The New York herald., 1866-09-04


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LITTER 'nox DISTRICT Ar,oasry sousassr, s.r ,sas
Yow invitation address Soldiers sailors meet
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questions Of the restoration Of the country and the
Of PIsen se fs I S1' IN
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peace as ''''' arms "s's saMTR 'ccTkfSEY
srEEcn OF GENERAL srIxoLA.
General Srf>orA next introduced, and said that
there were better calculated at this crisis 70
assemble 10 counsel 10 decide upon their duty than the
soldiers and sailors Of the war Five years ayo he had
met large assemblage gathered a. on this night 10 sup
port the Executive Had they failed in their duty the
scene before him tonight would not have been. Ex
reniists both North and South plunged the country in
war The conservatives were generally SAFE and they
assembled together for the purpose Of endorsing the
course OF Andrew Johnson The corner stone of the
issues before the country Is based upon the right OF the
negro 10 be allowed to go TO the ballot box with your
selves Those who favor negro suffrage the rhdi
cas, those VINO oppose are the conservatives. "no
always represent the faithful masses Applause.) IL
me impending amendment to the constitution -
adopted, then no man who held oiice IN
the south during the war can be 10 oce or vote
The speaker had fought FOR the maintenance OF the
Union, and the sword had triumphed He did not now
think Of waging individual the war had ceased and
the sooner good feeling IS established the better
lCheersl None but a coward would persecate his foe
after he had him down Grant did not do 1t when Lee
surrendered. All We ask is respect to the constitution
and laws Voice-"rhe gger shant comc 10. . Tho
negro scrld come in, provided he stood on tho same
basis OF equality IL IN in this state. Nobody would
object TO it, because there would DO negro voter in
the south, probably in the West In twenty years What
Thad Stevens wants rs political power, and the running
Of the government four years longer Voice-sa ant
have t) No. the tailor OF Tennessee in all probability
VIII have II.
Three cheers were then given for Andrew Johnson.
AuDRrss oP COLONEL rERKns cLEyuAsp.
Colonei Perkins Cleveland, OF Connecticut was the
speaker. In the course OF some Heightened re-
marks he said he glad TO congratulate the soldiers
and sailors as tie RIGHT and left arms Of the republic
They bad their great leaders, Grant and FarTagu whom
they cherished Did they believe IN Grant and Farra
gutr tYes Then they believed the great cause for
which they had fought by land and II they be-
evcd ia Grant and Frraagut they believed in the great
heads OF the republic now travelling with them through
the the country Tor the purpose Of arensng the pso,
them IL they believed in those they be.
lieved in Andrew Johnson Cheers Andrew Johnson
the man OF the day He was the natural
head Of the republic. He was the natural leader OF
the constitutional party The principles he advocated
children and to their chdren's children. They met
there that night because the republic In danger He
created some amusement by describing Congress as
the broken leg OF the republic, aud behooved them 70
splinter up that leg or get new IL needs be. In
1861 that square surrounded with the devotees o the
platform did they then reyy Mr. stevens told them in
the House Of Representaves-and he the speaker,
could quote his words, as he had them In his
pocket-that any man in the civil or mill.
tary Of the United States, who should
talk Of settling the question any other basis
than the Union OF the States and the constitution AZ
they were should be adndged guilty of crime pun.
ished accordingly According TO that old Thad Stevens,
by his own record was the great criminal IN The United
States Cheers Andrew johnson said that the
for the defence Of the Union and the constitution
That the platform Of the country. II the plat
form Of whss, democrats and republicans and now,
after the enemy had surrendered Lee had
dered TO Grant and Farragut captured Mobile what
did they andY Men Ike Charles Sumner and
Thaddeus Stevens irving TO keep the states apart.
