Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-09-01

the Union are still in peril, and therefore
you have something to do. j feel well :s.as-
surd that you will perform your duty In n
proper manner. At one time we had to
contend against the attempt to seperate the
States, but now the tendency is to absorb
all the pOwersOf the Government in one
department., which is quite as odious as Sc
cession. / turn the Constitution and Union
over to you, the people, in whose hands /
believe they will be safe. This country and
the world look to the position New York Is
|. The President was greeted with ap-
plause.
b At EBerlkimer.
HERKIMER, 11:l0.--A gentleman here
said to the President that the compliments
and respects OF the people were rendered
to him without regard to party. Mr..
Seward here, as at the places previously
passed, successfully introduced the Presi-
the Secretary Of the Navy. All l ask you
to do, he said, Is to stand by them.
The President, In the course Of his adj
dress, said: ThS country having passed
through a war, something else remains to
be done. The Executive Department has
performed its duty. He had endeavOred tn
perform his. We must take bold stand
fdr the Constitution. 1t had carried us
through the rebellion, and If the people
will do their duty all will be safe.
At Utica.
Utica, 1l:46.-The party stopped at this
place about thirty minutes, when they were
escorted to a stand erected for the purpose.
The Hon. G. II. Doolittle made long
speech welcoming the visotors in the name
of thepeople, without distinction Of party,
to Utica. He paid glowing compliment
tn the patriotism of the President, saying
his past history showed he would be true
TO the Constitution, and protect and defend
it. 30 rr..l ..'l '....- .,.- -....y
The President was greeted with cheers.
He said:
FELLOW CITIZENS :-Iu rendering to you
my grateful acknowledgements, language
fails to convey to you the feelings and
emotions which this occasion has produced.
confess that to receive such welcome
from the people in central city in the
State Of New York-a welcome without
distinction of party-is a compliment al
most overwhelming. Please accept thanks
from heart which, if know its feelings
aud emotions, beats in the interest of
the country and the great masses of the
American people. 10 be welcome without
distinction of party shows that the cOun-
try is rising above party, that we are for
getting party combinations and associa-
tions, and are coming up to the rescue OF
the Constitution. Let the breach inflicted
by the late rebellion be repaired,
and let all wounds be healed. Let
ret restoration take place, let the
Constitution be sustained, and il hereafter
it shall be necessary to raise up parties, We
will have Government under which it can
be done. Let party sink into insignificance
and the country be exalted. Let us be for
our country first, our country second. our
country last, our country all the time. APP
plause.] just the other day it was contended
by one extreme that States had the right to
secede, and to break up the Government
We said no such power exists under the
Constitution. The dismemberment or the
shbjugation of States shall not take place
and now when we have established the
great fact that their is no power to dissolve
the Union, they turn around and assume
that the Union has been dissolved, and that
the Southern States no longer constitute q
part of the Government, and they say
the representatives from that section
shall not be permitted to take theiI
seats in the councils of the nation. Thus
they would continue the disruption
and make dissolution practical fact. But
let us come together and stand around the
Constitution as the common bond of Union
Let us again be in fraternal hug, and swear
our affairs and our gods shall perish
and be scattered to dust, but that the
Constitution shall be preserved. The
great State of New York has the
power to settle this great question. Now, az
always, / have confidence In the intelli'
gence, virtue and patriotism of the grea
mass of the American people; on them
rely. In parting with you l leave the
Constitution, the blood-cemented Consti
tuition, yand the glorious Union of these
States in your hands, when l know
they will be preserved and protected. II
has been said recently with regard to me
that it would not do to bring my head to
the block like James the I'd, but that mus
be got out of the way because am standing
! by the Constitution. Let me here say II
parting, 1 love this country; have
toiled my whole life for it. and placed
all at Stake for it. If the wors
must come, and II blood they must have
| let them take me if necessary to save my
country, and pour my blood on the altar a.
q last libation. God bless you.
| The President was repeatedly interrupt
ed by applause, and at the conclusion o.
his remarks was heartily cheered. t...