The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-09-28

Ne Ne last session of Congress giving ms views Vi
Major A. II. Calhoun was then introduced,
! and spoke at some length on the services OF our
brave soldiers and on the issues of the day.
REPUBLICAN MASS MEETING AT Ma
TIoEAL HALL-SPEECHEs OF Ex-GovBRNoR P9b- 4
LOCK-, Hon. j. II. BELL, AND OTHERS. ne
publican mass meeting held last eyehiniTT iT Nv
National Hall was largely attended. n9n' Oh
Joseph B. Thomas presided BX GpEeInoI ! Iol'
lock, the first speaker, discussed i. lne goesV'oas
now before the people for their decision. Tie
desired IN do tbis fairly and honestly, and Ii
severely il would be IN the support OF lne truIh.
He would never consent that the men whose
hands were still red with the blood OF the
nairiots should now rule the destiny OF the
conntry (CheerS.) We are to-day vindlcatng
American manhood; to-day freedom is the great
centre OF American rrepu9lcaulsm, and while
that word remains the Union is secure and
America is sale. (Cheers.) Sketchlng the his
tory OF nations, the speaker came to the United
States, where there was 10 longer property in
man, and where every man had the right to q
policy OF his own. (Cheers,) And the man aJ
the White House would discover that the Ame-
1ican people would not accept his policy as the
proper one for the government OF the country
(Cheers.)
Referring to the President the speaker said
be had no quarrel wilh the man called the Pre-
sldent of the United STATES. He dealt With his
policy and his acts. He knew him before tue
war, he knew hun since the war, ana he knew
hm during the war, and now he was satisfied
that all his former declarations were nothing
but sLupendous false pretenses (CheeTs.) All
his professions OF LOYALTY were shams, and his
record proved that he hao betrayed every party
with which he had been ldentiaed. Recollect
ne promised to the colored people tnat he would
be their Moses. Under the leadership OF ms
agent Monroe, in New Orleans he has indeed
sent some OF these poor people to the promised
land with remarkable despatch. With uneX-
ampled eeotsm he now prOClaims that II am
the United States and declares everybody VINO
does not agree with him to be traitors! Who IS
Andrew Johnson that he arrogates to himself
power that no decent man has ever before
claimed? Who is he that presumes to call every
man traitor who does not agree with him
tCneers.)
The speaker had been anxious to sustain the
President; he desired tuat the Union parCy
should stand by him; but when he saw this sell
willed man determined to rule or RUN, and
turning his back upon the patriots OF the land;
WheI~he found HIM summoning his Convention
on day memorable IN the history OF the South
ern Coniederacy, and inviting men who had
been prominent in their opposition to the
country he felt 1t was time to separate himself
from the man and his policy. (Cheers) Let
10 man say that the policy OF Andrew Johnson
is the policy of the lGmcnted Lincoln. The
Convention OF August was the deuth-blOW to all
the hopes OF Union men OF union with Andrew
Johnson. Contrast that Convention with the
Union Convention. In the one the gag and the
muZ2le were applied, and nothing was allowed
to be said calculated to offend The character OF
the South. In the other there was no gag, and
the members spoke like men and yindicated
,her manhood. (Cheers.)
WHAT'S the policy Of the President? He asserts
that Congress has no TIGht to impose conditions
upon the South; and yet who has imposed more
conditions than Andrew johnson in his early
proCamations? Where in the Constitution can
| you find any authority for the President i'm
| posing these conditions without first gaming the
consent of the Representatives OF rhe people
We hear great deal of NEGRO suffrage, but it is
no question in the present contest Ii it were,
! the new friends Of Andrew johnson should not
| forget that in his letter TO Governor Sharkey, OF
Mississippi, ne recommended that under certain
circumstances the right of suffrage should be
The 81 speaker @ continued ont nj at some ieagth dis
cussing the Presidents policy, and contrasting
his present declarations with his proclamatlons,
to prove that Mr. johnson was inconsistent.
Hon. J. H. Bell, of Texas, and Others, fol-
| lowed.
On Monday evening Daniel Dougherty, ESQ,
will deliver an address at the Academy OF Music
on the issues OF the day.