The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-05 00:00:00

YORK SPRING MEETING, 1866.

THURSDAY, May 10.—THE STAND STAKES Of 5 sous each,
with 5C added, for two-yrs-old, 7st, three, 9st, four, lOst
31b, five and upwards, lOst 81b ; in and g allowed 31b ;
the winner to be sold for £lOO, if entered-to be sold for

.£75 allowed 41b, if for £6O 91b,. if for £4O 141 b ; to be pill

up by auction after the race, and any overplus over sell-
ing price to be divided between the owner of the second
horse and the race fund. T.Y.C.
To close and name to the Clerk of the Course on Wed-
nesday, the 9th of May, between the hours of six and eight
o'clock in the evening, at 54, Stonega.te:
The YORKSUIRE HUNT PLATE of 50 sovs given by the
York Race Committee, for horses that have been regu-
larly hunted with any established pack of hounds in
Yorkshire ; four-yrs-old, list ; five, list 91b ; six and
aged, 12st ; thorough-bred horses to carry 101 b extra ;
the winner-of a flat race value 50 sovs to carry 71b, twice
50, or 100, 121 b extra ; no horse to have been in a public
training stable since the Ist of January, 1866. Certili-
' otos of thi hones haying been regularly hunted, signed

by the Master of the Hounds, to be produced before start-
ing; to be ridden by Gentlemen, members of a racing
or fox-hunting club, or by farmers occupying one hun-
dred acres of land, or their sons ; any number of horses
the property of tho same owner may start for this plate.
Entrance 1 soy, to go to the fund. Two miles.

Mr V. Arthur's Poetess, 5 yrs
Mr R. Barker's b g Fullsail, by Elcot (h-b) 5 yrs
Mr J. B. Booth's br g Barometer, by Weatherbit, out of

Beckey Sharpe, 4 yrs
Mr Bower's b g Redpole, by Fandango, 6 yrs
Sir G. Cholmley's ch g Highflyer, by Orpheus, dam by
Barnacles (h-b) 6 yrs
ch g My Friend, by Codrington, dam by Orpheus
_. .. _

(h-b) 5 yrs—
ch m Tigress, by Codrington, dam by Young
Comus (h-b) 6 yrs
Mr Coulson's Rosslyn, by Annandale, out of a half-bred

mare, aged
Mr Darley's b m Maid of Kent, by Elcot, dam, Hop-
picker, by Orlando (h-b) aged
Mr W. H. Fewson na b f Earwig, by Spoonstealer, dam
by Young Langar (h-b) 4 yrs
Mr Hall's ch c Bolero, by Fandango, out of The Lawyer's
dam (h-b) 4 yrs
Mr Joseph Herod's bl m Miss Menkin (h-b) 5 yrs
Mr Holiday's Owstwick (h-b) 6 yrs
ch m sister to Owstwick (h-b) 5 yrs
Mr H Lambert's b m Mischief (h b) 5 yrs
Mr J. Lumsden's b g Banasford, by Shafto, out of Yellow
Diamond's dam (h-b) 4 yrs
Mr W. Masterman's b g Our Jim (late Castle Espie) 5 yrs
Mr F. A. Millbank's ch g Comus, 6 yrs •
b g Rathronan (h-b) aged
Mr J. Nalton's The General, by Orpheus (h b) 6 yrs
Mr G. Ringrose's ch f Lady Sykes (h-b) 4yrs
Mr G. Simpson's ch g Arsenal, by Woolwich, dam by Red-
shank (h-b) 5 yrs
Mr John Simpson's b g Volunteer, by Fugleman, dam by
Melbourne (h-b) 5 yrs
br f Helen, by Fugleman, dam by Melbourne
(h-b) 4 yrs
Sir C. Slingsby's b g St Clair by De Clare, out of Velocity
(h-b) 5 yrs
br m by St Lawrence, dam half-bred aged
Major Stapylton's Southern Cross, by Jeremy Diddler
(h-b) aged
Mr V. Surtee's Cragsman (h b) aged
Mr G. S. Thompson's br m Bandana, supposed to be got
by Fazzoletto, out of a half-bred mare, 5 yre
Mr S. Topliss's br m The Market Girl (h b), 5 yrs
Mr H. Vyner's Fly-by-Night (h b), aged
- b m Miss Taft (h b), aged
THE CRAVEN STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 50 added, for
three yrs old, ist, four, Bst 71b, five, 9st, six and aged
9st 31b ; m and g allowed 31b ; a winner of 100 SOTS at
any one time to carry 61b, twice, or 200 sovs 101 b extra ;
the second horse toireceive back his stake ; one mile. (9
subs).
Mr. G. B. Cornish's b c Punster, 3 yrs
Mr. Dawson's Stabber, 3 yrs
Mr. Fobert's b g Wise Man, 3 yrs
Mr. Haig's eh c Cranmore, 3 yrs
Mr. J. Osborne's ch c Theobald, 3 yrs
Mr. H. Robinson's br c Hanover, by Saunterer, out of
Olivia, by The Cure, 3 yrs
Lord Stamford's Archimedes, 4 yrs
Major Stapylton's Red Earl, 4 yrs
Lord Zetland's ch c Pedant (late Alumnus) 3 yrs
THE ZETLAND STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 50 added, for
two-yrs-old colts, Bst 101 b, fillies and geldings, Bst 61b;

