Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-04-26

removed from tne toeJ ouu "o'e ouJoJioS
ease and comfort, fCheers and laughter ]
But care not for them. l care not that
slander, the feul whe'p of sin, has been
turned loose against nae. | care not for all
that; and, let me tell you here to day, that
although pretty we'll advanced in life, feel
that shall live long enough to live down
the whole pack of trsducers and slauderers.
IApplause.l They bave turned the whole
pack loose to lower me in your estimation.
Voices: They cannot do it.] Tray, and
Blanche, aud Sweetheart, little dogs and all,
come along snapping and suarliug at my
heels. But I heed them not [Checrs
The American people, citizeus, soldiers and
sailors, know that from my adveatiuto pub.
lie life to the present moment, ( have al
ways stood unyieldiugIy and uuwaVeripgly
the advocate aud defender of their rights
and interests, fCheers.1 We are DOW in
the patiou's third ordeal we are not yet
through it.
We said that States could not go out of
the Union We denied the doctrine of seces-
sion, and We have demonstrated that we
were right. We demonstrated it by the
strong arm yes, the soldiers and the sailors
God bless them have demonstrated by
their patriotic hearts and. strong arms that
States have not the power to leave the Uni
on [Applause.] What followed? The
Confederate armies were overpoWered and
disbanded, and there was willingness On
the part of the people of those States to come
back, be obedient to the laws aud ackDowl'
edge the supremacy of The Constitution of
our fathers For what have we passed
through this third ordeal? It was to estab
lish the principle that no State had the pow
er to. break up the Government; it vas to
put down the rebellion. The rebellion has
been put down, and for what? Was it to
destroy the. States 2 [ Voices /: "Never ri
For what have all theseligss been sacrificed,
and all this treasure expended WasIit for
the purpose Of destroying States ? Ne;
wss for The purpose of preserving the States
in the Union of our fathers Cheers 1t
was for that you fought; it was for that |
tried not to break up the Government, but
to put down the rebellion and preserve the
union of the States. That is what we have
been eontendipg for; .aud-to establish the
fact that the nation can lift itself above and
beyond intestine foes, and treason, and
traitors at home. When the rebellion in
Massachusetts was put down. did that put
Massachusetts out of the Union and des
troy the State? When the rebellion in
Pennsylvania was put down, did that des.
troy the State and put it out Of the Union ?
So when the recent great rebellion was put
down, and the Constitution aud laws of the
country restored the States engaged in it,
the rebellion being crushed, the law re.
stored, and the Constitution acknowledged in
them, stand in the Union, constituting
a part of the glorious and bright galaxy of
States Loud cheers J In passing through
this ordeal what has been done 10 Tennessee,
under the direction of my lamented pre-,
decessor? We commenced the work of res:
toratiou we succeeded before came here.
in restoring the relations which had exis
ted between Tennessee and the rest Of the
Uuion, with one exception, aud that was
the relation of representation. came to
Washington and under extraordinary cir
cumstauces proceeded to the Presidential
chair.
What then? The Congress of the Uni.
ted States has adjourned without prescrib
ing any plan. I then proceeded as | had
done in my own State under the direction
of the Government to restore the other
States. And how did we begin? We found
that the people had no courts, and we said
to the judges, the district attorneys and the
marshals, $50 down and hold your courts ).
the people need the tribunals Of justice to;
be opened" Was there anything wrong
in that? The courts we're opened What
else9 We looked out aud saw that the
people down there had no mails they had
been interrupted and cut off by the opera
tion of the rebellion. We said to the Post
master General ''Let the people have facil.
tiles for mail communication, and let them
begin to understand what we all feel aud
think that We are one people" We looked
out again aud saw that there was a blockade. :.
that the custom houses were all closed. We
said: "Open the doors OF the custom house
and remove the blockade; let trade and
commerce be restored and it was done.
We thus travelled step by step opening Gus.
tom houses, appointing collectors, estab
fishing mail facilities, and restoring all re-
iations that had been Interrupted by the
rebellion. Was there anything undertaken
to be done here that was not justified by
the Constitution that was not justified by
the great necessities of the case; that has
not been clearly oonsonant with the Con
stitution, and with the genius and spirit of
our Government Cheers.] What re-
mained to be done? One other thing re-
manned to demonstrate to the civilized and
pagan world that we had passed successful.
ly through the third ordeal of our national
existence, and proved that our Government
was perpetual A great principle was to
be restored, which was established in our
revolution, when our fathers were contend,
ing against the power of Great Britain
What was one of the principal causes of
their complaint. 1t was that they wero de-
MED representation? Cheers ] One of
Tho nrant nr;na; Loo did Gnrn hu onr fat hers