto message,' when President Johnson
opened his “ swamp angel” batteries up
on them in his great speech of Thursday
night. The supporters of the adminis
tration had hold a large meeting, and
adopteil a series of resolutions' endorsing
President Johnson’s course. The meet
ing (hen adjourned to the ground in front
of the White House, uiul presented the
resolutions in a body. President John
son appeared, mid made one of (ho most
telling speeches I have ever listened to.
Never have I seen such a deep and pro
found sensation as that speech created in
the hearts of the congregated thousands
who listened to it. Johnson looked a
hero, every inch of him. There he stood,
< Ik; President of the United i-dufes, plead
ing powerfully and earnestly with (lie
people, for (he Union and the (iovoni
inonla.s the fiithm's made them, against
the destructive, (reasonable policy of the
revolutionary eahal which‘now controls
national legislation. And lei me tell you,
that speech will give him a hoklupoiithe
people which all MicStevenscs and Sum
ners in (lie coiuitry shall not be able to
shake. Andrew .Johnson, hy a masterly
stroke of policy, lias taken the issues of
national life and death out of the hands
of this Rum]) Congress, and submitted
them to the people, in whose intelligence
and virtue he declares lie has more con
fidence than in the boasted “ loyalty” and
learning of the radical task-masters un
der whoso burdens the people have been
groaning for so many Jong, sad years.—-
Pet the masses manifest equal eonlidence
in (heir Chief Magistrate, and-he will in
deed prove to the whole nation a “Mo
ses,” to load ns “ out of the House of
Bondage”—a bondage more merciless
than that suUbrod hy the children of Ham
on the plains of the South.
Rest assured the tight between the
President and the radicals has gone too
far ever to he healed. The President
neuwof yield, unless he would prove false
to his oath, false to his education, false to
his solemn declarations, false to his in
stincts. The loading revolutionists in
Congress will not yield. Thad. Stevens
years ago well nigh shipwrecked the State
of Pennsylvania, rather than sutler his
party to lie defeated; and he is now ani
mated with the spirit of Milton's arch
tliend, and mutters between his teeth
“It is better to reign in Hell than serve
in Heaven.” But let the peoplehavo pa
tience. The coming congressional elec
tions will speak in thunder tones in favor
vor of Andrew Johnson and legal liberty.
Caucasian.
ANDREW JOHNSON SPEARS!
“ THE UNION MUST BE PRE
SERVED.”
II Scathing Retake to Radicalism!
UK IS “STTTjTj IX THK FrEI.D" AHAINST
TRAITORS, NORTH AND SOUTH.
Ho Denounces Sumner, Stevens and
Phillips, and Dares Them to
Execute their Threat of
Assassination.
“ DEAD DUCK ” EOItNEY.
Washington Fob. 22.
There was a mass meeting at Grover’s Theatre
to-day in support oft lie President's policy, the
cdillee being crowded to Us full capacity and
many being unable toobtain admittance. A large
number of persons were also addressed from the
outside stand. Among the speakers wore Mont
gomery Rlalr, S. S. Cox, Judge Kinney. Rep
resentatives Smith and Trfmblo of Kentueky,
Rogers of New Jersey, and Senators Hendrieks,
MeDougall and Willey.
The principal meeting was presided over by
Phillip A. Kendall, the oldest member of the
Washington bar. A series of resolutions were
passed strongly approving the course adopted by
the President, ami calling upon fellow-citizens of
every shade of political opinion to stand by the
policy adopted by him. At the close of the meet
ing, a procession.was formed and proceeded to
the open space m front of tjio north portico oftho
Executive mansion, whore thousands of people
had congregated. The committee appointed for
the'purpose entered the White House and deliv
ered to the President the resolutions adopted by
the meeting. Meanwhile there was music from
the hand outside. One of the marshals appeared
on the rail near the carriage-way and announced
t hat tin 4 President would soon address the assem
blage. Shout after shout went up from thousands
of throats. The President soon thereafter made
his appearance and met with an enthusiastic re
ception, mid huzzas and thewaving of hats. The
aforesaid marshal again pitched Ids voice to the
highest, saying that when order was restored the
President would begin. There were cries of
“order,” “order,” and mid comparative quiet,
the President spoke in substance as follows ;
The President's Speech.
Fellow citizens, for I presume I have a right to
address you as such. J come to lender to you my
sincere thanks for the approbation expressed by
your Committee in their personal address and in
the resolutions submitted by them as having been
adopted by the meeting which has been held in
this city to-day. These resolutions, as I under
stand litem, are complimentary to the policy
which has been adopted by the Administration,
and lias been steadily pursued since it. came into
power. I am free to say to you on this occasion
that it is extremely gratifying to me to know
that so large a portion of my fellow citizens ap
pro\e and iiuior.se the policy which has been
adopted and which it Is my intention shall be
carried out. (Great applause.) That policy is one
which is intended to restore all the States to
their original relations to the Federal Govern
ment of the United Stales. (Renewed applause.)
Appropriateness of the ]>ay.
