The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-09-10
The Presidents Visit to
st. Louis.
Stirring Address to Missourians.

Diplomatic Corps. 't o..
Soon after being set down at the hotel, q
large crowd collected in Walnut street, and
called Justify for the President. .--.---- a-
He answered that summons by appearing
on the portico, and delivered the following
address:
THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH.
FELLow.C rrirEss OF ST. LOUIS; On being intro
duced to ven tonight II IL not for the purpose Of
making speech 1t is true, I am proud 10 meet
so many Of my fellow zens on this occasion. and
under the favorable cNeum stances that do so
lCry-"How abou. our British -ubjscts''J We
will attend TO John Bull sitter while so far as that
is concerned. Laughter and loud cheers I have
stated that sm not here for the purpose Of max
ing speech, but for being introduced Simply to
tender my cordial thanks for the welcome that you
have given TO me In your midst. voice-"Ten
thousand Welcomes" Hurrahs and cheers.
thank you. wish II was in my power to ad-
dress you under favorable circumstances upon some
Of the questions that agiiate and distract the pub
lie mind Mt this timc-questions which have grown
out Of fiery ordeal that We have passed through
The time has whom It seems to me that ali
ought to DO prepared for peace Tho rebellion being
suppressed and this shedding of blood being stopped
the sacrifice Of life suspended and stayed IL seems
that the time has arrived whom We should have
peace, when the bleeding arteries should be tied
IL you had word or two the subject Of New
Orleans you might understand more about II than
you do. Laughter and cheers And II you will
20 back and ascertain the cause Of the riot ct New
Orleans, perhaps you would not be SO prompt IN
calling out New Orleans"
If you will take up the riot at New Orleans and
trace 1t back to Its source or to its immediate
cause, you will end out who responsible for the
blood that was shed there. n you will take up the
riot at New Orleans and trace It back to the radical
Congress, lgreat cheering and cries Of Bully, ~
you will find that the riot at New Orleans was sub
stantially planned. If you will take up the pro-
ceedings In their caucuses you will understand
they there know toheers that 4 convention was to
be called which was extinet by its power having
expired; that II was said that the intention was
the organization Of that government the intention
was to enfranohise one portion Of the population
called the colored population, who had just been
emaneipated, and at the same time disfranchse
white men. Great cheering
When you design to talk about New Orleans con-
fusionl you ought to understand what you are talk
ing about When you read the speeches that we're
make. or take up the facts, on Friday and Satur-
day before that convention sat, you will then find
that the speeches ncendary In their character
and melting the black population to themselves
and prepare for tho shedding Of blood. IA voice,
That's so" and cheers. You will also End that
the convention did assemble In violation Of law and
the intention Of that convention was to supercede
the recognized authorities In the State government
Of Louisiana, which had been recognized BY the
Government of the United States and every man
engaged In that rebellion in that convention with
the intention Of superceding and upturning the civil
government which had been recognized by the Gov
eminent Of the United States. Isay that he vas a
traitor to the constitution of the United States
lcheers, and hence you find that another rebellion
was onmenced having its origin in the radical
Congress.
Those men were to go there A government was
to be Organized and the one in existence 10 Louisi-
ana was to be suspended, set aside and overthrown
You say you talk to me about New Orleans Sup.
pose the question should come up when they
had established their sgoyernment-a question Of
political power--which Of the two governments was
to be recognized' A new goversment, inaugurated
under this defunct convention. sit in violation of
Of lew and without the will of the people, Then,
when they had established their government, and
extended universal and impartial franchise, as they
called 1t, to this colored population. the radical
Congress was to determine that government es.
tHblished on negro votes was to be the government
Of Louisiana. tyolcos-"Never!" and cheers and
huzzas for Andy
the origin Of the blood that was shed, and every
drop OF it is upon their skirts, and they are re-.
sponsible for1t., tChcers. could test this thing
little further, but will not do 1t here tonight;
but when you talk about New Orleans and talk
about the cau'es and cons quences that resulted
provoked questions OF that kind though II does not
provoke me, will tell you few Wholesome things
that have been done by the radical Congress
lCheers. =
In conn etion with New Orleans and the extern.
sion Of the elective franchise know that have
been traduced and abused. know this came in
advance Of me here. You have heard that have
attempted to exercise an arbitrary power In resist
ing laws that were attempted to be enforced upon
the Government lcheers aud cries OF Hear VI
that had exercised tho veto poweri [" Bully for
you !l that had abandoned the party that elected
me, and that was q traitor, [cheers because l
exercised the~eto power In attempting TO-, and did
for time, arrest a bill that was called a Freed
mems Bureau bill. ICbeers Yes. that was
traitor! And have been traduced, I have been
slandered, have been called Judas Iscariot for
all that.
Now, my countrymen It Is very easy to indulge
In epithets. 1t 10 easy to call man Judas, and to
cry out traitor but when he Is called upon TO give
arguments and facts he is very often found want.
ing Judas Iseariot' Oh yes, there was a Judas
and one Of the twelve apostles and the apostles had
a Christ. Voice, "And a Moses."l If have
played the Judas who has been my Christ that l
have played the Judas with Was II Thad. Ste.
yens' Was It Charles Sumner? Was It Wendell
Philps' Kisses and cheers Are these the mel
that compare themselves with the Saviour while
everybody who differs with them in opinion and
tries to arrest their nefarous policy Is to be de.
nounced as n Judast llurrahs and cheers for
"Andy"l
In the days when there were twelve apostles, and
when there were Judases, there were unbelieyers,
Groans for Flstcher Yes, oh yes unbelievers in
Chrst-men who prosecuted and slandered and
brought him before Pontius PLATE, and preferred
charges and con ismued, and put him to death on
the cross to satisfy themselves and this same per
scouting, diaboicaI, neihrious clan to-day would
| persecute and shed tho blood Of innocent men "a
carry out their purposes.
heard some one In the crowd say we had q
Moses Laughter and cheers. Yes, there Is q
Moses and know sometimes it has be n said thai
l would he Moses To the colored mans Why,
have abored as much In the cause Of emancipation
~ any other mortal man living, but while have
striven to enamel pate the eolored man | have fell
us now feel that We have a great many white met
who want emancipation, Laughter and cheers
| There Is a set amongst yon who have shnckes OF
heir limbs, md are much under the will ant
control Of their masters MS the coored men late
emannipated.
call upon you tonight, rs freemep, to favor th,
emanc patton of the white man as Well as the col
0red man. Congress contends that the President
| IL wrong because he vetoed the freedmen Buren,,
bill, mud becau.e he chose to exercise the vet,
power he committed a high offence, and ought I,
be mpeached ['Neverr'l
Yes, yes, they are ready to impeach him, an,
llet them try ~ " they were satisfied they ha,
the next Congress by us decided majority as this
upon some prstext ar other they would vacate tn.
departments the United States It has bee,