The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-02-28


WEDNESDAY. Y....... FEBRUARY Is, 1853.
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no,,cr Of the President-Its Endorsation By the
p.o.,e or Baltinore -lmmense Meeting n
M.ryIaad Institute -EioeHent Speeches BY
senators Cowan and Doolittle--Othcr Ad.
dresses, &c.
lReported for the Baltimore SUM-
In nursuance to call in the public papers,
the large hall Of the Maryland Institute was
,as, syening filed to its utmost capacity by the
n,ireos Of Baltimore Irrespective Of party, for
the purpose Of endorsing the restoration policy
Of his Excellency Andrew johnson, President
Of the United States, and the act and princi-
ples of his late veto message. Great enthu-
siasm was manifested among the people
throughout the evening, and splendid music
enlivened the, evening. As the speakers
reached the stand they were received with tre-
mendous cheering.
rHR oRaASIzArIoS.
Judge Peter w. Crane called the meeting to
order and proposed Lieutenant Governor g..
&. Cox as the President Of the meeting, which
was carried by acclamation.
Henry Webster, Esq, was chosen Secretary,
with the same unanimity.
ADDRESS or GOVERNOR cox.
Lieutenant Governor Cox addressed the
meeting at considerable length, congratulating
those present on the auspicious occasion when
again the city of Baltimore conld meet on one
common platform-the platform Of the Con-
stitntion They had met to sustain the acts
OF the statesman who had already proved
himself "the right man in the right place !"
He had battled for thatV tVhion as long as it was
ia danger, but that danger had now passed.
and however men may have erred in judgment,
the people were, in the main, right. Happy
was he to see the day when all could could once on,
zens (Mr. Cox was frequently interrupted
by applause. and when he concluded loud calls
were made for him to continue his remarks.]
ADDRESS OF HON. EDGAR cowAN.
Hon. Edgar Cowan, Senator of the United
the meeting. He proposed to say few words
10 the people In behalf Of the President Of the
people The great difference between Presi-
dent Johnson and those who oppose MN In ms
administration Of affairs was simply this: Pre-.
sident Johnson was ready and willing to trust
the people both North and South. Those who
oppose him were clamorous for the punish.
ment of = whole people, and yet not one OF
them had brought forward q measure TO
pnnish one individual. He held that whole
people or community could not commit trea-
son. but individuals could; then let guilty
individuals be punished, but the people should
not be. 1t was a fixed opinion Of the Ameri-
can people that the States Of the South were
still in the Union, and being there, they could
not be kicked out, or got out by any other
son now contended that the Southern States
were not in the Union that they had COM
mitted suicide, and that the people had been
conquered. Now, who ever heard OF one free
people capturing another free people? What
good would it do the people of Pennsylvania
TO conquer the people Of Maryland? Would 1t
profit the people Of Maryland to swallow up
little Delaware.
The Freedmen's Bureau bill was then fully
reviewed. That bill, he said, virtually placed
eleven States Of the Union out OF the pale OF
existence whilst ii gave the negroes OF those
States the right to vote it even conferred
more rights on the negro than the poor
white man had ever dreamed Of. Slavery had
been broken up, not by the little society that
now opposes the President, but by the war.
The whitel men everywhere had now become
convinced that there should be no more
slayery-that it was better for the white man
that it should be so, but whether better for
the emancipated negro remained to be seen.
Mr. Cowan said 1T was utterly Impossible
for President Johnson to have signed the
Freedmen's Bureau bill, for when they inau-
guraled him in Washington they made him
swear to support the Constitution. Now, the
President being conscientions manIa man
who believed in the sanctity of an oath-and
considering that bill unconstitutional, ne
could not sign it. The Presidents doctrine
was 10 let the States take care OF their own
internal Affairs, and he would not Weld tne
power of the United States to do an injury 10
any individual State He was willing TO trust
the Southern people. They were now repent
ant. When the rebellion broke out Congress
was at one end of the avenue, chattering poll
tics, and the President at the other end scratch
Then the Government had all the power
the army the navy, and the authority to call
out the militia-and yet the rebellion was
allowed 10 90 on and was not throttled at the
outbreak. Could these Southern people be
blamed for being where they Were when the
rebellion broke over their heads Their own
Government had deserted them to their fate
and they were compelled to seek protection
from the only power to which they could ap-
peal, even If it was the Goyernmento OF feoeis
He said the Constitution which had been !aid
an in
been taken down from the shelf, and II was
now to be the guide Of both the people, and
the peoples rulers.
Mr. Cowan then proceeded to draw dis
tinction between the white and negro races,
remarking that in his own State, (Pennsylva-
nia,) a white man when he attained the age OF
twenty -one years was allowed TO vote. Ia
voice in the crowd, "In Maryland they can't
the people regulated their own affairs, and SO
regulated them that no negro could vote de
then alluded TO the greatness OF the Cnitea
States-greater now just out OF = war tnan
ever before Should o difficulty unfortunately
occur with any European power, they would
find that although half na-dozen years ago
they would have had to contend with one OF
the most powerful people on the globe, they
greatest war powers combined In one that the
world ever saw. MIR. Cowan excused himself
from extending his remarks, as he found much
difficulty In speabtng in so large o haiI, and
took his seat amid the most tremendous
cheering
The band then performed q national air,
after which the Hon. James r. Doolittle,
United States Senator from Wisconsin, was
introduced and received with three rousing
cheers. "<
Mr.. DooLIrrLE's SPEECH.
MIR. Doolttle said Fellow -ciIizens, Thank
God. the war Of blood isoyer! Peace has come
again no more fathers, sons or brothers on
the bloody altar Of way. The rebellion is
dead-secession is dead-slav1y IL dsad-let'
then, the dead bury the dead. speak 10
night to the living, Of the living issues before
us. The Republic still liyes-the Constitution
still liyes-liberty and union still live, one and
inseparable. May they be perpetual. Whilst
the war was raging, and rebellion sought TO
trample under foot our glorious emblems there
was no man in the country who was more for
o vigorous prosecution Of the war.
During the struggle, my uppermost idea wa was
that force SHOULD beoyercone by fprce mat
there was no srGhment hnt baycnets and eni-
let's I urged on the war TN the repslii9n
should be crushed. II cost US dear. Sons,
fathers, and brothers, were lost Where is
there one who has not lost some dear oney
II cost pss most dearly My eldest son now
sleeps in premature grave becnuseof II. But