The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-04-26
WINNsBORo s. G., THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL % 1866

ing the same principles which then enun
ciatcd. [Chccrs.
stand here to-day opposing traitors and
treason, whether thcv be in the South or in
the North. Loul cheers. | stand here
! to-day, rs then stood, tousc all my powers,
mental and physical, TO preserve this nation
in passing through the third phase of its
| existence. The organized forces and com
bined powers that recently stood against us
| are disbandcd and driven from the field but
1t does not follow that there are still no enc.
mics against our present form of govern
ment and our free institutions. Applause.
then stood in the Senate of the United
States denying the doctrine Of separation
and secession. | denied then. as | deny
now that any State has the right of its own
will, to separate itself from the other States,
and hereby to destroy the Union and break
up the government; and think have Civ
en- some evidence that have been sin ;crc
and in earnest: and now | want to know
why it is that the whole train Of slandcrcrs,
calumniators and traducers have been bark.
ing and Swapping at my heels. TChccrs
Why is it that they array themselves against
me? Is it because stand on the side of
the people, and when say the people [ in
cludc the sailors and soldiers? TChecrs.
Why is it that they are arrayed in iraducng
and yilliiying and eliminating me p
Where were they during the rebellion? TA
voice: CLONE in bed" Laughter. In
the Senate | raised " voice against it:
ard when it was believed that it would he to
the interest of the nation, anu would assist
in'puttihg down the rebellion, did | not
leave my place in the Scnatc--a place of
cmoument, ease and distinction and take
my position where the enemy could bn reach
ed. and where mons lives were in danger?
Cheers and cries of That's so."l
While was thus exposed personally and
publicly, and i'll every way some of my
present traduch hrS and calumniators were far
removed from the war, and were enjoying
case and comfort. Cheers and laughter.
but care not for them. | care not TINT
SANDER. the foul whclp of sin, has bocn
turned loose against me. | caro- not for all
that; aud let me tell you here to-day that.
although pretty we'll advanced in life, fell
that shall live long enough to live down
the whole pack of traaucers and slandercrs.
[Applqusc. They have turned the whole
pnck ldcse tc lower me in your estimation
Voiccs--"Thcy can't doit."l Tray, Blanche
aud Sweetheart, !!::lc dogs and all, came
along swapping and snarling Mt my heels
but Iced them not. TCheers. The
American pcoplc--citzcns, soldiers AMI sail
ors-know that from my advent into public
life TO the present moment | have always
stood myiclding and unwavering by the
advocates and defenders of their rights and
interests. Cheers.
We arc now in the nations third ordeal.
We are not yet through it. We said that
States could not go>out of the Union. We
denied tho doctrine of secession, and we
have demonstrated that we were right---wc
dcmonsh ated by the strong arm: Yes,
the soldiers and the sailors, God bless thom,
have demonstrated by their patriotic hearts
anil strong arms that States have not the
power to leave the Union. TAppIause.
What followed? Tho Confederate armies
wer" overpowered and disbanded, and there
was u Willingness on the part of the people
Of those States to come back, be obedient
to the laws and acknowledge the suprema-
cy of the Constitution of our fathers. For
what have We passed through this third
ordeal? 1t was to establish the principle
that no State had the power to break un
this Government. 1t was to put down tho
rebellion. The rebellion has been put down
and for what? Was it to destroy the
States? Voices, "Never."] For what
| have all these lives been sacrificed and all
this treasure expended? Was it for the
purpose Of destroying the States? No, it
was for tho purpose of preserving the
States? No, it was for tho purpose of pre-
serving the States in the Union of our faith
ers. Cheers. 1t was for that you fought;
it was for that | toiled; not to break up the
government, but to break down the rebellion
| and preserve the union Of the States. That
| is what what we have been contending for
and to establish the fact that the nation can
| lift itself above and beyond intestine foes
and treason aud traitors at home
har aholl -,
put down did that put Massachusetts out of
the Union and destroy the State? And
when the rebellion in Pennsylvania was put
down did that destroy the State and put il
out Of the Union? So when the recent
great rebellion was put down and the Con-
stitution and laws Of the country restored.
the States engaged in it stood as part of
the Union. The rebellion being crushed,
the law being restored, the Constitution
being acknowledged these States stand in
the Union, constituting part of the golden
and bright galaxy of States. Loud cheers,
| In passing through this ordeal what has
i n l.. n a