Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-03-29
0Rlo Statesman,
An Important SPeech-Presiden
johnson Does Not Want ThOs,
Elected who Oppose His Policy.

sBOnnSOm noes MOI want lnOBs
Elected who Oppose His Policy.
On last Saturday night monster JOHN
SON and ENGLISH meeting was held at New
Haven, Conn. At this meeting, Hon. G.
M. INGERsoLL made the following import
ant speech: .r.
When Mr.. Ingersoll appeared on the plat
form the audience rose en- nldsSe and greeted
him. He said: tn "''
FELLOW CITIzENs:--May we not all say in
response to what am about to state to you,
"God bless Andrew Johnson?" Great
cheerlng.l 1t was my pleasure at this very
hour last night to meetwith His Excelency
the President, in connection with distin-
guished gentleman from Hartford, in re-
gard to this all-important election that is
upon us. We were confident OF his views,
and the more so, because, on entering his
room, We saw that the only picture which
hung there's displacing one that had previ-
ously occupied the place, was the portrait
of Andrew Jackson, and we could not but
think that the mantle of Andrew Jackson
had fallen upon the living man before us.
(Cheers.] We were there to say to the
President that representations had been
made by the Radicals in this State that he
was opposed to the election of James K.
English. We reid to him the statement
Of Mr.. Owen and Mr.. Griswold, that
has appeared in the public print, in
which they state, in substance, that the
President desired whatever battles he
fought, to fight within the Union party
He said; !" IL is true stated that; but 1uhen /
said the Union party, did not mean the men
cho are endedvOrtng TO breakup this linton, but
The men a1ho stand By me-" [Tumultuous
cheering, long continued.] Said he: II
believe the maintenance Of this Union depends
upon The policy ,ohich hare Indicated to Con-
greSS, and those ,cho sustain that policy are my
friends, and those ,ohO oppose that policy GER
tdtnly haze no desire TO see elected TO diy Of
fce." Tremendous cheering.] We stated
to him that Postmaster Cleveland, at Hart
ford, had nobly come forward in defense of
our candidate for Governor. He said he
was aware of it. A letter was then handed to
him in which he stated to the President that
he had taken this course, and if it was not
satisfactory to the President his resigna-
tion was in his hands. The President took
that letter and indOr,ed upon the back of
it, as you have already read in the public
prints: "Iour political action, in uphold
ing my measures and policy, is approved.
Your resignation is, therefore, not ac-
cepted, but is herewith returned. AN
DREW JOHNSON" Three rOusing cheers
for Andy Johnson That letter we
bring with us tonight. [Cheersl "Now,"
said the the President, "Whatever battles |
fight, desire to fight in the Union party,
and no one, after what have been through,
will question my devotion to the Union, but
the Union party is not the party of the
Radicals" (Great cheering.) | do notpro-
tess to give here his exact words, but give
you the substance of the conversation.
Gentlemen, you know not the interest the
President feels in the election that is now
pending in this State. [CheeTs.l You know
not, and cannot imagine one half the in
terest that the people of Washington are
taking in this election. Their eyes are
turned here as to battlefield where they.
hope great victory is to be won [cheers la
victory for the Union and Constitution; and
told them, for my part, that we would be
able to send them week hence such shout
of triumph as would gladden. the heart of
every lover of his country throughout the
land. [Cheers. We were introduced to
the President by that gallant soldier, Gen
eral Rousseau, memberot Congress from
Kentucky. He had been confined for two
days to his room, and was under orders from
his physician not to leave it, but he felt that
the duty was incumbent upon him to go
with us to the Executive Mansion, and he
went and aided us with all his powers. He
has promised, if his health is in any man
ner restored, that he will be here next week,
commencing on Monday, and he, gentle
men, will tell you that he and the President,
and they who act with him, desire the elec-
tion of James E. English.