Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-05-21

same man who wrote these sentiments (meaning
those read by the speaker is now cOuuseling you,
and that says L am malicious copperhead. The
speaker then went on to review the antecedents of
Mr.: Creswell, Judge Bond, and ethers. and retired
a'nld the general appreciation of the audience.
m REMARKS OF HON. Mr.. HENDRICKS.
The next speaker introduced was Hon. Mr.. Hen
bricks Senator from Indiana. introduced as having
spent the labor Of lifetime in the maintenance of
Constitutional liberty. lie spoke as follows:
Ladies and conference.-the is an occasion to me
OF no ordinary interest. citizen of this State
but am related to you from the fac5 that the same
nag that waves over Maryland waves over the great
State OF Indiana, l am glad to say to you that am
Democrat, but do not come to address you as a
Democrat particularly. but a lover of this glori-
GUS Union. / did not vote for Andrew johnson. but
IN an excited meeting held in a town in my State
after johnson had taken the Presidential chair was
asked to pledge myself to the support of his policy
rms SAID would do, as far as l thought he was
rlghtand no further would support any Executive.
Thus far I have supported the President, and
think 1t IS Tor the good of the country that Andrew
johnson is the Chief Executive He is charged with
being usurper-that is far from being his position
and such a fact should be well established before
being preferred against Him. When johnson came
INTO authority he found eleven States out of the
on. Inion. These States were under his power, but he
sald TO the American people, II don't want to govern
tneSe States. want to hand the government over
to the people where it properly belongs [Great ap-
bring into practical relation TO the Government and
%e9 Sach Is the case every State should govern its
Who says. then, that he is a usurper? When he
says TO the people, govern yourSelves-s such man
GSurperE Next Congress met. A terror to all, and
n hlndrGnce TO commerce, they passed the Freed
mems Bureau bill which nut more Eoyer in fIo
hands of tle President than ever entrusted in the
hands of any one man in this country and said To
MN, sign IT, and the power is yours. The President
sald, l will not have the power. want the people
TO nave their government in their own hands. will
veto the bull" Loud applause Who, then saws
that man is a usurper, who refuses to accept such
power as never was conferred upon a man in this
country before? Had he accepted he would have
had more power then than any of the Inonarchs of
Europe except the Gar Of Russia viii you then be
just to the President? Cries of YES" yes Will
you stand by him in the right or do YOU prefer TO
follow Thad Stevens [cries of mo, mo, the man
Gals obey?
These are the men who fight against Johnson-the
him by the people. Andrew johnson was a Senator
IN 1851 and introduced resolution in that house for
the purpose OF restoring and maintaining the Union,
anG that when that was accomplished the ought
to cease CTittenden offered a resolution of the same
purport IN tao other House of Congress. Both of
these resolutions were concurred in. The war went
on until finally IN 1865, the Southern army laid down
their arms and peace was restored. What was then
the state OF the country accordance with the resO-
luton OF Andrew johnson, and voted for by the
Republicans themselves? We're the States out of the
Union? That Union was intended by our fathers to
be perpetual, and no. State could vote itself out.
That Union was still undissOlved at the close of the
war, and which is Andy Johnson's policy.
But there are certain parties who say they are not
states but conquered provinces. Do you want John
son to be false to the principles laid down by him in
Congress? Is it Just to ask him to change his pOcv
and say these States are out of the Union? Wouij
he oe entitled to the confidence of the country if he
was to say now that the war is over, that the south
military power? But some men are so constituted as
to rather go mile around than quarter of a mile
across to the truth. Laughter What interest have
you n the glorious doctrine of fathers that there
should be no taxation without representation They
come through the agency of the tax collectors, and
take your hard earnings from yourself and family
have no objection to paying taxes when the col
Iector comes through the sanction of those whom
have chosen my representatives. He that is willing
q vii lIIY1rre Gle
ought not to be free. agree with Andrew johnson,
that taxation and representation go together. Loud
applause and cries of good
Mr. hendricks then went on to speak of admitting
the Representatives of the Southern States into
we admit them the Southern States will want to
rule don't agree with them. ! only want them 10
have the same rights enjoyed by the New England
States do not advocate the policy of johnson be-
cause want him to give offices to Democrats 7
don't want him 70 do it. If he only find honest
men enough in his own party let them have tbe
offices. Laughter and applause1 All want is t0
have the people united, and when We are one again
We need tear no power on earth. lApplause.I Who
South, they done wrong. | say so too, but the war
is over and does the good man want to trample bis
will protect the fall en- foe who acknowIedes his
tall But after they have done all that is asked of
them and done 1t cheerfuly, and the President says
l. welcome your return, Congress says the doors are
closed. five give these Red Republicans their way
we will have n nice country, tell you Laughter I
The Speaker then elaborately reviewed the pro
visions of the Freedmen's Bureau bill the wrongs Il
inflicted upon the white population, &c. and then
nent of large number Ofthe citizens of the State
said he would not like it very we'll but that it would
al come right. That deSpotism giving way to
Ihe VIII OF me people ~ other countries and IS it to
be supposed, that we are going back to the darker
ages, and that few are to make the laws? Do you
suppose that such state of things will last long
Why leave it to those who registered al who won't
steal and they will surrender themselves. Laugh
ter.l oeIeve your Constitution excludes not only
those who fought against the Government, but also
sympathizers with the South. don't ask that those
who were in armed rebellion be given the right of
suffrage now. Take time for that. But those who
have only sympathized with them shall they have
their rights restored? I'll bet they viii at the next
Iae speaker here IN tones that brought the tears
to many eyes referred to the love that parents bore
70 % tnelr chlidren and though they had erred, yet
they Sympathlzed with them; it was human nature
to DO and argued that such should have the rights
OF suffrage restored to them; for, said the speaker
any one that loves his country better than his child
is a demagogue and a humbug. lApplausel All
ask Is, are you for your country? L would ask no
other question. l think Governor Swami will ap-
point clever registers this fall. (Three cheers were
here given for Governor Swami am more en-
couraged about that now. and then will have it
as IN other days, the man who gets the most votes
will hold the office. But tell you it is weakness in
human nature to keep the power when you have it.
