The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-09-13
PRESIDENTS SPEECH AT CLEVE-
LAND. OHIO.


on Monday night:
FELLow-C1TIzENs It is not for the
i purpose of making aspeech that now
| appear before you. am aware
Of the great curiosity which prevails to
see strangers who have notoriety and
distinction in all countries. l know a
large number of you desire to see Gen
era1 Grant and to hear what he has to
say, "a voice" Three cheers for Gen
eral Grant ~ but you can't see him to
night he is extremely ill. / repeat /
am not before you now to make speech,
but simply to make your acquaintance,
to say &c how are you % and to bid you
good-by. We are on our way to Chi
cago to participate in or witness the lay
ing of the cornerstone Of monument
to the memory of distinguished fell
low citizen, who is no more. 1t is not
necessary for me to mention the name
of Stephen A. Douglas to the people of
Ohio. 1 am free to say that l am fiat
tered by the demonstrations l have wit
messed; and being flattered I don't
mean to take it personally, but as an
evidence of what is pervading the pub
lie mind; and this demonstration is
nothing more nor less than an Indication
of the latent sentiment of feeling of the
great masses of the people with regard
to 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 paraphernalia of State, being an in
habitant of State of this Union. L
know it has been said that am an alien
laughter and that [ did not reside in
one of the States of the Union, and
therefore could not be the Chief Magis
trate, though the Constitution declares
that [ must be citizen to occupy that
office. Therefore all that was necessary
was to declare the office vacant, or, un-
der pretext, to prefer articles OF I'M
parchment, and thus the individual who
now occupies the Chief Magistracy was
to be disposed ofand driven from power.
But short time since you had ticket
before you for the Presidency. l was
placed upon that ticket with a distin-
crushed fellow-citizen who is now no
more l know there are some who
complain. A voice, "Unfortunately w
Yes, unfortunate for some that God
rules on high and deals in right,
[cheers j yes, unfortunately the ways
of Providence are mysterious and in
comprehensive, controlling all those
who exclaim unfortunate. " Bully for
you :" was going to say, my coun-
trymen, short time since l was elected
and placed upon the ticket. There was
a platform proclaimed and adopted by
those who placed me upon it. Not
withstanding the subsidized gang of
hirelings and traducers have discharg-
\ LIT onl f11fnn1 oil
pledges, and say here tonight that if
my predecessor had lived the walls of
wrath would have been poured out up
on him. Cries Of" never - Three
cheers for the Congress of the United
States n'] 1 came here as l was pas
sing along, and have been called upon
for the purpose of exchanging views
and ascertaing if we could, who was
Cries of" It's you !"] That
was my object in appearing before you
tonight, and l want to say this, that L
have lived among the American people
and have represented them in some
public capacity for the last 25 years,
and where is the man or woman who
can place his finger upon one single act
of mine deviating from any pledge Of
mine, or in violation of the Constitu-
ton Of the country Cheers. Who
is he What language does he speak?
What does he profess? Who can come
and place his finger on one pledge L
ever violated, or one principle l ever
about New Orleans - Another voice,
. Hang jeff Davis hang JEFF. Davis !!
Why don't you hang him 20 Cries Of
: Give us the opportunity. Have
you not got the Attorney General A
' DICE, " Who is your Chief Justice that
refuses to sit upon the trial % Cheers.
am not the Chief Justice. am not
the prosecuting attorney. Cheers. L
am not the jury. 1 will tell you what
did do. called upon your Congress
that is trying to break up your Govern
ment. Cheers, mingled with Kisses ;
great confusion, EEDon't get mad, An
dy !''] Well, 1 will tell you who is mad.
g Whom the Gods would destroy they
first make mad" Did your Congress
order any of them to be tried Three
cheers for Congress-. Then, fellow
sions, and permit reason to resume her
sphere and prevail. Cheers. 1npre-
senting the few remarks that L design
ou TO make, my lHIeHLloH was W "o
dress myself to your common sense,
your Judgment, and your better feeling,
not to the passion in you hearts,
Cheers This was my object in pre-
senting myself on this occasion, and to
ask you GLOW do you do % and at the
same time to bid you " Goodbye" In
this assembly here tonight the remark
has been made "Traitor - Traitor 70
My countrymen, will you hear me,
shouts of I" Yes !''] and will you hear
me for my cause and for the Constitu-
ton ofmy country -? Applause. L
want to know when or where, or under
what circumstances, Andrew johnson,
not as Chief Executive, but in any ca
pacity, ever deserted any principle OF
violated the Constitution of his country.
Cries OF" Never !''] Let me ask this
large and intelligent audience if your
Secretary of State, who served four
years under Mr.. Lincoln, and who was
placed upon the butchers block, as it
were, and hacked to pieces and SCARED