The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-09-07
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pear hNlOtN YOU YOU. l Nlll aware oil
tho great curiosity which prevails to SEQ
strangers who have uotoricty and dis
tiuCiiun in all countries. | know II largo
number OF YOU desire to see Gem Grunt
and To hear what he has to SnV-TN
voice, Three cheers for General q rant. y
but you cannot 500 him Tonight. lie
Is extremely ill. | repeat, am not br-
fore you now to nuke II speech, hut
simply to make your aCuuuintaucc-to
say how AFRO you, and To bid Won good
bye. w" are on our way to Chicago tn
participate III or witness tho lnViny of
II ""rncr-Stonr o. monument to the
memory of II distinguished fellow citi
zen who Is no more 1t is not nCrCSsn-
~ for me To mention tho name of
stephen \. Douglas To the people of
Ohio. am free To say that am flat
tered by the demonstration have wit
messed. and being battered, don't mean
/ Ia think II personal, but an evidence of
what is perNading the public mind,
And this demonstration is nothing mora
nor less than an indication of the Intent
sentiment in the feeling of tho great
masses of the people with regard to the
/ proper settlement of this great question.
/ come before Won as an American
citizen simply, and not as tho Chief
/ Magistrate, clothed in tho insignia and
/ paraphernnha OF State, being an inhuh-
liant OF a State of this Union. know
| II has been said that am an alien
laughter and that did not reside in
( one Of the Safes of tho Union, and
therefore could not be the Chief MagiS-
! tratr, though the constitution declares
/ that must hc Il citizen to occupy that
| office. Therefore, all that was nee .SSsurv
! was 10 dcclur" the office vacant, or I'M
/ der preteNt to prefer articles of inn
/ parchment, and thus the individual
| who occupies the Chief MaEistracv was
I 10 he disposed of and driven from
/ power.
( But short time since you had n
{ ticket before You for the Presidency. l
/ was placed upon that ticket with n
distinguished fellow citizen who is now
no more. know there are some who
+ complain. Very unfortunately" Yes,
/ UNFORTUNATELY" for some that God
[ rules on high and deals i'll right
! Cheers Yes, unfortunately the ways
. OF Providence are mysterious and In
comprehensive, controlling all those
who eNclaIm "Cntortunutc." L"Bullv
/ for YOU. from the crowd.'l | was go
ing TO say, my countrymun. Il short
( time since | was elected and placed
upon the ticket. There was Il platform
! proclaimed and adopted. Notwith-
standing the subsidized gang of hire
NuES and traduccrS, | have discharged
all my duties, and fulfilled all my
duties, and fulfilled all my pledges: and
say here tonight that if my predeCeS-
sor had liqed. the walls of wrath would
have been poured ont upon him. LCrics
OF Never Three cheers for the
United Stutes."l
l came here rs | was passing along.
and have been called upon for the pur-
pose of exchanging views and aScer-
tanning, If We could. who was wrong
Cries ot"ltS you That was NV oh.
JcCt i'll appearing before YOU tonight.
and l want to say that have lived
] saF1sn "a \
represented them i'll some public en-
pucIty for the last twenty-five years.
and where il the man or woman who
can place his or her finger upon one
single act of mine deviatinE from any
pledge of mine, or in violation of the
Constitution OF the country? LCheers.
Who Is he? what language does he
speak? what religion does lie possess?
who can come and place one finger
upon one pledge ever violated or one
prlucipl" | ever proved false to? "A
VoIce-"tiow about New Orlcaus%'''
.Nnother Noice-'lianG jeff. Davis"
Hang lctl. Davis" Why don't Won
hang him? lCri"~-''Givc us the on
portunitY."I Have you not got the
"ouTt-Eavc not YOU got the Attorney
GeHcrt!Z \ voicc-"Whoi is vour Chi.f
Ju>ucc-whO has refused to sit upou
tn" trial" Cheers
am not the Chief Justice. am not
-
l am not III" jury. ! will tell You what
did do. lcullcd upon your Congress,
I that is trying to break up the Govern
[ ment-- Cries of "Nou bc do and
. cheers, mingled with Kisses and great
confusion. y voic,,-'Don't get mad
t Aniy.l Well, will tell you who is
mad. "Whom the gods wish to destroy
I they first make mad" Did your Con-
EreSS order any Of them to be tried3
. Three cheers for Congress" Then
iel!ow-citlZens, we might as well Illny
our passions, and permit reason to re-
sumo her empire and prevail. Cheers,
In presenting the few remarks that /
designed to make, my intention was to
address myself to your common sense
your Judgment and your better feel
ings-not to the passion and maliguau-
cy in your hearts. Cheers This was
my OBJECT IN presenting myself on this
occasion, and to tell yOu, how do Won
do, and, at the same time, to bid Won
good bye. In this assembly here To-
night the remark has been made
Traitor. traitor" My counlrvmen'
will you hear me? Shouts orr Yes. u
Ana VIII you hear me for my cause
ana Tor the Constitution of my conn
try? Applause l want to know
when or where, or under what circun-
stances, Andrew johnson, not as Chief
Executive, but in any capacity. ever
I deserted any principle or violated the
SUl94tutioh OF MS country. Cries of
I " Never 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
I butchers block as it We're and hacked
to pieces and SCARED by the assassin's
knife, when he turned traitor? Cries
/ of Never."l
If was disposed to play the orator,
and deal in defamation tonight.
would initiate one of the ancient trare-
( dIens, and wonld take William III. So
ward and bring him before Won and
point you to the hacks and scars unOn
/ his person. A vOice-'CiOd bless him ~
l would exhibit the bloody garments
, saturated with gore from his gushing
/ wounds Then / iCoUid ask non girEE
don't yON hang THHd. .ScuelLs ustd IVc,i,
deH IHittips' IteU 1yo,,, mn c0uuIy,,,nI,,
i h"re been hghtt'Ig the South and thcy
huuc been WhlpPed and crushed and mi,
"cE""'ftcIyc Me'!, dcJcdt and accept TIC
terms Gf Mc conditions; 0nd nOm, as I no
around the circle, havimg Jouyht traitors
, at the SOULh, ] am JJrcDurcd To mini I,uj
tors nt the North. LCheers.l
God willing, with your help, we will
do it. Cries OF ave won't."l 1t will
be crushed, North and South, and this
glorious Union Of ours will be nro-
served. Cheers | do not come here
as the Chief Magistrate of twenty-five
States out of thirty-six. IChecrs.I
come here tonight with the flag of INV
country and the Constitution OF thirtV-
SIX States untarnished. Are you for
niFIdInS this country? TCries OF "No,'J
Then ] am President, and | am Prnsi-
cent OF the whole United States
{ tthccrs.l
will tell you one other tbiuv-T nm
d"rstand the discordant notes in this
CLowu .o-hlSht. Ho who is opposed to
the restoration of this Government nnJ