This seems to be a day peculiarly appropriate
for such a manifestation. It is the day that gave
birth to that man who more, perhaps, ihan’any
other, founded this Government, it is the day
that gave birth to the Father of our country. It is
the day that gave birth to him who presided over
that body which formed the Constitution under
which all the Stales entered into this glorious
Confederacy. .Such a day is peculiarly appropri
ate for the indorsement of a policy whose object
is Iho restoration of the Union of the .Stales as it
was designed by the Father of his country. (Ap
plause.)
Washington, whose name lids city bears, is em
balmed in the hearts of all who love free Govern
ment. Washington, in the language of his eulo
gist, was first, in war, Hrst in peace, and first in
the hearts of his countrymen. No people can
claim him, no nation can appropriate him. His
reputation is commensurate with the civilized
world, and ids name is the common property of
all those who love free government.
Tl»c Monument of Freedom.
To-day J had the pleasure of visiting an associa
tion who have been devoting Ihelr efforts to the
completion of the monument which Is being
erected to his mum*. I was proud to meet them,
and, so far as I could, to give thorn mv influence
and countenance in aid of the work' they have
undertaken. That monument, which is* being
erected to Him who, I may say. founded the Gov
ernment, is almost within tin* throw of a stone of
Hie spot from which i now address vou. Let it be
completed. (Applause.) Let those various blocks
which the Stales, and individuals, and associa
tions, and corporations have put in that monu
ment as pledges of their love for tills Union be
piVM*rved<Aiml let the work he accomplished.
Tennessee.
11l tliis connection let mo refer to the block
from my own State, God bless her (applause!)
which has struggled for the preservation of this
Imam in the held and in the councils of the na
tion, uml which is now struggling to renew her
relations with this Government, that wore Inter
rupted by a fearful Rebellion. she is now strii"-
ghngto renew those relations, and to take her
stand when* she hud ever stood sineo 17tl(j until
this Rebellion broke out. (Great applause.) Let
me repeal the sentiment that that Stab' has in
scribed upon the stone which she has deposited
in that monument of freedom which is being
raised in commemoration of Washington, she is
struggling to gel hack into the. Union, uml to
stand liy the sentiment, which is there inscribed,
ami she Is willing to sustain 11. What is It? It is
the sentiment which was enunciated by her dis
tinguished son, the immortal, the illustrious
Jackson. “The Federal Union—lt must ho pre
served. (Great applause.) If it were possible for
that old man, whose statue is now before* me. and
whose portrait Is behind me in the Kxeeutlve
Mansion, and whose sentiment is thus preserved
in that monument, in your vieinilv, to be called
lorth from the grave, or if it were possible to
communicate wall the spirit of the illustrious
dead, and make him understand the progress of
laction and ol rebellion and treason, he would
turnover mhiseollin, and he would rise, and
shaking oil the habiliments of the tomb, would
again stand erect and extend forth his long arm
ami Unger, and reiterate that sentiment, once
expressed by bun on a memorable occasion,
Iho I*edoral Umon-it must ho preserved.’'
(Groat applause.)
Historic Ueminisconccs.
W e have witnossud what lias transpired since
jus day. In when treason and treachorvand
nihdehly to tho Government and Constitution of
Ilia l ulled Slates stalked forth in the land, it
was his power and intlueneo that crushed the
serpent in its ineipiency. It was then stopped,
hiu only Jor a tune. The same spirit of disahec
lOn continues. There Were men disaffected-to
tlie Government, both hrthe Norm amt in the
South.
•Slavery
There was, in a portion of the. Union, a peculi
ar institution, ot which some complained, and to
winch olliers were attached. Uno portion of our
countrymen in tho South advocated that institu
tion, wiille another portion In the North opposed
Extreme l*ai*Ue.s.
1 he result was tho formation of extreme parlies
one especially in the South, which reached'a
point, at whieh.it was proposed to dissolve the
Union ot the States for the purpose, as was said
ot securing and preserving that peculiar institu
tion. I hero was another portion of our coumrv
men who were opposed to that institution, and
who went to such an extreme that tliev were will
ing to break up tho Government in order to get
clear of that peculiar institution of tin* South.
1 say those tilings because J desire to talk plain
ly and in;tamlliar phraseology. I assume nothing
hero to-day beyond the position of a cit hva • one
who has been pleading for his count rv ami the
preservation of the Constitution, (immense
cheering.) The.se two parties, I say, were arrayed
against each other, and I stand here before volt
for the Union to-day, as I stood in the Senate of
the United Stales in tsui) and IfciUl, ‘
fin the Senate
J met there those who wore making uar upon
the Const i tut ion, those who wanted to disrupt the
Government, and I denounced them in mv place
then and there, and exposed their true character
Isaid that those who wore engaged in the work
of breaking up the Government were trailers, j
have never ceased, on nil proper occasions, to re
peat that sentiment, and as far as my efforts
could go, I have endeavored to carry it mil.
((.treat applause.) I have Just remarked that
there wore two parties, one of which was for
destroying the Government and separating the
the Union, In order to preserve slavery, and the
other for breaking no the Government, in order
to destroy slavery. True, the objects which they
sought to accomplish were different, so far as
slavery was concerned, but they.ngreed in the de
sire to break up the Government, the? precise
thing to which 1 have aHvays been opposed, and
whether disuulonists come from the South or
from the North, I stand now as I did then, vindi
cating the union of these Stales and the Gonsli
lution of my country. (Tremendous applause.)
