The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-09-21
The Presidents Speech at st. Louis.
NEW ORLEANS, JUDAS IscARIoT AND MOSES.
AND OTHER MATTERS

uNib OitNll, lllub III OF iypulS lie tlu /
not repeat the speech he made so often |
on the way there. He excelled him
self III vituperation as the following
passages show. Some one in the |
crowd having derisively shouted "New
Orleans" the President said
If you will take up the riot at New Orleans
and trace it back to its source, or to its immedi-
ate cause YOU will find ont who is responsible /
for the blood that was shed there II you will
take up the riot ne New Orleans and trace it
back to the Radical Congress, great cheering,
and cries of Bully y You will find that the riot
at New Orleans was substantially planned. II
you viii take mp the proceedings in their caucu-
scs, you will understand that they knew
that convention was To be called which was ex-
tinct by its power having expirod-that it was
said. and the Intention was, that now govern
mont was to be organized, and, IN the organlza-
ton Of that government. the intention was TO en-
franchise ono portion of the population, called
the colored population, who have been emanci-
pated, and at the same time disfranchsc white
men. When you begin TO talk about New Or
leans (cuntusion) You ought TO understand what
You are talking about When you read the
speeches that were made, or take the facts ON
Friday or Saturday before that convention sat
you will then find the speeches men made in
ccndary in character, exciting that portion OF
the population (the black populaton) to arm
themselves and prepare for the shedding of blood.
Nou will also find that the con genton did assem-
be in violation of the law, and that the inten-
ton uf that convention was to supersodc the
recognized authorities in the State government
ofLouisiana and which had been recognized by
the government of the United States, and every
man engaged in that rebellion, in that convon-
ton, with the intention of supcrschng and up,
turning the civil government which had
been recognized by the government Of the Unit
cd States, ! say that lac traitor to the
United States. And hence you find that anoth-
or rebellion was commenced, having Its origin
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there; government was to be organized, and
the one in existence IN Louisiana was to be SUI
pcrsedcd, set aside and Oycrthrown. You may
talk to me about New Orleans. And then the
question was TO come up when they had estab-
hshod their government, question Of political
power which of the two governments WAS to be
recognized. A new government naugurated
under this deiunct convention, set up IN violation
OF law and without the will Of the people Then
when they had established their government and
extended universal aud impartial franchise, as
they called Il to this culored population then
this Radical Congress was 70 determine that q
government established on negro votes was to
be the government of Louisiana. So much for
the New Orleans riot, and there was the cause
and the origin Of the blood that was she'd and
every drop of blood that was shed rests upon
their skirts, aud they are responsible Tor 1t.
! tCheers.l
have been traduccd have been slandered;
/ I have been mahgncd; have been called Judas
! lscariot, and all that. Now, my countrymen
das, and cry out traitor, but when he Is called
upon 60 give arguments and facts, he Is very of-
ten found wanting Judas lscari0t Judas
There was Judas once one of the twelve apos-
ties. Oh, yes. the twelve apostles had Christ.
/ CA voico-"And Moses, too (laughter)
The twelve apostles hada Christ, and lac never
I could have had Judas unless hc had twelve
apostles IT have played the Judas, who has
been my Christ that / have played the Judas
with Wae IL Ihad Stcyensf Was II Wendell
Phillips Was it Charles sumner Arc these the
mon that compare themselves To the savior
of man. and everybody that differs with them IN
+ opinion, and that try to stay and arrest their
iii bohcal and ncfarlou- policy, 10 be denounced
~ Judas In the days when there were twelve
apostles and when there was Christ, while
there were Iudasps there were uuhciiY r. , Yes
while there were judascs there were unbelicvcr7
I Voice i-.' Hear ''thrcc gruans for Fletcher }
Yes. oh Yes unhccycrs IN Christ men who
/ prosecuted and slandered and brought HIM be-
fore IOutius Plate. and preferred charges and
condemned and put him to death on the cross
to satisfy unbchcycrs and this same proceed
ing, diaholical and ncfarious, there arr to-day
those who would pcrsccutc and shed the blood of
innocent men 90 carry out their purposes. But
le, me tell You, let me give YOU few words here
tonight and but short time since | heard
SOME enc say that we had Moses. Laugh
ter and cheers.
Yes. there was "a Moses and I know some
times 1t has been said that ! would ho the Moses
Of the colored man. c. Never, and cheers -
Why, have lahorod as much in the cause Of
emancipation as any mortal man living but
while have strIFcn TO cuaucipatc the culOrcd
man, | have felt. and now feel, that We have a
great many white men that want emancipation.
daughter and chcers) Thoro is set among
You that have PVT shackies on their limbs, and
are as much under tine lead and control Ot their
masters the colorod man that was enamel
pated. [Chccrs
some OF these eroakcrs have dared to assume
that they are better than was the savior Of man
himself-a kind of Righteousness better
than anybody else, although wanting to do De
itiy work, thinking be cannot do It well as
their own. daughter and cheers.) Yes, the
savior of men came ON earth and found the hui
man race condemned, and sentenced under the
r law, but when they repentcd and believed, he
sad let them live. Instead of executing and
putting the whole world TO death he went up
on the cross, and there was nailed by unbeliey-
ers there shed his blood that you and / might
live. (Cheers.) Think Of it to execute and
hang and put TO death eight millions Of people
"a voice. ''neyer') Il is an absurdity. Sup
pose thing is inpractcable, even if it were
right but is the opposite of all law human and
divine. CA voice, "hang Jcf. Davis') You call
) on Judge Chase to hang jeff. Davis, will you?
. (Great checring) ! am not the court | am
not the jury nor the judge. Before the case
comes to me, and all other eases, it would have
I to come on an application for pardon and that
IL the only way the case can get to me. Why
don't Judge Chase, the Chief Justice of the Uni
ted States, whose district Davis is in-Why don't
+ he try him p loud cheers) But perhaps
could answer the question, as sometimes per-
sons want 70 be facetous and indulge in re-
partoe, might ask You question, why don't
hang Ihad. Stevens. and Wendell Philips 2
Great cheering) traitor at one end of the
line Is as bad AZ a traitor at the other.
believe that one set OF men have enjoyed the
emoluments of Office long enough, and they
should let another portion Of the people have
chance. (Ceeers.) How are these men TO be
got OUT CA voice" Kick them out" Cheers
and laushtcrl Unless your Executive can put
them out-unless you can reach them through
the President? Congress says he shall not turn
them out, and they are trying to pass laws TO
If YOU will stand by me in this action (cheers) if
you viii stand by me in trying to give the people
fair chance, to have soldiers and citizens to
participate III these offices, God being willing |
will kick them out. / will kick them out lust as
fast as can. Great cheering.) Let me say TO
you in concluding, what have said, land in
tend to say but little, but was provoked into
tins that ! care not for their menaces their
taunts and their jeers / care not for their
threats. do not intend to be bued by my
enemies nor awed by my friends (Cheers1
hut God willing, with your help, viii veto their
measures Whenever they come to me- | place
myself upon the ramparts of the constitution
and when l see the enemy approaching, so long
as have eyes to see, or ears to hear OF tongue
to sound the alarm, so help me God will do it.
ana can on the people TO be my judges (Cheers)
SENATOR EDMUNDs The Montpelier
Journal and Freeman justly regrets
the absence of Vermont Senators and