The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-08-10
SENATOR TRUMBULL ON THE P0-
LITIOAL CRISIS. .s,

We make the following extract from Senator
Trumbull's powerful speech at Chicago, begin.
ming with significant reference to the Civil
Rights and Freedmen's Bureau bills:
Both these bills. as you are aware. were met
by an Executive veto. Bills drawn up In har-
mony with the message delivered TO us at the
commencement of the session; bills submitied
and read 10 the President in manuscript before
they ,cere printed, and against the provisions
OF rhich he nsrer lisped word until qfler
hey ,rere enacted by both houses Of Congress;
both these bills, then, met with veto, not By
reason of any particular feature IN them, but
veto against the whole principle OF the bills.
We then found that the President OF the United
States was rs false to the pledges OF his annual
message, when no said that equal and exsct
justice should DO melted out to oil men, as no
had proved recreant to the pledges he made
when he took the oath OF President. that rebels
should DO impoverished and take back seats in
the work Of reconstruction.
Then Il was that We found II impossible to go
along further In the course that the President
was leading. II no would not secure TO the
men of this country equal civil rights, u he
would not protect them against Ubiquitous laws
which hal been made, what could We expect
What course was lett US but to give up all the
fruits of the victories We had won. and suffer
the rebellious States to be governed by the very
men who made war on the Government, and
who would oppose the loyal men OF the coun.
try and re.enslave, under cunningly devised
statutes, the men who had been free, or to make
an issue with him and say, ''Thus far have you
gone, but no further shall you 20 tremendous
applausel in demonstrating thsse states, and
the persecution Of the loyal and true" (Con
tinued applause.)
One OF these bills we passed, the objections
Of the President Notwithstanding. lRenewed
applause.) 1t Is the law Of the land. 1t Is Q
law proclaiming equality Of rights to all men
In the land, and II Is . law that Is now upon
the statute book In spite of the President, and
there trust It will stand forever. (Reneued
The other bill, though lost for q moment.
was gained before the session was over. (Great
applause.) Reintroduced, It was passed with
some slight notifications, but essentially rs II
FIRST passed. Il was again presented to the
President. Again II met his Executive veto,
and this time with vote three to one, think,
In both Houses, II WAS made q law, the veto OF
the President to the contrary Notwithstanding.
The President continued on In his course.
Notice his departures! In the first place, his
departure from the announcement made soon
after he became President. Then the departure
from the principles of his message when he
vetoed these bills. Following him little fur
Their, You find him again departing from the
party which elected him. In the first place be
Il going to fight the Union party within the
Union party, and We find organized In the city
of Washington club known as the johnson
Club, perhaps more familiarity known as the
"Bread and Butter" Club. daughter and
applause.) This started of independently.
and operated for while under the auspices OF
n Senator from q neichbOring State, and m
assistant Postmaster from the same State, and
one or two others But Il was too feeble to
live with all the nursing there few doctors could
give II. - 80. .t .l.....
There was another club In Washington, or
rauiied by the old Democratic element. and q
short time ago these two clubs fused into each
other. And now they have one united club,
operating for the overthrow Of the great Re
publican Union party to whom no owes his
position. Never This has gone on I'LL now
a Convention has been called to meet In
the city of Philadclphia--a Convention to be
composed Of few renegades from the Union
Republican party, Of delegates from the party
which opposed the war, and Of delegates from
the rebel Congress and rebel armies. And
they are there TO meet together. johnson men,
Democrats who opposed the war. rebel Gener-
ais and rebel Congressman, to hold Joint Con-
vention over in the good city OF philadelphia,
some time In the present month. for the pur-
nose of devising ways and means to turn the
government over into the hands OF the very
men that have fought TO destroy u for more
than four years. This Is the pass to which We
have come.