The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-09-18

him honor was strong rcOuke 10 the
Radical City Council. The enthusiasm of
the multitude seemed to renew tho Presi-
dents vocal powers and to strengthen his
purposes. His speech is so good one
that VIC cannot deprive our readers Of the
pleasure Of Judging for themselves of its
merits. lie said:
Fellow citizcns,- lin response to the in-
PRODUCTION and to the welcome given me
here to-day BY yonr Governor and ex-Go-
vernon, who are the representatives OF the
people Of your State, will say 1t is ex-
trcmely gratifying to me. 1t has been my
fortune, or misfortune, / scarcely know
which, to have met with political diff
culties ever since my entrance into public
life, but have always endeavored to pay
all honor and respect to the high behests
of the American people, although have
met with much opposition. That opposi-
ton, however, has never yet discouraged
nor deferred me from doing what /
honestly believed to be my public duty,
under the Constitution and laws of the
land. [Applause.I The welcome l have
met with at the hands Of these two dis
tnguished individuals Governors Swami
and Bradford), welcoming me on my re-
turn to my public duties, after long and
fatiguing tour throughout the States, not
in behalf of "brcf authorities" who by
chance have gotten into power, but in be-
half of the whole people Of your State,
rendered me through the direct repre-
scntativcs of the people, is most gratifying,
| assure you. To be thus welcomed
through them by you adds but another
proof to my confidence in the great will
of the people.
AS for the little petty powers, let me
tell you / care nothing for them loud APP
plause and laughter; but such demon
stration as this by vast assemblage such
as see before me, my reception and re-
cognition by such gentlemen as here repre-
sent You, impress me with confidence in
your fidelity to the right cause as feel
| assured cannot be affected by any opposl-
ton, great or small. [Applause.l 1t has
always been q cardinal and fundamental
principle Of my creed to acknowledge the
will and power of the people and let me
tell you, ellow-countrymcn, that the time
is coming when the great popular heart OF
! the people shall be aroused; the great
popular heart of the nation is even now
DS1llH iIOUScu, anu ClC lCuS ~ VIII w Nv
vclopcd on the part of the great American
people that the Constitution must be re-
| spectcd and the Union rsGstablishcd and
preserved. Repeated cheers.l And |
cannot but repeat, although there may not
be much Conference in my words, that
these manifestations, in my opinion, are
not designed as complimentary to the in
dividual now before you, but are exhibit
tions of enthusiastic respect for the Go
vcrnment, expressive Of a desire for its
restoration and the maintenance of the
Constitution and the laws of the land.
! AS far rs | am concerned, do not
claim it as an honor to myself. | am but
the simple instrument in your hands to
carry out the provisions Of the Govern
mcnt. | have been abused and traduccd,
aud have been called a "foul whelp Of
SIM" But let that all pass. Although not
q very old man, have lived long enough
TO live down my traducers heretofore, and
| can do SO now a; and although we, none
OF us, know how long we shall be allowed
to live, although we have no guarantee OF
any specified time to live, yet l hope to
live to see the day when the usurpation
of the Constitution will be put down.
! [Cheers.l / believe, first, in the authority
of that mighticst Of all powers, "thc
! Almighty" and next to my God l respect
the bchests OF the great American people
/ Icheers, and cries Of Good bless you y,
and with their help, and with Gods help,
, III stand by the Constitution though all
else may perish. [Cheers.l And | will
here add, that the time has come when
YOU should, one and all, throw off the
{ Il 4 Ia 1,ny Lnnpl tn nplitipol
parties, forget party feeling, and go only
for the country. lChcers.l
have been charged with having been
disloyal to my party; | have been called
a traitor; Ia voice, " It's lie, you're not
traitor;;"] have been charged with trea-
son; but let me tell you, and would to God
my voice could be heard in every howell
throughout this land, that if fidelity to the
Government, fidelity to the laws, and
fidelity to my country, be treason to my
party, then l say let party 60. Loud
cheering.l
In the midst of disaster, when all around
was dark and gloomy, have chung to the
Constitution as the shipwrecked mariner
clings to the last plank when night and the
tempest close around him. have labored
for peace. | have labored for the restora-
| ton of the States now absent to their
| former position; and for this have been
7 traduced. l have been taught to revere
the written Constitution of my country. /
have been taught by one now no more, for
whose memory | know you entertain the
/ highest respect, Andrew Jackson [cheersl,
whom loved and admired as q great and
good man, as statesman and soldier,
| and / feel as the result of his teaching
! that ] know how, when peril comes, to hold
s., fast to the Constitution in spite ofparty or
creed. A few words more and have done.
! Go on, 60 on" from the crowd.l q,
| have been charged with assuming
powers not delegated to me and not war
ranted by the Constitution and here let
me make single suggestion as TO our
| form of government. There are three
great branches or departments in our 60
vcrnment-the executive, the Legislative,
and the judicial, each having separate and
distinct spheres. To the executive power
was granted by the Constitution certain
duties and certain powers, one OF which
was the exercise of power called the
1 veto power; and let me ask: How can ty-
ranny be imposed, as they allege, by the
veto power? 1t is negative in its charac-
! ter. The executive power cannot force
anything upon the people by this power.
He Is only the peoples tribunal to stand
at the door of the Senate and House OF
Representatives, and when legislation of
an improvident or dangerous character is
used, it is his duty simply to say no.
| [Chcers.I 1t is his duty to say, let us sus-
] IL.