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THE NATIONAL RErUBLIOAN rOBUSIIED DAILY. UTII OF ADVIXTIIHtO. Oaa aqaara, thrtf daya.i, ..! DO Oaa aqaara, foir daya ,.. t I & Oaaaa.a.ra.BTaa'ata.,... ....; ' 2J Oa.aqaara.alia'aTa ... IN , Itarf ataat 4ir UTMIannUM Jf !. HU. tlaaal. Twin a iHt alT.rUMB.al., par .nl. ad. Idllarl.t aotltaa 90 eaaU pat ll.., .uk Uaartlu. Local lotleaa 15 etDta par Ha., ...a. laaartlon. JOT.tUam.al. aonlaa; aad.rlha a.ataaf Waala,rar lata, far Baat,Loal ail , laurtl.a.lrt aaiu par llaaiaaba.qa.al laaartloaa half prlaa. Mat 1UM ar laaa aaaalllata a aqaara. ' Aaartl..n.ata aaoald ba feaadad la bafora alaa a'.laak a aa. Immense Mass Meeting IN support or ANDREW J0HN8OH. THE PEOPLE IN COUNCIL. Xho Speakors All Lincoln and Johnson Mon. Sptfthti bj- U. !. nanhtl Coodlsf, Ex-Got. John- itoa, of Pa., Gen. John 1. Swift, of Hut., Hon. Edgar Covin, C. S. Senator, and Cen. Crttn riarSmlth, t Kj-. The Resolutions Unanimously Adopted tSfre Satoal pttMirtoiL VOL. VI. WASHINGTON CITY, D. C, FRIDAY iMOMING. APRIL 0, 1800. NO. 110. Te OflleUl AdTrtlMUoCaUth HUeewtlve Department! ef the tTonrerwment ewe, Pabllehed In thla Paper by AMthrttro.f TUB 1MIKS1DKHT. ORKAT ENTUUBIABM The mass-meeting of the friends and sup porters of tho administration of President Jouxsox, held In front of the City Hall last erenlnjr, was one of tho largest, most oraeriy and enthusiastic ever witnessed in this city. Lonir before the meetlntr was called to order, the number of persons who had collected around tho building had swelled to thousands. By nine o'clock every vacant spot within hearing was occupied. On thfe sidewalks and at the windows of tho neighboring buildings were many ladies. The Marino Hand, under Trof. Scila, occupied a portion of the portico and performed many excellent pieces. The speakers stand was on the portico of tho west wing of tho City Hall. On the columns of the portico was alargo star, com posed of gas jets, illuminating tho entire space In front. At half past seven o'clock the meeting was called to order by Hon. Gresx Clay Smith, M. 0., who nominated for President Judge I. B. Gooding, United States Marshal for tho District of Columbia. Mr. Goodixo, on assuming tho duties of tho chair, spoke as follows : I expected to ssy a few words at the opening of thlsmeetlnglnregenltoliipurpoiei, anain regard to tho great question! now agitating tho pallia mind. For the first time la my life I am glad to nddresi an aadltneo of tho people composed largely of tho people of tho District of Colombia. Bat I suppose 70a are like other people In our oountry, and prelum. Dg that I am addressing a loyal and patriotic audience, I ihall detain 70a for a few mo ment! until other abler and mora emtnenMnen shall be vresent to add re 11 jot. j .... . L In other 0171 toe people 01 id 11 country nan boon divided Into political parties; bat we bare llred to aee the day when old thing! hare patted away and all thing! hare become new. Where parties hare had their day In the early history of this country, there was an old Federal party which llred for awhile, bnt pused away from the stage of action Subsequently we bad a jKtl'nel Whig party, nnder the leadership of the -7taeandilrIeUe Umhmt Cut, of Kentucky. Cfteers. That party too bad Its day. Itfonght long And bard, bnt It also,, like the old Federal party, passed away and has gone gone the way of all the earth. It was succeeded by the Know Nothing party, which rose as a thing of a dayi bat soon passed away. That was sneeeeded by the Republican party, which had tt day, bnt It too bat passed awayi for when Fort Sumter wee at tacked, I know not bow It was In this District) but I know that away out West In Udlana there was no looger any Republican party. The great mass of tbepeople there came forward and patriotically threw down their party trganliatlon and Invited the co-operation of all Union men and of all men who wonld stand by the Bag against the rebellion and unite upon a common platform In support of the Unions and we formed a Union party, X am happy to say to thU audience to-night that, though humbly, I was an actlre member of that great Union party that carried on the war to sup press the rcbellioi, ana net oome well niga to re storing tblt Union not quite : there Is a little more to do. and I propose to talk about that di rectly, I want to lay, now, a few words about the Democratic party. It had a longer life, It clung to life with greater tenacity than tho others, though it had 1U trials and Its troubles but that, although It outlived the other parties, has pasted away. Inside that old party there wore two classes of men 1 one secessionist!, the other unionist!, I had tbe fortune for many long years to aid In holding up the old national Democratic banner. I itood by that old party while it stood by tbe country : T stood by It In many of its political battles, and I am proud to say to thlt audience that I had the honor of supporting Brimis A. Douolas In I860, at tbe gallant 1 tender d-bearer of that old party. Applause. I only refer to these things, my fellow-cttlieos, for the purpose of saying on this occasion what I said a few moments ago, In carrying out the Idea that alt the old parties have bad their day. We hare bad a great rebellion In thlt country. I am not going back to-night to travel orerall that ground. Borne of you hare differed perhaps on that subject) perhaps you bare differed with me. It hat been my fortune, however, to believe that the Government of the United Statet had the right to suppress a rebellion against Its authority, I atlll believe It. It was my good fortune to believe that no Elate bad a right to secede but If It at tempted to secede and resisted tbe authority of the Government, that Government owed It to Itself and to Its people to enforce Us authority egalt.it seces sion, against nulllfloatloo, and against rebellion. When the war broke out our Congress deolared what vii tbe objeott of the war 1 that It wet not-a war to take away the rights of the southern people that It was not to destroy rlghtt that existed In this nation, but tt wet to maintain the authority and the jurisdiction of the Government of the United 6tatet. You recollect the resolutions passed by the Senate and IIqusc of .Representatives of the Con. grass of tbe United Statet. Tbe armies of the Union after four long yean of deadly strife were victorious 1 and I am happy to-night to be able to ay to this rut audience In the city of Washington that the old flag of our fathers wares la triumph over every foot of American toil. There Is no re bellion to-night In arms against our Government. Every State and tbe people of