The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-10-24

the Prodlgal son. lie dld not return TO sued
the blood Of those who had sheltered him,
and cay 20 them, "Give me back my portion OF
the heritage" IL he had, there would not
have been much veal eaten in that house
hold that night daughter and applause
But the Prodigal Son came back humble,
and the fatted calf was killed. Did
single Rebel ever come back voluntarily and
acknowledge mis- great crime and ask forgive
ness? No, not one. No, they kept lighting on,
till the gallant soldiers under Grant and Sberi-
dan (chpers) tumbled them into the last ditch,
and no thanks TO Them for surrenderug. There
was one thing he could not and dare not do,
and that was to put daggers of power into the
hands OF assassins to strike once more at the
nations life. He wanted to see a returning love
to the Union and flag first. Suppose they could
put these States back again, what woull be the
result? The Union men would be forced to
seek safety in other States; Every white man
who was q irlend to the Union wo aid be IN
danger of his life. II the allied powers OF
Europe should say, now is the time TO crash
these States, the South would assist to tear the
Union into pieces, and establish their victory.
But they will not be allowed TO do that.
The Democrats had been firing cannon lately,
but they did not fire cannon after the
victories of Gettysburg or VIcksbHrg, nor after
the downfall of the Rebellion. After they got
through firing, they looked round te see what
they had been firing for, and found that
they hal been celebrating Republican victories
in Pennsylvania and Ohio, for both those States
showed an increase Of Republican votes over
prior elections. The Republican party would
stand by the cause. He, like John Bright stood
on the basis of eternal right. Congress had
been called q rump Congress, and If so, then the
President was rump President. II Congress
was not legal Congress, then the country had
been robbed of the amount President johnson
had drawn as salary. One man, and only one
man, made him President Of the United States,
and that was Wilkes Booth. He then referred
to the peace proclamation of johnson in April, |
1866, and said President johnson had no more
power to. declare peace than to declare
gress alone. Johnson's proclamation
of peace was not worth the paper on |
which 1t was written. Neither was his amnesty |
proclamations. Mr.. Lincoln did not assume to |
issue an amnesty proclamation until he was |
specially authorized 80 to do by Congress, and |
he recited the law authorizing MN in his pro- |
clamation. (The speaker here read from aud |
commented on JOhnsou's amnesty proclama- |
tions, and also from the Military bill, which de-
clares there are no legal governments in the |
lately rebellous States. and said that after Con-
gress had declared such to be the case, Johnson |
had no right to assert that civil governments |
did exist there; but his only duty was to execute
the laws of Congress.) The Constitution re-
qured that he should swear to faithfully exc
cute the laws" Was there any man in the |
country, Republican or Democrat, who believe |
that President johnson had kept that oath |
"a voice, ''No.'O The speaker said that he had |
stated in Ohio, and no repeated IL, that when |
Congress assembled again the laws must be |
executed, and that the President must execute |
them: but that it he refused, and persisted in
his determination to keep the country in tur- |
moil, there was then but one recourse, and that |
was the one our fathers provided when they |
framed the Constitution to turn hun out. |
(Great applause.) Tue speaker then alluded to |
the military government OF General Terry IN |
Virginia. The Rebels went up - Washington |
and said TO Mr.. johnson, 1--WE don't ike Terry, |
and we want his political head in charger" |
Andrew johnson satd;-'I don't ike him either; |
he does not carry out my policy" They did not
know how much they owed to the Secretary of
War; they little knew how much he did in the way
oftorwarding supplies, AMMUNITION, and medical
stores to the army before victory could be
won. Abraham Lincoln loved him, and that
was enough. On the 2lst Of November the Con-
gress of the United States would assemble and
resume power in those halls, and within twenty
days from that time Ed win NJ. Stanton would
go back again. cloud and continued aDplau3e.)
Then there was another OF your soldiers, the
gallant Phil. Sheridan (great aUplause), who by
his personal magnetism rallied each defeat in
the Shenandoah Valley, and secured gl3rlous
victory for the Union army; a soldier whose
gallantry and heroism were unsurpassed by any
man of ancient or modern tunes. Cloud ap-
plause.) When the war was over, he was placed
in command of the Military District OF Louisiana,
where he set to work to carry out the laws
of Congress in good faith, and to repress the
Rebel spirit and establish government on loyal
basis; and what was the result? Up came the
Rebels again TO Washington TO see johnson.
Naughter.) "dere,n said they, "do you see
what this Sheridan is doing? He is loyal man;
he is not carrying out your oohcy; he must be
turned out" "Yes," said johnson, 81 see; he
/ refuses to swing around the circle with me; |
/ will remove him." And he did remove him. and
the gallant soldier came North and was received
with triumphant ovations In city after city zap
plduse), anu uOW eIOOu llhu ever ih buG
affections OF the loyal people OF the country.
(Applause.) The speaker next took up the
case OF General Sickles, on whom he pro-
nounced a glowing eulogy for his patriot
ism, self sacrifice, and devotion to his Coun-
! try. He, too, was removed by President john
son at the solicitation of Rebels, because he
annuled laws that were oppressive to the
mass of the poor people in his Military District
( and because he did not believe in my policy"
; These acts alone of the Presdent-the removal
OF meritorions officers for simply carrying out
| the laws Of Congress, would subject Mr. Johnson
| to impeachment. The speaker then read eX-
I tracts from the National Int ligenceT, which he
said was the organ of the President, published
in September last, in which 1t was threatened
that, If Congress ever convenes again" tthere-
by implying doubt whether that body would
be allowed TO assembly,, and continued their
course of usurpation," the Democracy would
organize throughout the country, and hurl
them from their seats. He did not believe
there was any man in the country who
would dare to attempt the execution of
these threats; butftheTe was, and the thing was
attempted, the man who made the attempt
would be tried as a traitor convicted a.
traitors grave. tremendous applause.) If
rebellion was ever attempted again ia this land,
there would be examples TO 90 DO Wn to history
and show that rebellion was a crimP, and would
be punished as a crime. (ReUeWed applause.)
The speaker then alluded to the speech of Gov
ernor Seymour before the Democratic Conven-
ton and his complaints about the natioual
Gratis, he said, were the last men who ought to
talk about the debt that has been incurred in
suppressing the Rebellion. All this debt aud
taxation had been brought about by the
Democratic party, who had possession OF the
Government when the Rebellion was ini-