New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-02-26
a crave public danger: L. it right or wrong 70
warn the public OF its cxistence'
THE NATIONAL PERIL.

On Friday morning last Cne county WIS
astounded by advices that tho President OF the
United States had. in the course of haFahSue
TO crowd who waited on him the preceding
night, spoken as follows:
Il have tonight traitors and ressoa ~ the South.
opposed the Dsyises an1 Toombses nnd oiidehs hhu
long list Of Others whose names hed nv i.Poa,; "'
now when turn round at the other end OF mo hue
GnG men | care not by what name you caH thcm a
voice Call them raitors who stu stand opposed TO
the restoration OF the Un 81 these Stsies ana ni
r,e. Ia ov IN Won that still; for te preefy ion OF
This conn ct: | AN still Tor tho restoration Of this
Tnion am slill in eSor OF this great Government OF
ours going on md following ont ITS destiny voice.
.GIve us ihe namcs.I A genllems, cals lor their
names Wei suppose Should giyo them. voice.
We know thcn.1 | Look upon iheIn. repeat it. Us
President citizen much opposed 70 the innoaiDen
tal principles OF this Government and believe they are
as much lGboTng 10 prevent cr destroy them rs were
The men who fought against us. a voice what are
the namesf ray Thaddeus Stevens OF rennsyiTsnis.
( Tremendous arplGuSc.I l say Charles SUMNER
lGrcat appiau-el say Wendell Phillips and others "i
the sane Strip9 are among them. voice Gave ii 70
FOroy Some gegomaa IL TIE crowd s4Js GIVE II
FOrnef. have only Just 20 say tat do not waste
my ammunition upon dead ducks La1snte' and o1'
plausc
Although but three persons are here de-
nounced bg name it is nowise diSputable that,
in spirit and scope, this denuncia,ion is levelcd
OF very large majority Of the members o.
Congress-Gll Of them elected by the same
party and ON the same ticket with the President
elected expressly to legislate, and not fortui
ously enabled to 10 so by the crime Of an
assassin. And we but state what every one
does low, when we affirm that OOnsidcrate.
refo . citizens of all classes were at once
anna. Il and panied BY the tidings. They were
not mislcd nor led a. al, by editorial structures
and CLOSES: for the speech was received
at SO late an hour Of The preceding night
that scarcely one journa! made any COM
meut whatever; yet nearly every thoughtful
person, as he glanced over his morning
paper, was at once appalled, and mortified that
such speech could have emanatod from such n
source. The Eoeaing Post-which had been
the most devoted. unqucstiOning advocate OF
what is called 1.-the Presidents policy and
had eulogized nearly every previous act AMI
utterancc of Mr.. Johnson-gavc expression, IN
the afternoon, to the common sentiment Of the
American People, in utterly reprobating the
speech and the spirit which inspired it. And
yet. the majority Of our City journals have felt
constrained to commend and bolster it up by
the most extraordinary plaudits. which We place
on recOrd-as follows:
TIE following dispatch has been received in Wash
ington from Secretary Seward;
Nfw.YOEK Feb 80 1900.
at IL all right and safe The Union Is restored ard
the country safe The Presidents speech is triumphant
and the country will bc happy.