every State are in ful operationto acknowledged by the Executive authority of tne Government. I know of bat one Utile thing In order to hare all the States on the track running smoothly, to hart peace and bar mony throughout all onr domain. Thlt little thlog It tho admltalon of .loyal members to Congress, Whan this ti done the whole Job It accomplished; That U rery easily done. All that Congress bat to do Is, when a loyal man comet op duly elected and returned, and applies for admission, to say to html Welcome, brother) wo are glad to iee yon oome back Into tbe Congrett of the Union. That It all that It needed to restore our Union. It ll not necessary, X apprehend, to make terri tories out of all theie States and govern them by military power for the next forty, twenty, or ten yean. We do not need any great herculean work on the part of Congrett. It ll a rery plain and rery simple thing. When Iti member! oome from the Stale of Tenneuee, Congrest hat but to admit Its loyal delegation who are here and whose loyalty no man disputes) and 10 In regard Jo the other States of the Union as loyal member! are tent up. If tome man uks me, would yon admit Jell. DavU toaieat In Congress? X tay: No, no, no. But I .would admit them at fast at they oome from every dlitrlct U Ue country which tends up here loyal men to Congress. Fell owc til sens, X em not pleasing all of yon, nor do I expect to. I do net know even that I am peaking the sentiments of all who hear me. X am hero to tpeak my Individual sentiments. X hold that It It our duty to recognise tho loyal men from every Bute and every district In thlt Union. But tome gentlemen lay President Joimos hat gone off tbe traok that be bat left the Union party, un that subject I propose to make a few remarks. In the first place I d til re to ley that President Jon soh knows not what I propose te lay to-night, nor hare I ercn studied what I Intend to tay myself? but I will give you my views upon thlt subject at they come up In my mind. It It charged against President Jo h it so that he hat violated bit oath to the people of thlt country; that he vu elected at a Union man, but that he has not kept hit faith. Let ui Investigate that charge for a moment. 1 am here to lay to-night that no man can put bit linger upon nny clause of the platform of tbe Union party of 1884 which Abdbxw Jo h ion bet violated. I know what that platform wat, for X had the honor to bo one of the Bute elector! la my own Bute, and of eanrasalng my own State, and of canvassing the entire SUte of Indiana In support of Lurcum and Johksou in 188. In that national platform I found nothing against the admission of loyal member! to their eeati In Congreti. No man thought at that day why we de aired That they ihould be admitted to their seati In Congress. We kept Tennessee men In two years after the rebellion commenced, and they were In rlted by President Lmcolk, In bis Emancipation Proclamation, (o tend up their members to Con gress, and premised that whenever a district should tend a member to Congrest It ihould bo exempt from tbe operation of the proclamation freeing the negroes. Some gentlemen at thlt day do not re member that. Fresldent Jotissoif.they tay, bat not koDt faith. I ask In what particular ? What principle of onr platform , which declared that tbe war wat not to subjugate the people or destroy States: not to take away the rights of the Southern people, but to rsitore tbe Government of the United State, ever alt Itt territory T What principle of that platform his he violated T Ttie great object then declared et the war we hare accomplished by tbe aid of onr gallant soldiers and sailors In the army and nary, who fought the battlei of the coun try, not for radicalism, but for Union, for patriot Ism, for the restoration of the Government of our fathers. Loud cheeri. Did any gentleman who advocated the election of LmcoLir and Joan son, and who spoke by authority to 1664, pretend to And any platform or negro suf frage T lilt there? Can any man put Ml fluger upon It? No I It Is not In tbe Union platform. Certain gentlemen, since the rebels bare laid down their arms, tlnce they hare returned to the support of tbe authority of the United States, since they hare besn conquered, since they have cried: " Enough, enough) we yield op the fight we ac cept your termsj" since the rebels hare done that, they demand further condition! and further terms, These men lay, keep faith with certain colored gentlemen. X tay keep faith with everybody) keep faith with the soldier of our army, What did we tell the soldiers when we were calling npoo them to rally around tbe flag Wo told them It was not a war for party purposes; It was a war to tare our country) to put down the rebellion; to restore the Union. It was upon that pledge, contained In the declaration! of Congress, that onr own soldiers left their wires, their little ones, their homes and their firesides, and went Into tbe army, taking their Utcs In their bands, and suffering, bleeding many of tbem dying upon the battle-fields ef tbe country for the Union, for the perpetuity of this Govern ment, for the restoration of the Union of their fathers. Enthusiastic eheori.1 I iay keep faith with the soldier. Wo told the soldier what he wat fighting for. I am for carry ing that out In good faith. And we told not only the soldier, but we told U to the people at home, at the ballot-box, In the campaign. The Democracy, at.tbey oalled thtmttlrei, Untie mute and Copperheads, hare charged upon ut that we fought, not for the flag, not lor the Union, but to free the negroes. We denied It) we repudiated It, we said the flag of our country and tho Union of our Government wat what we were fighting for, we said tbey lied. Certain gentlemen now say they told the truth. Laughter and applause. I do not. I atlll believe Asainiu Lis col- was honest In what he said to Ho rn.cn Obislet. Now, when I hare spoken long enough, X hop ome man will pull my ooat tall and let me an nounce the neit speaker. Laughter, and cries of "Go ahead !' "go ahead '"J Gssatir, you know, undertook to lecture L15 cglx. lie thought Father Absiham wat entirely too slow juit as they now iay of Jons ion. He thought he was not fully up to tbe measure of radi calism. Father Asjubam said to him, In reply; My dear Horace, If we can have Union without freeing tbe ilavet, I will do it; If we can lave tbe Union by freeing every tlare, I will do that) or If we can save tbe Union by freeing part, and keeping part in slavery, I will do that." Did he not say so? "Yes, yes,1' and cheeri. And do you not iay that LiacoLR was tbe greatest man who ever llred? Was be not as pure and pat riot