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Andrew 4 - ohniOn df this 'State—never,' sir, never 1 -..--... has not; been for years, and' is: not 'noiv, lt 18 known to you, 'air,.- whose leir 6 islit- SPEECH f - ---I-2 i the Governor of that __State ; - and • I will. tive experience in' this hall extenda back • 0 r - . ' ~1 never reeogniie him as such, .by voting . ton period commensnrato with my own, - rfrEsTEn . CLTDIIIICI for this resolution. • But.',-sir, liitlokut . re. that lam not in the habit of .wandining ; • Or SEEKS cousrt, .. gird to any question a his Offieial post, from the p.7itiettlar subject before the .. ; fi ~, Ji011,• fake Andrew Johnson as an indiyid- Senate to introduce general issues and ex, rs. irrtuSENAT. - . OP PENSSYI.VANIA., ,; ..- . • ' larch 6th, 1 86.3. • • ‘ 1 nal, assuming that he is , rightfully. cloth- tendtl argtments: But, sir, this . .debate o..ttte4m.eimem, tinyitiii . g General 3 , keten " toywtr -I ed with the, robes of office. and 'may colt=liar been fir diverted from .the -- original theCapitAl.)to,the:Anint R e solution tendering the nee i gtitutionally exorcise the duties of • tinti question. It. has embraced all the subjects: et t right. he :Senate Cittaniber to.g.x-Gocernor Johnron and..i bigh position . ; even then, I' say to von, tharconid.agitate• the public Mind...at 'OAS w • ' - • - ‘,..lr....qpettker, that I pe . verby my vote will time... If it had - reVen rested ...there; I .MR.Si.EA. Ere: On this day,at this h - our, 1 . allow :i matt to cOmeinte'these halls and should have remained content.. But gen in this pia& • a!great issue . is on trial. 1 from this place speak to :the people of • tiCilleil upon this floor have chosento sin frang,lit - witli the niterests,not _only of the the , this gre.at State in suppOrt of what I know gle me out aniongst. the DemocratieSena preient, butkif !the future ; and irLin imrt, Ito be-illegal, unconstitutional and tyraui4 tofrs here—and refer to the• probable ro decision of this'issne, -have acted a government. li snits-of my .action opon my own .future.— wx. am:Tyr:co coonzr - - -/ItrNra. " PRINKE/L 110WeVer unimportant, L shall hereafter I ell nets c-Ft . !1- I le Fedel'al AiM. ll.' COOPER & CO., . 1 look . back to this dav, to this- lour ~ a nd. ! koow,Sir,that Andrew Johnson has gone! I. ant sir, an. individual—individuals "as , , - great re far :u thefarthest BTo ER Setree e i ,, TlL,,s l 7 4 Vin n r,:,'„?,A,lla7.l ) .. er,„to this plit., truth teeling-s of to- little 1 as . ! , __ .____L_ ; gt-atnicati or, _ I . '• ' i sull timber - , to de.stt•ey,to uproot, to up-, snits are nothing. Principles and truth , every principle : upon which this; are eternal ! . ll'an is mortal and. goes to The iss e linVolved;" is not • one ; ' of per:- I turn going , 1 great and 'fgopd government of ours waslins kindred dust ; but if, -- sir; in his person, cons, it, i. onel'olibigisprineiples 1 founded. 4 know that he has bent with Int' his acts in public or in Private life, back-tothe 1 foundation of - tins Govern -soppliant 4,ee before tilethrone of power; I lie represents truth, he represents prin ment. It K, sir,: whether the i loyalty of i I know dill% for pelf or sonic Other con- i tiple —if .when power,paSsion (*prejudice the citizen lis to be jndged of bY his foal- i sideration,-he has -succumbed to . every` threaten to destro-the rights of the peo ntv - and•aditeretice to an a`dininiStration, or- I his ! measure presented to him for -approval or tie, he dare stand - up in defence of-them, hether it is to be determined by disapproval ;rand I bin that in speeches 1 116 . - may die, he may go to his fathershless fealty and adherence to ~the. Government 1, ; 1.. I delivered in 'the capitals - 'of other- States Itd or unblessed. A Hampden and -t oth, of the United states. . . enunciated doctrines . which, if 1 trs have illustrated this. - They have, In this qfiestion, it is i he . h a s ; adopted by the people of the _great North, 1 a o . wn ire gloom ; but they are • now held of to present this brief exposition would be subversive Of individual freedom 1 tip in - brightness and in glory. ; and, sir,no of the'situatiert..cil affairs— that without-a 1 Constitution there Could .have been x n, : , 1 and personal' right. ,Sir, 'by no vote of 1 :natter what rday become' of mein regard' 1 mine can any person holding such views i\to this day's action, I know-that - l' shall, Government and •no Union, and that nn-1 address the, people of Pennsylvania inthis _!