, 1866-10-18

taken his at to accept this proposition. I
Repeated applause.] When it has been
done yon sill say, as he hns said, that he Is
not my nal. daughter and prolonged ap-
P!ausc.l a man who states that which Is
truth, whatever authority or excuses he may
have, ior 1t Is not my eqna', nor the equat Of
apy, other man iu this district. [Loud and
prolonged applausc.l He docs not belong to
what We consider equals In Massachusetts,:
have been twenty-five years in public SER
vice have lived. day and night, in the eye
Of the public. have worn my heart upon
my sleeve for daws to pick at"
! have stood proud. silent, defiant, be.
which stood and know the ground upon
which stand now. {Applause.l Mr. Pres
ident and fellow. citizens, give me credit to
note that 1t does not answer for me to como
Into your presence aud state what is not
true; that It Is not IN my powcr. or In tho
may have, to make that appear true which
Is not true. The truth is the very thought
Of God, and will penetrate the souls Of men,
as It were, by the power Of all Hfs thunder
oolts. Men may hide this IN the dark and
profess not to sec. but in the light they must
see. stand In this presence, With this feel.
ing, and in the view Of this truth, and
dare him, or any other living man, or any
class of men, or any multitude OF mcn-I
dare them all-limmense applanscl-1
Gated when in Portland, or In con-
0ition when 1t was possible It should
have been go. tApplause.] And more
than that, say to yon, as have said before,
that my gentleman Of the organization to
which may. bclonE-mcn Of character. OF
standing mud intcgTity-wlo will 20 to the
city Of Portland aud examine the facts In the
case, Il they do not confirm that IF hich say,
then Will not only resign rny position BIZ.
lore tue community 10 Which was born, and
where all my affections centre, hut will
you-upon that subject. But do not &C
ccpt the hcarsay statements Of this man ol
TINT man. have seen too much Of life thai
should acccpt tue declarations OF men II
times like these. Whatcycr may be said al
to the declarations Of men, let 1t pass fol
what It Is worth. That is not my position
And say, not TINT wish this gentleman
. to prove what they say-1 accept mucs
more equal. position-1 will say, t
s asp s"ssl0 a. 5ny Of tse;p III people Fann Of ri
what they say, was not only untrue. bu
! without the shadow Of truth, bnt that It wa
! Impossible, from the very naturc Of things
TINT II could have been true. would not
under any circumstances, Interfere in you
, which belong 70 you; and were It mt 70
. reference TO this question alone, woul
never hayc taken this stand. But II CONC
=. under circumstances Of great trial, aud
> the trst opportunity Which invc {
$ meeting tho representations made In n
: gard to my public career. / accept
: now, because know that If what has bee
alleged to have taken place In city nc
very fnr d!stant. when ill the facts cnn i
+. known, ard which hive been stated wit
: such confidence. arc utterly ial.e an
] grqnudlcss. then know perfectly we'll tla
l tll6sc representations which have been nal
, us 10 nysclf, during the period Of iire or s,
/ years. III, places five or six thousand mi's
, distant, composed entirely Of the enemies
the country, where there was no oprortunit
for defence, will luve 10 more weight
foundation tllan ihc.e."
The most enthusiastic applause fullowe
J the reply md dcnial Of General banks, aft
J which Mr.. Copeland ugatn aroso md said
| at docs not surprise nit TINT you have II
; tened 10 the finished sentences of Gcnes'
, Banks with such attention. Gcueral Banl
| has snId here tonight that an not Il
) equal. General Banks, believe that II &C
. tain circumstances are true, the people hel
, would declare you were nut my equal" [A]
, plausc.