The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-03-03
Senator Doolittle.

the radical wing of his partly in his
support of the President, we subjoin
brief report of a speech he made in
Baltimore CT the 22d ult. Mr.. Doo-
little said:
FELLow-CITIzENs: Thank God, the
war of blood is over! Peace has come
again; no more fathers, sons or bro
theirs on the bloody altar of war. The
rebellion is dead secession is dead
slavery is dead-let, then, the dead
bury the dead. I speak tonight to
the living, of the living issues before
us. The Republic still ives-the
Constitution still liveszliberty and
Union still live, one and inseparable.
May they be perpetual. Whilst the
war was raging, and rebellion sought
to tramp1e under foot our glorious
emblem, there was no man in the
country who was more for vigorous
prosecution of the war.
During the struggle, myuppermost
idea was that force should be over
come by force; that there was no ar
gument but bayonets and bullets. I
urged on the war till the rebellion
should be crushed. It cost us dear.
Sons, fathers and brothers were lost.
Where is there one who has not lost
some dear one? It cost me most
| dearly. My eldest son now sleeps in
premature grave because of it. But
no,o that the struggle is past, am
for peace-peace as a reality, not as
| q mockery. The masses plead for it
now as they pleaded for the Union
during the war. The martyred dead
who sleep on the hundred battle
fields of the war-the martyred Pre-
sident, the lamented Lincoln, if his
spirit were here to-night-would plead
for peace-would plead to the people
to sustain Andrew Johnson. I know,
and you all know, that he is pursuing
the policy of his lamented predeces-
| SOr.
The war was in progress, when, in
| 1864, Andrew johnson was nominated
in the convention which met in this
city, and in that convention was q
delegate named Thaddeus Stevens.
| THE speaker was here interrupted by
loud and protracted kissing. Mr..
Lincoln had before that entered upon
the policy of reconstruction, having
tried it in Louisiana, Arkansas and
Tennessee. Andrew Johnson had
been employed by Mr.. Lincoln to
carry his policy ont in the last-named
State, and for his faithful perform
ance of that duty had been taken up
by the Union party. Here in Balti-
more was it that the convention en-
dorsed that policy, and nominated
Andrew johnson for Vice-President,
because he had faithfully carried out
that reconstruction in Tennessee.
Who was it that opposed his nomi-
nation in that convention? Thad-
deus Stevens. Renewed kissing. |
Upon what ground? Because Ten
nessee was not in the Union, was at
war with the Government, and that
Andrew johnson was therefore an
alien and q foreign enemy. What
did that convention do? They tram
pied Stevens opposition under foot,
and under the guidance of Preston
King the convention decided that
Tennessee was in the Union; that
Andrew johnson was a citizen, and
fit for the place for which he was
nominated, and for the place which
he now holds And yet now, some
men say that all of us who maintain
this policy of reconstruction are
traitors to the Union cause. This is
an entire mistake. We stand by the
platform of 1S64-the principles of
Mr.. Lincoln.
I will. said Mr.. Doolittle, refer to
two or three other conservatives.
L. Andrew johnson is, in my judg-
ment-and the facts will undoubtedly
demonstrate 1.-THE true representa-
tive of the Union cause and platform;
in his hand is the glorious flag of our
country, with every star thereon.
Some men would, if they were in the
Executive chair, order the national
salute to be but twenty-six guns
Andrew johnson orders th;rty-six.
There are still thirty six States and
thirty-six stars, and on our banner
not star is obscured, not stripe
erased.
Mr.. Johnson's policy is now, and
has been, subject Of much anxiety
and interest to the public mind; and
to such degree has this interest
grow, that [ wrote the substance of
an int ,rview OF conversation between
the President and Governor Cox, of
Ohio, on the subject of his recon-
struction policy, which took place
very recently, and which I am author
lied to make public tonight. Every
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