Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-09-13

been questioned q month, ago as 70 the state
of the country I should have said that
i never since the breaking out Of the rebel
} tlion had there been half the danger to the
national life that then existed but I am
happy to inform you that think there is
: light ahead. | think that the progress and
y speeches of Andrew Johnson during the
last eight or nine days have satisfied the
country that he is what he is daughter
1 caused by the manner in which Senator
! Chandler finished the sentence.)
have too much faith in Divine Provi-
dence to believe that God will abandon us
in this dark hour, after bringing us to the
from white haired delegate. care not
who stands between this nation and pros
penty. That obstacle will be removed in
! good time. CHEERS The obstacle that
is now in the way the people will remove
in very short time. (Cheers.) Who is
| Andrew johnson, and what is Andrew
Johnson's policy? "a voice SO He is a rem
egade. Andrew johnson has no more
right to policy than my horse has. Jap
proving applause.) Andrew Johnson is
simply the executive officer of the ship, and
he must obey the laws. Andrew Johnson
has right to send in suggestions to Con-
''N1N' ~ AAN' WY "II11lI
the sound OF my voice. He has right to
advise Congress, and if Congress sees fit
to adopt his advice we'll and good. If Con-
gross does not see fit to DO so, his policy
has failed, and he has failed with it
! CHEERS.
| Gen. Waldridge-ss Three cheers for that
sentiment" The persons present rose to
their feet and cheered with great enthusi-
| assn.
Senator Chandler, resuming, said-If
Andrew johnson will execute the laws we'll
and good. If Andrew Johnson does not
execute the laws, he is a traitor and qce eOill
lmpeach him. This again brought the del
egates to their feet, and they applauded the
sentiments to the echo. I firmly believe
there IS an entire misrepresentation on the
part OF many honest men with regard to the
issues before the nation. see there are in
the large cities men of immense wealth who
sustain the so-called policy of Andrew John
son. 1t IS not his policy :; it is the policy
OF the rebels to get back into this govern
ment to overturn the government, and An
drew Johnson is merely a tool in the hands
of the rebels to accomplish their new rebel
lion. Approving shouts and cries of ''That' s
so. What would be the condition of at
fairs if we were to admit the unwashed,
)unrepentant, reeklng rebel to the floor of
, Congress There is not one out of ten OF
them that was not elected on an absolute
Ipledge that if sent to Congress either the
rebel debt shall be acknowledged or the
Union debt repudiated. [ was told by a
Union man from Alabama who ran for Con-
gross in the Montgomery district, a very
respectable man of fifty-fve or sixty years
o age, that a rebel unpardoned General was
the opposing candidate and bet ten to one,
and that this rebel took the stump and
! ,llnflrnG binCQlG tha if tbor o1ooto1 hi,, 10
Congress he would either have the rebel
debt acknowledged or the national debt re-
pudiated, and that they should have pay for
their negroes IN any event. A voice
"What is Andy Johnson's policy % Alex
ander II. Stephens swore before the Recon-
struction Committee that he believed in the
right Of secession. I look upon him as the
most guilty rebel of them all. He was the
agent who negotiated Tennessee out of the
Union. He sent his card to me last winter
as a brother Senator of the United States.
| "a voice" What impudence. What be-
came of it ?') Mr.. Chandler assumed a
look expressive of loathing and contempt
and replied The last saw of it it was
going up the chimney. Laughter and APP
plause) And yetwe are denounced for not
admitting Alexander II. Stephens. He came
there in answer to a telegram from the Pre-
sident of the United States to take a seat as
aSenatOr Signs of disapprobationa and cries
of {" Shame upon the President.) Ninetenths
of all the members elected from the rebel
States are unmitigated rebels to-day,
and came in a solid body to re-
pudiate our debt or to assume theirs.
! CA voice. How about Seward ?'') Mr..
Chandler, with a ludicrous grimace), my
friends, [ feel about Seward precisely as a
man did whose apples were running down
hill. They asked him why he didn't swear,
and he said it was because he couldn't do
justice to the sub lect. (ROars of laughter.
VIM. H. Seward, from the day the Chicago
Convention refused to put him in nomina-
ton for the Presidency and did nominate
Abraham Lincoln, has been laboring for
the overthrow of the great Republican
Union party (Noices-'' That's So and
he would to day rather overthrow a repub-
lican form of government than that he
should not be the head of it. approving
expressions) TO make long story short,
VIM. II. Seward is to-day at heart traitor
| to the Government Of the United States.-
| Expression of assent
Mr.. Chandler proceeded to read and COM
ment with great humor and sarcasm upon
the newspaper report of Mr.. Johnson's
| Cleveland speech yesterday. The various
Interruptions uncomplimentary of the Pre-
sident were applauded and re-echoed by
the members, and Mr.. Chambers comments
ran somewhat as follows Andrew John
son once said that treason was crime, and
that traitors should be punished and trea-
son made odious. If Andrew Johnson does
not stop about now, he will ascertain that
treason is crime, and that traitors shall |
be punished and treason made odious. The |
latter part of this sentence was pronounced |
with much emphasis and meaning, and the
sentiment which it conveyed caused the
audience to get to its feet once more and
indulge in cheering, waving of hats and
other demonstrations of approval. The
Cleveland interruption of "Oh, you be
damned, Andy p was greeted with applause
and at last one responsive "Amen" was
given to the pious wish. The three cheers
for Congress given by the Clevelanders was
reciprocated by three cheers for the Cleve-
landers |
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.
The Light house Boad will, on the Goth inst, |
re-establish the light at Cape Romain, coast OF |
south Carolina. 1t will be revolving light, at |
the height of 154 feet, visubIe at distance of 25
nautical miles.
The total receipts FROM customs, internal reve- |
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