to at ever llred? Yet, If Likcolv were to lay inch a thing to-day, they would call him a "butternut" and copper head. Great laughter, and orlet of, "That's the talk." Now, then, my fellow-cltliens, there are other lubmliiloo to the Constitution and laws of our men to ,pthhcre to-olgnt. It wm not my pur common country. Tbe President of tbe United p0BC to address you In anything like a systematic States hat Isiued hit proclamation declaring that the war la orer, and so far as lies In his power re storing tbe Government of tbe United Statei end the people to all their lights under the Constitution and laws of the land 1 with the exception perhapi of the little State of Texas, which li fast traveling on the road to the same result. Borne men say there Is a great problem to solve la restoring this country. I ice no great difficulty on this tubjeot. The Statu are all alive, thank God! There Is no dead State la the Union. Tbiy art aiirt, with thiu fitats uortramsati la moon iDeech. but merely to iay a few wordi for the pur pose of filling up the time until othert ihould be here to address you. Now, then, a few words more. I lay keep faith, not only with the soldier, but with the voter at home, keep faith with tbe soldier's wife, and with tbe soldier's orphan child. We told that wife when the yielded up her husband with tears to go to bat tle for the life of hii country, that her husband was going to fight In a good oauie) to fight for the old start and stripes, the old flag of our fathers. X !, this, kep filth Wit tht foUIsr, with till soldier's child and with the Government Itself, with that Gorernment which pledged Us honor before the world that the war was not to be a erutadc against tbe South) not to Interfere with her domestic Insti tution!. Bnt these gentlemen iay mey propose to keep faith with none of these people, that there Is another clasa of people tbey want to keep faith with. They propose to keep faith with those Amorfeaol of African descent, of whom yon hare heard. Laughter and cheers. Wei', I propose to keep latin wua mem 100. Whet did our Government promise tbem? We promised them, not at the beginning of the war but durieg its progress, their freedom. Wo lUrled out to put down the rebellion without freeing tbem, but before the war wai closed we laid slavery li 10 vitally e rip pied, wounded, and Just dragging Its careen along, that we will take Iti life aad put It out of tho way. I told tbe people of Indiana that, If we were luocessful, we would not leave a stare between Hell and the Wabash. Laughter. Now, than, to-night, I am glad to announce that the flag of our fathert waves over a country In which there Is not a tlare. All men are free, thank God. We hare kept faith with them, la glrUg them the freedom we promleed thenu. Cn any man say we promised more? Can any man tay that we promised nnlrenal(iufi"rage? That we promised political equality? Our Government promised no such thing. Itfpromlsed freedom, and freedom we bare, not only by tbe emanclpa. tlon proclamation, but tbey hare more effectually secured It by the act of Anoasw Jomtsoir, whom these men denounce. (Great Applause Avdbkw JoaKiojf, who telegraphed to the con vention at South Carolina to past the constitu tional amendment, and It was done. Amdbbw Joistori who telegraphed to Mississippi that he desired them to adopt; tbe constitutional amend ment, and It wat adopted. It It that constitutional amendment which guarantees freedom forever, and tt wai pot Into the Constitution by tbe good offices and potent voice of that old veteran and patriot, Asdeew Junasos, of Tennessee. Enthuslastlo cheering. Now, then, my fellow-cttlsens, I have talked long enough. It Is my business to preside over this meeting, and not to do tbe talking, hare tbe pleasure to introduce to yon Ex Governor Johritok, of Pennsylvania. arisen ornx-novsaxoa johmtobj. Fbllow-Citiisks: I have not the vanity to be lieve that I can say anything within your hearing to-night that will enlighten your judgment, Are your purposes, elevate your patriotism, or make yon better eltlieni of the Republlo than you are at present. I take It tor granted i am nere 10 nigm to address a body of Intelligent men who wlih to hear from those that do presume to address them, plain statements of facts, with plain argument! to lupport the position! they may assume, and to ap peal to those within whose bosomi are deeply Im planted the love of constitutional liberty, tbe ex ercise of the powers that they may possess, to pre serve that liberty Intact and secure forever. Fellow eltlieni, we are now, I my say.approech lng another of those crises that sometime! occur In tbe affairs of our country, I have passed unfor tunately through Mreral of them myself. I have rery frequently heard It proclaimed that we were Just on tbe verge of destruction end death, and yet I believe I itand before you to-n.giu a pretty uir piece of evidence that I am a in man at all events, fCrleeof "Ye, that'e eo," and laughter. But that we do occasionally approach a crlili In our Dolltlcal affaire there can be no doubt. When our Government was in Iti childhood, a trials, If I may be allowed the term, fell upon Is and tho people They were told what? Why, by those wbo held high position! of trust among them members of your Congrws that there wat a government estab lished by your eonssnt which held powtrt that were beyond your control that there wat a gor ernment formed by Intelligent men that the same body of eltlieni could scarcely alteror if they did, It must be through certain Instrumentalities. That party, felt ow-olll sens, determined to build up a national government, at tbey called ll a power and force that would reach to the ntmoit xt re nu tlet of your territory and control and subvert, If necessary, alt powers lodged In your local legisla tion, and In your local governments. It wai called tbe Federal party) and X will say here of that de funct party defunct In name that It was highly reipec table In tbe character of tbe men who com posed it, from the faot that they were bold In trowing the opinions which they did entertain. The people, my fellow-cltliens, undertook to iay that that waa not the kind of Gorernment they In tended to establish. Tbey aald, and they main tained before their fellow men, that they bad founded a national Gorernment of limited, nicer Ulned, written down and well-defined powers; and that all powers that were not 10 expressly set down In the Constitution were re 1 erred to the States, be longed to the people the mi elves. A majority of tbe American people, tbank God, met that criiis, and met It In the spirit of freemen, overturning tbe wretched and