9
tioned within reach of every one of them,
and thus a large force would become ne
cessary ; large appropriations would there
fore be required to sustain and enforce
military jurisdiction in every county and
parish from the Potomac to the Rio
Grande. The condition of our fiscal af
fairs arc encouraging, but in order to sus
tain public confidence we must practice
economy and retrenchment.
Iu addition to the objections already
stated, llio lifth tection of the bill pro
poses to take away land from its original
owners without any legal proceedings be
ing first had, contrary to that provision of
the Constitution which declares that "no
person shall be deprived of life, liberty or
proerty without due process of law." It
does not appear that lands to which this
section refers may not be owned by mi
nors or persons of unsound mind, or to
those who have been faithful to all their
obligations as citizens of the United States.
If any portion of the land is hold by such
ersons, it is not competent for any au
thority to deprive them of it. If, on the
other hand, it be found that the' property
is liable to confiscation, even then it can
not be appropriated to public purposes un
til by due process of law it shall have been
declared forfeited to the Government
There are still further objections to the
bill on grounds seriously allccting the class
of persons to whom it is intended to bring
relief. It will tend to keep the mind of
the freed man in a state of uncertain ex
pectation, while to those among whom he
live?, it will bo a Suurce of constant ap
prehension. Undoubtedly the frecdmen
idiould be protected, but they should be
protected by the civil authorities, especial
ly by the exercise of all the constitutional
jOA-ers of the courts of the United States,
and of the states. His condition is not
so exposed as may at first be imagined,
lie is in a portion of the country where
his labor cannot be well spared. Com
petition for his services from planters,
from those who are constructing or re
pairing railroads or from capitalists iu his
vicinity or from other states will enable
him to command almost his own terms,
he also possesses a perfect right to change
his place of abode, and if, therefore, he
does not find in one community or State
a mode of life suited to his desiies or prop
er remuneration lor his labors, he can
move to another where labor is more es
teemed and better rewarded. In truth,
however, each State, iullucnced by its
own wants and interests, will do whatev
er is necessary and proper to retain within
i t m bordors all the labor that is needed for
the dcvelopcment of its resources. The
laws that regulate supply and demand
will mantain their force, and the wages of
labor will be regulated thereby. There
is no danger that the great demand for la
bor will not operate in favor of the labor
er. Neither is sullicient consideration
given to the ability of the frecdmen to pro
tect and take care of themselves It is
no more than justice to them to believe
that as they received their freedom with
moderation and forbearance they will also
distinguish themselves by their industry,
and they will soon show the world that
in a condition of freedom they are sclf
FUstaimng and capable of selecting their
own employment and their own places of'
abode; of insisting themselves oa a prop
er remunen.tion, of establishing and main
taining their own nsylams and schools.
It is earnestly hoped that instead of was
ting away, they will, by their own elnjrts,
establish for themselves a condition of
respectability and prospcrty. It is cer
tain that they can attain to that condition
only through their own merits and exer
tions. In this connection the query pre
sents itself whether the system proposed
in the bill, will not when jut into com
plete operation, practically transfer the
entire care, support and control of four
millions of emancipated slaves to agents,
overseers or taskmasters, who, appointed
at Washington, are to be located in every
tx)uuly and parish throughout tiie Uni
ted States containing ficedmen and refu
gees, and such a tystem would certainly
tend to such a concentration of power in
the Executive, as would enable him, if so
disposed, to control the action of the nu
merous class, and use them for the attain
ment of his own political end. 1 cannot
but add another grave objection to the
bill. The Constitution imperatively de
clares in connection with taxation, that
every State shall have at least one Repre
sentative, and fixes the rule for the num
ber to which in future every State shall
be entitled. It also provides that the
Senate of the United States shall be com
posed of two Senators from each State,
and adds with peculiar force that no State
without its consent shall be deprived of
it equal suffrage in the Senate. The
original act was necessarily passed in the
absence of the States chielly to be affec
ted, because their jeople were then con
tumaciously engaged in the rebellion.
