The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-04-26

oeen contending at the same time
against the consolidation of power here.
Cries of good / think the consolida.
ton of power here is equally dangerous
with tn" separation of the States.
Cheers. The one would weaken us
and might run into anarchy, while the
other would concentrate ana run into
monarchy. Oheers and cries of "Can't
90 i'll 0, but there is an idea abroad
that one man, car he despot; that one
man can be jusuffGT bht that hundred
or two hundred nitn cannot.
Mr.. Jefferson, Tie apostle of liberty;
tells ps, so does common sense; that
tyranny and despotism can be exercised
by many more vigorously and more ty
Irannccally than by oile. What bower
has your President to be tyrant :?
What can he do? What can ltc origi.
nate? Why, tley SAY, he exercises
the veto power! [Laughter. | What
is the vcto power? CA voice-"To
put down the nisgsr."( [Langhter]
Who's your President? [Several
voices-TT,"Andy Jolinson"1 Is lie not
elected by the peopIe through the cleo.
toral colleges? The. President is moth.
ing more than the tribune of The people.
His Office is tribunal in its character.
In olden times, when tribunes were
first elected in the Roman Republic,
they stood ut the door of the Roman
Senate, which was then overreachng, on
the popular rights, and putting the heel
of power OH the necks of the people.
The people chose tribune and placed
him at the door of the Senate, so that
whea that body ventured an oppressive
act he, was clothed with power to say
"veto"-I forbid. Your President is
now the tribune ofthe people, and, thank
God, | am, and intend to assert the
power which the people have placed IN
me. Cheers. ~.
Your President; standing here day
after dqv, and discharging his duty, is
like R,rse on fhe tread,wheel; and
because he dares to differ in opinion in
regard to public measures, he must be
denounced as nsufper and tyrant. Can
he originate anything under the veto
power? | think the veto power is con.
servative in its character. All that can
be done by the veto power is to say,
when Legislation is improper, hasty, un.
wise, unconstitutional, 'say, stop ac.
ton. Wait till this can be submitted
to the people, and let them consider
whether it is right or wrong" [Ap.
plause.
That is all there is in it. Hence T
say that tyranny and power can be cx.
ercised somewhere else than by the
Executive. He is powerless. All he
can do is TO check legisation--to hold
it in state of allegiance till the people
can consider and understand what is
being done. Then, what has Been done ?
| have done what l believed the Consti.
tuition required me to do. [Applause.1 I
l have done what I believed ,inty and
conscience required me to do. TCheers)
So believing, l intend to stick to my
positlon,' relying on my Judgment, the
integrity and the Intelligence of the
masses of the, Ameican reople--thc
soldiers and sailors. expressly. (Cheefs.)
THEN, for my life / cannot see where
there is any tyranny. It is very easy
20 imphgh motives and suspect the puri.
ty Of the best dcts Of mans life. IF
YOU come forward anu propose certain
thing, your motives dfe suspected and
condemned; ahd if YOU Withhold your
opinion you are regarded as being op.
posed to the matter so that II ia yerv
hard to move one way or the other, so
FAR as icertain'persons ere concerned, in
all questions pertaining to the interest
of the great masses Of the. American
people, fbfin' them'is MY hope and the
salvation Of the couHtry.' .'
l am With 'yohl tiuzens, soldiers and
sailors: Who has sacrificed or imperill.
ed mbfe, than The humble individual
who addresses your Has not my all
been put ubon'it?' Ny life, my proper
ty--everything sacred ana dear to man
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