The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-10-02


his pledges, but he has degraded his
| high ofisce-the Office once held by
George Washington, need not re-
fer 10 that memorable scene on the
4th Of March, 1865, over which we
| throw the mantle Of charity and
| silence, nor 90 that scene ia Washing
ton on the 22d Of February last His
recent trip tended to lower him in the
mind Of the most fnrbearing friend
| | read his speeches at Cleveland and
| St. Louis, afar off where the sky was
| clear, within sight Of the perpetual
snow Of the Rocky Mountains, and il
did seem to me, that man SO wild
with passion, 80 lost TO dignity aud
| self respect, could not hold the conf
denoe Of any portion Of the American
people. The conviction was newt
able that he was dangerous man,
who, under his passion, would use his
power in utter diregard Of Constitn-
ton, law, honor and oath.
1t Ii hardly worth while for me to
refer to the party that the President
e0ngtt to form at the Philadelphia
| Convention. The fact that the Presi-
| uGH@ EEGhE W lbAHA a INV lfhi ~ ~
confession that he has deserted his
own, 1t places him in a position
which an English minister could not
occupy moment without an election.
He objects to being classed with Ju-
| das Iscari0t because Thaddens Ste
yens is not Christ, and the technical
point il well taken but he does occu-
| Dy the position of John Tyler
| He forms with his bread and butter
brigade, League with Copperheads
and rebelsTrso often, and, oh, how
bitterly denounced by him. IL Is a
party without q name, Our Demo
cratic friends are not willing TO give
up theirs, for ID is their only capital.
| do not know with what feelings
you regard his recent campaign
through the country, but | could not
read OF his progress without feeling
of shame and degradation. To think
0f the President of the United States
badgering and disputing as he did,
talking about the Congress as he did
talking about kicking out all those
who put him where he ID, and en-.
trusted him with power, Now, ask
4 VOAs A DhAklbAlG EAAi1Gh hiG EIGEA
county of Hamilton and Of the me.
tropolis Of the State Of Ohio. one Of
the grandest and noblest States of the
Union, and the metropolis of this
great valley--I ask you with all your
| industrial interests ramifying this
whole vast region of country, binding
you with cords to every portion of our
common country ask you what you
can see in the conduct Of Andrew
johnson to approve or endorse.
Lshouts of Nothing aa
The Democratic party told us two
years ago that we could not trust
Andrew johnson, and we have, found
il out. Tremendous a cheers and
laughter. ] Can you, my Democratic
friends2 el''No, and laughter All,
my QOuntrynen, the only capital of
the old Democracy is their nanIe, and
/ they don't like TO give il up, and the
new party don't like to Join them
/ I'm less they will give it up,bg[ Cheers. ]
think that the disphssiOnate judg-
1nent Of the great American people,
reasoning upon the subject like
sober and Sensible jurymen, will
be that we have done for the South
all that we ought to do, and that
they must now come to the terms we
propose to them,
They say that | am bunker" a
conservative, and " little back.
ward and so | am, my friends. /
don { deny 10. always prefer TO gain
that which can be gained; to seek
that which il atthinable. | believe
that the provisions of the Constitu-
tional Amendment are just, right and
liberal4 and | believe that the people
of the United States, by the requi,
site majority, will adopt them
| am willing to stand by them, and |
offer them, as one of the Senators of
Ohio, TO the people of the United
States ! say that by virtue of rebel
lion they have been deprived Of all
civil government, ! say that we have
q right to take a bond Of them for the
future safety of this country; | say
that these amendments are just, right,
and fair accept them if you will;
come in and be equal 10 us--a white
man in the South equal TO white
man in the North. We ask nothing
| of you except, simply, not to elect a
| Few men to office for a little while, and
i have no doubt that two-thirds of
Congress. will shortly even remove
that from you If under all these
i just and reasonable, circumstances,
they should refuse TO accept them,
| after full and fair trial. then, my
friends, there are but two courses open,
4 one is TO let these rebels back with in7
creased political power TO govern our
country again and make laws for us,
or to base the doctrine of the Union
party upon the platform 81 universal
4 manhood suiirage.8nl Great cheers
+ hope that every Northern
State will adopt the constittl7
| t,noal otoandpnaut Navv Iarsaue