The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-04-16
Congressman Giving an Ac.
count of hfs Stewardship.


ly. The meeting was held in Pixies Opera
Hall, and the Enquirer says it was one of
the most magnificent audiences ever assem-
bled in Cincinnati for an indoor demon
stration. The political status OF General
Cary is we'll known. A whig and Re-
publican all his life, he was elected last
fall to congress as an Independent candi-
date, which released him from the thrall-
dom of party. What he has done since
he has been in congress, General Cary
best tells himself As we have not room
for his speech entire, we give those por-
tions which relate to national politics and
are of general interest. After some pre-
liminary remarks, Gen. Cary said:
The first question of Importance that
came up, am charged by the Gazette
with having lodged. Some of you have
known me for the last forty years, aad
you know that whatever else may be said
of me, was never the man to dodge any
question. [Appaluse.]
But the question was this: It was .
law passed by prior session, vetoed by
the president, proposing to strike
the word white from the laws and ordinan-
ces Of the District of Columbia. was not
there when the vote was taken, but 1 am
free to say now, if l had been there 1
should have voted against it.] [Prolong-
ed applause.1
We have an ordinance in Washington
which says there shall be white and colCred
schools. I would have been opposed to
striking out the white schools. [ Applause.
But have no..idea of Africanizing the dis
trict and besides that, l felt bound by my
constituency, after the vote they polled on
the question last fall, not to impose such a
thing upon any citizen or state.
Another charge was that I had gone
back on my principles regarding the pub
lie lands. Some years ago certain lands
in the west had been granted to certain
railroads, on condition that the roads
should be built within given time. Our
civil war interrupted the work, and it was
impossible to- fulfil the contract. said
this: While I would not vote to grant
one acre of land in the future to any rail-
road, yet when this has been done in good
faith by the government, and the delay in
building was from causes beyond the con-
troll of the companies, they should have
more time"
Next, with regard to the eight hour law,
We got that introduced, and it went right
through the house, and is now lying on
the table in the senate. Applause.
Now [ wanted to take in their proper
order these different subjects, that you
might know how I acted, and | ana ready
at all times to give reason for the faith
that is within me.
The next thing was a law amending the
reconstruction act, which proposes to make
Gen. Grant absolute dictator over the reb-
ell states, to do as he pleased with the citi
zens-to hang them, if he wished. This |
opposed.
IMPEACHMENT.
Then comes the subject of the impeach-
ment of the president of the United States.
You all have occasion to know that have
no particular attachment to Andy John
son. | have no reason for being attached
to him. But | voted against the articles
of impeachment the first time they came
up Ben. Eggleston also voted against them,
but he was sorry for it, and said if he ever
had the chance again he would vote for
them. The second articles of impeachment
charged violation of the tenure of Office
bill, in the removal of Stanton from the
Office of secretary of war.
Now l propose to give you my reasons
for voting against these articles of inlpeach
ment. Let the result be what it may, the
time will come when every man, l care
not to what party he belongs, will see that
this is terrible wrong and fearful prece-
dent. 1t so happened that I was the only
republican member who voted against the
impeachment. This, / suppose was be-
cause was not in the caucus, and don't
intend to be while l live, 1 am happy to
know there were men who were in the eau
Gus and voted for impeachment, who are
row heartily sorry for the act. One
of the best and purest men in the house,
after the articles were passed, came and
sat down by me and said: "Cary, your
vote on the question was right. l would
rather have given my right arm than voted
as did" o, the tyranny and despotism
of party! EApplause.]
will now, my countrymen, give you
briefly my reason; for voting against i'm
peachment of the president:
First-In all the history Of this govern
ment, from its formation down to the ad.
ministration of Andrew johnson, it has
been regarded as the right of the president
to select his cabinet officers, and to remove
them when it became necessary to preserve
the harmony Of the cabinet. When Gen
eral Jackson's secretary of the treasury
was ordered to remove the deposits, and
said he would not do it, the president said
then by the eternal I'll find some one
that will!
1t has been the universal rule, and con-
sidered as necessary, that the president
should be surrounded by confidential and
friendly advisers. And is not that right
Applause. These very men who are
now acting as judges in the Impeachment
trial to-day thought so. When Lincoln
was president, it was suspected one mem
Der OF the cabinet, Montgomery Blair, wa'
not just what he ought to be in sentiment
Sumner and Wade, and twenty-five othel
senators, addressed letter to Mr.. Lincoln
in which they strongly urged his reno
val
| This is no new theory of our govern
ment. 1t has always been held that the
president of the United States should b,
aided by cabinet counsel, agreeing will
him ~, pol,t,ool ., f,