New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-11
SPEECH OF GEN. GEARY.

HARRISBURG Oct. 9.-When the returns announced the
fact Of Con. John W. Gearys election as Governor Of
Pennsylvania, the "Boys in Blue' formed procession
and to the House for the purpose Of see
nadng him. When the band had ceased playing Gen.
Geary who loudly called for appeared and responded
to the compliment In the following address:
As the candidate and representative Of
the triumphant Onion Republican party OF re-
SHsSass ssa' ssEr deed Yet have
achieved We cannot too feyenty and 400 repeatedly oU
ence in the midst Of our national difficulties The
hand that guided us through .he suferings and
and even more tremendous peril The intelligence OF the terri
bic overthrow in PennsyKania-he sublime civic
Anal surrender Il tic Rcbe npaheIs VII forever and Justly
settle many disputed questions Il Pernanssy establishes e
American people and in their representatives in Congress as
sembed and not corrupt Executive And this strong
the nroads Of ne and attacks Of the following
tie Government people by the people end for the
6st isonsu traitors dessed battle shall not be
Ts., %hsn our iorssr. capable
poitiesI nsht. 10 ali their succes,or,. ,y..,
That the .s % s h IN es sasp
Tbs, al the agencies Of the Government civil and military mug
D.s be- sVeSss our OPPRESSED brother. south .ssu he
that Andew johnson feer to pAreon them a., er
Thot this Obligation is sacred a. that Mhcn % 'a1
British deeud British subjects against op
hs We must between win yield to The
States and those VINO nave
gladly prefer the who offered their lives fOr the dag to those who
continue to scoD and trumph upon h' ,.,.
throw abandoned and ungraten Executive in Pennsyva
opens the whole Southern country TO the progressive people
Of the North with their thousand Intellectual and eleEang
agencies and better than this i secures to the resi-
deut loyalists, white and black, those natural and
civil rights pledged in the Declaration Of independence and
seeeI by the laws of the land What Pennsylvania who con
rbusd the Respondent majority contemplate with such
graf Joy tonight will not feel proud that 10 his vote
and his energy mankind indebted for these priceless bless
dangers is for Of Pennsylvania maintain the forward
position We have proudly The result proves that an
intelligent people cannot be driven from principle by ap
pea prejudice But it fixes the fact that more than all that
proacy and prescription in hsh places 10 arouse pop
lar Indignation and TO strengthen popular convictions No
tyran IN any age-no even mat Of Nero whose hlsm y
low In his efforts 70 debauch reached high IN his efforts
destroy Andrew Johnson Strong In the stolen Of
betrayed people he stretched forth his parayng where
he could purchase seonrgng where he could sub
due State converted into market places where the
offices OF the people prored 10 themselves the price Of
their degradation and where honest opinion osra
cized and sycophancy dsgusting rewarded But THIS
attempt restore the traitors u the South and 10 TeUre the Cop
perhead Of ne Sorth has prored TO be galcas 90 brief that
his failure has consigned both DEEPER death and 10 dartev
grave than that they occupied before The Commonwealth that
he's resisted and deed such bres and such bruaes well
claim the prond tito Of being the fortress Of American freedom
But speak feel that not alone entitled TO the
lanels Of ransecIdant triumph Indiana and Ohio complete
the riumvirate as they compete for the palm Let us
share IL with them those who the immortal battles
rebellion shared equally the dangers and the honor Of
tho conflict Now that we have done duty will be
for others 10 fooweas let us hope for Maryland 70 bold the
position brarey and boody during the war and
now sought TO be torn from her by returned rebels and
stoned mercena for Tennessee retain and rvet the
splendid post she has captured from double treason easy for
groaned long for Missouri add another her
crmsoned immortal record and above ALL easy for tho
patriots Of the South 70 compel obedience to the last generous
proher Of the American people the amendment the
National Constitution