The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-30

Constitution of the United States under witch
they had lived from the origin of the Govern
ment up TO their attempt at separation. They
made the attempt to separate that they could
live under that Constitution and enforce its pro-
visions. We said no. you shan't separate; you
shall remain With us, and the Constitution shall
be preserved and shall be enforced. GCheers.)
The Rebellion has ceased, and when
their armies were put down by the army
and navy Of che United States they accepted the
terms of the Government, and what we're they?
We said 10 them before the termination of the
Rebellion, "Disband your armies return to your
original position in the Government, and we
will receive you with open arms.n The time
came at which their armies we're disbanded
under the lead of my distinguished friend on the
right cloud and continued cheering. "Grant
Grantn), under the Army and Navy. That
being done, what we're the terms of the capitu-
lation? They accepted the proposition of the
1--WE want to retuTn.n They said, 1--WE ap-
pealed TO the ar0itrament of the sword,
and that arbiter has decided against us, ami that
being SOFAS honorable and magnanimous men, we
comes TO us. "Will they be accepted Do we
want to tread them in the dust? (Cries OF "No!
nOlO | say this, and repeat it here tonight,
do not want them to come back into this Union
DEGRADED and debased. (''Good good ?" APP
plause.) l want them, If they are to come back
al all, and are to become part OF this great
whole, called America, to come back with all
their manhood lapplause); then they will be
proud to be part of these United States
lcheers). l have not approached the point that
intended to make; hut to go back, why is it
we dlstrust them, and say they are hypocrtical?
have just called your attention to the Consti-
tuition under which they were desirous to live,
and that was the Constitution of their fathers,
where they wanted separate institutions. Now,
in returning they have lost the in
sttutlon OF slavery, the great apple of
dhiscoTd; anG they wanted wanted to to keep
before, and renounce the one which they wanted
to establish. Where, then, Is the cause for want
OF confidence? Is there any? (Cries of "NO,
nO!n) l have not come here tonight to apollo
giZe tor the persons who have tried TO destroy
this Government, and il every public act of my
lie, in speeches in practice, does not disprOve
the charge that | want to apologize for them,
there is no use of q man having public record,
(ApplauSe.) Take the Southern people, with all
their heresies and errors, and admitting to the
fullest extent what they have done-the lea Iers
done wro g-forced public opinion, and CO.
creed and forced others to follow them. Yet all
over the Southern States thousands, with faces
pale, look ed sadly at the flag of their country
receding in the distance; and after having passed
through the struggle, and when they saw 1t
return again under the lead of our gallant
officers and men. thousands and thousands re-
olced with the return OF the flag of their coun-
Try. (Cheers.) The leaders betrayed the people,
and led them astray by this great outcry OF
oppression" And, my ceuntrymen here to-
night, when we talk about this outcry-we have
nomey phrase out in the West-what we call
''hammer and anvil" While Davis and those
OF that class were talking about oppression in
the South, there was another class in the North
that were talking about abolition. Taking the
two extremes, the one has been anvil and the
other has been hammer. daughter and ap7
plause.) The Rebellion has been suppressed :
in with those who were trying to suppress
the Rebellion. But we find that those who
played the game on the other hand are sill
lighting, and fought those in the South who
tl,ss o.,
opposed to those in the North who are trying TO
break it up now (cheers), and am against all
those who are opposed to the Union. (Cheer5.)
/ am for the Union, the whole Union, and
nothing but the Union. CGreat cheerlng) |
helped my distinguished friend ON my left (turn-
ing TO General Grant) to tight the Rebellion IN
the Southland we must not forget his peculiar
phrase that he was going to fight it out on that
line" was with him, and done all that
could; and when we have whipped them at that
end Of the line, want to say to you that am
now fighting them at the other. daughter and
applause.) 1t is struggle for the Union OF the
States. The North cannot get along without the
South, and the South cannot get along with
out the North. Do we wait foot controlled
by Rebels? ("No!"l No; we want to let
loyal men in (''Hear, hear!" Applause), and
none but loyal men. And l ask here tonight,
in the face of this Intelligent audience, upon
what does the fear rest that men getting in from
the South would control the country? Take
the entire delegation OF 90 representatives, COM
pared with 2S2 that you have got IN the North,
and ii those of the North were to let in the 6S
that you have nc confidence in. how are they to
control the 206, taking 1t in the worst possible
light? We are afraid of these men in the South;
we are afraid they will repudiate our national
debt. Place these men in the worst possible
condition that they can be placed in, and you
have an overwhelming majority of l50 or l80.
Yes, after this immense amount of money has
been expended, after peace has been restored,
after all these lives have been lost all this
blood that has been shed, when we want
trade commerce, agriculture, aud all the arts
OF peace restored, are we to be carried
away by the clamor that If tifty-eight men come
in from the South, great evils will result ?
we all towards Ono! !") Did they control you
before the Rebellion commenced, aud have they
any more power now than they had then? But
let me say to this intelligent audience tonight
do not pretend to prophecy, but at the beginning
of this Rebellion l made a prophecy that has
been fnldlled. told the Southern people years
ago that whenever they attempted to break up
this Union, whenever they attempted to dissolve
these States. that it would be death-bloW to
the institution OF slavery. ("Good! good! ny
I am proud to say on this occ casion-not by
way OF hattery or compliment to the people of
the city of New York-that they are taking a
liberal, comprehensive, and patriotic view of
this whole question. | am proud to find her
conscious OF the fact that our existence depends
upon congregaton-that while you are willing
to live you are willing to let others live, and
do not desire to live by the destruction of others
Mr.. Stewards Funny Speech.
Citizens of New York:-I belong here--here in
New York-and whatever Cabinet or other
honors have occurred to me- they are all subsi-
diary to my principal pride-that am a native
born citizen of the greatest single republican
that could make the Mayor of the city of New
York feel halt the pride in the growing glory
and greatness of the capital city of the State of
New YORK that feel when remember that in
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