The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-08-31
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The Presidents TOur-An Enthu-
siastic rlme-Speeches. Dinners,
Aoanao. Ne
Naw YonK. August 30.

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.GnU1lN Nsw YoRrt August 30
The Post says the dinner TO the Presi-
dents party at Deimonco's, last night, was
the most elegant and expensive affair of
tile kind ever enjoyed by so large party
IN this country. Dinner for two hundred
and my was ordered, and the cost was
S25,00Q or 500 for each plate. There were
eight different varieties Of wine, costing
from $40 10 $50 per bottle. Mayor Hoff-
man presided. long and able speeches
were made by President johnson and Sec
retary Seward, and short ones by the May
or, General Grant, Admiral Farragut and
Baron Stoeckel.
THE rREs1DENT's 8 sERENADE SPEECH.
lie thanked God that the people had.
through their Representatives at the Phila-
delphia Convention, imposed q sentence
upon those who opposed restoration of
the Union Z; that the people, obeying the
great law Of grayitatiOn which would van
quish any movement pointing 10 the dis
ruptlon Of the Union, had seut forth their
edict like a blaze OF light that would ex-
egcise M Irresistible Influence throughout
the United States, that the Union must be
preserved as originally established under
| tile Constitution.
lie had not been mistaken In holding that
there was an overruling Providence In the
movements Of the American people. He
believed that the great truth, for proclaim
ing which he had been pronounced o DEM
agogue, was being carried out; that the
voice of the people is the voice of God.
| tCheers.l
THE GROUND SWELL COMING.
There was now great ground swell
coming. that would teach traitors in the
North that the Union of States must be
preserved. lie had begun in 1861 to OPP
pose any encrOachment upon that Union,
and had continued TO fight against sucll at
tempts at the southern portion of the cir
Gle. "a ff
l.Y HE DRNoUNCEs CONGRESS.
Now, there were those who made at
tacks upon the magic circles, and had
passed round 10 the other extremity.
Should he name themP Yes, and hang
| them, tool They had named him. and de-
nounced him, In the legislative department
of the Government MS a traitor, when he,
as the executive Of the nation, was deter
mined 70 do his duty under the Constitu-
tion. They were the traitors, having ex-
tended their arms to the archives of State,
and trampled the Constitution of their
fathers under foot When these things
were told 10 them By himself, on the an
niversary Of the birthday of the Father of
our Country, why, IL was undignifed and
unbecomlng, though as right as for them
to charge him with being a traitor, and
with having abandoned the party that
elected him.
HE cLINGs 70 THE BALTIMORE PLATFORM.
He challenged to-day the whole Congress,
in the aggregate, with the exception ofthose
who stood by the Constitution, to come
forward and put their finger on the slight
est variation or departure in his course
from the resolutions passed at Baltimore,
upon which he was elected. Had they
changed because he had refused to obey
those who had abandoned these principles,
and refused TO give his sanction to what
was called the Freedmen's Bureau Bill,
which proposed to tax the people nearly
$50,000.000 to support what they assumed
to be freedmen? What is that bill? Those
of us who contended for emancipation
looked not only for the black but for the
white man. and good deal of that kind
was needed.
When they looked at this bill, what was
IL? Nothing more nor less than the trans
ferring of 6000,000 of slaves from their
original masters TO new set OF task
masters, with the United States TO pay all
the expenses, and the task-masters under
the Government TO reap all the profits.