The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-10-27
IMPORTANT SPEECH BF THE; SECRE-
TARY OF TEfE TREASEIEY-

IMPORTANT SPEECH BF THE SECRE
TAEY or TfE TREASEItY-
The banquet given in honor ofSecre
tary McCulloch, at Fort Wayne, Indi
ana, isspoken of by the western paper.
as one of the finest affairs ever witness
ed there. The secretary WAS welcomed
by 2. P. Bailey, Esq, who pr asided Oh
the occasion, and, in response to "om
hon0red guest" spoke as follows:
In any other place and under any
other circumstances l should 1ot feel
atliberty to make any particular alIu-
sion to the President Of the United
States, holding rs do a seat in lliscab-
met. But knowing that many Of you,
my townsmen and neighbors, have
been of the opinion that the settlement
Of the great questions which would
necessarily come up for settlement mt
the close o. the war would require on
the part Of the Chief Magistrate q PRO-
founder wisdom and Il broader atatta,-
manship than was required during its
continuance, and that not few have
! been-deeply anxious lest Mr.. Johnson
might have been Unequal to the prodi-
gious work that has been deyolved up
on him, | feel constrained to say that
there is, in my Judgment, no ground
for apprehension on this subject. Try
ing and difficIlt 1t aS j. his situation,
Mr.. johnson il master Of it. He pos
sosses in an eminent degree, the quail
ties thai lit him fer the presidency at
the present time; \ southern man,
thoroughly acq tainted with the effects
; Of slavery upon sdriety, he knows how
10 deal with southern men in theft pres
cnt circumstances. Ardently attached
to Tennessee, the lpye which he bears
to his state Is entirely subordinate to
that which he bears to the Union.
Jealous OF state rights, he is equally
jealous Of tie rights of the general gov
, crnment. \ radicaland uncomprising
enemy Of nUllificatioi, secession and
every form Of disloyalty, he isequdlly
an enemy TO any measures which, in
his Judgment, are calculated, by de-
I prjVing the states OF their just rights
under the Constitution, to convert the
federal government into a despotism.
Raised ia slave states, and lately aslave-
| holderhe has always been the opponent
Of the aristocracy that was based upon
it. BY natUrc and ny education, he is
! just the man for the great work of re
Establishing the federal aith0rity over
J the recent rebelliu;ls states. And he
has taken hold Of this WORK. with 4 de
( vOtion, an energy and prudence that
promises the best results. lie is man
also, of excellent Judgment, and great
! singlencss Of purpose. Honest himself
I he expects honesty in Others. Although
long in public ife and leading poll
tician Of his own school, he is in no
1 sense Il partisan. Cnassuming in man
ucrs, he Is YET Self-possessed and Gigni-
! fed. He listens to the advice Of those
in whose Judgment he has confidence
but acts upon his own convictions, and
generally lIyaccordiHg to bisoWn impress
ions. With great decision of character
ne Is never hH~ty in action. Stern and
unyielding in his adherence to princi-
pie and duty, he iSa man of kindlyand
, gentle emotions. Having by his OWN
i inGomitahIc energy fought his way up
from a low to q high estate, he Is in
hearty sympathy with those who are
treading the same upward path. He
, is, in a word, a clear-headed, upright,
energetic, sclf-rGlying statesman; a dig
nitied. courteous, and kind hearted
gentleman. His administration will be
characterized by Ill the force and cncr-
~ and independence of Jackson's, with
very little Of its partisan character.
THE PEEsIDENT'S RECONSTRUCTED
IT'IICY.
/ Under his direction the great woakof
. re-cstabliShing civil Government at the
South under the federal Constitution j.
going rapidly forT'ard-toO rapidly, it
I seems, according to the opinion ofmany
at the North, whose opinions are cnti-
tied 10 great consideration. l know,
sir, that many doubt the wisdom Of Mr.
Johnson's policy; that many arc Of the
opinion that by their ordinances Of Sc
crssi0n the rebellioas states had ceased
to he states under the Constitution and
that nothing should be done by the aX-
CCuIiVc in aid Of the restoration of their
state governments until Congress had
determined on what terms they should
be restored to the Union which they
had voluntarily abandoned and at
tempted to destroy; that as the people
of thcre states had appealed to the
sword, and been subjugated by the
sword, they should be governed by the
/ sword until the law-making powers had
! disposed ofthe subject Of Reconstruction,
: that no state that had passed ordinances
Of secession and united with the social
! cd confederate governmentshoulde ever
! I've admitted again into the Union un-
less in its preliminary proceedings all
men, irrespective Of color, should be
! permitted to vote, nor without provL'-
| ions in its Constitution for the absolute
enfranchisement of the negro. Some