The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-24

idea Of right and Justice Such man may have selfish
moss and ambition, but he always correcs these
when he their evil tendencies This kind OF
Is safe, and has moral consistency Such man was
Abraham Lincoln. prolonged applause.l Here is
representative of the other classa man whose OF
right and wrong obscured by selfish influences His
theories win shape themselves the direction Of self
interest This of may serve the cause Of jus
tice sometimes because IL serves him. When such a
man is combatve and vehement he is dangerous man.
and when he has feeble intellect he both dangerous
and foolish The Presidents policy y me result Of this
johnson originated from the lowest ranks Of Southern
society, and was never recognized " the arts
tocracy OF the South He fought against them without
moral or intellectual consistency. He fought the
advocates Of slavery and yet sustained slavery The
rebellion came and this representative Of the poor
pie Of the South became President OF the United States
WIN the aristocracles of the south at his feet He
might then have destroyed all aristocracies But he
aud u was thought they be crushed 20 atoms
ne required the Southern arstocracy TO come 70 him and
hsK pardon IN person. Every aristocrat had 10 sue
cumb to this pleboan He then forgot their and
spoke only Of their rights in preference 10 the rights OF
from the low orders society have an instructive feel
ing Of inferoriiy Yet be boasts Of having tailor
low grade Of society tApplause) There is a continual
struggle for recognition BY this Might he not have
hands Of the radicalsf Did they not give him that
sublime conquest his old enemies Al tho inaugur.
alton he gave evidences Of disgusting vice The nation
enemies applied severe TO him. and would have
been glad TO him hurled from power He lay drunk,
SICK as the Washington In,eiR0enoer would say
aughterl and his friends sorowstricken and his
enemies enraged Those he opposes lifted him from
the gutter and gave HIM renewed assurances Of their
confidence II any man should be grateful to these
people 1t Is Andrew johnson But altitude belongs
mas ano Gid
gave him recognition and he drank In the fatery they
bestowed upon him. He was made 70 be victim Of
fattery. You might even tell him he was q
gentleman and he would believe you (Iaughter)
The South told him worse things than that (Laughter)
history and 10 become the leader Of the Southern
gentlemen. Like the viper they slimed him over with
their very adalaton Was brfui Of contempt He then
became their friend and tried judicously to appear con-
s ss , And ss johnson promised IN his Nashville
mitted they must give certain guarantees. The abo
ton Of slavery and the reputation Of the rebel debt
in the Southern Legislatures, were satisfactory.
They could repeal those acts whenever they wished
he knew this These only be done satisfactorily by
the adoption Of constitutional amendments (Applause)
These guarantees which he espOused were not intended
Of freedom In this way the black race was turned over
to its former masters. Yet this says he has done
more for the black race than any other, and their
Moses beautiful Moses Is he, among the flesh pots or
Washington, with the Egyptians Of the south. laugh
teri He promised that the work Of reconstruction
then issued proclamation dsfranch sing tho blacks and
enfranchising q majority Of the rebels He promised
that treason must be made OdlOus and punished az a
crime. Bat he punt, hes it and makes il odious by
s'obligng traitors to como TO him and ask pardon 70
(laughter) The loyal republicans designated az
traitors and he camors now not for the hanging OF JEFF
Davis, but for the hanging Of Thad Stevens
and in this IS he not consistent2 tIaughterj
This magnanmity ID like that OF Benedict Arnold to
the British. Was not Judas only magnanmous9 laugh
ter) Yet not this magnanimy OF selling our friends
to our enemies than that Of Judas Iscarot or
Benedict Arnod9 lApplause) If ever IN enemy was
generously treated the South by the constitutional
amendment which has been offered TO them as another
rights again. The President could have recommended
this amendment, for the sake Of harmony and tho Diff
"a Nod md AflARA
Southern states would have adopted H. and ono after
another Of their representatives would have appeared
the amendment Still further the Tennessee Legisa-
turs assembled TO adopt IT, when, through the in
a quorum, and reject the amesdmept n ' ,his
way. But the republicans obtained quorum passed
the amendment and now lie representatives are loodly
condemnng President johnson. II adopted IN spite
Congressional policy Je Davis left the Union because
he could not rule and Andrew johnson keeps he Union
severed because he cannot govern under that policy
Which is the worsc9 He does not hang Jef Davis be.
cause tina. traitor is good man be s (Applause)
bis friends to liberty 10 the North and the South be-
cause he leads them into further disasters by encouraging
to buy up the American people tyler and BSchanan
were instances Of corruption, but they trifers
for political iricks.ers valsndigham even, wss
not bread and butter man. His principles
would not sit with him their convention in Philade
pha but the speaker believed that vallandgham would
nave been an ornament TO that convention. augher1
The American people above a bribc such a man
ought TO DO ashamed OF his degradation bride falling
he resored 10 terrorism and the streets Of New Orleans
covered with dead oyalists The Union people OF
the South were helpless in the hands OF cruel enemy
In his despatch 10 General Sheridan he some in.
formation to shift the responsibility Of the butchery on
the victims; he wanted lie his despatch meant give
a lie, kingdom for heln (Applause.l As he had
been made President by assassination wanted 20 pro-
tect assassination Mpp'auseJ OF course Phil Sher-
dan did not he-tapplausebut the President tried
falsify that despatch, and the people and
was forgery Applause) Yet this the man we are
called upon TO strengthen and support What might he
not be capable Of with Congress supporting him But
Congress strong enough to defeat hs plans is already
we'll assured fact-tappause)and " there Is justice
he cannot prevail But the people have the honor Of
the American nation TO maintain There the respon.
sbilty No johnson candidate be voted for with
out endorsing this and his acts Every such vote
is disgrace TO this republic Applause.l Stand up
then and show whatever johnson may be there still
virtue in the American people tGrest spplause) |
the RKsoLuTioNs
The resolutions then read by Mr. Edward Geary
and adopted They proclaimed the Issues before tho
country, and recommended Messrs Simeon b. Chtteu-
deD James A. Van Brunt George G. ynolds, Peter W.
Ostrsnder Cornell White and other candidates Of the
republican party for the various Offices 70 which they
pire.
Major HAooERrY then made few pertinent remarks,
when the audience dispersed.