American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-09-12

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majority Of the best portion Of the Amer
lean people whom | know will ccntrediet
what has been said against the noble men
whom we have welcomed today, who will
make their voices heard over all the land
whose utterances will be heard even in
the White House. | believe that other
States in October will follow and viii
vote with you, and we shall carry the
40th Congress as we carried the 37th,
3Sth, and the 39th { A voice-"What
about Stewards prophecies y Well, gen
temen, in regard to Mr.. Stewards prom
ises or prophecies, you know what they
are worth (Laughter.) | remember
and | have not short memory in that
respect--I remember great many of his
prophetic utterances and promises |
say to you now gentlemen, that his proph-
ecies now will be like his prophecies in
the past, that he does not aud never has
Understood the strength and the depths
of the love OF country and the love of
liberty, of justice, aud humanity, of the
great masses Of the American people
And that the people, in spite Of the mis-
takes of statesmen and of generals dur,
ing the four years Of war brought the
country safely through. In the darkest
hours, when public men quailed and
shrank from the burdens upon the peo-
pie, stood up with heroic courage. And
| say to you to day that the men who
read their Bibles, who bend their knees
to Almighty God, are prayins, hoping,
thinking, toiling for the country for
which they gave their sons in war Aud
Gentlemen, as sure as we have got on our
side all the great forces that govern and
guide and control mankind, just so sure
win we prevail. They are appealing to
passion and to prejudice. The patronage
of this Government is shaken in the face
Of every man in Amer;ca. The most
shameful prostitution of official power Of
patronage is now being usel in our coun
try, and the men who would use patron
az as has been done during the last
sixty days shoull be forever bauished
from tie public councils. C.Thats So
"That's 50" Applause.) If there was
no great principle involved, no great CON
test for our country aud human rights,
Justice and humanity. We should re.
buke public men who conduct themselves
as these public men are, sending men
round the country TO smoke out these
public men. Many Of the civil and mil
itary men Of the country are supporting
the policy of the President, well know
ing that they are not in favor Of that
policy, bnt, to hold their positions, dare
not utter their sentiments. There IS a
complete despot today in America over
che publ; officers of this country, but
am glad to find, as do, that three
four,hs of the men holding Offices in the
country were put there by the patrio:
Lincoln. They are true to-day as they
we're in the past. 1t is said johnson is
supporting the policy inauguraiei by
President Lincoln. Why in Gods name
is he turning out all Mr.. Lincoln's friends
then? 1t is fact that these mon were
in Office agreeing with Mr.. Lincoln and
agreeing with the great party which
brought him into power. The great
masses OF these public men were of his
opinion and could be trusted. They have
not such different opinion. They stand
where they stood in Mr.. Lincoin's time,
but they arc hunted down from Office,
and vet these men have the brazen i'm
pudence to say, 1--WE are supporting Lin
coins policy" Never did a blacker false.
hood fall from human lips. Mr.. Lin
coins policy. He put the Governmer
in Louisiana in the hands of loyal men ;
he put Tennessee in the hands of loyal
men. lie wanted to reconstruct these
States on the basis of fidelity to the
country.
An army struck The W eapons from the
hands of the Rebel armies and soldiers
they prostrated aud ground to atoms the
wholcRebel power. They were at our feet
inundated conquered ,subjngated; bnt Nj
johnson, when they were conquered and
powerless, without officers, without any
power under the military suiS OF the
country, and of our officers completely.
he has recognized these States wlSh ev-
cry one of them into the hands Of keb',
els, as in the State of Texas, and after
placing Texas in the hands of Governor
Throckmorten, he declares that we have
got peace. He makes peace when he
takes Rebel States that were under the
power OF our Government, without any
public Offices and put them into the hands
of non-repentant and even unpardoned
Rebels, and then he makes rroclama-