The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-04-23
The Preaidcn,'r last Speech

The President was waited upon last
Wednesday by large crowd Of veteran
soldiers and sailors, who met to thank
| him for his recent order, under which
! all things being equal a preference
! will be given to soldiers and sailors in
! Cling the civil offices under the General
! Government In reply TO 40 address,
| the President delivered CHARACTERISTIC,
/ of hand speech. in which he reiterated
| the main points of his famous speech OF
! the 22d of February The radicals came
| in for a large share of the Presidents at
/ tentiou On the Presidents part there
| seems to be no disposition to yield to the
/ men who have so toOlishly arrayed them
selves against them. "And now | want
/ to know said the President yesterday
why is il that the whole pack Of SLAM
derers, calumnidtors aud traduCers are
barking and swapping at my heels3"
why IS it that they are arrayed in ira.
[, ducing, vilifying aud eliminating me?'
The President went on to say shat he
had chosen the ground he occupied de-
liberately, aud that che meant to fight
| il ont on that liue" He defended
| M reconstruction policy # length,
and claimed that it Nn> the
pole, adopted by his pT,5ece- IN, and
carried ont uuaar him (johnGupl IN Ton,
na,,au tlr ,ta ., much danger H. con
.G1auon a,--u jjsintpgTaiou a.. us
said ,aa rea- stu}. stand hy % Con
>tuuou: uG an standing y, 80, tho
covenant VIII oo preserved Whilo |
hIy, l,,u coutyudiug against traitors
and treason, and secession and tho dis.
aaufiou NJ The Union. ! have hoan
',uut,ajing at the same time against the
consolidation 81 power here (tUieS IT
Good ~ | think the consolidation Of
power here is equally dangerous with
the separation Of the STATES (Cheers)
Tn, one would shatter us and might
run into anarchy. while the other would
c0nceE trate aud eyeutuate in monarchy |
iCheers, and cries Of Can't do irD Tn |
conclusion, the President said:
| thank You, gentlemen, for Che en-
Couragement. | thank you for your
countenapce on this occasion 1t cheers
me or and gives me strength to perform
the work before me II We are true to
ourselves if we are true 70 the .npSti.
tuition, the day is not fGr distant when
this government viii be restored Let
Us - ~ and restore the govern
mert Lei us enlarge jh1 area Of
our commerce and trade; and let
us not only inspire. confidence ut bone.
bur respect abroad by }stijog the alton
resume rs career Of pro, psritvaua great |
less / know that some will find fault |
with M aud say | am too ieuiTnr. too |
kind and MI that. If we were AL to be !
put to death or punished, or haniShed |
for one offence, OF tor the second otIencP, !
aud We're ~ BE- lost and excluded from |
society aad communion with our fellow |
meu how many Of us would he l-t5R | |
have felt when | have done wrcng aud |
Tepented If it that was as sincere and |
honest as he who had done no wrong at |
all. Then We must reason with Zach |
other and understand our nature and |
what is necessary to restore peace. aud !
concord TO distracted aud divided peO-
pie Ia time of war 1t is right t. buu !,
villages, sack cities and d-yastate fields, |
10 lay waste country, and cuppl- and |
reduce the enemy. Bat ia time OF ueace !!
the converse q that course $ Pre- SEW |!
the Wight one. aud the true policy If ? |
nation is to rebuild its cities. restore its
villages. and let all the SvOcations of |
peace and prosperity be restored | |
know there are some who have been at !
home calculating during the var,
and who bring to the considera> !
ton Of questions OF peace, harmony |
and the ayocatiuus Of civil LIFE |
Ill the feelings Of resentment lict, |
animated rs when the excitement wa
running high But take the brave men
Who sustained the flag on the field and !
on the wave, and You viii find better
feelings and better Judgment on these
questions than you will find with those
who have been sitting in the closet and
never smelled guupowder (C'Reers.)
les, from the private up to the COM
handing general they know better how
o treat the present circumstances than
my of those closet patriots and humani-
arians,
The radicals who pretend to think
nat Andrew johnson was about to sur
endep to them at discretion will end
precious little comfort in this speech, es-
,,eclaily when they see that the Presi-
tents magnanimous policy has the
learty endorsement of the men who
|. r1r us the opportunity for enforcing
!, me boys in blue have shown their
ANUS, anu have proved again that .the
'rayest are the gentlest.