Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-03-26

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and at the polls on that day, to secure
the election of Hon. James Il, English
| And in this crisis in the affairs OF the Re-
public we recommend to our friends
| throughout the State to vote only for those
candidates, whether upon the State ticket
or in nomination tor Senators, Representa-
| tives or other officers, who are known sup
porters of the President and opponents OF
the Congressional policy"
The resolutions were unanimously and
/ enthusiastically carried, after which, In re-
spOnse to loud calls, Postmaster Cleveland
again came forward, and made the follow
ing speechi
SPEECH OF POSTMASTER CLEVELAND.
Mr.. PRESIDENT AND FELLOW CITIZENS:
| have come here tonight as an advocate
of the restoration policy of Andrew John
son, President of the thirty-siX States of the
| American Union. have known Mr.. John
son for twenty years, as statesman who
has risen from the position OF journey
man tailor, step by step. on the round that
| had led to fame; and to-day he stands upon
the very pinnacle,as Presid mt Ofthe United
States, having served in both Houses, and
| having stood, like Cassabianca, on the burn
ing deck of the Ship of State, when nearly
ali but he had fled. AS Senator for Ten
nessee, and subsequently, as Provisional
Governor, Mr.. johnson had always stood
true to the old flag. He was elected Vice
President by the Republican party, and, in
consequence of the assassination of Mr..
| Lincoln, became President. What has he
done since he has occupied the Presidential
chair. to array Congress against him, aud
to bring down upon himself the vitnpPra-
tiOn, and persistent ISLANDERS aud personal
abuse of the Radical press? His only
crime has been his devotion to the AmPri-
can Union. In 1862, Mr.. johnson sat side
by 81 with Senator Dixon and cO-Opcrat-
cd with that gentleman in struggling Tor the
maintenance and perpetuity ofthe American
| Union. His career since has been one of
undlviating fidelity to The old flag. He had
been nominated Tor Vice President in
| the Baltimore Convention, because of tie
| sacrifices he had made for the Union. /
recOlect very well when the Convention
assembled that the delegates from the State
| of Connecticut cast their vote as unit for
| Mr.. johnson. Since the time he became
| President, he has proved himself unaltpra-
| bly, in favor of the rest ration OF the Union
upon the basis of equal rights Tor all men,
! letting bygones be bygOnrs. so that the flag
which waves over the capital may be, not II
lie upon its face, but that these glorious
Stars and Stripes may be truthful wit
ness to our peace, our integrity and unity
as nation. The chief ground. it seems to
Inc, upon which the Radicals hope to OPP
pose the President, is by saying that he is
| supported BY COppcrheadS. Laughter -
| thank you, gentlemen Of the Democratic
party, once, twice, thrice, for Your nOhle
conduct since the war. in coming forward.
| and unrcservedly, unCquivOcally and gen
erously sustaining the President OF the
United States. 1t is well to remember that
Congress is at the present time made up of
a body of men who are the representatives
from the different Congressional Districts
in twenty-five States. 1t is also well to re-
member that Colonel johnson, of Arkan-
sas, who fought for the Union during four
years OF strife stands knocking for admis-
SION at the door of the Capitol, and that this
Congress won't let him come in. Then
again, Horace Maynart, who is in daily
converse with the President, and whose
wife and children were hunted to the
mountain because of his loyalty-IOrace
Maynard, elected from Tennessee, is also
refused admission. This is crisis unpar-
alleed in the history of the United States
The President saw fit to veto the Freed
mems Bureau bill. ApplauSe.l would
t. God that you could see that bill in all its
bearing, and realize the despOtism involved
in that bill. YOu would rise up and de-
nounce it as nsuiferable. Thank God that
Senator Dixon, your own representative.
and Senator Morgan, of New York, stood
between the Executive and Congress. They
saved us the great humiliation which would
have come upon us by-and-by il we had
consented, as a people, that despotism
should be established over us by an Amer
lean Congress. Applanse. Mr.. Cleve-
land then read several extracts from
the vetoed bill, explaining its newt
able consequences; after which he
continued: When the Democratic party
used to say, in reply to the enamel
patton party, that the negroes could not
take care of themselves, | said, as did my
party, that they could. Well, take it
back. Laughter Before me | see men
who earn their bread by the sweat of their
brow, and who frequently scarcely know
how to make both ends meet. You are al
ready burdened with taxes as great as you
can bear to pay the interest on the debt in
Cured to abolish slavery. Yet Congress
proposed in this bill, to tax you still further
to feed and maintain these freed negroes.
| approve OF the Freedmen's Bureau as a
temporary affair." and believe it will work
ont great salvation tor the black race, in a
transition state frCm slavery to freedom.
But to make the Bureau permanent is to
turn the negroes back again from freedom
to slavery. That's true, and applause. |
say again, that approve of the policy of
the President of the United States, a man
whom have helped to support, a man who
has done nothing since to ALLEVIATE himself
ilom his party, except from love of the
Union. He has, indeed, as he SAYS. placed
himself upon atablelaDd above all party. He
recognizes no party save that which sustains
the old flag. [Applause.l Thad. Stevens
is managing the present Congress in man
ner which must appear to every American
citizen humiliatng beyond anything be-
fore seen. | never heard speech in which
| there was such vindctive malice as in that
made by Thad. Stevens in reference to the
Preident's speech of the 22d of February;
and to that speech the American Congress
sat and listened in laughter. The Radical
party in this State are trying to make us
believe that there is, after all, no difference
between the President and Congress. We'll
that is about as absurd as to say that T. j.
| Coats lucifer match mandatory and A. G.
| Hazards powder mill would comfortably
Stand side by side. Laughter.
| Mr. Cleveland was here interrupted by
the arrival of telegram addressed to him.
After reading it, he described it as ''only
| an intimidation note" At the invitation
of several gentlemen, he read it aloud to
the meeting as follows:
NEW HAVEN, March 10.
II. S. CLEvBLAND-B Before you make your
speech, remember your visit here with
Green and your little matter in the railroad
train, as others will.
w. w. GRosvENoR. tia
Editor New Haven Journal and Courier.