Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-09-04

ishing slavery forever In the Jurisdiction of
the United States, and they did it. And
now that they are willing TO submit to our
terms; now that they give obedience to
Constitutional law; now that they are will
Ing to pay the debtincurred IN suppressing
them, and now when they are willing TO
take up the flag of the United States and
support the Constitution of the country,
let us enjoy the Union together. | said, AS
others have said, the bone of our bone,
flesh of our flesh, our kindred, we ought to
have no division here, but should 60 on
with the work of restoration and resume
our career of prosperity aud greatness
And now In parting with you, notwith-
standing that treason has been charged on
me, have committed no treason. / have
filled my place in this Government. What
should play traitor forp They say have
pardoned here and there. l have pardon
ed when Governor and since being Pres
ident Of the United States. / am one of
those who believe that a man may do wrong
and afterward do right, fapplause, aDd
cries of "Bully for you;"l and II we were
all put down who do wrong, l fear, my
countrymen, there would not be many Of
us left. Then in parting from you tender
my sincere thanks for your manifest regard
and respect TO the Chief Magistrate OF the
United States.
Fellow citizens--for I thank God that l
am citizen Of the United States, aud not,
as contended by some, living In State out
of the Union, and, therefore, l thank God
that am citizen Of the United States-in
parting with you on this occasion, if
know myself and think / do-[laughterl
Il do it In the best of feeling of my heart,
with wishes for your prosperity and the
blessings Of heaven to shower upon you
under this flag of your country-.nOt with
twenty-five stars, but with thirty-siX.
[Applanse.l l hand over to you the Union
of these States not a semi-circle, but a
complete circle of the States, and along
with them the Union and the flag with the
thirty-siX stars and the Constitution, for
your preservation. Take the Constitution,
the flag of our country, and take
the Union, for l know they will
be preserved and protected in your
| Without distinction of party have been
made welcome here to-day, and the time is
coming when men are tearing loose from
the shackles of party. The time Is coming
when you will see the great mass of the
people in the country rallying around the
altar of their country instead of their par
! ty, and when you see that you may be as
sured of the country's safety. Take the
flag, take the Constitution, take the Union
and Government into your own hands, and
know that they are safe. May the bless
ings of God rest on you. Good bye. 1
thank you for this welcome. Three cheers.l
The President having concluded his
| speech, there were calls for Secretary Sew
ard. In response to which the Secretary
came forward and spoke as follows:
SECRETARY sEwARD's SPEECH.
/ have to remind you of an old maxim :
"Look to the Senate, look to the Senate"
Look to the Senate of the State of New
York. We entered the State from the Ocean
portal. We were welcomed by multitudes
of people innumerable in numbers. We
have traverSed the central line of the State
by canal, railroad, by carriage and on foot,
aud make our departure from the State
through the Lake Gate. The Senate at AL
bany would only recognize Andrew John
son as President of the United States.
[Cneers.l My judgment, after what have
seen in this journey, is that the people will
recognize him, as | do, as an honest man.
Applause Fellow-citizens, the President
struck the keynote of the political argu-
ment of his day and time. 1t was-this
Union ought not, must not, cannot be sui
fered to remain divided. 1t has been di-
vided five years, and the opening must be
closed up and Union restored in the coming
year. Since the war, which left 1t divided,
Mr.. johnson has been President seventeen
months, and Congressman have been Con-
gress for eighteen months, and not one in
nine-tenths of what it has done has been
done 70 restore law and order. The ques-
, tion is between the President and Congress.
! OF all that has been done, tell me what the
: Congress of the United States have done.
, IA voice, "NOthing."l Nothing has been
done that was not done through the direc-
tiOn, agency, activity, perseverance and
patriotism Of Andrew johnson, President
of the United States. viii you stand by
the Congress? ["No, never; no, no., The
President, we will stand by the President"
, Then you, New Workers, stand where l
propose you should. [Applause.l
Cheers were given for the President,
! Grant and Farragut. The President and
. several of the party then adjourned to the
house of Mayor Wills, and partook of
, lunch. Afterwards the procession re-
formed and went to the Lake Shore depot,
where the party took the cars for Cleve-
land at o'clock p. NJ and will arrive in
Cleveland about 8 p. M.