Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-03-07

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intended. We are In n great etrug.
gle. | am your instrument Who is
there | have not toilod and laborcd
forS Where is the man or womai, In
public or private life who has not al
ways received my attention or my
timey Pardon The egotisrf; they say
that man Johnson is a lucky man,
that no mar can defeat him. will
tell you what constitutes luck. 1t is
TO do right and be for the people. That
is what constitutes good luck. Some
how or other tho people will find out
and understand who is for and who is
against them. | have been placed in
as many trying positions as any NOR.
tai man was ever placed in, but so far
/ have not deserted the people, and |
believe they will not desert me.
What principle have | violated 7
What sentiment have swerved from
Can they put their fingers upon it 7
Have you heard them point out any
discrepancy Have you heard them
quote my predecessor who fell a mar
tyr to his country's cause, as going in
opposition or in contradistinction to
anything that | have done F? The very
policy which / am pursuing now was
pursued by him when an inscrutable
providence saw fit to remove him, |
trust, to better world than this.
Where is there one principle adopted
by him in reference to the restoration
of the Union that / have departed
from ? None none.
The war, then, is not simply upon
me, but upon my predecessor. have
tried to do my duty. | know that
some people, in their jealousies, have
made the remark, "the White House
is President" just let me say that
the charms of the White House and
all that sort of fummery has less in.
fuence with me than with those who
are talking about it,. The little | eat
or wear does not amount to much
that required to sustain me and my
little family is very little for | am
not feeding many, though in one sense
of consanguinity or affinity, ] am akin
to everybody. The conscious salts.
faction of having performed my duty
TO my country is all the reward
have.
Then, in conclusion, let me ask this
vast concourse, this sea Of upturned
faces,to 90 with me in standing round
the Constitution of our country. II
is again unfolded, and the people are
invited to read, to understand and to
maintain it. Let us stand by the
Constitution of our fathers, though
the heavens themselves may fall. Let
us stand by it, though faction may
rage, though taunts and jeers may
come, though vituperation may come
in its most violent character, will be
Notwithstanding by the Constitution as
the chief rock of our safety, as the
palladium of our civil and religious
liberty.
Yes, let us cling to it as the mariner
clings to the last plank when the
night and tempest close around him.
Accept my thanks for the indul-
gence you have given me in making
the remarks l have upon this occasion
Let us 90 forward, forgetting the past
and looking to the future, and try tc
restore our country, trusting in Him
who rules on high and on the earth
below, that ere long, our Union vii
restored, ,and that we will have peace
not only on earth but especially with
the people of the United States anC
good will.
l thank you for the respect you
have manifested to me on this occas
ion, and if the time shall come during
the period of my existence when this
country is to be destroyed and its
government overturned, if you will
look out you will find the humble in
dividual who stands before you there
with you endeavoring to avert its
final destruction.
The Presidentretired amidst storm
of applause.
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