Now the case is changed, and some at
least of the States were attending Congress
by loyal Representatives, soliciting the al
lowance of the Constitutional right of
Representatives. At the time, however,
of the consideration and passing of the
bill, there was no Senator or Representa
tive in Congress from the eleven States,
which are to bo mainly affected by its pro
visions. The very act that reports were
and are made against the Government's
disposition of the country, id an addition
al reason why they need and should have
representatives of their own in Congress,
r explain their condition, reply to accu
sations and assisted by their local knowl- j
edge in the perfecting of measures imme- I
diatcly affecting themselves. While the
liberty of deliberation would then be free
and Congress would have full power to
decide according to its judgmentj there
could be no objection urged that the States
most interested, had not been permitted
to be heard. The principle is firmly fix
ed hi the minds of the American peo
ple, that there should be no taxation
without representation. Great burdens
are now to be borne by all the country,
and we may best demand that they shall
be borne without a murmur, when they
are voted by a majority of the representa
tives of the people.
I would not interfere with the unques
tionable right of Congress to judge, each
House for itself, of the election, returns
and qualifications of its own members ;
but that authority cannot be construed
as including the right to shut in time of
peace any State from the representation to
which it is entitled by the Constitution.
At present all the people of eleven States
are excluded, those who were most faith
ful during the war, not less than others.
The State of Tennessee, for instance,
whose authorities engaged in the rebellion,
was restored to all her constitutional rela
tions to the Union, by the patriotism and
energy of her injured and .betrayed people
before the war was brought to a termina
tion. They had placed themselves in re
lations with the General Government, and
established a State Government, of their
own, and as they were not included in the
emancipation proclamation, they, by their
own act have- amended their constitution
so as to abolish slavery within the limits
of their State. I know no reason why
the State of Tennessee should not fully en
joy all her Constitutional relations to the
United States. The President of the
United States stands before the country in
a somewhat different attitude from that of
any member of Congress, chosen from
any district or State. The 1'residcnt is
chosen by the people of all the States.
Eleven States are not at present represen
ted in either branch of Congress. It would
seem to be his duty on all occasions to
present their just claims to Congress.
There always will be differences of opinion
iu the community, and individuals may
be guilty of transgression of the law, but
these do not constitute valid objections
against the right of a State to representa
tion. It would in no wise interfere with
the discretion of Congress with regard to
the qualifications of members, but I hold
it my duty to recommend to you, in the
interests of peace, and in tho interests of
the Union, the admission of every State
to its share of public legislation, when,
however, insubordinate, insurgent or re
bellious, its people may have been, it pre
sents itself not only in an attitude of loy
alty and harmony, but in the persons of
Kepresentatives whose loyalty cannot be
questioned under the existing constitu
tional or legal test. It is plain that an in
definite or permanent exclusion of any
part of the country from representation
must be attended by a spirit of disquiet
and complaint. It is unwise and danger
ous to pursue a course of measures which
will unite any large section of tho country
against another section of the country, no
matter how much the latter may predomi
nate. The course of immigration, the de
velopement of industry and business, and
natural causes, will raise up at the South,
men as devoted to the Union as those of
any other part of the land ; but if they arc
all excluded from Congress, if in any per
manent statute they are declared not to be
iu full constitutional relations to the coun
try, they may have cause to become a
unit in feeling and sentiment against the
Government. Under the political educa
tion of the American people, the idea is
inherent and irradieabie that the consent
of the majority of the whole people is nec
essary to secure a willing aquiescence iu
legislation. The bill under consideration
refer to certain of the States as though
they had not been fully restored to the
United States. If they have not, let us
at once act together to secure that desira
ble end at the earliest possible moment.
It is hardly necessary for tne to inform
Congress that, in my own judgment most
of these States, so far at least as depend
upon their own action have already been
fully restored, and are to be deemed to be
entitled to the enjoyment of their consti
tutional rights as members of the Union.
