Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-10-26

/ peace, and what &c have been DONG
/ still move effecsuaIly In the prosecution
I II the waf II is national marcn on
/ ward and Irresistible as the late con1let
( bafwsrn free and slave labor was yigOr-
Gus and irrepressible. EnihusIasiic
] applauss. The plan OF RECOMMENDATION
we are pursuing has gwen Us Two great
! national advances IN TINS progress Of
moral and political essyatlon, Wnlca are
nrivy u, ne made fast n8d firmly liked.
First, II secures q voluntary abolition OF
slavery BY every State which mas eugag-
I'd in insurrectioni aud, BecoHdiy, it
must secuFe and does secure aH eHectual
adoption bg the late slave States them
/ selves "a lhe q f4endment of the Federal
| Consultation, which declares that neither
slavery nor involuntary eer7itnde, ex.
cspt Tor crime, shall ever hereafter exist
in any part Of he United States. Zap
plause. The people who have 50 slead-
lily adhered 10 the true path Of Demo
cratic progress and civilization through
all the sedactions of peace, aud through
30 many difficulties aud at such fearful
costtn war, will nov have heE induce
ments and encouragemeuts 10 persegere
in that path until they shall have sue
cessiully reduced 10 a verify the sublime
hsserlion Of tha political equality Of all
men, which the founders, 10 their immor-
tai declaration laid down IS the true ba-
ais OF American Union prolonged
applaussJ
MUTUAL cosFaDEscE.
Il is certain that the plan Of recon.
20 ~ * -. a
planned. must and will be adopted Ap-
pieuss r. may, however, be hindered
or fastened. How can It be hiBdeFsd7
You are yourselves aware Of the answer
when you fasteu upon any violent, fac
tious Ok seeiioas exhibition Of passion
or discomfort IN any Of the lately rebel
lious States and argue from il The fail.
IRE Of the plan. You argue justly.
Every turbulent and factious person IN
the lately insurreclionsry States 10 re-
sisting, hindering and delaying the work
OF restoration to the exteut Of bis abil
ify. But the case Is precisely the same
with ourselves Manifestations Of doubt,
distrust, examinations, contempt or def
ance, in the loyal States, are equally in
furious, and equally tend 70 delay the
work Of reconciliation. How, then,
shall it be hassened2 Ireply, virtually,
10 the language Of the Prasident---in lhe
spirit Of the Consultations, and in har.
mony, not only with orr politics, but
with our religiou-'sWa must trust each
other" Applause Can we not trust
| each other2 Oace we were friends. We
have since been enemies We are friends
again. Rsueaed applause But,
whether 10 friendship or enmity, ia
/ peace OF "a war, We are aud can be no-
thing elso 70 each other than brethren.
Losd applause A few evenings ago,
an hundred Southern men, who recently
lad been more OF less iufuential and
leading revoutonists. visited my house
at Washington They we're frank,
unreserved and earnest ia their a.
surGnces VI acquiaseeges and reconeiiia.
| ton, az ! also was ID mine Happily, n
pafty Of intelligent Eaghshlnen were 10
my dwelling at The same time intro
| duced the late rebels 20 the representa-.
tives cf sympAthizing England, and /
said 10 the parties. = You lately each Of
you thought tia, tbs S9atbern men pre-.
ferfed British rule 10 citizenship IN the
United Sialsa" While the Englishmen
Individually diselaimed, both parties
promptly answered, as they nov DO, that
| the idea was NOT. merely - dslaessu, bar
an absurd mistake. They now knew
that even duriag The EXCITEMENT Of the
war, the Kmtriean citizen, whether
North or South, really preferred bis own
couutrymen, Qg every section, % any
oihes psople iathe world Some Of yuu
fear that the President may be too leni
.ent 70 those leaeers WIN plunged the
country .iui0 the calamilies Of
civil war Except those Of you who
have been manned or bereaved, has any
Of you sufered more Of wrong, insuit or
insolence at the hands Of those leaders
than be has3 Caa ~ not forget where
ho can forgiven Are you aware that
bis terms OF amnesty TO offenders are
far more rigorous than those which we've
o6erfh by. Abrahaai Lino0ln7 Have
you ever seen the majesty OF law more
firmly maintained thanit has been BIZ
him III the exercise Of discriminating
ciamency2 Applause Some Of You
seem TO have been slightly disturbed hy
the professions or demonstrahoua Of "a
vor toward the President, made By par
administration, as well as the admins
traiion Of his predecessors. Laughter ]
Aud you ask. Hay not the PRESIDENT YET
prove uufaithfGl to us7 For myself,
laid aside partisanship, il had any, ia
1861, when The salvation OF tho country
demanded that sacrifice II ia not,
therefore, nay purpose 10 descend 20
mere partisanship now. Andrew John
son, laid aside, | am sure, whatever OF
partisanship he had, a. the same time,
TApp Iausa That noble aet aid not al
low, but, on the other hand, II forbade.
COLLISION BY the friends of the Union
with opponents OF the policies Of the
war aud Of reconciliation which the
Government has found Il necessary 10
parsue Duty requires absolute and I'M
compromising fidelity to the supporters
Of those policies, whatsoever aud oS
whatsoever party they may be. Zap
plause
Andrew johnson has practieed thar
fidelity against the vialsnce OF enamies.
to the sacrifice OF bis fortune, the hazard
Of his liberty, and even the peril on his
life Enthusiastic cheering The
same tidetity Is stu identified with the
success Of those policies, and, Of course,
IS necessary to the achievement OF their
magnificent ends. Loud applause. !
Why should he nov abandon those pols
eies, and desert tme-nonored and fasor-
ed Supporters, merely because the dawn
ing success Of our efforts has compelled
former opponents to approve and accent
them2 Renewed applause Patriot
ism and tayalsy equally, however, require
that fidelity in this case shall De mutual
Be 20 tiithfal, therefore, on your part.
and although the security / offer il nm
necessary aud superhapas, yet | will
guarantee fidelity on his part. TRenew.
ca cheering ! Those who hitherto on
posed the President, but now protess to
support him, either are sincere or insin-
eere. Time must prove which is the
fact II they are sincere, who that has
loyal heart bat must rejoice in their
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