a winner once before starting to carry 41b, twice, or a
stake amounting to 200 sovs, 71b extra; beaten horses al-
lowed 21b ; the owner of the second horse to receive back

his stake. T.Y.C. five furlongs, 44 yards (22 subs).
Mr. Carey's Tinted Venus, by Leamington, dam, Exhibi-
tion, by Fazzoletto, out of Victorious's dam
Mr. li.Chilton's bl f Gulnare, by Musjid, out of Rosamond,

by Voltigeur
Mr. Crawley's h c Tom Thumb
Lord Falmouth's Artesia

Capt. Gray's b c Louis of Hesse
Mr T. M. Harrison's Sorcerer, by Fandango
Mr James Heath's Pea Blossom, by Y. Melbourne, out of
Twelfth Night, by Voltigeur
b f by Vedette, out of Alice Bray, by Venison.
Mr G. Hodgman's b c by Warlock, out of Slut
br f Variation, by Leamington—Vexatious's

dam
Count F. de Lagrange's b f Nice, by Ventre St. Gris, out
of Nuncia (bred in France)
Capt. R. Lawley's b f Araminta, by Thormanby, out of
Impetuous Bess
Mr Mackenzie's br c Thermometer, by Weatherbit —Pera
b f Gentian, by Warlock, out of Jennala
Mr Masterman's bl or br c Honestish, brother to Honesty
Mr J. Palmer's ch c Liveryman
Mr Pardoe's Littleport
Mr C. Peck, jun.'s, Manuella
Mr J. Warneford, Rel-tub, by Leamington, out of
Princess Beatrice, by De Clare
Mr E. B. Watson's ch f Gipsey Queen
Lord Westmorland's bl c by Gibraltar, out of Orloff's dam
Mr York's Vandyke, by Amsterdam, out of Furbelow

The GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP of 200 sovs in specie,
added to a sweepstakes of 20 sovs each, 10 ft, and only
5 if declared by noon, on April 3 ; the winner of any
handicap value £l,OOO after the weights are published
(March 28, at 10 a.m.) to carry 141 b ; of any handicap
value £5OO, 101 b; of any handicap value £2OO, 71b; of
any handicap value £lOO, or the second for one value
£l,OOO, 51b extra ; the second horse to receive £5O out of
the stakes, and the winner to pay £3O towards the ex-
penses. Two miles, over the Old Course. 25 subs, 14
of whom pay 5 sovs each.
Age st lb
4 9 0
... 5 8 10
... 4 8 0
... 5 8 7
... 5 8 7
... 5 8 4

Regalia ...
Dalby
Brown Bread
Cathedral
Moulsey
Pintail ...

Windham ...
Redcap ...
Raglan
Buckfoot
Friday ...
Lion ...

...5 8 3
...5 8 0
... 6 7 13
...5 71`2
... 4 7 11
4 7 10

Salpinctes ... ... 4 7 10
Harry Brailsford ... 4 7 2
Watehbox ... ... 4 7 2
Bradamante ... 5 7 1
Treasure Trove ... 3 7 0
Ghillie Callum ... 5 7 0
Zenobia ... ... 4 6 9

St. Magnus
The Czar ...
Miss Haworth
Dubiety
Staghound...
Aldcroft

Ago st lb
... 4 6 8
... 3 6 5
... 3 6 5
... 4 6 4
... 3 6 2
... 5 6 0

Fitzroy ... 3 6 0
Miss Williams ... 3 513
Cranmore ... 3 5 12
Savemake... 3 5 12
Hawkswell 3 5 11
El Cid ... 3 5 7

Dolan ...
Duty Free...
Black Prince
Dark Agnes
Cambuscan
Success ...
Esca ...

