, 1866-05-19
WPROMX,11 >pEk&Ifa. 151>LA2D.


It appears that President johnson and Sec
'ctury Seward are getting ready 10 speak
heir rivccs a.uiu. aud for this purpose, Mr..
;ewaEd Is 90 his was i" Auburn, In order to
i've 10 this labored effort aM appearance OF
mrroMptu and hunlriike simplicity. Mr.
'cward would mol violate the. dignity and
ropricties Of his Office as Scrre1 ary OF State,
y addressing Wn.hingtoI mob Of Copper
teIds and rtt,sls, stirring them mp to AMI
Mostly eCairst that national legislature which
hey aud lsc are alike buund to obey. ue
caves such low business to The President.
sor would the Secretary voluntarily seek IN
rportuuity to Make speech, nor issue his
rdcrs to any National Jnhuson Club, bidding
hcul, aiter the Chinese Tartar fashion,
ouDd the tom tom and hlox the horl, tor that
he Royal Brother OF The sun Is about to
ucc1e-" The Secretary would reject this
oursc Ms too simple. TOO unSophlsticated. too
rec frum m elegant polish Of hypocrisy for
is raorc artistic tastes.
But IN the Secretary's view, d brief retire.
lltnt 10 bis home at Auburn, merely for re-
cke, and then confidential chat 10 his
eighhors. even though printed slips, contain-
II the entire chat, be left with the New
ok press in advance, with applause"
laughter "grcst and enthusiastic cheer
~" and "hcrc the audience rose en- n1dase
nd greeted the orator with immense checra
nd 4 shower OF toqucts "-~all thrown in at
1oTer intervals; all this carefully written
Ut in Washington, printed in New York and
eliyercd e1iemporaneously and impromptu
Auburn-forns such IN artless and attrac-
i've way Of assailing Congress aud building
r the new Johhson party, that mind con-
titu,cd like Mr. Scward's could adopt no
t}1er. But in this instance, there appeta
yom the dispatches 10 have been slip
wi7t the cup and the lip" Of the Presi-
cnt and Secretary. The speeches at Wash
ietun and Auburn were to have been
,intly delivered on last Thursday evening.
hc johnson Club In Washington was ordered
It, and some eight or ten of Its members
ere On hand ready to hear the President
III. We can readily conceive how "thc
:ople'' might have been assembled by a
md OF music, lar barrel and few sky
,ckets.
But just at ibis point, whether because Mr.
wnrd was delayed by his visit to SAINTS
nna, or had lost the carpet bag containing
is lmprnlnptu remarks, or because as the ter
-4Cl1tACA iAt4HtN&S u tAS SouA@O4 S1A1 Az
olved, i, rairtd, which 1t did not, or whether
:cause the "Royal Brother Of the SUM-
build not sneczc, or whether all these causes
,mhincd, certain It is thnt the two speeche:
ave NOT yet been delivered, which Is our oul,
biology tor not publishing them this morning
&c arc. Of course, curious to know VII.
&c President and Mr.. Seward have to 81,
ehich canl.ot be said by both Of them cxcep
the same moment, at points hive hundrct
lies apart, as some prowling Guy Fawkc
icht arrange With his conlcdrrutcs to fire .
1ain from several points at the same moment
those ,ort is undermined. Where Is the ex
osion to occur! Have the President an,
&c Secretary concluded TO ndopt the advic
i the CoQpeehcads md rebels md turn on
ongrcss: ls the hump to le dispersed
the ccrqrercd South TO be called upon t
&C in aims aud eubdne tho victorious North
General Lee TO hare the opportunity t
", in the Language Of the fashionable soust
q toast. "!attcntion UniEe1se-by Kin,
,7,s, Risht.wlcel: 81 Let the tom-tom souu
-=ain Let reward be offered for the 10
typet t-bag containing the impromptu spcce
Ae nation waits to know It's destiny.