MCCONNiOSI.
Rebellion ami treason manifested themselves
in the South. I stood by the Govesnment. I said
that I was for the Union with slavery, I was for
the Union without slavery. In eilhcraltornatlve
I was for my Government and its Constitution.
The Government has stretched forth its strong
arm, and with its physical! power it has put down
treason In the field. The section of the country
which then arrayed itself against the Govern
ment lias been put down by the strong arm.
What did wo say when this treason originated?
Wo said “No compromise; you yourselves in the
South can settle this question in eight and forty
hours.” It said again and again, and I repeat it
now, “Disband your armies in the South, ac
knowledge the supremacy of the Constitution of
the United Stales, acknowledge (he duty of obe
dience to the laws, and the whole question is set
tled.” (Applause.) What has been done since?
The Rebellion Crushed,
Their armies have boon disbanded, and they
enme forward now In a proper spirit and say,
“We were mistaken. Wo made an effort to
carry Put the doctrine of Secession and to dissolve
this Union. In that we have failed. We have
traced tills doctrine to its logical and physical re
sults, and we llnd Unit wo were mistaken.
We acknowledge the flag of our country,
and are willing to obey the Constitution
and to yield to the supremacy of the laws.” (Great
applause.) Coming in that spirit, I say to them,
“When you have complied with the require
ments of the Constitution, when you have yield
ed to the law, when you h’Uvc acknowledged your
allegiance to (he Constitution, I will, so far ns I
can, open the door of the Union to those who
have erred and strayed from the fold of their
fathers for a time. (Groat applause.) Who has
Rulfcred more by the Rebellion than I have? I
I shall not repeat the story of the wrongs and
sufferings inflicted upon me; but the spirit of re
venge is not the spirit in which to deni with a
wronged people. I know there has been a great
deal said about the exorcise of the pardoning
power, so far as your Executive is concerned.
The liCadlng Traitors.
There is no one who lias labored with more ear
nestness than myself to have the principal intel
ligent and conscious traitors brought 1 to Justice,
tlie law vindicated, and the great, fact Judicially
established that treason is a crime (Applause,)
but while conscious, leading and Intelligent trai
tors arc to ho punished, should whole communi
ties and States and pcojjlo he made to submit to
the penalty of death ? No, no !
I have perhaps ns much asperity and as much
resentment as men ought to have, but we must
reason In great matters of government about
man as he is; wc must conform our actions and
our conduct to the example of Him who founded
our holy religion, not that I would make such a
comparison on this occasion In any personal as
pect.
ItcgiiiEilng of Hie Administration.
I came into this placcunder the Constitution
the country and by the approbation of the people,
and what did I find? I found eight millions of
people who were in fact condemned under the
law. and the penalty was death. Was I to yield
to the spirit of revenge and resentment, and de
clare that they should ail bo annihilated and des
troyed ? How different would tills have been
from the example set by the Holy Founder of our
religion, the extremities of whose divine arch
rest upon the horizon, and whose span embraces
iho universe ! He who founded this great scheme
came into the world and found man condemned
under the law, and his sentence; wasdeath. What
was his example? Instead of putting the world,
or even a nation to death, lie died upon the
cross attesting, by his wounds and His blood,
that lie died that mankind might live, ((treat
nppiau.se.)
Masses of the .South.
Let those who have erred repent, let Miem ac
knowledge their-allegiance, let them become
loyal, willing supporters and defenders of our
glorious Stars and Ktripcs and of the. Constit
ution of our country. Let the leaders, the con
scious, intelligent traitors bo punished and be
subjected to the penalties of the law (applause,)
but to the great mass who have been forced into
this Rebellion in many instances, and in others
have been misled, I say clemency, kindness, trust
and conlldcnce. (Groat applause.)
The President's Position.
My countrymen, when I look buck over the
history of the Rebellion, I am not vain when I
ask you If 1 have not given as much evidence of
my devotion to the Union as some who croak a
great deal about it; when I look back over the
battle-fields of the Rebellion I think of the
many bravo men in whose company X was ; I
cannot but recollect that I was sometimes in
places where the contest was most diflicult and
the result most doubtful; hut almost before me
smoke has passed away, almost before the blood
that has been shed Ims done reeking, before the
bodies of the slain have passed through the stages
of decomposition, what do we now find ?
Present State of Affairs,
Tito Rebellion has been put down by the strong
arm of the Government in the hold, but is that
the only way In which you can have rebellion?
Our struggle was against an attempt to dissever
the Union, but almost before the smoke of the
battle-field has passed away, before our brave
men have all returned to their homes and renew
ed the ties of affection mid love to their wlvesnnd
their children, we find almost another rebellion
inaugurated. Wo put down the former Rebellion
in order to,prevent the sepaaation of the States,
to prevent them from Hying off, and thereby
changing the character of our Government and
weakening Us power, but when that struggle on
our part has* been successful, and that attempt
lias been put down, wo find now an effort to con
centrate all power In the hands of a few at the
Federal head, and thereby bring about a consoli
dation of the Government, which is equally ob
jectionable with a separation. (Vociferous ap
plause.) We find that powers are assumed, and
attempted to be exercised, of a most extraordina
ry character. It seems that Governments may
lie revolutionized. Governments, at least maV
lie changed without going through the strife of
battle. J believe however it is a fact attested in
history .that somotmes revolutions most disastr
ous to a people are affected without the shedding
of blood. Tile substance of your Government
may be taken away, while the form and shadow
remain to you. What is now being proposed?