Reasoning from the Constitution itself, and
from the actual situation of the country,
I feel not only entitled, but bound to as
sume that, with the federal courts restored
in the several States, and in the full exer
cise of their functions, the rights and in
terests of all classes of the people will,
with the aid of the military in cases of
insufficiency of the laws, be essentially
protected against unconstitutional infringe
ment and violation. Should this expec
tation unhappily fail, which I do not an
ticipate, then the Executive is already
armed with the powers conferred by the
act of March, lSGo.establishing the Freed
man's Bureau, and hereafter, as hereto
fore, can employ the land and naval for
ces of the country to suppress insurrection
and overcome obstruction to the laws.
I return the bill to the Senate in the
earnest hope that a measure involving
questions and interests so important to
the couutry will not become a law unless,
upon deliberate consideration by the peo
ple, it shall receive the sanction of an en
lightened public judgment.
(Signed 1
ANDREW JOHNSON.
gtmocrat anb StnttiuL
CLlltK U'ILSO.,Editor & Froprletoii
EBENSBURG, MARCH 1,:::::::180G.
TIIE PRESIDENT'S VETO.
President Johnson has vetoed the bill,
granting extraordinary powers to the
Freedmen's Bureau. His message, which
contends for a strict observance of the
teachings of the Constitution, and is Dem
ocratic from beginning to end, is published
in full iu this number of our paper. The
President defines his policy clearly in his
message, and is still more explicit in a
speech delivered in Washington city, on
the 22d ult., in which he truthfully, bold
ly and patriotically asserts that he finds
Stevens, Phillips, Sumner and others op
posed to a restoration of the Union, and
announces that he intends to take the
Constitution for his guide and contend for
the restoration and preservation of his
country, against these fanatical disunion
ist, with all the energy with which he
contended against those who arrayed
themselves iu armed rebellion for the de
struction of the Union. All honor is due
to Andrew Johnson for the patriotic stand
he has taken. The armed rebellion has
been crushed ; peace has been restored to
our land, and it seems that by the bold,
Democratic, masterly policy of the present
worthy Chief Executive of the United
States, the Ship of State is destined to ride
safely over the dark billows of fanatical
Abolitionism, and our country will yet be
restored to its former exalted and prosper
ous position. Ixt the President contine
to stand by the Constitution, and the De
mocracy together with other Union-loving
citizens will array themselves on his side
in such a shape that the combined powers
of fanatical Abolitionism and the devil
cannot prevail against him. The Demo
cratic State Convention which is to meet
in Ilarrisburg, on the oth of the present
month will endorse in unmistakable terms,
the position recently taken by President
Johnson, and its endorsement will be re
echoed throughout every county in the
Stato. In fact, from every Union-loving,
conservative citizen in any part of the
United States, he will receive the welcome
plaudit, "well done thou good and faithful
servant."
A short time ago the Shoddy papers
twitted us with the remark that "the
freedmen's bureau had been put in good
working order, and the Democrats must
grin and bear it."
Well if the bureau was in good working
order it is likely to remain undisturbed.
President Johnson has settled that ques
tion by his veto. The Democrats are
highly pleased and can afford to "grin and
bear it," while the Shoddyites arc grinning
out of tho other side of their mouths.
YOTKS OK NON-Rlil'OKTING Sol.IMEKS.
Judge King, of Bedford, Judge Derrick
son, of Craw fold, Republicans ; and Judge
Elwell, Democrat, have all decided that
Election Boards have no power under the
law, to refuse the right of suffrage to any
person otherwise qualified, 011 account of
his not reporting under the provisions of
the Enrollment Law.
The radical Abolitionists and Shoddy
ites iu this section are very indignant at
President .Johnson. Some of them assert
that they could overlook and forgive him
for his veto ; but that speech, they assert
is too severe upon their leaders, and for
uttering such sentiments the President
must be repudiated by them.
W K publish in another column some
extracts from the late speech delivered by
President Johnson, in Washington city.
We will endeavor to print the speech in
full in our next issue.
