American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-09-12
THE PRESIDENTS TRIP.
Extracts from the President.s
Speech, at Cleveland

purpose of making speech hat | /
am,now before you. l am ware \
of the great curiosity that pvailsI
to see strangers that have noriety
and distinction in all countrh. III,
know large number of you esiH D
to see General Grant and to- he1
wha. a. L. t---y IA yoice-s!tLl J
cheers for Grant,, but You ot
see him tonight. He is eYfnely
i'll, repeat, I am not bes you
now to make a speech, Nbv simply
to make your acquaintand to say
how are you? and to bifou good
bye. We are on our waf Chlca-
go to participate in or tof FITNESS the
laying Of the colnentone OF a
monument to the mem5y of dis
tinguished fellow citizen who is no
more. Tt is not necessary for me to
mention the name VI Stephen A.
Douglass to the people of OHIO
TApplause'1 / am flee to say that
I am flattered by the demonstration
have witnessed, adbeing flattered
| don't mean to think it PERSONAL
but an evidence of what is pcrVadlhg
in the public mind. And TINS oem-
onstration is nothins more or less
than an indicatior of the latent SEN
timert or feeling of the great mass
es of the people with regard to the
proper settlement of this great
nnest;on. come before you as an
American citizen simply, and not as
the Chief Magistrate, clothed in the
insignia and parapharnalia ofa State,
being an inhabitant of a State of
of this Union. | know it has been
said that l am an alien Laughter
and that | did not reside in one of
the States of the Union, and there
fore | could not be the Chief Magis-
tra.e, though the Constitution de-
clares that must be d citizen to oe-
cupy that office. Therefore all that
was necessary was to declare the of
fee vacant; or render a pretext to
prefer articles of impeachment, and
thus the individual who occupies the
Chief Magistracy was to be disposed
of and driven from power. But a
short time since you had a ticket be-
fore you for the Presidency. [ was
placed upon that ticket with a dis
tinguished fellow citizen who is now
no more l know there are some
who complain. A voice, "Unfortu
nately."1 Yes, unfortunate for some
that God rules on high and deal'
in right. (Cheers.) Yes, unf5rtu
nately, the ways of providence arr
mysterious and incomprehensible
controlling all those who exclaim 'un
fortunate,' ('Buily for you.")
was going to say, my countrymen
n short time since l was selected ant
placed upon the ticket. There wa
a platform proclaimed and adopte'
by those who placed me upon it
Notwithstanding the subsidized gan
of hirelings and traducers, haT
discharged all my duties and fulflle
all nv pledges and | say here to
night that if my predecessor ha
lived the vials of wrath would hav
been poured out upon him. (Crie
Of "Never." "Thrac cheers for tn
Congress of the United States
came here as l was passing along
and have been called upon for tn
purpose of exchanging views, and
.sceI1aining if we could who wa
wrong. TCries of "Its you. Th'
was my object in appearing betol
You tonight, and | want to say thu
that have lived among the America
people and have represented them
some public capacity for the last :
wears, and where is the man or W
man who can place his finger upc
one single act of mine deviating fro
any pledge of mine, or in Violate
of the Constitution of the countr
ICheers.l Who is he !? What la
euage does he speak? What religi'
does he profess? Who can come al
place his finger upon one pledge
ever violated or one principle | ev
proved false to A voice. "H'
about New Orleans 2 Anoth
voice, Hang jeff Davis !') ella
Jeff Davis" he says (cries of "No
and down with him ]-"Hang J
Davis" he says. A voice-"Ha
Thad Stevens and Wendell Phillips.
Hang jeff. Davis! Why don't y
hang him. CCries of "give us t
opportunity" Have not you got
Court? Have not you got the A
torney General ? A voice-"Whc
your Chief Justice who has refus
to sit upon the trial?" Cheers.
am not the Chief Justice. an 4
the prosecuting attorney. (Cheel
!. am not the Jury. will tell
what / did do. l called upon y
Fl Congress that is trying to break
the Government, (Cries "You
d-d," and cheers, mingled "
Kisses, great confusion. Don't
mad Andy.") Well, / will tell
who is mad. Whom the G
wish to destroy, they first make ma
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