Year: 1867

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William Lloyd Garrison, Of Boston, de-


livered lecture on impeachment at the


Brooklyn Academy Of Music on Tuesday


last which, az a compilation Of the vilest


Of the innumerable Radical falsehoods in


relation to the South and as a specimen of


the base nlalignity of the fanatical faction


he represents, is beyond competition. The


following extract will show the character


of the whole: ...l =. 49, -.


In regard to my third proposition, How
shall liberty be secured at the South as it is


at the North l answer: remember what


the South is remember that she belongs


to the dark ages, not to the nineteenth cen
tury that she is the habiiatiOn of cruelty,


that she never was democratic, nor for
democratic forms, except as she held alb


solute mastery over the country /; that those
who led in the rebellion now hold every
place Of honor and emolument on her soil
where she is free to choose; that the entire


white population, with few exceptions, are
emblttered enemies, and the largest portion
of them in the depths of moral degradation,
and as illiterate as The heather in India.
Left TO herself, the most dreadful conse-
quences may with certainty be predicted
In that case, woe, woe, woe to the hapless
freedmen, and woe to every man known or
suspected to have been loyal in sentiment
during the rebellion. Lynch law, assassin
alton and civil war will do their fatal work
Within few days the Nashville press has
stated that a diabolical conspiracy has
been entered into by certain rebellious
citizens of counties of the State of Ten
nessee to procure the assassination of
a number of leading and influential
Union men whose names are given,
az we'll as the prices to be given for the
work, all of the parties being men who
were officers in the Federal army, and re-
siding in the Third Congressional district
Unless predictions can be falsifed, assassi-
nations of Union men will soon also be the
order. of the day in Caldwell county, Tex
as If such things are done in the green
tree, what will be done in the dry? If,
without representatives Ia Congress, and
while partially subjected to military rule,
eager to obtain one and remove the other,
this is the spirit of the South, what she
will be emboldened to do when fully rein
stated may be easily conjectured. What
then is the inevitable conclusion? This
the South must be kept under the wise and
benefceat guardianship for an indefinite
period: that is, until she is civilized and
preponderantly loyal, be that period when
it may Until then She must be allowed
no Senators or Representatives in Congress,
there must be no bargaining with her for
impartial suffrage in place Of universal am
nesty-that amnesty she ought not to be
granted. Trust the famished wolf with a
lamb trust that the thunderbolt win leave
no mark on the object that it strikes, and
in her present condition and mood, trust
not either in the will or the ability of the
South to be loyal Before she can be loyal
she needs to be regenerated-cr created over
again. Such is the view taken by Congress
on this subject, as set forth in an act for the
more efficient government OF the Rebel
States-an act sure TO be vetoed by the
President, and Just as sure to be passed
over his veto by a two-thlrds vote
of Congress. [Applause.l But after
all, what real value will there be
in such a triumph so long as An
drew J0hnsOnis allowed to occupy the Presi-
Dental chair. MumuTs. The most impor-
tant step remains to be taken by Congress,
and that is the impeachment and removal
Of the President from the office he now so
basely dishonors and betrays. Applause
In him the whole Rebel element is centered;
to him the whole Rebel forces look as their
leader and defender for immediate admis-
sop to all political rights, both in Congress
and out of it. Let justice be executedupOn
him, or let those sections of the constitu-
tion relating 70 punishment for high crimes
and misdemeanors and impeachment for
these and treason, be expunged from that
instrument forever [Applause. The
people are ready for the trial and the YER
dict Meme, meme, tekel, upharsin, thou art
weighed in the balances and art found
wanting, will be unhesitatingly recorded.
Applause. Let the people, the loyal
people, be tested in any little gathering
North or South, and they will unhesitating-
ly respond for Impeachment. ! mean the
people, not party or the representatives
of any party. Renewed applause Two
parties indeed exist. The one is the loyal
people, and the other is the sympathizers
with Rebels their aiders and abettors.
Cheered and upheld by such party, An
drew johnson ceases to be the President OF
the United States. There should not be
traitor in the camp. l strongly believe that
the committee on Impeachment will re-
port in favor of impeaching Andrew Joha-'
son. Let impeachment be the first and the
only measure considered and acted upon by
Congress. q