it is hard to give it up to whom it belongs 1t takes
man like Andy johnson to do it.. Loud applause
Some say they don't like to go with the Democrats
All. well, they don't care about that, Suppose you
let them go with you. You go right and | am sure
they will go with you, LLaughter.l If johnson is
right you must go with him. ask you to vote for
no particular party, but for the one who would save
the country united for ever.
ADDRESS OF GEN. ROSSEAU.
Col. Mausby next introduced not only as the ac-
compllshed statesman but rs the war tried veteran
Major General RoSSeau, member of Congress from
the State Of Kentucky. The General appeared and
amid the shouts of the audience addressed them as
Ladies' and gentemen-I hardly know how to re-
spond to so hattering intrOduction-you are
strangers 70 me, hut understand you are johnson
N on I m of bpr, n1uit,
Like you am from border State and when the
war broke out felt it my duty to stand by the glori
Gus flag of our fathers. and thank God that did
ori in doing so aided in uphoding the supremacy of
the law of the land The loyal men of Kentucky lock
TO you to see how you stand upon the great question
Of the day-we were divided as you divided but
other border States stood true ta country and by
doing the Union reatsred that is you take An
drew johnson 4or tne exponent but If you take Ihad
Stevens the Union is divided. [Appause.l To keen
Ihad. stevens party or any other party in power is
or all parties sink than the liberties Of one nrs
person intringed upon. LApplause.l
refer you for instance to Congress today they
have declared the Union dissolved by their own ac-
non. am, my countfymen, no Democrat. l was |
Henry Ctay Wing. l am a Union man-an ANDY
johnson Union mani and after having gone through
years OF war upon the battlefield, cannot follow
Thad Stevens to keep any party in power at the ey
pense Of the Union Andrew Johnson by the follow
ers of Stevens and Others is denounced rs traitor
My God, who Is Union man, if Andy johnson is a |
traitor? But | believe the people are honest. il is
the bad men at the head who lead them astray The
about the Constitution and at the same time standing
by Gpd Seeing the country go to destruction; and if
you support Andy johnson, come up a little from
where the leaders OF the Democratic party have led
you. did not believe that Jefferson Davis Tss f0
be let alone IN his attempt to destroy the Consitu-
tlon, therefore opposed it, and would oppose Con
gress with equal zeal IN It's attempt to trample upOn
the Constitutions: would allow no man to pull down
the glorious old flag, the emblem of freedom
There was not time in the past four years that the
Whole question Tor which the was urged could !
not have been settled by the soldiers in fortye;ght
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stayed at home, those who wanted the contracts
they were the ones that desired the war to continue
forever; and now YhSn the for the Union is over
no armed rebellion, the light of peace daYning |
ginning another war, one of politics This we could
settle i'll Congress in thirty minutes if nothing more
was asked than submission to the Constitution: if
nothing more Was wanted than to admit Ioyal men
legally elected, But Mr.. Stevens says they can't
come in though the Constitution provides that they
shall. 1et, Mr.. Stevens claims TO be Constitutional
I mon man. Look at Iennessee-East Tennessee
loyal Tennessee-the Third Congressional District
particularly, which furnished 30GI bayonets to the
Federal army These men elected men and sent them
to COngress-but were they admitted? No. Mr..
Maynard served his time out but after he Won't home
the Union had been dissolved and that he could not
come in. Laughter l would die before I would de-
liver up this country to any snch party,
General ROsseau next referred in elaborate |
terms to the talacy OF the Freedmens Bureau bill
and read copious extracts from the report of its ona
erations In the South, and through its agents there
were many wrongs practlced upon tka negro whom
it was intended to aid. The speaker then went on
and said that they rob the negro, and at the same
time profess TO be the friedds of the coored race.
while we are stamped as their enemies Do Won
tmnk Andy johnson did not do right in refusing to