North Branch democrat. (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, March 07, 1866, Image 1

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F(M{ "QUI."
BT LKAII Ilyl.K. ,
llaet snnie fl.ei- 'hou to hlootn
I'liglitiil left theo to iiiv.'g ?
I ! TNTY II I 3O.T'>-V ;J
Blighted h< |*' and vaioiii I, mat ;
A dotp r veil of Jjv, to-iuorroar,
May i.e unhealed by thy a j.-row.
'•For in ways we Imve not ktmtrn
tjod lead* hie t wn ".
In the path thou hadst to trend,
lln.-t thm saen lair flowrtra ahead
Wha li 'Then re.icDed were sesir anil de.id 7
ir.iet thine in pt ol joy thu fled ? •
Bright Autumn leaves may le thy fate,
So n st <. ntent, Ilia will await,
"F >r In w.tys >v i hive n>t known
God lends his own."
, Dost thy brow thus early wear
ihe s:gnetsse' by thoug.i an! ciru 1
Then k o.r thy ojau ier -m I thy lir
Evin e thit lima li.ist in iby share
0! l.ite's trials, iiejn refined
A- toy Futner i'.itli iesignel ;
''F r iu ways .vo ; ave n. t known,
Go I leads t#\>.*n."
Whether ui irlilo in.trk thy gi v^
On the earth, or ojam's wave
Iti . Bur tiaii tui eylija l.e
Xo e *rihl., UiesA.iig tieei-l tiiou cravo,
That G . . U4..y.->t iby s iui save ;
i. HI, ;.l ■„ , tu. i- j.,' g .vr ;
'All-. 1 b 111 U 4 t 1.0 l kliol-U,
Go-l 11>. ,.s ii.e miu."
"Tho-i ;„uit eo lure, jet l iving all the While, j
AMlve yet NEVER s-.-p iraie I'.O a ;ny ain I ;
Meet m rv frai ly witu UJ g-uu s s.m o.
HI U |ossi ile >i .tu "1 evil iitjii-t
rhis in I'it r. title thou 'm+t I JtUt -utic.
But in thi Li*k Lhuj stiMt nut 'cork atone ''
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1 J lsflti !■> <1 ilo* \Mi SUf , I '• IJti* I j
[ o tnier m \ on tity ini ks t r li i
' jirc.-seii ti\ your G<uiiiu ft j
•li ttirir ji is. N iil M i'.ri-.s ntitl ill I i- I
titii n> snuniftuii i>y In lit st- li .vi-iw ti . i. i
:<ii.ipt'<V! |y lll* llirt-ltlijf Wiiic.i it .s If. i
lull ill luls cut i i!•-*• irMiiii i I
•s. 1 mul r>i,-i.il i -.fin, r.tv ' o'.'htui.ni iitur. !
Iu Uir pi'licx w i.i It t'.'is Ihtti ;.<iuj iftl is\ !
tlie A.itnini-.ti'aiiidi, a l us saa-M,
ptirsurd sine it ostuif ititb ( •*%-■. l :ihi \
m;e to say 1o vuu on lit. dt*>iwtiJlt;i \ j
is vxtrf*lll<:ly wr;,tii\ ll*w to l!l U k • . I
l iMt st> l.trwf h piiitiuii ui my I. lIoA-ciltZf.ts |
uppniVe * -<1 ei tlur.sf liit- |K icy which Ji.'t- j
bef ti utlnjn ti and tvuich ii is toy int. tutO'i j
-hall hf carrifd "Hi. (Gn*:rt a t .jil .ii f.) -
I'iiat pi'lmt is "tif which is int. ii'if.l to re
si.Wc all ihr Si aits tn ill if <i i'g tut r !a—
--: )Ot:S I" the PVuCial (*■ ft rtiltl 111 ft' ill
U.liied States. (K"■ I'lif.! | f > )
I'his af. ill II h• n day >• t i rtn-m- i
pnaif for sue., um mi i'.>t:i!"it. Ii- l .••• !
da\ lhal gave t-irtn t-i Inti batiicf • 0 um ,
country It ts ttic tl:ty thai gavr I'irtli to j
hlm who pr side.l o\>*r tiiuf h. dy wh t*h j
toiuicii the Contittition under wi.ich Mllj
tl.w State*Vitti rcd iufd tin* glorroifr <\n- j
rcdciai vf Sr.cli * day is jweiilitn'iy tippto- j
pi'iatefoi i 6. intioi'Si inwtit "f':t ptricy whose i
"itj ti is flie rcKtontii"h *"f vln* 1 it oii' ni j
ii<r States as it was desiojp't! hv lite Fa-j
tln-i' of his c< anlry. (Applause.) Wash j
rigf-d). whose nntue Ttiis dflty Ftn- |
t wau-lk ti tln;*lieiHlil*f'klli tklio I vo tree j
Government. Wasliingtoii, in lh'-ja'gi.'tge j
of his eu!< gi-i, was "jiiat li wulir.-t in j
p aee, and Hrsi u the he rt- of hi* roinnrv - I
•lien " N" people can flu in him ; ho na
tiou can upjiropr aie hint ilis icputatioti
' iu coißnUMisinate wiih 'lie world.