3 5 7
5 5 7
3 5 7
... 3 5 7
... 5 paid
▪ 4 paid
• 4 paid

The KNAVEBMIRE PLATE of 100 sous in specie, for 2 yrs
old, 7st, and three, Bst 12lb; m and g allowed 31b; maiden
2 yrs old allowed 31b ; maiden three yrs old allowed 71b ;
any winners of aplate or sweepstakes of 200 sovs in 1865,
or 1866, under the distance of a mile, tosarry 71b extra.
Any number of horses the property of the same owner
may start for this plate. Entrance, 2 sovs to go to the
fund. Half a mile.

Archery, 2 yrs
Festival, 2 yrs
Nimble, 3 yrs
Lute, 2 yrs
Virginia, 3 yrs
Chepstow, 3 yrs
Qui Viva, 3 yrs
Hanover, 3 yrs
Lord Craven, 3 yrs
Prince of Wales, 3 yrs
Lady Eston, 2 yrs
Lady Audley, 3 yrs
Fat Bob, 2 yrs
Pedant (late Alumnus), 3
yrs

318 eilnmnoa
2t,
y 2
rysT rs
Stabber, 3 yrs
Flora, 3 yrs
Etmeralda, 2 yrs
Wentworth, 3 yrs
Venturesome, 3 yrs
Miss Williams, 3 yrs
Narino, 2 yrs
lona, 2 yrs
Treasure Trove, 3 yrs
Outcast (late Major), 3 yrs
L.idylike (late Snowflake), 2
yrs
The Admiral, 2 yrs
FRIDAY, MAY 11.—The TYRO STAKES, of 5 soya each,
with 50 added, for two yrs old colts, Bst 10Ib, and fillies
and geldings, Bst 61b ; the winner to be sold for 10 sovs ;
if entered to be sold for 75 sovs allowed 31b; if for 50
sovs, 71b ; if for 40 sov, 101 b ; if for 30 sov, 141 b ; to be
put up by auction immediately after the race, and any
surplus to be divided between the owner of the second
horse and the Race-fund. Half a mile.
To close and name by eight o'clock on Thursday
evening.

The CONSOLATION SCRAMBLE of 30 soy added to a Handi-
cap Sweepstakes of 5 soy each, for all ages; the second
to save his stake ; three-quarters of a mile.
To close and name by eight o'clock on Thursday even-
ing, and the weights to be declared the same night.
CITY PURSE of 50 sov added to a sweepstakes of 5 sov
each, for three yrs old, Bst ; four, 9st 21b ; five, 9st 81b ;
six and upwards, 9st 101 b ; m and g allowed 31b ; the
winner to be sold for 150 sovs ; if for 100 sous, allowed
7lb ; if for 80 sov, 141 b ; if for 50 sov, 211 b ; and if for
30 soy, 281 b. To be put up by auction immediately after
race, and any surplus to be divided between the second
horse and the Race-fund. T.Y.C.

To close and name by eight o'clock on Thursday
evening.

THE EGLINTON STARES of 10 sovs each, h ft with 50 added,
for two yr olds, 7st, and three Bst 121 b, f and g. allowed
31b ; a winner of a sweepstakes amounting to 200 sovs
to carry 71b of 100 sovs 51b, any other winner, 91b extra;
three yrs olds which have started three times without
winning allowed 51b, two yr olds which have started
twice without winning allowed 21b ; the second to re-
ceive back his stakes. T.Y.C. (10 subs.)
Tinted Venus, 2 yrs Liveryman, 2 yrs
Conde, 2 yrs Littleport, 2 yrs
Nice, 2 yrs Warneford, 2 yrs
Thermometer, 2 yrs Vandyke, 2 yrs
The Nun, 2 yrs
THE LONDESBOROUGU CUP, value 100 soya in specie,
added to a Handicap Stakes of 5 sovs each, for three
yrs old and upwards ; the winners of any handicap of
100 sovs value, after the weights are declared (May 2,
at 11 a.m.) to carry 71b, of two of 100 sovs or one of
200 soy 121 b extra ; no horse to carry more than 121 b
extra ; the second to receive 25 soy out of the stakes,
and the winner to pay 15 sovs towards expenses. T.Y.C.
(92 subs.)

