The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-10-22
Nb Specch At Auburn In Exposition Of
- Domestic and Foreign Poll
cy Of the Administration
PRESIDENT JOHNSON. FULLY ENDORSED.
Important Views and Hints on Southern Re.
construction, State Rights, the Demo.
cratic Party, the Monroe Doc
trinc, Political Equality and
the Good Time Coming.



this occasion comes in the when fruits are
clustered around although the leaves above heads
S which bas 70 to me it's
good wishes harmonzes with the season and the scene
However youthful townsman Of Auburn y ne Is never a
always cheerful and hopeful This particular grectng
calls up not mere fances but memcries-some new ana
others old pleasing. others mournfnl some pr.
vste others public with all Of which, however, you all
Intimately and generously associated; and those
memories have become SO indebly impressed upon me
shat they seem constitute part OF my very
being We have met occasionally during the past vc
years always under circumstances which were pain
1u and which excited deep solcitude You freely gave
me your sympathies then, even when my visits were
move distant fellow citizens to make new efforts
and sacrifices for our suffering country, must have
or private anxeties denied me the privilege Of
s1emporxry rest and camness VINO that abored under
she weight OF disproportionate responsibility could
have ressd or been at ease when the land which he
.sught 10 love with more than earthly affection mds
sess sssy ay sa yss @,ssa' a. ~ 1
chy a.ereard ~ imperial and possibly foreign des
soasmS Would God that the patriots Of Nesico had
1dper f midst Of her clU toss, taken 10 them
seres TIC comfort J indifference AID repose But all is
NOW changed. The civil war is ended. Death has re-
humanity has canonized her martyrs the sick and the
stricken cured; the surviving combatants are
fraterrizpg; and the country the sbect Of our just
pride aRd lawful affection, more sas collected and
composed fyne' stronger end mre sa.jefic than eur
and ,oiiLosl ON enemy in he gorId (Appauge) why
should we not iclcitate each other on this CHANGE
and upon ne new prospects Mn9n open n.S deloo o u
mot rightly tax your Kindness much TO survey the
whole Of it; and even If were willing you would kindly
remember that q The present moment my power or
speech is abridged. Only magnanimous themes are
worthy Of your intellectual understanding, compatible
With the feelings Whlch have moved this interview.
We have lost the great and good President, Abraham
Iincan. He had reached stage Of moral consdcra-
ton when his name aone, If encirced with martyrs
wreath, would be more usefii to humanity at large than
bis personal efforts could be beneficial to any coun
try as h4r chosen chief magistrate He Is
ed WIN
though they dead still live and they leading the
Fields OF broader liberty and higher civilization Zap
pause) In the place OF Abraham Lincoln We have
now President To most Of you he Is personally un-
1ommy thoughtfulness, inquiring OF those who
are nearar to him than themselves what manner
Of man Andrew Johnson Is and what manner OF
President he may be expected to be. When, in 1861,
srcason, laying aside for the moment the already OBJ
nexous mask of slavery, and investing itself with the
always attractive aud honored robes of democratic free
DOM flashed its urid light through the Senate chamber
and announced as already completed dissolution o.
toral and aferward popular leader, was required TO
swaken sleeping loyalty and patriotism throughout tho
hand 10 rouse It's Unconscious hosts and TO inspire them
with the resolution needed TO the constitution,
suppress the rebellion and preserve the integrity Of tho
Inpublc Applauso) 10 nae reIsow senssd D. su5gcs AZ
ais ca c, necessity rsuting from circumstances, that
leader uiIe he ,isd BE capable iacsls ard dsyo
Sas~s .aassSr "a prsoties, sscsos not 10 plSs;ps,
sid get Ia principle and assocdtios Democrat Andreo
s s.g s as ssm s sss m s s',' se
Pc A. assumed the grea, yesponsiIiy loud sppIause
Tho insurrection soon became fagitious, insoieni,
defiant and announced, to the establishment or
mankind, that the pretended free empire which
a was building by usurpaton within forbidden.