Mini his neine i> the coinui.ui property of all
those who l"Ve free joveriirHeiit.
To-dWy 1 had the pleasure of visiting an
j assofiati'n who have been dcTofing tlieit
eff rts to ilie completion of r the inoniifnent
wt.ieli is being erected t his name. I was
proud to meet them, and, so far as I cmld J
to give the lit my iiitleeiiee and eountenane • I
in aiti of tic pork I hey have undertaken.
Tnat monuiueitt wliieli i> being en itiAl t |
hmi wlio, I may say, founded the G >\ # t rn- j
nient, is almost within liie tlirow <i! a stone
of the spot from which I now address you.
Let it he complete/). (Applause.) Let
those various blocks which llio State uml
individual.- and associations and corpora
lion- have put in that monument a- ph'd,'-
es of their love f-r tlii- Union fi" pr.-served
anl let "lie work be yccompli-lied
In this connection let m refer to ihe,
bio k from my own Sia'e- Go bless h< r !
(which has s'.rugjr ett for the preseivatiou
ot t .i- Union in the field and iu llie eolin*
cilsoftiie iiatim, and vvloehi.- now-tr g—
giing to reicw i.er lela'ipns with tlijs Gov • j
erntoeiit, that wt*re mteirupied by a leailul j
rebellion She i- now snuggling to n new
those relations, and to take her stand
where sh • I ill i ever siootl since 1766 Until
this n belli'• broke, out. (Great a pla ise.)
I.et nte repeat the setiiiin lit tiiat inai S'al*
has iwsoril*. <1 U|MHI the stone which -die has
deposited iu that m.mtnueiit of I're.ed -m
which i* l)eiig ra S"tl m eoini'tuorali"ii o.
Washington Sh s slruggbg to get
btck into tit" U'don, and to stautl by the
sentiment which ia tll' W iii-er.le il, ay il .-he
is willing t > sustain it. hat-is it ? 1 is
distill rui-lifd s"H. tl*; JRoy 'r'al, the iilus--
. trioii- JH<*t>f, | nd Lain", it
ruust b* J tsßtiTiG." uj i atnc ) If >1
T T 'v, 3 wi ;..' 4 .
•takili L-tu Li
••TO SPEAK IIIS THOUGHTS IS EfVEIfY FREEMAN'S RIGHT. ** —Thonnoo Jefferson.
on., * • v / ->■* Tin i n iLLaIJ" '• L-h
TUXKHANNOCIv, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAR. 7, 1866.
I were possible lor that old man, whose stat
ue U low 1) fur..' ins, ami whose- portrait is
buhind inc in the Executive Mansioti, *n I
whose sentiment •* thus pr-served in, thai
1 monument in your vicinity, to be called
inflU ir< iu the Mlave, or it'it Were pos-ilde
to communicate with the spirit of t e dins—
tiiows Oe.-ul, ami in-.ke him understand th£
prugr-ss ill fiction and of renyllnni aud
treason..Jie wouhi turn oyer in jiis C'jfi-i,
ami lie vvnul i rise, an i shaking oft'the lia
bility uts ot the tomb, \v<u d ag in stand
erect, and ext. tid .'oifli hi- long arm aim
! lingers and reiterate that tajiliinent. ouce
ex prosed hv him on a memora'd • occasion
'•'] he F. ih *a| Union —it must be pns j-v
--• tj." (Great applause.)
We have wiuiess. J what h s transpired
since his day. In I $33, when trea-oti, and
infidelity to the G v. aliment and t ou.-titu
tion of the Inked States staked foith in
the laud, it was lus power and infl u i oce
that crushed the serpent in its incipencK. —
It was tin n stopp d, but only tor a time.—
Ihe same s; irit of disull. ction • oiitinites
i h. re were men d satt". eted to tip* <opru
pp lit b ail in ttie N tin ami in tile South
Th.ie, wan a portion o f jii • Luion, a d ,f *
euliar in-lit of w iinpi .-nine coin. I in
i ed,a:.d to which mlliC'.- Were attach d. -
tJue portion of out com. try men iu the
•Mtuih advocat.d that m-i tuilou, while an
other pml.<:> in 111-•. .N nth uppu-ed it. —
due re.-utt wa.- the foriuation of e.\|i epie
! parti s, iine i-.-picially in the Sou li, which
ira died a point at which it was pre -
pared to il.s--uKe the L inoi ol the Sate.-'
lor the purpose, as was sa.d, of s •.•tiring
ma) picaii viiig llt.ii pecu i r MistituLiiMi. —
i iiere was aim mr port nut •Io .r ••uuniiy
m.'li who Wciv • ppyveii lo tiiai iiis.it.uio i.
