St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-04-26

to the Senate. He was the president :
companion during the war, ana per
haps his most intimate personal TREND.
| And when Gen. jackson came Ill he
appointed Major Donelson Secretary.
When Abraham Lincoln came Ill he
took John Hay. an army officer. and de-
tailed him for duty in the White House.
Applause. BIT when Andy johnson
came in laughter he filed the White
House with military men.
Gentlemen, Mr.. Trumbull should
know all this: and when Senator OF
the United States leaves his post at
| Washington, and goes up and down me
country speaking to the people, he
ought to understand whereof he speaks,
and he acquainted with the facts of his
tory, and know what he is talking
about. Laughter.
WHAT ANDY JOHNSON DID.
In short. gentlemen, | never read Il
speech so full of errors i'll the short
space of couple of columns as Mr..
Tumbull's speech. He says, or rather
asks the question "If Andrew johnson
filled the White House with office
holders. military men. what would he
said about il ," He did. He appoint
ed Col. More. Col. Morrow. Col. Lcer.
COL Reeves, Capt. McKecser. and Col.
Il. johnson. his own relations. and they
are officers of the army. They set
about posting guards in and around the
| White House. When President Grant
came in they paid him IL salute. and he
asked what they meant ami the next
daN he sent the troops away the four
companions of cavalry and the rc%i-
mcnt of infantry and for three Years
not IL soldier has been nearer Washing
ton On duty than Fort Washington.
iAppIau>e.
Now. what is President Grants great
otftm$c, lie had three men on his
staff during the war. when he waS
! Lieutenant General and General. He
uaS made president. and they went "n
ten. Shcrman'$ staff: and they were
detailed To go to the " htc House and
got II" pay fnr il. aud helped President
Grant to do his immense work. and
that SAVES 81 much /" the public treas
|mN. Laughter. That is all there Is
about it. Applause. Now. my re
puhlicam friends. do yen think You
ought to retire To Cincinnati. because,
President Grant has got Il couple of his
aids at Washington Are the men who
fought the battles of their county dan-
gcroll> men Applause. find men
nominating tickets and TRYING t" get
the huN> in gray to work for them:
they are not afraid of the men III gray.
but they have Il terrible horror of the
men in blue laughter the men VIII"
fought for the old flag. God bless tn"
men in blue that fought fnI the old flag.
Cheers.
senator llumhull told y"u about the
cncroacling assumptions of those i'll
power. am not IL lawyer. MIR. Irm
bull Is. He is the supporter of Il civil
rights hill which went further than amy
other measure We passed. and he comes
here and reproachc> lis for cmcroaching
and arbitrary power. because we fol
lowed the chairman OF the House on
judiciary.
EErI HLICAN STEALING.
But not content with that he under
takes To talk about corruption. Well
now. stand here Tonight and say that
if there is Il man on the face OF the
glomr that dc>piScS Il thief. | am that
man. applause and if there is man
that dr>pi>eS republican thief more
than all other thieves. am that man.
Applause. Gentlemen. i'll my CON
ceptiun. the great Boss Thief the
greatest thief of the universe Bill
Tweed applause is Il clevcrer sort of
Il man than that man that joins the
great republican party with its holy
work and mission and then steals from
the men in the country who trusted
him. | want to SAY Il word about this
stealing: When Andrew Johnson was
i'll power the republican party told lis
to check this corruption. and what is
the result 4! Gen. Grants admini>tra-
ton has arrested. has tried. has con-
victcd more thieves than all the admin
i>trationS of this government from l1S9
down. APPLAUSE. l. there any man
here Tonight that can point t" amy
democratic thief that WAS ever sent to
the pcnitcutiary ! Applause. mean
Il national democratic thief. Gentle
men. there have been 81 men tried.
convicted. and punished 10y fines and
imprisonment. and p for undertaking
to rob the lnited States government.
not holding offices. There has passed
through the Treasury department. I'M
der the care of Gen. Spinner of
the nobleSt men and one of the most
faithful officers i'll the country >tO.-
UuO. Om. 900 counted 10y :AW or 400 men
and women daily. and what has been
lost , Why. from S.OUOO To S6O.OuO.
that has been stolen 10y four thieves.
and every one of them has been tried
and sent To prison two of them since
You took of the covering of the Tam
many thieves III this city. don't know
that amy of Your city thieves have got
int" the pemitcutiarN though. Laugh
ter. Gentlemen. | SAY this. there has
been Il less percentage of the money
raised and expended under this admin
>trIti"m than under amy other. The
percentage is less than one fifteenth of
ON" per cent, and less than in amy adj
mlnI>tIation sine" l-.D Applause
Every where. | tell Nou here tn-night.
every department of This government
has hcrn engaged in that r,tnrIr:ltory
work. have done all could Ia SruS-
tain them. and don't want To 90 to
Cincinnati especially with some of the
men that | see are irving to get IL
chance to go To Cincinnati OF ANY " here
else i'll the world. | don't want to go
fnr the purpose of furnishing thieves.
Then there is another thing gentlemen.
| want To say Il word about.
SECRETARY RoEE>ON'> CASE.
Now. gentlemen, want To say Il
word i'll regard to Secretary RobcSnn
that MIR. TrUImhull stated what was not
the facts of the ease. That is all. Now.
! say right here that the facts are not
what Mr.. Trumhull stated them to he.
He stated them to he these: That ii
board OF officers had been appointed
under law To examine certain accounts.