The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-05

in the United States who understand thai
the devil of fanatcism is TO be fought only
with fire. tApplause.) It was .'swash.
ing blow" and the Thugs reeled under It
Mr.. " thanked the President also for his
conversation with Governor Cox who along
with John Sherman, seemed to want to per-
form the part of ''Spaulding's Glue" be-
tween johnson and his enemies. As a
whole II was but repetition of his mes
sage aud speech. Mr.. v. especially thanked
him for his signal and manly rebuke to
those bitter and narrow minded bigots
who object that certain men" whom they
have abused, slandered and injured aud
therefore hate. are applauding johnson,
firing cannon and hanging out flags.
These ohiectors were clas' of men who
would not even If they could get the
chance enter the gates of Paradise, II those
"certain mem were there before them.
Very well again. II they do not like the
gcolly fellowship of peace men," the
! Lord have mercy on them, for IL is written
'of such Is the kingdom of Heaven"
daughter and cheers.) The President
had said in that conversation that he
| had no cause for sorrow over the fact :
and that loyal men everywhere. ought 10
rejoice that he had hit upon kind of pacif-
cation acceptable North and South. even to
rebels and disioyal men; and that the
more he got Of that sort Of support if it
were sincere. Me better he toouid like IL.
Wen done, and well said, Andrew Johnson.
And but day or two ago. in reply to the
| Baltimore delegations - lad said that
some men were sayiI u him that he had
abandoned the party that elected him.
"TylerizedN his administration and Joined
the Coppcrheads; but that he cared moth
| ing for that. lt is pity Mr.. v. said, that
some hereabouts who profess to be with
the President, are not as Independent. But
! they Will come of that bv and by Evil
IDENTIFY the President meant to recognize
as his friends, the men everywhere who
were for his policy of immediate Union
ana pncification, no matter whether in the
past they had been AbolitiOnists, Copper
| heads or Rebels Aud he would be to-
tally unfit to repel the war now waged
against him, If he were to act on any other
policy.
| But it had been said by certain newspa-
| pers of easy or rather uncertain virtue.
which are for the President three DAYS. then
| for Congress three days and next for thr, /,
days part for and part against both that
johnson will soon do or say something
which will cause Democrats to regret ever
having applauded him for anything. Now
MI V. for himself would say that tile Presi-
| dent could not say or do anything so bad that
he (Mr. W would take back what he
had said or done over the veto of the Freed
man Bureau Bill, or the general doctrines
| OF the Veto Message. They at least would
| stand He well knew. indeed, that desper-
ate efforts had been made to prevent rup-
turc between the hostile factions of the Re
publican party. and that even now politi-
clans and oilIce-hOlders were cherishing the
dciuding hope that the breach could be vet
heal1d. But circumstances were more pow
erlul than men. The differences were rad
zeal and irrcconcileable. They grew out of
utterly different notions ofpolitics and gov-
ernment, and totally different purposes as
to policy. There is, indeed, said Mr.. w..
one basis OF adjustment. If the Republican
leaders and party will consent to abandon
all their plans of consolidation and central
lzation, and of reducing the South to the
condition of Hungary. Poland. Ireland. and
III good faith unite with the President and
the Democratic party in the immediate res
toration of the Southern States to the Union
with all their rights, and the final pacifca-
ton of the whole country, there will be ..no
split in the party" for we shall have but
one party 5hen; and then will know that
the Interpreters of prophecy, are right. and
that the millennium is surely to dawn i'm
1866; DIR. Cummings pOstponement to the
contrary Notwithstanding. Iaughtcr1
But do not believe that the President will
yield or ialter for moment, and he will
only rcorganize his Cabinet, as he undoubt-
edly viii very soon. then will feel sure of
It. have reasonable faith in Andrew
johnson. and had from the first day that he
became President, believing that he would,
in the end. do and say precisely what he
did and said the other day. So | declared
on the 9th of May last; for | had known
him for years. But have powerful faith
in Proyldence-in circumstances, if YOU
choose to so call it; and feel sure that he
cannot but go on as he has begun. This has
been my chief reliance from the first. No
man is fit to be statesman who does not
reckon largely in his calculations as to the
future. upon the ineXorable 'logic OF
events
Mr.. V. then referred to the magnitude
and hazard of the conflict in which the
President was engaged. lie was glad to
observe that Andrew johnson did not him
self seem to underestimate it. Every Leg
islature of every Northern and Western
state, Missouri included. was against him
so was almost every GovernOr-Cox oscil-
lating in doub,-and so. certainly, n part of
his Cabinet. So were probably tWo-thirds
of the House, and almost twO-thirds of the
Senate. The great mass of the Republican
leaders and press inclined the same wav.
The President had only the people to rely
upon. and their true voice now could be
heard only through public meetings and
the Democratic and non-radical press. All
must now speak out and at once. The
struggle would be a fearful one. If ever
there was time when patriots every
where should support the Government"
it was now. All men ought TO be ''loyaln in
this crisis. In Republican phrase, little
while ago the President was the Govern
ment,' and entitled to support, In Demo-
cratic phrase. the thirty-five or thirty-six
States made up the Government all ofthem
and rs the Government must be sustained.
He believed the President was in earnest
and was immovable, neither to be seduced
nor to be terrified. In the end he would
triumph. lie had the whole South with