Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-05-08

! but there is an idea abroad that on,
1 man can be usurper. Mr.. Jeffer
: son, the apostle Of liberty. tells us
:. and 20 does common sense, that tyr
= amy and desi 6tism can be- exer
4 cised by many more vigorously and
more tyrannically than by one-what
. power has your President to attain
what can he do-what can he origi.
nate7 Why, they say he exercises
the veto power, QLaughter) what is
the veto powerl IA voice, to put
down the niggcr.l (Laushter.) Who
: is Your President Severcl voices,
Andy Johnson Is he not elected
by the people? The President is
the tribune of the people. In olden
times When tribunes were first elected
in the Roman Republic, the people
chose tribune and placed him at
the doors of the Senate so that when
that body ventured an oppressive
act, he was clothed with the power
to say, vc,o and forbid-yor Presi-
dent now is t'le tribune OF tn epeople.
l thank God 1 am and / intend to
IS 'ert the power which the people
have placed in me. fCheers.) Your
President, standing here day after
day, disclargins his duty is like
horse on Il tread wheel, and because
he dares differ in opinion in regard to
public measures, he must be de-
nounced as nsurper and tyrant.-
Can lie originate anything ander the
veto power! l think the veto pow
; or conservative in its character and
affirmation. All that can be done by
the veto power is to say when legis
lation is improper, hasty, unwise and
unconstitutional. stop action aud
wait till this can be submitted to the
people, and lc: them consider wheth-
er it is right or wrong, that is all
there is in it, Hence, say that
tyranny and power can be exercised
somewhere els. than by the Exccu
tive; he is power]ess; all that he
can do is to check Legislation, to
hold it in a state Of Annoyance until
the people can consider and under
stand what is being done. Then
what has been donel l have done
what conscience believed required
me to do. So believing, l intend to
stick to my position, relying on the
Judgment and the intelligence of the
people-,he soldiers and sailors ex-
pressly. tCheers.) Then for my
life | cannot see where there is any
tyranny. 1t is very easy to im-
pugn motives, and susp.ct,he purest
and best acts of a man : life. If you
come forward and propose certain
| thing. your motives are suspected
and condemned; and if you with
hold your opinion, you are regarded
as being opposed to the matter, so
that is very hard to move one way
or the other, 80 far as certain posi-
tions are concerned. In the Ameri
can people j. my hop" for the saliva
ton OF the country. am with you,
soldiers, sailors and citizens. Who
has sacrificed or periled more9 My
life, my property, everything sacred
and dear to man has been stakcd up
=. n it, aud can now be suspected of
aI,cring AZ the clos. of the third or
deal of the nation. Nher. il he in
public or private life. who has sacri
need more or who has devoted more
of his time ard energies to tn. ac-
complishmen, Of the great end than
J | have, don. II from the prompt
iugs of my own heart. | believe it
was i@ht, and with your hearts and
Your countenances, and your encour-
ns-ment, l shall 20 through on that
! line. And when | come 20 talk
about sailors and soldiers, about this
- b- done and that 10 be done, all
want i for You to wait and see. SO
| far IL Won are concerned, wait and
see if | don't stand by you, although
every other man may ta!tcr and fail.
! lChccrs. wait TO see measures OF
policy brought forward that Will ad
vance the interest "t III" p-opl" and
tina, portion Of the people who con
-tltut. the gallant auc brave men
who in both branches of the service
have upheld the national flag and
! sustained the country in the recent
struggle. thank you, grn,leInen,
for the encouragement thank you
for your count-nance on this occa-
sion-it cheers me on and gives me
strength to perform the work before
me. If we are true to ourselves, II
we are true to the Constitution. the
day is not far distant when this gov
-runent will be restored. Let Us en-
large the area of our commerce and
trad., and let US not only insure con
tidence at home, but respect abroad,
by letting the nation resume its ca
f reer of greatness. l know that some
/ will find fault with me, and say l am
too lenient, too kind, and all that
l If We were all to be put to death, or
J punished, or thrown away tor one OF
=! tense, or for the second oifense, and
+ We're to be lost and excluded from so
!. ciety and communion with our Tel
i low men, how many of ia would b'
q left. We must reason with each 9th
. .r and understand our nature am