Age st lb
Queen of Trumps a 9 2
Gamma ... a 8 12
Sundeelah... 5 8 8
T roublesomo ... a 8 8
Lytham ... 5 8 5
Exceller ... 4 7 13
Skylark .„ , ... 5 7 12
The Beadle 5 7 12
T halassius ... 4 7 8
Dawdle ... .. 5 7 6
Roderiekßandom„, 4 7 4
Lady of Coverdale 4 7 3
Arkensido... ... 4 7 0
Treasure Trove ... 3 7 0
Holstein ... 4 7 0

Age st lb
Qui Vive ... 3 7 0
Sisyphus ... 4 6 12
Persuasion 5 6 10
Arabia ... ... 4 6 8
Rococo ... 3 6 8
Missile... ... 4 6 4
The Naide ... 3 6 0
Terror .. ... 8 6 0
Miss Williams ... 3 510
Dark Agnes ... 3 5 10
Vigorous ... 3 5 7
Bachelor ... ... 3 5 7
Longhrea ... 5 5 7
Dean Swift 5 (pd.)

The FLYING DUTCHMAN'S HANDICAP of 100 soy added to
a Sweepstakes of 15 soy each,
loft, and only 5 if de-
clared by April 24, at noon ; the winner of any handi-
cap value 100 sov after the declaration of the weights
(April 18, at 10 a.m.) to carry 71b, of two or any handi-
cap value 1,000 soy 121 b ; of the Great Northern or any
Handicap value 1000 soy 141 b extra ; mo horse to carry
more than 141 b extra ; second horse to receive back his
stake, and the Winner to
Pay 15 soy towards expenses.

One mile and a quarter (27
each).

subs, 12 of whom pay 5 says

The highest weight accept.
raised to Bst 121 b, and the otl
Ago st lb
Lozenge ... 4 8 12
Raglan ... 6 8 10
Harry Brailsford ... 4 7 12
Holstein ... ... 4 7 1
Molly Carow ... 5 6 11
Castanet (in 71b ex.)
3 6 8
Missile ... 4 6 4

ng being Bst 81b, It has been
Lers in proportion.

Age st lb
Chapel Royal 3 6 4
Caithness ... 3 5 13
Murillo 3 5 13
Bob Chambers 3 5 11
Duty Free 3 5 11
Hebe ... 3 5 11
Flora ... 3 511
Dean Swift (pays ft)

PROGRAMME OF HARPENDEN RACES.
(To start at half-past one o'clock.)
FRIDAY, MAY Ii.—THE TRIAL STAKES of 5 sovs each,
with 50 added ; the second to save his stake ; two-year
olds sst 71b, three Bst 51b, four, Ost 71b, five and upwards
9st 101 b ; the winner to be sold for 200 sovs ; if entered
for 500 sovs 71b, 1,000 141 b extra. One mile.
THE ROTHAMSTEAD STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 50 added ;
three-year olds Bst 31b, four 9st 121 b, five lOst 51b, six
and aged lOst 71b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ;
maiden three-year olds allowed 31b, four 61b, five and
upwards 101 b ; winners once 41b, of two or more races
71b extra ; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs ; if entered
for 75 sovs allowed 71b, 50 141 b, 25 211 b. One mile and
a half.
THE WHEATHAMSTEAD STAKES of 5 sovs each, with 50
added ; two-year olds 6st 121 b, three 9st lib, four lOst
31b, five, six, and aged lOst 51b; mares allowed 51b,
geldings 31b ; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs ; if en-
tered for 70 soya allowed 51b, 40 101 b, 30 141 b. T.Y.C.
A PLATE of 100 sovs ; four-year olds list 41b, five 12st,
six and aged 12st 71b ; half-breds belonging to farmers
allowed 71b ; the second to receive 10 sovs out of the
stakes. 2 miles.

Mistress O'Grady (h b) aged The Souter, aged
Briton, 6 yrs Deceiver, 5 yrs
Drino (h b), 4 vrs Charley Grey, aged
Birthday, aged Remnant, aged
Wild Duchess, 5 yrs Vesta, 4 yrs
Bessie, 6 yrs Countersign, 5 yrs
Sequence, 5 yrs Devotee, 6 yrs
Belle of Kars, 4 yrs Taglioni, aged
The Abbot, 5 yrs Topthorn, aged
The SCURRY STAKES of 2 sovs each, with 25 added, for all
ages ; two-year-olds, 6st 71b ; three, Bst 71b ; four,
9st 31b ; five and upwards, 9st 61b ; the winner to be
sold for 50 sovs ; if entered for 40 sovs allowed 51b, 30
101 b, 20 141 b ; winners of any race of the day 71b extra.
T.Y.C.