-) sustained when the" passion and prej less :there is fealty and adherence, to the chatither. ' Never, sir, rieyer so long as I. radiee and violenee'of the lour have given tonstitution, there can be notrue loyalty' 1 i l have a right to forbid lino.. Let. me . , - sir, way to the to the Mverntnent anat. - pion based on it. thounilts whieh govern" men I test this queition by ebntrast.. Let me when they are not bereft of reason. That is the assize to be tried to day. Dis iise it as! .. rtt n Tn.av_attempt. to cot/ t ime 1 ask-the majority of this Senate, :Whether I might in this connection repel—repel it for party purposes, party reasons, and i he - kyho ha-4, lately - been baptized by - the indignantly,repel with.truth—the assaultii by party chicanery—the stie presented ! votes of three tortuired thonsand men in that have been attempted to be made Up-: i''' by every ilePubliCan 'Senator who-1 this .I.Tnion . —One of 1 on the great party with which I have the a.• ,1 the Empire State of . IT O, I 3.ll6•grestatest of livin g. statesmen and most honor to ao'... You,Sir,Were--herein April, l!preeeded me in this discussion, is that !icy is to Leyte-led, not by~ 10V - a d-1,7 6 , ,,, patriotic ti of -men —llnratio. ''Seymour,"-- 1 1801 ;_you will recollect that when •the ; whether, 11 that ' distinguished , Governor; 1 first gun was fired Fort Sumter,that rove; and devOtion to the Constitution ot the Unif.ed St4tei ay from. the East to the I one shot fused thegreat heart of the pe6- , hut by my adherence were on his W o the administration of :Abraham .. ,Li„ 1 Wes.L ithrough . this:cap:tat, he wool(' get _ple.of this State and 'presented it as a wall a single vote from the Republican-Side 'of of adamant against, rebellion and treason Coln, the present occupant of the Presi- ; dential hair!t! 1'- i this chamber permitting him ,to address at the South. • You - know that without . , .... 1 :: ,,, av 4 , ,fo ii t. s i t. '" .84s , to . 4 very s euat a r , Litit'l follow-citizens in' •this hall ? Net one measere, that great heart, Democratic.. i ,:. 3 .- I-0 In( oeople witom I....repeete-,,‘;• ;A --pen--"ink.. W0D144. 1 .1.Q4 Parker the Goy-'i ed-Republican, oared oat everything for sm- it to•the fseople of - this Stato, th at t' -" i ' " - 11 " ""--,- '--- ", '''' '''''- '''' -t ?'''''' t7,-''''' , ,''' -`'", • „sq.•••L'N, ......--1-,-,.., , " 1- 4 --r - - mcti'fitiaK ihoro is 1 1 0 snAl irsit Viiiywii to the cmi, re: get ‘ O ll . O voi(l . l .o i . 510..31 ft l'!ii ilt' r' =•-:'' hi - ,iii8) . 1q1.1! . 4 AV b,ii ik - hiAit A . . . t itsit ion, nor",!te , ao\ - -tribanal letfot - s , whiett 1 '\. 61 ' 1;3 I >avid r t i i- Oe , '" wle, ‘ I 'S' t'l"-'• "3k.- li i ,- " t'll ''' 1311 ' 1111 f 4 4 th i f i ll i "0" 0 " 110 : 1011 iY I. V ,,, ,i or :,:1‘ one ran ever be -simmtomed ;•''-' l ' the l`c - "rle ' c l .l "' .ll ?"'' i th e tik''"l'`. - i'flin? . . ilei ! `" l : l i'S" e4'ili-e tutu Wik§ttiligl'ott e answm ,.. I. I .l , o „ eat it that the t • i „, vore ,..i et' ono sit th , e - iit.4l_wilohl,' IV.:' . the 'resell - - trith . ;iiiAtt•ret; baititet's ; w ;tett- the Was i ni . lit i. 4 j , tnincied ' lir n the .c . en , t i t ilt ion . ; I.ltou, it is pri•poseel to have •Adilj'esS -It§ ----, 1 feat• gol. bili4ii.A:y 010: 1-- 1q , ..;tiitIA eißPtt hell , : hat the ;ikittlthit rut i0h174 :1 11101 - 1? erentere 1 "" nt ' l III" ill •l ' it - I r lcs !he r - e. t- ,'" i "el 1-'5'Y the ," ! - -I \e"... k -he 117- lin' t ilie 'i dispirited, , broken hearted; dejected—obedient, it is true, but with out nerve, without vigor; without poviter. ' He left-it at the dictation and command of. the-ultra Abolitionists of the North.— George - B. 3PClellan, was not "an .Abolit torsi t, and therefore lie Eons note generalf!! The remaining history of that cainpaignis written in blood. and But, sir, I will tell you that along the camp, fires of the Potomac at night, no , toldiergoeS to sleep without pr.aying-,Grod for blessiocrs upon the head of his commander.; and oil ! sir,,if those in ,power eould iiimmon the, resolution to cast ',behind them \the pre-, judices 'and the passions' of thoie who do not,wish to see this Union restored unless slavery be abolished, that noble command-. er would be, put,agaiii atthe head of that army and he would carve out victory and would'bring back torus* once more tri umph and peace and union.