Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-10-27
SPEECH BY HON. ANDREW JOHNSON

SPEbUH BY HUN, ANDRhM JUHNSUN.
Hon Andrew Johnson made speech at
Louisville on Thursday evening last, in which
he said
say let the Government go on and slavery
get along the best it can Give me my coun-
try, and, if need be, let all else go. If
slavery gets in the way it must get out and
g down. Let I" niggers" go, if they get in
the way Of putting down treason. Before the
rebellion vas for sustaining the government
without slavery, without regard to particular
institution. Institutions must be subordinate.
and the government must be supreme.
Slavery is no longer q local, but an timer
ant institution, going around just where it
pleases. Slavery is dcmoralized, and the
slaves are becoming practically free. 1t is
fast settling itself. Practical emancipation is
the order of the day throughout Tennessee
and Kentucky. As soon as law and order is
restored and these States get out OF the tran
sition from slavery to freedom, black labor will
Be much more profitable to them than ever
before. I pay my former slaves every week,
and they work far better than they used to.
Slavery is a slow, tardy, inactive, inert, and
wastcful system Of labor. Black labor eman-
cipatcd in all the southern Strtes will event
ually prove more profitable than it ever was
while enslavcd These broad acres have been
worked long enough by few lords and great
gangs of slaves.
Let the negro have fair chance and an
equal start in the race of lie The talk about
g niger equally" is all humbug. I have
seen mere of it in the south than have in the
north. If the negro as a free man can coin-
pete with the white, he has right to compete
with him; it, after fair test, he can't, he
Must give way to the white. In my opinion
freedom will not make negroes any worse.
and will result in their advancement l ain
for an aristocracy of labor of intelligent. stim-
ulating, virtuous labor; of talent, of intellect,
of merit for the elevation of each and every
man, white and black, according to his talent
and industry.
The pseudo Democratic party is the rebel
party of the United States, composed in ma
ior part of the rebels and lurking traitors in
our midst, who are as much engaged in the
attempted overthrow of the government as
the traitors under jeff. Davis. The point Of
its leaders and running members is power
and thcr intention is to give aid and comfort
to jeff. Davis & Co., and their armies. They
are the allies and friends of Jeff. Davis, Civ
ing him all possible aid and comfort in keep,
ing up the rebellion, in resisting the supre,
macy of the Constitution and laws over the
entire United States, Their platform looks
one way, their tickets head another, and
their tickets tail another. .....
know Mr. Mcclellan we'll He falls far
below medlocritya very nice little gentle
man When you try to get hold Of and gri.
him, he is SO small you can't find him He's
so little there's no place to whip him on
Whatever there is Of him is nothing else bu
what Mr. Lincoln has made him. If any
part of the war is 6 failure" it is that par
which was conducted BY Mcclellan Tall
about failure now, when General Sherman
has penetrated the heart of rebellom, and
holds it in his grasp!
Mr. Lincoln has proved himself Il patrio
above all party. Whatever he has done ha'
been to defend and preserve the Constitution
and the government. If he has in augh
violated the Constitution, he has done 1t or
tie principle of self-proscrvation, to save thu
life of Of the nation and rescue the Constitu
ton itself from utter destruction. His Sol
subject has been to save what his country
enemies would destroy.
| Re-elect Mr.. Lincoln, and this diabolical
Internal, hell-born and hell-bound rebellion
Is well ligh at an end. 1t will carry tcrro
and dismay into the traitors couclaycs an
the traitors camps. jeff. Davis will STAN
more terrified than did Macbeth before Mac
duff. Our armies will be encouraged an
inspired and our nation will be redcemrd an
regenerated.
Fight jeff. Davis and this rebellion
death. The best way to have peace is 10 con
quer rebellion and to arrest and hang traitors
Not half enough Of traitors have Been al
rested, All arrested should be tiled for trea
son and if convicted, hung This goTernmcr
cant live while traitors and treason dre j
the supremacy. Conquer peace, and unles
the rebels come forward and achnowledg
submission to the Constitution and laws ofth
United States, confscate traitors propert
and hang them for their treason. Make :.
Constitution and laws supreme, and treaso
and traitors odious. ...
A Nrw DEVELOPMENT OF PEACE PRISc
PIES The notorious Vallandigham addresse
a meeting of his sworn vassals at Sydue
Ohio, on the 9th ult iii which he urge
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