I .ml win) vyelit losii. h .iti tX.loilie thai 110-y
j were wiilino to leak Up tut: Gnlvi niacin
i i.iordt ! i■' pet eie.cr i.l loo' pecilll >l ilkSti
j till 100 ■ d i lie Solllp.
I >at Hi -e thing- 11 ou.U ~K. i d -lie Jo
in k p aiiitv and i.. hiiuiiiai p.ira.-epl.iiy.
ia- pine m ini g .ef to <i iy peyomi I!- j
po-l iiii: of a • itiJt ljJ oia; Wu ilii- ite)|i
! . ead no for ill- oil 111 li . 1 1 : • I Die nIVSeI'V.I
Ii n |
ui,i of " C k:,tulip . cln-pr
: I'm-e two jhi ie.-, 1 sii_\, wr ~r
Ila* e gin .to il otli I. a-d i smut liere I
©
I nef IV toll . a- i .-pi d in toe S iiate
! -fl'.li.e C ■ lie , Slit - lii lsaO./i<l 1!S I.—
i met there I •?c win sen- m vv r j
po.it l,e • oii.-tUUi; ui iiio.-<: vii > vv n.l <1
io •jr-ruin 'I e Govei. im-.-t, ami ! dc.oui.c- j
,| rI it ill in ill. pi .e t en and ii.eie, a...1
x - tje-ir rue .11 .i aci r. 1 -a.d jn-ti
• vv v f- • i-g D.' iti in wo K ol
I •: ai-i ' . iM' •* (io i-r..e •ni \v r- il nim-. !
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i liavi- I. v i* { • .o * a i . rijB-i ur;iri. i,>
!o i pe_,t that set Im.eiii, and iJ a- -in. '
: ' lioi is i oiftd go, I have < mj. ai or eo 'ocaif- j
I -y t 'in. appl;tn-e.|) ,
i l.aveji-l lemaikeil thai, p.eie Were j
, "wo parties, one < f w'i.cli was for oestmy- i
j ii.ee | lie laoVt n.llielil Jltld separating ttie I
• Linoii, :n on ir lo piesi-i ve siax-iy , at.il j
j tin' oi tie. foi b eak np up to. t bivernin pi y |
in oi'd ilo de-troy shixeiy line, ti. ti i.b .
j e.s u!ia-h ihey sought to accomplish vveie |
l:*i' |i-nt. • fl' :l- slaVel'V w:vs Copi-erni d |
l lu. I J lie i Jig.'-. d in Jin- d.-it'e lo bre.iK up ,
' lie. (iuver iii-ns the pie. i- thiiig to wu.e.i |
, I l.save aivvav.- li en oppo-i*.i, ami w. etber .
; ill- uiiotii-is eoiiii' t r>-in Ihe .-South • o lr in
j.tiie Noilll, I land lloW - I ilel ll|fl. v ill -
j ilica'iiip the Unio'i ol these Stales, and
j the Con titni ion o! Illy eoutlfi y. (T re men- j
i dou- tjpptause.)
j Kcheilioii ami treason man festrd tliem
| selves :n the South. 1 stood by the Gov
rune lit. I s id ilier that 1 w.is for the
j L'niiUi with -lavi'iy, wa- fo> tin-I nioii i
I vv.il.out slavery. ( In o dp' nlieinative I
, was tor inv (jroVesnui nl an ! its Constiip
j lioli. I G veniineia has -tiv|ci! <1 j
I forth its strong spin, and with its physical !
J power it has put down trea-on in tlnr field,
j I'he section of tin: - miitry wnieh theti ar
j raved aseif J g .ip-t tin: Goveroiu-lit Jias I
J been put ilyw ti by the st.ong aicn W .mt
did we sav when tliis ti'- as in o- iginate I ?
v\ e said ; "No conip'O ni-e ; yon yourself <
in the Soinh i-an seJtle this ij icsti n in j
eigju and f uty hours.** 1 >atd agsin and
itl agai' , and Ir. peat it now, ''lfisbaud
your annie- in t ie South,:.kin.wl.-dge the
supremacy of the Constitution of ill- Idni—
ted Stales, acknowl-dg.: lie- duty ol ob. di
i ence to the laws, and the wlnde qu Stion
iis settle 1." (App.ause ) What Inis iaren
j done -itice ?
