The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-09-20
The President Reception at CIeye-
--EKtra0TdiRafy Scene Inter-
Taptions By the Crowd.
Tie President said

NphohA ~ AhF AtOhas
Tie President said
Fellow .ciiizens. II Is not for the purpose
of making a speech that I now appear be
fofs you I am aware 1T the great curiosity
which prevails to Hec strangrrs who have
not0Tiety and distinction ~ all countries. /
! know a large number Of you desire To see
General Grant and b. hear what he has 10
say Ia y0iee--'Srhree cheers for General
flfant') but son cannot sec him tonight
lilo is extremely III ! epeat, AN not be-
fore you now 10 make speech, Int SIMPLY
20 make your acquaintance, 10 say How
ARE y0u 7" aud % bal yan goodbye We
ara now on our way Ia Chicago 10 partiei-
pate IN or witness tbs laying Of the corner
stone of q monument 10 the memory Of a dis
tiugushed feii0w-eitizen who IS no more. II
IL not necessary for me to mention the name
Of Stephen A. Douglas tO the people of Ohio,
Applause | am free 10 say that i am flat
tered by the demonstrations have witness
cd, and being BATTERED don't mean to think
u personal but an evidence Of what Is per.
vading tho public MUD. And this demon
stratlOn N nothing mOro nor less than an in
dieation Of the latent sentiment Of feeling
Of the great masses Of the people with re-
gard 10 the proper settlement Of this great
question
come before you as AN American citizen
simply, and not as the Chief Magistrate,
clothed IN the insignia and parnphgrnala of
state, Being au inhabItant Of a state Of
this Union, | know IL has been said that
am an alien laughter and that | did
not reside Ia one of the States Of the Union,
and, therefore, could not be- the Chief Magis-
trnte, though the Constitution declares that
! must be a citizen to occupy that Office
therefore, all that was necessary was TO dc
,Iu fIta nfiia.a unIar "a mr. Ia,
prefer articles Of impeachment, and thus
the individual who occupies the Chief Magis-
tracy was to he disposed of aud driven from
power. But short time since you bad a
ticket before you for the Presidency. ! was
placed upon that ticket with distinguish
al icllow-citizen who Is now no more. |
know there are some who complain. A
voice, " Unfortunately Yes, unfortunate
for some that God rules on high and deals in
right [Cheers. Yes. unfortunately the
ways Of Providence are mysterious and in
coInprehensible, controlling all those who
claim unfortunate" {" Bully for you'll
was going to say, my eountrymen, n |
short time since | was selected and placed |
upon the ticket. There was platform pro-
claimed and adopted by those who placed
me up0nit Notwithstanding the subsidized |
gang OF hireIings aud traducers, have dis |
charged all my duties and fulfilled all my |
pledges, and | say here tonight that if my |
predecessor had lived the walls of wrath |
would have been poured out upon him. |
/ Cries of Never" Three cheers for the |
Congress Of the United States."1 | came
here as | was passing along, and have been |
called upon for the purpose of exchanging |
views, aud ascertaining, it we could, who
was wrong. [Cries of ITS you That |
was my object in appearing before You to-
night, and want to say this, that | have
lived among the American people, and have
represented them IN some public capacity for
the last twenty-five years, and where il the
man or woman who can place his finger upon
Dne single act of mine deyiating from any
pledge of mine or in violation Of the Consti-
luton of the country. [Cheers Who is
hei What language does he speakl What |
place his finger ON one pledge | ever violated
Ir one principle | ever proved false to! IA
voice. How about New Orleansi" Another
voice Hang jeff Davis" Hang JET, Da-
,is he says TCries of enc" aud down
with him."1 Hang jeff, Davis, he says. A
toiee--"Hang Thad. Stevens and Wendell
Hang jeff Davis. Why don't
you hang hint tCries OF Give us the OPP
lortunitynl Have not you got the COURT
Have not YOU got the Attorney -Generall IA
voioe--"Who is your chief Justice who has
refused to sit upon the trial!' Cheers l |
am not the Chief Justice ] nm not the
attorney. [Cheers.l am not
tho jury.
will tell you what | do. called upon
your Congress that is trying to break up the
government. [Cries, "You DO id" and
cheers mingled with Kisses Great eOnfu-
sion. Don't got inad, Andy Well
viii tell you who is mad Whom, the Gods
wish to destroy they first make mad" Did
uf than Ia IA fpfa1f
Three cheers for Congress. Then, follow
citizens, we might as well allay our pas
sious aud permit Reason to resume her en-
nire and prevail Cheers In presenting
The few remarks that l designed to make,
MY intention was to address myself to your
common sense, your Judgment and your bet
ter feeling, not to the passion and malig
nancy in your hearts [Cheers. This was
my object in presenting myself on this occa-
sion, and to tell you "lIow do you do and
Il the same time to bid you "Good-by." In
his assembly here tonight the remark has
been made, "'rraitor, traitor" My country
men, will your hear meg tShouts of Eyes"
And will you hear me for my cause and for
HE constitution ofmy country! Applause
want to know when or where, or under
what circumstances Andrew Johnson, not as
Chief Executive, but in any capacity, ever
deserted any principle or violated the Com
,titutiou ofhs country. [Cries of Never. y
Let mo ask this large and intelligent
audience if you Secretary of State, who
served tour years under Mr. lincoln and
who was placed upon the butchers block, as
i were, and hacked TO pieces and Scared
Dy the assasiu's knife, when ha turned
traitor [Cries of Never."l II were DIS
posed to play the orator and deal in decla-
nation tonight, would initiate one of the
ancient tragedies, and would take William
A. Seward aud bring him before you, and
loiut You to the hacks and scars upon his
lerson. voice, God bless him" /
would exhibit the bloody garments, satur-
lted with gore from his gushing wounds.
Then would ask You why not hang Thad.
stevens aud Wendell Phillips tell you,
ny cOuntrymeu, | have been fighting she
south. aud they have been whipped and
rushed, and they acknowledge their defeat
md accept the terms of the Constitution
md now, as 20 around the circle, having
Ought traitors at the South, am prepared
o fight traitors at the North [Cheers. !
sod willing. with yonr help, we will do it.
Cries of " We won't. II will be crushed
lorth aud South, and this glorious Union of
'urs will be preserved. tCheers.l do not
ome here rs Chief Magistrate of twenty-five
states out of thirty-six, lCheers,
| came here Tonight with the flag of my
ountiy and the Constitution of thirty-six
tates nntarnishcd. Are yon for dividing
his country tCries of "No."l Then /
.m President, and l am President af the
whole United States. CCheers.l | viii tell