The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-09-09

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Our dispatches recorded the,progress of the
Presidential party, but did not give all Of
g His Accidency's" speeches: His speech
1t Cleveland was not telegrAphed. Il were
Fb<Hst va Il never Ism sAdA There is
neither - aisaity po4aSsens9 Of spat iDase
polihcisn IN It's composition 81 ii the manaer
Of its delivery. 1t was simply outrageous and
disgrsceful. It was, from 6rst to last, slump
| ly the outgivins Of partizan and dena'
gogue an appeal to the base passions of his
auditors interlarded with, studied Insults to
better men than himself IA IN III bis
speeches the President was forgotten |; SrE>
pHrs A. DouGLAs was forgosten-all wss
hreotten hut ,AxpaSy Jqatssex ed & Ny
Policy itfsxn excellent nhpiiga docu-
ment, and We commend it to the attention Of
our readers.
After the formal Welcome had been given TO
the Chief Magistrate by F. w. Pelton, Presi
dent of the City Council, Andrew johnson
stepped forward and thus be spoke;
fELLow CfrfzfSs:-it is not for the pur>
pose Of making speech that | now appear
before you. am aware Of the great curios-
ity which prevails to see STRANGERS who have
notoriety and distinction in the country.
know a large number Of you desire to see
| General Grant, and to hear what he has TO
say. IA voice: "Three cheers for Grant
But you cannot see him to might. He is ex-
tremely ill.
lrepeat arm not before you now to make
speech. but simply to make yonr acquaint-
nnce-to say how are YOU, and 10 bid you
good bye.
We are on our way to Chicago, TO partic>
pate in or witness the laying OF the corner
stone of monument to the memory Of
dis inguished fellow citizen who is no more.
1t is not necessary for me to mention the
name of Stephen A. Donglasto the people Of
I0hio. [Applsnse. Il
an free 10 say am fattered by the dem>
onstrations have witnessed, and being fats
TERED, don't mean TO think it personal, but
as an evidence of what il pervading the pub
! lie mind, and this demonstration is nothing
more nor less than an Indication of the latent
sentiment or feeling Of the great masses Of
the people with regard to this great ques
| ton.
| / come before you as an American citizen
simply, and not Is the Chief Magistrate
clothed in the insignia and parapheshsiis Of
State being an inhabitant of State of this
Union. know it has been said that | VAS
an alien j; Laughter. and that di4hotre-
side in one of the States Of the Enioh, and
therefore rpuid not be the Chief Magis-
| trate, though the Constitution declares
that must be citizen to occupy that office.
| Therefore all that was necessary to depose
! its occupant was to declare the office vRcant,
or under pretext to prefer articles Of i'm
peachment And thus the individual who
| occupied the Chief Magistracy was to be dis
posed of and driven from power
| There was, two years ago, ticket before
you for the Presidency. was placed upon
! that ticket with distinguished oitizens now
no more TVoices-"lts a pity. "Too
bad = "Untortunate Yes, unfortunate
for some that God rules on high and deals in
justice [Cheers.l Yes, unfortunate The
ways Of Providence arc mysterious and in
comprehensive, controlling all those who
exclaim, Unfortunate. [.'Bully for you FL
| was going to say, my countrymen, q short
time since was elected and placed upon the
ticket. There was a platform proclaimed and
adopted by those who placed me upon it.
notwithstanding a mendacous press not
withstanding subsidized gang of hirelings
who have not ceased to traduce me, | have
discharged all my official duties, and fulfilled
all my pledges Aud say here tonight tina.
if my predecessor had lived, the walls Of wrath
would have poured out upon him. [Cres,
"Neverl =" "Never?'' and three chsert for
the Congress of the United States. came
here us was passing along, and having been
called upon for the purpose Of exchanging
views, and ascertaining, ii We could, who
was wrong. [Cries .fou arel"l That was
my object in appearing before you tonight.
want to say that / have lived amonk the
American people, and have represented them
in some public capacity for the last twenty
Eve years.
Where is the man or the woman who can
place his finger upon one single act of mine
deviating from any pledge Of mine, or I'M vio>
lation Of the Constitution of the country
Cheers and cries of New Orleans."l Who
l. he what language does he speak -
what religion does he profess that can
come and place his finger upon one pledge
ever violated, or one principle ever prov
ed false to- Voice, New Orleans Y An.
other, "why don't you hang JEFF. Davis?']
Hdown with him ri Hang jeff Dav ., lvo;ce
aHang Wendell Phlllipsl"l Why don't you
hang him? [Cries of'.Give US an oppprtn
nifty HAven't you got the Courtg Havn't
you got the Attorney General? Who is your
Chief Justice, who has refused to sit on his
trial? [Groans and cheers.
am not the Chief Justaeei | am not the
Attorney Generai am no jury! But I'll
tell you what did do. ] called upor -FOUR
Congress, that is trying to break up the Gov
eminent. Misses and cries of "A lie!'
6reA contnsion. Voice, Don't get mad FL
an mn mad. Kisses. | viii tell you who
is mad. '.Whom the Gods want TO destroy
they first make mad. Did your Congress
g ,ia,, ho cd
for Congress,
Then, fellow citizens, we might as well al
lay our passion aud permit reason to resume
her empire aud prevail. In presenting the
few remarks that designed to make, my in
tention was TO address myself to your DOM
mon sense, your Judgment, your better feel.
'ngs. not 20 the passion and msliFnancy Of
your hearts. Voice, sHow about Moses?''l
Tins WAS my object in presenting myself on
this occasion, and to say 'how dye and
good bye" In the assembly here tonight
the remark has been made 81 raitor - Trai
| tor my countrymen! Will you hear me?
[Cries, ''Yespl Aud will you hear me for
| my cause and the Constitution Of the country?
[..Yes Yes! Go on!''l want 70 know
when or where or under what circumstances
| Andrew Johnson, not ~ Executive, but in
any capacity, ever deserted any principle, or
| violated the Constitution of his country.
Never! Never!]
Ii | were disposed to play the orator and
deal in defamation, even tonight | would
| initiate one of the ancient tragedies. and
would take Mr.. Seward, bring him before
you and point you to the hacks and scars up
on his person. GVoice, ''God bless himl''
| would exhibit the bloody garments satnrat>
ed with gore from his gaping wounds Then
would ask you who is the traitor? Voice,
'sThad. Stevensr] Why don't you hang
Thad Stevens and Wendell Phillips
| [Cheers.l have been lighting traitors in
the South. They have been whipped and
crushed. They acknowledge their defeat,
and accept the terms OF the Constitution,
And now as 60 round the circle, having
ing fought traitors at the South, am prepar-
ed 70 eight them at the North. (Cheers.l
God being willing, with your help, ferries,
I've won't give ri they will be crushed
North, and thls glorious Union Of ours will be
preserved. [Cheers.] do aot come here
a. the Chief Magistrate of twenty-five States
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