I Their armies have Imen disfaml'-d, an
' they c nic forward now in a pr-pw tqrti it
ami -av, *" U'e vvere. mistaken; we made
an AT.i*t tocirry out the vloetiim-. of Se
cession and to dissolve this I nion; iti*that
we have failed; w • havd" trael-d this J -c
--triue to its logical and physical roultA and
we fin I that we were ini.s'ak.-n. We no-'
knowledge the Hag of oar country and nro
willing to ohev lite Co 'stitu.b>u iiii*! to
yield to the >m;iivmicy of the 'aa."—
j Great applatt-e ] Com ng ip tiiip np fit,.
1 Miv to ilieiu, "Wli II you have c pup tC'l
with the r. ipi reilienta of th • .p||-flt.uiyll,
, wli ii you have yiet ie IJo tin- liw, vvlen
[ voil have aclynovvodled vour allcgiatico to
i the Constitution, I Will, so tara-l t'oi,
ope tip: sivio of the L nt> h toii o-e who
| 11 ml e r-id an I -Day d, fVoiu tl. ■ ,fphl 't
| tln-ir tat ei*.- for n tint.. ' [v! "ggV appljiare'j
j W 1.0 ii as > utf • > ejj ill >ry h ljtf'- Ueli llioii
ill in 1 have? I -bid no 1 f peat toe son
• j of t a wicng- and aitferi igs i.-tliet jup >u
tue ;I- it ilje spirit o. rc.-eogn is '*>t flic
spi ill/, wiiicti to deal wiiaawh de peyple
I k .<> there lia- been a gre.ip ileal ryii l
■ 1 about Jie < *-> M-\ "f f, * f;" J l ,w, ' r '
• Hifiir a* vour Kx I uti>e is cmceiiied.
S 13 ,4gln r ■ sno ne who has lab ued wilij
' 1 iiMireean e.-tffS', than myself to ha>c l ln
- . principal iuJell.g -;U and cons, i ai- Uakoi'
hio ight loju ttie, ill" HW vimljested, , pud
t U gicat .lact ju.ticuilly CtUvliibsd 1-*
' odw • iwm< ■ .
aland tids a. { ; y*4 -•
- , t'eason [Applause }] but while
s conscious, leading, and intoHig'-nt tra'tors
I ore tfs4iu punidivd, shbuld whole cotamuai
t ' tLs anil ,*>ta:es and people b made to sub
I mit to the penalty of death? [No no !J I
n i have porl'aps as much asprrity and as much
- [ rvsentiucnt a- men ought to have; hut we
; : must rest-oil in great m I'ters of govern
-1 { m man as he is ; we must coiifom
. our actions ami our c uidu 't t the exam
- phi "f him who founded our holy r ligiou
1 ii"t th it I would m ike -uch a co'iiparison
i on litis occasion iu any personal aspect.
; I c ime into this place under the Consti
; Rithui ofthe country, and lv the appr..bu
- tioo of tho people, and what did I find ? I
found eight millions of p oplc who were in
1 fact condemned under the law. and the
I pi-enltv vvas d ath Was Ito yield to the
■ spirit of r<vet.ge aiul rcsentm nt and de
i elare lliHt they should all be annihilated
■ Mild destroyed ? How different would this
1 have been hom the examples set bv tin*
Holy Founder of our teligion, the ex rein-
i f vvli'-se divine a-ch tests upon the
■ tiftf'zon, ami who-e span em brace* th • uni
v.-rtr! He who finuided ti is great selieltte
the world and found man con
d ijftiyj under the law, and Ilis s n:< nee vvas
d. till What vvas his xatnple I stead
|hf puttiiig the world or even an ition to
dWtli. Ile died upon the cross, alt sting,
bi' his tvoiinds and lli-bloi.il. that lie died
Uiat mankind utighi I ye [fireat applau- J
L t tliose \vll > have i rred repent 5 'et
lli 1 -111 a- kiiowie.lge their adegiauee ; let
| them become loyal, wi ling supp .rteis and
' defend *is ofoiir glini 'U- stars ami strifies
' >nd of the Go .-lituiiou of our country. —
I.el i!p I aij. r-, tllo COIIsCKI'Js. i.itelilg.-i.t
jtr -itors U- punishe lan 1 b • subj.-cted to
. illpen lit e- of t lie law [Applause ] lbit
to the gr a* mas- who li.V" b -en t. e-d
into tliis rehe'le 11 iu ui tuv. insevnees. and
in others have ben ini-i d. 1 .say ei tn 11-
ev. kiiidiie--. tinsi. an 1 conli !e- e-. [G-'.it
j nj Ida use.")
