The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-10-01
THE PENDING CANVASS.

The Campaign In tho West-Specch Of
General Butler at Cleveland, Ohio.
CLEVELAND, September 29-General Butler ar.
rived here from Oberlin last night. An immense
crowd had already gathered at the Kennard House,
who cheered the General on his arrival and called
loudly for a speech He soon appeared on the same
balustrade ON which the President stood when he
delivered his celebrated Cleveland speech. General
Butler happened to begin his speech HT the Same
hour explain the reference in his opening
sentence. After the enthusiastic cheers which greeted
his appearance had subsided, ne said:-
Men of 0me:-1 doubt whether you ought to de-
sire me to speak to you from thus place at tins hour
l am told that 1t is an unfortunate place for
speakers especially IN mt, the eySnng lshouts OF
by the tate OF my predecessor, relying on your
courtesy and kindness, propose to answer
question two which he put 10 the citizens or
Cleveland from the balcony where 1 now sand.
After saying that he humbly represented the entire
Government, and after opening his attack upon
he states this question: what Constitutional pro-
VISION have / violated" and then adds-"What
does General Butler sayF | Will tell him.
First and foremost, General Butter says that
the President Of the United States has
get him very difficult task If he had asked
"What constitutional provision have not vioa ated"
nv task would have been most easy. But notwith-
standing that VIII endsav1r, IN the moments you
violations of the Constitution of which he has been
guilty. First-then and this, think, has struck
the American people with more OF shame and NOR
tfcation than any other they have seen-the Presi-
dent of tine United States IN derogaton of his hgh
office, has been deliberately going round the coun-
try endeavoring to bring the Congress of the
United States, coordinate branch of the Govern
ment, INTO public haired ridjcule, and contempt.
There Is no parallel to this conduct all time pre-
yious. In the great contest for example, when
JACKSON was in the chair, between the ExecuuVe
and Congress, never was heard from that man of
iron Will and positive convictions any thing but the
most respectful language against the coordinate
branch of the Government. What il the duty OF
the President OF the United States IN this behs /?
1t s to treat each branch of the Government that
each branch may be respected by the people in its
authority, and IT is gross violation Ofthe principles
and of the spirit of the age and of the letter Of the
Constitution, when any branch of the Government
sets Itself hourly up against the other. (Cheers
1t IS excuse Tor the President to affirm that Mr..
Stevens, or Mr.. Sumner, or any other member of
branch of the Government uses unbecomn Lam
guage towards him, or opposes hlm, because they
are individuals only and not department of the
Government whereas Congress as a body has never
treated hlm otherwise than with respect.
Batiled in his hopes of subordinatng the Congress
to his sovereign will, he was determined to break
1t down as far as his voice and influence went as
10 iamarize the people with the idea that the Con-
gress Is not constitutional body, but winch
ought 20 be suppressedss interfering with the restO.
ration of the peace and unity of the nation. Evil
dences OF this design are not wanting. What else
did the question his Secretary of State mean,
when he asked the people of the West whether they
would have Mr. johnson "king or PresidentYH IL
was threat TO the people We answer it In all
humbleness, "As neither, thank you, err" CHEERS
The President in his own choice rhetoric has
ehaIacterized the National Legislature as a rump
ah oACIesCeuCe HhuRlnB on tue verge
OF the government. Mark the loglc of the argu-
ment Wmeh he here advanced, as he stood on The
sPoI P "a tnat memorable journey Ostens bly, made 10
aurne1 @ out to be hls funeral corege daughter
anu naI vIeedsJ ~ Is that Congress is an unconstlu-
-. 80, vtSIa@ue II was elected by the votes OF a
par ony Oh tne people, and because therefore. ali
iSoD represented it. But Mr Pre-
the same hour, at the bailotboSes IN tb & ~
States only, and BY the same peonIe ana h thn ssne
alone, that elected your Vice-President anu ny 'hem
Now, ii rhis Congress Is only ''Tumnn NJ Con.
Rless, does 1t not follow, by the most inavorsb
logic, that he is but TumP Of President ISho1ts