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Jdge A idrIeh's Address to the Grand Jury. fAR&exen of the Grand Jury: 'ARt1e toil and suffering of four years' tIes war-after the devastation and al imost atter ruin that rour beloved State has adergoe--after our frank acknowledgment *~tI[g and defeat. and the gencral and -tuthful acceptation of the condition in which tbe result of the war has placed us, I hoped snd believed that a generous enemy would Et.nly permit us to solve the great problem. pation, and to commence the great t174"ieving our lost and ruined for lts but that they would liberally extend ~ibr id and sympathy. I believed because the strong are generally gene beiiane the war was waged to pre *ff. the~ Union: because of the ancient lenories, glories and triumphs of the Repub Ile: beiuse of the feelings and associations 'whicb not even the war had destroyed: be v o our coustancy and sincerity had been piedOPn every battle field: and because, in rWor ihat sincerity, nealy every family U the-14Wt. is clad in the habiliments of ~agning With these feelings and senti :aopeopie hailed gladly the proclama V.ithe Preddent, and heard with joy his dediration that "It becomes 6ccessary and totarry out and enfarce the abligati,ins Uthe. United States to the people of South 4 rthiia, in securing them in the enjoyment of *repiicaa ftrm of government," and immme ~digy,.n4er tie proclam-ition of Provisional *eGtsnor Perry, went into Convention, alter "iAi 'Aneuded'their Constitution.ar d passed Sidinances ax they were led to believe 1 "quicky restore them to their-rights in the Uiot as A people, and to their position e .ae. Our Judges were required to open -t Cwerts--our Legislature was invited to -init laws suitable to the altered condition of - -ity--aniaf classes urged to commence h*workof recuperation and reconstruction. -Mg-we commenced the revolution in good so we accpted our failure and defeat in a1tith, and have earnestly, truthfully and uauflDy come up to all the requiremnts of *4~t'a*Morl. Rut what is thle spectacle to byf -tarti*t law prevails, and even the u~~adguentsand sentences of the Courts SI ioterfered writh and prevented witbout -~'~1~M~rt?bea eircumstar.ces, it is now my anMOduty to bring to your notice a conflict sagority between the civil authorities of '-' SMte, and the military authorities of the -tetd States, which has lately occurred in Magi2~estons and which, in my opinion, makes ioenly useless, but humiliating for the -J!dges to attempt the administration of jus *;s. t that Court some persons were tried enconvicted of~ larceny arnd receiving stolen ,' p. The punishment provided by the law -'1'these crimes is whipping and imprison -n elat. At the close of the Court the pris rawere brought up for sentence, and I ~posd; -the punishment prescribed. The east morning these sentences were published -a the datily newspapers of the city. That - gw~aJfomed-by the Deputy Sheriff, * sent to the -Ceutt House to re ~ra immetsliate attendanee before Gen. Seemett, the oeficer in command of the Dis bkt: tJpon 'being informed that I had ad Joenedte Court he retired, and innhour - arstwo retrd still not finding me at the (Court House he was directed to my lodgings. After waiting there some time to see me, I being out, be was questioned agamn by the D)epoty Sheriff, who informed him that it was not probable 1 would return again before sight, and who proposed to the soldier to leave the paper which he had for me with him and he would hand it to me on my re turn. The soldier replied that he had no apror leter for me. The next morning the an called again and was shown to my roem. He produced the following paper which gras addressed to Judge Aldrich. - "Hn'es, Paavos-r MARSALsu OmFcE, Military District of Charleston, Charleston, S. C., Feb. 16, 18661. Hon. - Aldrich, Charleston, S. C. The Bv't Brig. Gen. Commanding directs met present his ':ompliments and desires to see you at his office immediately. Very Respectfully, FRANK GEISE, 1st Lieut. N. Y. V. V., Provost Marshal" To which I returned the following reply: " Mis. Gmims, Charleston, Broad-st., 16 February, 1866. Si, I have just received your note inform ing me that the Br'vt Brig. GenI. Comnmnd ing desires to see me at his offieimmediately. j recfully inform you, that if I had any business with the General I would promptly call upon him for its transaction. But as I a- n.t aware. of any mnaer_ either publie or private which demands my presence, I beg leave respectfully to decline to answer your summons. If the Gen. has any business with me, it will