M' e iuinrvm n. whet: I look back ove:
th fii-forv of th-* li- Ih-II on. I am not vain
when I h kmm if I have not given a
much • viJi'iice of my devotion to the L'—
| 11: a- some wlio or oak a gu-a; deal about
! i*. When I look h.ck ..ver the latile
field- .if tn<* lieheliion and thmk ot ilie
ma v hr.iv men in wlio-o company I was
1,1 cmiuoL bin reyobee: that I was sometime
' in |iljM:e- vv here ill • contest vvas most di -
fii* .ft MII.I 'li • re-u't most d..ufitfnl; bin
1m i*f li'flivr t e s>nok ( ' 'ad pa-sed away,
si'Mt'.st lu fore llie i; 111.1 1 til <t ha* i cell shed,
i Il is done I'eek llg, I>, f-.fe ibe bodies of tin
! s'aiii h v p i-M'd through the -tages of d<-
••o n o-i ion* vviiai d > we now fill i ?
I 118 *TT'T)**ttnn !*■ put down by
i.libe strong arm . f the Government in th
-I I ; but.i-snaf the ouir way 1:1 which
t V" r >:i CJin have ieh> llioii ? tdili* si U gi
i was ag'inst an atiempt to di s - ver tlb
i fT—i<.n. but almost befi re the sui"ke of the
,ba tie fi 'ld has passed away, befmeo. r
i brave nun have a 1 return dto their ii>>m' -
Muti renewed the lies ot aff.siliou and .love
Jtotli ir wiv - and the r ch-ldrcti, we find
a MiOst sn.'tlier rebellion iu oiguratcd. W•
put .low*" ilie fin*.ii.t Ueladliou iu order to
I p event |iii* sepUMlioti ol tiie. Ij.ateS, 10
prevH-.t tliem fro 11 Hying otf. and tlmreiiy
i'l-img'iig the eiiaraeter "I our Gov en lines.:
j a d weakening i.s jnuve: ; but when th.i
• struggle on ou 1 part lias been MUCCVWuI,
ami tlint ik!tempt lias Inien put down, w.
I find now an effort to con entrate all puVTei
; in Ibv !• amis of a fi:w at the Federal head.
i and -i Imt-by bring a consolidation ot
j the Government, which is equal.V ohjec
|li 'iiaMe vvitb a separation. [\ocderoti>
|.l pjihuise.J We find that powers are m--
SIIMIHII, and nllempted to he i-xeroed of a
mo-t exlraoidinary cliaraeter. It .-eein
! fliat gov'rnmeiit.- may be rcvolut ofiiz d.
Governments at least, may be cnangeu
' Willi. >nt going through the ,-trifc of ba'tle. |
I I -'believe it is a fact attested ill history lint
sometimes two utioi'S nlrt-i ili.-a-iroo- to a
people are elf eb d without the shedding
o!'blood The sub-tauce of your <o\( i ll
incni may be taken away, while the form
1 and the shau-'W remain to you.
Wliat is now ln.-iug jropo-ed? We fin I
that in point of fact n.aily all the poweis
iofl he Government arc assumed by an ir
' rt*pq i#iTbfe central d rectory, wliieli <loes
not cvi'fi consult the I-gisla ive or the Lx
| dfriitive 1 pTtrnni'iits "f tlut Government.
1 P.y res-dittioii- reported from a eointnitt r.
! in whom it seem- that-practically the l> gi>-
Jative p.ivver of the Government is now
Vest d, that gr.- I princ pie of t!ie Consti
tir ion vvl.ieli alitlioiizes and empowers
• Ach branch of the legislative deparunent,
tl".' ,S'*uat" ami the House of Representa
tive-, to ju Ige for ii-eh of the elections,
reiiirii-, and qualitiealion- ot its own in 111-
Ji.is.Uasbr.il virtually taken away fioin
, tin* t'o branches ol the Legislative !>e
[ytrtmcftl of tne G"Vernn.eiit,and conferred
II pou a committee, wli > must report b"loie
either Ilou-e can act nnd. r the Consliiu—
titii'i as t. ac '• pling th.- members who are
| 1.. 1 k ih ir seals a- component parts oi
, 4 he respective bodies
By this rule it is a-sumed ymt there
, must be laws passed recogi i/.ing a State as
.• in |he Umou, or its practical reatioiis to
the r.iion as re-lored, befoie ti.e resjieet-
I ive II use-. II ~ler the ( oiistjiii!ivMi, can
judge of the," le-lions, rrturns, an i q ialifi
\ cations of tneir own nieinhers. What u
L , |si fit ion is that? You struggled lor four
,e i's to put down ar hellion. You de
j niedui the beginning of flic' struggle that
',-ibv Stae c-'Uld go out ofthe Union ; y>u
said that it had neither the light nor the
jj p liver to go out of the Union. With
. what consistency, after it has beer. Mettled
.„ by th • mditary arm of the Government.
