Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-09-05
SECRETARY SEWARD AGAIN.

BH5s Party and Asserts a00g oOe
e.nrev HAS Deserted B1ssss...Blis
sgtw t,r~mrccs~9i0i Erial to save
The Republican Party froraa Me.
Observation-Disclosures that the
sfadtrus Candidate for Govern
o.. .SNr- Work " III he Roe srateI
bs 10. 800 n.iari: ,--ffic IIndi-
cal Party Divided. lsi~sra't.
esi. Weak. fms,ecIic, vnciiIatin.
und Absurd. Seeding las osn
prstr.srtion--.tEse texa Cong es-
Ia ali Prof, !. ri iis,, 1" be ss'rSrf-
1, Opposed - slac 3'ss -snt enc
an which g.scut Gr" ssststish'
part ~ ill "ssc s~aa..
on the occ sion Q. ',ie rer''oa u 'Nc
Presidential patty at Niagara tsiis, on
>aturday, Secretary >csard spoke az 'o''
~
F,,Iow- C,rlzrys-Al Although We are on
| he verge Of the State Of New York, ] IN
sure that even here | can call you ne'gL'
| boss. You do not want ID speech from me.
"les. yes."l II you do it is only 10 Sc,
| up . auar rel between the President cf the
United 5 a,es and myself, Tor shall have
o. tcr YOU nat, afer the clear and lucid
exposition Of the policy of,Ic rnment.
| watch may be called his policy, or "our
| pol cy," since Abraham Lincoln commenced
| Il. aud IT has been carried out since the in
aupuraton of Andrew Johnson after tie
expo si,ion h. himself has given il, | wani
10 know, in Gods name. VIA, use lac has
flr n Secretly at all. \ voice, do you
iudorsc in Twill say very frankly that
..wsys in.iosse what is right, aud. when
you find my signature TO paper. viii rot
'lsavow it, When put my pen to paper
stand ready to pay oil tn cost.
Fellow citizens, you have heard tie Pres
ident of the United states induced heard
Abraham Lincoln denounced, within three
months Of Lis death by The bullet Of an as
ssssin. wore, and through = larger portion
of the United States, than Andrew johnson
il now Denounced, for treason to the Con
| sitution AID the Government and lie, rnc
| ask you this: II, instead OF bringing him
here ia safety 10 day. to stand before you.
| and TO v,udicatc, virtually ia the presence VI
Ire Whole American oope, his life. his
character. and his policy, asst, present aud
nuure, he had fallen on the gay as Abraham
J.inc.An aid, do you think there is onc &c
you who has rev.lsd him who would not Join
in his praise, aud be Ms ready a. imnortaiize
his fame and glory - y"u have been 10 C !
citrate the virtues OF Lincoln. Cheers. l.
This IL II. The only trouble with living
President is that he lives. The virtue Of
dead one is, that he IL gone, and can b,
praised with safety by those who were inca
| pAble Of AZ, .rcclatin. his virtues while he
| lived
The President has spoken 10 You upon
topic | have never opened, and did think
that | would never refer to il, and that IT,
that he is charged, and the members Of his
cabinet aud political supporters are charged,
~lih deserving their party. The charge is,
| that We have deserted our party, and he has
told you, and very properly told you, that
il is better in every case to let parties 60
down the falls than 10 let the country 20 10
des,ruct on. SO il would not be very Sc
rious oNcnsc il 1t has been committed. But
lac also told you the truth hen h. said that
it is not possible TO find word in the
record upon which he vas no,nin ate /
thu has been talsili.d by the record
Of his executive acts did not
they declare at Baltimore that the war mu>
be continued until its cause MAS removed
and ic Government triumphant in the re
storauon of the States! Aud is not the war
| have nv tVt - II tS USctt TcSUTt'l.
And where on earth l. the cal.e Of the wal Z
II has gone int" the Sepusohrc the record
e past ag.s. cheers But have l desert
d my lar'y, Let nc call your attcntioa
To my record on that SUBJECT, Il you viii
iunh baca 10 the month It Uc,o,er, 1863.
you a find tn r, speech made you,
for, when I speak ut Aubutn, ! mean T.
spean To the people Of the wnulc Safe 81
New Yoih. and IN thst speech tod our
whole people that he Pre-, l,ient Of the I'M :
ted States, Andrew johnson, and I ~ii Il
m, prop sed to cept cei ain conditions
a.d restore the Stics To their nights a
equals IN The Caon Il they would do ,hes.
tang: Fart a,o'ish the rebel debt
! sec NJ, rep al their ordinances Of secc ssiOn
and. third, accept the amendment to III,
Constitution OF the United States abolishine
slavery b ncelprth ~nd forever. When tina,
WAS done, the tkion was Ia lie restored
aud ever, man of you who voted last year
I SUSTAIN the party n hich charges me " tn
Having deserted It yo,,d upon that very
p'a' form, and approved very pledge then
ave. ard ever, 0ora | uttered. Cheers.
What did I t.I YEA IN the month of May at
AUBURN, when ,nw thc party was getting
INTO contest, AID IN the month Of F,brus
~. IN Ncv York city, at the Cooper II ct
,utei Tod you precisely the same teal
ttsc we've our three conditions and
ihoush heaven and earth shall pass away,
,ct The word of Andrew johnson. that the
States should b. restored upon those cand,-
tons. having been pledged, should lie ful
iillel. Chscrs Your members 81 Con
- s. werc asked Ia vote for it. tried Il
,asc the patty nom destruction; | showet
them tie way. tt IS 'an and direct.
vas gmn-, To use the Illustration perhaps
ought not OF the traveller who go
hrw,l!erel on his journey, and wa.
shown two roads, one ii which L.,
10 his destination aud the other II
the opposite direction, and his decision
! finally was that he had not good sens,
enough to take ,ithcr road; and 50 il wa
with Congress. They take neither road
: There they are. Laughter aud cheers. l.
Where arc they? They say we should al
here 10 party. have been . party man.
| have been generally considered veiy
consistent party man, and the enemies .
these PARTIES have generally thought me
! tolerahly effective one. ! was never &C
cuscd Of i'm liability. know, rs aparty me-
that tho course OF wisdom is to ~ &. 49,
head 9th, o. the party: y. mere . er... man
, ~. - ~. "o,n the; and il they think that
assiead OF following the nominated chosel
e head Of their party, the way 10 make tina
= = party successful Is by following the tail;
:. they are such fools, they must take the cor
: sequences. Cheers. / will MT follow III
!, !. tai OF a party. am no such fellow. VIII
= is the head Of their party u the State Q
!. New York. A voice-"rhad. Stevens.
! Laughter and cheers ] ask who is thci
!. head in the State Of New York? a vol,
: l-Horacs Greeley" Renewed laughter an,
y chscrs Very well. II msan 70 do par
n y any good want to make il successful :
i Now, invite them to put their head maj
q in nomination. and do not agree with %,
! in your opinion Of Mr. Greeley, by an,
: means. Laughter and cheers wan
!. them to nominate the man they Intend :
b nominate for Governor II the Stateot Nev
!, York to test their principles. and, in tn
u election nos soss six wRks of, il b. i
!, not defeated by majority Of 10000. do NO
d call me prophet. Laughter and cheers
Aust desert my course, my government
:, and my country, to follow = party divided
dssrAeted. weak, inocc,lc, vscc.latins, NJ,
!. absussi, seeking ts own destruction
!. nave done very different thing. We sc
;, the railway train on the track. The car
: ~ere all capiy. It was under the guiianc
y e the conductor, Andrew johnson. Al
: he privileged seas were offer, 4 to this par