Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-09-10
EPTEMBER 10, 1865, 6,..a' ,ai
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| rf We extract the following from the Pres
ident's speech at DetTOit:B mlA bgiu9tlsq
! n Referring to the charge that he was a
| traitor and tyrant he said !, II would like
} to meet the whole phalanxof my y'accusers
would like to see the opponents OF che
Government, who have been making this
charge against me, go before the American,
people. j wish they.would doso; as hum
BILE as l am, and feeble as am, mentally
and otherwise, wouldliketo to meeo the en-
tire Congress OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, who
and challenge them, to point to a single in
STANCE in which | have endeayored to usurp
the liberties OF the people. Cheers.] 1
have stood theHe as the advocate andrepre"
sentative may say the triouhe7-ot the
people. ForGis not the President Of the
United States elected by you? Is he not
directly responsl0le to YOU for the discharge
OF his uutlesF Cries OF 1es!Ji Oongress
ls elected by the people also. a voice.
'$25OVO q year, Well 4 don't care II u ls
at S25pOp a year. That is what you give
your trlDnne1sit it! tCheefs anu laughter.l
Let me ASK your attentions Lam nor afraid
to talk to the American people. lCheers'l.
Nor do care TOR all those fellows VINO may
DC placed about IN the crowd 10 make par
ocular calls, with a view OF oceasionulg
dlsrespect. care Tor none otthese' Eel
loW-elt Zensi pass that point.. Inc KEN
nel-the whole kennel-Were long since
Gurned upon me. Inc llttle trays, ana
blancnes, ana oWeethearts, ana aHi Cnelr
little dogs, nave been ,yelping and snap-'
ping at my heels 10r the last eight
molilhS or more Sheers aha laugh-
ter.l tell the whoie pack Oh caluln-
hlators and slanderers thab Vney nad DeCter
geC out OF the way. lOheers.J lLne amer
lcah people are taKlng nolQ OF tnls ques-
tloil, ana when they Degln 70 consider IL,
lney can see wen enough ttlat tyranny can
j pc exercised more etie6tually by two hun-
dred ana 1orty-tWo than by one man.
lCheers:I Ihese llttle Doats, etflne Gel!
them' had better 'keep , near the shore,
| lCheers ana laughter;l Ihepeople are oe-
ing awakened, ana when a1 honesti Ilntel4
lSent ana ylrtuoas people come com Z to .the resi-
cue, the whole raft OF them VIII be destroy
ed. lCheers.J But your attention. 1t is
SAID that l. 9s tribune, as President, re-
celve S20;OOO year. But when you talk
OF S2oOOO per annum. L would ask Che ques-i
| tlQn lobether u has been changed since came
INTO p0GerY Cheers and cries OF not at
ALL You may ask yourselves, however,
| whodld change their pay since they CAN'T
| into power Laughter Yes, this Con-
| gresS, which assailed and attacked me, Tor
dlscharglng my duty-for s0unuing the
COcsln When the cltauei OF oireedom was
encroaened upon-tnls 1mmaculate.7 thiss
pure, TINS peopie7lOylng Con ngress, 50 much
afraid OF tyranny in one manJIjthis Con
greSS 'chose remuneration 1Gds .tted 6g tdlo IN
posoer ana IN place, J0HHu u tcohUen'enVto oCer-
/ u )nnprg
and laughteT.la Ihat Is what was done, by
/ this Congress, and hold It to, be a safe
maxim which ascrioes danger to those liv-
ing IN glass houses drom throwing stones.
llaughter.l Yes, thls immaculate Com
gress, atter remaining IN session Tor eight
| mpnCns, ana uolng nOIhlng SUBSTANTIALLY
II may except tile placing OF obstacles in
the way OF the restoration OF the Union
iound way OF lmmortaiHlng themselves
! at the close OF the session, and OF
making themselves very popular,
with the boys who tought the
! iDatues OF -, thelr country. q '. 10
tnose WHO had sIrvcd TWO years, they were
megnanimous enough, andpatrfotic enough
having sheu blood dthelnselVes-ll laugh0erli
II say That they would give TO the brave
boy who had slept on the tented filed, who
had tougnt ana pied Tor ms country, and
VINO hau ie11 nmD or an eye IL might be.
as trophy Dehlnd him-yes, they would
lgVe MN $0O ior his two years service,
| whist TOR their immaculate service they al
lowed themselves $1,000 each. Cries of
'shame.'I | suppose they acted on the con-
Vlctlon-ior some Oh themhaVe greatideal
lof sagacity--that there would be such an
uprising OF the people, that IL would be The
last grab they would get!' lCheers and
4 laughter'l BpC am a, tyrant ana despot.
apd am against the people. NO, mol III
have acted tyrannlcally and despotically,
IN what does It consist! i Will tell
you, my countrymen.. when meas
ures have been introduced and inan-
\ gllrated, which were calculated to sub
vert the Constitution, and to impose heavy
\ taxes on you, have exercised what Is CALI
ed the veto power. | did veto their Freed
mems Bureau Din. lCheers.I .tVetoed 10
twice, and II lt'were TO come before me,
Il would veto It forty times more; loud
3, cheers AND by vetolng 1t what DID do!
was there any tyranny In the actY mo,
mol IL was simply exercising ohe. of
q tne most conservative powers OF the
e CONSTITUTION. ltwas lust saying to atyran-
RI meal, 'dommeering, ana unconstitutional.
Congress-'Stay your hands. suspend
action: Wait tlll the people can consider
Of this before you force itupoh them? This
j was my tyranny was simply because 1
!, USED the power given me by tie Oonstitu-
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