,j* an Iby tlie public judgment, that flu
u tstatco has no go out o. Ue Uoiou
no a*
.* TBUMS, SJ2 QO PER JLHTM^M
K can any one turn round and assume that
B they ar- out and that they shall not come
i. in? lam free to say to you as vour Ex
ecutiTe that I am not prepared to take any
| | such position. [Great app'aus-.j I said
, ; in the Senate, in th - very inception ol this
. rebellion, that the States had 110 r ght to
. jgo out; I asserted too that they had no
1 j power to go out ; that quest on has been
settled, ami it being settl <1 I ctnnoL lurn
, 1 around now ami give the lie direct to all
j i that. I have professed, and all I li.ve done
| for tlie la-t five years. <ns ] hen
those who rebelled eoinp'y with the Con
stitutiou; vvlien they give sutficieut evi
[ detice of loyalty ; when they show that
, the) can be trusted ; when they y eld oh -
dience to th - law that you and I acknowl
, edge oliediencc to, Is iy extend them the
right hand of fellowship, and let peace and
I Union be restored. [Tremendous ap
. pla use ]
I fought traitors and treason in the
South. I opposed the Davises, the
. Toouibses the Slidcll-, and a long list of
others, which um can readily fill without
, inv rem-aliiig the names. Now when I
lulu round ami at the other end of the
. line find men, I cere not t.y what name y11
call them, who still ,-taud opps d to iln
re-toratiou ofthe Union of these Sates, I
am tre • to say to \on that I am still in the
ti Id [Great applause.j I am still tor
the preservation <>f t:.e Union. lam still
in tavor of this great Government of oiiis
going on and tilling out its dealt: y. ['ilea
apnlause. Voic.-s, give us thtee names at
the other end J
The I're-iiliiit 1 am called upon to
name three at the oth- r end ol the bit.?, —
, I am talking to my friends and fellow-c ti
zens, who are inlenstcd with nte in this
Govefi titent. and 1 presuut • I ant free r..
iiieiili.'ti to you the names of those whom
I look upon as neing opposed to the funda
mental principles of this Government, and
vvh-i are laboring to pervvrt and destroy
it. [Voices, •Name them!" "Wim are
they ? *]
The President—You ask tire who they
are. - 1 sav Tlmddcus Stevens, of Pennsyl
vania is out* J I suv Mr. S rimer, of the
Senate, is another, and W ended J J iiil:ip
is another [Long continued applause .j
[Voices, "Give it t<> Form-y.' ? J
The Pn-aid nr—ln reply to that, I will
sitnjilv say I do not waste my ammunition
p.n dead docks. [Great laughter and
tpplause J I stand for my country ; I stand
for the Constitution There I have alwa.s
;l c.'d mv feet tr-ml my advent to public
:fe. Tin v may traduce, iliey may slander,
•liev mt\ viJ.ip'-iate tne, but let me say to
■ni :i!l r!.i- li . no intliiHiiro upon llie. —
Gi-eat applau-i,]
L't me say further, tint I do not intend
obe overawed bv real or pretended
friends, nor do I mean to br built, d by tn\
-uenti'-s [Tretncndoit* atp!ause.J lion,
st couivctiori :s tnv coinage, riie Constitu
i-.ii is 111 v guide. 1 know, my country
u.'ll, tint it lias been in-intiat- d. no nt Hl
sirniiUed. it has been saiil dir.ctly in liigli
pi tees, lliat if such a usurpation of jMw-r
is i am charged with had been exerci-ed
-•me two hundred year* ago. in a a par—
enhtr reign, it woiiid have coat an indi—
•dual his head. [Great iauguTer j (41
what usurpations ha- Ai.diew Johnson
been guilty ? ["None," "none j My
only usiwpation has born in standing 4>e
rween the people atul the enct'o-it hmeiit
•f power. Because in a conversation with
leilow-citiz ti, wlw happened to be a
S nat- r, I said that I thought am- mlnn iits
0 the <-oust tutioe ought not too tre -
qHelltlv to be II de. tnat if it WHS COl.tillU- j
alv tinkered with it would lose all its
fireuti' e Hint dig' it)', and the old instru
m.'ftt would be lost .-ijglft of altogether iu a
-hort time, and beciuse in the satneconver
sation I happened to say that it it wvie
amended at all, such ami such an amend
nient ought 'o b.- adop!ed. it w t* charged
'that 1 was guilty of a usurpaiion ot p wer
fl at would have csf a kiiig his head, in a
certain peritid of linglish history. [Great |
lauglster |
From the same source the exclamation '
has gone forth that lliey w. rc in tlie inid't I
of cart! quakes; that they were trembling:
and could not )*i.-l 1. [Laughter Yes, 1
fellow-citize. s, there is an eariliqnuke com- I
ing; there i> a gtound-swell <d popular,
judgment and iti.iigiiHl.on. [Great a|"!
