Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-03-03
PERSON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 3 1866

who is for them and who IS against them,
and who was for amelioraling their condl-
lion. Their opposers coul" he placed
before them, and there might be regular
contest, and in lie first til! The enemies
of the. country would be crushed. have
detained YOU longer than intended ; but
in ,his struggle | am your instrument
Where s the man or woman, IN private
or public life, that has no! always receIv-
ed nv attention ard my Ume! Some
times it is said, "thqt man Johnson is
lucky man." will tell you what con-
slitutes good fortune: Doing right and
being for the people. ,fne people in
some particular or other, notwithstanding
their sagacity and judgment, are frequent
ly undeErated or underestimate, bat
somehow or other the great mass OF the
people will find out who is for them anu
who is against them. You must indulge
me in this allusion when cay can lay
my hand on NY bosom and say that in all
the positions in which have been placed
many of them as trying as any IN
which mortal man could be put-so far,
thank God, have not deserted the peo-
pie, nor do believe they will desert me
Wha, senlimen. have | swerved from
Can my caumniators put their finger
upon il! Can they dare indicate s.dlscrep'
ancy or a deviation from principle !
Have you heard them al any time quote
my predecessor, who fell martyr TO his
cause, asIcomiDg in controversy with any
thing advocated An inscIuIabIe Prov
dence saw proper to remove hIm to-
lrusl, better world than This, and came
into power. Where is there one prncI.
ple in reference 10 this restoration that J
have departed from Then the war Is
not simply Upon me, but II is upon my
predecessor. have tried 10 do my du
Ity. know some are jealous in view OF
the White House, and say all that tl"m-
merry has as liIlle influence on me as II had
heretofore. The conscious satisfaction OF
having performed my duty to my coun'
try, my children, and my God, is al he
reward which | shall ask,
In conclusion OF what | have to say,
let me ask this vast cOnCouIse, Ihls sea
Of uplurned faces, to 60 with me-or
will 90 with yOu-aud stand around the
Constitution of our country II is again
onfolded, and the people are invited 10
read and understand it, and TO maintain lis
provisions. Let us stand by the primer
pies OF our fathers, though the heavens
tall; and then, though factions array their
transient forces to give vitupeTaliOn after
viluperation in the most virulent manner,
intend to stand by the Constitution as
the chief AK Of our safety, as the palla-
dum of our civil and religious liberty.
Yes, let Us cling to it as the mariner
cIings to the last plank when the nighI
and the tempest close around hun.
Hon. s. S. Cox in The course Of his
speech said :
But | rejoice 10 this veto. not so much
because TINS bill Is defeated. 1t shows
that Mr.. Tbaddeus Stevens & Co., reck
on wrongly VIXEN they count on Execu
live AID to keep up the dlsunl0n Of these
Srales. Mr.. Stevens may be, as am m
formed, holding commission from The
Devil, with supply of saliPetre laugh
ter and matches 10 make little hell on
earth, TIaug ghler; but he has no business
to intrude his diabOIic system upon this
iaceraed and torn nation. TIE people
crave peace and union. Cheers They
do not favor this cry of Pennsylvania and
New England TO increase the national
debts so that more tariff duties can be
robbed from the people. They do not
wish such unexampled power 10 be given
even 10 a good Executive, who like an
other Washington refuses 10 accept II
They want the States restored, and with |
them the old order and good will. They |
hail Andrew Johnson as their savior from
the lactioni.ls 10 Congress. He will nol
prove farhsss Cheers.
Let Us not underrate this conalct. |
Rsdicalism will die hard. II has many
wild inspirations and elements OF success.
Ii is organized eompaclly in phslanx, bolh
in Senate and House The President,
God help and tless him, Cheers. slsnds
ike rock against them. Some Of his
Cabinet, Mr.. Seward among them, will
be tonight IN New York TO defend Their
.bleG. They vii reach tie popular sense. !,
Cheers for Ward BeecheT in his noble
dedication Of his eloquent voice 10 tie Of
ices Of peace and Union Lei Ihe peo'
pie move. -Cheers. Lei parry be for
yousn. The one million eight hundred
thousand Democrats. for Whom consCIca--
Y speak as the RreaI reserve cops ~