give me great pleasure to receive him at my place of residence, while in the city, Mrs. Gidiere's Broad-st. Respcajully, your obd't sei., A. P. ALDRICH." Lieut. Geise. The ntxt morning Lieut. Geise called on me, and was shown to my room. He iriform ed me that he had received my reply to his note of yesterday, and that he was directed I by Gen. Bennett to call on me in person, say that he was very much engaged in his office, expected to leave town, present his compli ments, and respectfully ask me to come to his I office, as he wished to see me on public busi ness of the nature of which he was- not in formed. I asked him what hour the General had appointed to see me? He replied imme diately. I then said, I have no alternative. I am ready to go now. To which Mr. Geise politely answered, "Judge, consult your own convenience." I rejoined, as my presence is required, one hour will suit me as well as an other. The Lieut. conducted me to the head quarters, the residence of the late Judge King, on the corner of Meeting and George streets. I was presented by him to Gen. Bennett, who received me politely and said, that he had seen my reply to Lieut. Geise, the Provost Marshal, which he considered disrespectful. I answered I am sorry you so regard it, Gen., as I intended it to be entirely respectful. He said, '1 think it rather curt.' I then remark e, that the office of a Judge of the Superior Courts of South Carolina had always been I considered a position of great dignity and re sponsibility, that those who had preceded me had maintained the dignity of the station, and that I was not inclined to depart from their example. I added if I had been in Charles ton on my private affairs, and he had sent a private soldier to request my attendance at his office, or directed his Provost Marshal, a Lieut., to write me a note making the same request, I would have had no hesitation in complying. But that I was in Charleston in my official capacity, and in the actual dis charge of my duties. That I thought some thing was due to the dignity of my office, and that he might at least have addressed a note to me under his own hand. I further said, that not only here, but I believe through out -.he United States, a Judge of a So perior Court was con.idered as the equal in rank of a Brevet Brigadier General. He then aked n,e if I did not recognize the authority of the United States Governine, t in the State ? I replied that I did, that I was forced to do so. He then said I represent the Gorernment,and alhough it would have given e pleasue to call upon you, I yet think your reply might hive -beer. less curt. I answered that I was not making a question of rank, but simply bringing to his view what was due to my of ficial station, that my reply was to a note of a Lieutenant, acting as Provost ~Iarshal, and not to him, and that I represented the Judi cial Department of the State. Hie then drew my attention to a report of the sentences passed by me in the Couit of Sessions; which had been published in the Daily News, and asked me if the report was mcor ret Adding, these reporters sometimes make reatblunders and we are led into error. I replied, the sentences are correctly reported. He said, I supposed so, as I sent the Provost Marshall to~the Clerk's Office to examine the Record's and be so reported. He then said, I am requested by Gen. Sickles to request you to revoke these sentences, as they are in vio lation of his Orders, and not consistent with the advance of civilization and the humanity of the age. I replied, that I bad never seen Gen. Sickles' order, but that if I had it would hare made no difference, and that I could not revoke the sentences; that the punishment of whipping was provided by the lair, that as the presiding Judge I could not dispense with it, my only discretion being the number of stripes to be inflicted, and the letmgth of time to be imprisoned. He then handed me Gen. Sickes' order No. 1, of the 1st January, 1866, and called my attention to- paragraph xviii. "Corporeal punishment shall not be inficted upon any person other than a minor, and then only by the parent, guardian or teacher, or one to whom said minor is lawfully bound by indenture ?f apprenticeship." I answered that I had hen~rd of the order, but that I supposed, and I believed it was the general opinion, that it applhed only to ne groes, and that the persons sentenced by the Court were white pogple, who had .violated the law of the State. He said the order was general in its application. I then explained to him the division of our State Courts into