Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-11-02
Andrew Johnson's Speech.
"Brevity the Soul of Wit"


/. He who addresses you, is Hum
BILE Individual.
2. | have filed the offices which
the nation has to bestow, from alder
man up to President of the United
States. leave the Constitution in
your hands.
3. | am very much abused by a
subsized, corrupt II d mendacious
press.
4. Pardon my abiding to myself,
but | beg leave to inform you that l
commenced as an alderman of one of
the small towns of this nation; |
went from that to mayor, from that to
the Legislature, from that to Senator
of the State Legislature, from that to
the House of Representatives, from
that to the Senate of the United States,
from that to the Presidential chair.
5. | am no traitor; Mr.. Seward is
no traitor; nobody that supports "My
Policy" is traitor.
6. | have no wish to be egOtistic,
but | must say that | have occupied
all the places from alderman up to the
position | now occupy-President of
the United States.
I. The members of Congress who
oppose "My Policy" are all traitors
everybody who opposes "My Policy"
is traitor. | leave the Constitution
in your hands.
8. 1t is not my habit to make men,
ton of myself, but it is perhaps my
duty to say that | have been an alder
man, a mayor, a State Senator. a Rep
resentative, Senator of the United
States Senate, and now | am President.
What more do | want?
8. The Union party may 60 to the
devil.
10. My ambition is satisfied. First
| was an alderman, then a mayor, then
a member of State Senate, then a
member of the House OF Representa-.
tives, then a member of the United
States Senate, then at this moment
am President of the United States.
IL. Seward is my friend and | an
Seward s friend; Seward likes me anC
: | like Seward Seward is good fel
low and | am a good fellow; we likt
each other. We leave the Constitu
J ton in this town.
II. have served my country il
+ all capacities. | began life as a.
alderman, was a mayor during my in
n fancy, was State Senator in my child
S hood, became a Representative in m
e early youth, attained my majority a
S a Senator of the United States, an
!, now, in the prime ofmy manhood, al
IL President.
y 13. Who wants niggerS to vote
g If the Northern States want niggers t
/ vote, why don't they let them vote 6
u home? NiggerS sha'nt vote; [ desir
e them to have the same chance as whit
. men.
/ IA. Perhaps you are not awar
= fellow-citizens that | have been aide
: man, mayor, State Senator, Rel
:. resentative, United States Senate
a and finally President of the Unite
States.
u Is. The Congressman who vote
;, for the Freedmen's Bureau bill an
q the civil-rights bill are all fools. L
} like to fight the whole one hundre
T. and eighty-two Of them won
d leave the Constitution with nary Oh
: Of them.
j 16. 1t is matter of history tina
c, after being an alderman. mayor,
y State Senator, member of the Hou!
e. of Representatives, q United Stat
Senator, | became President. Ii
III coin was assassinated and Sewal
n butchered, and so | became Pre-
a. dent.
ne II. | have great confidence in t
he American people, all except membe
a of Congress, Unionists and niger
e. they are all traitors, and l mean
to fight them, with the help of Gener
nd Grant.
on Is. Nobody ever held so many o
NJ ces as / have. | have filled all t
,h, various positions in life, such as aid
. man, mayor, State Senator, memt
o.; of Congress, United States Senat
. and at length | was made Preside
XXI, 10. repeat that Seward is a 90
len fellow; he stands by me and | sta
ur- by him; | am not afraid of a subsi
ing zed and mercenary press; all 10.
"a people may 90 to the devil; the B
Tx timore platform is my platfor
Douglass was friend of mine; hs
Inc been to erect monument over hi
les | am not upon an electioneering to-
| haven't punished any Southern Il
elr tors, but | mean to make it up
an Furnishing a host of Northern traito
mi every man who don't 90 for me
esS traitor; [ am no traitor; | can't
eld r traitor, because | have been
alderman, then a mayor. then ST
ing Senator, then Representative, the
use member of the United States Sens
led and then President.
re- 20. leave the Constitution in V,
are hands, where it is safer than in mi
inu for having been an alderman, etc
lpt- Syracuse (N. " Journal.
rec
few
al A contributor to Harper's Mont
lel- tells story of a certain deacon "
.ho was one Of the very best of men.