pause.] Ihe Ametican will -jM-ak, !
nid bv their itisiinct, if not otlierwi-r, tbev '
vyill I>n MVV "h-are their friend-, mid wlm |
arc th.'ir enemies. 1 have endeavored to '
be tine to the p ople in ail tho po-i.i-His!
which 1 nave occupied, and there is hardly j
a po-ition in this Government which 1 have I
not al some tune filled 1 suppose it will ,
lie said that tiiis is vanity, [laughter.] but]
1 may sav that 1 have been iu all of them.
| I have been in both branch 's of the L g s
, I 1 iture,
A voice—You Commenced n tailor.
The P.esidenl —a gentleman behind me
says that I began a tailor. Acs, I did h. -
•gin a tai or [ tpplau-e] at.d that suggestion
. do s ii"t discomfit me iu the least, for
. when I vva- a ta lor I had ihe repaint on
, ofb -ii ga go <1 one. and of making clo-e.
. fit* [laughter.] and I WHS always punctual
1 to mv customers, and di I good woik. [Ap
-• plau-e. 1 ,
i Voices We will patch up the Union
r yet.
Tho President- No, I do not want any
I patchwork of it; I want the otigitml arti-
II cle restored. [Great applause.] But
e - enough ol tlii-* facetiousn-as. 1 kuovt it
'' IIIHV l<e stud, 4, Yon are President, and yon
l ' must n<t talk about these thing*but,
b' mr tellaw citizens, I intend to taik the
e truth, and wVn pri Cphv is involved.when
b (Le existence of uiy country is in puiii, 1
. 4*m"- < ft. . :*•-,.
i
. VOL. 5 N0.30,
. I:—2 —■--- .
t I hold it to be iny duty to whatl
' think and what 1 feel, a* I have always
* done on former occasions, [t treat applause)
I have said, it has been declared else
-1 wiiere that L was guilty of usurpation
4 which would have oust q king his head,
' and iu anotber.pl.ice 1 have been dciioui-C
--* ed for w' itew.tsiiing. When HIIJ where
' did I ever whitewash anything or anybody ?
' 1 have been an alderman ot a tow n, I have
' been in both brunches of the legislature of
' my State, I buvc'b en in b-t • 110 .sea of
1 the Nation 1 Congress, 1 i.ave been at the
bead ol tlie Executive Department of my
my Slale, 1 have tieen Vice President of
i the L niie-J State*, an.i I am cow in the po
■ ; -iiiou vvh-ch 1 occupy oefore you; and du
ruig all Litis career where i the man and
: vi iiat poiti -ii of the people i there who
I CHN say thai A idn-w Join.son 1 vc) made A
pledge wtiieb lie did not r.diein, or tliat
lie ever made a promise which he violated?
[None ] Point inc to the tnai; who can
say thai Andrew Johnson ever acted with
iufide.itv to the great mass of the people?
[Great applause J
I Men may talk about bebead ng and
about usurpation, but wueii 1 am befi aded
1 waul the American people to be the
witnesses, id > not waul it b) inueiidoeß
and ill direct remai ks in high place.-, to be
suggestid to men who have ns-assination
, "C
| (.roodiug in theft'bosoms, "tliere is a fit
1 subject.* Others have exclaim d that''the
Pres.dential obstacle umst be goiien out of
the way.' \\ iiat is that b..t—l make use
of asi long Word ii.citing lo asas.-iiiatioi ?
N'o doubt, I say, the intention was to in
' cite" as.-a.-sinntion, so that tne obstacle
which the pe- pie hud paced heie could
be got out cf ilie way. Are the opponents
1 of tuts Government not yet satisfied ? Are
those wbo want to destroy <ur institutions,
and to change the cliaraeter of the Govern
ment, not satisfied with llie quantity of
blood that lis been shed ? A'e they not
satisfied with one martyr iu this place?
Docs lint the hloud ot Lincoln appease
tlieir vengeauce f Is their thirst still un
-laked ! Do tie)- •till want more blood?
