The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-09-10
Last Night of the DemijOhnson
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Circus.
Inc grand combination of talent which makes
UP the Demooratic-National Union-John-
soh-Iory party of this city, called for conven-
lence inc Demijohnson party, gave its closing
eNhlpition for the season Saturday nipbt in the
D'g tent ON Preble street. The Rev Mr. Tav-
lor, NJ. C., Of Tennessee. was thera FronL
Smith, who hates political preacher and sold
in Saturdays Advertiser, @If IL ia nooosso,, e.,
save the, country over the ruins of the An,nr;-
can church as 1t now exists, let The Cb1,rcb no
aoao'a was mere sue by side with the Tennes-
occupied q conspicuous position Gen. John
i. Swift, Of the Boston Custom House and
not ong ago Louisiana radical was one Of
the speakers. Best OF all, the Germania bond
was there, and q crowd of people who came
partly TO hear the band play and partly to hear
the Rev. Mr.. Taylor address the Copperheads
who, as he said himself, did not give single
dollar for the relief of East Tennessee when he
last visited Portland as the representative of
the loyal and suffering PEOPLE there.
MIR. l.. ID. NJ. Sweat was on the platform, and
young Mr.. Swasey, who preceded Montgome-
ry Blair the other night. Mr.. Bion Bradbury
was there and presided over the meeting, and
the tenian flag was there, hanging side by side
with the American ensign. "Humph" said an
lrlshman to another, they expect to get the
Fenian vote by jist hanging that flag up there;
they'll mind the difference Monday!" .r.
Mr.. Taylor affects the style of the Rev. Mr.
Chadband. He began by inviting his assem-
bled friends to emigrate to East Tennessee
Mr.. Vallandigham went South during the re-
bellion, with the hearty consent of his North
ern countrymen; and we dare say if Mr.. Tay-
lors new friends should initiate that illustrious
example there would be few tears shed in Maine.
lie proceeded to speak of Andrew johnson, as
patriot And why do call him patriot, my
friends? Because, when / looked around in
1870 to see who would stand with me for the
country, found Andrew johnson by my side.
MIR. Taylor explained that up to that time he
mad Deen political opponent of Andrew john
son, and had entertained very mean opinion
OF his intellect and his morals, though giving
| him credit for considerable shrewdness. And
| why did he hold these opinions of Andrew
johnson: Because, my friends, was not in
position to appreciate him. The audience seem
| ed satisfied with this lucid explanation, and
| one Democratic man and voter went SO far az
to say audibly, Good" Mr.. Taylor paid a
handsome compliment to the constituency
/ which has shown the good sense to send him to
1 Congress, but was greatly chagrined at tho un-
considerable delay about admitting him to his
seat He walked proudly into the noble Hall
OF Representatives and approached the Speak
| ers desk holding up his credentials from the
| loyal people of East Tennessee What was his
surprise land ours, considering that he was
| fairly inside the Hall and near the Speakers
desk) to have the door slammed in his facet
Overpowered by this miraculous circumstance
first air an East Tennessee baby breathes is free
air, from the mountain tops where the proud
bird OF American freedom" builds its nest and
rears its young ones. The first sustenanee an
East Tennesseean takes into his stomaS is free
milk drawn from the bosom of free mother
/ (Owtch! from an enthusiastic individual in the
| ausience). We infer that since the abolition
| OF slavery the ex-slaveholders of Tennessee, of
| whom Andrew johnson was one, do not en-
ploy black nurses as formerly. In fine, Mr.
| Taylor, representing constituency reared un-
| der these peculiar conditions, thought it very
| hard that Congress and Gov. Brownlow and
the best menin Tennessee, should have thought
lt best to wait for the ratification of the consti
| tutonal amendment before admitting him to
his seat And that is his complaint against
| Congress.
After some excellent music from the band,
somebody whose name your reporter did not
| learn, made a short speech as follows: Follow
citizens, am requested to announce that the
| Germania band will give sacred concert at
this place tomorrow evening, with full Or
| chestra and full military band. Tickets NAV
| be obtained here and at the door Sunday even
| ing" Mr.. Bradbury then introduced the sac
| ond speaker with an affecting allusion to the
touching scene" at Philadelphia, when Massa-
| chusetts and South Carolina promenaded arm
in arm. Massachusetts, and Tennessee were
| here arm in arm. He had the pleasure of in
Producing Gen. John L. Swift, Of the Boston
Custom House. (Subdued applause)
Mr.. Swift commenced in a very hoarse voice,
| nessee had heen ab1sed by che New England
| congressman, and particularly when he head
| how the Radical deacons of q church in Mains
| had refused to allow their church to be opened
for Mr.. Taylor to address Copperheads, he vas
ashamed of New England and New England
| Christianity. As Mr.. Swift when he was in
New Orleans under Gen. Banks, was ons of
the noisest Radicals, and has now turned
complete summersault, it is perhaps proper to
report that New England is ashamed Of hin
Mr.. Swift then began to talk about Hannibal
Hamlin, making some personal remarks which
yelled under the figure of speech known as
irony, were not intelligible to his hearers TAe
people of this State, though Gen. Swift doas
not appear to know it, have very sincere re-
spect for Mr.. Hamlin's great abilities and exps-
rience, and are not sufficiently accustomed 10
such surs as the General chose to deal in even 10
understand them. The General then mao
some reference to the proud bird" which had
been treated so handsomely by his predecessor,
| and launched into the regular course of Deno-
cratic addresses, applauding the Presidents sd
condemning Congress in strains as familisr as
| Old Hundred:
| " Be thou, A. r., exalted high,
And as thy glory ILLS the sky,
L So be My Policy displayed,