The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-04

has been that these States lost none of their
rights; That alter struggling, after using all the
power within their command against the lite OF
our Government, that they come back again
Win no penitence and subject to no penalty.
That Is his theory. And what does he do9 |
nave read the fourth article of the Constitution,
in which it says:-''The United States shall
guarantee etc.
Taxing the theory of the President try my
points in hypothesis. BY what authority, LET
me ask you, did he attempt TO invest General
Heron, of Louisiana, a man whose hand was
reeking red with the blood of your sons -
6y 'ohdt authority, did he inoest him
to assume the control of the military power in
that Statef (Applause.) 1t is a high crime, it
is misdemeanor: The blood is chilled, we
stand appalled, at that awful massacre 1t was
induced by the el grams of the President
Read them all Look at them! But for these
kilograms OF your President, that awful massa-
ere would never have occurred. / arraign him
before heaven and this audience, of high crimes
and misdemeanors. applause l dolnot pre-
cisely understand politically the definition of
the word.
We could be heard ourselves. We could
summon 10 our aid our fellow-citizens aud we
could stand by; but we could not forget the
comm nenlaries that would be made over the
waters-that it was the result of on institutions.
They have not admitted that an imbeclle and
idiotic prince was the necessary result OF their
form of government. 1t was an unfortunate
event IN Gods Providence we had this man
thrust upon us. (Applause.) 1t didn't grow out
Oiour system of government. (Applause.) Yet
it subjected us to that sad commentary abroad.
| Again, look at the manner in which the Presi-
! dent is attempting to control this Government
| by corrupt exercise of executive power by
| turning out every man, however honest or
| capable who would not degrade his own man
hood by supporting "hs policy" (Appause.)
| There has been no crime committed in all the
| annals OF time; there has been no ruling power
| from Nero, bloody that he was, to the present
day, that mark the moral terpitude that marks
| our President now. We stanu appalled, at 1t.
The manned soldier, the honest man, the
| patriotic citizen who gave of his means to
| support the Government when 1t needed sup
| heads that support my Policyn take his place.
| l must seek a quotation from that old man,
| John Quincy Adams. (Appause.) At another
| day, when attempts were made by mere brute
| executive patronage to control the Government,
| that old man eloquent said:-"In view of the
degeneracy Of the times, the soul sickeued; in
view OF the fact that in the descending scale of
| degradation there were found willing men to
earn their daily bread by their daily shame"
! We honor the laborng man whose face is
| bronzed and whose hands are hard in honest
| toll. We honor him because labor is the basis
| Of the prosperity OF our Government 1t builds
| up your beautiful city; it goes upon the mart
| ana the ma1ketplace, where it sends up its
| busy hum of thrift and enterprise. We honor
the man that shovels the dirt but despise The
man who eats 1t. (Cheers and applause
My friends, the field is so broad-tt is illimita-
BILE, that must pass to my third proposition,
What ought we to sustain? The Congress-oW
|
| Congress. We have heard a great deal of talk
| about this thing called radicalism.
What is it? When they present to your minds
| a distinct proposition, examine it; when they
| talk to you about simple radicalism, with no
| distinctive proposition, mark my words, there is
nothing in it. We have Congress. They are
the popular branch representing us. In sus-
tanning them / want you to understand that is
| the sim plest thing. In sustaining them we sus-
| tain ourselves and our manhood
Let any man who earns his livelihood by the
sweat of his brow--by his own acts or by his
| own industry-let him stand up here and say he
| is a freeman, and that he is attacked in this
assault upon the public servants. 1t is not the
representative that is assailed, zoe are assailej; ;
we are assaulted by this man who has under
saken TO assume the power over each one of us.
| want to 90 back; want to discuss a PROPOSE
ton that have omitted; and will thank the
reporters if they will put it in the right place,
because am speaking eXtemporaneously, and
Irun wild. / want to speak of another usurpa-
tion of the President. / want to class it where
it belongs In speaking OF the President con:
trolling tho Government by a corrupted use OF
Executive patronage, want to invite your at.
tenton to specific point. Now want to lead
from the Constitution; but will state TO you
United States, by and with the advice and con-
sent OF the Senate, Our Senate, not his-'may
appoint certain oficers;" and it provides that
''he may I'LL such vacancies as may Occur during
recess of the Senate" Now that is the Consti-
tuition.
Aud what is he attempting to do! / under
| stand from the neWSpaperS-l read the news.
papers-I understand that he has got an OPT
mon from an Attorney-General who holds his
place at the will of the President. He may aD-
point all officers provided for by law, by and
2Cith The ddUiCe and consent of The Senate. He
may fill vacancies that exist during the recess.
He sends class OF nominations to the Senate,
and they reject them; or, If you please, refuse
to act upon them. Now, remember, the question
is that of q vacancy during the recess of the
Senate. After the Senate has adjourned he ap-
points his own tavorites to fill any vacancy that
existed during the session of the Senate. In
what does this result? Why he gets enough
men in the country who will promise-I don't
, He appoints, and sends them to the Senate our
Senate, for confirmation, without which it
amounts to nothing; they do not confirm them;
2 | they ore rejected. What then? After the Senate
t adjourns he appoints some individual to fill q
2 | vacancy-to fill a uccdncy th0t occurred dtrtng
s sensible constitutional lawyer ever conceded
e such power to the President of the United
T States, because, if good, the Senate was body
l | of no earthly Importance. Then you get dc
I | tator sure enough.
t ought to have stated all of these things in
L my line of argument on the usurpations of the
y | President, and l 20 back to the other point
q | What has now to be done? Congress met in
l. December last and they selected Committee in
8 the House and the Senate OF eminent men that
s. constituted that body OF eminent men i'm which
you and have unqualified confidence and they
e set themselves to work to ascertain what was
e the condition of these disloyal States / cannot
n undertake now to narrate the evidence that was
n presented 10 that committee. II is enouoh fol
3 me to say that that committee came to n con.
/ clusion that they were not In a condition to be
It received; they thought the evidence annie full
n and plenary TO submit 10 them certain amend
l. ments TO the Constitution.
It The true issue for us to decide upon is. wha