New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-10
Radical Meeting at HARRISBURG.


ErcrENT AND TRBAsoNAnLR DENUNoIATIoNs o
THE PRESIDENT AMrLToN, OF TEXAS RANT
AND RAvEs-"oH, FOR BEN BUTLER
a radical meeting assembled at Harrisburg
Pennsylvania, on Wednesday evening, the Cd inst
to listen to an address from that " Loyal South
erner,n Hamilton, Of Texas. The following report
will give some idea of the temper Of the meeting,
and the character of the oratory with which it
was sought 10 infame them against the govern
ment:
Hon Simon Cameron presided. He said he was
glad to see 50 n,sny people present on so short a
notice. He counssled energetic action. lie pro
rounced President johnson bad man, and faith
less to his promises and an enemy to his country
The oT1estion was if poor and honest negroes
should be murdered in cold blood after the rebel
lion. and whether handful Of white men in Soutl
Carolina should cast the votes of the negroes whc
were inexperienced, Every leading traitor should
be hung, {cheers) and we ought to insist upor
President Johnson's advice that treason should be
made odious,
He then introduced Gov Hamilton, who said
substantially that four years of war to suppress q
wicked rebellion has resulted in favor of the gov
eminent. It was hoped that after the victory the
rebels would ground their arms and pay respect
full obedience to the government; but now we ash
ourselves the question who has been victorious
the government or the rebels2 When we come to
contemplate the condition OF the country to-day
tits hard to Judge how the war has been settled
President johnson had promised to remain true
to the policy Of the party that placed him in
power. 1T is useless to recall his many patriotic
professions; either we have sadly changed since
then, or he has,
The time was when there was no difference oil
opinion in the Republican party, except among a
few sckly sentmentalists, in regard to the DISPOSE
ton made Of leading conscious rebels, and the
President agreed with us, Ii was scarcely ex
pected that no example would be made. Look al
President JOhnson's declarations in this conuec
ton. Our opponents intend to ring the change:
on the charge that the Republican party is pa,
excellence negro suffrage party the charge i!
not true 1t is party in favor Of liberty for all
ICheers.l | repadiate the idea that this is
white mans government, in the vulgar sense in
which the term is used. tbs, felloW-ctizens
free mans government, without respect to color,
and the black man is included.
The President promised to be the Moses Of the
negro, but ii seems he did not get so far as his
namesake. He did not lead his negro friends
quite to the land Of Canasn. We have the intel
ligenee today that the Union men in New Or
leans have been murdered like dogs in kennel
under the direction of mayor who fought the
Union army when FaTTagut was in New Orleans
bay On, that We had Ben Butler in New Or
leans now {GheeTs) There was no law to pre-
vent the reassembling of the Union convention
and yet they were indicted by the grand jury fol-
80 meeting. What harm can the convention dol
Does it purpose to take away the rights of any
mani Are they to be allowed, under the dcta.
blood?
he talks 81 nsarpation Has he eEer thought
of how much OF that is done at the White House
b lie telegraphss not to the governor of Louisiana
but to an inferior officer. He talks as he has
talked to all who have visited him and none but
rebels now call upon him. His predecessor, Lin-
coin who was far better man than johnson was
ever supposed to be, had recognized this very
convention. df&5
= These are times in which events follow each
other rapidly. Watch men closely. Executive
Officers may attempt to exert more power than
they should. was provisional governor myself
IN Texas When was appointed, nearly every
man In the State was under the faint of treason.
They commended that their insurrection did not
make them alien enemies, hut the Supreme Court
decided otherwise. All this talk about the States
being in the Union and out Of the Union, etc. il
foolish. IL President johnson had gone South
two years ago and preached that doctrine, his
bones would now be bleaching on the plains of
Texas, and l wish to God he had gone. Cap
plause. Asa T.
/ believe that under the circumstances, the
government has the right to dictate the terms on
which rebel States should be admitted toll the
Union. DID not the rebels, in their Congress and
everywhere, constantly resolve that they would
never come back under any circumstances?
Theirs was government de fdcto-it was a mil
itary despotism, but it made and enforced its own
laws. 1880
The President had the power, before the terms
of peace were concluded, as commander-in chief,
to appoint provisional governors for the tempo
rary military government of State but pray
where does he get the power and authority to OF.
ganl1e the civil governments of the States? What
authority has be to dictate who shall vote and who
shall not vote Since the President has got to
talking about want Of authority in various officers
and tribunals, 1 now want to arraign him for
usuEpiDg powers not his own. These rebels have
all along oohtended that they were out Of the
Union, and would never come into it under any
circumstances, and now they say it is all lie,
they were never ut0f the Union.
MI. Johnson talks about these people being
ready to come back. Are they2 Do you think
that THESE rebels are coming back to help to pay
tue nstional debt created by their rebellion? No.
but their organs do not conceal the fact that they
want you to help pay the rebel debt. They are |
coming back TO wage unceasing war against the |
Institutions OF the country. they will take any |
sathl-the first one that comes in their way and |
then any 0ther-aBd in the end they will treat |
you shamefnily. They come back claiming their |
slghts. tofsooth, what are these rights The |
PRESIDENT may pardon, but he cannot dictate for /
he government The President who undertakes F
{ y simply national nsurper. (Ghaers.) / am
lot 9 nesEo worshipper, but believe it Unnecessary
~ ms protection Of all, that all should be free.
asn not hound to embrace negro because he /
8 my fellow citizen; but day by day have these L
puof men been murdered
70 down and see how President johnson is pro-
leelng tae freedmen in the South | have fold
my people 70 their faces these very things. Con
gress nas been The stand by Of the country, and
= ,nlglt the hopes of the people center in il.
!. hssitnKe we AIne VIII come when all will find
\ necessary thaf every man should hold the ballot
aoE T., ns own protection. Alexander H. Stephens
syaii CONS np 70 the Philadelphia convention and
was never out Of the Union. 1t was all
little farce on our part. \,
+, 1ozernor hamilton was very bitter ongPresi-
Gent johnson. and declared he was not even flt To
seach Fred, Douglass. He eulogized Thaddeus
and launched some terrible philippines
! galast steward, Stanton and others.