American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-09-27

ed them Ia the field When subordi-
nate of his was defauiter he whined
about the matter /; he said to the Gov
ernment 1 will pay the amount of defsl-
cstion myself, and he paid it to the ut
termost dollar EFErs
Who has ever brought a charge against
Mr. Reed Meyer, the Surveyor of the
Port? Or who disputes that DR.. Wal
lace, Naval Officer, is not an honest man
and good oiRcer.
have no special agency in the ap-
pointment of these gentlemen, Bat |
am opposed to the assumption of power
by men elected for very different pur-
pose Permitting these gentlemen to
dictate to the President whom he shall
appoint, is giving the whole power of the
Executive to them. 1t is very proper
for them, when asked for their opinions,
to give them, but they must not attempt
to force them upon the Executive Of the
country. (Applause.) There was time
and within my memory, too, when the
term Member of Congress FROM Phiiadel-
phia was synonymous with greatness.
In those days members were too prol
to loitcr about the departments in Wash
ington, hunting up jobs, or meddEng with
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little appointments, with one vote in the
hall and two p the lobby. They devoted
their time and their alb lties to building
up the prosperity of the city. and adding
to the interests of the people they repre-
sentad, and if their example had always
been initiated Philadelphia would not
pov be the second instead of the first city
in the Union. HflFIE
The iron from her mountains would not
have been carried to other States for
building shipsIfor we should have had
navy yard here, where, tis admitted, is
the best site in the Union. In the oleen
time member of Congress from Phila
dephia would have had sufficient inau-
euce to have carried his point without a
dissenting voice, And so it should al
ways be, for Philadelphia, the capital Of
the great State of Pennsylvania, has sent
tothe war more men than the sane pop
uation ever sent to an army since the
world began. and there is not a battle
field throughout the whole Confederacy
on which hosts of her sons are notifying,
and whose achievements shall live when
the very monuments erected to their
memory shall have moulded into dust.
We are too much 10 tho habit of al
lowing small men in this great State OF
ours, to sec pulate our affairs Instead of
squabbling rbout little offices, mems mind
should be turned to the great resources
of the Commonwealth We have min
eral enough to employ ten times the pop
ulation of our State, and, connected with
them, enterprises sufficient to occupy us
all, apd all who may come among us
Our railroad system, just now compile
ted, reaches almost every portion Of our
State. Wehave opened upin our oil'the
most remarkable discovery that the world
has yet known new and prolific source
Of wealth.
Let the gentlemen turn theirattention
to developing our coal, our iron, our tim
ber and our oil, 50 that every man among
US may enjoy his partof these great blcs-
sings, with which God has endowed our
glorious Commonwealth, and then their
constituents and their fellow citizens cv,-
erywhere will have reason. to thank them.
In this way they can best discharge th9.
aaeat duties they have undertaken TO
perform N
The last time | spoke to you here was
in favor of the lamented j. ncoln. TWAS
by the exertions of the people of Phila-
delphio, more than any other portion OF
the State, that he received the vote OF
Pennsylvania. He has fallen. He lives
in the heart Of his country, and while we
remember HIN with affection, We are
proud to know that he has a successor to
whom we can turn with no less assurance
Of safety. President johnson has, per-
haps, the most difficult task ever devolv-
ed upon the Chef Magistrate of any ma
ton. 1t will be your duty, gentlemen,
as we'll as mine, to aid him by your en-
enlargement and confidence in his good
intentions and signal abilitiity.
We may all ,h9ye or theories Of con-
clliatinglthe men who havebeen in rebel
liou, and of restoring the States to the
Federal Government, but we should re-
member that Mr.. johnson is in a position
where he has all the facts before him bet
ter than we have, and VIC should not en-
barrass him by thrus;ing our opinions
upon him, but rather wait until he shall
have deyeloped policy. the result of his