The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-06-07
From rIr. valla ndIgham.

Wo extract the following from q
speech made by Hon. G. L. Vallan-
digham before the recent Ohio De-
,2ocratic Convention:
We support a President for whom
we did not vote; we limit our sup
port to the particular question in
which the whole country is interested,
and upon which depends the perpe
tulty Of the Union, tho maintenance
OF the Constitution, and the liberties
OF the people, and i'll this we render
hlm loyal and entirely unselfish
support. say here, tonight, that I
sign no recommendation for any civil
position to the President of tho
United States. ] say, I trust, with
out bong accused Of arrogance or as
sumption, that the name of the gen
tieman who presided at this Conven-
tlon, the gentleman who addressed
you Mt this afternoons session, and
that other, whose name is SO odious
to republicans, as he undersigned
hears, would proL..oly go as far at
the White House rs that of Thaddeus
Stevens or Charles Summer. Loud
laughter and applause.
Then, say, let our President de
pend upon his friends, who can com
mand lS,OOO,O 900 honest and inIe-
pendent volunteers, for he may, and
he cannot, L am sorry to say, upon
the band Of 100000 mercenarics.
whose patriotism is measured by tho
slZo and continuance of their salaries.
we propose no fusion, eitEcr with
the President or with any party Of
his which may he organized. In Il
restored Union, we mean to fight out
the battle upon the line Of Demo
cracy, aud with the zeal of earnest
men, and with Gods help, We shall
bo successful. I know we are in the
midst Of critical times.
uo not unCt rtakc to say we shall
not have more civil war in America.
The clouds are s,lrchargcd with light
ming. The recklessncss of tho ma
Jorlty in Congress is ominous; but if
they imagine that the Dcmocr
mean to commence II revolution, or
that the President means to strike the
first blow, they are mistaken. But
You have only to look at the work OF
the so called legislature and notice
the bills which it has enacted, one of
which has been passed over tl.,. head
of the President; measures. whose
aim IS first the perpet,lation of the
power OF that party; and secondly,
the consolidation Of the Government.
amt the destruction Of that ConStitu-
ton which our fathers established, to
be satisfied that they intend revoIl-
ton, peaceably if they can bring it
about, forcibly if they must.
But if that is their purpose, they
will be met by men IA determined IL,
they are, to stand in the breach and
resist, ii needs be. to- the death. to
maintain the constitutional liberties
OF the people. Loud cheers. \
tew weeks ago. the dominant party in
Congress succeeded, by twu-thir us of
that body Il thing not contemplated
III the Constitution in passing the
civil rights bill over the President,
veto. They doubtless would have
attempted to impeach him not in
the constitutional sense of that word,
for the House of Representatives and
Senate, as now constituted, has no
power of impeachment, and two
to remove the President.
The Constitution pruclaims that the
Senate shall consist of two Senators
from each State, but eleven Southern
Stat are unroprescnted They had
the power, 4 little while ago, but
ialied to exercise it. They may again
get the power, and they are struggling
Tor 1T. We are first to have an APP
peal to the people OF the United
States, and every means is being used
III Washington and elsewhere to sue
coed IN the next Congressional elec-
tl"n. In the meantime, the Senate
Is not to adjourn, and when, in De
cember next, il this party succeed in
carrying the Congressional election,
proclaim that it is the purpose Of
this so-called Congress to dcposo the
President and place the Chief Justice
Of tho United States in his place.
Already bill is pending in the
House, to be brought forward at the
proper time, to make the Chief JUS
tice President, III case of the disability
OF tho President, who was originally
elected ccIrcsi,i,ilt. The appeal
Is first to be made to the public ut the
election, and then will follow the rest
OF the programme to impeach, un-
constltutlonally; in other words, to
drive Andrew johnson from his office
This is the scheme Of the internal
things IN the so-callcd Congress. If