We find that in point of fact nearly all the
powers of the Government are assumed by an
irresponsible central directory, which does not
even consult the legislative or the Executive De
partments of the Government; by resolutions re
ported from a committee, in whom it seems that
practically the legislative power of the Govern
ment is now vested; that great principle of the
Constitution which authorizes and empowers
eacli brunch of the Legislative Department of the
.Senate and the House of’Repsesentatlves to judge
for itself of the election returns and qualifications
of its own members has been virtually taken
away from the two brandies of the loglsative De
partment of the Government, and conferred upon
a committee who must report before either House
can act under the Constitutionas to accepting 1 he
members who are to take their seats as compo
nent parts of the respective bodies.
Ry this rule it Is assumed that there must ho
laws passed recognizing a Statons in the Union,
or in its practical relations to the Union as re
stored, before the respective houses, under the
Constitution, can judge of the election returns
and qualification of their own members. What
a position is that! You struggled for four years
to put down a rebellion; you denied in the be
ginning of the struggle that any Slate could go
out of the Union; you said that it had neither the
right nor the power to do so. The issue was made,
and it has been settled that the State had neither
the right nor the power to go out of the Union •
with what consistency, after It Ims been settled by
the military arm oftho Government, and by pub
lic judgment, that the Stater had no right to go
out of tlie Union, can any one now turn round
ami assume that they are out, that they shall
not come in. 1 am free to say to you, as your
Executive, that I am not prepared to take anv
such position. (Great applause.) I said in the
Senate, in the very Inception of this Rebellion,
that the States had no right to go out; I asserted
too that they had no power to go out; that ques
tion Has been settled, and it being settled I can
not turn arpuiul now and give the Re direct to all
that I have professed, and ali I have done for the
last five years. (Applause.) When those who re
belled comply with the Constitution; when they
give suflicent evidence of loyalty; when they
yield obedience to the law that vou and i
acknowledge obedience to, I say extend them the
right hand of fellowship, and let peace and union
lie restored. (Tremendous applause.)
Still In tlio Field.
I fought traitors aud treason in the South J
opposed the Davises, the Toombs, the Siidels and
a .V? n S * ist of others, which you can readily till
without my repeating the name. Now, when I
turn round and at tho other end of tho line
lincl men, I cave not by what name you call them
who still stand opposed to the restoration of tho
Union of these Stases, I am free to say to you
that lam still in tho Held, (Great applause.) I
am stiU lor tho preservation of the Union. lam
sUU In lavor of tills great Government of ours
going on and on, and lining out its destiny
Great applause. Voices-Give us i hree names at
the other end.)
TlioNamcM nl tlio Olhor End.
IhcPiosident—-I am culled upon to name three
ati the other end oi the line. I am talking (oiuy
mends and lellow-eilizens, who are interested
with me in this Government, and I presume I am
ireo to mention to you the names of those whom
I look upon as being opposed to tho fundamental
principles of tills Government, and who are la
horing to pervert and destroy it. (Voices, ‘-Name
them! “ Who arc they ?”) The President—You
usk mo who they are. Isay Thaddeus Stevens, of
I enns> vania, is one: I say Mr, Sumner, *of tho
Senate is another, and Wendell X’hllllpa is unoth
er. (hong t-ontiiiued Applause.) (Voices, “Give
. u I ; on \ r - v 1 > V\ e Presfdent-In reply lo that. I
vill simply say Ido not waste my ammunition
r Si°l m! e f lfl dllckH - (b>re*at laughter and applause.)
fl it Th™ 'l i™ mt T ; IsUl V d f< ! r DieCoustUu
lion. Jlicie i inn e always placed mv feet from
my advent to public life. They may traduce, they
may Blunder, they may vituperate mo, but let me
to you, all tins has no intlueneo upon me.
(Great applause.) 1 ’
Let mo s«y further, that Ido not Intend to be
u\ erawed by real or pretended friendstfnor do I
nu an to be bullied by my enemies. (XreYncudons
applause ) 1 lonest conviction is my courugo, the
(.onstlmiou is my guide. I know, my couiitrv
men, that u has been insinuated. no, not Insimm-
I I »J ,sl . s lx ‘ (,n ; s . llid directly in liigli places, Unit
u swell a usurpation ol power as J am charged with
had been exercised some Iwohundrod Years ago
ma pavheulur reian, it would have cost an indi
wdu.ii his head, (Great laughter.) Of what
UMirpution lias Andrew .Johnson been guil(v ,> --
Aopo, N«»vu-, b “U
isita usurpation to shun! between the people
..uid I he encroachments ot power, because, in a
< onvi.MsalKui with a leilow-cltizeu who happened
t ! n * i salil that I thought amendments
n i ( fi m ?W l » l I l,m ol, « hL J»ot too frequently bo
m.ule, that it it was continually tinkered with n
wm.1.l 1,..,, all It. prcstls.. ami aianlt£ am the ola
Instrument would bo lostslglit of altogether!!! a
short time,and because, In tTic; same con versa t lon
I happened to say (hatlf it.won* amended atall,
such and such an amendment ought tube adopt
ed, It was charged that I wasgulltyof usurpation
of power that would have oust a kin-;'his head, in
a certain period of English history. (Great laugh
tcs.) From the same source the exclamation has
gone forth that (hoywore In the midst of earth
quakes; that, they were trembling and could not
yield. (Laughter.)
