The Van Buren press., 1867-11-29

FROM WASHINGTON.
WAsHNoroY, Nov. IA.


democrats to join them III demonstra-
ton last night
The procession formed at the head.
quarters of the army and navy union,
composed of delegations and associations
including Johnson clubs and unions Of
Washington and Georgetown, and large
number of soldiers and sailors OF the
army and navy. Flags, banners, lanterns
aud torches were carried IN the process
sion, and during the march there was a
continuous display Of fireworks. There
were thirty bands o! music. A broom
about four feet long and nearly as broad,
with a huge handle, was significantly ex-
hibited. 1t is the same that was present
ed to President Lincoln, and which was
purchased ut an auction sale. When the
procession arrived at the executive man
sion, presidential salute and salute Of
100 guns was fired. The dense mass of
spectators repeatedly called aud cheered
the president Music was played mean.
while, and fireworks exhibited. A COM
mittee, consisting Of Col. Jas. A. Lait,
Col L. H. Allbach and Col JAS. Il. Obern,
escorted the president to the front of the
mansion, where he was greeted with re-
peated cheers. Col. Obern then address
ed the president as follows:
.Nr. President The conservative army
and navy union, of the District of Colum
bia, tender you, their honored chief, the
compliment of grand serenade, in con
graduation of the newly promised hope
for the welfare of our recently unhappy
country. Our conservative friends
throughout the District Of Columbia,
representing the different states Of the
union, join us in trusting that the present,
with its arrangements, may be harbin-
ger of renewed future prosperity, tran
guilty and brotherly love throughout the
land We invoke Providence to strengthen
your hands, to give you courage and for
titude, and to aid you in the successful
performance of the mission it is yours to
perform. .Salus popuH Ter saprema est
The president then addressed the as
semblage as follows:
Feilow- citizens /: 1t is not my intention
to make an address upon this occasion,
but simply to tender you my thanks for
this demonstration-a demonstration APP
probating what your fellow citizeLs have
declared in the recent elections in various
of the Union. They will appreciate your
response to what they have done, and
send back greeting that the union of the
states must be maintained according to
the original design of our fathers.
confess am gratiied, but not surprised
at the result of the recent elections
have always had undoubtng conf
dence in the people. They may be some
times misled by lying spirit in the
mouths of their prophets, but never per-
verted, and in the end they are always
right. In the gloomiest hours through
which have passed, and many Of them
God knows have been dark enough
when our constitution was in the utmost
peril, when our free institutions were as.
sailed by a formidable force, and our
great republic seemed to be totterng to
its fall and when | felt how vain were
my efforts alone to preserve her institu
tons III their integrity, and save the re.
public from ruin, ! was still hopeful
had still an abiding confidence in them,
and | felt assured that they, in their
might, would come to the rescue. They
have come and thank God they have
come, and that our republic may yet be
saved.
1t was but the other day that official
" declared that the remedy for the pres
ent unhappy condition of the country
must come from the people themselves
They know what that remedy is, and how
it is to be applied at the present time
They cannot, according to the forms Of
the constitution, repeal obnoxious laws /,
they cannot remove or control this mill.
tary despotism the remedy is, neverthe-
less, in their hands and is a sure one, if
not controlled by fanatics and overawed
by arbitrary power or from apathy on
their part too long delayed. With abid-
ing confidence in their patriotism, wisdom
and integrity, am still hopeful that in the
end the rod of despotism will be broken
the armed heel of power lifted from the
neck Of the people, and the principles Of
the constitution preserved. The people
have spoken in . manner not to be mis-
understood Thank God that they have
spoken, for it is upon their intelligence
and their integrity that have always re.
lied and still rely. The constitution Of
the country, which was impaired, had re.
Gently before them for consideration, and
it has had new life and vigor impaired to
it from It's original source-the people.
1t comes back to US with renewed
strength let it now be translated high up
in the heavens, written in letters Of living
light, as the symbol Of liberty, union,
justice and Fraternity. Good night.
Es- The town of Winchester, Gin
Litchfcld County, where the people arc
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