New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-04-13
reat Mass Meeting in Washington
From the New York Hcrald.l

WASHINGTON, April 5.-The outdoor mass meet. |
ing OF the supporters OF the administration OF
President johnson, which was postponed RON las'
week on account of the incemcncy OF the weather,
assembled this evening in front OF the Clty han AZ
O'Clock. The front OF the building was brlllantly
lighted up with 1ancifu ARRANGEMENT Vi I'D ed
burners 10 the form of large stars, and me panu
of music lent its attractions TO 'hdlaefeh' p"s'
ers by. , hv
Han nv Cream Giav smith who read the following
Iisnatcb from ex Governor Randall, ana there
upan nominated Marshall Cooling chairman
III. ELaraa, N. Y, April 3. 1866
uon Green Clay Smith, National Hotel Washington
If do not get back, say to the meeting Tor me
that | indorse full the object of the meeting. The
policy Of President Johnson was ~ the policy OF
hr Lincoln and the policy Of the Union party at
nsl,iation nor excuse for this war ION the Presi-
dent He will outlive it., believe his policy is
right and embraces the only constitutional mode
nf setting our difficulties, and will do all in my
mower TO sustain him. A. W. RANDALL.
REMARKS OF THE CHAIRMAN.
The chairman in opening the meeting said In
other days the people of this country had been
divided into political parties. Old parties had had
their day. There had been in past times Federal
party, anatonal Wing party Know Nothing party
Xii lad passed away. Then had arisen the Re
publican party, and that had now passed away as
when Fort sumter fell the people patroticay
|. threw down their party distinctions and rallied
round the flag of their country, on the common
nlatlorm of supporting the Union and thus formed
the great Union party. (Cheers.( The war was
over the President had issued his proclamation
declaring the war at an end, and one little thing
was all that was now required. That little thing was
the admission of loyal members to Congress. All
Congress had to do sbsv to say ao eaGR
glad to Sc see you-wccome." If any one asked
> would he admit JEFF: Davis, he replied no; but he
would admit every loyal man elected by the people
to Congress. Andrew johnson, it was said, had
left the Union party. He Judge Gooding) denied
it. He defed any one to point to single clause
/, Of the platform Of 1864 which President johnson
did not fight for radicalism, but for Unionsm and
the restoration OF the country. lCheers) These
radicals said, keep faith with the negroes. He re
Keep faith with the soldiers-keep faith with the
voter-keep faith with the soldiers widows and
children-keep faith with the government itself,
which pledged its honor to the world that this war
was not crusade against the sohth to interfere
with their domestic institutions. app ause.) Ihey
had given the negroes the freedom they had pro,
missed them. Could any man say they had promiseo
them more! They had given them freedom by the
emancipation proclamation, but stll! more by the
acts Of this old, veteran patriot, Andrew Johnson
of Tennessee, whom these men denounce. Gap
plausc) N.g .-.l
REMARKS OF EX-GOVERNOR JOHNSON, OF PENNsyL
WANNA.
Marshall Gooding concluded by introducing ex
Governor Johnson, of Pennsylvania, who elab
orately reviewed the progress of those sentiments
sSSSS'1i'Ai
in the doctrine that somewhere within the lines
State rights the founders of the Constitution hat
included the right of suicide. Now. then, he con
tnued, we are told on the highest authority in thu
country that the war which this heresy brough
abou. Is at an end, and is it-as the people of tn
South have been whipped soundly whipped AM
justly whipped, in my opinions it fair to go Ii
now and whip them again, to strike them whe
they are down? have great respect for Con
gress, and so long as they keep within the line o
their duties will sustain them but when the
sln &c tI,oirp tn a oh uniustIv tn
coordinate branch Of the government am or
posed to them. voted for Andrew johnson, o
the Chicago platform and on the Baltimore pla
form, and thought them both good platforms; an
say that President Johnson stands to day pre-
cisely on the platform on which he was elected
(ApplauseJ I say that President Johnson stane
sprecisey on the platform that Congress made &c
him that this war should be prosecuted for the pu
nose of putting down the rebellion against the law
and restoring the Union. Either Congress was iyit
to its constituents when it passed those resolution
Where is it that the radicals propose to drive e.. T
Preeidentl They cannot drive him off the Bal
more platform, because they cannot stand on
themselves: Iaughter') II the preslaen NJ "
only appeal to the people, will answer Tor n
State that Pennsylvania will support him tcheers
and if must again put on politica! harness, p"
stump my State to maintain what beleve 10
the rights of this people-the constitutional rigl
of the people of all colors, and the constitution
rights Of the executive. lCheers:) The radio
say the President is DESTROYS OF creating a Of
horse DOWer
shrewd man, but think if desired to establish
one-horse power, should not have vetoed
freedmen's bureau bill. because it would give
the power of appointing thirty tnous Jus. OF i ".
nor should hav, fused the patronage which
civil rights bill tSstowed.
Governor JoSason, on resumlng ms seat "
also given for the President by the enthusiast
listeners. ..H0. ".
REMARKS OF GEN. SWIFT.
\ Gen. John L. Swift, an old-lne Massachus!
abolitionst, was next introduced s' 10 tne meeC
Swift speaking of the issues of the war, SAID
entered into the struggle to maintain the Const
ton If there was any other object II was s nia
from the men who marched down to the state
the South say, he added, if any other dlsp
ton is to be made of these events, 1t viii o.
gigantic fraud and an insult to the memor!
those brave men whose bodies are strewn Il
the Potomac to the Rio Grande, but whose sp
have gone above to swell the ranks of the 60
battles. Everything for which we waged THIS 8
more than the most sanguine statesman
hoped for, or the most ardent dreamer ever IN
ined, has been accomplished? Why should
great purpose of this war, the paramount du'
peace, remain still unaccomplished? This is
question to ask; and there will be no true, aoi
peace for this country until this is answered
the answer is, " Radicalism will not have it
The same objections now urged against the
trine of recognition will hold good ten J
hence There can be no peace until we hi
union OF neartS ana nandS w e must all W0
that end. Iwant you to stand with the Pres
for this whole country, and not for one end
(Applause.) Let us have peace, and entire p
Let us lay down, with the weapons of wal
the vindctive feelings and social rage to VIII
gave rise. prolonged and hearty applause.
REMARKS OF SENATOR cowAN.
Senator Cowan next came forward and ga
had bees sked several times on going to his
the otheqSlay, "What was wrong-how
that this Union was not restored ~ All he
tell them was that Congress thought the
must vote. That was the whole of it; but
Congress had no power in this matter, It
matter for the States. Let them go to Penn
MIA; the negro didn't vote there Let them
Illinois the negro didn't vote there. Let tn
to New York; the negro didn't vote there
he was wealthy darkey. Q.aughter,l Let
go to Massachusetts; the negro didn't vote
unless he was literary darkey. daughter.
contended that the supporters of President
4 son were the only Union party. The radica
|. tried to appropriate the name, but they
Union party without any Union. But the "a
did not want to admit the South, because
n knew these men whom they had been wr'
u and bedeviling all this time, would have ne
II for them SO they wanted to get the negro in
III that they loved the negro but to help them
II their own scrape. Suppose the negro did
in, what would he do? ..EE
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