C3 Resolutions favoring negro suffrage
and condemning the President were on
the 22d ult., introduced in the New Jer
sey Senate by Mr. Scoval, and defeated.
An unsuccessful attempt was made on
the 22d ult., to blow up the office of the
W'ctst Vu'jiiiia Journal, at Charleston, W.
Y., by a torpedm
The Democrat;! of New Haven, on the
20th ult., fired thirty six guns in honor
of the President's veto' of the Freedmen's
Bureau bill.
The New York Roar J of Aldermen on
W ednesday passed resolutions approving
the 1 'resident's veto, and ordering a salute
01 one hundred guns in honor thereof.
Mass meetings to endorse the President
were held at Nashville, I Louisville and
NKWS ITEMS.
if-iT Washington's birthday was gener
ally observed throughout the country as a
semi-holiday.
CT A caucus of the Democratic mem
bers of the Ohio legislature has endorsed
the President's veto.
53- A woman died recently in Jersey
City from exposure, starvation and ill
treatment by her husband.
Thk weather at Charleston, S. C, on
the 10th ult., was the coldest since 1857.
Ice was formed in the Ashley river.
The Massachusetts House has refused
to pass a resolution thanking the Presi
dent for his veto, by a vote of 90 to 18.
$5f Govenor Fenton, of New York, is
in Washington. It is stated that he
strongly disapproves of the President's veto.
tfc3" B. F- Butler has restored the New
Orleans gold SS0,000 with interest
and costs, in all amounting to $150,000.
Iris said that General Geary will re
ceive the Republican nomination for Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania with little opposi
tion. The Georgia Senate has passed a reso
lution appointing a commission to Wash
ington to ask the withdrawal of the negro
troops.
teay A municipal election was held at
Syracuse, N. Y., on Tuesday, resulting in
the choice of a Democratic Mayor and
Council.
CvT A bill allowing negro testimony on
the 21st ult., passed the North Carolina
I louse by a vote of sixty-three yeas to
four nays.
CJ" General Grant permits the republi
cation of the Richmond IJxaniiner, on the
condition tttat that journal will abandon
its disloyalty.
Tiiekk was a fight between negro sol
diers and citizens in Columbus, Ga., re
cently, in which a negro was killed and
several citizens badly wounded.
Henry Ward Reedier deliver eJ a
lecture in Brooklyn on Tuesday, appro-
ving the President's policy, and urging the
immediate admission of the Southern
States.
The Fenian Congress continues its ses-
sions in Pittsburgh. President Roberts
on the 21st ult., sent in his resi"tiation,
and urged the election of General Sweeney
I as his successor
A committee has beeu aptxiinted
by the New York Roard of Aldermen to
consider the practicability tf spanning
Broadway with iron bridges for pedestri- ',
ans. j
63" A proposition has been made in the
Texas Convention to divide Texas into
three States. A report against the stay
law and the law against 'miscegenation'
was adopted. An anti-slavery amend- ,
merit to the Constitution has also been re-
ported. !
The steamer Cuba brings foreign news
to the 11th iust. Notice had been given
in the House of Commons of un inquiry
as to whether representations had been
made to the United States in regard to the '
Feniaus. The cattle plague was the
leading topic in Parliament, and was one
of the questions between the opposition
and the government. Another Fenian ar
mory had been seized in Dublin. Spain
was about to issue letters of marque
against Chilli. United States five-twenties
were (noted iu London at 07 Cot
ton has declined jd-
On. in Blti.ek County. The Butler
Hirahl of the 21st inst., says :
" There are excellent indications of oil
at the well of the Butler County Oil Com
pany, near Buhl's mills, this county. The
well is now down near 000 feet, and it
is said there is a show of oil on the sur
face of the water, and the presumption is
that as soon as the water is pumped out,
the oil will make its appearance. The
well is now being tubed and the matter
will soon be tested.