The HARPENDEN HANDICAP of 10 sovs each, h ft, and three
only if declared, with 100 added; the second to receive
20 sovs out of the stakes; winners of 100 sovs after
April 26 (at ten a.m.) 71b extra; two miles. 23 subs,
six of whom pay 3 soya each.
Age st lb
Buckfoot ... 5 9 0
Ethelred 5 8 7
Deerfoot ... 5 8 0
Bolen° ... 4 7 11
Kaupai (late Her-
schel)
Quarantine
Musketeer...
Puebla

Age st lb
Life Guardsman 3 7 2
Oscar 6 7 0
Basquine 4 6 13
The Souter ... a 6 13
Hasketon Maid 3 6 6
Jessamine 3 6 3
Moss Rose... 3 6 0
Shove Came 3 6 0
Wildair 3 5 10

...4 711
...5 7 4
_4 7 4
...4 7 4

A PLATE of 100 sovs (Handicap); winners of any han-
dicap after May 3 (at ten a.m.) 51b, or of the Harpenden
Handicap 71b extra ; the second to receive 10 sovs out
the plate. About one mile and a quarter.
Age st lb Age st lb
Durham 5 8 12 Dayrell ... 4 7 0
Pintail 5 8 10 Hasketon Maid 3 6 12
Olivia 5 8 1 Lydia ... ... 4 6 10
Rinaldo 4 8 1 Moss Rose 3 6 9
Kaupai ... 4 7 12 Jessamine ... 3 6 8
Musketeer... 4 7 12 Scarf 3 6 7
Quarantine 4 7 10 Slieve Came ... 3 6 7
Flight filly ... 4 7 6 Woolwich ... ... 3 6 5
Her Ladyship 3 7 5 Glowworm ... 3 6 4
Betsy Copeland ... 6 7 4 Master Shutt ... 3 6 3
Basquine 4 7 3 Finale ... 3 6 3
Brim stone ... 3 7 2 Vol hynia ... 3 6 0
cby Frogmore 4 7 0 Wildair 3 6 0
Tho TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES of 5 soya each, with 100
added ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 71b ; winners of any
race value 100 soya 51b, of two such races, 71b extra ;
the second to save his shake. T.Y.C. (four furlongs
and a half). 33 subs.

Evangeline
Hebrides
Merry Monarch
Vulcan
Chieftain
Pirate Chief
Red Cross Knight
Lady Pam
Ink
May-be filly
Ambush filly
Secrecy
Princess Alice
Variation
Palasin
Chiswick
Emoralder

Brother to Bayleaf
Golden Plover
Testy colt
Ammunition
Caessa filly
Stodare
Angelica
Macaroon
Laverna
Alice
Skiff
Belle of Cadiz
Topsail colt
General Kmety
Pevensey
Vandyke

The above races, where not
name and close on or before 9
past seven o'clock in the even

otherwise specified, are to
Thursday, May 10, by half-
ling-

President Johnson's Speech to the Soldiers

and Sailors.

The following is the text of President Johnson's speech
to the procession of soldiers anal sailors

