Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-04-25

Union and break up the government. And
think | have given some evidence thar |
! have been sincere and in earnest. And
now | want to know WIZ 1t is that the who lie
pack of sanderers and calumniators and
| traducers have been barking and swapping at
| my heels CHEERS Why is it that they ar
ray themselves against me? Is it because |
stand on the side of the people ? And when |
say, '' the people, | include the soldiers and
sailors. (Cheers.) Why is it that they are
arrayed in traducing, and villlfyiDg, and CAL
umniating me? - At home,in bed" Uaugh-
ter.) L. the Senate | raised my voice against
it &: and when it was believed that it would be
to the interest of the nation, ard would as
sist in putting down the rebellion, did not
| leave my place III the Senate--a place of
| emolument, ease, and dlstinction-and take
my position where The enemy could be reached
and where mems lives were in danger? CHEERS,
and.cries.of g That's so.') While was thus
exposed, personally aud publicly, and in every
way, some OF my present traducers and ca
lumniators were far removed from the fee,
and were enjoying ease and comfort. (Cheers
and laughter) but L care not for them l
care not that slandeF, the foul whelp of sin,
| has teen TUNED loose agalnss me. L care not
| Tor ell that; ana let me tell you here TO day.
that, although pretty we'll advanced In life,
feel that L shalt live long enough to live down
| the whole pack OF traducers and sianderers.
! (Applause) They have turned the whole
pack loose lower me IN your estimation.
Voices they cannot do it, Blanche. Tray,
and Sweetheart. little dogs, and all come
along swapping and sEortlng at my heels
But heed them not. (Cheers.) The Amer
| lcau peOple-cItizens, soldiers, and sailors,
know that from my advent into pubic lite to
the present moment, | have always stood uD-
yieldingly AMI unwaveringly the advocate and
defender OF their rights and interests
(Cheers) We in The nations third or
deal We are not yet through it. We said
, that the states could not go out of the In
ion We denied the doctrine OF secession, and
we have demonstrated that we were right.
We demOnstr trated 1t by the strong arm ! ye-,
the soldiers and sallors-God bless them -
, have demonstrated by their patriotic hearts
and st.ong arms, that states have not the
power 10 leave the Union. (Applause.l What
: followed The confederate armies Were over
powered and dsbaDded and there was will
} lingness on the part OF the people of those
? States 10 come back, be obedleut TO the laws
! and acknowledge the supremacy OF the Con-
stitutIon of our fathers. For what have We
passed through this third ordeal? 1t 20
establish the principle that no State bad the
] power TO break up the government; 1t was to
4 put down the rebellion. The rebellion has
! been put down, and tor what? Was 1t To
2 destroy the states? Voices Never - For
: what have all these lives been sacrificed, AID
all this treasure expended Was it for the
5 purpose OF destroying states No, 1t tor
the purpose of preserving me states In the
) Union Of our fathers. (Cheers) 1t was for
that you tuu 5ht-it was for that | tried moi
To break up the government, bui 10 put down
the rebellion aad preserve the Union OF the
. states. That Is what ha.e been contend
ing for, I'd 10 establiah the TACT that the ma
ton can lft itself above and beyond Intestine
foes. and treason and traitors at home. W hen
! the rebellion IN Massachusetts was put down
DID that destroy lne State and lut i. out oi
4 the Union? ? 30 when the recent great rebellion
= was put down and the Constitution and laws
= OF the country restored, the states engaged IL
: 1.-THE rebellion being crushed, the law re
V stored, and tho Constitution acknow edged IL
then-stand IN the Union constituting a par
{ OF the glorious and bright galaxy ot states
e cloud cheers.) In passing through this or
= deal what has been done in Tennessee Cnde
d the direction OF my lamented predecessor
Il We commenced the work OF restora tlon VT
t, succeeded before L came here IN restoring tn,
It relations which had existed between Tenn
n essee and the rest OF the Union, with one ex
cspJion, and that the relation OF repre-
sentatIon. | came to W ashipgton, and under
extraordinary circumstances succeeded 10 the
presidential chair. y hat then ! The Con
gress ,ot the United States had proceeded
rectlon Of the government, TO restore the othel
= states. And how Gid We btglu We found
| that the people had no courts, and we SAID IL
| the judges. the district attorneys and the mar
r shals. d" 90 down and hold your courts tbs
5 people need the tribunals of justice t. b.
opened Was there any hing wrong IN that
The courts We're opened. What else W.
II hooked ous ara saw that the people dowI
I there had mails Iney had been Interru PIT
t ed and cut oil by the operation of the rebel
4 hon. - e said 10 the Postmaster General
n Z" Let the people have facilities for maIi com
e munIcstions, and let them again begin 10 un
d dersUand what We all Ieel ana think-that VI
e are people. We looket out again anC
'e saw that there was Ii blockade, that the Gus
tom houses were ali closed. W said "Opet
the doors OF the custom house aud remove TN
J., blockade; let trade and commerce and th,
II pursuits OF peace be restored And 1t Wa,
If done. We thus travelled on, step by step
II opening custom houses, appointing collectors
"a establishing mail facilities, and restoring al
h relations that had been interrupted by the re
- belIlon Was there anything undertaken t,
: be cone here that was not authorized by th
n Cons titution that was not justified by tn
e great necessities of the case that has no
, been clearly consonant with the Constitu tlon
% and with the genius and spirit OF our govern
IF ment Z (Cheers.) What remained to be done
K One other thing remained-to demonstrate t.
| the civilized and pagan world that We ha
IT passed successfully through the third ordea
{. of our national existence. and proved that ou
e government was perpetual A great prInci
I pie was to be restored, which was established
0 Ia our revolution when our fathers Were con
1t tending against the power OF Great Britain
a " hat was one of the principal causes OF h
l. complaint Il was that they Were denied rep
.r resentatlon. They complained of taxation
% without representation. (Cheers.) One OF
i the great principles laid down By our fathers
,e and which fired their hearts, was that ther
e should be no taxation without representation
"a How then does the matter stand? Who ha
n been usurping power? w no has been defeat
Il ing the operation of the Constitution? an
N what now remains to be done to complete th
as restoration of those States TO all their forme
+ relations under the federal government, an
g to finish the ordeal through which we hay
ar been passing? 1t Is to admit representation
ne What do We meane We mean representato
,e in the cons tItutional and law abiding sens
ar was intended at the bnginning OF the go'
st ernment. Tne Constitution declares In e.
CO press terms that each House, the Senate an
70 the House Of Representa- lives, each acting fo
al itself, shall be the judge OF the returns, ele
ut tion and qualifications of its own member
in 1t is for each house TO settle that QuestiC
n under the Constitution and under the solem
We sanction of an oath. And can we believe th
y either House would admit any member in
UT its body to participate in the legislation
be the country who was not qualified and lit
n sit that body and participate in its pr
ny ceedIngs, They have the power, not the tv
y, Houses, but each House for itself. The Co
of i stitution further declares that no State sh,
20 be deprlyed of its equal suffrage in the Sena