American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-07-10

We nav . MN y Ct' SuOulu like
to look at him. Applause and
l should like to see what
kind of an animal he is. | suspect
the second Washington is about as
much like the first Washington as
let me ILLUSTRATED. You remember the
old story of the prank, or satire, that
DiOgeneS practiced on Plato, who
was very learned, and who instruct
ed the young men Ill the academy,
and defined man to be an animal
with two legs and without feathers.
Diogenes, who was cynic and full
of satire, concluded he would ridicule
the idea out of existence, and there
fore he would catch 2 goose and strip
it of it's plumage and hang it by the
head, and as the students were turn
ed out lie pointed at the goose with
the feathers stripped off, saying,
- This is Plato's man." Applause
and general laughter, with cries of
" good,"" you're right on the goose."l
l think the comparison near about
complete. Carrying out the idea,
Washington was inaugurated on the
18th Of April. He referred in his
speech to Congress to his great want
of experience and his ditfidence in
assuming a responsibility so great !;
and also spoke of the Importance OF
private morals as the foundation of
public virtue. Applause. He
Furthermore remarked that in sus-
tanning the Executive Department
no more more money should be APP
propriated than was barely sufficient
to defray the expenses. He APP
preached the Presidency almost with
awe and trembling. He did not say:
~ feel the responsibility, but l ac-
cept the Office without fear" That
is your second Washington. Laugh
te' i. But / have not seen your
second Washington yet. Imagine
Washington sitting at the Council
Board, looking at the Secretary of
the Treasury, and saying: "Fve
got your draft for $50, OOO," and seek
ing for book from which to derive
a little information, saying to the
Secretary of the Navy: give got
your library at cost of $15,000.'
Then look around at the furniture,
houses and lots. How would Wash
ington have sat i'll a Cabinet meet
ing surrounded by such men as
these9 Laughter and cries of
good" You see how the Govern
ment is moving along, the cry comes
up, my cOuntrymen, whether we
shall not meet the issue when we
shall rally round the ballot box to
the support of the Constitution as
the palladium of our religious and
civil liberty, and cling to it as the
shipwrecked mariner clings to the
last plank when night closing around
him. Give me the Constitution of
country! You may take your petty
tyrants, but give me the CoHstitu-
ton of my country! l repeat here
what | said on the odd of February,
with reference to the Freedmen's
Bureau: "YOu may erect your altar
and lay your Constitution upon it.,
and if necessary, as an evidence of
devotion to my country, lay me also
upon it, and the blood that now
warns and anlmates my existence
shall be poured out as a libation.
The speaker then gave "a brief ac-
count of the condition of things in
Tennessee under Radical rule, and
said the first thing he had to do
when he went home, in order to OBJ
tain possession of his property there,
was to go before an officer and give
evidence by proper vouchers that he
was loyal man. Laughter. He
also spoke of the tyranny existing in
Tennessee. The men called militia
go into a court house, send out the
Judge and jury into the woods or the
street, and placing therein court
martial, try nan one day and hang
him the next. Let us have peace
Mr.. johnson said in conclusion OF
his remarks: You are now APP
preaching the point when your gov
eminent is vibrating between a mill
tary dictator here and amilitary die
tator there. five 90 on at this rate
CIV .ry little military man who can
claim a battle, will seek to be made
dictator, and rule the nation. But
the character of an american citizen
is above all other characters. In my
mind we have high and noble duties
to perform. Let us not falter; this
mighty nation is determined to pre-
serve its unity. Bodies of men anC
munitions of war started in q Ger
tain direction. Those columns never
turned until they conquered. An(
because some little fellow walked
with supply train, he is a 'secont
Washington Laughter. 1t nigh
as well be said that as some of these
intelligent reporters followed the
army for the purpose of narratins
events, they conducted the army ope
Tr.ations. A voice " How about tn,
iazelnGt ! have consumed more
of your time than / intended, and
wish to say, n conclusion, l have nj
favors to ask, ana lou none to be
stow You know that Wien in Office
here / did all in my power to pro
mote your local interests. l have
heretofore said, and now repeat, tina
you ought to have representation il
Congress-one knowing your wants
the same right as freemen every
where. In coming among you OF
business, having son at school an(
some private matters to transact, t.
receive such cordial welcome b,
the people of the district is source
of heartfelt qualification to me. [Ap
plause. | trust the day is not dis
tant when we shall meet under NOR,
suspicious circumstances than W,
now do. ! again thank you for thi
cordial welcome.
A GAMBLING MANIA.-The OLE
Countess Kisselef1, wife of II forme
Russian ambassador to the Tuileries
is said to have lost a million of mon
ey roulette, and is we'll know t.
the hdbitues of the gambling tables
of Baden Baden, Weisbaden, anC
particularly of Homburg, where sh,