The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-12-13
Stevens Cries War Against Tt and
Appeals for Followers.
sEWARD's SPEECH.
Delivered ut Auburn, New York, Ootoher
40, 1866.

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Delivered at Auburn, New York, October
go, 1865.
FRIENDS.
Ny Coon FRrEsDs--A meeting with ycn here rom
time to time, as opportunity serves and duty permits is
not merely privilege, but even blessing Your greet
ing this occasion in the when fruits are
clustered around although the leaves heads
and tho grass beneath feet yet fresh and grec.
The assemblage which has gathered express me its
coed wishes harmonzes with the season and the scene
However youthful townsman of Auburn is he never
theless habituay thoughtful; however old he is yet
always cheerful and hopeful This particular greeting
calls up not fancies bat memorics-somc nov and
and others DID, pleasing, others moulnful some
private, others public with all Of which, however you
all are intimately and generously associated thoso
memories have become ndeliby impressed apon mo
that they seem to me to constitute part my very
being We have met occasionally during the past i've
years. but always under circumstances which pain
full and which excited deep socitude You freely gave
me your sympathies then, even when my visits
hurried when my appeals to you, and through you 10
more distant fellow citizens, to make efforts and
sacrifices for suffering country must have seemed
qucruous and exacng and when either pubic or pr-
vate anxiees denied me tho privilege Of tempo
rary rest and calmncss Who that labored under The
weight Of dsproportonate responsibility could have
rested or been at case when the land which o ought 10
love with more than earthly affection Uca ,yd cry
dry uat ciolen, dissolution Of its political 0stiI os u
be to qiciy Joinei ~ ,meic anarchy crtercaids
by mpriat and possibly by foreign de poiisms Wo,d
God that the patriss 81 esi> had ,-osr, re midst Of
hec ciuH carnations, taken 10 themselves re comfort Of
difference aud rypoe But all Is now chaircd The
civil is ended. Death has removed his victims;
liberty crowned her heroes and humanity lss
lied her martyrs; the silk and tho stricken cured
the surviving cobaants fraterniZng anG tho coun.
try the object OF our just pride aud lawful asn once
more stands collected cad comp sed tryas s-a9y aud
najesc than erer bJore, cihom Of DIM
gyous discen at home and ioitk0utGn enemy ii rid
tnn M ptIetftf A.ha
| open before Us?
prospects WITH JOHNSON AS ALrArrn
These prospects, however, cover broad Held. could
not rightly tax your Kindness much TO sarvey the
whole Of 1t; and even II were willing yoa would kindly
remember that at the present moment ms power II
| Specie IS abridged Only magnanmous themes are
worthy Of your intellectual understanding or compatible
with the feelings which have moved this Interview
We have lost the great and good President Abraham
Lincoln. He had reached stage OF moral cons dera-
ton when his name alone II encrcisd with martyrs
wreath would be useful to humanity at large than
ms personal ciors could be pcnehcai 70 any he soun
try as her chosen Chief Magistrate He y now asso-
ciated with Washington. The two American chiefs,
though they dead still live and they are leading the
entire human race in more spirited profess to"ard
/ fields OF broader liberty and higher civilization TAP
pause.) In the place Of Abraham Lincoln We have
| now President To most OF you he Is personally un-
known. The people around me, with their Gus
tomary thoughtfuness, are inqaiiing Of those who
1 OF man Andrew Johnfon Is, and what manner Of
| President he may be expected to be. When in iscl
treason, laying aside for the moment the already OBJ
nox,ous mask of slavery and investing Itself with the
always attractive and honored robes OF democratic free
dom flashed lis Iurid light through the chan.r
and announced already completed dissolution OF le
Union, then leader, who should b. ut hrsta senatorial
aud aierwald popular leader was required TO awaken
sleeping loyalty and PATRIOTISM throughout the land
