The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-04-21

/ SATURDAY, APRIL Il 1880.
President JobnsOn's Speech.
The following is the conclusion of
President Johnson's speech, part of
which was published yesterday. We
copy from the Cincinnati Gazette:
And when the States do send loyal Rep
resentatives, can you have any better fdei-
| iiy to the Constitution and laws2 There is
no one learned ia the Constitution and laws
who viii say that, if traitor happens 10 get
/ into Congress, that body cannot expel him
after be gets in. That makes assurance
/ doubly sure, and conforms the action of the
| Government TO the Constitution of our faith
ers. Hence, say, let us stand by that Con-
stitution, aud in standing by it, the Govern
ment will be preserved.
While / have been contending against
| traitors, and trt ason, and secession, and the
! dissolution Of the Union, have been con-
| tending, at the same time, against the con-
sOlidation Of power here. think the con-
solidation of power here is equally danger
| Gus with the separation OF the States.
| TCheers.l The one would totter US, and
| might run into anarchy, while the other
/ would concentrate and eventuate 8 mOnar-
| ehy, Oh but there is an idea abroad that
one mAn can BE- a usurper. Mr.. Jefferson,
! the apostle Of liberty, tells us, and 60 does
common sense, that tyranny and despatsm
can be exercised by many more vigorously
] and more tyranuically than by one. What
power has your President to he attained
| What can he do2 What can he originate
! Why, they say, ne exercises theYetO power.
What is the veto power VINO is
your President9 lB he not eleeted
| by the people? In the olden times when
| tfibunes were first elect3d in the Roman Re
public, the people close a tribune and
/ placed him az the doors Of the Senate, 50
| that when that body vsatured an oppressive
/ aot, he was clothed with power TO say
| "voto," / forbid. Your President now is
the Tribune Of the people. thank God l
am, and intend 10 assert the power which
! the people have placed in me. lCheers.]
/ Your President, standing here day after day, {,
| dIsoharging his duty, is like horse on a
| tread d-wheel, and because he dares to differ
| in opinion in regard to public measures, ne
must be denounced as usurper aud tyrant
| Can he originate anything under the veto
power l think the veto power IS eonserv-
alive in its character, and affirmative. All
| that can be done by the veto power is, to
say when legislation is improper, hasty,
un wise, unconstitutional, stop action, wsil
| till this can be submitted 10 the people, and
| let them consider whether it Is right or
wrong. [Applause.l That Is all there IS IN
| it. Hence ! say thai tyranny and power
! can be exercised somewhere else than. by
| the Executive He is powerless. Al that
| he can do is to check legislation, to hold 1t
/ in state Of allegiance until the people can
/ consider and understand what is being
done, and then What has been done. have
| done what conscience l believe required me
to do. [Applause.l So believing, l intend
| to stick 10 my position, relying On the Judg-
| ment, the intelligence of the people, tie
soldiers and sailors expressly [Cheers.lg
! Then, for my life, l cannot see where
there is any tyranny. 1t is very easy to
| impugn motives and suspect The purest and
/ best acts Of mans life. II you come for
/ ward and propose a certain thing, your mo-
tivps ere suspected and condemned and if
| you Withhold yeur opinion, you ere regard
| ed as being opposed to the matter, so that it
/ is very hard 20 move one way or the other.
| In all questions pertaining TO the interests
| of the American people, for IN them Is my
/ bopo for the salvation Of the country, am
! with yeu, soldiers, sailors aud citizens.
Who has sacrificed or periled more than
/ the humble individual who addresses you?