miserable dogma that wai thus at tempted to be let up to control tbe destlnlei of this oountry. Without detaining yon wlin an examination 01 the entire history of our native land, suffice it to ay that by that victory It wa! declared that there were certain right! tbat belonged to tne ciaici aau which the States bad tbe authority and power to exorcise. That doctrine prevailed, and your coun try was growing great, wat extending Its bounda ries, wat extending Us Influences, wat giving tone and character to tbe Institution! not only of thli but of other lands, until In an unfortunate hour some men undertook to preach the doctrine that lying wltbln the limita of those State right! waa a power which wai capable ofdliaolvtng tht Govern ment Itself, If those rights were Infringed upon. This wai a most fatal mistake, and so tbe result of the recent rebellion bet proved. It would have been strange, indeed, If those who framed this great Government had placed within that Government the seedi of itt own destruction the power to murder Itself Ai you conquered tbe original error that would place power In the General Government, over and above your State Institutions, by reason, by argu- ment. br jour continued political action, so when these failed to overcome tbe other heresy that of secession, rod conquered It by the power of the bayonet, and placed tbe glorious old banner of a united and universal land, 10 high above the itorms and wares of faction that we may well look for it to erer ware In triumph there. Applauae. Now. fellow-cltlsens,we are told by tbe mm who, above all others, ought to best know the Presl dent of the United States-tbat the war Is at an end. Applause. And let me ask you, Is It not so ? Ii there a single hostile gun pointed against the flag of our common country to-day ? Ii there a single drum that beat! to marihal any armed hosti? Tt there any reslitanoe te tbe power of tbe National Gorernment anywhere to-night ? Is there a flag floating throughout this wide land anywhere tbat Indicates boitlllty igalnat the glorious itari and stripes, tbe emblem of our power and nationality ? Grieicf "No," "No," and applause You are right. Then why ihould not the President of the United States, whose iworn duty It was to see the laws executed, and who to that end sent armed foroei to put down the rebellion, when that rebel UoaUd beta mtchid, and. trail rsiUtwct wu no more to be met with, Issue his prtHemetlon and Speak to the people God Almtghtyl truth, that there li no rebellion against this GeTerameot to night T Kotheilaitlo applause. But It it said It is not quite time for mat as yet. Now, we nied to hare In the West, when I wm a younger man by a great deal than I am now, a very efficient mode of settling these matter!. When two men disputed they generally pulled off tbelr coats and went to blows, and when 000 of them hallooed enough, why everybody lathe crowd said: "Ob, now, there's enough) left dipp thlt thing at once." Laughter. But If the man poretatoll in striking his combatant after he had cried "enough," the crowd rushed In, and, laid. "No; lei hare fair play) none of this.' Loud laughtoraai! applause. Now our brethren down South hate been mbi taken and they hare been whipped, wep whipped In my Judgment, and hare cried "enough." It t manly to go further and lay, "Sir, let's whip them orer agloi d strike tbem now tbat they are down and trample them In the dtut,'t Well now le."t pass on. The President It not Ignorant of the rarloui matters patting through your Congrest j and let me tay Juit here that I hare great respect for your national Congress. I do not know 70ur President more than I hare beeTftfttroduced toblm on one or two occarions, and never spoke twenty words to him la my life. I know many of your members of Congreei, and I know mtny of tbem to be highly estimable gentlemen. They were tentto this Congress to perform a particular daty) and I trust they are performing that duty at they under stand It. And while there In the performance of tbat duty I am willing to sustain them at a branch of the Gorernment) bnt whenever they step be yond the line of that doty for the purpote of making unjust altaoks upon a co-ordinate branch of the Government, I am opposed to suitaliilng tbem. Loud applause. What do they do ? They pass an act, and the President of tbe United States, In tbe exercise of a Constitutional power, refuses his auent to It. I roted for Anoaxw Jon mo jr. I voted for him on the platform that was made at Chicago, because I thought It wu a very good platform) and 1 roted for him on the platform that was made st Baltimore for the tame reason. We thought we were not bod off for platforms; there was enough In them, any how, Laughter Now, my fellow-cltliens, I say here to-nlgbt, fear lessly, that Ahdeew Jo a iios, your President, itandi precisely on the platform that was made for him by the party that nominated him at Ueltlmore Enthusiastic applause. He sUndi on precisely the lame platform that Congress made for you and me by their resolution, that thlt war, at tbey call It, waa prosecuted for the purpose of putting down the rebellion against the laws and re storing this Union. Let those Congrett men, many of whom roted for that resolution, go te their own record and they will find tbey are either by tbelr actlooi to-day lying to tbelr constituent! or they were thtn. "That's 10," and applause. So, fel low-cltlsens, I iay they were stating to the people what tbey wanted the people then to believe, What was It? Why tbat this war wu undertaken to put down the rebellion, to restore the suprem acy of tbe laws, and to maintain Inviolate this Union and to preserve the nationality of this peo ple. There Is tbelr resolution. You can read It cause they cannot agree among themselves on any one subject. Laughter. Why they hare thirty or forty propositions to amend your organlo law tho Constitution of your country, nnder which yon hare llred some eighty or ninety yean, Thlt tm maculate Congress hss been 10 long In session) to long away from their constituent,- that tbey hare toet their Integrity to a great extent and their straightforwardness, and become well versed la the tricks of the trade hence the nnmerout pro peel tlom for amendment. Suppose all are accepted, why we will then hare to resolve those who are In Congrest Into tome kind of a court I do not know what you might call Itto expand the Constitution and to do nothing else. It will take a lifetime and, more than a lifetime, It will take half the Hfe-tlme of the nation before they can get the rarloui clauses of b ivonimuiion expounuea to weir own lauiiao tlon, If Ihty make no more progress than they