, 1866-04-20

THE LAST PRE&IDENrIAL STUMP


Passage Of the Civil Rights Bill over the yeto
had had good effect upon Andrew johnson,
wero profoundly disappointed by his speech
to the Soldiers and Saflors' Association In
Washington on the 18th inst This hsrangne
IL, IN some respects, The worst exhibition he
has yet made Of himself in public The Idea
running through 1t, and visible from beginning
to end, IL that If be {AndreW Johnson( had
the power, he would tFy conclusions with
Congress in way which they wouldn't
relish. II he could summon the physical
force, Khich Is the only kind Of force he
thoroughly believes In, be would sec whether
the Southern States would not bc represented
st the national capItoll This spirit per-
meatea his whole speech. It gllstens here and
there like the tongue of a Gagged
snake. *'The President" be saya, ats the
"tritune Of thas-astssa. THANK God mi,
I" AND hatv p1aeed In rse:'e po.oer snhie hhe
havc. intended to imply, by asscsvhat he may
er, must be left tn conjecture, Is ha- eis pow
define his meaning. He is mistaken, however,
10 saying that hepeople ever gave him the
po~cr which he Is now exercising less
the power to compel the admission OF rebels
which he has, was given him By that u1par-
And, rs for his sss< 'ng any power
which he has not already asstrted, to accom-
p1ish the representation OF the Southern
States in Congress, he dare not, With al his
ftoth and 6lustcr. attempt anything Of The
Kind. Lacking the power to accomplish his
ends, he has undertaken to gain IL ~ making
stump speeches. He evidently tanciss that IN
putting these hArangues before the people OF
The North lie is addressing the poor whites OF
East Tennessee. "I will stand bY You" =" he
says to the soldiers md sailors. i led you to
victory, willie the.e miserable towards In
Congress were kkulk1ng ont Of danger
fought, blsd and died as Military Governor Of
Tennessee, while the poltroons, who passed
the Civil Rights Bill the other day, werc Gu
Toying their ease in the halls Of Congress. I
stood by you then, and win stand By you
now.
It Ia difRcuI to perceive what excess of vir-
tue there was Ia lording It over the city Of
Nashville, or that portion Of 1t which was
not under fire., over that ofattending to ones
duties In Congress. The only difference Is
that the latter was useful while the former
was useless. Il Is a fact that during his term
OF Office as tctrarch Of a small portion Of
Tennessee, Mir. johnson nhde himself exces-
kIveIy odlous 10 the army. both officers and
pr3vates, serving In that State. The Ken
tncky soldIers, = few days since, gave e1-
preston to their sentiments concerning bis
usefulness BY tabline n resolution endorsing
him. Il the army ofthe West could be po1led
on the question Of Andrew johnson and hia
policy, he would not Get an average Of five
votes in each regiment. Tet he viii stand by
them-he Will
Mr., TSs1n,4son- snss that when the rebellion
iu Massachusetts, WAS put down. Nsssachn'
sets was not out Of the Union, and when the
rebellion In Pennsylvania WAS put down
Pennsy1vania was not ont of the Union. This
iss lraxcn talslfcation Of history. 6hAy'i
rebellion IN Massachusetts, was a Rebellion
egnlnst the State i&self-a mob, not haif 10 for
ulidab1e as tho New York anti -draft mob io 1868
Nwas suppressed In few days ty the loca
militia The wLiskey rebellion In Pennsylva
pta was m equally Insignificant affair, AMI
equally short H-lIved-a mob and nothing else
Andrew Johneon would have MS believe ths
Massachusetts snd Pennsylv auis, at SOM
time In their history, seceded from the Uniot
and levied war sgainst the United states-
that they were cocgced into submission b,
the Federal armies, and that then 1t was Dc
eaded that they had not been out Of the Onio'
ut ali. We cau imagine the astonishmen
with which the honest so1diers and 6a{lors rc
ceived the information from the Pretl
dent that Massachusetts, aud PeunsylyAui
had eseh rebelled against the Government
hut We cannot conceive how Andrew Johnsol
should have had he hardthood to tell then
50. Not to put too fine point upon 1t, MI
johnson Is an unblashing falslaer when b
t