New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-16

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ere tfep 1oterninedi answer II is only because M
Executive Of the country sought 10 do The Work that belonged
10 Won TCheers Good goodrI Il is because he sought
70 ASSUME the legislative department Of the Government and
instead allowing them % prescribe Their terms and cohu
o5s he sought to prescribe his and conditions upon
which they could return affirm now md am as confident
eli any fact maintain that had he done then wat
was his duty 10 dohad he held the Rebels in military su9ee
ton called Congress together and su1itted to them Tor e
delberation peace and quiet and prosperity ana i
stead of doing that he sought to prescribe ms terms ~,
conditions and endeeyOr 10 make himself superior 70
legislative branch Of the Government And there Is the Spc
completely OF the matter rests upon lhe tnan o.
swinging around the circle alghter when he has been Nv
AGAINST hat branch of the Government which is particularly
their portion Of it, While he has been dong that ana assu
selves which may be dangerous hberywhhc he has been
doing that affirm again that he accuses them S t i
powers that already existed Yes; he tells you thet thc -
great danger that power viii be concentrated
200 men while BE- wants diased in one man A Of
checrs Now what has he donel The legislative DfIloh VI
your Government by the Constitution clothed Win W.
powerof making laws me EAScaGye s as o nPWer to con
strue those Nov what has he been dong Mn f
tbose states Nv virtue of what authority let ask any man
lie then undertook 10 prescribe has teams hAu ,ho,rb
which make objection Gar ~ they went ntnOagdd
thing Ard in this Convention Wnoh Ws n,Ia do,n %
Phiadep1a think the l4b day of Angus-masae up
gallant colder said West of stTaegeIs ron ne H
laughter lin THAI Convention one on YOU T y, rc over
citizens-I mean Gen Dixon being cc1 ~ j,Jv,
bat meeting hell bis language That the President without
graft of power the Constitution ha seen ~ W Th
his terms to States upon which they were 10 oe d
what power was there if not within the Consutuohl &
here Gen Dix continued that the PRESIDENT without ~
of mower having prescribed these terms II was peayh
good fah for Congress prescribe other terms Langh'eJ
The ocic of which that man who had no psl,is
cr Terms having done the body of men who had the
power ought TO do IT, Laughter ana eheesl NV Inn
was fair exhibition of the satesmansmp OIL lh. ~; @
and mean the that sat with padlocks on er hs
and Dooltte held the key. Laughter ana eheeIs M S
nv friends where they walked up the aisle two ana Two e
newed laughter and cheers you refer TO the eighth chapter
OF Genesis the eighth verse you WIN ma theie AZ
nely the manner which the animals went into The AfA
fAunla1se and laughter That good book says the beasts
clean and uncean fowls Of the ali and creeping hF %
md ffaud urh
tHe Io 20 p ta other 3ayhat he having prescribed
his terms and condtionsLe having done soft was ia
unnst and illegal for Congress do what was
on LEGAL for Them 10 do And not only that but he eomheatd
a. ~ 49, natters lie has i'm violation in fiat violation OF the
Constitution undertaken TO put the niIi! nr IN com
uuder the direction who had no elnH pow W
and refer 10 his dispatch TO the Attorne! General oi
louisiana placing the ml,.al5 a%;h rSas os legally
called ms This you holding here tonight Cheersl
He might with just much proPrety telegraph TO MI 0
man wants TO be- Governor AppAnse ana neyer VIII
Governor APPLAUSE he had Jnst as lnH I eo ~
meeting be had 10 telegraph Gen IL IN Louisiana 10 Hs
pcrse the meeting NewOrlcans Cheers More than Ha
other name office after they have been rejected by the sen
Now your constitution provides expressly thG he rits
rejected these men, after the Senate rejected them he has
again appointed these individuals TO office in violation OF he
Constitution and by which the Senate became nuy
Again Congress passed law which provides that no man
shan be appointed 20 office receive the
who could not what called the "ironclhd oath mat
he should had been voluntarily engaged IN the
Rebellion lCheers That awuly Radical Yet Abraham
that when all over the loyal States loyal to be found
he perssieny appointed Rebels Office who could not take ne
oath Now these all things calculated 10 copcate the an
feues which the Government was laborng lheTe are
several other points to hieh migb aaGe b e ]
The President Of the United States gly before God ana ne
psopk Of high and raisdednOr Loud and prolonged
ebeering We'll now the which propose to
pursue extricate the country from its present eohulo
Vcs and saw nothing about IT, am willing admit that
there period of time friends when haI very ANXIOUS
fears representatives in Congress might nay iae 70
approach the Executive proper manner that there might
have been some which senators and our Representatives
might have have performed that would nave Aep thc snA
tive and departments in harmonious action But
after very careful examination OF the whole matter have
doubt they did all that could do without sacrificing
their manhood and they ever did that they would 1 DC
graded Cheers When they found The Threshold OF he he
House trod by red handed Rebewhen they found the tx
ecutye open them and deaf TO loyalty they had nothing
else to do but the Executive made They did
H. and will stand by them oud cheIsJ now "hh'
precisely the one that individually would like travels
adopt the amendments which they have prevented to u.
