The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-02-28
GREAT SPEECH
President Johnson,
Determined tO stand by the Com
StituJIOn and the People,
The Radicals Denounced
as Traitors


SpfiaeHt- Opposed D IatchWork-Re-
gIrfLs tie Test oath tRReceS@Ty- -fieSi-
sieat Liarvh, liaHted the Constitution ~
Ames,ial as 10 Require R,prcSchtotin~--
4 Terrific hiHpic 1gdusthe Radtcdt'
WASHINGTON, February 22.-Ihcre was
a mass meeting at Grover, lhcatcr to-day,
in support of the Presidents policy. Ihei
rdihcc being crowded to its fullest caI'aclty,
n large number of persons were addreSc"d
f ON outside stands. Among the 81 eakeis
were Montgomery Blair, ). s. Cox, Judge
Kinney, Representatives Smith and Trim
bic, Of Kentucky. Rogers, ot New jersey,
and Senators Hendricks, McDougal and
| Wiley. The principal meeting was prcSld'
I'd over ly Philip y. Frndall, the oldest
member OF the Wnshl? gtun Bar
! The series of resolutions were passed
strongly approving the course adopted by
the President. and calliug upon citizens oi
every shade of political opinion to stand by
the policy adopted by him.
! At the close oi the meeting the procession
was formcd. and proceeded to the open
space in front Of the north pCrtico of the
| Executive mansion. A committee delivered
to the President the resolutions adopted 10y
the meeting. The President soon made his
appearance, and met with an enthusiastic
/ reception.
SPEECH OF TIE PRESlDENT.
FtHMr. .citizcnS--iOr | presume | have
right to address yuu as sncl-l come to
tender you my sincere thanks for the appr0-
baton expressed by your committee in their
personal address, and in the resolutions sub
mittrd by them as having been adopted 10y
the meeting held in the city to-day.
These rcsnlu ions, aS understand them.
are complimentary to the policy which has
been adopted by the Administration, and
has been steadily pursued SINE it came into
powcr. | au Tree to say to You, on this
occasion, that it is extremely gratifying to
me to know that so large portion OF my
fellow citizens approve and lndorsc the pol.
lev which it is my intention shall he carried
out. That policy is one which Is iuteuded
to restore all the States to their original re-
Atiuns to the Federal Government Of the
United States. This seems to be day pe-
culiary appropriate for sucha manifestation.
t 1t is the day that gave birth to that man
f who mo,e, perhaps, than any other founded
this Government 1t is the day that gave
birth to the father of our county. 1t Is the
, lay that gave birth to him who presided
| over that body who framed the Constitution
5 under which all the States entered into this
| glorious Confcl4:Gcy.
/, Guc,,. Gay is peculiarly appropriate tGI
the Endorsement Of q policy whose object Is
the restoration of the Union Of the States as
: it was designed by the Father othls Country
= Washngton-whose name this C.,y bears,
f and is embalmed in the hearts Of al who
: love free government. Washington, in the
: language of his euogist, was first in war,
first in peace, and first III the hearts OF his
e countwnien.H No people can cIaIm-nt
nation can appropriate him. lis reputa,
, ton is commensurate with the civilized
/ wo,lA. and niS name is thH common proper
ty Of all those VIZ" love free go nment
: To-day | had the llca IRE OF v>i ing an AS
t soctiaOn who have been 1evoting their ct.
= forts to the completion ofa l.lunument which
il being erected to his name. ! was proud
4 to meet them, and, 50 far as | could, to give
, them my influence and c0nntenauco III AID
of the work they have undertaken. That
monument which is being erected to hiu
f who, may say founded the Government,
| is almost within the throw Of a stone Of the
, spot from which address YOU.
, Let it bc completed. Let those va,ions
: blocks which the States, and individuals,
5 and associations and corporations have put
for this Union, be here sc!v=d, AMI let the
woik be ac ompiished.
In this connections let me refer to the
block Fl ON my own State (God bless hcr!)
which has struggled for the preservation Of
this Union III the field and in the councils Of
f the nation, and which is now struggling tc
A renew her relations with this Government
/ that were interrupted by a fearful rebellion
ha illr tn fhnsn r,tl.
= tions, and to take her stand where she had
e ever stopd since 1896, until the rebellion
t br ka ou4. Let me repeat the sentiment
. th.t hat 5 a.e has inscribed upon the stone
Which ,hc Las deposited in that monument
a Of freedom which is being raised in com
f mcnloraion of Washington
n Sha is s.lu.2ling to get back into the UM
= ion, and to stand by the sentiment that i.
! there inscribed, and she is willing to sustain
: it. What is it? 1t is the sentiment whicl
G was enunciated by her distinguished son
: the immortal, llustiiouS jackson. 'Tht
/. Federal Union, it must bc preserved i
: it were possible for that old man, whose
I, statute is now before me. and whose por
j, trait i, behind nc, in the Executive maDsior
ana whose sentiment is thus preserved il
: that monument in your vilicin.ty, to be call
1 ed for h from the grave; or ii it were posi-
i bic to communicate with the spirit of the il
In. ttioGb dead, and make him understand
. the progress Of faction, and of rebellion anc
j. trc4son, he would turn over III his coffin, ant
+ he would rise, and shaking oft the hublIi
ments Of the tomb, would again stand erec
n and extend forth his long arm and finger
d and reitcra.e that sentiment once expressed
ly him on mnni 1Inble occasion. "1h
0 Federal | mon must b. preserved. W
have with ,ssed what has trlnsplrcd since hi
r day.
s. In 1888, when treason and treachcry an
J. inhdelity to the Government and the Con
= Sttuton Of the United States stalked fort
II in the land, it was his power and intiucnc
J. that crushed the serpent IL It's lnclplency.-
1t was then stopped, but only for II time =
A spirit Of di>aflcction continued. Ihcr
were men diSaffectcd to the Government
both in the North and South. There wasi
portion of the Union peculiar instituti0
- of which some complained, and to whic
= others were attached. One portion of ou
" countymcn, IN the South. advocated thu
institution, while another portion, in til
d. North, opposed it. The result was the fol
lc nation Of extreme parties; one especially
r the South, which reached point at whic
: it was proposed to dissolve the Union Of til
. States for the purpose, as was said, Of S,
Ks curing aud preserving that peculiar institl
III ton. There was another portion Of ol
ps countrymen who were opposed to that ii
e stitution, and who went to such an extrcn
u that they were willing to break up the Coy
o. ernment in order to get clear Of that pee,
II, liar institution of the South
f. say these things because desire to ia
- plainly and in familiar phiaseology. La
ie sumo nothing here to-day beyond the po
ton Of citizen-one who has been pleadi
to for his country and the preservation of Il
Constitution. These two parties, as sa
were arrayed against each other and | stal
here before YOU for the Union to-day aa