The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-07

you 1fht4t &4tsalhz ttAElk ilo@QaEk, ana pull |
the trigger. when no one is by to see.
GCheers. / understand traitors. | |
have been fighting them at the south
ern end ofithe line, and we are now
fighting them in the other direction.
Laughter and cheers. | came here
to neither criminate nor recrimate,
but when attacked my plan is to de-
fend myself
When eneroached upon, | care not
from what quarter it may come, It will
meet with resistance. As Chief Magis-
trate [ felt, after taking the oath to
support the Constitution, and whendl
saw Entertainments on your constitu7
tional rights, 1 dared to sound the
tocsin of alarm. Three cheers for
Andrew Johnson1 Then, if this be
right, the head and front of my offend
ing is in telling when the Constitution
OF our country was trampled upon.qes
Let me say to those who thirst for
more blood, who are still willing to
sacrifice human life, If you want VIC
tim, and the country requires it, erect
your altar and lay me upon it to pour
the last libation to human freedom.
Loud applause Ilove my country.
Every public act of my life testifies
that it is so. Where is the man that
can put his finger apon any act of
mine that goes to prove to the con-
trary? And what is my offending?
Voice" Because you are not Radi-
cal, : and cries of 'sveto.' sidisss1q
Somebody says veto, veto of what
is called the Freedmen's Bureau bill2
can tell you what it is. Before the
rebellion commenced there were four
millions of slaves and about $40, 900
white people living in the South
These latter paid expenses, bought
the lands and. cultivated them, and
after the crops were gathered, pocketed
the profits That's the way the thing
stood up to the rebellion! The rebel
lion commenced, the slaves were lib
erated, and then came, up the Freed
mems Bureau bill. This provides for
the appointment of agents and sub
agents mi all States, counties and
school districts, who have power to
make contracts for the freedmen and
hire them out, and to use the military
power to carry them into execution.
The cost of this to the people was
twelve million dollars at the begin9
ming. The further expense would, be
greater, and you are to be taxed forIit |
That is why / vetoed It.. -
The Civil. Rights Bill was more
enormous than the bother. II have
exercised sthe(veto lpower3ethey say.
Let me say to you of the, threats from
your Stevenses, Summers, Philipses,
and all that class I care not for them.
As they once talked about forming a |
" league with hell and a covenant |
with the devil. = i tell you, my |
countrymen, here. tonight through /
the power Of hell, death, and Stevens, |
with all his powers combined, there
is no power that control me save
you, the people, and the God that
spoke me into existence. In bidding
you farewell here tonight, I would !.
ask you, with all the pains Congress
has taken to- calumniate and malign
me, what has Congress done? Has it
done anything to. restore the Union
of the States? But, on the contrary.
has it not done everything to prevent
it?T .te9nf97 hia94s VI Gas .at5l3sl
And because i stand now as l. did
when the rebellion commenced, /
AdFO DCOA DIS a BTdlCOT. ]
My countryInen here tonight, who |
has suffered morenthan I?io Who has
rum greater risk2 Who has borne
more than RI Butt Congress-, fac.j
titious, domineering rtyranical-Conrl
gress has undertaken to poison the
minds of the American people, and |
create "a feeling against me in conse-
quence of the manner in which have
distributed the public patronage. 49,
While this gang-the common gang
of cormorants Jand blood suckers
have been feasting upon the country
for the, past, four years-men never
going into the field, who growl at be
ing removed from their fat Offices
they are great patriots Look at them
all over your District Everybody is
a traitor that is against them. [ think
the time has come when those who
stayed at home and enjoyed offices for
the last four or five years4I think it
would be no more than right for them
to give way and let Others participate
in the benefit of office. Hence you
can see why it is that [ am traduced
and assaulted. I stood up by these /
men who were in the field, and stand
by them now.,t -tstIf af a5t7l
| have been drawn into this long
speech, while I intended simply to
make Acknowledgements for the cor
dial welcome; but if I am insulted (
while the eiyilities are going on, I
will resent in a proper manner, and
in parting here night, | have no
anger nor revengful feelings to graft
fy. All | want now peace has come
and war is Iover---is for all patriotic +
men to rally round the standard of
their country and by their all
tars and Cod that all shall sink to-
gether bat what this Union shall be
,nnnorted. liz -la.it.. ---...----..L - =.