The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-12
THADDEUs STEVENS.
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was delivered In the house on tne lcth OF
March, in support of the following bill, which
he offered as q substitute for the one presented
by Mr.. Broomsll, in July, 1897, guaranteeing to
every State in the Union Republican form Of
government
BE II enacted etc., That every male citizen OF the
United stales above tr age Of twentyone years 9ho
was born naturalised in tse United states or VINO
sss rs entitled to vote upon all nan.l sIsstoSS:
~ All bsys sTss rsS;as IN any s o. '9e
sbs Be @ads snry any SSS citizens
on any account except tor treason felony, or oth
mon law,
Mr.. Stevens himself read portion Of his
speech on this occasion, his voice being clearer
and stronger than at any time previous during
the session. Rising at the Clerks desk, he
said:-
=, "This Mr., Speaker s grave question Of argument
Koins on in its OF hum an government and
y every day advancing in the great science which Is
e6eH Teispse o o. Of P Dar6assm Where
To Se r hHs ons msn 4e 10 SsS eSS sRe Doc
t!ne where every man governs himself % ana has has
ate rights Is the right OF nHiversai snffHge which
ssssa s3S os5' o opse We are MOI now merely
expoandpg govern nen % we are corr correcting tue s;
on other lines by necessity. From the dA.k ages
who could not coniro the people aud were as6ts to
form governments sucn as ought to control % then
until last were bound IN ns ensins Which Which
ihey could not snap But period arrived wnen the
Almighty God the governot OF the Universe; placed
emo finally the power, break those chains and give
When he dawn M Of The TevSIntion came Il broke oon
this worlu as new mighty, ana glorious reforma
Of mankind and given clear nsigh' into she rights
ana giofons iatheTs and taught them 1reclsey waat
we have to carry out, and what when we have csEei
demsgogues who talk to us about the difference OF
e T ne a ana w ss Icy hS be
oiscovered? It was that "aii men were born equeL"
WeodwaTdsj boots is Just as muca entt ed to evsrv
Pegs as M renS or yse WnS eyss @
coIoIed man ourselves because of the color OF
bis bis or and bis S0 viii Fl @ mas
Ssts ,Sare as Se only 6n which ST the
Government can stand You must build all your
sle%p. HSS 70 dsp.F from yon foTse % tnss you you
are % %I Of th snG y&a
is other way but by universal suffrage in which
sSSInst The Sjnstice the u@Sn aud the wrongs
Gd m 5s be vi @ on can g hHSs .S
great and glorious prtnciple. No man dares to say
when we may speak Of universal suffrage, not as a
boon. not as git nut as an inaensble right which
surrender. His God has forbidden. the science of
Understand haI uuivers ii e. operating 10 favor
of every man who is to be governed by the votes
on which our fathers laid the foundation Of their I'm
last. and no longer"
His Opposition to Andrew Johnsoa,
as soon as the "policy" of that treacherous
functionary was developed, became decided and
was pursued with all his untirug energy. On
the 22d of February, 1866, the President made
characteristic speech in which he denounced
Mr., Stevens as an enemy Of the Uuion, and Mr..
Stevens retorted by his references to ''the man
a., tI,or nft hn 10 ~ vUh Qrn afi
fresh in the minds of our readers. As will
be remembered, he was one Of the
leading managers of the impeachment
movement, and it was upon the article prepared
by HIM that all the hopes of success depended.
Incapac tated by physical in6rmIties from bear
ing any of the burdens of the prosecution, he
was present in the Senate Chamber almost every
day of the trial, and the argument which he
delivered in support of the charges against the
President was perhaps the clearest and strongest
of all that were read.
A consummate master of the art of rIdicule,
Mr.. Stevens never refrained from the exercise
OF this effective weapon when it answered his
purpose. Andrew Johnson, time and time
again, encountered the full force of his sarcasm
but never more effectively than when Mr.
Stevens delivered an ironical speech
in the House, defending the President
against aspersIons upon his char
acter as man and a patriot. He
srayely pronounced the dribbling speech of the
4th of March "hoax," and in most admirable
style detailed the circumstances of the plot in
which the President had become involved by
his foes. Having concluded this mockery, he
added ten fold to its rebuking strength by
declaring that he had delivered the speech on
the same principle as the late President had
sent in veto message to a bill which he had
already signed-because he had written the veto
and thought it well done.
His Character.
The character of Thaddeus Stevens belongs to
history. He was pre-eminently a public man.
mt the domestic hearthside, he lived aud
bresthed and had his whole being in the strife
ofpublic life For success in this field he pos
sessed almost all the requisite qualifications
and while the bitterness of the opposition which
he excited and courted has rarely beer
equalled he nevertheless commanded the re-
spect aud admiration of almost every
man who was arrsyed against him
His most commanding qualities were the
fiery zeal and unquestonabe honesty of pur-
pose by which he was actuated, and these are
qualities which never fail to win the admiration
and respect Of opponents. Nor could any man
question the generosity of his heart, or his sin.
cere devotion to the interests Of his fello w-men
His great success in the councils of the natio1
was the result of this happy combination of these
qualities. He was born a leader of men, and
although surrounded by persons of ability and