The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-09-06

" bile here we nave n member OF the Cabinet OF
but yesterday 10y al and true. Which do you be.
neve is the honest mani He who remains in Office
the bread and butter of the people, or he who
caves 1t to save his country fiom destructon1
The whole difference between the President and
Congress is as 10 the mode of reconstrucing the
Union. Every one desires TO see the Union re.
stored at the earliest possible period. The loyal
party north and south desire IL reconstructed, as
Kotsuth would say, "upon principles Of solidarl-
"" We want permanent peace, with every man
% 20 Boer the nag of his country, to say and TO
tbink what he chooses The other party want to
iesiore II by placing in power the men whose
bIcody hands have been warning against u.s.
The Presid nj is not only on an electioneering
tour, in which he is supported by every traitor
rofth and south. have never before spoken dis
respectfully of Mr., johnson, but / am compelled
10 cay that he Is dshonoring he country and dis
gracinR himself What honorable, refined or
cecent man can read without a blush of shame the
speeeh made at Cleveland by the Chief MAGISTRATE
Of tins country GA Voice-"He was drunk, and
forgot he was President ~ Would any gentleman,
addressing loyal people, tell them that they were
'co cowardly TO fight, but remained at home to
cheat the govern mentl How will this sound in
Europel He says he has no dignity. He tells the
truth, He said that he carried the Presidency
with him. He carried more OF the tailor than the
President
Now what are the means to r store the countryl
"a voice-"Give the colored people n right TO
vo'e0 CONGRESS has provided for that; it is not
Tor Us TO do 80. Each State is qualified by Congress
10 regulate that for itself l. is impractcable to
accomplish that now. 1t requires only ten States
% roget IT, and You can no more get southern
att to accept IL Than you could finish this war in
he first year, as Mr. Seward said would be done
(Cbeers)
Would hey disfranchise themselves for the sake
Of otbeIsl / don't care whether my own STATE, or
eBy other, shall ever be represented IN Congress,
unless by loyal men. had ten thousand time,
her see her as she is than represented by traitors
have been in pnblc life for forty years, and the
Constitution was always my guide. And as have
stuck TO il in the past so help me God will stick
TO II in the future The teTrors of dungeon, in
which 1 was confined, did not change me-a gal p.
lows cannot. 1 will work and labor and die, If
need be- in the cause of the Union. (Applause)
While most of you express your satisfaction
with Coz gress, complain that Congress has no.
done enough. They have been greatly behind
public sentiment, as you will perceive in the en-
auing lection Garry out faithfully the intention
of the law. Declare by law that every man north
ana south, who has voluntarily made himself
Citi2en of the cor federate States hostile to the
United States, has alienated and denationalizad
hmsel-has forfeited all claim to the protection OF
The government. loud cheers.) Declare such
men aliens by law, who can only be restored to cI-
tIzenship by the lRw-naBing power of the United
STATES and let the condition be that no man who
has voluntarily taken up arms against the coun-
Try, that man who has become a citizen OF Il
Govern ment at war with the United States, shall
~ er be a citizen. "A voice, "Suppose the PresI
dent paI don bimp) The President cannot make
ciuzen by pardoning him. Gan the President
make citizen OF mail robbeT! A voice, ''le has
done 10y II the President pardons a man that
doesn't make him a citizen. There is no power TO
uardCn treason before trial or conviction: and
while ask the revocation of no pardon already
granted, yet citizen, ask that Congress shall
Bstan taneouslY amend the Constitution SO as to
forbid such pardons in the future.
The speaker, referring to the New Orleans mas
sacre SAID that ii Congress did not investigate this
butcheTy, ana II they ma IL as Gen sheridan re-
presented, and do not send up articles OF impeach
ment against the President, they deserve impeach-
ment themselves (VocifeIous cheering) The
Secretary has referred to the proceedings OF the
powwow wigwam. They could not better have
shown their conscious weakness than by the muz-
Zles made Tor dogs which they put upon the
mouths Of their southern delegates The speaker
reviewed their platform, and demonstrated its Iu-
sincerity as a transparent and magnificent cheat,
an insult to the intelligence OF the people MOI
one OF The delegates, north or south, intend to ad-
| here to 1T.
Ho1, TlrouuIov, hos reoaiyod q taloora,,bjo ,1is
patch that the rebels in Tennessee have called a
con vention for the 18th of this month to over
thIow The State government. Should the sword
| ever again be drawn between south and norih,
what will the consequences be! (Immense ap-
pIause) AS for the people also would say, "Fa-
her forgive them for they know not what they dO''
But for their leaders let them again attempt it!
| hey will meet with absolute extermination, and
| hey VIII deserve 1T.
| This rebellion has been carried on as far as it
could be by them with arms, tor they now have
none; hut the spirit of rebellion is as rampant
among the m as it was before the war began And
| wo 10 that man who gives occasion 10 draw the
long Thomas is in Tennessee or Grant is at the
| head of the army-(groans for Johnson )-who
Will turn his arm as quickly against traitor in
The Presidents chair as against the poorest of them
all l do not believe that Johnson will attempt 1T.
| l do not believe the time will be that loyal
| men will be more united than they now are. l do
LOT believe so large vote Will ever again be given
| for loyalty and patriotism as Pennsylvania will
| give for Geary this tall. cloud cheers) He
| would be poor character, dependent upon a fe "
miserable oopperheads in the north, who can again
| cheat the south into war suen as IL has passed
| through. Johnson has shown himself a bold man,
| though not wise one; but he is not fool enough
| Tor this.
Mr Bolts closed by thanking his auditors aga n
| for their welcome, for the attention his remarks
had met with and for their reception OF his south
| ern brethren.
| Speech of Governor Yates.
| Senator Yates, late Governor OF Illinois, who
| adjourned a copperhead Legislature and rescued
his State, was now introduced.
| He said that he would not speak, but that he
wanted his State TO be represented in these pro
| ceedings That State is all right (Cheers) When
| Governor he was dissatisfied with the slowness
| Of the prosecution of the war He had many con.
| ferences with his friend and townsman, Abraham
| Lincoln. He said 10 him, "Call out a million OF
men; arm the negroes; quarter upon the enemy
| do anything to conquer the enemy" He said
"Stand still, Dick, anu see the salvation OF God. ,
| (Cheers) have seen dispatch from Illinois to.
night 1t reads "DicR, the prairies are abaze with
patriotic zeal"
The speaker had found more trouble with tht
| copperheads at home than all the traitors in thC
| south. Our Boys in Blue could take care OF them
But we had a nest of copperheads in the Legisla
| nine days, by power given me by the Constitution
sent the traitors howiing to their homes
Save IN Chicago, never saw such sight as thi
| assemblage. II reminds me OF prairie fire tina
! drives the copperheads to their holes. How
| should like to be in Chicago 20 see the reception
| johnson met with. Like Zaecheus, L WoulC
| climb a tree to see it; and when you make mp you
jewels this fall, Illinois shall be the banner Stat
| upon them all.
Who but the rebels themselves left the loyal mel
| alone in Congress, went home, organized an inde
| pendent government, fired upon our flag, ard TO
| i've years warred against usl Now they CLAIM
| The right to come back. Who is TO give them tha
right and TO make the terms except we who hav
! saved the ma ionl Is the question to be decided
| by Mr.. Orr, Alex H. Stephens and Mr. Davis, o
| by own loyal millions, when these people hal
| take their places in the Congress OF the Jnitet
l Arm alra har dafav,