The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-11-21

does not want the foul CON; her ambition does
not lie in that direction. l am dong her no
injustice, She believes In an idea through the
machinery OF Government; she thin ks today
that che is serving civilization, and when in She
VIII put in oreration all the machinery of that
political arrangements " hich ruled us for sixty
Seais, and so fortity herself in that weakest
point. Many oil you will understand it, You
know as well as do. was thought to be an
enemy to the South The Abolitlonsts were
thought TO be her worst enemies, and he stood
on the frontier and said, you are lie adinq Aine-
RIGA and the nineteenth century a muck. You
are jeopardizng our institutions. This viii
only end in bankruptcy You are running on 4
the thick bosses OF the Almighty's bucklerr 1891
dawned upon her, and she was where she Il
to-day Now, says the patent Christianity from
the Plymouth pulpit, here is consolation
that has forgotten common sense:-"Come
back as you are, covered all over with your
errors, full OF your mistakes, bigoted with ali
your old, and, as we thought, conquered errors
Come back, and try the experiment. again. y &.
Why what, then, were the uses OF victory?
What was the use of five long years of war
Why did we try it? We could have submitted
their strength--one conquered, and CONQUERED
by the right of its justice and its strength,
II is pride to the nation. tApplause.) That
Is common sense. The Rebel is TO be consultetf
just as tar and Just as much and Just as fast ais
will be for his entire benefit and for the safety
OF the nation in an acknowledged form. (Apg
pause.) - ~
Well, now, have spoken thus briefly of, the
aspect of affairs. How shall they be met 4
Shall we fight this battle? The President has
confronted and deserted us. What stands next
in the pyramids The Cabinet, that little circle
of counsellors that surround him. And who are
they : The Attorney General is a man selected
because he was willing to be a tool, and be.
cause, having done the dirty work of the profess
sion, he was The fit tool for the service REQUIRED
The Secretary OF the Treasury is a man that
agrees so far in the ideas of his chief that Id
any ylllany TO be perpetrated against the North,
he will be the tempter instead of the tempted,
The Secretary of the Navy is a man SO utterly
ignorant Of his post that his holding it is farce
and so utterly corrupt that any honest act he
would be guilty of must have been mistake
Oaughter)-a man who never had convictions,
and who always changed his professions when
his CHEF ordered him. tH o9Iq1a o
The Secretary of War is a man of eminent
service (applause), of great energy, but the
nation has no key to his intent or his policy.
His next act may give an honorable interpreter,
ton to his whole career, but | say 1t nanes in
cloud. The Secretary OF State is one whose
warmest friends deny his weakness, ON the
ground that age has chilled the intellect of his
prime. applause and hisses.) 'a a'T Y
This is the Cabinet and Congress 1 have endea-
vored to paint to you, neutral not treacherous.,
only it abdicated. 1t wanted to be certain what
( the elections would say 1t would not be "a
I leader. 1t risked nothing. 1t had no convic.
ions. They were delegates, and not represen-
tatlves. Now in this warfare of ideas no man
can get another full of convictions. Who has
not convictions? The Congress had none. Let
us hope that it comes together OF the fourth day
applause.) 1t has had convictions in the cam
vass. 1t has expressed them in the face of the
people. Let us hope when 1T enters the halls of
Congress, it will throw reconstruction out of
one window, and the amendment out of another
and begin the business by Impeaching the Presi-
dent. prolonged applause, a few hisses; again
applause; Kisses again, and drowning, deafen-
/ My friends, Mr.. Wilson, Senator from nv
State in a recent speech in his own native
town, Natick pointed out the, South as
slaughter-held from one end to the other. He
said twenty-five hundred negroes have been
butchered. There is no safety for them in the
CaTolinas; no execution OF law anywhere; and
what is the remedy? Why, he said we will give
YOU better President on the fourth day of
March, 1869. Now, we will, or try to. But,
gentlemen, there are three years between now
and 1863. Are VIC to lose that in this great
national problem? Are we to lose three wears.
while the South has time to grow and cohere.
and get all her machinery straiehtened? Is the
Demociatc ~ moe. party to grow stronger and in 1869
meantime the real reconstruction OF the coun-
try uncommenced?
pray you, look at it Over fifty thousand
in the Empire State voted for the mobocrat of
the White House, even after his Western Jour
ney. million and quarter OF men are on his
side. Ii great cloud. II is an immense con-,
sideratlon, with the patronage OF the Govern
ment behind IT; 1t is not safe to risk many.
hours with such President. An hour lost is
an opportunity for misfortune. What foreign
complication may come in? Who knows?
months now are pregnant with the effects of
centuries.
On the first day of May Napoleon sat on his
throne. and looked over Europe and said, mo
body can touch my sute mountain. Ny roots
go dowD to the granite of the nineteenth CEN /
tury." But he looked up in thirty days, and the
vast phantom OF BismarS rose, and he was
nowhere. Austria said, 81 am thousand years
old. lstrike my roots through the strata of ten
centuries" She came into the field and was
yanqulshed. The three years may do for
us great things. Why, in three years we can
buld railroads and make spindles vocal and ill
all their land with plenty. We can call up the
poor white man; lit up the masses AGAINST this
aristocracy; outRank the Wade Hanlptons and
the Governor Akens; and in three years no
man knows what we may not do. t5i
On the 5th day OF December Congress reassem-
bies, and reconstruction will commence. May |
il throw shams out of the window and COM
mence business by impeaching the President I
ana success will be yours (Applause.) Seoues9i
ter hIm from office. Why, suppose a Bank
the safe on Monday, iorges on Tuesday, steals
notes on wednesday, you m0lct him on Thurs
day; do you release him on friday, and give him !
the keys OF the sale on Saturday No! You Il
shut up the facilities Of misconduct and curb
him from his malfeasance. lmreach the Presil
dent! He has conspired with the South to help
them take this great and fatal step. =.
The South never meant to rebel JEFF Davis |
never meant to rebel. He never wanted 10 |
leave washington, and to give up the army and
navy. But the excited and misguided masses |
OF the South hurried him out of Washington.
He meant to be there, and Breckinridge meant |
TO be there. and have the scat of government atal
Washington, ami to be recognized by EuTope.A
They though we would rebel, he knew his cards, \
he saw his mistake in ninety days. The efforJ !
OF the President TO-DAY is to correct it, to make I
the South ne GOrelnnent. Let US rebel. PutT
na~ hon ,k.a aa 49,.