The Utility of Fire Tnslkaxce. The
Saw Mill of R.'od and Brothers, in Centre
count, was totally destroyed by fire on the
14th of January last. A short time previ
ous and just in time, they hud renewed their
policies of Insurance in the "Home Insur
ance Company." of New Haven Conn., and
'The Columbia Mutual," of Columbia Fa.,
through their gentlemanly and attentive
agents at Altooua, Messrs. 11. A. O. Kerr &
Co. The fire was a serious loss not only in
the destruction of machinery &e., but also
by necessitating a suspension of operations.
HT. ?1 il .1- l t . i
i ,
at once visited the scene of the catastrophe,
SatisGcd that it was an unavoidable and
intnl arruhnt H.pv ,lvil ti,o fir
ew,iuese live- companies uy tneir agents,
total accident, they advised the firm to rc-
build and assured them that they would
speedily pay the insurance. The other day
promptly and generously the amounts in
sured, were paid to Messrs. Reed. The mill j
is up and running again, and some twenty :
stalwart men are hard at work making i
I
lumber. Hiis case, fully exhibits the benifi- !
cent workings of Insurance. The Messrs. j
Reed received 2200, having paid but two j
j premiums. Kvery body should insure j
I against losses of tire with ltrr & Co., as
they a ljust and pay all their losses promptly.
$3" A driver of a coach in T'exas, stop-
t ping to get some water for the young la
j dies in the carriage, being asked what he
stopped for, replied, "I am watering my
I flowers." A delicate compliment.
MOTES OF TRAVEL.
NO. VIII.
C A N A S D A ICi U A UO C H EST K C 1 1 A KLOTTE ;
CKNESsEK 1AI.LS.
We recommend such friends a3 may
sojourn in New York-ward to do as we
did stop at the Canandaigua hotel, which
stands hard by the railroad depot, it is
kept by the Messrs. Gunn, (a double bar
relled instrument.) which dixhanjtd the
duties of host during our short stay very
satisfactorily.
Canandaigua is beautifully situated on
the northern extremity A the Canandaigua
Lake, contains some 8,000 inhabitants,
and has a large proportion of tasteful and
elegant private residences. These line the
avenues extending southward, by a gentle
ascent ; while the northern portion of the
town, near the lake, is dedicated to busi
ness. A daily steamboat crosses the lake
to a town on the opposite side. Canan
daigua is the County seat of Ontario
county.
After enioving a drive through the
streets and by the shore of the lake, we
took the lioehester tram, and passing
through a portion of the Gennessce Valley,
by Hop plantations and Nurseries, wc
reach the city of Rochester in time for a
somewhat too fashionable dinner.
Rochester is a beautiful young city, the
seat of justice of Monroe county ; celebra
ted as the central depot of the productive
of the (Jenessee Yalley, as the birth place
of Spiritual manifestations, and the one
time home of Mis Fox, whose singular
alliance with Dr. Kane, the great explorer,
has been the topic of so much tea-table
gossip iu fashionable circles.
Rochester is most taippily situated. In
one of the greatest grain producing valleys
in the United States, lying on the Gen
nessce, immediately above the Falls, its
water power is ample fur every purpose ;
while a canal and three different lines of
railroad gives every facility for trade and
travel. Its population is 50,000.
As soon as the hungry god was ap
peased we took a carriage and drove to
; Charlotte, the part of Rochester, six miles
' distant, on Fake Ontario, at the mouth of
the Genessee. This is a delightful drive,
j sloping gently to the lake, and lined with
i evergreen shrubs, the tame as decorate
: pleasure grounds here, which grow in
'. abundance, in the neighborhood of
the northern tier of lakes, the Niagara and j
ot. Liawrence.
Arrived at the
lake shore we amused
ourselves by vainly straining our eyes to
catch the opposite or Canadian shore, and
in marking the various craft that ply on
the lake. Returning we visited the cele
brated (ji'npiifeo 111", iiiuuojinjol v below
Rochester. These are a grand spectacle
second only to those of Niagara. Indeed
at first view they seem little inferior, the
smaller body of water making the distance
appear greater.
