Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1866-03-03

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Constitution and ,i~ld to ih- saPre macy
of The Laws. Coming in tn spirit ] lay
to them Win yen have yield d to the
laws. when YOU have acknowledged your
allegiance. ! will as far as can, open the
door Of the Union to those who have erred
and stray,d fr time. The spirit Of re-
venge is not the spirit in which to deal
with the whole people.
know there has been grea: deal said
about the exercise of the pardoning power.
There is no one who has laborcd with
more earncstncss than myself, to have
principal, intelligent, and conscientious
traitors brought to justice. the laws vindi-
cated and the great fact judicially estab<
lished, that treason is a crime; but while
conscious that leading intelligent traitors
are to be punished. should whole commu-
mites, States, and their pcop'e b. made to
submit to the penalty Of death: No no!
Let those WHO have erred be punishga,
but to the great multitude forced into the
rebellion. say, give leniency anu kind
ness. We put down the rebellion in order
to prevent the separation Of S a'es, but
when the Struggle on our part proved to
ba successful, We find now an effort to
concentrate all the power in the hands Of
few at the FEDERAL head. and thereby es-
tablish new principle Of equality and as
Objectionable as separation. The Govern-
ment may he revolutiopized without war,
and this is most dangerous because its
progress is not 50 easily watched.
The great principle which authorizes
each branch Of the Legislative department
to judge for itself the qualification Of its
own members, has been virtually taken
away from the two branches and conferred
on committee. fought traitors and
treason in tho South. aud now turn
around and find men, care not what
name you call them, still opposed to re-
storing the Union. am free to say to
them that am still in the field. Voices
."name them, who ere they" The Pres
ident continued: You ask me who they
are l say. Thad Stevens. of Prnnsylva-
nia, and Charles Sumner Of the Senate +;
also. Wendell Phillips. O.hrr "o;ce.-
give it TO Forney."1 The President in
reply to this said l will not waste my
ammunition OH dead ducks.
stand tor my country, stand for the
Constitution. There have placed my feet
from Try advent iHtc public life. They
may traducr. may SANDER, or they may
vi,urpate me. but let me say to You all it
has no influence ulon me-. Let me- say
fu ther. that do not intend to be over
awed by real or pretended friends. nor do
l mean to be bullied by my enemies. My
honest conviction is my courage. The
Constitution is my guide. I know my
coun,rymen, i, has been insinuated. no not
ins;nuated. it hus been said directly. in
high circles. that if such usurpai n OF
power as am charged with. had been
exercised some two hundred years ago,
it would have cost the individual MS head.
OF what usurpation has Andrew johnson
becn guilty: None. none. Is it usurpation
that stand between the people aud en-
eroachments Ut power. From tie came
source the exclamation hes gone forth
tha, they we're in the mids, Of an earth
qaakr. that they wsss trrmosing and
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