- I know it,. they know it,' you, gentlmen; kno,W it ; and. if you bad `the manhood which _you should possess, you would byjointtresolu tions speg; this truth to the powdrs that, be and make gam. "tear you 1.! ! • ! 1 , Mr.. Speaker, it may be proper: for: me at this tioneito state what I believe to be the purposes oldie great party with which I have the honer to: act. In the words of another, who from his exalted poSition 'basal to.stieak, I will- tall YouP' that on, party toli. hilt dir i nkt, tt,til litiyo n IfiGfith i i # tigte:OUg hi fotoit, to tikoolotion. of the Attioiwilt - Won nod I Will pay . to 0") i t I I' 4 141 t-WtA propose to ttecoto= plimh the kirpqovittiott - .government .tint the uihititution by tim tolls:4a .ti;o Rwoi'kt foil& iht; bottlet r o e tho eg who wilt Poti:iittlio potvor of-timo :boot,—hot the power of tha.: iion i not it's iineonstittitional_nelo, lint the Aiic,t - T.f . lit . this ioloitot4oNit tree k•AVv!tiff g\VttkA, ttro qo9.llit-t0..1h tiqtAttliftit likikttlitit the I,3ohoiot'• Aoki • hoe t will sar to 'Yon ; §4:(fundlic,§:aying 1( , 1 fec , l that t 01/41w.7..Fa tho . ophiloo iho great= - Demo= ot'.thiA titot.io :.fiat ire `lie will ovoi , botiov) that. thOl4wo: ;VOLUME XX. NUMI3ER 13. having met, they had sittioted appro. . priations and_ditisolved, leaving the *bole .. question, to be settled under the resolu- - ttotmoloptedin July, leul, this - contest ? - , would ere now have been settled, and at this day we would be enjoying unity, ' - peace Via amity. Upon ' the .46th - of .. those who prevented such..actitoit—npen the heads of thosemen, who enacted those: unconstitutional antL damnable- lawi;ind did everything in their power : to combine .. the southern . heart.igatnst , uslorever, be ' the curse of blood - and.mourning that fill this land. If - the_ demon, of destruction' and of.hate - --if the father.O.evil .himself could have been .there dictating -their councils, actuating them lo deeds which must result - in the • utter dismemberment , of this Union, be could not more thorough- • ly have effected -hid hellish ~ purpose than it has been effected by the dominant ma jority inthe Senate .11ndini"the louse du- . ring the last Congress. And whezi the - history of these times comes to be writ- ten - , (and'l pray to. God that the historian of this era may' not be obliged to write o f . the decline - and fail of -the - American 'Reo public, bUttitat he may 'only write of trials past.. find present - and oflts future greatness,) he will record - the hotirlvtien •the nation eame.sO near to desolation and death, and he will ascribe the disasters of; , that hour , to the unremitted, "persistent, diabolicatmaehinations of abolitionists in . and out of the last Congress.: = - 7 Stich a historian, if =he has thophileso phy of Hume—it he ,has his far. sang . penetration, and can trace effects .frotri causes, cannot fail iii the. contemplative hour oldie futnrerto say • What I say at this moment, that to thent solely and sheerly belorigi the terrible calainity that still darkens and enshrouds this land. \Li conclusion, sir, what do we propose to de- Aare by voting against this resolution ? We propose to say that no one wholes been the.-instrument,' the partakdr, the ^ . supporter of these tyrannical,. these un constitutional,- these arbitrary me - wares which have fused the Southern heart - and divided our Own, shall be.beard from the capita V this State. We propose to -say that we will not, listen to.himas a body rep'reeenting ,the people . of this Stse; -w• propose to any that the yerdlet. orals pee. uio or the lime at the lest election—Was against; tot ' , moll damnable heroies. We mean. to. tell yoa,.gentlemen, that - although we have not it majdrity - , here,. we have it Oft tine othe.r side of this hail, - and we Ipivi it among the people. • We 'meant° you ,that ..that majority counted.hY three titoiqtand last year will be ten times •thito ti timed at thEitioxly election. We I ' Mono t.' toll you that we are going to. -pflog yoa hock to the eattite. - of the- !Conedtitti4o ntol Wu 'jtectin to-toll you that wo era going to'. lifth the mord 'nnil the oli - ve. , brnwlit iu n ettling this Oil whether•uorth or mouth, we will . tolo the.. swPril. aeon those who are 011Ptql • Constitution—that wo will Opt UllOw noy pormou whether in the Reath Or lathe north, to..disubey, to 46- rogitril .to Ignore 'or to :set at defiance *Unita , States,