The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-02-24

man can defeat me. I, will tell yor
what constitutes luck 1t is due tt
| right-and being for the people That
is what constitutes good luck. Some
how or other the people will find out
and understand who is for and who is
against them have been placed in as
many trying positions 3s any mortal
man was ever placed in bit SO far have
not deserted the people, and l believe
they will not desert me. What princi-
pie have Uviolatedl Wk8t sentiments
have I swerved from? Gsn they put
their finger upon itl Haye you heard
them point out any discrsbency2 Have
you heard them quote MY predecessor,
who fell martyr to his cQFntry's cause,
as going in opposition ortcontradiction
to anything that have done2 The very
policy which l am pursuing now was
pursued under his administration; was
being pursued by him when that inscru-
table Providence saw fit to summon him,
I trust, to better world than this
Where is there one principle adopted by
him in reference to this restoration
that l have departed from2 None. The
very policy that am now parsuing was
pursued by me under his administration
l having been appointed by him in
particular position for that purpose
An inscrutable Providence saw proper to
remove him from this to, l trust, bet
ter world, and came into his place, and
there is not principle Of his in refer
ence to the restoration of the Union
from which have departed. Then the
error is not simply upon me but upon
my predecessor also.
/ have tried to do my duty | know
that some are Jealous and speak of the
White House as having attractions for
the President, Let me say 10 you the
charmsIof the White House have as lit
tie influence upon me as upon any IN
dividual in the country, and much less
upon me than upon those who are talk
ing about it. The difference between
the little that sufices for my stomach
and back, and more than enough, have
no charms for me The proud and con,
scious satisfaction of having performed
my duty to my country, to my children
and to the innerman is all the reward /
ask. [Great applause.
In conclusion, let me ask the vast con-
course here to-day, the sea of upturned
faces, to come with me, or will go with
them, and stand around the constitution
of our country 1t is again unfolded, the
people are invited to read and under
stand, sustain and maintain its proyis-
ions. Let us stand by the constitution
Of our fathers though the Heavens fall,
though factions should rage, though
taunts and jeers may come, though abuse
and vituperation may be poured out in
the most virulent form, l mean to be
found standing by the constitution as
the chief ark Of our safety, as the pallad-
ium of our civil and ourreligious liberty,
Yes, let us cling to it as mariner clings
to the last plank when the night and the
tempest closes around him. Let us go
away forgetting the past and looking to
the future, resolved to endeavor to re-
store our government to it's pristine pu-
rity, tru sting in Him Whois on high but
who controls all things here below, that
ere long our Union will be restored and
that We shall have peace not onlT With
oil the nations OF the earth, bat peace
and good will among all parts Of the
people of the United States. When your
country is gone and you are about its
place, look out and you will find the
humble individual who now stands be- |
fore you weeping over the final disso-
luton.