Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-03-08

my attention or time in proportion
to their merits? They say that man
johnson is lucky man-that no
man can defeat me. | will tell
you what constitutes good luck. |
1t is doing right and being for the
people. That is what constitutes
good luck. Some hour or other
the people will find out and UNI
derstand who is for and who is
against them. l have been placed
in as many trying positions as any
mortal was ever placed in, but SO
far / have not deserted the people,
and l believe they will not desert
me. What principle have | vio-
lated? What sentiment have |
swerved irom3 Can they put
their finger upon it? Have you
heard them point out any discrep-
ancy? Have yon heard them
quote my predecessor, who fell a
martyr to his country's cause, as
going in opposition or contradic-
ton to that l have done? The
very policy which l am pursuing
now was pursued under his adj
ministration, and was being pur-
sued by Lin when that inscrutable
Providence saw fit to summon
him, | trust, to a better world than
this above. Is there one princi-
pie adopted by him, in reference
TO this resolution, that | have de-
parted from? None, none.
The very policy that | am now
pursuing was pursued by me un-
der his administration, | having
been appointed by him in a partic-
ular position for that purpose
An inscrutable Providence saw
proper to remove him from this
to, | trust, a better world, and l
came into his place; and there is
not principle of his in reference
to The restoration of the Union
from which | have departed
Then the war is not simply upon
me, but my predecessor. l have
tried to 90 my duty.
i | know that some are envious
and jealous, and speak of the
White House as having attrac-
tons for the President. Let me
say to you the charms of the
White House have as little infu-
ence upon me as upon any individ-
ual in the country, and much less
than upon those who are taking
about it. The difference between
the little that suffces my stomach
and back is mere than enough,
and has no charms for me. he
proud and conscious satisfaction
of having performed my duty to
my country, to my children, and
the inner man, is all the reward
ask. [Great applause.
! In conclusion let me ask this
vast concourse here to-day, this
sea of upturned faces, to come
, with me, or | will go with you
, and stand around the Constitution
of our country. 1t is again un
folded. The people ale invited
to read and understand, sustain
and maintain its provisions. Let
us stand by the Constitution of
hour forefathers. Though the heav.
, ems fall; though factions should
rage; though courts and juries may
come; though abuse and vitupira
ton may be found out III the most
virulent form, ! mean to be found
, standing by the Constitution, as
the chief ark of our safety; as the
palladium of our civil and our re
ligious liberty. Yes, let us cling
to it as the mariner clings to the
last nlank.
| Let us go away, forgetting the
past and looking to the future, re-
|, solved to endeavor to restore oul
Government to its pristine purity.
trusting in Him who is on high,
but who controls all here below
that ere long our Union will be re-
stored, and that we shall have
peace, not only with all the nations
of the earth, but peace and good
will among all parts of the people
of the United States. When
your country is gone, and you are
about that place, look out and you
will find the humble individual
who now stands before you, weep
ing over its final dissolution.
A late trip to Virginia, over the
/ battlefelds of Bull Run, Manas
sas, Bristow and Catlett's Stations
shows steady return to civiliza
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