, 1866-02-28
| FROM WASHINGTON.
Speech by Col, Fo1ney.
4 Singing Review Of
the President. r i.
PROCEEDINGS OF
CONGRESS-.
Debates on the Consti+u-
tioual Amendment.
KR. M0RRIlL'S BILL REaU.
lATlhE TRADE WITH
CANADA. :.
Schedule Of Dutiec and Slip.
< ulation;;:.
TEE FRUITS Q: TIE VETO.
Union Men Driven
Out of Ken
tucl1y-
Treason oatcropping in NORTH
!. # Carolina. -:
MORE !! PRESIDENTIAL INTERVIEWS
The President Thinks the
Test. Oath Too :;
=; Severe.
+a :
California Asking for Repre-
T.. sentation in the ::
Cabinet:
A Handsome Testimonial
r. to Gen. Grant.
Treason oatcropping in NORTH
!. ii: Carolina. 80
California Asking for Repre-
-. sentation in the =:
Cabinet: +
A Handsome Testimonial
to Gen. Grant,.
SPEECH OF COL. FORXET.

SPEECH OF COL. F0RyEY,
s Singing Review ef the President
Andrew JohnAon ~ he WAS and Is,
WASHINGTON, Feb. q.
The soldiefs' and sailozn' .Eauonsl unsou 1caeue.
numbering betweep two and three hundfsd, bead
Gu cf The ,11ozart Haud, ae1enadca Col. !. ". Far
ney 1t HE se=.dence this evening. Tho following
gentlemen cumpoted the committee having charge
Of arzmgcnen4e: Mai. Cen Rldaec,rAa J. &,
Dourhesty. capts. J. H.. Hall, wm. a; Short and
Vim. S.rinxes.
In introducing Col. Fozney 10 the League. Mai.
Doufhcrty sand:
Tpsaf eps q pa ;esn, r. r. 5sas
kstend. yon hare won By your active, far-*eeins
Nhtcl.talness over The welE:re OF our cnuutrv aad
naed ~, y ,e s 1aess*s ees u o. hoee "ho hsse DE-
e1t9e q itese friends tie as3o:lty of whom have
resisted the a1tackt Of treason Eherc life was Al
n II IL 'tsf H. sF SsrSse Mho 1'eH OF ne a.
sn,. rnefiy ssd &c p.,i. M IND rs n,s a,th
po.t 1ou arc dsils md houE5 eis7ne tie 1efe:rp.
.atiEes q the lora1 North pow in Congress as-e:a
Hfed Your unTaveriuI 1os tl1ty to The caer,ies Of
ofite rights Of Ill men, afe anon. the eau.es nf
th1t well Intended compliment aud e1psraaton Of
Tbanif f1 rhi1e .ach uccc<.71tcs c.,stve bzxr snch
GENTRY will. IN clo-inp. say. il ron have aus de-
sire 10 return e1pfrttons o! thanks for rhr Eraii.
tnde offered Jet III he done By eonttuuing to nh,
and fight hard upon The ilne Of hunsn nights, the
advancement Of loyalty snl the adva1ccmat Of he
@reai republic
rpo9 beng 1ntrohacea Col Fosney .poke a. lol-
1oux: 3tat DnuEhcrty, tktlow citizent:
sofdicrs ho have been In The field, soldier WIN
hare returDed from the 1ield, thank you for tnis
compiinienI. thank yon not only bcc1usc # Is i
sath 1anrEas:e, aud accompanied hy such ,esumo-
ptals e CONVINCE nt thst The position held In ref
e7enee to sre:t polis:cs questions IL appreciated,
thtefslood- End Ntll not 60 HnrrmembcTed hf rour.
eelsse, {Arplau=e-} Why. causlcmen. eomeiime.
think tha. We are living IL etate Of dege iha,
This tarzack and citadel and tLat W a7c ahoatto
the powers that reign. Why Il Il tasi ior t6e In
days paHt every re1usned leader who is permitted 70
rome hack and llsc under ,he shelter Of The Gov
e1nue1t he tried 10 destroy, IL now fifed With ex-
ultaston: Why Il It tlat households 1hat were
crowded Mlsh tples. prasins tot the tncocss Of The
a,Ss' aoas ~ sat II. . as aax t9ss s.e tit sa
The friends Of Andrew johnson, Of Tennes-
zee: Why !. II. TIA, .hr ect who have
pe1seeuttd LOYAL 1cn here d7n~ these foar terrible
ye2fs. and who euecred at ron u YOU passed along
ihe-s t.seets 10 rave the capital Of The Repuhsc,
End she1r own property and lives: Why ste thcT
ms hnzzat to lii pane! I oi,cn lei when iook
around me n II th's wire the metropolis or the
great *Ave detpoti*m: and that We Northrru mcn
>psk our sentiments. iAppante.l ~ :"
Geni!emen-l bad z yiris to.n,flit which il curl.
