Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-06-18
CAMPAIGN IN pENNsY1vAN1A.


Philadelphia Academy of Music, on Sat-
urday evening, May 10, on the occasion
Of the Inauguration of the National Union
Johnson Club of that city. Following
are extracts from speeches. A correspon-
dent Of the New York Herald, in giving
an account Of the meeting, says the name
Of President johnson was received with
immense applause whenever it occurred in
the speeches.
Tne aim and purpose of the association
was stated to be to preserve and maintain
the Union and the Constitution, and to
support the President Of the United States
and his Cabinet in the measures and policy
adopted.
The resolutions adopted fully endorse
the position Of the President upon recon-
struction, as set forth in his speeches and
vetoes. We quote two Of the series:
Resolued, That treason is a crime which
should be punished, and that We are OPP
posed to compromising with traitors by
bartering universal amnesty" for " uni
versal suffrage"
Resolved, That the payment Of the ma.
tional debt is a sacred obligation, never to
be repudiated /; and that no debt or obi
CATION incurred in any whatever
in aid of treason or rebellion, should ever
be assumed or paid.
Senator Ooolittle, of Wisconsin, was
the first speaker. He defended the policy
of President Johnson, arguing that he had
been true to the principles of the great
party which elected him in 1864, and to
the policy Of Mr.. Lincoln, as indicated in
the organization of Tennessee and Louisi-
ana. In regard to his clemency to repent
ant rebels, Mr.. Doolittle said:
"a great cry was raised against Mr..
johnson because his feelings had changed
towards the people of the South. / can
very we'll conceive why this should be.
While the war lasted I was all war-wa
to the knife /; but once peace was estab.
lished, and the rebels had laid down their
arms and acknowledged their aus lost,
my feelings changed, and I too, like An
drew Johnson, felt that it would be wrong
to strike a fallen foe. Applause. When
I heard Of General Gilmore's exploits Of
Charleston, that hot-bed Of rebellion, and
read the accounts of the Greek fire that he
was daily hurting into the city, I was de-
lighted, and almost wished that it was
hell.6re that he was Furnishing them with;
but when a year ago I visited Charleston
and saw the desolation that everywhere
EXISTED, and observed how terribly the
people had suffered, I felt that my ven
geance, so to speak, was satisfied, and that
they had suffered enough"
The effect of union at home upon our
influence abroad was thus adverted to:
Who did not know that il on the day
the last Congress assembled every State
had been represented by loyal Representa-
tives who had taken no par. in the rebel
lion, and If they had joined with the other
members in speaking the voice Of the
United States t France-[applause]-
who did not know that Macmillan would
leave the republic in sixty days: Loud
applause.1 Louis Napoleon was watch.
ing while this unnatural conflict was going
on and keeping Macmillan on the throne
of Mexico, while England, was concentrate
ing large bodies of troops, both ut the
South.
Alludlng to personal charges agains,
President johnson, he said :
There were some persons who, through
the medium Of the newspaper press Of the
country, were throwing Out. remarks pre-
judicial to the character of President
johnson. They have produced a kind Of
alarm in the public mind about Mr.. john
son, and he should, therefore, say a few
words on that subject. First Of Mr.. john
son personally. It had been charged over
and over again in the newspapers that he
was incorporate. He undertook to say il
was utterly false. [Cries Of Good" and
loud applause. His relations had been
such during the present session Of Con-
gress that evening, morning and at mid
day he had been in HIS company, had fire.
quent conversation with the members Of
hist Cabinet and with his private secretary,
and he wished to tell them, as a TACT which
ought to be published to the world, tina,
there was not one word Of truth in the
charge. Loud cheers.]
The story had been circulated for the
purpose Of undermining the confidence Of
the American people in Mr.. johnson.
They had circulated other things which he
blushed to mention in that assembly.
There was no man living who labored
more industriously in the discharge Of the
high duties Of his responsible position than
Andrew. Johnson. Loud applause.1 His
wife, two daughters and Ave grandchil-
dren were with him at the White House,
and yet those internal aud outrageous
charges were made against him, which he
blushed to mention. w
Senator Cowan, of Pennsylvania, in the
course Of his speech, remarked:
The leaders of the opposition are con-
coded to be Hon. Thaddeus Stevens Of
Pennsylvania, and Senator Sumner OF
Massachusetts,. They may be honest, and
I hope they are. They have pitted them
selves against Andrew johnson, President
Of the United States-and they have
doubted his patriotism, and We would be
wanting in common sense and decency II
we did not respect him.
Along with him you have William II.
Seward. No man either in this country
or Europe stands higher as a statesman or
q man Of learning than the Secretary Of
State. We well know how much we are
indebted to his skill, sagacity and patriot.
ism. This man is with Mr.. johnson, and
is he not as great a man as T. Stevens }
Then you have one Of our own sons, Ed
win n. Stanton, also Gideon Welles and
Hugh Mccullough. They are all with
him. So is Grant, Sherman, Sheridan,
Porter, Farragut and all the heroes OF the
war. Against him you have Ben. Butler,
Carl Schurz, Stevens and others who have
done nothing. The opponents Of the
President are afraid to let in twenty-five
new Senators from the South. Fifty Sem
ators are afraid Of twenty-five. What a
ridiculous idea. We have met the South
ern people in the battlefield and were not
afraid Of them. Then why should we be
afraid Of twenty two Of their number in
the Senate Chamberi
Senator Norton, Of Minnesota, wal the
next speaker. At the close Of his remarks,
in consequence of the lateness of the hour,
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