Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1865-03-18
TN. v,e. rr,.,dsn,'s Address.

which has been so severely cri,ised. The
Vice Prcsiden, scattered badly, but beside
question Of taste 10 bringing q stump
speech into the Senate chamber, there is
nothing positively bad in the sdd;ess. -
johnson forgot Secretary Welles' name,
but meu, sometimes, forget even their own
names, The address was as follows:
Mr.. johnson, before taking the oath of
tfhce. made short speech, which. as ia !
the case Of Mr.. Hamlip, was nearly in. !
audible, owing to the went of order which |
prevailed among the woman in the galleries
BY the choice Of the people, he said, he
had been made presiding tficer Of this |
body, and, in presenting himself here in
obedience to the behests of the Constitution
of the United States, it would, perhaps,
not be out OF place TO remark Just here
what striking thing lhe Consultation was.
1t was the Constitution Of the people oil
tsc coGn,ry. and under cit, here to day,
hcsiore the American Senate, be felt tha,
he vas a man aud American citizen.
He had proud illustration sf the fact
that, under the consti, ution, man could
rose from the rauks TO occupy the second
place 10 the gift of the American people
and Of the American Government. Those
of us who have labored our whole lives
for the establishment Of a fee government
knew how to cherish its great blessings -
He would say to senators and others be-
fore him-to the Supreme Cour, which sal
before him- that they all GOT their power
from the people of this country. Turning
towards Mr. Chase, Mr.. johnson saio |:
And your sxalaton aud position depend
upon the people. Then turning toward the
Cabinet be said: Aud l will say to you,
Mr.. Secretary Seward and to you Mr.
Secretary Stanton, and to you, Mr. Sece
tary-to a gentleman near by, sotto voice,
Who is Secretary Of the Navy? The per-
son addressed replied in q whisper, Mr
Welesl- and to you. Mr. Secretary Wells,
/ would say, you all derive your power
from the people
Mr.. Johuson then remarked that the
great element of vitality 10 this government
was its nearness and proximity 10 the
people He wanted to say, to oil who
heard him, Id the face of the American
people, that oil power was derived from
the people He would say, in the hearing
of the Foreign Ministers, for be was
going 10 tell the truth here to day, that he
was plebeian-be thanked God for it,
1t was the popular heart of This nation
that was beating to sustain Cabinet eff
cials aud.the President OF the United States.
1t was strange occasion that called forth
rlebeian like him to tell such things as
there. Mr.. johnson next adverted to
affairs in Tennessee, and the abolition Of
slavery there. lie thanked God Ten
nessee was Stale in the UnioD, and had
never been out. State Government had
been discontinued for a tims-,bere had
been an interregnum, biatus-but she had
never been out of the Union. lie stood
here to day as her representative. On this
day she would elect q Governor and
Legislature, and she would very soon send
Senators aud members TO Congress.
Intoxication fn Once.
Mr.. Andrew johnson, our new Vice
President, is said TO have been demented
by liquor when sworn into Office, aud to
have made q seEseless and discredtsble
harangue in consequence. And it is re.
ported that be has fallen into habits which
dsqnalify bim for the high position TO
which be has been chosen.
We frequently hope that at least the
latter and worse half Of this scandal will
proye untrue; for, II IL should not. the
country will be subjected to the pain and
Mr.. johnson to the modification insepara
BILE from his expulsion from Office. II be
has become drunkard, aud does noI
promptly and thoroughly reform, be cer
taiply cannot remain Vice President o
the Uuite1 States.
Certain Opposition journals seek 10 make
party capital out of his alleged fall; let US
see how ftly:
Throughout the late session of Congress
two Senators, and two only, have been
couspicuonsIy aud psrsistently inlemperate
Both of them are Of the Opposition. Que
of them has frequently interrupted and dis
turbed the proceedings of the Senate b,
his drunken ebulliiions. Neither Of then
has ever been publicly rsbuked by 40,
Journal Of bis party. On the contrary, on
has Just been reelected for g full term Q
six years by the whole strength Of tbs
Marty in bis State, without whisper O
Democratic dissent from any quarter
And now the very Journal thai is mos
poisily assailing The friends Of the A dmin
islrstion because OF Mr.. Johuson's lapse i
simultaneously deoounciag as proscrip'lv
outrageous the omission by the msjorit
of the Senate OF the names OF those tw
drunken Senators from each and all Of ii
Standing Committees. = Tribune
BusiEEss PAMo.--Coosidsraoie panic :"
Visible 10 the markets add business circles
New York. dusits the last few days Of decl
ing markets there Was general feeling o.
preston and uneasinsss ~ ihs Produce Z
change, which increased AZ the aOnoupceme
OF failure among Philadelphia dealers. II
gold operators are ia trouble, and several
them have failed. Two large firms 10 the bs
er trade Lsve also. gone up.
The spproasb Of . draft gives ints's
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