It was the afternoon of n clear day
when this great natural curiosity was wit
nessed by us. A beautiful rainbow spann
ed the stream below, while the falling col
umn of water displayed itself in all its
primitive grandeur. Imagine a stream of
water as large as the Juniata, at its junc
tion with the Susquehanna, falling over a
ledge of rock, perpendiculaly a distance of
ninety feet, into the foaming and hiss'mg
caldron below.
Mac Shane.
CoN;i;i:ss. On the 20th ult., says
the Philadelphia Ajc, in the United States
Senate, petitions were presented 011 the
subject of reconstruction, for equal lights
and for increase of pay to assessors of in
ternal revenue. Mr. Wade offered an
amendment to the Constitution making
the 1 'resident ineligible after one term
Mr Creswell introduced a bill to prevent
childrcn of African descent from being en
slaved in violation of the Constitution.
Mr. Guthrie introduced a bill concerning
the settlement of certain outstanding Treas
ury accounts. Mr. Wilson introduced a
resolution of inquiry as to how far the
Southern States have complied with the
requirements of the Piesident. The
Freedmen's Bureau bill then came up for
reconsideration, and after debate it was
negatived by a vote of 30 yeas to IS nays,
not two-thirds. The Republican Senators
who voted to sustain the veto, were Cow
an of Pa., Dixon of Conn., Doolittle of
Wisconsin, Morgan of New York, Nes-
niith of Oregon, Norton of Illinois, Stew- j
art of Nevada, Yan Winkle and Willey
of West "Virginia.
In the House, Mr. Stevens, from the
Committee on Reconstruction, offered
resolutions to tho effect that no State de-
- 1 1 1. . ' ' 1 111
: ciarca 10 oc hi uisurrccuon, mail rep-
i . i -.i i i ? -
j resented in either branch of Congress un-
l1 Congress shall have declared it entitled
1 to representation. Mr. Stevens called the
, to representation, iur. Stevens called the
j previous qucsuon ana tne resolution was
i Alt' I -rui iiT I mm flirt coivia rmn
! 1 " J ' .-
vor of admitting the Tennessee members.
Thk Hi:i;nr ok Mkvnnkss. Lewis
Fisher, a fresco painter, fell a distance of
twenty-live feet in one of the Chelsea,
Mass., churches, while at work a few
weeks, and received injuries which disa
bled him for life. The trustees of the
church lately sent him a bill of seven dol
lars and sixty cents for damages sustained
by the pews on which he fell I So says
the Springfield Ikjiullicun.
Why is the assessor of taxes the best
man in the world ? Because he never
underrates anvhodv.
fa
i
Washington, leb. 22.
1'uerj V..s
meeting at Grover's Theatre tu-dav :
support of the President's policy, :h,.i
lliee being crowded to its full
i'.
and many being unable to
:"uni
tance. A large number of per-,,n w, .
also addressed from the
Ollthle Mv,
Among the speakers were Mo:it"oa.c-..
Rlair, S. S. Cox, Judge Kinney, 1;. ,
sent.itives Smith and Trimble, of ..-,.
tueky." Rogers, of New Jersey, uv, 1 -.
tors Hendricks, M'Dougal and W'ai.-v.
The prineqial meeting was p:vj'J,
over by Philip R. Fcndall, the ol.!.
member of the Washington bar. A K.
lies of resolutions were passed, si.-i!,,
approving the course adopted bv the Iv"-.
ider.t, and calling upon fellow citii.v.., ;
every shade of political opinion to si-nj
by tho policy adopted by him. At i'.
close of the meeting a procession v....
formed, and proceeded to the oh;i
in front of the north portico of the Fx.-,-.
utive mansion, where thousands
VI p-
i had con Mcated.