hare been makjog In settling these questions for the lut fire months. Laughter anLapplauio. Is It fair, Is It Just) It It manly, for these gentle men to pour lA their speeches, day after day, and hoar after hour, at the expenre of the people for the purpote of prostrating one solitary man, whose patriotism Is undoubted, whose fidelity to your Union hu stood shocks tbat probably would tbake off many of them from the platform ? A man who hu nerer faltered to the performance of any duty whatever, and who It to-day a better advocate of the righti of all men, without regard to color, than those who are finding moat fault with him. Ap plause. And yet the great Industrial Institutions and Interests of the country are made to suffer j and your local legislation it all forgotten. The whole business of Congrest fer the put four months appears to hare been to endearor to con struct out of a non-conitructlon committee some kind of a itructure tbat would bedevil tbe Presi dent and the people. Loud laughter and applause 1 uid not come to tots city to-day, fellow-c iti sens, with any Intention of making a speech to you to night. During the coming canvass I purpose mak ing tpeecbea throughout my State In favor of the policy of tbat stern patriot at the other end of the Avenue, and If he only adheres to the position which he Is now maintaining, I will guaranty tbat the people of Pennsylvania will sustain him. Loud and prolonged applauae. We have no Idea of not doing so in my bumble Judgment. Re newed applause. If I am again to put on my po litical harness, which I supposed I bad taken off altogether, and again atump my native State, I will do It with pleasure tc maintain tbe true principles or this uovernment, to secure the rights which may Jaitly belong to all the people of every race and color, and above ell tbe constitutional right of the Executive of my common country. Loud applause. Let me say another word In conclusion. I heard a learned gentleman making a speech the other day, and among things he laid that there wu noth ing looked to centralisation of power on tbe part of Congress, but there waa an effort to eitibliih a one man power on the part of the Executive. Well. all I have to say Is, that the Executive takea a strange mode of doing It. I am not rery shrewd, but If I were going to create a power within myself to control this Uovernment, I would never object to signing lb Freed man's Bureau bill, by which I would hare had tbe appointment of some 500,000 men to rally aroaod Itt standard-bearer, the now tainted and I m mortal LucoLn. War came; war., with Iti stern demands upon the oltlien; war, with Itt service of blood and loll and danger) and with harder fate than all. Its long farewell to home and Iti comforti; Its laddest parting! with loved ones tbat thlt world has erer aeen; and with "six hun dred thonsand more," I took my gun, a trapped on my knapaack, and followed the atar-llt flag wher ever It led tbe way. Before I started I made np my mind what this ar wu forj In what Interest, and fur what purpose it wu waged. I found that by the moat solemn declaration of Congress) by every proclamation of our g. id and wise Preeldent) by tbe undivided sen timent and understanding of our people that It was to defend and maintain the Constitution and all lawa made In pursuance thereof, and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired, and that u soon u tbeie objects were accomplished, the war ought to cease." If any other motlre influenced those who administered this Gorernment It wu withheld from the men who enlisted In the service. If any ulte rior object wu lo the hidden design! of the nation, It never llred la the noble hearts of those who marched to the hostile plains of the South. Any other disposition of these great erenti will prove a gigantic and unholy fraud, Insulting to the memo ries and lo dlarespect of the herolo devotion of thoee gallant men whose bodies are strewn from tbe Po tomac to the Bio Grande, but whoso spirits bare gooe to swell the ranks of tbe God of Battles. In tbe fall or 1804, during tbe lut Presidential can 111, on a two month' leave of absence In the great 6tates of Pennsylvania and New York, I gave my exclusive time to advocate tbe election or Abra ham Lis co li andAsoaiw Jouxios, on a platform hlch resolved that there should be no 'compro mise with rebels except such u may be baaed upon an unconditional eurrender of their boitlllty, and a return to their flrst allegiance to the Constitution and lawi of the United Statei." In thai referring to myself It Is to prove that I have a right to speak here this evening u a Union man and u a Union soldier. I fought against the political Innovations of American slavery when many ofthepreaent radicals were In oloae communion with the old Whig and Demooratte parties. Wlthevoryforwardstepoftbat great uprising against tbe surrender of this land to the demands of slavery I have been Identified. I have been la iti forlorn hopes, In Its mightiest usautts, In itt overwhelming victories,- in every oontest my aid hat been freely giren to It) and nnder tbat glorious and victorious Union banner which waved over me In tbe martial campaigns, and floated proudly in tbe lut national canvass, I sUnd to-night without a change of principle or without one fear of defect. I stand here, however, claiming and demanding that tbue solemn pledges made to the people tkail fo reiWnW. I sUnd here to-nlgbt, and In rery truth we can say, "all is now quiet along tbe Potomac." Yee, thank God, no cloud of dust borers orer any advancing columns, no martial tenia whiten yonder hills, no boom of cannon ushers lo tbe hour of deadly strife; no sad procession of death comes back from tbe fierce com bat with tbe foe' Thlt calm April night your "eagle towera" unmolested over every foot of American soil, and no traitor lives to day whodarea to lift hi a Impious hand for the pbyilcat deilruc for yourselves Now, then, fellow-oliliens, you I egents to asiut its in carrying out my news. Hor I tn of lWl grt4t Government. rm. I wouia a cuaer nave reiuivu 10 uga in urn iviguia 1 v0t oalj TIIE RATIONAL REPUBLICAN rUBliflnKI) DAILY., Till If ATIOXAL BITUBUCAS fe palliated every morelig (Stadsya exeepted) by V. J. KtTEf A k Co , JT. fill -tlalk ttreet,aad It riraUhel to eaeecriberc (by earrlen) at TI eeste per saoata. Mall labeertbere, $1.00 per auaua $100 fer ate noilhi j aad $100 fer tare Heaths, laearialy Ste 4 eario. Tire eeplee one year, $M.O0. Blaile eeplee, $ eeate., TUB WIBXIT VinOfflL XirrJBLICAX lajablUktd every Friday morales 1 One eery eae year, SI 00) Three copies oae year, $3.00 1 Tea eeplee ae year, 1S 00. find these resolutions