It is not affectation in me to say that language is inade-
quate to convey the heartfelt feelings produced on this
occasion by your presence here, and by the presentation of
your sentiments as expressed by your representative in his
address, and in the resolutions which you have thought
proper to adopt. I confess that in the peculiar position of
public affairs, your presence and address give encourage-
ment and confidence to my efforts to discharge the duties
incumbent upon me as chief magistrate of the republic,
and in what I have to say I shall address you in the
character of citizens, sailors, and soldiers. I shall speak to
you on those terms and on none other. I repeat my thanks
for the manifestation of your encouragement. (Applause.)
We are to-day involved in one of the most critical and
trying struggles that has occurred since this Government
came into existence. Nations, like individuals, must have
a beginning, must have a birth. Struggling into exist-
ence, a nation passes through its first trying ordeal. It is
not necessary for me now to carry your minds back to the
struggle when this nation was born. It is not necessary
for me to allude to the privations and hardships of those
who were engaged in that struggle to achieve the national
birth. It is not necessary to point to the blood shed and
the lives lost in accomplishing that result. The next
ordeal through which a nation has to pass is when
it is called upon to give evidence that it has strength;
capacity, and power to maintain itself among the
nations of the earth. In giving such evidence, we
passed through the war of 1812, and through the war
of Mexico, and we passed through all the struggles
that have since occurred up to the beginning of the
rebellion. This was our second ordeal. But a nation has
another test still to undergo, and that is to give evidence
to the nations of the earth, and to its own citizens, that it
has power to resist internal force, that it has strength
enough to put down treachery at home, and treason within
its own borders. (Cheers.) We have commenced that
ordeal, and I trust in God we will pass through it success-
fully. (Cheers.) I feel complimented by the allusion of
your representative to the fact that I stood in the Senate
in 1860 and 1861, when the nation was entering on the
third ordeal, and raised my voice and hand against trea-
son, treachery, and traitors at home. (Cheers and cries of
"Good.") I stand hero to-day, holding to and maintain-
ing the same principles which I then enunciated. (Cheers.)
I stand here to-day opposing traitors and treason, whether
they be in the South or in the North. (Loud cheers.) I
stand here to-day as I then stood, using all my powers
mental and physical to preserve this nation in passing
through the third phase of its existence. The organised
forces and combined powers that recently stood arrayed
against us are disbanded and driven from the field. But
it does not follow that there are still no enemies against our
present form of government and our free institutions.
(Applause.) I then stood in the Senate of the United States
denying the doctrine of separation and secession. I denied
then, as I deny now, that any State has the right of its
own will to separate itself from the other States, and
thereby to destroy the Union and break up the Government.
And I think I have given some evidence that I have been
sincere and in earnest. And now I want to know why it
is that the whole pack of slanderers and calumniators
and traducers have been barking and snapping at my
heels ? (Cheers.) Why is it that they array themselves
against me ? Is it because I stand on the side of the
people ? And when I say " the people," I include the sol-
diers and sailors. (Cheers.) Why is it that they are
arrayed in traducing, and villifying, and calumniating me?
Where were they during the rebellion ? (A voice—" At
home, in bed." (Laughter.) In the Senate I raised my
voice- against it ; and when it was believed that it would
be to the interest of the nation, and would assist in putting
down the rebellion, did I not leave my place in the Senate
—a place of emolument, ease, and distinction—and take my
position where the enemy could be reached, and where
men'slives were in danger? (Cheers, and cries of "That's
so.") While I was thus exposed, personally and publicly,
and in every way, some of my present traducers and
calumniators were far removed from the foe, and were en-
joying ease and comfort. (Cheers and laughter.) But I
care not for them. I care not that slander, the foul whelp
of sin, has been turned loose against me. I care not for all
that; and let me tell youhero to-day, that, althoughpretty
well advanced in life, I feel that I shall live long enough
to live down the whole pack of traducers and slanderers.
(Applause.) They have turned the whole pack loose to
lower me in your estimation. (Voices : They cannot do
it.) Blanche, Tray, and Sweetheart, little dogs and all,
come along snapping and snarling at my heels. But I
heed them not. (Cheers.) The American people—citizens,
soldiers, and sailors, know that from my advent into public
life to the present moment, I have always stood unyield-
ingly and unwaveringly the advocate and defender of
their rights and interests. (Cheers.) We are in the
nation's third ordeal; we are not yet through it. We
said that the States could not go out of the Union ; we
denied the doctrine of secession, and we have demon-
strated that we were right. We demonstrated it by the
strong arm; yes, the soldiers and sailors—God bless them !

