The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-04-20

| went To encourage extravaganza ana gave "
premium to Incidence.
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| Sarcuadr OF the President by Soldiers ana ~alI-
ors-iddrcSs Of the President.
President Johnson said: 1t is not ahrctai'on
| in me to say that language Is luadrq"ate 10
| convey the hearted, feelings produced ON thi'
| occasion by your presence here, ana ny '"r
| presentation Of your sentiments aS rNprt>Sra
| by YOUR representative in his address, ana III
| the resolutions which YOU have thought proper
| 10 adopt. | confess that, III the peculiar pos
mre OF public affairs, your presence an" 2l-
dress give encouragement and commence 10
! me in my efforts 10 discharge me duilr> IN
cumbcul upon me rs Chief Magistrate OF me
| Rppuhlic. And in what | have 10 say, Shali
address YOU in the character of citizens, sailors
and soldiers. | shall speak TO You III lh"@r
| terms, and none others.
| | renrat my thanks for the manifestation OF
| YOUR apprOba ION and Of your encouragement.
| IApplausc.l We are 10 day involved III one OF
| The most critical and trying struggles thal
| have occurred since this Government was Spo-
ken into existence. Nations, like individuals,
| must have Il Acknowledgements have Il birIh.
| In struggling into existence, Il nation p''sS'
through its first trying ordeal.
1t is not necessary for me now 10 carry your
minds back 10 the struggle when tins nation
was born. 1t is not necessary Tor me 10 "!""r
| 10 the privatiouS and hardships OF ihos" who
engaged in that struggle 10 achieve the M
tional birth 1t is not necessary TO POM 10 ihc
blood shed and lives lost in accomplishing ihat
result The next ordeal through which ma
ton has 10 pass is when il j. called upon TO
give eyidc q that il has strength, capacllN,
and powe, 10 maintain itself among tn" ma
tiuus of tn" earth.
In giving such evidence, We passed through
the war Of l>l2, and through the war with
| Mexico: and we passed through all the sir"E-
giles thar have since occurred up 10 me t'-''
ming OF the rebellion. That WAS our seInh"
ordeal Eat Il nation has another test sun 10
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nations of the earth, and 10 III own cif'H"h~,
that it has poWcr to resist internal Toes. ana
that it has strength enough 10 put Gown
treach,ry at home and treason within It's own
borders lChrcls.l WrAarr COMMENCED that
ordeal and ! trust in Goa We VIII pass
through ii successfully. IChrer>. teci com
plimentrd by the alluS'ou OF your representa-
live TO the fact that | stood in the SENATE i'll
1850 aud 1861 when tn" nation WIS entrrln@ on
this third ordeal and raised my Noirraud mana
against treason, trc1cherE, and traitors III
home. IthcerS, and cries OF "food. | stand
here to-day holding L. AND maintaining me
same principles which | then enumerated,
stand here to-day opposing traitors and
| treason, whether they be III the south OF III
| the North. Loud cheers. stand mere To-
day, rs | then stood, using all my powers,
mental and physical, 10 preserve Thu mutton
| in passing through the third phase OF il cN-
istcnce. The organized forces ami combined
powers that recently stood arraycd against U>
it does not follow that Their" are still no enc.
mics against our present form OF government
and our free Institutions. iAppllnsrJ
| then stood in the Senate OF the nitci
States, denying the doctrine OF separation ana
secession. ] denied then, ~ | deny now, ih&t
| ANY State has Ia" right, Of lis own VIII, |"
! separate itself from til" other States, ANA
| thereby TO destroy the Union &nd 10 break mp
| the Government and think ! have given
| some evidence that have been sincere and in
| earnest: ana Row / want 10 know Why II i
| that the Who'll" train of slandercrS, calumnIa-
| tors, and traducrrs have -prrn bhrhiu- ana
| swapping al my heels. ItAc"r> Why - II
| thar they array themselves against me- i II
| because stand on the side OF the peoplr-;tnd
| when l say The people. imcittd" the sailors
! and soldiers? tChcrrs.I why i II that they
| are ARA ycd in traducluE, ANA NillliylHG. ANA
| calumuiatiug me- Where We're they during
| the rebellion? "A VOICE. llomc, III bed.
| Laughter. In the Senate, | raised nay voice
| against il: and when ii Wa believed That /,
would be 10 tn" interest of The nation, ana
would assist in putting down the rebellion,
did not leave my place in the Senatc-a place
| of emolument, ease, and disilnctlon-ahd take
| my position where The enemy could be reach
| ed, and where mems lives were III danger
| fChcerS and cries Of "Th9t's 50.
| While | was thus exposed personally and
| publicly, and III every way. some OF my present
| traduccrs and calumniltors were tar removed
| from the war, and wcr" enjoying ease and
comfort. TCheers aud laughterl But ! car"
not for them. | care not that SANDER, The
| foul whclp of sin, has been turned loosca|'Ln>t
me- ! care not for all that. and let me tell
| YOU here to-day, that Although pretty we'll
| advanced i. ltGe, | feel that | shah liz" long
| enough 10 live down the whole pack OF ira
ducers and Slandcrers. LApphusr.I They
| have turned The whole pack lOo~" 10 lower me
! in YOUR estimation. Noiccs-'' They can / do
| it'll Tray Blanche, and Swepthcart, little
| dogs and all came along swapping and snarl-
ing atmy heels, but heed them not; Cheers.
| The American people, citizens, soldiers. ANA
| ~ a Ia
| life TO the prcSen moment have always stood
myielding and unwaverng by the advocates
| and defenders of their rights and interests.
| [Cheers.
We are not yet through II. We said that
| States could not go out of the Union. We de
| MED the doctrine of secession, ana we nav"
! demonstrated that we were riEht-We demon
strated ii by the strong ann. Yes the soldiers
| and the sailors (tiOd bless theml have demon
strated by their patriotic hearts and strong
arms that States have not the power
| to leave the Union. IApplaUSc.j What fol-
| lowed? The Confederate armies were over
| powered and disbanded and there was Will
| ingress on the part of the people of those
| States TO come back be obedient 10 the laws,
| and acknowledge the supremacy of the Consti-
| tuition Of our fathers. For what have we
passed through this third ordeal? 1t was to
establish the principle that no State had the
power 10 break up this Government. 1t was
| TO put down the rebellion. The rebellion mas
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stroy the States Voices" Never. For
what have ali these lives been sacrificed and
, all this treasure expended wa. IL Tor Inc
purpose of destroying the States No; 1t was
for the purpose of preserving the States in the
Union of our fathers. [Chcers. 1t was for
that YOU fought il was for that | toiled; not
to break up the Government, but TO break
down the rebellion and preserve I'll" union OF
the States That is what we have been con
tending for and TO establish the fact that the
ma ton can lift itself above and beyond lnuS-
tine foes and treason and traitors ut home.
When the rebellion in Massachusetts, was
put down, did that put Massachusetts out OF
The Union and destroy the State2 And when
the rebellion in Pennsylvania was put down,
did that destroy the State and put II out OF
the Union? So when the recent great rebel
lion was put down. and the Constitution ana
laws of the country restored, the States en-
gagged in il stood rs part of the Union The
rebellion being crushed, the law being restored,
the Constitution being acknowledged, these
States stand III the Union, constituting a part
of the glorious and bright GALAXY OF States.
Loud cheers.
In passing through this ordeal what has
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