Law, Equity, Court of Ap peals, and Court of Errors, that each of these Courts had its exclusive jurisdiction; and .that all of the Judges were~ of equal rank and dig nity. -He asked if the Chief Justice was in town, and if be was not of saperior rank ? I replied that the Chief Justice was in the city, but t.hathe was not of superior rank to the other Judges, that he presided in the Court of A p peals, which is a separate Court, and in the Court of Errors, which is composed of all the Judg.s, and that in that Court eachWJudge had the same rank, dignity and authority that the Chief Justice possessed. He thein asked if there was no way of revoking the ,c:txics Smein, it will be very unDICas ant, Judge, to break up that Court of your,s at the Court House. I answered that it would not only be unpleasant but very unfortunate, as the Courts bad been re-opened, and civil law restored by the invitatian of the Govern ment and the Military Authorities I ,aid further, there i. but one way in which the whipping can be avoideO, anf that is by ap plying to Gov. Orr to exercise his Constitu tional power and grant a pardon. I added, it may also be avoided by your taking the pris oners out of the custody of the Sheriff. He then said, I understahd you to decline to re voke the sentences. I replied yes, I have no power to do so, the prisoners are beyond my reach, and I have adjourned the Court. He then terminated the interview by saying, that the conversation would be reported to Gen. Sickles, and that I might hear from him in the course of the day, he also said there would be no restraint placed on my movements, in reply to an answer which I made as to leaving the city. This is the substance of the conversation which I had with Gen. Bennett, and it is also proper to mention, that his manner and that of Lieut. Geise was respectful, polite and courteous. I heard nothing from him either 1 that day or the next. Monday, Mr. Carew, the Sheriff, and myself, had a consultation, and we agreed that the most respectful and judicious course to be pursued, to test the question of authority and terminate the con flict of jurisdiction, was for him as Sheriff, to give notice to the United States officer in command of the jail, that he would proceed to executl the sentence of the Court, the next day at 11 o'clock. He informs me that lie wrote a note to that effect and proceeded to the jail the next morning for that purpose. He reported to me that the next morning he did repair to the jail at the appointed time, and was informed by the non-commissioned officer in charge, that he could not permit him to have access to the prisoners. He then went to headquarters to ascertain if he was excluded by authority, and if he was to be prevented from executing the laws, which had been declared of force by the joint Pro clamations of the Provisional Governor of the State and of General Gilmore, the U. S. Offi cer in command of the Military District. The following official communication has been sent to him: "IIEADQUARTES, MILITART DISTRIcT OF CHARLESTON, DISTRICT OF S. C., Assistant Adjutant General's Office, Charleston, S. C., February 19, 1866. Jon-. E. CAREW, Sheriff of the District of Charleston, Sir, The Brevet Major General Command-' I ing has been informed that you propose to in flict the punishment of 39 lashes upon a per son named ,Charles Fox, now confined in the District jatil, pursuant to a sentence of the 'Court of Genera! Sessions, Mr. Judge Aldrich presiding. IThe officer in command of the jail has been notified not to permit this punishment, and the sentence cannot be executcd. Any attempt by you to execute elsewhere, this or similar sentences, will be treated as a violation of General Order No. 1, dated Head quarters, Department of South Carolina, Jan 1st, 1806, a-nd promptly dealt with as. such. Punishment of the lash cannot be inflicted in this city upon any person while the military authori'ty continues in force. The Courts of South Carolina cannot have the assent, either expressed or implied, of the military autho rities, of a punishment unknown to the laws, i>f the United States. I aw, sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, M. M. RICE, Capt. 35th U. S. C. T. A. A. Adj't Gen." Now here is not only an actual interference with the authority of the Court, but its Ex ecutive Officer, the Sheriff, is threatened that if he attempts to execute the sentence he will be promptly dealt with. And this, too, in the face of the Proclamation of Provisional Gov ernor Perry and the orders of Major General~ Gilnmore. -Governor Perry, -on the 20th of Jury, 1865, said, "And P'd'o further pr'8?aini and make known, that the Constitution and all laws of force in South Carolina-prior to the secession of the State, are hereby made of force under the Proviional Government, ex cept wherein they may inflict with the pro visions of this Proclamnatibn. And the Judges and Chancellors of the State are hereby re quired to exercise all the powers and perform all the duties which appertain to their respec tive offices, and especially in criminal cases.