North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1866-09-19
VOL. 6 NO. 7.
THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH AT DE-
TROIT.

The Mayor of Detroit warmly received
the President which was responded to by
Mr.. johnson as follows:
After referring to the action of Con-
gress on the Freedmen's Bureau bill, and
their opposition to the executive depart
ment of the Government, he said he would
like to meet the whole phalanx of the men
opposed to his principles. He would like
to see the legislative department of the
Government that is making charges against
| the Executive 60 before the American peo-
pie and test the question at issue; humble
individual as he was, he would like to take
the entire Congress entertaining these doc
trines before the people, and he would
soon show who it was that was trying to
absorb the liberty of the people, [Cheers1
He had stood as the Tribune of the peo.
pie in defence ofthe peoples rights, and
he would continue Their defender.
Have | not, he said, been elected Presi-
dent by you? A voice-"That $4,000
year, Oh, indeed That is what you
give Jour Tribune, is it ? TCheers.7 Let
me call your attention so this. | am not
afraid to talk to the American people, and
all the little fellows they put into crowds
10 call out catchwords with view to cre-
aling disrespect: care not for them
The whole kennel has been turned loose
upon me long since their little dogs Tray
and Blanche and Sweetheart--alI have
been let loose yelping at my heels for the
last eight months. Cheers. The whole
pack of slandcrers and calumniators had
better get out of nv way. Great cheer
ing | tell them that the American peo-
Pile are taking hold of the questions at is
sue, ard when they begin to consider them
these usurpeIs and tyrauts = because tyran-
ny can be exercised more efectuallv by
two hundred and forty-two men than by
one single man Cheers II tell them
it will be better for them to keep their
small GOATS near shore. Continued cheer
ing. The people are being walked up,
and when The honest, intelligent and pa
triotic masses come TO the rescue the whole
set of them will be destroyed
But it is said here that |, the Tribune
of the p ople, was getting $4,000 year;
but L ask this question, has it been in-
creased since came INTO office TCheers
and cries mo, no!] But let me tell
YOU what Congress has DONE They
changed their pay since they came into
power, Yes. this Congress that has as
sailed and attacked me for the faithful dis
charge of my duty when the citadel of
freedom was attacked. Cheers Yes,
this immaculate, this pure, this people-lov-
ing, this devoted Congress finds it conven-
lent while they had the chance, while they
were in power, to increase their pay near
y double. Great cheering and hisses.l
those who live in glass houses should new
er throw stones. [Cheers.] Yes, this i'm
maculate Congress increased their pay
nearly double, while at the same time they
we're magr ranimous to vote $50 for the
brave two-year veterans of the war; $50
bounty for the men who shed their blood
and lost their limbs in the defence of the
country. For men mutilated and disabled
from work forever this immaculate Con-
gress gives $50, while they double their
own emoluments, cries of "Shame RI
receiving 5000 year. Just pocket that
as You GO along. Cheers and laughter
They reckoned with some sagacity in the
premises; they feared that this would be
the very last grab they would have at the
public purse. Cheers trust iu you,
and trusting in you, / say let the whole
Congress come. Relying on you l will
meet them single-handed and alone. In
the words Of the poet exclaim:
"Come one, come all, this rock shall fly
From its firm base as soon as l." lCheers.I