/ to its unconscious hosts and 10 inspire them
with the resolution needed 10 rescue the consu'u on
suppress the rebellion aad preserve the integrity ~ the
republic. Applausc) TO seemed :, 0gg~t, 40
is cas-, aeeesiy rsetn9 firm cir'sr..'ae, not
that leader irhite he should IL capable, Gr md oGr
tai prtio should also BE- cai4es OF hss.diaa 10 der
Stoc-a slare.oldr ~ praoie fh'"ga no =, P,nP :
ard W, IN principle and as%ciTin a dep'Hroi Ana ro
Johnssn u 7en'ssse, omre ey ti'ed nor corp ~ ei-
tons, and, uih The cossW Of ne etde daofodn pxP',
he a',msa as gea, rePns1sy GDSo appls.e
defiant, and announced 10 the aston -ineat OF
mankind, that the pretended free empire which was
building by usurpation within forbidden bort"rs Nas
founded upon the stone Of slavery The newly
naugurated President Lincoln, with dee sion MOI ur-
compsncd by characteristic prudence announced mt
thcnccforth slavery should be deemed and treated rs
public enemy. tApplause) Andrso Johnsoa Q, c.rfd he
conditions Of his ppidr edderhip which mis- an
| nouncement created aud thonccforward he openly,
freely and honestly declared not only that tho erection
OF the new cdce should be prevented but the corner
stone of slavery itself the rock Of ali past we'll a~
OF all then future dangers, should be- uited and
removed and cast out from the republic neneweu up
plausel Whatever may have bcen thought by yow or
| by me, or by others, at that time, . IS ao~ cp
parent that ne attempted reroirtiea cat".s"oted shs"
lie National banner for he first tiSc .m ssfuuy
rspLanrd on our goffaat arrxyoa TIC hanks IF ne Ca
icad and When tennessee nrst among the borcr states
which had been reluctantly carried into tho rebellion
offered once more a foothod and a resting place Ia ,h
authorities Of the Union From that time, while vas
human nature had before exerted i was AZ TIM
same equally needfu with wisdom which hfs neve
been surpassed ~ the beneccnt o rest
ing the Union and harmonizing the great poIt al family
! which although had been temporarily distracted WA
destined, nevertheless 10 live and grow forever nnde
that majestic protection. loud applauscl Te abnltc
ofsiore,y heacetorth equally on element Pcrs'r
,cur and Of returning peace Continued aplianscl
neither reads history with care nor studies the ways
Providence with who does not see that, 10
the prosecution Of these double, diverse and yet equal
important purposes Of war and peace Andrew Johnso
tiy appointed TO be Provisional Governor In Ten
nessee-the first of series or Provisional Governor
aerward TO be assigned 10 the insurrectionay sfays-
and subsequently elected Vice President and in u
end consttutionay naugurated President 81 the Unite
states renewed applause)
| RESTORATION
| We are continually hearing debates concerning IN
origin and authority OF the plan OF restoration Nc
converts North and South call II tho Presidents p,af
All speak Of IL IL II new and recent develop
mcn On the contrary, we now see thst ~ y not spec
respect Is hs man ohich abruptly yetdisftncy orr
stwlft 10 the last administration, at Ae m0DsM heTe ~
recalled when the work OF restoration was 70 pcgin
the moment when although oy me e wV.u ,n y.
sonaby presented itself, and therefore y me on'y
sbe plan which afterward could be adoptc
Great nppause.) This plan, although occasionally
auiring Variation OF details, nevertheless admits ~
| Substantial change modification IL could neither
enlarged nor contracted. state conventions ~ os
States however favorable, in disloyai states howe'
hostile could not lawfully sectually dlsalow e; ~
even the people themselves, when amending me cons
tuition Of the United States, only giving TO that pl
| lie lust and ncedful sovereign sanction.
| rHE coNuRES LIMITED
| In tbe meantime ne ezrsssvc and egistotire aafho
s.s ~ Concres can Do no more than discharge their prog
Tsncfows 81 protecting I've rscexfy tHsurgem Staf. VI
snsysAy daring Ne s~ psy,Sn ss"f 'ss psas
10 Mis plsr Aat, ne ssswyscscnary Sces sAaH ~ 0s
seives and for Asnsssves accept and ddopt Mt p'aw,
s--f. - IL whn N Uhop aa m