, 1866-08-11
MR. WENTW0RIH's SPEECH,
His Meeting at the Opera House Re.
yiew of his Course in Congress.

the proceedings tho spacious auditorium, dress
ei1sie, galleries and stage were crowded to rrple.
Tho Great Western Light Guard land VA, p.cs.
e.s unng ihc entire evening, and by tho excellent
Ing icnlure Of lhc ezcscisca: --91' F'>'s@
1t abont half patt eight o'clock Mr. Wentworth
aappearcd upon the stage. and sas received with
A the hsnoIable Een.lcman apr, n,oaehea I'd 10 M &c
cs1s na ae;s ,s. snss; h ,sn<
sss or s sssss f. 9 iks s9s
knew them all; Time was when hc knew every
'Gay Il ,x essE' s1s In Sana sst ssG a 1s opsa
ssss in Sdes spsad aad e II 'f tfnds nsa Il
weather. ont Of DOOR. 1io remembered uddrcss;;
q seRoSed Z s s o osdar sSs nos
tns which he spoke In before tBiU. Hc began with
only 20 votes in the city, indeed he was l,src be-
Sf :. e Mssf ses :t nf Mo" IL foi ey T5f of
not Tho OLD tcitlcfs were in favor ol scma1nlng a.
they wssc, md wien oac Oil, Eontoa,sn
cuntalD 9n,tn !nl!nhitant~, liz was met Wi.h tho
1erisisr inquiry. How many town 'nI i!aso yon
lor ss'es Chlsngn hnt do',o mitch for hlni ttns;
Du'iuE ihs past war The country lad 10 raIse
Congress is foand went y.sessn ti:srcN, lava to
5::s 5:!:ss nfa;S &. s is$s:!s:sis '!y q: IS
to s,u1,|,fy lint ,nicbtednc,n. In, Il ,va, n n.
iowrs tl,rtf 10 10 NO. ironlc nskeI lin, wy ,i,r
cnuntry did no. rrt,lrn to fpccle paymcn..r, For
Vii te noi nept ts s ae L, 10 an w., t,ny ~ lc
lnee eoll below 25 They would H. lahls y 10 mce.
their sndehteinrts. md the SSN,0daGN would
Another itsnc whirl, met him wl.en llc c.,ts.ed
consrcts was l'sc ryhtcm q ta1alion. For over
tsyli.: to i,in: nbout rcmcral saiistactafy sys.
I'm t't finance. pcltgn.'''n aftcr delcsa'so! mot
thin , sssy sa, abn ., as 70 tSsl y ' \.
popular. It appeared too, that ta,ls eonntry
country Oh carll, had ever paid, b. stsi iso t01,
the tux paid hy America mi: year. Can thlA
great ualion prosper with debt U1
neatly that amount than lhe debt Of England?
Amcsirs aid last scas, nearly as mich tntcsess as
thG olt f c9'nntsy;; ''n ..;y;,o, don't ~ r,,.ro,. ,,
fayor was tic canal round Niagara. and so lar A.
.nc !IoeEe W. 1;a ~ nt @ ,:! "a saw sw
10 tnen1 mat was hnsd!y ksaa o. thcm 10 sclaa
rta1e: .,s ; ,. t.,
variety o. ii'ases. bnt r. d'tlcaiiy They
lagorea Under vas tnAt thsf nia n9t know ".ae ,
dollar vas Tlss5 did np know waere ne spscae
specie, they could not aErcG upon oass5 u hulld
upon Ihc units II sts,es ,as ,sscss:a ycry
ins ~ very wci having tbe Confidence 1t l.is COIN
u, pniil he suddenly iise.srcrcd thai he id not
know wlttner his hen*e Wss baf'l upon rocl or
10 sec What other ,eonle.s opinion ,as. Then he
did NOT have e. te acoirass 10 ha Ey his gs2t
r'aee, which was he :hoash! 10 be endangered. In;
etcae Of 90 senraeeoa=ly standing he le' himself
%s s wsf 4 ss s nSa aissE sae
them tinkcrcrr with the Constitution. After that
~. ~. ~ icit III ~ ~. NJ n ~ !" tat ~
iSst t,,at tic country did moi have
liz ',.:: tasia III SIll ' ti:ev' required. The Tic
sr. ,,rci, 1nnt.ore xstc,, my tics I,a,.e
ny into anoihcr mans isine.s. and nuII;sh % IN IN
..hs newspapers what he has ,nsle @ and ast. vs. =
mi inc. r. va -, tb fnrc ~ ihasa ,,ic,i,sgs
fhnt tfc sncascr .on,mrrrrd vol III tnmh IL.
cIpsricnssd he vas proud 10 i!3se b;fa associated
ii ~ ~ ntV z;e n"s srro sI. ,ai ~ ~ v1,Sa ios M
no, haS,: hcen 1nni II H.. 1T ~. 1e m.,. IN IN
o,hsF ,., see,o; ot In, the country pu. tShs. 'a,t
sn,nErr Il fsrnnr tims.IT ,sns Hs,iron. ~ ~. s
bancinr jlc yajnr of in1m sinck. liz oucs rraf nf
aif5cc rctiTci 10 lis farm lie Ind DONE Va: ,nsc
When he considered himself POLITICALLY dead. he
ryircd 10 bis tarn, but tic .eorie atIeswarir took
;hini. "s"' ''a>A - 4'' '.'A' ~ s'''"' "'''
A farmer then he eonla fssl for tho farmers
Of Reconstruction T. cousdeseii. It may be very
well to ialk Of the South being left out In the
cold, but when thr people know that when they
have Inc addition o, twenty more Scnators who
will do nothing 10 help them, they had better let
The sou'h lay ont q little longer where they went
Andrew johnson thought that he would Try 10
DO what John Tyler had done; hc sct about
Tint t., make u third purity Ali lie Vice rfc1i.
dents who attained power seemed to !,avu ,o:stss-