$ Itwl eexpected of the Federal Military Auhrtes now in South Carolina, to lend their authority to the Civil Offices of the Pro-I visional Government, for the purpose of on forcing the laws and preserving the peace, and good order of- the State."' And on the 8th Sept., '65, Maj. General Gilmore, then in command of the Department, sustained the Provisional Governor by issuing his General Orders No. 30, in which is this paragraph : " 2. The Civil Courts may be re-opened, and all Civil and Municipal Officers who shall have tken the Amnesty Oath last prescribed, and' who, if they belong to either of the classes excepted from amnesty, shall have received executive .pardon, will be allowed to resume the exercise of their offcial duties, under such of the laws of South Carolina in force immne d ately before the 17th day of ov., 1860, as ~are not inconsistent with the laws of Congress and the Proclamations of the President, which laws and proclamations are in all cases to be! I had i~tenfded not to proceed beyond Col umbia, at which place I proposed to bring to 'th notice of the Grai .Jury, tis initerfer ence with the Laws and the Administration of Justice, as I have now done to you, and to decline to proceed further on the Circuit. But when I arrived there, I met His Excel lency the Governor, who hoped that the pro ceeding would not be approved by the com manding General, with whom he was in cor respondence, and I was induced to withhold my decision until he could be heard from. There being not much business before the Court, the Records and Dockets of that Dis trict having been destroyed by fire on the 17th February, 1865, I adjourned the Court before the reply of the commanding General was received. Two days after the adjourn ment of the Court, the following communica tion was received by His Excellency : "CHARLESToN, S. C., March 7, 1866. To Hs Eeallency Jame8 L. Orr, Gorernor of South Carolina: SIR :-In reply to your Excellency's seve ral dispatches, relating to the orde- of Br'vL Maj. Gen. Charles Devens, commanding Mili Lary District of Charleston, forbidding the whipping of one John Fox, a white man now undergoing sentence of imprisonment i Charleston Jail; I have the honor to inform your Excellency that Gen. Devens' order is in accordance with General Order No. 1, current series, dated Headquarters, Department of South Carolina, January 1, 1P66, and is ap proved by me ; paragraph 18 of that order provides, that corporeal punibhment shall not be inflicted upon any person other than a minor, and then only by the parent, guardian, teacher or one to whom said minor is bound as an apprintice. My General Order was not issuel until it had been submitted to your Excellency for your suggestions. No objec tion was made to the prohibition of corporeal punishment therein contained ; and the order was published before the Courts were opened. I desire to abstain from all intetference with the executien of the laws of South Carolina, unless compelled to interfere to prevent dis criminations in the administration of justice on account of the race or color of the cffend ers. Surely it would be inconsistent with the impartial exercise of any au tbority to sancti0D the use of the lash upon white persons as a punishment whilst it is forbidden as to col ored persons, without remonstrahce from your Excellency. I am -very respectfully, Your obd't serv't, D. E. SICKLES, Maj. Gen. Commanding." I have always considered the arrangement between Gov. Perry and Gen. Gilmore as a Conveition and Compact solemnly entered into on the one part, by Gen. Gilmore, rep resenting the United States Government, and on the other part by Provisional Governor Perry, appointed by the President and repre senting the Givernment of the United States as well as that of the State, for the purpose of restoring the State to her former peaceful re lations in the Union, of giving confidence to her people, and of protecting their persons.: and property. And I think it was so under stood by the President, Governor Perry, Gen. Gilore and the whole people. And I am strengthened in this opinion by the reading of Gen. Devens' order, which was issued as late as-the 10thTebruary, 1866, and which is as follows: "HD'QaS MILITARY DISTRIcT OF CHARLEsToN, DEPAWRENT OF SOUTH GAROLINA, Ass't Adj't General's Office, Charlestod, So. Ca., Feb. 10, 1886. General Orders No. 16. 