Judgment of the Bk’Oplr.
Yes, follow-citizens, there is an earthquake corn -
imr; there is aground-swelling of popular Judg
ment and indignation, ((-treat applause.) The
American people will speak,and hy their instinct
if not otherwise, they will know who arc their
friendsand whoare their enemies. I have endeav
ored to 1)0 true to the people in all tin 1 nosit lons
which I have occupied, and there Is hardly a posi
tion in this Government which I have not at some
time tilled. I suppose it will he said that this is van
ity (laughter), but I may say that I have been in ai
of them. I have been hi both hraenhes of the .State
Legislature. (A voice: * You commenced a tailor.’)
No Patch IVorSc,
The President—A gentlemen behind me says
that I began a tailor. Yes, 1 did begin a tailor (ap.-
plausekand that suggest ion doesnotdiscomllt mo
In the least, for when I was a tailor I had the rep
utation of being a good one, and of making close
ills (laughter), mull was always punctual to my
customers, and did good work, (applause',)
Voices—We will patch up the' Union yet.
The President—No, 1 do not want any patch
work of it; I want the original article restored.—
(Great applause.) Put enough of this faeetlous
ncss. I know It may he said. "You are Presi
dent, and you must not talk about those things;”
hilt, my fellow citizens, I Intend to talk the truth,
and wiien/principle is Involved, when the exis
tence of my country hJ-in peri), I hold it to bo my
duty to speak whaKT think and what I feel, as!
have always done oik- former occasions. (Great
applause.)
I have said, it has been declared elsewhere that
I was guilty of usurpation which would have cost
a king his head, and in another place I have been
denounced for whitewashing. When or where
did I ever whitewash anything or anybody? I
have been an alderman of a town, I have been
in both branches of the legislature of my State, I
have been in botli Houses of the National Cou-
Sress. I have been at the head of the Executive
opartment of my State, I have boon Vico Presi
dent of the United States, and J am now in the po
sition which I occupy before you, and during all
this career where is the man and what portion of
the people is there who can say that Andrew John
son ever mnduapiedge which ho did not redeem,
or Mint ho ever made a promise which he violated ?
None. Now point, me to the man who can say
that Andrew Johnson ever acted with Intldelity
tothegrent mass of the people, (Great applause.)
Itclieadliig.
Men may bilk about hohondinßand about usur
pation, but when I am beheaded I want tho Amer
ican people to ho the witnesses. Ido notwantit
hyginuendoesand indirect remarks in high pla
ces, to be suggested to men who have assassina
tion brooding In their bosoms, there, is a tit sub
ject. Cithers haveexelalmeil that the Presiden
tial obstacle must begotten out oft he way. What
is Unit hut a make use ol a strong word hunting t o
assassination? No doubt, 1 say, the intention was
lo incite assassination, so the obstacle which tho
people had placed here eould he got out of the
way. Arolhe opponents of this Government not
yet sntiSlled; are those who want to destroy our
Institutions and to change tho character of the
Government, not satisfied with tho quantity of
blood that has been shod. Are they not satislled
with one martyr hi this place? Does not the blood
of Lincoln appease their vengeance and their
thirst still unslaked? Do they still want more
blood? Have they not honor and courage enough
to seek to obtain tho end otherwise than through
and hy the hand of the assassin. lam not afraid
of an assassin attacking me whore one brave ami
cou.’agcous man will at lack another. I only dread
him when In disguise, ami where his footstep is
noiseless.
Ift hoy want blood lot thoin have the aonrago to
strike? like men. I know they are willing to
wound but afraid, to strike. If my blood is to bo
shed because I vindicate tlie Union, and insist, on
the preservation of Ibis (lovernniont. in Its origi
nal purity, let it lie shed; but Jet an altar to the
Union bo first erected, and then, if necessary, lake
me and lay me upon it, and the blood that now
warms and animates my existence shall bo pour
ed out as the last libation, as a tribute to the Un
ion of these Stales. (Great applause.) Hut, lot the
opponents of this Government remember, when
it Is poured out, that, the blood of the martyrs Is
t lie seed of the. church. This Union will grow and
it will continue to increase in strength and power,
though it maybe cemented and cleansed in blood.
I have already spoken to you longer than 1 in
tended when I came out. (Go on.)
Constitutional Amendments.
I merely intended to make my acknowledg
ments for the honor you have done me; but be
fore I close allow me to say a word in regard to the
question of amendments to the constitution of
the United Slates. Shortly after I reached Wash
ington, for the purpose of being inaugurated as
Vice President of the United Slates, I had a con
versation with Mr, Lincoln in regard to Iho con
dition of affairs. We talked particularly In ref
erence to matters in my own Slate. I told him
that wc had called a Convention, that we had
amended the Constitution, and that we had abol
ished slavery in that Stale, which was not inclu
ded in his Emancipation reclamation.