The newly inanguara,cd President, Lincoln, with deci
SION not unaccompenied by characteristic prudence, an
sreated public enemy. lApplause) Andreo Johnsn
accpted the neao conditions Of p pay leadership which
d. freely and honestly declared not only thai the cree
ton Of the new edce should be prevented but the cor
neI stone Of slavery ITSELF the rock q an our pas az
and removed, and cast out from the republic: Ore
pewcd applausel Whatever may have been thought
- apraren, ai the Attempted recotuton trlminasd
acAen IL nsfonal bonne for ice rS time successfully
yspl1nted ~ gallant army the BANKS cf the Cuber
saId aud When tennessee first among the border States
which had been reluctantly carried into tho rebel lion,
ufered once more foothod and resting place 10 the
authorities Of the Union From that time, while II was
yet necessary 10 prosecute the with such energies
human nature had never before exerted, was at the
Uame time equally needful with wisdom which has
Seen surpassed TO prosecute the benehcen work OF resor
ing the Union and harmonzing the great political family
destined nevertheless 10 live and grow forever under
shat majestic protection. cloud appause) The dbsion
~ slavery useoforA eqtdliy element n pcTsis.em
ear and Of r,ta,ning peace Continued applause) He
neher reads history with studies the ways OF
she prosecution OF these double diverse yet equally
important purposes OF war and peace Andrew johnson
vas ntly appointed 70 be Provisional Governor In Ten
zessee-the first OF series Of Provisional Governors
aterward 70 DO assigned 70 the insurreconary States
and subsequently elected Vice President, and In
che end consttutionaiy nauguracd President OF the
URted States. Renewed appause.) We are contn-
ay hearing debates concerning the origin and author
Sly Of the plan Of restoration New converts North and
south cali II the Presidents plan All speak Of 1t as IL
- were and recent development On the contrary,
Nam now so zee nas Is not spcoay , = ~
plan rh'eh abruptly vet distinctly 1ered Hssg % ne
- sdmiri,haSn, AZ me nsoaeM Aave eSlns re,
she moment when, although by the world impoverished,
= did begin and il Ia the only plan which thus sea-
rteA tfnalFs
naSe plan when then could be adopted
uGreas appIause THIS plan, although OCCASIONALLY re
urng variation OF details, nevertheless admits Of no
Bubstantla change medication. II could neither DO
enlarged nor contsugtcd. state conventions In loyal
States, however favorable, In dsoyal States however
ksstie could lawfully clcctusy dsallow IT, and
bvsn the people themselves when amending the Consti
Siss it's Just and need Vi sovereign sanc,,or In the
Meantime pc ercnfUe and ey dtirs authorities VI Con-
sa con DO no woe tham disc@arge nr rspsr functions
u proehs>0 ns recently 'nsvgem Sacs from anarchy
Sws~o 0e nt5vening psy1od rssis is pian being cr
yseS sssc erecuton. Appause esen,ai o as plan
SAsssipss accept ava ADOPT a pan and ther by submit
shenscvcs and recognise the national authority rhis
D. what meant when said 70 Nr Adams. 10 rassafe
hIch you may possibly recall that in he sense In which
me word subjugaton then used by the enemies OF
&c United ssies al home and abroad h not the
nsctston or purpose Of this government that South
sru States should be suhjugnted; but that tnought
Soaa those States would 30 brought by the udiclousy
nninRed exercise of pressure and pcrsuason 10 con
Hion In which they woud voluntarily return TO their
allegiance This was tho explanation which MT Adams
Dsve TO Lord Paerston the Prime Minister OF England,
uhsn that great and, trust, not unfriendy states
nr aid that he did not believe that the federal Union
keufi be restored because no knew that while any
esn lad horse 10 the water, no man could make MIN
drink The plan, therefore, reccgnsfes NOT ne desrcho
sW spAn NE saorrsfon Of States bW MIR dope ernst
reasons from facts they are not from as.
eumed or possible changes to be effected by continual
wal, muc lass does reason from mere chimeras ZAP
plase This absolute existence Of the States which con-
stitute thu REPUBLIC 10 the most papsble OF all the
fsss with which the American statesman has 70 deal
~ many hAve stumbled over II into treason and re-
1sion the fact for all legitimate deductions and pur.
poses nevert helcss remains In practical sense at
Isas the States were before the American Union
Even while THY were colonies OF the British crown,
shey si were embryo sates-seve raj, free scfexst-
1ns and understandable. Our federal republic exists,
ana henceforth and forever must exist through, not
ahe creation but the combination Of these several
Gree eferlrf1ur Aubborn states These states not
STATES driven into the ground BY an imperial hand, nor