, 1866-04-19
SPEECH UF PRESIDENT JOHN
sun,


LII Response to Call Of the Soldleras
and SxlEurA' Union 4A>>oclatl.n.
WAtH1sG1oS. April ls.-1z reply 10 the crowd oi
.oldia= ind >RiIpr1 assem- sled al the While House
th,- esrnins 10 pay their respects % the President
1ree1Gent johnson said:
II conittf that in the pecul.r posture Of public
afaiss rous presence md address gives encourage
men, and confidence to me III my efforts 10 Dis
chafse he dn'@s incombt:nt upon me ~ Chief
MsElftatc Of tho Eep0bljc, and in what
I hare to say I thsll- address yop In the
character Of citizens, eaitors and to.diers
iApp!an:e.] We arr Today involved IN one Of The
CURED rInc: this Government came into ext.tecce
The Government hat aDother trial still to 20
through. aDd ftatit I" give evidence 10 the na:lonr
power enoueb to put down reachery At home and
tzsa.oa N11hta IT, own bosde1s. fchcc1s1 We
have commenced that ordeal and trust ia God
IeopPisn.nsd s s. TIC aia: :ion of;oef l rsort!en
saion to lhe TACT that ssood iu the Senate 1860
and lsc, ~htn the nation WIS turning TO this taira
1sat 1sa srnst ans e;ea 1e:ea ,tsesery a.s
home. fChcsr. md e1iet OF "kood.r'J stand
here to-o1s holding and msiufAinK The same princl-
orpoeire traitors md treason whether ,hey be IN
tie South or the North. tIonu checre.1 1 stant
nere To-day as then ttood. Using all my powers.
ental ald ply st,ea preserve this uauon IN pass
lnz through the third phase Of III tIissencG. Inc
cTCsp1ced ald comblned power that Eccc0sty stood
n1nsed against D. asc di.bandrd unt driven from
toe field. hui II docs 1ot follow that there are
enemies aeaiuet our present form Of Government
and free Institutions. Then stood in the
senate Of the United eta1ea denying The doctrine
OF secession. deried then. nj do nov, fh.t any
toln lhe nlnes States, and thereby to destroy The
" loD an1 break up me Government; tn3 ihtEk
have given toMe evidence ,h11 hare hccn s,uc.re
md eatle-1; and now want 70 snor Why i Is this,
the who'll Train OF tia1deTe.g and eAlumn.atot4 and
tEndEca n eaye been barking md tnapping a. my
tce's: tther1s.I Why Is IT that they at1sy them
:elses ssstp*t me: !. it because staat oa The
-1de of the reoJ le land when FAY The people, IN
clnde the soldiers aud railp!t)l tCheers.,
Mby lsi ttcy ase a1ayet in traducing and Willy
iuT. and eliminating met Where wese they dnr-
Laughter. In the SENATE, 1ra1sed my voice acanet
It. ana when It Wst believed that 1t would bc 10 the
tntercst Of The Nation ana assist In putting down
senate-a place oi etnolument ease ami distinction.
tesehed md snrf. mems. hset were
@ so 9'nss v.a ana opPosa ass Of ps.ans; as;
ealumnia,oir. who were far removed IRON lhe foe,
ont care moi Tor them: care NOT that El4ndc1.
The son1 ~hclp Of s.n, has been lei loose agaloss
LIE. cary not for a1 thai. and let tell yoa here
iieei sha1 tbail live on: enough 10 i've down tn.
Nhc!e laef Of traitorr aid slandese1-. tAppau~e-I
They hare turned 4he shoie pack ioo-e to
do it, Tiny, Blanche su ucetheart. ana ali little
uos come along, +nspnlns Al suy lec.', bnt heed
them not. s'heest ] The American people, citi-
zent, *oldi IS sna sailors, know that from n; ad
,cu, iu,o pnblsc life 70 the prrtsnt moment, hare
Away stood npyit1dlncly and nnwAEerinsby the
de,tndes Of theis lights ana inseresis
Wcase Low IN The nations third ordeal. Wc are
20 cut Of the Union. We denIrd the doc1<ine Of
secession. md We have heeo Instructed that asc
tight. We demonstrated II by The e:rouZ arn
haze demonstrated by their patriotic hearts and
1onr arms that state. lay. net tue po~er to ieave
lhe Union. Mhat lotiowedf The Confederate
vas willingness on The part r the pcope u thres
st1tet 10 CONE back be o'ed'ent to the laws, and
acknowledge The supremacy Of tho Constitution Of
For what have We parsed through this third
ordeal? !: ~ae 10 establish the principle that no
>iste had the power To- break up ths Government:
Wha, navc nil these lives been saer1eed and all
pose Of drttroyinP the Stats! No, 1t Wa for The
purpose OF preserving the sta1es and The Union Of
1he s1a1e-. 7h1t Il ~ha1 We Lave been eontsndtnE
tor: apd III e.t1b1sh the fa that 1t can III Itself
apo,e sn.t terond Intestine 1oes, ano treason and
1rpItoYe ut homc+
When ihe rebellion in Massachusetts ws. put
and de-troy the slalet When the rebellion In
PcpntTlyspia Was Put down aid that det!toy The
stste ind put 1t out Of the unlonf 30 when the
r*ss \, g1eat rebellion ~as pat 6o*n aad ~ cTn o.
States engaged in the rebellion being c1ushed- the
law was ieetofed and The Constitution sckno~-
leded m these stlle- ~ constituting part Of the
eio1lons Union.
been done In Tenueetee. under the direction 9!
my hmcnted predecessor. we commenced tne Ho!A
stEt fher. We succeeded, before came here. IN
restoring the relations which hid existed between
lcnnctrce and the fr*t Of tic unlon+ with one ex-
cpIlon. and that ~Ak thr one relative to rep1ese1-
tanon. l came to Washington and. under
sAIno1at4Aty Cfcunlslanctt. succeeded to the
fFe~aoena1a! chair. Whist then! Tie ton
e1et+ o. The United states hsd Adjourned
~Maohs prescribing any plan. I then proceeded.
As nad cone m my o~n oiata under direction OF
-be government 10 re~losr the otncT Stn.es and
how did We begtnf We found that tbe neonis hsd
no courts. And ue said The Iud.es. tiisf11rt A.
'nrnf5~ and Marshaft. "Go down End hon vonr
couHn: reople need thr tribunals O! }usticc - h.
openrd," Was that wronG{ The cnnrfs .r... ~
HFencd. HEat elsr1 We locked out ana NV fh.t
he people down there had no mills they and hr+n
interrupted and cut OF hy the rebelilon We seid
-olEe Postmaster Geotsal, 1.Iet the peopIe hars
un,1 taciIt1.e, and let them begin to undcistan
what we all feea md .huk tbtt We a,e one pcop!e.
We looked oct and raw that thete w1s blockade
'haS the tutfom R0utet we:e ali c3o-cd We said,
"Upen the door, ot The Custom House and remove
the blockade lei trade And commerce be rcsto1ed''
nd 1t ~ done We thus travelled On, opening
Cnstom upuset. nettring 1nflls. and re-estatltsh-
tpg al custnsns that had hG-n interrupted BY the
rebellion. Was therr anything here that n {
not authorized BY the Conttltutiau End jns.
uHed bY the cTttt nAtefeiIft& of fhs