All these things met his approbation, and ho
gave mo words of encouragement. Wc talked
theivabout affairs generally, and upon the subject
of amendments to the Constitution of the United
Slates; he said tome “When the amendment of
the Constitution now proposed is adopted by
three-fourths of the Slates, I am pretty near done,
or Indeed quite done in favor of amending the
Constitution If there was one oilier adopted.”
[asked him. What is that, Mr. President? He
said 1 have labored to preserve this Union. I have
toiled during four years; 1 have been subjected to
calumny and misrepresentation. My great and
solo desire lias been to preserve these States intact
under the Constitution as they were before.” I
him again, “Mr. President, what amend
ment is that which you would propose?” “ Why,”
said lie, “ it is that there should lie an amendment
added to the Constitution which would compel
t lie Stales to send their Senators and Ileprcsonta
lives to the Congsess of the United States. (Great
applause.) The idea was in his mind that as a
part of the doctrine of Secession one of the moans
to break up tiiis Government was that the Stales,
if they saw proper, might withdraw their Sena
tors and Ilopsesenlatives, or refuse to elect them.
He wanted even to remove that dillicnltv by a
constitutional amendment, compelling thoStatcs
to send Senators and Representatives to Congress.
Hut. what do we now find? The Constitution of
the country, even that portion of It which allows
amendments to the organic law, expressly pro
vides that no State, without its consent, shall be
deprived of its equal suffrage lathe .Senate, and
it also provides that cadi State shall have at least
one Representative In the House of Representa
tives; but yet the position is taken that certain
Slates shall not bo represented. We impose tax
es upon them • we send our tax gatherers into ev
ery region and portion of the States.
These people are fltsubjects of Government for
tiie collection of taxes, hut when they ask to par
ticipate in the legislation of the country, they are
met at the door and told no, you must pay taxes,
you must bear burdens of Government, but you
cannot participate in its legislation which is to
ailed you through all lime to come; is tills justice
is U fair? (No, no.) .
I repeat lam for the Union, lam for preserv
ing all the States. I am for admitting Into the
Councils of the nation all the representatives who
are unmistakably and unquestionably loyal. A
man who acknowledges allegiance to the Govern
ment,ami who swears to support the Constitution,
must necessarily be loyal. A man cannot take
that oath in good faith unless he is loyal.
A men* amplification of the oatli makes no dif
ference as to tiie principle. Whatever test is
thought proper us evidence and as proof of loyal
ty. ' s .a mere matter of detail, about which Xcare
nothing; but let a man bo unmistakably and un
que.itionably loyal, let him acknowledge allegi
ance to the Constitution oflhc UuitedKlaies.and
be wil ling to support the Government in its hour
ol peril and Us hour of need, and I am willing to
trust him. (Applause.)
1 know tlmtsome do not attach as much impor
tance to t his point ns I do» but I regard it as a fun
damental one. The principle Unit carried ns
through tiie revoluliou was that there should be
no taxation without representation. I hold to
that principle, which was laid down as funda
mental by our fathers.. If it was good then it Is
good now. If it was worth standing by then, it Is
worth standing by now. It is fundamental and
should be observed as long as free govesnment
'i'lic Constitution.
1 mu awavo that In tbo midst of tlio Uebelllou it
wassaid by.some that the Constitution Uiui been
rolled ap as- a piece ofparehmcnt and laid away:
tnal in tbncoi war and rebellion there was no
Constitution. Wo know that. sometimes, in great
necessity, under great emergencies, unconstitu
tional tilings mustsometimes necessarilvbedone
in order to preserve the Constitution itself; but!
i , while the Rebellion was going on the Constitu
-1 lon was rolled up und laid laid away, if It was vi
oiated in some particulars in order to save the
Government, and all maybe excused and insti
lled, because in saving the Governmentyou re
ally saved the Constitution, now that peace has
Umt Al l ° ifi oyer, wo want again the
benefit ot a written Constitution, and I say the
tune has come to take the Constitution down to
unrol it to ro-read it, to understand its provisions
thoroughly, and now, in order to save the Gov
ernment, wo must preserve the Constitution.
Our only saletvis In a strict adherence to and
mescrvation of the Constitution of our fathers
It is now unfolded. It must now bo read, itimist
now be dlgesledand.undcrstood by the American
people. lam here to-day, then, in making these
remarks to vindicate the Constitution audio save
u ’ nf l * J K>lieve > lor i«< does seem as If encroach
ment after onoroachiucnt is proposed upon it
As tar as I can x have ever resisted encroachments
upon the Constitution, and 1 stand prepared to
resist thoin to-day. and thereby to preserve the
Constitution and the Govemuvnit of the United
btules. .(Greatapplause)
l*euco.