individually might well wish were changed Bat they tu
and have no doubt they ten US tuiul i1At he were
the very they could present TO W. That being The
betteT and feyeaer REQUIRED win flow from them Appause
Now If could had my way, would have said that any
man however his skin who went into the field beneath
the starry flag should participate the whose fe
he helped 10 save Appause would desired beside that
that whatever the conditions that NJ least We should nave
embraced impartial suffrage But we take Inc issue precisely
A. II is presented 70 belief that II viii be the basis Of
accomplishing what will be just and right IN the iAuIe Ana
now very briefly invite attention 10 what TINS rd
cal Congress done This word radical how much there
hash
much within the domestic circles % The Democrats D
am inclined 10 think that the earnest Democrats teaeh thef
nurse, 10 hush their babes with the cry Of radical Laugh.
ter Radical Why the only objection make Congress
that they did up TO the full standard OF rg AP
pause accept yehees all that they did because they tel
the best thing they could do Of that have no doubt
Now what Is il that they propose to DO ana here let me
and what the President proposes fi7t they
say that the Constitution shah be 80 amended that
citizen VIII kind friend tell me hat be Is # be Is
hvbri he But
principle your State laws and put II upon your statute
books why put it in the Constitution The answer is plain
and clear Because told expressly and explicitly by sew
eal Of the States that they will not regard that law Gan you
conceive nv friends Of any man body Of who will deny
the right any person born within your borders 10 the protec
the Civil Rights bin and that bill who is your
President vetoed but thank God had wothirls of the
House Representatives and Senate TO make the bill law
without his sanction. (Appausel do not know as am
stating propositions in their order and II is not
very material but will state them all Tie next
proposition is, that the Rebel debt shah not be
pad and that debt shall he inNioaic.
certain too rolls the question Of repudating your
Demagogues will be found everywhere know those today
who declare that they TO breach that doctrine hereafter
want 10 give you little history IN tins matter OF assuming
debt which iAnk very pertinent TO the question When
Senator OF the United States placed upon the tables Of the
Senators day little bill according to my recollection Of
but sections providing that ten millions OF dollars be paid
Texas condition that Texas would renqush her title to
all the land lying north OF 80 % She did not own any more OF
that soil than the Devil owned Of the Kingdoms Of the earth
the Son Of Man the and promised them
all 10 Him on certain occasion The other provision OF the
bin that out Of this ten millions OF dollars the state
debt pt III an
do think that there is any serious danger of ppudatg
national debt bun If there is in this audience
has twenty dollar fyetweniy In his pocket let him be
careful that the value Of that shall be
put jeopardy This argument that goes home to the
pockets every whatever his political affinity be- But
are again here with the argument Of these gentle
men silence in philadelphia who tell that there
no need that amendment because the President imposes the
conditions upon the Rebel States that their debt shall not
be paid 1t is not In fact matter Of much moment 10 us
whether the Rebel States pay the Rebel debt not but
conceived in devils ought to be held pay it, That
ought 10 affect but Congress that they put
into the Constitution provision that 1t shall be paid