, 1866-10-20
ever This Is Ilst under God, In this milton, there

ever. This Is ElaL under God In this milton, there
aeesed ha e peops make both The
..'po1ictcs y and the rules Of IT, Republic. You
determined that the feather does rether pilot nor
iraihcr. So ills mighty people, f. . breath,
sv vceps into fo' geltulhcss him whom they made
and who ATTEMPTS their betrayal. on Tucsday,
whom. The l!asion, not knowing, honored; but
whom know wing, Is now csne: forgotten, or only
70 os hereafter rnmenefea I'm by the nation as
:, The a,ai:s of Tuesisy put down o1her things tn
9he code Of this nation. ethics and Of iA policies.
rulers, In Al least their public and Official allors
10 the ration. shall have good manners;
end q. Il its eoae Or policies i was written down
even By speech or innrcndo or sign, tase OF the
q The late tonr Of The acting President upon
IeT signidcaEons. When The nation saw their
Vice President, On Inauguration day, oyertaken
then the nation had for Thai fault i mantle, and
MI Mith ave1sd eyes and walking backward. the ua-
ton bore that mantle to him and threw Ii over
&his diREusung shame and dl*honor.
And even afterWaId, when The saddest Of all our
DanoHa! soffoWs came 10 us IN the form OF those
1Mn I taking o 81 1aeon md ne
compelled to see exposed, from day to day, at the
White Honse;-thas itch mans gate Of This nadon
assassin had uade President, even the nation, with
dowLcast eyes and nostrils compresked, avoided
or endured The nationnl obseenity. And for this
Tic Bread and Baer 5I,Gade dogs % 70 les IT, bis Is
so'es. And thus the nation eudutra or a1lesiated
these rational thames. But when The Pres!dcnt be-
thc gate" turned peoder Of his faults, and thrust
them. Fes force, upon lie unwilling and disgustcd
Saef esan Il e w1es pcSp then rs s charities o.
which vii! be heard Tar az our 1.a;lonal shame
was seen and felt, you rrLnked On Tnesd.y this
But The relatiyns oi ihs Presidents Tour To the
bnke ef The mere inaecencies and bid tastes Ut
seen aea dest 81 fh +, iReess hs esope Il
nation ehenld assume The calling Of
shame. That he should do DO this Under
a simulated devotion to the memory OF a dad
into II tie honored defenders of the us Repu
llc, whom he could command. was on}y bad tastc.
That he should do this Ut the expense OF the na-
GnR Rs quass sna I'll Il s 1
he snonld 9 StsSen5ss IL bad English IN ncohe:ent
IN c1owntsh vn1s4risy and shocking blasphemJ,
was only shame anu wtekedness. That he
opg Sihnas a ssHn @ le 1aSbs was
fell houoss bestowed on those whose presence
Will him he bad compelled WIS In bad taste
him, and who hadIust sssed the country, ualiofs,
ard should demand that romc OF them be put to
death, was perhaps an insult 10 the nalion.
| department Of ihe Government The authorship Of
| bis own murders IN the New Orleans massacrc
%as p9Jsal1 snly Iis;fea !aslae,toa That
Who should reinse 10 do his bidding III the bust
nest OF The cnuntrJ's betrayal arc perhaps only
onnsgss aEalns. ne NATIONS virtue and honof.
nous people may afford TO pase by with only their
rsbnke as indeccnces, and need not dispose " as
high crimes nsai1=t the State" but then the1e
l nt31a hnr ,ha.o fnr
tcntion Of the nation in that tour which canuot bs
passed over or rebukcd IS ,n.leccucies merely.
1htn, Mhtaen, n that strange exhibition Of naonstos
upon the attention OF the nation, be ind!tates 10
them TIA, there are to be no more app,ovaie by
eim o. any af,s Sf ine cengess a9 @ " Gov
Inn as oserth1owsl and incapable Of making lase,
nno!a,, anen r. eomcs TO rs not IN shapes OF mcrc
9s,sfn!y a,I n o. OF had 9sesdine Int sml.a
concc1n, that Tuesdays elections meant that
whilst this nasion has mantle fora fault Of ii.
onlEaccs all the propriettes Of oficsal station .n
81 private life, JET for hIa, who preSnmrs to touch
me sacred ltfc Of the Government lhls nation has
| an AAI; And iet me N al calmnesa and charity
say T. the President. that Tuesdays elections se-
al1y that should one step be taken by him 10 pi.
INTO execution That threat that tho Congress IS TO
% be.a thsi ns sess' w on hi
1asional dishonor. ''''
=, ~; q 4lso a4i1ned 70 the pEobable results Of
ment part Of the organic law. Ho describea The
high and sast import Of the action Of Tuesday in
These amendments put all OF The natfon's children
alike under the great shield Of the nation. lley
made the States aud the electors thereof ca uals
their electsrs. They rendered The authors
Of rebellion outlaws. and markcd treason
with tnfamy. They coneecratcd the national faith
take ia conception Of all the vastness Of these
results measure their consequences to thc people
and to thc nation: Well may you light these bon
this circle Of light stretching tonight across yunr
continent: we'll may yon exchange State with
State and citizen with citizen, these consfatula-
tions- For truly the naton hath triumphcl clori-
oRa1y.