The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-09-04

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but the Union: fvociferous ap-
plause.] I helped my distinguished
friend on my right General Grant,
to fight the rebellion at the South.
You all remember his peculiarphrase,
That he was going to fight it out ON
that line. !" Laughter. was with
him, and I did oil that I could. We
whipped them at that end ofthe line,
and i want to say to you here that 1
am now fighting at the other end,
laughter and applause, and if he is
not in the field now in the military
sense, he is where he does good ser
wee. 1t is struggle for the Union
In which we are engaged. ~
The Union is essential to'us. The
North cannot get along without the
South, nor the South without the
North. But men say, do you want to
be governed and controlled by rebels?
l answer, no! We want to let loyal
men in, and none but loyal men;
lapplause and I ask here tonight,
upon what reasonable ground rests
the fear that men coming into Con
gress from the South would control
the country to its destruction? Take
the entire delegation-58 representa-
tivcs. compared with 2s2-ao you
fear that So men will control all the
rest? Laughter. Oh, men say,
they will repudiate our public debt.
Now, place these SO men in the most
powerful position that you possibly
can, and you have $50 or 1SO, an
overwhelming majority against them.
Surely, enough to keep them from
doing serious harm. Laughter |
Are we great people? Are we ali
towards? MOL Did they control
you before the rebellion commenced,
and will they have any more power
now than they had before?
There is another thing. You have
about So, 200, 600, 900 in bonds. How
are you going to preserve the credit
of them? VIII You tell me how the
security, how the value, how the ulti-
mate payment of the interest and
principal of those bonds is to be Sc
cured? Is it by continuing this Go
vernment, disrupted as it is, by Grip
ping our energies, and dividing us
up into half dozen petty States?
Let me tell You, and mark what I
tell you, that there is no way by
which those bonds can be ultimately
paid, interest and principal, than by
the consolidation of our nationality,
the perpetuity and completeness OF
the union of the States. Applause.
Pardon ME, when I say I understand
this question; and tell you that you
play false part now, and play into
the hands of your enemies and the
enemies of your country when YOU
aid those who would keep the Go
vernment disrupted.
Let us unite all portions of the
country firmly together, and you will
have more capital than you need. ]
am proud to say, on this occasion,
not by way of flattery or compliment
to the people of New York; am
proud to say that L find a liberal,
comprehensive, patriotic and ex.
pansive view of this whole question
among the people of New York. ]
am proud, also, to find that you dc
not feel that your existence depends
on aggression and destruction; that
while you are anxious to live, YOU are
willing to let others live, and do no
wish to live by their destruction
New York is a great commercial city
[ was asking man, the other night
what amount of taxes you collect il
the city of New York. was told i
was SIG, ,OOO,O 900 or S1S, 900, 900. Yor
remember what your Government
started from. You remember that
when George Washington was inau
gurated President, the total cost O.
the Governmen was s., 500, 600, while
here, to-day, my distinguished friend
upon my left (Alr. Hotfman) is con
trolling the destinies of city whose
taxes amount to $4,000, 600; ant
yonr State, with its population o.
1000, 900, has n system of govern
mcnt, general and municipal, more
con. lex and costly than the whole
Federal Government at its origin.
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For myself, 1 am contented to bs
guided by the example of the Saviour
of mankind. If I have pardonet
many, it has been because I though
it was for the best interests of tn.
country, having found them repent
ant and anxious to be pardoned. Gen
tlemen, / have talked long enough
1t has never been my habit to pre-
pare speeches, but rather to take II,
II subject, having previously though
upon it, of course, and talk about it
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