Ills now alimu of peace, luullul ns have peace:
lot iis enforce the Constitution; lot us live tinder
mid nid°nl ed fc |Pf o vlsl ° ns ! lot it bo published
ilJi.L't, 1 ? 11 I,lnzll >S clmriieters us though It
ti? V n 1 heavens, uiul punctuated bv tlie stars
Roiiiianency of (lie Constitution
thoopposers of this Government,! cure not
or Smith"V'm, U n 0r * they cume ’ Ellst or w oak North
hroeirfn.r ,m°H 1 f? 4 m ' e en Kagert In the work of
In caking up tlio Govcjnmiont.avo mistaken. The
p Hl tlie ‘States and llioprincl
'SSS,“ ,at Kra,t iu strumont, that great
Ihelr attempts, though they mav seem to suc
eeod for a time, wilt On futile. 'Hicv mlLdd ns
to lock up the winds or chain the
nT' C »ri Wl V lC t° w ftn Ull( * Oo.ut\notluiiu\vitliin llm
' s * ln U'kt'ip wol] undertake to repeal the
consldaupn.au, l indeed it, seems now toVsun
lutlol (La°“«hterd ’ 1 ’ C,,UIHI l,y 11 , ' O,l " ,I ' mlt «*»
Hut when the question is submitted to Urn ?>o»-
liar Judgment, and to tin- mass of thoneoX
heseuicn wm lind that they might Just iw wli
intioduee a i e.suluimn to repeal tho laws of gravi
tation Tim attempt to knap this Union from be-
Ingiostoied Is just about us feasible as would be
um m Ull u ♦ to 110 Ki'cut law of gravitation, whtek
hinds uU to u eommou eeuire, 1
firont Jg
Tim tpmUawof political gravi.,,.. -
hack these States, and ivnlanoil ati °h m-mu
relations to the Federal Oovcrnml 1,1 « ?
and cabals, and conspiracies nAi o,l t. riff- $
Xortli or South, cannotptv(- e t Vh. nchl "& I
summation. (Tremendous mV, 1 i «, fin-it *s
is wanted Is ttuu‘, Let (he Aim! ■!,, All ?l-j
to understand what Is Koine U m, 111 ,
soon manifest (heir (letcriitlnsnoi’i 11 Hu-v JKi
Here hy way of explanation, ' f i
would to God (he whole AmerliV,,, c sac n,. BA
he assemhled here to-day" ns‘vo,! ]*"|)lti Cr ;'.lf,
(hero were a vast amphitheatre 1 m ' lp - 1 mil
onotiKh to contain the whole thh-K- '
they eould witness the great s traLV' 1 < *
hiK on to preserve the 'at KB
ors *J hey would soon settle the (n,cwi lllelr (a »
eould once see liow things are- If ti, °'M(i
the kind of spirit that Is nmnlhistoaKi>' S*
to break up the real .principles of V arSB
ment; when they came to midorstnl, o wsß
for them, and who against tUei'w "Vt?B
ameliorating the contrition, and whn 1° W*
ting (hem by preserving tlielr GovS„ f ? r elcvM
Hie combatants could stand before 1 ', 1 , 111 * 1 '!. [S
there could hq u regular set-to hcUxv.
peetive gladiators, Tit the first tlll thSt', 1 V»SB
made yon would find that tt le eiin ,V‘ ll B | 'l®
country would be crushed, and the niSIl? Kl«
sustain its friends ami thefrloiulsot
al liberty. (Great flittering.) 01 «onsH( MI^BU
President J.lncolu's Policy I
■J’he very policy that lam now mil l',, I
pursued, hy mo under his ndmlnlstrni„ "?«>»■
Ing been appointed by him In «Z» Hitt I
lion for that very purpose. An Insert!Sl" I Mtel
Ideneu saw proper to remove him frm,,otii
trust, a better world, and I came inn. i,i 1 ' (oil
and there it) not a principle of his in ,’„r s fV!
the restoration of the Union, froraw&Wl
departed. None. ilc,l lhaTtl
Then the war is not simply upon i I
my/Predecessor also. 1 have tried l" do®' 'l'l
,ly. I know that some are envious mid inu J tel
speak of the White House as ItavlKn ™*‘»ll
for the President. Let mo say to you ti!,, I
ortho WhiloHouse havens little Inline ch,n t,B
mo ns upon any Individual In this
much less upon mo than upon those whr.,,?' UI
lug about it. ..lohLtr houretili, 1
Tlic little that I eat and wear, docs u.u I
to much, and the difference between '.V?*™ o !
enough to sustain me and my little f„,,,in.
very small; for lam not kin to timin' viiV lni l
consanguinity, though hy nthnlly I 1°“If I
everybody. 11 n wniil
. The difference between the little tlim I
tor my stomach and hack and mftrethni.S“ ls l
has no charms for me. The proud ami r'nS 1 * 1, 1
lions satisfaction of having performed in.? tt ' I
to my country, to my children and to iff i*" s l
man, Is all the reward that I ask ,n ' ““I
plause.)