1. The Courts of South Carolina having been fully organized for the dispatch of ciri and criminal cases, the Provost Courts will take no further jurisdiction of such cases af fecting white persons only, unless the rights of the military or civil authorities are involved. 2. When it is necessary that arrests should be made (in order to preserve the peace ofi the country) all white persons charged with crime against the person or property of whites, such person, so arrested, will be held in cus tody only so long as is necessary in order to turn them over to the civil authorities for trial 3. Provost Courts will ,continue as hereto fore to have juris(iction of all cases in which persons of color are parties, or in which their rights are involved,.and of all criminal cases,: in which the,offence alledged- to hava been4 committed by a white, has been against the person or property of.a person of color. -- By command of . Brevet lifaj. Gen. DEVENS. M. M. RIcE, Capt. 35th U. S. C. T., A.A.A. General." Of course Governor Orr made no objection to the paragraph in Gen. Sickles' order, which prohibits corporeal punishment, because he and every one else supposed that the order' was intended to apply to negroes, and to dis putes arising between white people and ne groes. And it would appear from the order lost above recitedsof Gen. Devens, that he so understood it, else what does he meanl by th e language, ''that the Courts of South Carolina, haing been fully organize~d for the dispatch of civil and criminal cases?" How can the criminal law be administered, if the punish ments provided be prevented ? But it seems that I am mistaken, that "th lawes of South Carolina in force imnmediately$ before the 1T7th day oj Nov. '60, cannot be ex ecuted, that this Convention, this compact is no longer of force,and can be, and has been abrogated, without the consent <>f Governor Orr, who stands in :the place of Gov. Perry, and hs been so recognized both by the Pre'i dent and the Maj.- Gen. commanding this de partment. Under these circumstances I do not see the use of holding Courts, if the judgments and sentences of the Courts can be reviewed, suspended and prevented by-the Gen. commanding; then the re-opening of the Courts and the administration of the laws is i ee okry and a farec. It will not only be a ridiculous- exhibition for Judges to ride round the State for such a purpose, but it will be a criminal expenditure of the exhausted revenues of the State to pay ju rors, witnesses and constables, to play such solemn farce. The Judiciary is a separate and independent department of the State Government, and so long as I am ettrusted with the administration of justice in'South Carolina,-I will endeavor to maintain the cha racter and preserve the dignity of the office as has been done* by the Judges who have preceded, me. If every General 'conimanding a District, or Lieutenant acting as Provost Marshal at a Court House, can call a Judge of the Superior Court before him,and say you must revoke such a sentence, or such a pun ishment provided by the law of the State shall not be inflicted, then I will not hold the Courts. I will not permit the State of South Carolina, in my person,.to be degraded and humiliated by any such military oppression and tyranny. It.was wise in Chief Justice Chase and one of the other Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States, to refuse to bold the Courts in the States where martial law was pro claimed, because they apprehended that the interference of the military would 'bring the Cort into disrepute with the people. Tis refusal was made by Judges in accord with the military authorities. But we, more trust ing in the consciousness of the good faith in which we had accepted the condition, deter mined, in our humiliation, to do iight, and not doubting that we would have-the sympa thy and support of all good men, be they sol diers or civilians, went forward to perform our Judicial duties; the very first Court proved how false was our judgment and how much wiser it would have been to hhve ful lowed the example of the-Judges of the Su preme Court of the United.States. The ques tion is, shall I go on and play my part in this 1hree? I am one of an Independent Depart ment of the Government, and while it till pain me