—have demonstrated by their patriotic hearts and strong
arms, that States have not the power to leave the Union.
(Applause.) What followed ? The Confederate armies
were overpowered and disbanded, and there was a willing-
ness on the part of the people of those States to come
back, be obedient to the laws, and acknowledge the supre-
macy of the Constitution of our fathers. For what have
we passed through this third ordeal ? It was to esta-
blish the principle that no State had the power to break
up the Government ; it was to put down the rebellion.
The rebellion has been put down, and for what ? Was it
to destroy the States ? (Voices, "Never !") For what
have all these lives been sacrificed, and all this treasure
expended ? Was it for the purpose of destroying States ?
No, it was for the purpose of preserving the States in the
Union of our fathers. (Cheers.) It was for that you
fought—it was for that I tried not to break up the Go-
vernment, but to put down the rebellion and preserve the
Union of the States. That is what we have been con-
tending for, and to establish the fact that the nation can
lift itself above and beyond intestine foes, and treason
and traitors at home. When the rebellion in Massachu-
setts was put down, did that put Massachusetts out of the
Lnion and destroy the State ? IN hen the rebellion in
Pennsylvania was put down, did that destroy the
State and put it out of the Union? So when the re-
cent great rebellion was put down and the Constitu-
tion and laws of the country restored, the States
engaged in it—the rebellion being crushed, the law
restored, and the Constitution acknowledged in them—
stand in the Union constituting a part of the glorious
and bright galaxy of States. (Loud cheers.) In passing
through the ordeal what has been done in Tennessee
under the direction of my lamented predecessor ? He
commenced the work of restoration ; he succeeded before
I came here in restoring the relations which had existed
between Tennessee and the rest of the Union, with ono ex-
ception, and that was the relation of representation. I
came to Washington, and under extraordinary circum-
stances succeeded to the presidential chair. What then ?
The Congress of the United States had adjourned without
prescribing any plan. I then proceeded as I had done in
my own State, under the direction of the Government, to
restore the other States. And how did we begin ? We
found that the people had no courts, and we said to the
judges, the district-attorneys, and the marshals, " Go down
and hold your courts ; the people need the tribunals of
justice to be opened." Was there anything wrong in that?
The courts were opened. What else? We locked out
and saw that the people down there had no mails ; they
had been interrupted and cut off by the operation of the
rebellion. We said to the Postmaster-General, " Let the
people have facilities for mail communication, and let
them again begin to understand what we all feel and think
—that we are one people." We looked out again and saw
that there was a blockade, that the custom-houses were
all closed. We said : " Open the doors of the custom-
houses and remove the blockade ; let trade and commerce
and the pursuits of peace be restored." And it was done.
We thus travelled on, step by Ntep, opening custom-houses,
appointing collectors, establishing mail facilities, and
restoring all relations that had been interrupted by the rebel-
lion. Was there anything undertaken to be done here that
was not authorised by the Constitution ; that was not jus-
tified by the great necessities of the case; that has not been
clearly consonant with the Constitution, and with the ge-
nius and spirit of our Government ? (Cheers.) What re-
mained to be done ? One other thing remained—to de-
monstrate to the civilised and pagan world that we had
passed successfully through the third ordeal of our na-
tional existence, and proved that our Government was
perpetual. A great principle was to be restored, which
was established in our revolution when our fathers were
contending against the power of Great Britain. What
was one of the principal causes of this complaint ? It was
that they were denied representation. They complained
of taxation without representation. (Cheers.) One of
the great principles laid down by our fathers, and which
fired their hearts, was that there should be no taxation
without representation. How, then, does the matter stand ?
Who has bees usurping power ? Who has been defeating
the operation of the Constitution ? and what now remains
to be done to complete the restoration of these States to all

their former relations under the Federal Government, and
to finish the great ordeal through which wo have been
passing ? It is to admit representation. (Cheers.) And
when wo say admit representation, what do we mean ?
We mean representation in the constitution and law-abid-
ing sense, as was intonded at tho beginning of the Govern-

'neut. The Constitution declares in express terms that
each House, the Senate and the House of Representatives,
each acting for itself, shall be the judge of the returns, elec-
tion, and qualifications of its own members. It is for each
house to settle that question under the Constitution and un-
der the solemn sanction of an oath. Andean we believe that
either House would admit any member into its body to
participate in the legislation of the country who was
not qualified and fit to sit in that body and participate in
its proceedings ? They have the power, not the two
houses, but each for itself. The Constitution further de-
clares that no State shall be deprived of its equal suffrage
in the Senate of the United States without its consent.
Then where do we stand? All that is needed to finish
this great work of restoration is for the two houses respec-
tively to determine the question.
" Oh !" but soon some one will say, "a traitor might come
in." The answer to that is, that each house must be the judge,
and, if a traitor presents himself, cannot either house know
that he is a traitor? (Applause.) And, if he is a traitor, can
they not kick him outof the door, and send him back, saying
to the people who sent him, "You must send us a loyal man."
(Cheers, and a voice, " That's logic.") Is there any diffi-
culty about that? (" No, no," and cheers.) If a traitor
presents himself to either house, cannot that house say to
him, "No, you cannot be admitted into this body. Go back.
We will not deny your people the right of representation,
but they must send a loyal representative." (Cheers.) And
when the States do send loyal representatives, can you have
any better evidence of their fidelity to the Constitution

