The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-11-21
The Next Civil observation-disclosures
Opinion


The following Is an extract from a rel
cen, speech of Mr. Vallandiyham:
The late war is oser-the next is TO
come! Shall digtess moment to tell
YOU now! 'ris easily tod. They have
proclaimed it slready-l5,ngham, Wade,
S,svens--the leaders of the Republican
party everywhere. Uuder pret.uce Of.
impeachment of The President, they mean
To- depose him.
| do not say inreach-thst is mild.
gentle. constitutional word though it is
absurd IN the extreme 10 talk of imp.ach
ing y President for supporting the Con
s.ituiioD Md maintaining the Union
They will depose him hy violence, though
under the pretended violation of law:
aud let me here saw very emphatica lv
that upon the fundamental MAXIM of
L'ncoIn's administration they have \ per.
feet rgh, to d" So. Wha, was if IL
bodily and repeatedly proclaimed, and
mercilessy I've acted upon it from the he
ginning to the end. aud sustained al his
unherlings everywhere in execuiinc it.
,ha, he.haI right. and that il was his
duty 10 re:n"ve every obstacle. of what
ever kind. human or ma'erial--men.
things, or ins s'iruii"ns which he believed
stood in the WAY of the succ. ss'ul achieve
nent Of whHt he called ps,riol,c purposes
Aud in this m"n>uous cInim he was sup
ported in tie beginning hv the rrear
mass Ct the p-op!e in the S,,rrs North
and West, and throughout by a maj rrrv
of item with rerklessuess and hitter
ness, aud n severity, too, never before cx.
hihi.ed hv Il Tree people in any country or
in any age.
Nov, upon precisely This same maxim,
rhns vigorously practi,eh upon, the R,di
Gala have y righ, to remove the President
from his Office, aud to imprison. exile or
even TO pm him to desth-npor the pre-
text that he is believed to I've sn obstacle
in the wav IT the Successful execution Of
their plans and policy tor what ,hev
choose IL call the pnhlic good. And |
10 no: know that ANY one who. in Lin
coins time, gave sanction to the execra
Vie doctrine, could nave any right to com.
plain.
would have tha, right. The Demo
cratic par'v would have it-aud here and
there y solitary wa, farer. rlsrchrur ,ou,
Of place with the Republican hosts But
no matter; le' me warn all concerned
that this pretended Impeachment. his
Intended de3osins Of the PresiGen, will!
b. Resisted To tie IaT' extremity. lie il.
President under the Constitution, aud has
precisely the same right 10 exercise the
duties Of -" "t'i'e o TIE end e his term
March 4, 1869. that tie members Of the
Sauate or House, or any other Of the
officers uf Government have. aud thps.
VII find million hear's of oak and arms
e steel 10 defend hlm in the cuioyment
of ,ha, right. We want 10 more war
above all. no NOR. civil war; but il they
viii f,rce il. i, shall be. will I've war To
tie knife, and the kuie to the hil,."
Eui to te,u,n. The recent civil or
sectional war is over. The Confederate
armies have surrendered and ben dis
prrsei, and the Federal army, twelve
hundred Thousand strong. has been di
miuishsi /" less than fifv thousand -
The war is over hut rhe Union il no, re-.
stored DID war restore ia. Union =
let every soldier AID every officer answer
II war restored the Union, what we're
:hey doing here alvorarirg The rreSderts
p"Iicv They all did rheir dnrv like brave
men. II was no fsui, Of rb.ir. a. a, their
w"k did not restore the Union. They
hr k- down the Hrmel hostility 10 the
Federal Government, aud II was hpcaus",
in the r'er "a nature of things. hv the de
cree "f ih. Om"ipn,en' God. force could
not c.m1"ta Urion made hv consent.
that tie Union wss NOT restored and
now the entire Democratic party is where
it has alwsvs been. and every sold or and
officer who fought in that war should
cone rwnrd srd unite with the D.,n.,
cratic party in seeking To accomplish
'hrouyh The hsllo, The work that war
could lot arcomulish