Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1866-02-23
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IN msoireoehos there was no consultation;
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ana ao1ssssd ana enaen'ood by the Amerii
can people. lH' ~,
leone here to-day TO yindicate, In 80 lar
- can IN These remarks, the CONSTITUTIONS
! 70 save ~ as believes forh does seem that
encroachmsnt alter entertainment Is TO be
pressed; and as resist encroachments on the
'9aovernmenh lsand to-day prepared TO 70
vet enoroaohmsnts on the Constitution, and
merely preserve tine Government. 1t Is now
peace, and lea US have peace. Let US
snferce the censthuuon; Let us live under
ane oy US PROVISIONS. Let II DO pubinhed
IN oiascned characters, as though 10 were In
the heavens, 60 that all may read and all
nay understand II. Lot us consult that in
stramsnt, and Understanding its principles,
ht Us apply them. tell the opponents OF
Z this sov.rnment, and care not from what
quarter they come, East or West, North or
south, you that are engaged In the work Of
sreakins up this Government are mistaken.
ine Oonsutnnon ana the pnnoipies Oh ree
goSesnment are deeply rooted In tne amer,
can nesft An tue Po"e,s oomoinoa, i
oaro not OF Mhat cnaraotef tney arg, cannot
oestroy tns image Oh rnedsm. rney may
succeed tora ume put tnoir at'emPts wal
De mtiie. Ihey may Wen attempt 10 lock
up the WINS or ehain the waves.
they may as wen auempt 70 repeal IL,
snwouid seem she CONSTITUTION can pc. J.
eoncunen' resolu.'cni ou. "nsn n.m
suomiued tothe popaiar Judgment, tney Whh
ma Just as wen 10 introduce resolution
..peming the law OF grasnanon' anu the
iaes Oh preventing 'ne restoration OF the
Union Is aooat as ieasoie as resistance TO
the great law OF gravity which BINDS all to
great common centre I'M" great law OF
sraVitauon viii oung oaex those states 70
harmony ana their reiauons 10 the federai
government anu all Vaccinations North
anu oouth cannot prevent u: lCheer'. All
tnat Is Wanting Is time, until the American
people can understand what is going on, aud
De ready to accept the view Just as IL appears
20 me. would TO Sod that the whole Amer
lean people could be assembled here to-day
rs you are. could wish to have an amphi-
theatre large enough to contain the whole
thirty millions that they could be here and
witness the great struggle to preserve the
COQRfitutiOn OF fathRra Thav eouId nj
once see what 1t Is, and how 1t is, and what
kind OF spirit Is manifested in the attempt to
destroy the great principles Of free govern
ment; and they could understand who Is for
them aud who Is against than, and who was
for ameliorating their condition. Their OPP
posers could be placed before them, and there
might DO regular contest, and in the first tilt
the enemies Of the country would be crushed.
L have detained you longer than l in
tended hut in this struggle / am your in
strument. Where Is the man or woman, in
d public or private life, that has not always
resolved my attention and my timer Some
times 1t Is said: that man johnson Is a
lucky man." will tell you what consti.
tutss good fortune: Doing right aud being
for the people. Tho people. In some Partic.
uiar OF other, notwithstanding their sagacity
and judgment, are frequently underrated or
underestimated, but somehow or other the
great mass Of the people will find out who Is
for thom and who is against them. You
must indulge me in this anusion when 1 say
can lay my hand on my bosom and say
that in all the positions in which I have
been plaeed--mhny Of them as trying as any
In which morsai man could DO put--so far,
thank God, have not deserted the people
nor do 1 believe they will desert me. Wha
sentiment have swerved from Can m.
'calumniators put their finger upon It! Cal
they dare indicate discrepancy or devia
tion from pdnciplee n. -.
Have you heard them al any time quote
my predecessor, who fell n martyr to hi
cause, as coming in controversy with any
thing adyocatedl An inscrutable Provi'
dence saw proper to remove him to, trust,
. better world than this, and l came int
power. Where Is there one principle in ref
ersnce to this restoration that have de
parted from Then the war is not simpl.
upon me, but 1t is upon my predecessor.
have tried to do my duty. know some ar
Jealous in view of the White House, and
say oil that iummery has as little inhuenc