The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1866-09-13

you hang him Z [Jrics of =" Civ,
us an opportunity u llav'nt you
got the Court : llav'nt you got
the Attorney General Who i,
yonr Chief Justice who refused tc
sit on his trial rGroans and
Ichocrs. | am not Chipi Justic5
! am not the Attorney General :
| am no jury, but III tell you what
| did do. | called upon your Con
grcss, that is try ing to break NJ
the Government. Kisses and cries
of " \ lie " Great confusion. .--
| a voice, "Don't get mad - His
Scs | am not mad. | will tel
Iyou who is mad. " Whom the
Gods want to destroy they first
make med Did your Congress
order any of them to hc tried p
/ Three cheers for Congress
The President was evidently at
sea. lie had been going round
and round the circle until he had
become dizzy. and alter fifteen
minutes of scattering talk, of which
the crowd did fully ono half he
struck the track and went on at Il
gallop:
" Then | am President. and
President of the whole United
States. [Chcers. | will tell you
anothcr thing. / understand the
Idiscordant notes in This crowd, to
might. He who is opposed to the
restoration OF the Government and
the Union ofthc States, is II great.
er traitor than jeff Davis or Wen
dell Phillips. cloud cheers |
am against both Of them. ,rirs,
give it to them Some of you talk
about traitors in the South, who
have not COURAGE to 20 away from
your homes to fight them. (Laugh
ter and chccrs) The courageous
men, Grant, sherman, Farragut,
and the long list OF distinguished
sons nfthc Union, were in the field,
aud led on their gallant hosts to
conquest and to victory, while you
remained cowardly at home. Gap.
plause, " Bully y Now when
these brave men have returned to
their homes, many of whom have
left an arm or n leg, or their blood
upon many Il battle field, they found
you at home, spccu'atinI and com.
mitting frauds on the Government.
laughter and chcers) You now
pretend to have great respect for
the poor, brave fellow who has left
an arm on the battle nrld. (Crics
OF is this dignificd ~ | under
stand you. You may talk about
the dignity of the President. { 'ries
Of " How was it about making
speech on the pa of February !0
| have been with you on the battle
fields Of this country, and | can tell
you furthermore, tonight. who.
have to pay these brave men who
shed their blood. You spcculated
and the great mass Of the people
have got to work it out. (Chccrs J
1t is time the great mass Of the
people sho Id understand what
Your designs are. "a voice
" What did Gen. Butler sayl')
What did General Butter say 3.
(Ilisses.) What did Gen. Grant
say? ('Cheers) What docs Gen.
Grant say about General Butler {!
(Laghtcr and che,rs.) What does
Gen. Sherman say Ca voice
" What does Gen. Sheridan say 2"
"New Orleans New Orleans ! ~
Gen. Sheridan says that he is for
the r, ,storation of the Government
that he fought for (BulIy.) But,
fellow citizens, let this all pass.
| care not Tor m" dignity. There
is certain portion ofour country
men who will respect n citizen
wherever he is entitled to respect.
q voice, That's SOY There is
another class that have no respect
for themselves, and consequently.
they cannot respect any one else
daughter and cheers know a
man and a gentleman wherever |
meet him. | have only to look in
his face. and il were to sec YOURS
By the light of day, | do not doubt
but that should see cowardice and
treachery written upon it. (Cheers
and applause.) Come ont here
where | can see you. daughter J
| understand traitors. have been
fighting them at the Southern end
of the line, and we are now fight.
ing them in the other direction. =
daughter and checrs) | came
here neither to Grim nate nor re-
criminate, hut when attacked, my
plan is to defend myself. (\p.
.plause)
After this disgusting exhibition
Of egotism and blackgnardism, the
President adopted the iole Of Sd
N" lie offered to "assume all
the pressure" and to go cheerluIly
to the stake like n second John
Rodgers, which little piece of hum.
bug he stated as follows:
"Lct me say to those who thirst
for more blood, who are still vii
ling to sacrifice human life, if you
want victim, and tho country re
quires it, erect your altar and lay
me upon it to pour the last libation
to human freedom. cloud laugh
ter.) | love my country. Every
public act OF my life testifies that
this is true. Were is the man that
can put his finger upon any one
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