New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-12


hOnored his integrity his patriotism his courage. and
his good intentions. The President had stood too
firmly for the Union in the midst Of danger aud sacr.
fee 10 allow him (Sevens) to doubt the purity OF ms
Intentions But all this did not make him (SteveDsl
less free to doubt the Judgment Of the President and
criticize his policy. When he deemed the views OF TIE
President erroneous he should say SO. While be could
have no hostility TO the President he might and did
have very grave objections to the course which he was
pursuing. He should have forgotten the obloqny which
he Stevens had calmly borne for 80 IN the war
for liberty Il be should turn craven now.
Mr.. PRICE Oa.)-i ask the gentleman from Pennsyl'
yania eyens) whether there must not be some mistake
in this natter When hear hin speak IN such warm
terms Of the President and when remember that the
public press OF the country has been for the last few
weeks using tie name OF certain Ihaddens stevens
MS having beer mentioned by the President in speech
in front of the White House, and when hear the
gentleman. whom / supposed to be the Ihaddeus
Stevens referred to- speak IN such strong terms III avor
Of the President want to hear him say VIII hs own
lips whether be is the same person or some one eise
Laughter
Mr. STEvESs-Mr. Speaker. does the learned gentle
man from Iowa Price) suppose. for single moment
that the speech TO which Ipsesume he refers hay
ing been made in front of the White House was an
actual facti Laughter desire now to put the gen
tlemm right. What / am now going to say however
| do not wish 10 have repeated. IL Is confidential
communication laughter, and presume that nobody
will violate the confidence which lTepose IN bim by re-
peating H. Sir, that speech wheh has imposed upon
the gentleman from Iowa, and which has had cOusld
cradle run and which has made some impression on the
public mind, one Of the grandest hoaxes that mas
ever been perpetrated and more successful thah any
other except the Moon hoax which am told
deceived many astuie astronomers. Laughter /
AN now glad Of an opportunity although DO not
wish it TO 20 out publicly lest my motive might be ms
understood Of generating the President from ever
having made that speech. [Laushter IL Is part Of
tie cunning cOntIiyanees OF the copper head party
which las been prescribing our President since the ith
Of March lrdJ. Taxing an advantage i IN oppotnhe
accident which barpened on that occasion. they have
been ever suce constantly cenouneng MN Is ouule'ci
20 low and degrading vices To slow you that ana ~
D q l.as.x
order 10 prove the ruth Of what say ABOUT s Lo1A
send up 10 ba read part Of that same SANDER taken
from I1e No-lork Worid Of March !, lro,.
The folowiag extract from The heo York Word oil
March Z, loo. was then read by the Clerk;
The drunken and beastiy Caguln, tue most profi'
gate Of the Roman Empcrurs. raised his honc to tue
dignity Of Consul Office thai in former times had
the KeWbhc The Sclpos. and the CatOs, ana by The
mighty julius himself The Consushp was scarcely
more dsgIaccd by that scanda0us transaction than Il
our ccPTes'deucy by the late ELECTION OF AhureW
Johnson That office had been adorned in better days
Nv the talents and accomplishments OF Adams ana
jefferson. Clinton and Gerry, Calhoun and Van Buren
and now to see 10 filed by this insoent drunken brute.
In comparison with whom even Calguias horse was
respectable for the poor animal did not abuse DIS own
nature and 90 tGiEk that only ono ran NE slahus
between tits nsoent clOHnish GIunkard and TIE Iesl
dency nav God bless aud spare Abraham Lincoln
Nj NWIACK 0nd. II beg leave TO inquire whether
that my not also be a hosx IN the same way as TIE
speech fthe President was. Laughter .
Mr. STEvfNs-lhat was a serious ana insuItlng
SANDER The v,' York W0rd taking advantage OF m
Incident which II is thought by muny was brought
about ly tie CoppoThcads themselves and they nave
ever sucr been prosecuting him with such saiders as
that But although they have asserted ~ ron time
20 time they hny- never yet made the loyal iepuD-
can people Of iss nation believe II, anu uley y, yer
can Ne never credit but HOOK with lnuigpauOh
an the SANDER thus uttered against tie President
OF our choice. Laughter Beng unable 70 Ok
such odm upon our President by direct evidence
they bring IN evidence aiirHde WIN me ski OF q
ed advocate In a dc lund'fco tHqurcHd0.
