The Evansville journal., 1866-08-31
SPEECHES BY GENERAL GRANT,
ADMIRAL. FARRAGIIT AND


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THE PREsIDENT's SPEECH. ~.
NEW YoRK,m August 3O.--The fol-
nJbalowing is the Presidents speech made
at the serenade- last mig ght:-- -s's
He thanked God that the people
had, through their representatives at
the Philadelphia Convention, imposed
sentence upon those who opposed
the restoration of the Uaion that the
people obeying the great law. of gravi-
tation, which would yanquish any
movement pointing to the disruption
of the Union. had sent forth their
edict like a blaze Of lghtsthat would
exercise an irresistible influence
throughout the United States; that
Li ethe Union must be preserved as
originally established under the Con-
stitution He had not been mistaken
:. in holding that there was an overrnl-
u ling providence in d the m0Eements of
the American people. He believed
- that the great truth for proclaiming
'Ss>Dwhieh hes had been prQnVnncedsaa
demagogue was being carried out i;
that the voice of the people was the
Voidabf Gpd. There was pow gr rpund
swell coming that would teach
traitors in the North that the Union
begun in 1861 to oppose an encroach-
nent upon that Union, and had contip7
.si5I taed dtoshghtlagainst such attempts at
the Southern portion of country
there were those who made attacks
upon the traitors, had now come
- round to the ether extremity. Should
he namethem? Yes, and hang them,
a, too.] They had named him and de-
~ nounced him in the Legislative De-
gf partment of II the Government as a
~ : traitor, whenahe, as the Chief SExeeu-
q .. tive of the nation, was determined to
= do his duty under the Consultation.
= They were the traitors, having ex-
~s = tended their arms to the. archives of
- State, and trampled the Constitution
~ of their fathers under foot When
r, these things, were told to them, by
himself, on the anniversary of the
- 8 birthday of the father Of his country,
why, it was undiguifed and unbecom-
= : ing, though right for them to charge
~ him with being a traitor, and with
"A & having abandoned the party that
a elected him. He challenged, to-day,
the whole Congress in the aggregate,
:. with the exception of those who stand
x by the Constitution, to come forward
Z. and put their finger, on the slightest
8 variation or departure in his course
more, upon which he had
: been = elected for,g because he
/ had refused to obey those who
IS had abandoned those principles and
refused to give his sanction to what
Y was called the Freedmen's Bureau bill
! which proposed to tax the people
= nearly fifty millions to support what
4 they assumed to be freedmen. What
is that bill to those us whOcontend
ed for emancipation not only for the
black, but for the white man? A gooC
bill of that kind was needed. Wher
they looked at this bill what was it
Nothing more or less than the trans
ferring of six million slaves from theil
original masters to new set of task
-. masters, with the United States to pa!
s all the expenses, and the taskmaster
.-s under the Government reap all the
: I0fyI profit Mr.. johnson concluded BY
thanking the citizens of New York TO
the kindness manifested on this occa
5Gt.J sion. He was repeatedly interrupted
80 .h'7t with cheers during the speech.
500 4o Mr.. Seward was next loudly called
.ilHofu and spoke briefly. hast6-
'4a Gen. Grant was next loudly cailet
~ + upon, and came forward and said;
srrg ....,7 GENTLEMEN am SO exhausted b.
ss.ids the eloquence before me this evening
i'a2 =" IL by your Mayor, that makes it impos
% .sible for me to address you any fur
ther - IN "
.}9s This characteristicr speech was re
ceived with applause, and the Mayo
joined in heartily. p,
The banquet given by some of on
most wealthy and distinguished citi
zens, to the President and party, cam
'iNt'a off in the evening at Delmonico's, an
was a splendid affair." Mayor Hofl
snsv "a man presided. !, Long and abl
RI. - speeches, were made by Presideh
johnson and Secretary Seward, an
f'''ofA short ones by the Mayor, Gen. Gran
Admiral Farragut, Baron Stoekt
{the Prussian Minister), and Seno
Romero, the Minister for the Mexica
,5 Republiea Afterwards the Presider
s'A y" was serenaded, and made anothe
speech from the balcony at Delmor
ico's, as did also Mr.. Seward. o,5 ..i
~, The following are the short speecht
a'Nh made at the banquet, the others beir
~ 0'"'" too long to telegraph, ,A s1saa