The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-09-13


e party which charges me with having
deserted it, voted upon that very plat.
form, and approved every pledge /
) then gave, and every word uttered
Cheers What did | tell you in the
month of May at Auburn, when saw
the party was getting into contest.
and in the month of February. In New
York city, at the Cooper Institutes /
told you precisely the same, that these
were our three conditions and though
heaven and earth shall pass away, vet
the word of Andrew Johnson, that the
States should be restored upOn those
conditions, having been pledged.
should be fulfilled. Cheers Your
members Of Congress were asked to
vote for 1t. tried to save that
party from destruction, | showed
them the way, 1t was plain and
direct was going TO use the illus
trotion-perhaps ought not to-of
the traveller who got bewildered on
his journey and was shown two roads.
one of which led to his destination
and the other in the opposite direc.
ton, and his decision finally was that
he had not good sense enough to take
either road; and so it is with Con-
grcss, They take neither road. There
they are. Laughter and cheers. T.
Where are they 2 They say we should
adhere to party Ihave been party
man. have belonged to three or four
parties, and ] have been generally con.
sidcred n very consistent party man.
and the enemies of those parties have
generally thought me n very effective
one. ] was never accused of instahili-
", know, as II party man, that the
course of wisdom is to follow the
head Of the party. But there are
great many who differ from me; and
If they think that, instead of follow.
ing the nominated chosen head Of
their party, the way to make that par
~ successful is by following the tail.
If they are such fools, they must take
the consequences. Cheers. / will
not follow the tail OF party. am
no such fellow Who is the head of
their party in the State of New York;
A voice" Thad Stevens" Laugh.
Ter and cheers. j ask who is their
lcad in the State of New York? "a
voice" Horace Greeley" Renewed
aughter and cheers Very we'll IL
mean to do party any good / want
0 make il successful. Now | invite
hem to put their head man in nomi
ation--and | do not agree with YOU
4 your opinion of Mr.. Greeley by
ny means Laughter and cheers.
want them to nominate the man they
ltcnd to nominate for Governor of
ne State Of New York to test their
rinciplcs, and in the election now
)me six weeks Off, If he is not defeat
! by majority of forty thousand
not call me prophet Laughter
ld cheers
Must desert my course, my gov
nment, and my country, to follow a
lrty divided, distracted, weak, imbe-
le, yacillating and absurd. seeking
own destruction 2 have done n
ny different thing. We set the rail
ny train on the track The cars were
| empty II was under the guidance
the conductor, Andrew Johnson
u the privileged seats were offered to
Is party that complains Of "deser.
IN They were the very first in
ted to enter, but no, they would not 1
ter. And now, when they see it is y
st filling up with outsiders, and IL
ssing by them, they say they have
en- deserted by the conductor
laughter and cheers. Now / want
know who is the leader Of their party
the United States There is no par.
that can exist, stand, and live ia the
). that does not exist in every part
It, in state Of peace, and not in a
condition Who is
Fir leader2 A voice, "Thad. Ste
MS. - No, they will not accept him
their leader They offer you no in
fidual name. Their name is "the
ngrcss Of the United States" and
ngress is n force that exists only
III the 4th Of March next Then
party Is TO have no head whatever,
'ause that Congress, so constituted.
zone, and the next lot will, in all
liability, be in direct opposition to
and | suppose in that event the
ty will be gone too. Laughter
cheers. That is the wisdom of
Z partisanship,
'hy, fellow citizens, / have known
Iething about what il costs to make
arty successful have known
It it costs to create party in the
ted States of America that shall
, the control Of the Government of
United States. Let me tell you
you are seeing to-day the other
most unpleasant experiment that
great party that has controlled the
my and powers Of the country and
d it. lying down and destroying IL
That is what they propose TO
/ propose to have no lot nor
e Ia that thing, not because it
ID be personally unwise, but because
country requires your services and
e upon higher principles than the
ess or durabilit y Of any party.
sers.
in thus addressing
/ have yielded against my jude-
{ TO your wish to hear it. / think