The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-08-29

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You. D1ring to stand by the Constitution
of our fathers. Cheers.
The President here approached the spot
where Senator johnson was staining and
sad:
| con ider the proceeding Of this Con-
v]cntian, sir, as nose important thln these
1 OF ANY c,nyeution that ever assembled in tie
| United States. li;rcat app use.
When ! llok with my mind ; eye upon
| that collection OF e~iiZCns, coming together
voluntarily and sitting IN council with IDEAS,
with principles and vi"ws commensurate
| with all The States and cncStcn,ivc with the
whole people, AMI contrast il with the col
lection OF gentlemen who are trying to de
Sirny the country, | r.Eart 1t a. mere lm.
pnrtant than any convention that sat, at
!east since 1851. ILnul cheers. | think
may. say. also, that the declarations that
were Their. made are equal with the Dccia,
ration OF Inlapcndencc itself, and here
today p~e,rrunc, i a 5 cond Declaration Of
| Inle, eld II e. IC,ics of "Glnrious, - an
tn II S. el husia tic and prolonged ap-
piauic.
Your ad lrcs' and declarations are moth
ing more nor l.ss than a roa!irmation ofthe
/ Constitution o. the United States. Cries
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II nth +. and say that the d~eclaraii ms you
have mad, that tn principles you have
emu ciated in your address, are Il second
prod NATION Of EN- tno!patlon to the people
or the Unit d S u e.; [ren we'd appllu G.;
for in J. o l.miny and reproc!aiminG these
grra. traths you have laid down a CDnStitu-
tional Platform upon which all can make a
common ctuse, an stand together for the
u.-f.-,.I,, 1T H., St,F,. ~, fpa ,,ul.nr,ro-
ton Of the q VCrnmnnt, without reference
to party questions, which only is the saliva,
tion Of the country, for our country rises
above all party considerations or influences.
Crie4 OF Good, and cheers.
How many are in the United States that
now require to he free? that have the shack
les upoh thor limbs. AMI bound as rigidly
as though they were n fact in slavery? |
repeat, then, your declaration is thu second
proclamation Of emancipation to the people
Of the United States. and Offers i common
ground upon which all patriots can Stani,--
MIR. Chairman and gentleman, let me il this
connection ask you what have | TO gain
more than the Advancement Of the public
welfare? | am as much opposed to the IN
dulgence Of ee0tlsm as any one; but here,
in a conversational manner, while formally
receiving the proceedings Of this Conven-
ton, | may be permitted again to ask what
have | to gain, consulting human ambition,
more than have gained, exccptin one thing.
My race is nearly run. | have bee p'ac
ed in the high Office which | occupy under
the Constitution Of the country, and | may
say have held, from lowest to highest, al
most c4cry position to which a man may at
tain in our Government. | have passed
through every position from an alderman Of
avil'a age to the Presi iency, an sarc,y, gen.
tlemcn, this should be enough TO g atty d
reasonable ambition. II | wanted authori
ty, or if | wished to ~perpetaate my owr
power, how easy it would have been to hold
and WELD that which was placed in my hand,
bv measures called Freedmen Bureau bills
Laughter and applause.
With an army which it placed at my dis
c~retiun, | could have remained at the Capi.
tai of the United States, and with its fifty
or sixty millions Of appropriations at my
di p0yal, with the machinery to be worked
by my own hands, with MY satrapS and de.
pendcnts n query town and village, an
then with the Civil Rights Bill following as
an auxiliary, laughter, in connection with
all the other appliances Of the Government,
I could haze proclaimed myself Dictator.
Nr.eS"L y 5 t'Ne' ana Ih'0o cneef'
ior the PRESIDENT -, -.
but gont!Smen, my prl,de ava my anlol
ton hayG been /" .o1c9py, that position which
retains all power n the h344S OF me PEG
PIE LNreat cnaG'lns' 1t IS u2oh '1a' l.
nave Always reio1Ii' Is upon 'hat Feiy
pow. a Foiesm11 ANA me poo2'G WIN hI'
dlsaJppoi''t you ana l Fepea MAJ ne'h,
er inc 'a9lEa nor JecF9 "l I~G!S'oH'' nof {"
a ca'ulln'&il9S press can '''I' NJ lr1ln ny
purpose t'.oat "ptia'ai "cN,l'"i
@ddgc no FNPaF'"F :, my uTu, c,t a1tIno'
OF ny eN's'efTG' ',nu ''c leoP'e oI'le !i'l!
ca stare, lfroioh59a ana ENTHUSIASM
clGgeI'nE'
fof me one IT! |? 9oey an MS conlll',l'
as best l caA eompayloi' WIN my poor lu
MARTY nor the otiel' III a pohI,ea' an.
representatives sense me hiAh hcneS'" o.
me people nave always boeh re'i"rt'G ans
ooeIrd by me, LOUD c'eefT. NJ T''alF'
ma" nave S2'd more 'lan ! ,hFeII1cu
Eor 5l'lu Illusions 10 ny syn co.'alleH IL
H"N'l du"iCHH' any II ieH"l'4'','h ''''f'I4 VI!
/ me convention. liT me remark mar IN I'M