The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-08-31

sti1ed, and breathed Ike man with the heart dis
ease. wondered what Lincoln would say when he
the road to Washington. only he Kissed 4 Woman
and some other things he 10 dead now and dOn,t
When the great day camemthe In Of March ,au-
I said ! wanted to go down to washington. Nv
wife said :-"why 60 down there, you are opposed
want to 60 and hear the fellow say Sometime
out of his mouth" went down ana stood upon q
pile of bricks to see what could seen When that
honored old gentleman came out James BucbsnsnM a.
(appause(-it did my heart good: also when that
other venerable old gentleman appeared. a member
read his inaugural address. don't believe he
sense would have read such a thing as he read
there know that Billy Seward wrote that address,
hate him worse than do the devil: believe him
to be the very hecat himself While am talking
about Billy Seward will say this that II there ever
was consummate scoundrel on the face of Gods
earth, it is he. He thought he would have his own
way after the death of Lincoln. He thought Johnson
would prove villain; but he had repented. He
said, .No, gentlemen, must stick to the consttu.
tion." Appause.l He knew that document had
not been opened since '61. They had forgotten the
constitution. They suffered 1t TO be buried in the
they did not know what you were talking about.
They had no idea OF 1t. They know 1t now; they
have got to know it. lApplause)
great many remarks about him; but when he came
into office he said, 81 have just taken the oath to
to alter that The old villain Lincoln did not mind it
at ALL II they had thought that President Johnson
was going to mind his oath they would have altered
that: No wtckedness Is too great for them. They
go into every kind OF lasciviousness; they cheat,
they lie, they steal If there is any radical within
the sound Of my voice hope he win take to him.
We next find President Johnson pardoning one
or two OF the terrible rebels, and they did not
ike that. Well, they said, that Is all very
well; we will abolish that idea. After four
years of war we looked forward to peace. IwiI not
anything about the terrible scenes of those four
wears. never want TO witness them AGAIN long
as live.
We come next to this great man Grant. He might
have been great man II he had acted out the prin-
ciples Of an honorable soldier. Give me hundred
men and will whip him and two hundred men
slider him much more than an ass. It was only cir.
cumstances that placed him In the position where
ne was With ne mas not gos enough good sense to grease
horse markedly He would not bring much If You did.
They thought they had achieved great victory with
their three millions OF soldiers and out OF those
three millions one million and half were emigrants
brought over from Europe to fight the battles Of the
North.
The South was not conquered until every port was
stopped up and the people could not get bread.
They were f9htng for the constitution because they
had copied our constitution verbatim almost.
a. 49,. Now for the radical platform. "a voice
will touch q little on that. thought his name
too disgraceful to mention before this enlightened
audience. hardly thought 1t necessary to put his
name In my speech, for II there ever was deceiving
scoundrel he is one. (Applause.) I believe he was
bought by the radical party with money to enter the
democratic ranks to act the part Of traitor and
spy Ibelteve he is an imp Of hell, but the devil not
being able to control him pitched MIN out Of hell
(Long continued applause. voice, "Thad Stevens.")
Thad Stevens Is dead and buried, and believe his
principles are buried with him. (Applause) I
wanted 10 go to Congress to match Ben Butler and
Thad Stevens; but one of them is gone and half Of
my glory is taken from me.
say here publicly that those members Of Congress
who were In the majority, and those thirty-ve Sena
tors who voted for the impeachment of Andrew
Johnson, are villains. l charge the radical party
with all the trouble Of our country. (Applause.)
Those seven who voted against Impeachment de-
laurels from their country and credit the
democratic party and from every honest thinking
man.
started ont with the understanding that the prin-
ciple OF democracy are honesty-nOthing but hon
esty and truth. (Applause)
Icharge the radical party-North and South, East
and West, hear mel charge the radical party with
the murder Of your sons; mothers, charge them
with the murder OF your sons fathers charge them
with the murder OF your sons; widows, / charge
them with the murder OF your husbands. Fathers,
sons, husbands and brothers, North and South, you
have been murdered by this accursed party