In conclusion let me ask this vast I
here* to-day, tills sea of upturned fares
with me or 1 will go with yon and shui, 1 nremJ I
the Constitution ol our country. It is ni.“,h,, I
folded. The people are Invited to rend 5n II I
derstand, to sustain and maintain Its urnvi.i™ I
Let us stand hy the Constitution of out I
though the heavens themselves should'f,r|
Though faction limy rage, though lauiihiil
jeers may come, though abuse and vltnwntt I
maybe poured out in the most vh'ulrntlim I
mean to he found standing hy the CoustlS
nt (lie country; standing hy the fioustltw
the elite! ark ol ourmutely,n» tlic palludlumSl
our civil ami our t rellgious liberty. 01
Yes, Jet us cling to it ns the mariner dln« h
the lust plank, when tlm night and tempest gw
around him. Accept my thanks, my couff
men, lor the indulgcneo you have extciMh
me while sulimlttlng to you oxteinponuie *
ami, perhaps. Incoherently, the remarks ivhirki
have now made. Lotus go away forKcttlmtii
past, and looking to the future,’ rosoU-ed to en 1
deavor to restore our Government tu IlsiirKl n.
purity, trusting In Him who Is on high’lmU-hJ
eonlrols all here liclow, that ere long ear fni,,.
will he restored, and that we slmillmvc i™
not only with ah’ the nations of the earth inn
peace amt good will among all parts of ihrnpo.
pie Ilf the United .States. lw '
Conclusion.
I thank you for the respect you have niamiH
ed to me on tills occasion, and if the I(iiu>nluV'
come during tiie period of mv existence nvlkj
this country is to be desUovod ami Us buy.
eminent overturned, If you will look out vog
will find tiie humble individual who stands'll
fore you there with you, endeavoring to avert is
final dost ruction.
The President retired amidst a perfect stormo!
applause.
Act to Amciul tU© Hcvcnuc I,uw.
The following is the act sanctioned by
Stale Treasurer Kemble, which passed
the House on February hi, and the Sen
ate February 1-1, receiving a unanimous
vote in both Houses :
An Act to Amend the lievenue Lma of
the Commonwealth.
Suction 1. Bo it enacted by tiie .Senate
and House of Representatives of the
Common wealth of Pennsylvania in Gen
eral Assembly met, and It is hereby en
acted by the authority of the same, That
from and after the passage of this act it
shall be the duty of the cashier of every
bank in this Commonwealth, whether
incorporated under the laws of this State
or of the United States, to collect Annual
ly Rom every stockholder of said hunk a
tax ot one per centum upon the liar value
of tire stock held by said stockholder, ami
to pay the same into the State Treasurer
on or before the Ist day of .July in every
year hereafter, commencing on the Ist of
July, Anno Domini one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-six; and the said
stock shall be exempt from all other tax
ation under the laws of this Common
wealth.
Sue. 2, That in addition to the taxi*
now provided for by law, every railroad,
canal and transportation company incor
porated under the laws of the common
wealth, and not liable to the tax upon in
come under existing laws, shall pay to
tire Commonwealth a tax of three-fourtls
of one per centum upon the gross receipts
of said company. Tire said tux shall lie
senu-anualiy upon the first days of July
and January, commencing on the first
day of July, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-six, and for tiro purpose of ascer
taining the amount of the same, it shall
be the duty of the treasurer or other officer
of said company, to transmit to the Audi
tor General, at the dates aforsaid ; a state
ment under the oath or afflramtion, of
the amount of the gross receipts of the said
company during the proceeding six
mouths, and if any such company shall
refuse or fail for a period of thirty days
after such tax becomes due, to make said
return, or to pay the same, tire amount
thereof, with an addition to ten per cen
tum thereto, shall be collected for the use
of the Coihraonwenlth, as other taxes are
recoverable by law from said companies.
Sec. 3. Tire revenue derived under the
second section of this act shall be applied
to tire payment of the principle andiuter
est of tiie debt contracted under act of the
loth of May, 1861. entitled “An netto
create a loan, and to provide, for arming
the State. ” ■ .
Sec. 4. From and after the passage oi
this act the real estate of this Common
wealth shall be exempt from taxation
for State purposes. Provided, That this
section shall not be construed to relieve the
said real estate from the payment of any
taxes due the Commonwealth at the dntc
of the passage of this act.
•Recoiid Youit Deeds. —The attention
of parties holding unrecorded Deeds is di*
ected to the provisions of the Act of As*
scmbly, which requires that —
and conveyances for real
estate in tills Commonwealth, shall lie re
corded in the office for Becording Deeds
in the county where the lands lie, «i(w
in six months after the execution of such
deed and conveyance; and every auen
deed and conveyance not recorded as
aforesaid, shall be adjudged fraudulcm
and void against any subsequent purcha
ser for a valuable consideration, uiile*>
such deeds bo recorded before the record
ing of the deed or conveyance under
which sucli subsequent purchaser or
mortgagee shall claim.”
This is a very important notice, ai«i
those holding unrecorded deeds will see
tho importance of having them recorded
without further delay.
JUST 1 The Yankee cotton prints in
market, although enormously high 111
price, aro often most worthless in quality •
Doubtless thousands of houskeepers can
vouch for tlie truth of this statement-
Notwithstanding this fact, and the cuoi
mous profits realized by the manufactur
ers, they want a tariff'to raise prices still
higher', andto keep out of tho eountrj
much superior fabrics of English pro
duction.
Ef nanciai..—The United States Treas
ury will, in future, redeem the bid '‘ l * e '
maml” notes in gold. The amount yd
out-standing is $310,245.
“A Poor Man”—He whose expense'’
exceeds his income.
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