Has not my all been put on itY Ny life,
my property, everything sacred and dear
70 man, has been staked upon It and can
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of this third ordeal of the nauonf Where
is he, in public or private life, who has sa-
crifced more, or who has devoted more OF
his time and energies to the accomplish
ment Of the great end than II And have
done 10 from the proinpungs Of my own
heart. l believe it was right, and with
your hearts and your countenance and
yur encouragement shall go through on
that line. LUheers and laughter.l And
when ] come to talk about sailors and sol
diers about this 70 be done, and that to be
done, all | want is for you 70 wait and see
so far as you are concerned. Wait aud see
II / don't standby you, although eYery one
! may falter and fail. [Cheers.l ! want tc
see measures Of policy brought forward that
will advance the interests Of the people, and
of that portion of the people who constitute
the gallant and bravo men who in both
| branches OF the service upheld the national
J Gag and sustained the country in the recent
struggle.
thank you, gentlemen, for this eneour-
| agement. l thank you for your counter
snee on this occasion, 1t cheers me on
and gives me strength to perform the worl
before me. If we are true TO ourselves
we are true 10 the Constitution-the day il
! not far distant when this Government vii
be restored. Let US 60 on and restore the
Government let US enlarge the area Of oul
commerce and trade and let US not only
inspire confidence at home, but respec
abroad by letting the nation resume it's ca
4 reer of greatness. ] know that some vii
! find fault with me, and say am toolenient
100 kind, and al that. II We were all to b
put TO deatA or punished, or thrown awal
lor one offense, or for the second ohense
and were to be lost and excluded from so
ciety, aud communion with our fellow men
l & h. 1,nf9 ] h,r~ fali
when have done wrong that we must res
son with each other, and understand ou
nature, and what is necessary TO restor
peace and harmony, and concord to dis
, | traoted and devoted Peop e. E
Ir the time OF war it is right 70 burn VII
lages, sack cities, and devas;ate fields, {
lay waste a country, aud cripple and reduc
| the enemy, but in time Of Peaee the Tevers
| of that course is precisely the right one, an
the true policy OF nation is 70 rebuild It
cities, restore its villages, and renew i
| fields ot agriculture. Know there are som
! Who have been at home cultvating durin
| the war, and who bring 10 the cOnsidera
| ton of questions Of peace, harmony an
| the ayocaticns Of civil life, all the teehn
of resentment which animated us when tn
| war was running high. But take the brnv
| men who sustained the flag on the field an
/ on the wave, and you viii End better teel
ings and better Judgment on these question
than you viii find with those who hay
been sitting IN the closet, and never smell
cd gunpowder. lCheers.l Yes, from ID
private 10 the General, they know bow
treat the present circumstances than any
those closet patriots and Humanitarian
Then. my. .countrymsn, fellow citizens, so
diers and ssiiors, let us rejoice that PeaC
y has come. Let US rejoice that the relation
Of the States are about being restored; i
us make every effort we can, on prop,
priucinies. ts restore the relations whIc
4 existed between the Federal GoyernmeI
and the States, and thank God that peaC
is restored. ! thank God that our bra'
men can return to their families and home
and resume their peaceful ayoeaiions.
thank God that the baletul planet OF M
| and blood, which a short time ago was
III the ascendant hes been chased away by Il
n beAignant star Of peace. Aow that star
et peace is suspended in the heavens let
cultivate the earth and the relations
3. peace, and all those associations which al
- nertain TO men in peace. The time is ID
lar distant when We can have a politics
millennium, a political jubilee, and when v
can 7,roclaim 10 all the nat ons Of the cart
tbat we are again q united people, and thi
We have triumphantly passed through OF
third ordeal, have peace at home, ana hay
: | mower 10 bid defiance 70 al tEe HoIl
n Loud ehecrs.I Remember one thing, geI
;lemen. that in my past life, though sA1
der may misrepresent, none can say that
ever deceived or betrsyed him. ls VIII
for vou 10 see in future Who WI redeem .
Z; his promises, and who will be most iaithir
l thank YOU, gentlemen, for tle Gem p4iine'
you have PAID me,
Quite an Excitement.
There was considerable eNoltemeI
ID this morning, in this city, Occsslone
- by the arrest, by the civil authoriiles
Jones county, Of a negro woman ohsT
IS ed with the offence of murder, sever
vears since, and who was released froi
L iail in Clinton when Sherman's arm
passed through that place The W
. man has since been lying around loos
when the Sheriff of Jones with assi'
ants got authority Of the military cor
msndant Of this post to re-arrest Al
, convey her 30 Clinton, for trial II
D. officer was also authorized to tie Il
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