The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-09-19

and where is the map or woman who
can place his finger upon one single act
of fmine deviating from any pledge of
mine, or in violation of the. Constitu-
ton of the country Cheers. Who
is he {? What language does. he speak (?
What does he profess? Whocan come
and place his finger on one pledge /
ever violated, or one principle ever
proved false to? IA voice, /" How
about New Orleans ?" Another voice,
"Hang JEFF. Davis hang JEFF. Davis !!
Why don't you hang him p Cries of
"Giye us the opportunity."1 Have
you not got the Attorney General ? A
voice, Who is your Chief Justice that
refuses to sit upon the trial ?" Cheers.
/ am not the Chief Justice. ] am not
the prosecuting attorney. cheers. I
am not the jury. I will tell you what
/ did do. ] called upon your Congress
that is trying to break up your Govern
ment. Cheers, mingled with Kisses !;
great confusion, Don't get mad, An
dy ~ We'll, ] will tell you who is mad.
"lWhom the Gods would destroy they
first make mad" Did your Congress
order any of them to be tried ? Three
cheers for Congress.] Then, fellow
citizens, we might as we'll allay our pas
sions, and permit reason to resume her
sphere and prevail. [Cheers.l In pre-
senting the few remarks that I design
ed to make, my intention was to ad-
dress myself to your common sense,
your Judgment, and your better feeling,
not to the passion in you hearts,
[Cheers. This was my object in pre-
senting myself on this occasion, and to
ask you elbow do you do?' and at the
same time to bid you " Goodbye" In
this assembly here tonight the remark
has been made "Traitor !" Traitor p
My countrymen, will you hear me,
[shouts of" Yes !''] and will you hear
me for my cause and for the Constitu-
ton of my country? [Applause.] I
want to know when or where, or under
what circumstances, Andrew johnson,
not as Chief Executive, but in any ca
pacity, ever deserted any principle or
violated the Constitution of his country.
[Cries OF" Never !''1 Let me ask this
large and intelligent audience if your
Secretary of State, who served four
years under Mr.. Lincoln, and who was
placed upon the butchers block, as it
were, and hacked to pieces and SCARED
by the assassin's knife, ever turned
traitor? [Cries of "Never !''l fl
were disposed to play the orator and
deal in defamation tonight, would
initiate one of the ancient tragedians,
and would take William H. Seward and
bring him before you and point you to
the hacks and scars upon his person.
IA voice" God bless him !''] l would
exhibit the bloody garments, saturated
with gore from his gushing wounds
Then I would ask you, why not hang
Thad. Stevens and Wendell Phillips ?
tell you, my countrymen, I have been
fighting the South, and they have been
whipped and crushed, and the acknowl-
edge their defeat and accept the terms
of the Constitution, and now, as go
round the circle, having fought traitors
at the South, am prepared to fight trail
tors at the North. [Cheers. God will
ling, with your help, we will do it
[Cries of" We won't !''] They will
be crushed North and South, and this
glorious Union will be preserved
[Cheers. lido not come here as the
Chief Magistrate of twenty-five States
out of thirty-six. [Cheers. l come
here tonight with the flag Of my coun-
try and the Constitution of thirty-six
States untarnished are you for divid-
ing this country? Cries of" No ri
Then am President, and / am Presi-
dent of the whole United States.-
[Cheers.] Twill tell you another thing;
understand the discordant notes in
this crowd tonight. He who is oppos-
ed to the restoration of this Govern
ment and the reunion of the States is as
great traitor as jeff. Davis or Wen
dell Phillips. Loud cheers. am
against both. [Cries Of" Give it to
them ''] Some of you talk about trait
ors in the South who have not courage
to get away from your homes to fight
them. Laughter and cheers. The
courageous men, Grant, Sherman, Far
ragut, and the long list of distinguished
sons of the Union were in the field and
led on their gallant hosts to conquest
and to victory, while you remained
cowardly at home. Applause. Bull
ly r"1 Now, when these brave men
have returned home, many ofwhom
have left an arm or leg or their blood
upon many battlefield, they find you
at some speculation, and you commit
ting frauds on the Government. Laugh
ter and cheers.] You pretend now to
have great respect and sympathy for
the poor, brave fellow who left an arm
on the battlefield. [Cries, is this
dignifed ?''] l understand you. You
may talk about the dignity Of the Pres
ident. [Cries " How was it about his
making speech on the 22d of Febua-
nv ?"] have been with you in the bat
ties Of this country, and can tell you,
furthermore, tonight who have to pay
these brave men who shed their blood
while you speculated, and now leave
the great mass of the people here to
work it out. Cheers. 1t is time that
the great mass of the people should un-
derstand what yonr designs are. What
did General Butler say !? Kisses j
What did General Grant say? Cheers;]
and what does General Grant say about
General Butler? ? Laughter and cheers.
What does General Sherman say p
IA voices What does General Sheri-
dan say 9''l General Sheridan says
| that be is for the restoration of the Gov