Have the) not 1101101 and . outage enough
|to sei R to I'b.aii: the ei.J otliii wi.-e that)
! tlii'. ugn and by the Land of an assassin !
lam not abuid ot an •.-.-as-in attuckiug me
where one brave and courageous IUM-I will
attack auollier. 1 only .head him when
iu disguise, and w here his loolslep is noise
less.
If they want blood let them have the
courage to .-tnke l.ke men. I Know they
are wiling 10 wound but are airaid to strike
If mv bi.-od is to be shed bveau-e 1 v ridi
cule the-Union, and insist on Um preserva
tion ot tliis Government, iu i• -4 original
purity, let it be she ' ; but iet aa altar lo
the L n tog be first erected, and then, if
11. eessurv, take me aid lay me upo I it,
and the I'loOJ that uow warn s and ani
mates uiy • xi-teine shall he poured out as
a last libation, as a tiibute to tne Union of
these Slates. [A*rel app ause.j Ifiit let
the opponents of tois G>.v*-rnuieiit remem
L-er, when it is ponied um, that the blood
of mar yrs is tlh seed 01 1 lie church. This
Union wilt grow, and A will Continue to
ii crease iiislungni and p w. r, t. ongli it
tna) be eeiiientetl and cleansed in b nod.
1 have atreH'ty spoken t- you long- r tlian
1 intended when 1 ca.oe out. [.■ on Q I
merely intended to ui-k.- my ac Lit owl euge
nic ill* tor the honor you have dtnis ,ne ; but
beit.re 1 close 1 wipfi to say a word iu regard
to the quesuou of ameudiaenu. b the Gh
stitntioil of the Un.ted mates, bliorily af
ter 1 reached v\ aaluugtoii t'ortlie purpose
j of being inaugurated as Vtce-Pi'es dent of
1 tne Un-iovt Siaie.-, I lia.l a eoiit.-rsa 1 ion
wiih Mr. Lincoln m rcgai'u to the condi
tion ot afians. We U.ncd patticulaily in
rehience to matter,- 111 my own atate. [
told ii in luat we had aiu.lined llie consti-
I ui:on and that w bad abob-iied slavery
in lliallSa e, wuicii wa.s in.t inclilderl in
bis Emancipation Diuelaiuatioii All these
j tilings me- insap t -robat.on and lie gave me
, words of encouiageuiei.t, vt cta ked thea
i aboui afiair-y -emialiy,and upon t..e sub-
I ject of aim tidiue. t* lo ttic Gou-litution of
j tlie I tilted totalis; he sa dto IIK-, "When
| the ameudn ent ot the CoiiStltutiaii now
j [iropo.-id is aiiopt.d by three fourths of
I the S ales, 1 am pletty near Uoue, or 111-
; deed quite done in faVor of anicii-lmg the
j Gonslnutioii, il tiieie was one 0.h.-r adopt
j ed." 1 asked 11 iu, "W. at u tnai, Mr l'i>is
| ftieiit I ' lie sai t, ** 1 uffe la bo ei to pro
, serve this Uuion ; i hav, t-u.eu d rung four
j y.ar.-; 1 have been sunj cud to calumny,
i ami m.sii pivse.itaii <n ; mv .real and sole
i desire has tie. u lo pr serve hese Sqtts # in
i tact under lire Constitution, and they weie
I before." 1 asked lnui again " Air. I'iest-
Idr ill, w hat atiie.idiuent t that which y>u
would propo-e f" " iiy s.i.i lie "it is
I hat mere sh >uid beau am II lim-nt added
|to the Constitution winch wount compel
I the States to send theii tociMi.-rs and Rcp
: ifsentative- t>> ti.e Congre-s ot llie Uu t>d
; Mate-." [Great applau* .] the idea was
ii his' niiiKl lhal as a part ot the doctiine of
secession, one of the means to break tip
( tnis Gov. rinncut was tliat the Mates,
tiiev saw propel, miglit withdraw tneir
I! Senators ami ucpreaciiialives, ir retuse
to elect thCni. i.e wanted evi ti to re
move that i.fficuity by Constitutional
am vi dineiii, eoinpi 1. ng the States lo send
I Sonatoisaiul Rejircaeiit.si.ves to Congresi.
But what ho we now find { The Cou
f atitution of the eotiniry, even that poifion
" of il w uich allows ainenitliiehts to th or-
game law, < xpie.-siy provides,that no Male,
f wi h uft iis consent, -ii*'l be deprived of its
II equal suffiagc ill the toeiiat.', and it also pro
f, vulva that each State siiall nave at least una
e Ucpr< scntat.ve m ihe House of Repiesen
n tutivck ; but yei me postuou ia urkeu that
Dow < V I u c Vj i