Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-04-04

and read extracts narrating the interrup
tons which enabled him to write out oni,
a portion of what the President said yer
batim.
Cross-examineG: took down what III,
crowd said, and | sometimes caught VI
with my report of what the President said
The accounts of the interruptions which
have just been given, were all read by m,
from the paper before me.
ID. c. McEwen, short hand reporter, ties
titled: | accompanied the Presidential
party, as reporter for the World. Witnes,
produced stenographic report of the
Cleveland speech, and also a copy of an
accurate transcript of the report written
out and handed to agent of the Associated
Press, Mr.. Galbright. Witness put down
portion of the Interruptions it was i'm
possible to get all there was a great deal
of noise and confusion; think Their were
expressions of i'll temper or feeling on the
part of the crowd the President was a
little excited; the crowd said, "Don't get
mad, Andy"
Mr.. Butler: Did he appear considerably
excited then?
Mr.. Evarts: That is not part of the
present inquiry.
Mr.. Butler; The allegations deny that
there was a scandalous and disgraceful
scene. The conditions being that counsel
for the President claim freedom of speech
and we claim decency of speech, we are
now trying TO show the indecency of these
occasions.
Mr.. Evarts | understand freedom of
speech in this country to mean liberty to
speak properly and discreetlY.
Mr.. Butler: | understand freedom of
speech in this country as freedom of the
private citizen to say anything in decent
manner.
Mr.. Eyarts: Yes, it is the same thing,
and who is to Judge of the decency?
Mr.. Butler: The Court before which a
man is tried for breaking the laws.
Mr.. Evarts Did you ever hear of a man
being tried for freedom of speech?
Mr.. Butler: No; but | saw two or three
who ought to have been.
Mr.. Butler repeated the question to wit
ness, who continued: could not see the
President, only heard the tone of his voice;
he seemed excited; | do not know what
his manner is, from personal acquaintance,
when he is angry.
On cross. examination witness said Ibid
not report the whole of his speech; left be-
fore it ended besides, certain sentences
were broken off by the interruptions of the
crowd; only took principal explanations
could not hear all of them; the transcript
of the speech here was made two weeks
ago from notes of two years ago; think
them az accurate as if transcribed then.
Edmund B. Stark, examined by Mr..
Butler-Was formerly shorthand reporter;
the speech of the President at
Cleveland, on the night of the 30th Sep
TENDER, 1866, for the Cleveland Herald, in
short hand it was published the notes
are not now in existence; suppose they
were thrown into the waste basket. IA
copy of the paper was here produced. |
Witness then read, in substance in place
OF literal words, from part of the report.
just what Mr.. johnson said, viz: "Where |
Is the man living, or the woman either, |
in the community, whom | have wronged ? |
Or where Is the person who can place his |
finger on one single pledge that | have |
or one single violation of the |
Constitution of my country? What tongue |
does he speak, what religion does he pro- |
TESS, let him come forward and put hiss
finger upon one pledge | have violated" |
Witness continued-There were inter- |
ruptions and various remarks made,
of which | have noted one, because |
it was the only one Mr.. johnson paid any |
attention to. There was voice. Hang j eff. |
Davis. The President said Hang JEFF. |
Davis Hang JEFF. Davis! Why don't
you? There was then some applause and
nterrupting. He replied Why don't you?
There was again applause and Interrupt
ions, and the President went on, Have you
lot the court? Have you not got the |
courts? Have you not the Attorney Gen
rial? Who is your Chief Justice? Who
las refused to set at the trial. There was
ome Interruptions and applause, and he
aid: | am not the Prosecuting Attorney,
am not the jury, but l will tell you what
did do. called on your Congress, which is
rying TO break up the government. Here
we're Interruptions and confusion, and may
ave been words uttered by the President
which | did not hear, but | think not.
Then the President went on to say
But let the preiudices pass.
Mr.. Butler: Go to the conclusion, where
on reported accurately.
w lbucSe, lllLlS before |
there the specification commences: He
avs; In bidding you farewell here to-
light, | would ask you, with all the pains
hat Congress has taken to calumniate and
lalign me, what has Congress done?
las it done anything to restore the union
the States? But, to the contrary,
as it not done everything to prevent it,
nd because | stand now as | did before
ne rebellion commenced, | have been de-
ounced as a traitor. My countrymen
ere tonight, who has suffered more than
? Who has run greater risks than /?
Who has borne more than /? But Con-
faction dOmineering, tyranni-
al Congress, has undertaken to poison the
linds of the American people, and create
feeling against me. So far were Mr..
ohnson's words.
Witness completed the sentence in this
shion In consequence of the manner in
hich | have distributed the public pa
onage. Those were not Mr.. JohnsOn's
ords, but a condensatIon-is in a summa-
way, the reasons which he gave at that
1int for the maligning.
Mr.. EVarts to Mr.. Butler: Do you pro-
)se to put them all in?
Mr.. Butler: We do. observe in the |
lswer of the President, that objection is
AIDE that We did not put in all. He said {
and mean to give all. !
Mr.. Evarts: We object to his report as
report of the Presidents speech. c
The yeas and nays were demanded on /
e admissibility ofthe report, and it was +
mitted-yeas 80, nays II. O
Messrs. Howe and Trumbull voting with
e Democrats in the negative.
Adjourned.