and the laws ? There is no one learned in the Constitution
and the laws who will say that if a traitor happens to get
into Congress that body cannot expel him after he gets in.
That makes assurance doubly sure, and conforms the ac-
tion of the Government to the Constitution of our fathers.
Hence, I say, let us stand by that Constitution ; and in
standing by it the covenant will be preserved. While I
have been contending against traitors and treason, and se-
cession and the dissolution of the Union, 1 have been
contending at the same time against the consolidation of
power here. (Cries of " Good !") I think the consolidation of
power here is equally dangerous with the separation of the
States. (Cheers.) The one would shatter us and might
run into anarchy, while the other would concentrate and
eventuate in monarchy. (Cheers, and cries of " Can't do
it !'') Oh, but there is an idea abroad that one man can be
a despot, that one man can be a usurper ; but that a hun-
dred or two hundred men can not. Mr. Jefferson, the
apostle of liberty, tells us, and so does common sense, that
tyranny and despotism can be exercised by many more
vigorously and more tyrannically than by one. What
power has your President to be a tyrant ? What can he
do ? What can he originate ? Why, they say he exer-
cised the veto power. (Laughter.) What is the veto
power ? (A voice—" To put down the nigger." Laugh-
ter.) Who is your President ? (Several Voices—" Andy
Johnson.") Is he not elected by the people through the
electoral colleges ? The President is nothing more than
the tribune of the people. His office is tribunal in its
character. In olden times, when tribunes were first
elected in the Roman Republic, they stood at the door of
the Roman Senate, which was then over-reaching on the
popular rights and putting the heel of power on the necks
of the people. The people chose a Tribune and placed
him at the door of the Senate, so that when that body ven-

tured an oppressive act ho was ready with power to sly,
" Veto, I forbid." Your President now is the Tribune of

the people. 1 thank God I am, and intend to assert the
poWer which the people have placed in me. (Cheers.)
Your President, standing hero day after day and discharg-
ing his duty, is like a horse on a tread-wheel, and because
he dares differ in opinion in regard to public measures,
he must be denounced as a usurper and a tyrant. Can he
originate anything under the veto power ? I think the veto
power is conservative in its character and affirmative. All
that can be done by the veto power is to say when legislation is
improper, hasty, unwise, unconstitutional, "Stop action—
wait till this can be submitted to the people, and let them
consider whether it is right or wrong." (Applause.) That
is all there is in it ; hence I say that tyranny and power
can be exercised somewhere else than by the executive.
He is powerless. All that he can do is to check legislation,
to hold it in a state of abeyance till the people can con-
sider and understand what is being done then. What has
been done ? I have done what I believed the Constitution
required me to do. (Applause.) I have done what I be-
lieved duty and conscience required me to do. (Cheers.)
So believing, I intend to stick to my position, relying on
the judgment, the integrity, and the intelligence of the
masses of the American people, the soldiers and sailors ex-
pressly. (Cheers.) Then, for my life, I cannot see where
there is any tyranny. It is very easy to impugn motives,
and suspect the purest and best acts of a man's life. If
you come forward and propose a certain thing, your mo-
tives are suspected and condemned. And if you withhold
your opinion, you are regarded as being opposed to the
matter ; so that it is very hard to move ono way or the
other, so far as certain persons are concerned, on all ques-
tions pertaining to the interests of the great masses of the
American people, for in them is my hope for the salvation
of the country. lam with you, citizens, soldiers, and
sailors. Who has sacrificed or periled more than the
humble individual who addresses you ? Has not my all
been put on it—my life, my property—everything sacred
and dear to men has been staked upon it ; and can I now
be suspected of faltering at the close of this third ordeal of
the nation ? Where is he, in public or private life, who has
sacrificed more, or who has devoted more of his time and
energies to the accomplishment of the great end than I ? And
I have done it from the promptings of my own heart and
conscience. I believe it was right. And with your
hearts, and your countenances, and your encouragement, I
shall go through on that line—(cheers and laughter)—and
when I come to talk about sailors and soldiers, about this
I to be done, and that to be done, all I want is for you to
wait and see. So far as the future is concerned, wait and
see if I do not stand by you, although every other man
falter and fail. (Cheers.) I want to see measures of policy
brought forward which will advance the interests of the