Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-03-02

| form and the shadow remain 10 you.
What is now being proposed? We find
| that in point of fact nearly all the pow
ers of the Government are assumed by
an irresponsible Central Directory
which does not even consult the legis-
lative or the executive department OF
the Government, by resolutions report
that, practically, the legislative power OF
the Government is now vested, that
great principle of the Constitution
which authorizes and empowers each
branch of the legislative department
of the Senate and the House Of Repre-
sentatives to judge for itself of the cleo
ton returns, and qualifications of its
own members has been virtually taken
away from the two branches of the leg
islative department of the Government,
and conferred upon q committee who
must report before either House can act
under the Constitution as to accepting
the members who are to take their seats
as component parts of the respective
bodies. BY this rule 1t is assumed that
there must be laws passed recognizing
State as in the Union, or its practical
relations to the Union as restored, be-
fore the respective Houses under the
Constitution can Judge of the election
returns and qualifications of their own
members. What a position is that.
LEADING REPUBLICANS DENOUNCED AS
TRAITORS.
fought traitors and treason in the
South. opposed the Davises, the Sill
dells, the Toombses, and q long list OF
others which you can readily fill with
out my repeating the names. Now when
turn round, and at the other end of
the line find men, / care not by what
name you call them, who still stand OPP
posed to the restoration of the Union of
these States, am free to say to you that
am still in the field. [Great applause. ]
am still for preservation of the Union.
I am still in favor of this great Govern
ment of ours going on, and filling out
its destiny. [Great applause. Voices,
"Give three names at the other end."l
I am talking to my friends and fellow-
citizens who are interested with me in
this Governn ent, and l presume I am
free to mention to you the names of
those whom / look upon as being OPP
posed to the fundamental principles of
this Government, and who are laboring
to pervert and destroy it.
they?"
The president-You ask me who they
are. i say Thaddeus Stevens of Penn
sylvania is one, say Mr.. Sumner of
the Senate is another, and Wendell
Phillips is another. Long-continued
Voices" Give it to Forney."
The President-In reply to that will
simply say do not waste my ammuni-
ton upon dead ducks. TGreat laughter
and applause.1 stand for my country,
stand for the Constitution. =
.r.. PRESIDENTIAL BOMBAsT. t.
I know, my countrymen, that it has
been insinuated-no, not insinuatcd, it
has been said directly-in high circles,
that if such usurpation of power as
am charged with had been exercised
some two hundred years ago, in IL pAr-
ticular reign, it would have cost an in
dividual his head. [Great laughter OF
what usurpation has Andrew johnson
been guilty? {" None, none."] Is tia
usurpatiOn that l stand between the
people and the entertainments of pow
err? Because, in a conversation with q
fellow-citiZen, who happened to be q
Senator, said that / thought amend
ments to the Constitution ought not to
be so frequent; that if it was eternally
tinkered with it would have lost all its
prestige and dignity that the old in
strument would be lost sight of alto
gether in a short time? Because in the
same conversation happened to say if
it were amended at all such an amend
ment ought not to be adopted, it was
charged that was guilty of usurpa-
ton of power that would cost king
his head in certain period of English
history. (Great laughter From the
hn lan NJ hoa
forth that they We're in the midst
of earthquakes; that they were trem-
bling and could not yield. Laugh
ter. Yes, fellow-citizens, there is
all earthquake coming; there il a
grand swelling of popular judgment
and indignation. Great applause. J.
The American people will speak, and
by their instinct, if not otherwise, they
will know who are their enemies. !
have endeavored to be true to the peo-
pie in all the positions which / have
occupied, and there is hardly position
in this Government which 1 have not
at some time filled. / suppose it will
be said that this is vanity. Laughter. ]
But may say that have been in all OF
them. have been in both branches
of the State Legislature.
a Voice-You commenced tailor.
DISGUSTING SELF PRAISE.
have said that it has been declared
elsewhere that l was guilty of usurpation
which would have cost King his head,
and in another place / have been de-
nounced for whitewashing. When and
where did I ever whitewash anything
or anybody? have been an Alder
man of a town; 1 have been in both
branches of the Legislature of my State
have been in both Houses of the ma
tional Congress; have been at the
head of the Executive Department of
my State; have been Vice President
of the United States; and am now in
the position which occupy before you |;
and during all this career, where is the
man and what portion of the people is
there who can say that Andrew John
ton ever made pledge which he did
not redeem, or that he ever made q
promise which he violated? None,
none. Point to the man who can say
that Andrew johnson ever acted with
infidelity to the great mass of the peo-
pie. [Great applause.]
EXECUTIVE BLOOD IN DANGER.
Men may talk about beheading and
about usurpation; but when 1 am be-
headed want the American people to
be the witness. do not want it by
innuendoes and indecent remarks in
high places to be suggested to men, who
have assassination brooding in their
bosoms. Others have exclaimed that
the Presidential obstacle must be got
ten out of the way. What is that but
Il make use of a strong word-but in
citing to assassination No doubt, 1 say,
the intention was to incite to assassina-
ton, so that the obstacle which the
people had placed here could be got out
of the way. Are the opponents of this
Government not yet satisfied? Are
those who want to destroy our institu.
tions and to change the character of the
Government not satisfied with the
quantity of blood that has been shed ?
Are they not satisfied with one martyr
in this place? Does not the blood of
Lincoln appease their vengeance and
their wrath? Is their thirst still un-
slakodS DO thew still want mora