The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1866-03-28
!. yallandighan,s y 4 N Speech.
March 19, 1866,

st a large political meeting, a few days
since, Mr.. YallandighauI; being loudly called
for, addressed the meeting at some length:
More than TIVE ptySyears ago, said he, before
he had vote, be had, as a youth, supported
President not Of the party; to which be be-.
longed. Again, souie>ffteen years since, he
had united with many gentlemen Of the Wing
PARTY, in this city, in sustaining Nillard Fill
more, another President for whom he had not
voted. And NOW again, for the third time,
he found himself constrained, by q sincere and
hosest sense of-duty, ,to. give an earnest sup
port to yet another President not ofEis cEoos-
ing-at least uponsthe question, oftbe veto of
the Freedmen's Bureau bill Fhemeefing to-
night presented a nosel spectacle: 1t was
announced as a public meeting, without dis
junction ofpartr. It's purpose was confined
TO sustaining the PreSidentin his yeto1 The
! offer had been made to those who had voted
! for ANDREW johnson, that they should eorse
forward and control the meeting. They bad
not responded, and but few OF them were
| present, unless as spectators. All had been,
: done which decency and proptiety required.
! Perhaps these men did not like they would
meet here tonight. Very geA. Let them
understand they uust accept the company or
desert the President; for jnst se.1 long as AM
| drew johnson adhered TO the Constitution
aid faithfully and earnestly carried oat his
declared policy of immediately bringing back
!: the Southern States eGEalS-cauai as States
! and equals as TO their individual citizens-aRd
/ thus Of restoring the cid uuiun under the: old
Federal Cons tuition, he would be entitled to
! and have the support ofthe Democratic party
as unit and that party numbered now Rear-
nv one.half Of the p ople, Of the States which
had always adhered to the Union. TIE party,
would support hiln not as Partisans, and, least
| of all, for the sake of Office Let those who
voted for and now stand bg. him in good faith
7 Uy deeds, not professions, hold the Offices;
Though he must say that it vas rather odd
that they who lived bFthe breath of the Presi:
dent, whose very commissions bore his sigma
ture, we're missing here tonight, now in the
Eycry hour. Of the Presidents tria. AS Tor
/ himself, he would not sign a. recommendation
I; !; for any Democrat for an office under Johhsons
to the e,id of his term; and get be had Slight
suspicion that just now2a political draft on the,
White House, beating his eMr.aSSF. 81 name,
would lie IS readily hoRored asaone bearing
The names OF Stevens, Sumner or ScheRck.
7 aughterand applause TIE President would
t have enough uf friends whose affection was to
/ be sneasu &c. bY Office but what he needed
n as the peoplewith hiaa--the support Of hon
est. earnest men who wanted no Office under
him. Democrats do.iiet desire to steGi the
presidt Mt. ANDREW JohuSon is not atnan to
he stolen, and WearesBot the men who steal.
FApplauseJ &Hhenal1e.iS .Hrdifgg, we viii con-
tsdrml1 him when be is right NE viii support
him and iii tot oRlyiR sincerity bntear-
nestly aud With Sigor. There viii ee ne
tsdead ducks" among US. De ap-
+ 81 platiGlrd the veto becaese jt skilled Rn aneoH-
stitatiqnal, ex pensire, oPplesSiFes and
tfadespotic measure; an institution bafdensome
! te5fhe North and: West and bitterly ruinons
| to tae South. More than that he approved
! oftke general dpctliRes of The yeto message;
! not because be found tiicm there, but Because
! they we're the very doctrines. for the most
I Dart at,lcasf, that he bad learaed years ago
/ ieo.n speeches aud writings of Washington,
Jefferson. Madison, jackson, Webster aud Clay,
! before he had ever heard of Andrew, johnson.
loud APPLAUSE Johnson, himself, had
! learned in tho saue school, and had only ber-
rowcd and admirably applied them to- that
particular Measure IT, SAID Mr.sV. the gene
raj doctrines of the,veto message are, as his
,ExceHency Governor Cox n>inuates, the prin-
ciplcs upon which the President was elected,
then, for ten years, have been a Republican
without knowing it. Laughter 80, ..,i..
1t was The fashion, just now, of some to
criticise The style Of the Presidents speech.
After Liacoln's contributions to Executive
literature, such ohjectors ought to be silent.
Perhaps. indeed, it was not precisely aceor-
ding to the rules laid down by Cicero, Qdin'
tiillan, Blair and Whately, or the cold statu-
ary models furnished sby Charles Sumner.
Perhaps neither Victoria nor Napoleon would
have so spoken But, at least,fit wasanearn'
est, bold. fresh, determined American speech,
and more than that, it was most timely
speech. ,Thesvete and message accompanying
it showed that Andrew johnson tpeapt to
.fght the ,uftrnal Thugs who have array ed
themselves against him and his policy, and
who would strangle the: Union, and with it,
all peace, good will ard prosperity throughout
the land forever But the speech proved what
was mere important, that he knew. how to
fight them that he was one of the half-dozen
men in. the Cnitcd States who understand
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