Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-09-15

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wise and learned physician would, q
plaster, healing in character, and
coextensive with the wound, Ap'
plause.1 We thought, and yet think
that we had partially succeeded aS
the work progressed, as reconcll'a,
ton seemed to bc taking place and
the country becoming re united
We found disturbing and marrins
elements opposing us, In alluding
to that element, | shall so no further
than your Convention and the dis
tinsuishod gontloman who has de-
livered me the report Of the pro
ceedings. Ishall make no reference
to it that l do not believe the time
and the occasion justify. We have
witnessed in one department OF the
Government every effort to prevent
the restoration Of peace and harmo'
nv in the Union. We have seen
hanging upon the verge of the Gov
ernment as it were, n body called,
or which assumes to be the Congress
of the United States, while in lnct
it is Congress of only part ofthe
States. We have seen this Congress
assume and pretend to be for the
Union, when its every step and act
tended to perpetuatc discord and
make disruption Of the States in
cvitable; instead of promoting re-
Cancellation and harmony, its legis'
lation has partaken of the character
of penalties, retaliation and revenge
This has been the course and policy
of your government. The humble
individual who is now addressing
you stands as the representative o.
another department of the Govern
ment. The manner in which he
was called upon to occupy that po
sition l shall not allude to on this
occasion; suffice it to say that he is
here under the Constitution of the
country, and being here by virtut
of it's provisions, he takes his stand
upon that charter Of our liberties, O.
the great rampant of civil and re-
ligious liberty. Prolonged cheer
ing.7 Having been taught in oui
early life to hold it sacred, and hav'
ing pra- ticcd upon it during my
whole public career, shall evel
continue to reverence the Constitu
ton of my fathers, and to make il
my guide. Hearty applause.
know it has been said, and | must
be permitted to indulge in this re
mark, that the Executive Depart
ment of the Government has beer
despotic and tryanical. Let me ask
this audience Of distinguished mer
around me today, to point to {
vote I ever gave, to speech | evel
made, or any act ofmy whole pub
lie life, that has not been against
tyrany and despotism. What posi-
ton have I ever occupied, what
grounds have l ever assumed, where
It can be truthfully charged that
failed to advocate the amelioratior
and elevation of the great masses O
nv country? [Cries of never, and
great applause, So far as ciIurge'
of that kind are concerned, 1 will
say that they are simply intended
to deceive and delude the public
mind into the belief that there il
some one in power who is usurpin&
and trampling upon the rights O.
the Constitution. 1t is done by
those who made such charges fol
the purpose of covering their owr
acts. TThat's so, and applause.
l have felt it my duty, in vindica
ton of the principles Of the Consti
tuition of my country, to call the at
tention of my countrymen to these
proceedings, and when we come te
examine who has been playing the
tyrant, by whom do we find des
potism exercised? AS to myself
the elements Of my nature the pur
suits of my life, have not made me
either in my feelings or in my pI'act
ice, oppressive. My nature, on the
contrary, is rather defensive in its
character but I will say that, hav
ing taken my stand upon the broad
principle of liberty and the Consti
tuition, there is not power enough
on earth to drive me from it. Loud
and prolonged applause.] l have
not been awed, or dismayed, or in
timidated, by either threats or en-
croachments, but have stood there
in conjunction with patriotic spirits
sounding the tocsin of alarm wher
/ deemed the citadel of liberty en-
dangered. [Great applause;
said on a previous occasion, ano
repeat now, that all that was neces
sary in this great struggle against
tyranny and despotism, was thai
the struggle should be sufficiently
audible for the American people tC
hear and properly understand
They did hear, and looking on anc
seeing who the contestants were
and what the contestants wer'
about, determined that they would
settle this question on the side o
the Constitution and of principle
ICries of "that's so, and applause.
i proclaim here to-day, as / have oI
previous occasions, that my faith i
in the great mass of the people il
the darkest moment of this strug
gle. When clouds seemed to b
most lowering, my faitn, instead o
giving way, loomed up through th'
Cloud, beyond which ] saw that al
would be well in the end. Ny coun
trymen, we all know that tyrann,
and despotism. in the language Q
Thomas jefferson, can be exercised
and exertod more effectually by tn
many than the one. We have seel
a Congress gradually encroach stel
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