to differ from those in whose judgment I have the highest confidence, yet I must judge for mysel4 and I am resolved not to allow the Judiciary Pepartment of South Carolina; which has ever maintained its-dignity, .to be humiliated-in my person-and, thtrefore, I stop here. I do not mean to say that the other Judges should not hold the Courts in- the Circuits assigned to them ; but, I Will say, that if they continue to hold the Courts after they have been interfered with, as I have been, I will be greatly mortified and disappointed. I know and feel the importance of holding'the Courts, of showing to the lawless aad reckless, that law is again asserted in the land; but, I also know and feel, that a greater evil can befall us than th'e temporary suspension -of justice. It is a greater evil to bring the Courts .into contempt before the people. Will it-not be a greater evil to see this Court dispersed 'iy some military officer, bccause a' sentence is imposed which does not accord with 'his- sub limated view of humanity ard juutice? WYill it not .be a greater evil to see the Court broken up, because the Judge decides that negro 'tes; timony is not admissable ? 'All these consid erations appeal to me, and having made up my niiad, that the lesser eviL,will be to sus pend' the Courts until the. .President can dec termine this conflict of authority, i'will-not proceed further in my Circuit. I 'will there fore order the Petit Jurots to be dischar'ged, and will receive any Presentments, thate you may think proper to make.' .ln theo mean ,time, I trust His Excellency-the Governor, to whom I have-made a full teport of 'all these matters, will make such aw re~pesentation to the President as will relieve' us-frQm thie -evils and oppression under whidh -we nows labor. There are several subjects of general inter et,:wlich it would.give'me pleasure to bring to you" notice, such -as the conditica of the country, the' n&cessifv to accept 'truthfully and,nanfully the ent of the war) ap. to work out-our destiny 'in:good faith, patiently ca'ncstly ecOf9nnically 'tb questierrof'labor,' the subjet of restorinug our destro.yed Public Records and Buildings, reorgan;izinig our Dis trict Police, all these matters are of peculiar i*est now; buti forbear to touch on. any of themn, because you are .powerless to act, and any suggestions which I inay make, will simply be a waste of words. I can only ex hort you to patience, to dignified endurance, and to a firm relince on a returning sense .uf Justice. Mr. Clerk, maike out the certificates for the py of.the Jurors.-and enter the following or der: - SOUTH CAROLINA, In thSsso NEwBERRY DISTRIcT,.h esos 4,y the Court, The sentonce of the Court in the case of "The State v. Charles 'Fox," 'who was con victed of Larceny-nt 'the January Termi of this Court 'in Charleston, having been pre vented being enforced, by order of Brv't. Maj.1 Gen.~Devens, commanding the District, and the said order having been apprond 'by Maj. Gen. Sickles, commandinlg the Department ; the Presiding Judge, to whom' was assigned the duty of holding Courts on the Middle Cii - cuit, deems it useless to proceed further on this circuit. When 'the administration of Just icc is permitted, and the Laws of the land are allowed to be enforced, without the pre venti,efrc.une of the muiily authotli ties, the business o tibe Courts wI- be re sumed. The Chief Justice of tbe Supreme Court of the United States b'as infomed.fbe. President that "A civil Court In a district un der martial law can only act by, the sanction and undt.r the supervison of the militmy power. And I cannot think it becomes the Justices-of the Supreme Court to. exer&is jurisdiction under such conditions." - The at tempt in Charleston to hold a civil Coraiin S66th Carolina, falthough madeirgood.th), sb(,wsthIe truth of this position,and theA propriety of holding Coirts in a- State rm Martial Law is enfarced. The Clerk and Sherifr will draw tb - sary Juries for the ne.t regular ~erm e Clerk will also send certih'ed copies of 0 s F . - der to the Clerks ofjhc Cusrts of Leilngton, Kershaw, Sumter id',atedn Districts; who will publish the same at the inftig. of their several Cotrts, and proceed d d Jur ies for the next regdar Term of their9e0 pective Court next ensuing, onder the pro visions of the Act entitled "An Act'tboOidG for the Drawing of Jiries in certain c e" passed in December, 1865. A. P AtRM March 19, 1866. Mr.Tallandigham'% peL. At ia'rge political neeting, a feWI ys since, Mr.