But they had shown the cioven foot bv the
admission Of Tennessee. General Butler said that
decide the basis OF settlement Where was General
Butler? You remember Fort Fisher tI.anghterl
Where else was hes He was At New Orleans. but
Andrew Jackson there before him The contrast
striking. General Butler was In New Orleans after
Faagut captured IT, The speaker said that the radicals
had gwen up the by tho admission Of Tennessee,
and length proceeded 10 discuss the negro
ton He concluded by declaring that Andrew johnson
serving the country, and expressing hope that at the
polls they would show that they had sound principles
which rhcy would hand down To their children and
the chdrens children, TO be cherished and enjoyed.
lCbeersl
RYs2RKs oy cnEs n mLLYER
Mr. GIirs NJ. HuIyEn OF Mississippi, havngsbcen In
troduced to the meeting, spoke great length He
SAID AS Ii announced that the civil nj
end aud peace and tranquility restored throughout all
the States be thought he had right 10 join In tins
demonstration ON this occasion With his fellow citizens
Of New York When the Wars Of the Roses trmInated
The Philadelphia Convention met 70 save the distracted
Union. That was the Irst convention which for eighty
years had met for the benefit OF the country and not OF
party In that spirit this meeting held and in that
spirit he had DOUBT the resolutions of the convention
would be enthusiastically adopted along the valley Of
the'Mss spp, 40 they were nhe great metropolis of the
country tChcers) The South had becn the scene of
several battle fields and the bones of the ~ NORTH
and South comminglcd ia sacred dust The time would
when the boys blue and the boys gray would
be remembered with affection, because they fought
family quarrel With all he encgy that haracerised the
atr tne xnfl1 HI. nulH
refer the great that brought about tie
They fought 10 settle IDEAS They fought for the idea
that the Union and The flag greater than secession.
loud cheer u he cou zee the country united under
the old nac, which hoy III Tho south hsd much right
70 veneraie ss the North he would be glad To- see that
fact established one ~ the glorics ~ the tepnbh
slavery bad been abolished. The constitution had been
amended hereafter 70 make II imposs bic etab-
fsh slavery again II was said that they would amend
the constitution again and again fast they wanted
bot would be utterly Impossible again a. establish
slavery checrsl They could not reduce freeman 70
slave. There power for II under the
tioD Of the country The secession question for
long time debated IL was question that could only be
rogst for ever, far the North concerned BE
asked the reporters 20 tell their readers whether the
csls had offered amendment denying the rschis
Of the states TO scccde In the South they were deter
mned 10 40 IN with the Union and have the nag
the North YOU viii permit them lchceri That amend
meni the radicals would have PIT IN " they honest
Massachusetts, had aisafs bel evci In the rgh, of
sion and II Massa busett- going % secession
e woua call on the boys in blue and the bpys IN gray
psseed amendments declaring that thr negro was entitled
10 suffrage. While they denied The right 70 IRISH and
foreign born c;lzeus The Congress oppOstiion To-
the President, said these Tie conditions Witch
they would admit eleven states President johnson be-
lleyed that the Union brokcD-tbaf IL was
Union of state. that not and could he broken
The radicals aid hat there but twenty-five stat.s
aud that The olhcr eleven he admitted on wbh.
cr plan Congress decided The people should decide
this matter the fan election II the eleven were n0t
states Why allow them 10 be emblazoned On the
flag Chccrsl The opposing theory that tho eleven
states were botied out, and that they recon.
strcfed The people received their dignity fhe,r
rights fran tho conF'i uon of the republic, snf not
from their Gag without the Constitution tie uon
would afford them protection. Dd they think they
could keep the southern States out withoat ipfictirg
stah On the constitution (No MOI Constitutions wefr
bu parchment hu the constitution lived tho hearts ~
the people snd when ihoy 49, 'has constitution from
they them inflicted stab On The country. ". hdnured
the IT. sden' tor bis audiences anf energy % purpose
and FOR hls courage in working for tbs bencAt
II the people IN Tie rid cal professions he
had no confidence II the fhdIcais succerded sabbng
tho vital pFrc pies of The constitution the lat light ~
Liberty wold b. luiscd and the statue N freedom
would come down and iass ~ place ~ shadow and
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