The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1866-10-11
ANDREW JUHGSON'S SPEECH.
l: He who addresses you is Hum
BILE Individual.

l: He who addresses you is Hum
BILE Individual. -
z. have filed all the offices, which
the nation has to bestow, from alderman
up to President Of the United States.
l Leave the Constitution / in your
hands. "
! 3. am very much abused by sub
sidized, corrupt and mendacious press.
4. Pardon my alluding to myself, but
1 beg leave to inform you that I con-
menced as an alderman OF one of tn.
small towns Of this nation; l went
from tnat to ,nayor; from that t, the
Legislature, from that to the ;cnst,r >!
the state legislature, from that to the
House Of Eeprcsch.a ises, from i. ::
to the Senate Of the United States. .r,::.
that to the Presidential chair.
.. ain no traitor; Mr. Seward j. =,
traitor; nobody that supports IVY
policy is a traitor.
u. L have no wish to be cgoti.-jc.
but l must say that ha7c occupic,,, I,
the places from alderman up to the T.>-
slti'n no" occury-rrcsidcGt of the
| United States.
| I. The members Of Conyrcss vi,
oppose lily Policy" are all traitor:
everybody who opposes My Policy
traitor. | leave the constitution =.
your hands.
| 3. 1t Is not e,y habit 10 make HILL
ton Of myself, bat it Is pcrhaps u4y ,ju-
ty to say, that have been 81 alder
i'l4n; a mayor, state senator. Repre-
sentative, d Senator Of the uIi:1l
States :;enate, and low | al. President.
" hat more do ! want!
y: The tnlon party may 20 to tie
devil.
~. BY ambition is satisfied. Fir:
L Was all alderman, then a mayor. 1t.cu
L uieALer ct d state senate. then n.c,n
bcr Of the iiousc Of Representatives,.
t en- ucuiLcr Of the United Sta.,5
Senate, and at this moment | sm I'rc:-
ident Of the United States.
II. ;scGard 5 my friend and l az.
Stewards friend Seward Ike: ne AZ:
like Seward Seward is a good f i Il
and l ain 4 good fellow; We like ts:!l
other. Ne lea;e the Constitution i!
this town
II. have served M country il: "::
capacities. bc.an life aS az aldic1.3::.
was u ,na: CT 'i',:;n. ny injury, Va Z
state senator III Iny childhood. b"vs;..:c
representative In NJ early you'll. g.
ta'Hrd my majority as d senatvr o;' IT,:
United States, and ilow. il the priu.c .!
my manhood, all President.
Is VINO wants Z: .1cr, To vote: II
the Northern States want III --c-. :,
vote, why don't they let them vo.e =;
home? Nig.crs shan vote; l Jvs;r,
them to have the same cIauce as w....:e
men.
Ia. Perhaps you are not aware: :-!.-
low citizens, that | have been an l:::7-
man: mayor. state serator. q i:eTrc-
sentative, United States Senator, q:
finally President Of the United St2:e=
Is. The Cousr:ssmcn VINO yy,ed
for the Ereedn ems Bureau bill and the
civil rights bill are all fools. Il ike
to fight the whole one hundred and
eighty-two of them. I Won t leave the
constitution with mary one of then.
Is. 1t Is matter Of history that
after being an alderman: mayor. a
member Of the House Of Representa-
tives, United States Senator. | tecarAe
Frcside"t LircDln vas s>sas=;nila,<:i
and Seward butchcrcd and SO I became
President.
II. I have great confidence in the
American p o,Ie. all except nlemb<rs
Of Congress. unioais:s aud tiiggers; they
are ill traitor=, aud neau ~ 68;:-
them, with tie help oi Gen Gran.
l.. ->,yJ ,jy ever held SO many ci1-
ces a* l have have filed eli the "a
rloas po*::ios ia l'te, such a d.
man, Mayer. :*i:.;e Senator, Member u
Gou5res:. United States Senator, auu
at leu4th | was r:adc PrcS;d5>t.
IS. / r"I4at that Seward is a {: -:
! fellow he stanls Is uc and stand i.
him; am Eos afraid Of a soE,sid;..G
and mcfcca;4ry rre=s ; all loyal people
may 60 t. the devil; the B:.,la=crc
platform is i.,y I.iaitoFni =; Dou-::s vas
friend Of uine; | have been 20 erect
| a monument over HIM; a'u ret uYoa
| an eleciivnc2ring tour I hayr:z f,uai-::
ed any Sou5..vru trait. RS. but nc2,'
to MA &c it Up by furnishing io's Il
Northern traitors; every man VINO j. I ,
20 for ,nc i Il traitor; [ an ':o trs:trr;
| can lie a traitor. because I have
| been an alderman, then a mayor then d
! state Svna:or. then a Representative.
then nacml>er OF the lkitc3 STATE
Senate. and then President.
20. | leave the Ccns:i' in W:
| hands, where ii is safer than il nine.
for having been an alderman: etc-iNy.
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