Year: 1866

principles, until in 1Sl7 that party undertook to


force slavery into the territory acquired from Mexico


He then briefly sketched the downfall and dissolu-
ton of that party and said the repeal of the Missou
Compromise, by the Democrats, put the knife into
the country and led to the civil war 1t would not
do to bring to the support of the President any party
organization; it was the people who were rallying
around him. Let all party spirit be buried and all
rally around the Constitutional President Of the
United States. For imself he believed in him.
HIS whole history rom boyhood up, commanded
ms admiration: vi humble parentage from poor,
bound apprentice he had reached the highest posi-
tlon on the globe. No man loved liberty more, and
IN no man bosom did the fires of patriotism burn
brighter There was in him that celestial fire which
stamps him as one OF natures noblemen.


REMARKS OF Mr.. PRICE


After music by the band, Hon. W. Price was in
troduced.


Fl claimed exemption from an imputatior of nov
tzan feeling in appearing before this assembiage and
from The charge of being an oitce-saeker ms Prasi-
dent Lincoln gave him an office but President John
son turned him out and gave it to man he thought
better fitted for it. lie here then from purelv
qiSnterested and patriotic motives. If President
cohI9SGR oI1, went one way and Congress another he
coulun go with both. Another meeting had been
called addressed to those persons who voted for
PreSident Lincoln.


The speaker had voted for Lincoln. but he wouId
not attend the meeting intended to be held because
those calling it opposed the Presidents veto of the
freedmen s Bureau bill, while the speaker was in
itVor OF the Veto lie did not uphold the radical fac
Ton IN congress- Let any man take that Frcedmen's
bureau bill and then read the Presidents objections
anu anu az answer them II he can. If Mr. Johnson had
signed hat bill ne would have proved faithless to his
trust; The third section of it gave unlimited sun
port to the freedmen, and the fifth section provides
tOr almshouses and school houses for them


, There was no better mode of creating n auperg
Let the negroes alone and let them learn to work as
wen as 2ther men 1t was plain that the President
man among these extremists, Thaddcus Stevens
. MhG. uFon ore occasion, being warned that he was
violating the Constitution, replied that he wanted 10
violate the Constitution. The speaker had made up
t ,lI I.qa siat ne could not ought not and would
make nm So Some persons thought that the war
had done us injury, but he disagreed with them
AM, ar i"2hea upon u as one OF the most important
name in history, and respect abroad, which we
would never have gained by any other means 1t was
war OF the people and they brought it to a glorious
issue. All the machinery of government was in
operation In the South, and he thought the States
shou!d be admitted when this was the case. There
should be no taxes without representation.


REMARKS OF Mr.. STEELE


Mr.. l. hewitt Steele was then introduced and said
he had not come here to unfur any party banner:
there were present men of all parties, who desired
the stability and prosperity of the Union They had
assembled to uphold the right arm of that man who
has said Il will save the Constitution if you stand
by me- When he oyersteps the conventionalities
OF his position to tell the people the Constitution
was IN danger. there was really great danger.


Inc war had settled, so far rs any human agency
could, that we were to live together as one house
hold Are we to say that we have differed widely
and literally, and we shall not now unite in the one
great purpose of saving the Constitution because it
would place us in unaccustomed associatioHsg
Neither wisdom or patriotism would dictate such
course. Slavery was dead: let it lie in its bloody
grave. m0mentouS future now coming up and
1t was the duty of every man to stand by that man
VINO says he wall stand by the Constitution and the
Union.


The was certainly not for a union of territory
it was for a Constitutional Union. 1t was funda-
mental principle Of the government that there should
be no representation without taxation. The Consti-
tuition says that every State shall be represented by
two Senators in Congress and one member in the
branch w urn fba S,,t : tlnrr
States met? Congress don't even pass law to keep
them out but by simple resolution, in the face Of
the Constitution, they State shall not be repro
sented: Is that Constitutional Government and did
they wish to live under it?


This legislation would serve to unsettle the mi nds
OF the capitalists of the South, and they would not
employ the laborers which they would need under
more wise and judiciouS legislation. Congress and
all the people should encourage the South to return
TO those paths of industry from which the war drove


them, No part of this country could prosper without
the whole The great trouble was the American peo-
pie did not think-they havnt time to think They
Join party, radical leaders rise up and people 60
with them until Il point was reached and he believed
1t was now reached. They would now stop to think,
and rid themselves of such men.


The man who causes one good, impulse to spring
up between the North and the South was bcncfac-
tor and the world would not forget him. In a few
years this country would rise like young giant and
march on to prosperity and when it rises he hoped
parting health and strength to every part North
South, East and West.


REMARKS OF Mr.. FRAZIER.
Hon. j. NJ. Frazier the last speaker was here in
| trodueed:


He would not apologize even at this late hour, for
advocating the peoples President. The secession re-
beOn had ended, but the radical rebellion had iust
| begun. Thaddeus Stevens. Charles Sumner and the
| like were the enemies Of the country when they
| talk of Freedmen's Bureaus if they would say a
word in favor of the widows and orphans which the
war has made, he would think there was some hon
| esty about them.


| He was here to make brief appeal for much ne
| elected lndividual-the poor white man. lie had
ga!ned nothing by the war, while the negro had
gained everl thing. The endeaVur 10 bring the
Freedmen Bureau into Maryland was not for the
cd Of the negro but was ior the purpose Of elect
ing by the hayohet who are odious to the people
| of Maryland


The people ought to thank God it was not brought
here for those who crying about negro testimony


III the courts would have taken the short cut to the
| equity of the FTeedmenS Bureau. Disregsrdng all
party differences all the people would rally around
Andrew johnson. After fighting five years to saw
the Union, these radicals say these States are ont
South Carolina and Georgia were States in th.
Union IN order to amend the Constitution which re
qured hree-0urthS of all the States, but they arr
| not in for representation in Congress.
| Tennessee had been represented during the war
| and now she couldn't have hearing. This was radr
cal doctrine. But the people would be heard in
thunder tones. and politicians would stand aghast al
during the last session of the Legislature and the
war would not cease until radicaSm was rooted ou
| IN Maryland with all its evil influences.


The meeting then adjourned. all the speakers hav-
ing been warmly applauded and the best order pre-
vailed notwithstanding there were several thousand
persons present.