The
committee appointed for tLe ; -. .
pose entered the White House, uin! ilv!.-..
ered to the President the resolutions ado: -ted
by the meeting. Meanwhile i).
was music from the band outside. i,
of the marshals appeared on the rait i:, ,:;
the carriage-way, and announced that
President would soon address the a,...
blage. Shout after shout went up !.., ::.
thousands of throats. The President 4
thereafter made his appearance, nr. l n,, ;
with an enthusiastic reception with huz
zas and tho waving of hat-. Th, :
were cries of "Order!"' Order!' a:, i
amid comparative quiet, the 1'irsi!,:.:
spoke i;i substance as follow.- :
We have -jiily iojia
following extracts : i
this
weeu tor
s 1 1 i.i. in i iu. 1 n.1.0.
I fought traitors and treason in t:..
South. I opposed the Da vises, t!,
Toombs, the Slidells, and a lung li-t , ;
others, which you can readilv till witlnnr
my repeating the names. Now, when 1
turn round and at the other end of the !.:..
find men, J care nut by what name vi.-i
cull them, who still stand opposed to 1!.,
rtsloration of the Unioit of the.-? State .
I am free to say to you that I am siiil i i
the field. Great applause. I am .-ti.'l
lor the preservation of the f nioii. I .i:;.
still in favor of this great Governtr.eu ,
ours going on arid on. and tilling i-ut i
destiny. Great apphiu.-e. Yeice-
Give us three names at the other end. i
the names a 1
The President
1 01111:1; i n; .
1 am called u;u! t
name ihree at tlio oilior en-lot me Ui.
I am talking to my friends and felh -. -tit -izens,
who are interested with m ia :!.i
Government, ami I presume I am tVee to
mention to you the nams of those whou
1 look upon as being opposed to the f ::i
damental principles of this 'ovcrr;;i,T:.
and who are laboring to p?rvcrt and 1!
troy it. tYuiees, "Name them !' "Wk
are they ") The President Youa.-k r.
who they are. I say T.udiltin r ..:
Pennsylvania, is one : I say. Mr. ,r -.
of the Senate, is another, and id
I'laU'pi is another. Long continued
plause.") (Wices, "Give it to Forney!",
The President In reply to that I "...
simply say I do not mtte ".' , " ' ''.
ujioii dtud d'tr.s. Great laughter n:i :
applause. I stand for my count v : I
stand for the Constitution. There I h;n
J always placed my feet from my adver.t '..
j public lifr. They may traduc me thvy
I may slander, they may vituperate uv
but let me say to you, all this has no i..
i fluence upon me. Great applause.
i not to he 111 l.l.!l.l.
I ot mr tt-iv fnrthpr tlelt I ,1, not mi ,
j toW overa;v-jby roai'or ponded fu.aJ
nor do I mean to be bullied bv mv ci.o-
mies. I Tremendous applause. 1F" '
conviction is my courage, the Const na
tion is my guide. 1 know my count ;
men, that it has been insinuated, no, n"
insinuated, it has been said directly :
high places that if such a usurpation
power as I am charged with had been ex
ercised some two hundred years ago i:i 1
particular reign, it would have cost an
dividual his head. Great laughter, j ''
what usurpation has Andrew JoLas.'
been guilty ? None. Xmo.
1T.KMASKSCV OK THE C( Ns 1 1 1 1 1 1 V
I tell the oppressors of this Govci imjei,:
1 care not from what quarter they com
East or West, North or South, von th
are engaged in the work of breaking u;
the Government, are mistaken. 'I !
Constitution of the United States and tl-
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' iMox.imlci i t i'iia rr wninmorif 'i "ft flit
j . , Anrip-.M lwrf mil all ih
rooted in the Anienc:
erg comimed c;
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succeed tor a nine, wm oe
They might as well undertake to lock :i;
the winds or chain the waves of the i
and confine them within limits. TIr;
might as well undertake to repeal t.
Constitution, and indeed it seems now :
bo supposed that can be regaled by a ce:i
current resolution. laughter.
But when the question is submitted t
the popular judgment, and to the mal
tha people, these men will find that tk
might just as well introduce a resolut e
to repeal the laws of gravitation. R
attempt to keep this Union from being n
stored is just about as feasible as wow
be resistance to the great law of gravit
tion, which binds all to a common ceutr
SPEECH BY PRES1IT m
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