Where the outside evidence was doubtful tney eau
tousy lead the subject Of the inquiry 70 speak on 'he
question oi his haucinhton ana Al ucy con get hlb 10
abbl and talk nonsense, then the intrinsic cVideI CO
In the case j. made out. lLaugntcr.l Now II these
randerers could make tue people believe that the Fres
drnt ever uttered that speech then they have made
on, tbeir ense Continued laughter. But We know
that the President never DID utter IT, II IS not posi-
HE and am glad Of this opportunity TO relieve hm
from that odign. They Lad indeed wrought up TIE
whole story In very cunning way.
! Afr. WINFIELD ~. Y)-Nay hope that the injunc
ton Of secrecy will be removed from this earnest and
sincere defcusef lLaughterI
Mr. STFyES- with seriousness OF nhnher thlt lri'-
/ si,tibly nroyoked laughter exclaimed; "Ohi hot
not sir | hope the gentleman VIII not violate tit
confidence which have placed In him and all others
this confidential communication Now, MT Speakei,
bev md worked up the whole thing pretty ounningy-
cunningy enough TO impose upon The people. FOR IN
stance they vent into circnnsntal accounts. AS IN
tic Great - moon hoax" They pretended That the
OF the assassns Of the late President escorted
President Jol nson TO the stone wall ON which they say
he stood In front Of the White House They also pre-
7
who furnished gratuiousy with lodgings IN one OF
our penal forts for time. All these CIRCUMSTANCES
thew threw about the matter. The people may nave
b.en deceived but We, who know tie President, knew
il wa, a lie from the start. lLaughter.l Now after
having shown my friend from Iowa rce) that all the
foundation for that thing allacious, trust he WIZ
allow to occupy the same friendly position 10 INC
/ President which have occupied heretofore .
| Mr. PgIcE-I am satisfied that the House ana the
country will agree with me that that was mistake,
and very great mistake. Although have not nVed
in the world so long a. the honorable gentleman from
pennsylvania tStevens yet have found that history
always be depended upon and but for the acct
dental occurrence Of the speech made To-Day by the
Gentleman from Pennsylvania the speech Of the Presi.
dent would have gone dow to history as fact and
the present or succeeding generations would never
have discovered the mistake thus opportunity exposed
| Mr. STEVENS then resumed the reading OF his manu-
script Speaking OF the contest between the President
and Congress he SAID there was but one paper
m the country that opposed the policy OF Congress.
Every newspaper in his own State except ohs hernia.
phrodite concern In Philadelphia and one belligerent
p.per IN Harrsburgh. edited by the Postmaster. sns'
tained Congress and SO did every Republican In his
State who was not applicant for once lie DID not
speak Of NewYork In that connection. Tor Ls dld not
know much about her. No one did except Secretary
seward who professed to understand her. But every
paragraph in the New York papers laudng the Presl'
dent was but the outcrop Of an official advertisement
At the close OF his speech he said no had Delivered
veto message 10 bin which he had already signed
because he had written the veto and thought It well
done SO he now allowed this speech Of his 70 be cast
mon the surge Of this turbulent debate.
Mr.. GOODYEAR IN. W next adressed the House In
of the policy Of the President and against that
of Congress Speaking Of the negro soldiers he re-.
marked that much had been said upon the subject Of
the negroes they had Joined the army NOS from patriot
lam INT for the sake OF bounty and other Inducements
Mr.. GRISSELL Qowa) took exception to that state
mept and nstnced the fact that in the State OF Iowa
than black had joined the army on the first
opportunity they had, without any promise Of bounty
Ne understood that the same was the fact IN regard TO
tho whole Northwest He wished the gentleman to
place that In his speech a. jewel TO set 1t on