Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-08-31
THE PRESIDENTIAL TOUR.
Grand Ovation in New YOrk-Speeclie
by the President, Secretary OF State
Cen Grant and Others

Grand Ovation in New YOrIS-Speeehes
by the President, Secretary OF State,
Gen. Grant, and Others.
New York, August 30.-The following
is the Presidents speech at the serenade last
night:
He thanked God that the people had,
through their representatives 10 the Phila-
delphia Convention, imposed sentence
upon those who opposed the restoration of
the Union; that the people, obeying the
great law Of gravitation, which would van
quish any movement pointing to disruption
Of the Union, had sent forth their edict,
like blaze of light, that would exercise an
irresistible influence throughout the United
States that the Union must be preserved as
originally established under the Constitu-
ton. He 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 pro-
claiming which he had been pronounced
demagogue, was being carried Out-that the
voice of the people is the voice of God.
[Cheers There was now great ground
swell coming, that would teach traitors in
the North that the Union of States must be
preserved.
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croachments upon the Union, and had con-
tinued to fight against such attempts at the
Southern portion of the circle. Now, there
were those who made attacks upon the ma
gic circle had passed around to the other
extremity, should he name them? ("Yes,
and hang them too They had named
him, and denounced him in the Legislative
department of the Government as traitor,
when he, as Executive of the nation was de-
termined to do his duty under the Constitu-
ton. They were traitors, having extended
their hands to the archives of State and
trampled the Constitution of their fathers
under foot When these things were told to
them by himself, on the anniversary of the
birthday of the father of our country, why
it was undignifed and unbecomiDg, though
as right as for them to charge him with be-
ing a traitor and with having abandoned
the party that elected him. He challenged
to-day the whole Congress in the aggregate,
with the exception of those who stood by
the Constitution, to come forward and put
their finger on the slightest variation or de-
parture in his course from the resolution
passed at Baltimore upon which he was
elected, for because he had refused
to obey those who had abandoned these
to what was called the freedmen's bureau
bill, which proposed to tax the people near
ly fifty millions to support what they as
sumed to be freedmen. What is that bill?
How of us that contend for the emancipa-
ton not only of the black but of the white
man? A good deal of that kind was needed
when they looked a; this bill. What was 10
Nothing more nor less than the transferring
masters 70 a new set Of task-masters, with
the United States TO pay all expenses, and
the task-masters under the Government reap
all the profits.
Mr.. JOHNSON concluded BY thanking the
citizens of New York for the kindness mani
tested on the occasion. He was repeatedly
interrupted with cheers, during his speech.
Mr.. SEWARD was then called for and spoke
briefly.
SPEECH OF GEN. GRANT.
Gen. GRANT was next loudly called for
and came forward and said:
GENTLEMEN: / am 20 exhausted by the
eIsquence drawn from me this evening by
your mayor, that il is impossible for me 70
address you any further.
This characteristic speech was received
with loud laughter and applause. The
Mayer Joined in heartily. The banquet
given BY some Of cur most wealthy and dis
tinguished citizens to the President and
party came of in the evening Ct DEL
MoSIco's, and was very splendid affair
Mayor HOFFMAN, presided. Long and able
speeches were made by President Johnson
and Secretary SEWARD, and short ones by
the Mayor, Gen. GRANT Admiral FARRA-
GUT, Baron BoRIcKLE, Russian Minister,
and Signor ROMERO, Minister for the Mexi-
can Republic. Afterwards the President
was serenaded and made another speech
from the balcony at DELMoNIco's, a. did
Mr.. SEWARD. The following are the short
speeches made al the banquet, the others
being too long 10 telegraph:
SPEECH or GEN. GRANT
GESrLEsGKS: All can say is If the
p,esiSeat and his Cabinet had kept their