Des Arc citizen., 1866-04-28
NUMBER 10.

contcnding gagainst trsitors and trcason secess- ion and the dissolution of the Union, have been contending against the consolidation of powerhere. Ithink the consolidation ofpow- CT here equally dangerous with scparation. The one would run into anarchy, while the other would concentrate and evcntttate into a monarchy But there is an idea abroad that one man can be Q usurpcr. MT. Jefferson the apostle of liberty tellsu us, and 50 does common sense. that tyrany and despotism can be'exer
 cised by many more vigorously and more ty- rannically than by one. What power has your, President to attain? What can Ec dol
 What can he originate? Why, they. ,say,I hc exercises the veto power. A voice, Ito put down the negro, ,"--.Laughtor Who is your
 son. Is he not elected by the people The President is the tribune of tho people"I In
 olden times when tribuncs were first elected in tho Roman Republic, the people chose a tribune and placed him atthedoors ofthe Sen
 ate, so that when that body yentnred an op-
 pressvc act, he was clothed with the power to say { veto I forbid!" Your President now,
 is the tribune of the people. thank God
 am, and intend to assert the power which tho people havcgiven me. Your President stand ing here day after day, and discharging his duty. is like horse on tread, wheel and be-
 cause he adares to differ in opinion in regard to public measures, hcmust be denounced ms
 usurpcr and tyrant. Can he originate any
 thing undert the vetopower? Ithink the veto
 power conservative in it's character and effect. 1 and operation. All that can be done by the veto power is to say when legislation is i'm proper, hastys unwiseoand unconstitutional;
 stop action wait till 1t can be submitted to | the people, and let them consider whether it is right orwrong Applause. bThatlEis all there is in it; hence say that tyranny and power can be exercised somewhere else than | by the Executive. He eispowcrless eAll that
 he can do is to check legislation; to hold it, in
 astate of obeyance until the people can con 4 slider and understand what is being done. | Then what has been done? l have done what conscience, I believed, required mo to do. 1 Applause So believing, l intend to stick
 to my position, relying ofi the judgment and intelligence of the .people--the soldiers and
 the sailors especially. [Cheers.] Then, for my life, can not sec where there is any tyran- ny, It is very easy to impugn motivesy and
 suspect tho purest and best acts of 2, mans l life. Ifyou come forward and propose n cer- l tain thing, your motives are suspected and l condemned and if you withhold yopropinion,
 you are regarded as being opposed to the mat
 ter. So that itis very hardIlto move one way
 or the other, So far as certain persons are con pcerned. In tho American people is my hope | for the salvation of the country nm with I you, soldiers, sailors md citizens. Who has
 sacrificed or periled more? Has not my all
 beenput lit-Amvhfe; myproperty,h every
 thing sacred and dear to man has been staked
 upon 1t; and can now Do suspected of alter l ing at the close this third ordeal of thena-
 tion? Where is lie who in public or priyate life
 has sacrificed more or who has devoted more
 of his time and energies to thea0eompli plishment
 of the great end thanI? From the promptings | of my own heart believe 1 was right, and
 .kc,o &$yov,r
 encouragement, shall go through on that
 line. TCheers and laughter.1 And whom:
 come to talk, sailors and soldiers, about this l to be .done and that to be Flone, all Iwantis
 for you to wait and see. So, far as you arc l concerned, wait and see if T don't stand by
 you, although every othcr man may falt and
 fail. [Cheers.1 .s..,..a s.Ts 4st