and you find thlt platform, Where hu your Preeldent departed frou. either? He bu not done to to any particular. Fellow-citlieni, permit me to say that I am here to-nlgbt standing before an audience of strangers, aad I beiitate not to lay that no man ever ad dressed you wbo was more conscientiously an op ponent of slavery than the humble individual who addresau you. I stood lo my State the opponent of tbe Institution of slavery, when probably there were twenty poll tt el ana In tbe State who stood alongside of me. What, then, did I stand the ad vocate of? Tbat the Btate of Pennsylvania would Interfere with the Institution of slavery, ai It ex isted In the State of Maryland or Virginia? No, fellow-cltUeni, 10 help me God, I never urged such a measure, because I bad taken an oath to support our Constitution. I stood there end said, Let slavery go no further than It wu. When your new Territories are thrown In to tbe market I want tbe lands to be cultivated by freemen. I want free Institutions to overshadow your Territories u they oome Into the Union, and not what I believe to be an Institution that was calculated to retard tbe prosperity of the people that of slavery." To that extent I went, and no further. To that extent I am here to-night to go, and no further. Now, fellow-cltliens, one of the Incidents and events of this war wu necessarily the destruction of slarey. It wu the cause, the. main and pow erful motive tbat produced the war, and each party tells you so, from the North as well as from the South. Your Southern men will tell you that It wu abolitionism In the North. Abolltlonlim of what? Slavery. That produoed the war. While tbe men from tbe North wilt Ml you that It the power of tbe slave Institution. Let whoever mey be right In this matter, (and, of course, believe tbat those In the North are right,) none can deny the fact tbat slavery waa the cause of tbe wart and, being the cause or tbe war, wben the war for Its maintenance felled, then slavery fell, and all within the bounds of this great Union became free, without regard to color or race. Itwu a glorious consummation when tho banner of freedom hung orer this entire laud, al though It wu tbe Inoldent of a war Now, hu the distinguished patriot at tbe other end of the avenue, Andrew Johnson, In a single In stance, or In any manner attempted to arreat Ita great progress of human liberty. Cries of " No," 'No." I have felled to see It If be has I bare failed to see la hla entire action anything but a full and entire concurrence in tbe events that have happened, and which are rapidly hurrying ua on to be a united, I trust, as we Inevitably inuit be, a great and powerful nation. Loud applause Now, fellow-cltliens, tbe President vetoes another bill; and here I know you will purdon me for the egotism tbat may be connected with tbe relation I am uked as a party man to vote against tbe President'! veto. I em oalled upon rote In favor of all the prlnotplos of the fugitive sieve law, wben lo, I went through the entire State or I'enuaylvanle, from county to county, pleading and begging tbe people never to unite or agree to a law which, lo my Judgment robbed the State of Pennsylvania of all authority over her Judicial, over ber eieout.u, and all other officers, and which gave to a paid commissioner the liberty of putting a man, who happened to he darker in color than I was, into the publlo prisons, and no Judge dare laiue a writ of habeas cor put tot the purpoie of taking him out, for the aole purpoie of Inquiring whether he wu a slave or not. Against that Iniquitous law I raised mv voice as I raise my voice, If I understand it. against the elrtt right! bill, which Is now being debated lo tbe Senate or tbe united mates to-day, aud for which no man who feels that bis State ought to be Independent will ever cut a rote. Loud and continued applause. I hare no doubt that thli same power would drive your President away; but where would tbey drive him ? Tbey cannot drive him off the Balti more rla t form, beoauso they can't lUnd on It thimithei. JLanghter and spplause- Tbiyoan sot Wti Urn Into tit lupport of uj ami are, be- bill, as I would by tbat bill have bad tbe appoint ment of commissioners to act as official agents to aid me In my designs. No, fellow-oltlteni, that Is not the way a man would proceed to build up a "one man ' power. He deliberately throws Iheie things, which would ma- materially aid him, away. He says; "I do not want your patronage, go away, you cannot tempt me to a wrong to tbe Constitution by your patron age. I will stand by the right, appealing to the people, to whom I hare never appealed In vain, to sustain me. If tbey desert me now In my old age, In tbe exerclie of the high duties tbat I hare been called upon to perform, I shall lay down my life willingly, u I will all obligations that they have placed upon me, In adherence to what I believe to be (uit and right" Cries of "Good," and ap plause. Tbe speaker, after thanking the audience for their patient attention, retired amid great applause. dispatch raoic now. x, w. baud all. -The following dispatch was read by the Chair man, from the President of the Union National Club. XmiiA, Maw Toax. Hon. Orten C(i Smith, it t'. , Washington, D, C.t If I do not get back, say to the meeting, for me, that I endorse fully the objects of tbe meeting. The poller of Prettdcnt Joaxson waa the policy of Mr. Lixcolk and the policy of the Union party at the laet Presidential election. There Is neither palliation nor excuse for this war on Tub Pbbsi- DEM'. Ill WILL OUTLIVE IT. I believe bll policy Is right, and embraces tbe only constitutional mode of settling our difficulties, and I wilt do all In my power to sustain It. A. W IUsdali irEBCH or obit jobs l, iwirr. We hear a good deal said about torles, and trai tors and copperhead, In these days, concerning certain prominent members of tbe Union party, and everything that Is rery bad and devilish Is Im puted to President Johuion and bll supporter within that organisation .Now, my fellow.oltlsens, I don't propose to pais for a tory, and I have not been reckoned much of a copperhead ; and yet I do, with all my might, mind and strength, sustain the statesmanlike and patriotic policy of the President uf tbeie United States. I give to It no uncertain or questionable sanction j but I bold to It with tbe loe which a patriot should feel for his country, and tbe unibaken felth which a Christian has for bis creed All I have learned from tbe fathers and founders of this Government compels me to do this, all 1 hare In common with my comrades striven for In the wild conflict of battle t all of human happl neia and human