New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-13
TrrERs FROM THE PEOPLE
.ory HARLAN. UPsHUR AND JOHNSON
.u.r THE PRESIDENT SAID IN HIS LAST PUBLIC
WhAi SPEECH.

,ur PRESIDENT SAID IN HIS LA'i
WhAi SPEECH.
pd,tor Of The Trto~me'
~ The Depew letter ON the reiatlons eAi ~.
DIR Caral Grant and President Johnson mas
'hs ,sa enc newspapers with some Seh'"'iU" 49,,
rI,oatiou and their readers Win consiu0'
fOr PNh, Among other notable persons orous"' NV
ioi ,royersy | find the name OF eA-'eeo 80
,nts1or j. p. Upshar, VINO 70 fuo'''
ln'eiio a (stv Of oct. % as follows:
Kansas with President Johnson one month Dut 90
was o mich reliance the story MH I no, T%'
mont 10 leave having gwen bo wanted me to remair
Pre'S Ssn added DO you think am am DONG ~ha' MI
s99u Anu cI1 would have done r sara 100 o.
Lin W. Johnson should not have asked such ques-
Now shonld Mr. Upshur have answered 1t with
toh "a s,rpIv for this reason: On the night OF Wed
' che 9th OF April and the one before ne was snoh
1,,ant lincoln had introduced Senator Harian oi
80 70 large assemblage OF citizens OF wnion 'no
'o 80 rne as the successor OF Secretary Upshur' Oh
W. T..ortor Department. Therefore Mr. Lincoln Visws
49,. spbIect at least were well known 10 the puohe
on have been to Presi lent johnson and secretary
ana uu'' "a the anpointment of Mt. Harlan upon Mr.
gr,sburs retirement, subsequently, ""' P
aoordapoe with this knowledge -,
rho dime place and occasion OF this meeting a sn"
=. ,snamber President Lincoln had Only le"
80 rrevions returned from VISIT 10 Ueneral ul"h'
- richmond and the news had been received OF Lee
.u-.nder Washington had Deen LOT VHree "sn'o =" ~
So ~ glory and this the last OF the three IL mad
,"an announced that President Lincoln would deliver
an address to the people at the White House. The walks
n,oach,ne and the grounds surrounding the Executive
Mansion were thronge1. Tho President spoke from
,ba windo MS on the second floor I'm medately over
Que tonf entrance His little boy Tad stood ~ MS
va n wa. the last public speech the great Republican
suo sver made and embraced his famous remarks on
IN csconstructon in Louisiana, in which he referred 70
r lin PROMISES made to some members Oh MS Saphel III
70 that then pending issue. and added that as ne
Iesdered bad promise better broken than Kept II ne
SSd deem it for the good Of the country aud ior tne
~ ou to break that promise he should 40 so
TTSseu never forget those remarks The sentiment is
r,bv to he indebly stamped upon the hearts OF the
Vim, Generation In the glorious Republic he died 10 per
ntms,e II was on this occasion he annouDoed Nr.
%nra successor, IN his plain, matter OF fact way
UIino5ncing Cabinet change to the people from tue
nSow of his residence. Is 1t not matter OF wonder
nat snch Chief Magistrate should have diea from the
assas,ins bullet . n,,. 1,.oo,. - chat
ccason must have travelled with almost the rapdy OF
iightnpg to every enterprisng newspaper In the Ia
and by midnight have been IN type and given 10 tne
world on the following morning, and yet Vice President
Johnson aud Secretary Upshur both seem TO have Tor
gotten il within the next few days This simply goes 10
Show how very poor the memories OF some people are
ana all desire to establish on the point involved
Neu- York. Nov. 8, 1850. IL l.