The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1864-12-01

tle CfSpiay OF military f0rce. have elected
the constitutional head of the State, is a
spectacle of moral sublimity not surpassed
| In the annals OF the world !
Mr.. Chairman, / Go not agree with
those who maintain that the idea of low
atty has no place in republic | regard
1t, on TIE contrary, as one of the elements
OF the patriotic sentiment, which surely
ought to prevail with augmented force on
| the part OF the citizens o. State where
all government ultimately rests. on popular
| choice Loyalty, In fact, in its primitive
meaning, is iealty to the law, and as such
surely carries with it, as necessary con-
sequence, the duty OF becoming respect, in
their several degrees, to those who, on
behalf OF the people. make, administer and
execute the law. On any other urincple,
1t would follow that the marks Of respect
paid to g European king and queen were
paid, not to the Office. bur to the persons
of the individuals. Now, though at the
present time the throne of England is
filled by sovereign lady, who, by all the
Womanly not less than all the queenly
virtues is also enthroned In the bcarts Of
her subjects, Mr. Thackeray's lecture on
the four Georges are too we'll remembered
not to prove either that loyalty is not
sentiment which mainly regards tie per-
son OF the sovereign. or if it is, that pub
tic sentiment In England during two
successive reigns-to 20 no further back
must have been strangely misdirected
But | would not have it inferred, from,
these remarks, that the President of the
United States, liz whose honor you have
ba .ol,
called me to respond, is entitled to this
mark OF respect only in his official capac-
ity. Now that the struggle is past, | am
sure that no liberal-muded person, how
ever opposed to him politically, (and you
know, sir, that [ belong to "the Presi-
dents opposition y will be unwilling that,
in performing the duty you have devolved
upon mes should say that [ recognize in
him fall measure OF the qualities which
entitle him to the personal respect Of the
people, who have just given him proof
of their confidence, not extended to ary
of his predecessors in this generation 1t
is no small proof of this that he has passed
through the fiery ordeal of the recent
aId stood the Storm Of detraction
from: hundreds of vigorous and hostile |
presses, and had so little SAID against him
[ speak now of personal qualities) which |
deserves even an answer. There is 10 |
enc of his predecessors, not even Wash |
ington, Of whom as many and as reproach-
ful things have not been said, unless per
haps it be Dir. Monroe, who had the
happiness to fall uyon :'tho era CT good |
feeling" and who was, in no one quality,
either as a man or as President, superb
DR. to Mr@ I.iacola. The President gave
ample proof OF bis intellectual capacity
when be contested a seat in the Senate OF
he United States with Judge Douglas
s. hea / sat in the Senate with Judge
Douglas, [ though. him, for business aud
lebate, the equal Of the ablest IN that
BODY, bat his speeches in the senatorial
congress were in no respect superior to
,ir. Lincolns. | believe the President
o be entirely conscientious in the dis
charge of his high trust, and shat, under
circumstances OF unparalleled difficulty,
le has administered the Government with
he deepest sense Of responsibility TO his
country and bis God. He is eminently
| am sure he spoke the
ruth, the other day, when he said that he
lad never willingly planted thorn in any
ldh , UpScU. ne Is one OF The most la /
'orious and indefatigable men in the
ountry, and that he has been able to sus-
ain himself under as grea: q load of care
s was ever laid upon the head or heart of
living man is In no small degree owing
0 the fact that the vindictive and aIgry
assions form no part of his nature, and s
bat kindly and playful spirit mingles
IS sweetness with the austere cup of pub [
c duty.
1t may seem hardly worth while to no.
ice the descriptions which represent the {
President as person of uncoutn appear ,
nee and manners. Bat as Mr Burke {
id net think it out of place, in the most {
lagni6cent discourse in the English Ian i
uage, to comment on the appearance,
ianners, and conversation of the exiled Z
'rench princes. [ will take the liberty to
", that on the only social occasion ever (
ad the honor to be in the company of I
ne President, viz, the commemoration at t
cttysburg, he sat at table at the house /
my friend, David Wills, Esq, by the +
de of several distinguished persons, la a
les and gentlemen, foreigners and Amer i
ans, among them The French Minister at
Washington, since appointed French Am
issador at Madrid. and the Admiral Of {
le French feet, and that in gentlemanly Ii
Jpearance, manners, and conversation, he
as the peer of any man at the table, al