dignity that I bope to transmit to my children , all, all of glory and grandeur which I see in vision la yet to clutter around my nation's future, la bound up and Interlinked with (he tuocess of tbat policy. For fourteen years I bare been in active jolltl- odl Hie, and every aiplratlon or my )oulh, every act of my luauhood has been to place tbe Adminis tration of the American Gorernment "oponly, ao tlvety and perpetually on tbe side of freedom " That has been tbe phlloiopby of my politic al course. To realise It, lo the year 1853, I went among the hills and valleys of aj native New England to advooate tbe cause of the ma Wor whom I then voted the Hon. John P. II a ta Tor Presi dent of tho United btates, Ae a member of tbe Legislature or tbe State in which 1 was born, I op posed disqualification and di.tloctton before tbe law beoauso of color. I plead for tbe removal of a Judge, for whom I had the highest personal con sideration, because In my opinion heneedletalyand lllegslly, ai an officer of the State, lent hli willing co-operation to reduce to alatery a man on the lull of Musachuselta, In that nine body 1 voted, in 1855, for the Hon, Ilisar Wilioi, end In 18)7 for the Hon. Cuablei Sum sir, as Senators of tbe United fctatei. In tbe historical campaign of I860, in one hundred and twenty of tbe towna and cltlei of tbe EaaUrn, Middle and Western states, Not only bu the din of warfare been huibed and Its desolating ravagea been aUyed) not only have the opposing armlee been disbanded and tbe rebel llous communities conformed their local customs and their municipal laws to tbe result! of the late war) but the fetal doctrine of secession, and the prime and controlling oauieofall our troubles have been laid forever In the dust. State rights and slavery, the twin demons that threatened our fair domain of liberty, have gone down under tbe blow a of civil war never to reappear. Now we uk wby, after order is restored throughout our borders, when no living man aiialls thlt Gorernment) when every lasue pertinent to the struggle hu been carried far us, when tbe only danger to a perpetual Union, the fallaoy of State sovereignty, bu been abandoned, wben all tbe fetters of tbe bondman are forever tundered and no chain clanks around tbe limbs of unwilling alares, wben more than tbe wisest statet man ever foretold or tbe most ardent dreamer ever hoped for hu come to ut; when by tbe highest olTcIal promulgation peace hu been proclaimed, whj is It tbat the sole object of tbe war and the paramount duty of peace, the restoration of the Unior It stilt unaccomplished ? Tbet is the ques tion at this time we aik In all candor, and no true or abiding peace will rlilt our beloved land until It tt answered, and answered right, We do not uk why the teit oath Is not repealed, for neither tbe President or any member of the Union party require the disabilities to be taken off from tbe chief Instigators or principal participants of the rebellion. We do not uk why Jefferson Da rts, and the five hundred other leading civil, mill 4ary, end diplomatlo abettors of treason which tbe President bat filed for trial, and u we trust for doom, are atill unarralgned, because the Chief Jus tice of tbe United States hat eettled tbat question by a refusal to sit In court upon tbem. We don't ask why tbe Democratic party It not restored to political power, for we know that tbe people hare little Inclination to boitow that organisation again with the control of tbe Government, and will not do so, If the Union party proves faithful to Ita truits, and is capable of administering Ht power for tbe honor of the whole country, and tbe common good of all its Inhabitants. Hut we do uk wby it Is that eleven States In the attitude of complete submlselou to the laws and Constitution of tbe land, whose Htate government are In exact conformity to otery demand which the war created, and whose people In no way and man ner Indicate hostility or opposition to the govern ment, are silll unrepresented In the national legis lature? Why is it that they are still compelled to obey laws In which tbey have no tolce In making9 Wby are they stilt governed In a way wholly re pugnant to our American system, and why Is the power of the sword eterolied, wben the sword has been ibtatbelf Tbe answer Is plain, there can be no other, it Is because radicalism will bar tt si Radicalism assumes tbe right, and eierclces tt, of denting with the eleven revolting btalcs It did during tbe war, and as though tho war still con tinued. Now, in this matter the radicals are either right or wrong If they are right, then tbe Preeldent Is wrong, and we are all wrong In supporting him, It It uieleM to honttfugglt with this subject any longer Tbe radicals and the President cannot both be correct In their positions One or tbe other it unsound Which is it' On the decision of that question brings all our future. If Congress was right In 1801, when It aald the war ought to ceue when the Constitution and the laws were main tained, and the dignity and the equality of the States were preserved unimpaired, then the radi cals are wrong now in not stopping the war at thli true. No man will maintain that this war hu tnded while tbe rights of legtilstlon are withheld from eleven Statei, and military rule ii extended over them. If tbe American people were right In conditions hare been most ompUteiy obUlnedU If tho course purrued by us In tho war ought to pre vail la peace, then-the radical Is right. If eight millions of people, engaged In tho ordinary aroca tlona .of life, occupied In fields of Industry and en terprise, nurturing no open hoetllitr, plotting do scheme of disruption to the supreme authority, are to he dealt with la the tame vindictive tptrlt. with tbe lame Iron rule of subjection, and with tho tame strong band that wu meted out when armies were mustering and conflict wu general, then tho radical Is right. To me there seems to he a difference, and no slight difference, between a rebel with a musket fighting to destroy this Gorernment, and a eltlien who solemnly avows his determination to ho faith ful to Its lawi and yield to It perfect obedience. The radical tayi he It the tamo man sow that ho wutfaou. X deny It, X lay be It sot In arms against the Gorernment. I say he Is not fighting your flag. I iay he Is not iwayed by tbe same Im pulses, designs or motives. I say hie lateretU are with yon and not against yon. He hu no prospect In this world that Is not allied with youn. X main tain tbat he ti m different as two men can be, and to treat him In both oases alike is abhorrent alike to civilisation and Christianity, If our radicals see bo difference In the