onaly Illustrative II the political situation. win
moved fron once, ior already telieve them 10 Be
npon tb*m would = deprived ot support i :hoa'd
sn,: aas essD at IN ,hs Principles Of And,sx
nc m o. Tn5sn ,,cs,, az bse hs
ctl 10 be frlhllea, osgnmzcd themselves into little
toc1cifes hare Tor the purpose OF advocating The
sraf d,9 @s1lm1 spd p.sx1 o. Aad1s% JohpsoR
were In hot Utility to Andrew Johnton't AdntnIetrs-
tion, End that they were marked men. Ills lille
ti'nsfiou and i s1psnsy q he c.a1nsT9 f pahaSat
ieeilns pe1.ad,ng the public mind At the prrecnt
moment. Their t. no: principle that hive ad-
and IN the Prcs, Of P6hdclph1a. taar has not bsen
taucht 10 ms BY Andrew johnson Of Tenae.tec.uao
TAUGHT " that treason Wa= crime and ehould be
led lhs slascs tn Tennessee BY bis own vii wien
President Lincoln proposed TO exempt that Stats
Iron biz proclamation It WIS Andrew John-oo
lords and Tuasses1 BE- enntscated nnd d,aard anour
hsarc men Who fought the hart:et Of The country.
II wse Andrew johnson who promised the
tser aosss tlaushter.i nd I'D i led d0a'1 aae@ %
tnlo .he happy land. i "a. Johnson wbo 10,
ouir za,d THAI treason was made infamous but that
WIS Johnson Of TcnncsEee Who. in the Ssna,e al
The United Sta:cs in lsGD and 1861, IN hc face of
.,auors who were then plotting to eeceae declared
many criminals. Il was johnson who led the
taaieal , moEs%ent @ before he W. President, slo
'aensa e Ta % IL 5s easnp ssp upon
In q ha. ydu snd ase doing We are Ftraplv fu1.
loving hi- example l. 4 not therefore exsfaoedi
he vbo h.s Ceen our leaet Il aboat 70 5ceome @ orr onr
pelxecutor; that In laci you whu haarcn to held
Officer In departments are to Be punlstcd- kac1-
u! ses Il ~ aha S ls g. net
he av Of Wath1ne1on are E11cd with sstisfae-
go coa.,,t,,,. II *uGa 1a,lp pfospset -, and would
Lave secured great prize md were On the c1c ofa
t.cat Victory, Il did no. took 10 rhat great North
en- country, sapplaure+ aad there sce millions Of
Of the Rtpnbic. and who have resolved with reao-
inston unparalleled even in thrik OWL wonderful
are de!lheatns, md thanI Cod Viii united csim i'm
ness and feart'fs teaEts in 5onder masbe pile Jap
thlt heme, almost ieel a. though | was hans-
pointed 10 another planet. 1t /. as IL Ike Rip Van
suddenly awakcsed TO find my1eifIn. new com.
s'Tangc1 md 1ook,ne npou stange taece. What l.
organ and p,attleE and protector Of men ssho. dn-
e1r, Andrew Johaton, OF Tennessee, receiving and
being introduced 10 ncged battalion OF returned
'tattoIz p tie counsel sna npooetss OF the aseas
huz Nho wae executed few months ago. An
d1ew Johnson Of Tennessee in ftan1 Of the Prct1-
Denial Iurne1dn. speaking OF leading p1t7ots rs
lot desire and did not refar sonr vist a. intended
10 give me IN opportunity 10 reply to the President
tn words untecomtng gentleman. an not |
d,n, Of 1hc Tnted states lapplausej We rhoaid not
nnty look 10 our chief Nag1ttrate Tor elegance oi
manner bpi tcz deccucy Of language. We should |
nna ~ a;t e eminent n
log Il xaia sneh p 1hc BID of the e,riized
ieTlE.s this great American people tt l. that their
iec5nss nc sGssass tsea to tcFpecs the rights and
etrnxthent tnr tmporian, movement n whien /
ON esty tbc M shEe,hoi5 a9w o, 4ae sREaeS ,or
hnse before mighty labork, IL , eoo no roocs ws
.sf @ oafteises awns from our work, ahen cau
Iho:c starr non sparkling In the ctc.nal tcarcu..
snd s,5, de!sy eternal .nth. aud dut.e.. Shall four
t;l,s ed over ths sa,s. of thcir tyraats I'D esi
9ss st:s ,n'sss, Aass pesstsH ps taroa!h mose dsn;
ts:tle more troubles shsn can be farpssted by any
. sea nnpornr ana II We follow Gods law, ne ehan
hem today and gone io:mes7ox; living, dying md
forgotten. hut sacred principle. never de.
"a5e written AZ it uesc by The
Almighty on The arches Of the everlasting bea1.
enf. End fhcy survive 1orrvcr. The pc7ils ~ have
Tne<ed haSe trained NJ for rrept Au1ies ana we
must be equal 10 1be.n- l tse how inscnselT nm
iecl ind how boldly you NIL net, {appl1u.e] an1
pzupoee while live 10 dlschargr it,at winch ms
hetu laid upuD INC 10 the best Of nv hh{}ity rsn