The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1866-09-06
AMERICA HUMILIAYCD
The President on the Rampage

graceful and humiliating scene ever enact
ed before and iii the midst of any people
President Johnson makes a pretext of hi
visit to Chicago to be present at the layin,
of the corner stone of the Douglas monu
ment, for an electioneering tour, durin9
which he indulges i'm a species oflow dem
agoguery that would disgrace apot-hous'
politician.
! Think of it, reader; he is travelling
through the country as the President o
this nation, as such is received and wei
coined by the people of all parties, as ha.
Railways been the case when man holding
that high position has visited any portion
Of olr country, and he insults those who
thus receive him by making political
! speeches in which he lauds himself to the
| skies and dcnounces the loyal Congress OF
| this country as traitors. This. too, after he
has induced the veterans Grant and Farri-
gut to accompany him on his visit to Chi
cago, which they ofcourse could not refuse
when invited by their comander-inmc- -hfef
We have not room for all the foolish
things said and done by our stumping Pres
ideht, and viii only give an item or two
from his speeches, from which our readers
can form pretty correct idea ofthe depth
ofdegradation this unfortunate man has
reached since he has thrown himself into
the embraces oftraitors and their Copper
head friends of the North The following
lis taken from a speech delivered in New
York:
He thanked God that the people had,
through their representatives at the Phil
adelphia Convention, imposed sentence
upon those who opposed the restoration of
the Union that the people. obeying the
great law of gravitatiOn which would van
Quish any movement pointing to the dis
ruption of the Union, had sent forth their
edict like a blaze oflight. that would exer-
else an Irresistible influence througout the
United States, that the Union must he pre-
served as originally established under the
Constitution.
He had not been mistaken in holding
that there was an oyerruling Providence
in the movements of the American people.
He believed that the great truth, for pro-
claiming which he had been pronounced a
demagogue, was being carried out, that the
voice of the people is the voice of Cod
[Cheers.]
Z 4ItIC was now ~ great SJOuIio SNtii
coming. that would teach the traitors in
the North that the Union Of the States
must be preserved. He had begun in 1861
to oppose any encroachment upon that
Union. and had continued to fight against
such attempts at the Southern portion of
the circle.
Now there were those who made attacks
upon the magic circle and had passed round
to the other extremity. Should he name
them? (''Yes, and hang them, toor'l They
had named him, and denounced him in the
Legislative department. of the Government
as traitor, when he as the Executive of
the nation. was determined TO do his duty
under the Constitution. They were the
traitors, having extended their arms to the
archives ofthe State, and trampled the Con-
stitution Of their fathers under foot. When
these, things were told to them by himself,
on the anniversary of the birthday
of the Father of our Country, why it
was undignified and unbecoming, though
as right for them to charge him
with being a traitor, and with having
abandoned the party that elected him.
1t will be seen that this dignifed Chief
Magistrate calls the Congress Of the Unit
ed Estates s'traitors'' because they will not
bend the knee tohis majority, because they
will not kiss the toe Of Andy Johnson and
sell themselves body. breeches aud boots.
to the firm. of JEFF Davis, Andy Johnson,
& Co. -4stt
: Here is another specimen ''brick' from
the proprietor of the Johnson Show. This
is froma New York speech also: -. ~.
There is another thing. You have about
three ethousandmiliions of dollars in bonds.
How are you going to preserve the credit
of them? Will you tell me how the secur-
ity, how the value. how the ultimate pay
inent of the interest and principal of those
bonds is to be secured? Isit by continuing
this Government disrupted as it is, by
crippling our erergiessand dividing us up
into half dozen petty States? Let me
tell you, and mark what I tell you. that
there is no other way by which those bonds
can he ultimately paid. interest and prin-
cipal, than by the consolidation of our ma
tionality, the perpetuity and completeness
of the Union of the States. Pardon me
when say understand this question, and
I tell you that you play false part now,
and play into the hands of your enemies
and the enemies Of your country when you
aid those who would keep the Government
disrupted. Let us unite aiiportions ofthe
country firmly together, and you Will have
more capital than you need. You have
evinced good will. The billows begin
toheave, and Z tell tMbse persons that are
.croaking and seeking. individual aggran-
diZement or the perpetuity of party, that
they had better stand out Of the way. The
country is coming together again, and they
cannot prevent it.
For myself, am content to be guided by
the example of the Savior of mankind. If
I have pardoned many it mas been because
/ thought it was for the best interests ofthe
country, having found them repententant
and anxious to be pardOned.
Gentlemen, have talked lohg enough.
1t has never been my habit to prepare
speeches. but rather take up subject.
having previously thought upon it, of
course, and walked about. The very idea
of making a formal preparation has always
disqualified me.
Gentlemen, yourcountry is in your hands,
The issue is before you. l stand here to-
night, not as the President of the United
States, but rather as a citizen, advocating
the restoration of the Union. Since have
been the Chief Executive of the nation !
have tried to discharge my duties IN the
way that I believed would most surely tend
| to bring back harmony to all sections 81
the country. What have to gain by any
other course? / have filed every Office
under this Government. You may talk
about me as you will. Men may traduct
and villify me. Menaacious and unprin-
cipled writers may attack me as they will
but all of them cannot move me from what
/ feel to be right. 0
| From the lowest office in your city tC
/ the Presidency of the United States have
filled every one. Who can do more Ough
not any reasonable ambition to be satisfied
with that? l tell you gentlemen, that the
summit of my ambition has been reached
! with the exception of one thing. VIII you
/ hear what that is? 1t is that fiat this par
/ ticular crisis of our country's history, find
| ing theUniOn Of these States imporiled,