^Vallandigan, being 'loudyes#ed for, addressedte meeting at so108 -DN - -More than tw*nty-years ago, said e,- bees he. bad a vote, he had, as a youth, ePpposeti a President not of thM parry to which he be- - longed Agaiil sonieiteen years sidce, h had -united with many gentlemen of theWig party, in this city-, in sustaining 3lIlArdVF11 more, another President for wbom !ead^oS voted. And now again for _Q etie.tida he found himself constrained, by a sinmee"d_ honest sense of duty,.to give ab ear_r - port to yet another Presideat nt efb 01 ing-at ieast upon.the q iestion of-$e eted the Freedmen's Bureau bilL Thi-ee* uight presented a novel specta&- 1 %a announced .s a uhl cetng, W-thm6in'ie unction of party. Its purp' was edned to ststaiiing the President in iti& Yeo- -hV - offer had been-madeto those - ba-h 'A. for Andrew Johnson, t5ht-they shOuZces forward and control the .meeting. not responded, and but, few 6r - present, 6nless as spectators~' All -done which deceWncy anud propiett," Perhaps thesensen did not li- they enk meet here to-nighL Very .eH. t them understand they mrust accept the eOwn. o - desert the Presideni; for just -kOkua(An drew JvAnson adhered- to' "he idq aid faitiifidly and earniestly carr^Wf _66t -his declared policy of inuediawltVriing ibs the Southern State.asquls-qual a Sttes and equals as .to. their indiv'fdual citizeus-nean thus of restoring the old Uonun der theI old Federal Cons itution; be would be eiti i to and have the support of the De 0Arty as a unit; and'thatpartymnbered n# tea ly one-half of th'e p o}hio of -the'Stat~b 'hick had always'adhecred to thme Union. The party would support bimi not as.partisans, an)91eaas ' of all, for the sk gof office., Let 1ope who voted for and now stand by'hji inngoo~Ifs by deeds, not p:-ofessions, hold ,t though he must say that ititditefdd - tat they who lived by..tie breathofthMesr dent, whbose very commissiofli-bor. hisigna' ture, were missing here to-naight, ,now.,n, the ~very hour. of tho Presiden$'s trial. Ahs for himself, 'he would not sign 'a recommnend&tion: for any Deijnocrat' for an offce~dnder -Johr.son is 'the end of his term ; andytb hehad a slight suspicion that just now a politica1 draftnaib. White lIouse,beTauig chis (Mrlt.4vs ame, would be- as readily,hbonored as-onedaai the names of Stevens, Sumner or Schencok. J aughterand appbuse.J Th e President would , have eunog.of fried wliose affeetion was to - be mneaumed-by otlie'e hat. whatxbe-rneeded " - ias-the:peoiewith higt-.-the support tfio. est, earnest mena who wanted fio toffi.e under~ hin. T,Uemoratr do.neot ded~r~e to inest' the Pesid.rt. ~iiradra Johnson is nio asinin to be stoic;anid weare not- the mqte.bCsteal. F pptausg When>he. wr.ung, w wiRleen dmn hlim ; when' .ies igb& ae mill Anpport hn., and do it det o4nly iuncrty~ b e er- * nstly and ith igor. ThIere sil: i~ "dead dricks" among u ies.: YJ plade~th6 rete b'dauh6itile t depotc messeree , a ititt -e'&qh te Ihe North d est apdu yg en to the South. Mor*'hi tht gp,eed oft,mgnrl . Lamues of'hge dtbeeaue.h fun fiemui there, bi~t. use tavwere (fio ~ery doctinos.' foftfle*most part, adceast; that he'ad. learned y4at*- ago fromt speeches an:d win itings of Washington, Jfferson, Madison, Jacks-on, Webster aud4Clay, before he land .ever heaMrd of Andrew.JQb .o [Loud applause]j Johnson, himself, .hade larnd in the same school, and had only bor rowed. and admirably applied them td- that particular Measure. If. said Mr. .,- the-gene ral doctrines of the,-veto messagte.re, -as his Excellency Governor Cox insinuates, theprin cipes upon which the President ~s elected, *then, for ten years, I have been a. pubican witbout knovi ing it.' [Laughter.] - It was the fa,shion, just now, of 5bine to criticise the style of 'the Presidenit'0-%peech. After- Lincoln's contributions- to Exenmtinve literature, such objectors ouight to.be~ -silent. Perhaps, indeed, it was not precisely accor diag to the.rules laid down by Ciepro, Quin tilban, Bair an Whately, 6ii- the cold 4tatu ary models frivnished 14> Charles 'Sufner. Perhaps neither Victoria' nor Napoledn' ould have so spoken. But, at leastg-it was-Trearn est, -bold. fresh, determnined Aumericanspeech, and more than that, it was a ruost.,tsmely speech. Theveto and muessage accomfpanlytfg it showed that Andrew:- Jobhnson meat to Sght the oafeirnaul Thugs. who bave mied themslves against him and his policy, and who would strangle the Union, and.-with it, all peace, good svilf nd prosperity throughout the land forever. But. the speech prove what was more imrportant, thaat he knew .ow to tight thema; that he was one of the half-dozen metn in' the United -Sta-tes w ho understand