The Republican journal., 1873-10-30
Andy johnson Rc-appears.

calls were lIduc 1Of MI johnson, Nllel III
appeared and was received with cheers
liz spoke of having made his first appear
ance IN Washington, some thirty year
ago. He briefly alluded to the varlou
political positions held by him IN that TIM
and expressed his cordial thanks for thi
warm welcome from those who wer
either witnesses of his acts or heard o
them through relatives or friends. III
wished simply to express the emotions o
heart that was never false to a friend o
the country. Having briefly alluded t,
the period of his Presidential life. whel
he lived in the midst Of calumny and men
dacous and unprincipled assaults, 4 MAJ
in the crowd said you still live Andy,
10 which Mr.. johnson replied, ~ es, thanl
God, still live, and not only physically
but | am alive to the preservation of on
institutions and the best interests of on
country Applause.] If any one cam
here expecting him to argue questions O.
make an oratorcial display-to exhibit fire
works, all he had to say was, they woul'
be disappointed, Even if he had the
mental power. he had not the phvsica
he would say now would be in the
way VI tIll Ht NOttlt t-k WIFI
kind OF a country have we now.
Laughter and cries what kind is it,
We used to have some idea. there was {
constitution, laughter, and a constitution
al government, a. | argued when | tirS
made my appearance As member Of
Congress. The question used to be a. tC
The power conferred ON the government
II was thought long ago there was 4 limi-
tatIOn to the power. both as to the Severa
states and the general government under
the instrument Such was the view OF
Washington. the father Of this country
lie was the first in peace. and first in war
He sacrificed his ease and received no pay
for his services and So thought Jefferson
and these GREAT men who framed the con-
titntlon When he first came to Congress
there were Two great parties, the Wings
and Democrats
tie wished to-day the country wa. UNI
icr their control He feared the people
would never again have two such parties.
The only difference was that the Demo
craft contended for strict construction,
while the Wings claimed a little more lat
jtidr While these parties We're thus OPP
posed they both agreed in the essential
Bun how was ii now. or within the last
four or SIX ears When Il measure was
brought up in Congress and its conStitu-
tionaity was questioned, the reply would
be IN effect; Damn the Constitution
we've 4ot the numbers lau@hterl and
while he was here aS a friend Of the Con-
7!itution. battling and contendino for its
existence, the Constitution was taken
from the archives, torn to pieces and
ramplcd under foot The query came up
" nat Kind Of ooN eminent have we? The
consequence, of the war had tearltllly
etIaccd and wiped out the limitations and
restrictions of The constitution. The peo-
pie. therefore. required to be in,ioctrinat-
rd in the PRINCIPLES in which the constitu-
lion was established If the constitution
j. wiped out. and Congress is without re-
elrant. where are we? Having a govern
.nent controlled bv q body of men with
ont limitation a. to power. no constitution
10 restrain them. but acting according to
THEN own will and interests. we have
lne most odiou, dcspotism ever permitted
to be established Rather than accent
-uch 4 body Of men calling themselves,
Congress on Parliament or Courts. with
unlimited power. Give him 4 wise and
inst Prince in preference. If The other
departments were made subordinate and
gave their assent The whole had better be
wiped ont rApplausel II all nower
was 10 be conferred in one man lot him
he a inst and rood man LET him he some
man whom if would he , midn ia call
master. 1t has been said: WHY. John
SON. youa insane ON the constitution.
The whole thing is PLAYED out. the lib
critics of thc Dcoplp are cone II his be
insanity he wished TO God there was more
insanity i'm thc country. TLauohter He
wished the whole country would become
insane on constitutional liberty. They
should be aroused to it. If the people
could see as their fathers saw. things
would be different. He then spoke of the
Increase of plundercrS, The people being
taxed to subStantiate the interest of par
ticular classes. This injustice applied to
both the Federal Government and those of
the States. He wished it were possible to
have an ampithcatrc constructed 10 seat
all the people, of the country. So that
when the curtain was drawn they could
see what was going ON. There would
then be such a reaction as was never felt
OF heard of before But it might be said
that this was all talk. We can carry the
elections. How carry them While
heavy taxes were being laid on the people
the ballot box was corrupted and degrad-
cd--controlled by money in the hand, OF
those who are not the peoples friends
He never was a partisan in politics or a
fanatic in religion. The world was his
home and every honest man his brother
In the language of Burke, the eminent
British statesman, when bad men combine
t0r corrupt purposes the time has come
when good men should combine to resist
eucroachments on constitution and country.
Let. then, the good, honest and pure as
s0ciate in a common cause to resist Ill
cncroachment5 on constitutional liberty.
He knew there were societies called
4rangers. but beyond this he did not care,
if they would only take under their control
the State and national government and
administer and preserve them for the
interests of the people To this he would
say, amen so be it, Mr.. johnson then
hranched Of on the subject of finance, adj
gocating gold and silver as the constitu-
tional currency and the withdrawal of all
the national bank notes and issuing for
them grecnbacks to be received in pay
ment Of all government dues He main
tanned that by this means we could return