condition of affairs, when Lis at the head ef a rebel army moved on your capital. and tbat same General In elUaeni' dress, with a surrendered iword, obeying the order of a Congres sional committee, and appearing In Wuhlngton to teatlfy on tbe subject of reconstruction, then we can inform tbem that the people of this country do see a difference, and will demand that the legisla tion of the land shall recognise It. Seeing tho right as " God glret me to tee tbe right," the radi cal programme Is fraught with evil and mischief to tbe oountry Tne denial or representation to tbe Hon them States settles nothing now, and can never settle any point la dispute. It cannot settle the financial problems of the country, and It cannot Battle tho suffrage question. Both these problems can only be determined with wisdom and propriety In a united country. Erery danger and difficulty which Is'urged against representation and restoration, It augmented tenfold by non-representation and non reitoratlon. It prevents ua from having one country j It disturbs your commercial and Indus trial, re'atlona.erery mechanic In his shop, erery merobant In his counting-room, erery farmer In his field, delves, labors and plant with lest reward and with leu certainty. By thlt wicked and Incompre hensible delay we are postponing tbe groat day of national untty and fraternity, forwbloherery loyal cttlien prayed, and erery soldier went dowa to his bloody grave, to secure. We must lire with tho Southern people u friends, or forever u enemies. Which ihall It be? If u enemies, then bid rare well to all your proud hopes of the future, to all your eberiihed prospect of a happy and prosperous nation, for no peace can come to yon on those terms, except the peace which would find yon or they buried lo a universal sepulchre. Erery reason presented against the admission or recognition of the Southern Statei will bo ai ratld ten years or twenty yean u they are to-day If we ere erer to bare a union of hearts and union of hands, a union of lakei and a union of lands, It Is time to commence the work In good fallh. Unless ttje eight mllllona of Southern people are hereafter to be endowed with tbe privileges ana snare in tno opportunities and glories of tblt Republic, then thla "wu it a failure, " aad tali American Uovern ment It a mockery. Tbat Is tbe terrible conclusion of radicalism, and I resent and repel It u an Amer ican, as a soldier, and as a member of the Union parly. Under the specious pretexts of derotlon to the Union the radicals are hindering Its true des tiny and halting Itt sublime march. With a special anilety for the security of the future they aro doing their ntmoit to mir Itt prospects and blight tts Immeasurable chances. With pharisaloal pre tension of ultra loyalty they are madly delaying the proudest consummation of a loyal nation. Radi calism Is "UkMbo bat or tadlan brakes, Iti plaloae faae Ibe wound It aiakee. Aad eaolblnx Uu the dreamer's pal a. It drtokihU life-blood from tbe vela M Among the horrible tortures which thssabrtdled license of tbe French Revolution In Iti taturnalla of revenge developed, wai to bind some living rlc tlm lo the deed body of friend or foe and cut tbem together to the flame or tbe billow. So radicalism would lash and Interlock eleven "dead" States to thli living and vigorous Republic, and fling uj, thui chained, to the unceuing flames of political hatred, and to thea raging seal of political discord. We pro test that such an Inhuman fate baa neither tho sanction of religion, humanity, or American states mania t p. Against, this harmful policy we must make unrelenting opposition. Your emblem of na tionality wares undisputed over every Inch of Amer ican territory) thirty millions of cltiiem render tt unrercrrcd fealty, conflicting system! of labor no longer clash either In Interest or prejudice; labor, free, unrestricted, compensated labor. Is u univer sal as the boundaries of our empire; and by Itt genial and Irreplttible Influences all our problems are to be solve 1, and our great destiny Is to be ao cotopliihod Loyalty hat not for fifty yean meant ro much and itrovo for 10 much u it doei at this moment throughout the length and breadth of this land Let ui have, then, peace In earnest, peace wltbin our hearts, with tbe laying down of the weapons and Irapleroenta of war; let us also lay down Its Individual animosities, Itt appeals to pu ilon, its unfriendly language, and Its eoelal rage. Let ut give our efforts, our voices, and our rotes, to sustain tbe President In bis attempt to admlols ter over the whole country Instead of on iml of tt. Let us net er retire from this contest until thirty six stars shine out with lustre from tbe spotless aiure of our flag. Let us stop making disorganis ing and disturbing platforms, and putting up bravo Union captains to run tbem through on their personal popularity. Let ut try titles with the radicals for the Union party. Wo itand by the eolomnly Altered purposes of the war. If those objects were sacred enough to die for, tbey are sacred enough for thoao who hare survived the vtrife to live for and uphold to-day. Wo itand by tbe arowrd principle! of the Baltimore plat form of lbfll, if It wai good enough theo, It if gond enough now. If anybody hu left the position then taken, It li not President John- aox or bis friends, but tbo radicals. If anybody bu, or Intends to abandon those greit principles for which we fought and voted, it Is they, and not 01. We hold to tbe felth which bu outlived tbo storm of battle and the fiercest contention of par ties It Is our felth to-day, and we are not to bo swayed from It by "any wind of doctrine." When thla Uauela fairly made up we will sweep tho uhes clean " When the radicals hare Ibe courage to make an open aud distinct light they will go to tho wall In every 6uto In thli Union. Let Ucm make but one campaign on tbat "line," and they will never be beard of hereafter In history. Aboro all, my old comrades In tho Union ranks, don't ha afraid of belngalfed names. Don't be alarmed at tbe cheap dodge of attempting to fasten upou you the oflenilve epithet of "oopperhead," Ten years of my life I had hurled at me the rather nn pie want appellation of "long-heel" and 'freedom-ihrteher.'1 I have lived lo lee freedom triumph and every slave BiaklQa tba ultimatum of peaca, dajwnd upoo tha untndar of uoiUUtlaa, and tha raturn to allajlauo. I .MvMUrf. .d m, v..,, ,... lnM, .va. to tha aitant of mj ahlUlj I uphald tha ataadatd on tha put of tha 6outh, th.n tha radloal li wroo now. 0fUBijo.bUapjt7, bMiaohlBf 07 oountry. now la not HittrUf praotloal siui whin thou lira jaan o tha JUntrltu joonla aAt Into J ill j