The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-08-31

NIGHT. DISPATCHES.
4 SplenGlid Banquet IN
dt1gb o9 Ne,U York. II tlr~ +
ANOTHER ssPEECfT FROM PREsI
-E'7"i M DENT. JOHNSON.
HE DENouNcEs THE RADICALS.
A Noble Sentiment: He Would have the
Southern People Come Back with
'All their Manhood"

TO the President last night was splendid
affair. Among those present were Gene
raj Grant, Admiral Farragut, Secretaries
Seward and Wclles, the Russian, Mexican,
and Brazilian Ministers, Messrs. A. T.
Stewart, Astor, and upwards Of two hun
dred prominent citizens.
Tie President spoke at great length, and
said in the course OF his remarks that the
Government went to war for the express
purpose of preserving the union of these
States: and the Government had esta-
blished the great fact that the States have
not the power or the right either by forci-
BILE or peaceable means to separate from
each other, but the Congress has practi-
cally assumed, and up to the present time
carried out, the doctrine that the Govern
ment was dissolved and these States were
ont of the Union. We denied their right
to scccde even peaceably; and now we
find, when these States seek again to
renew their practical relations with the
Union by sending representatives to Con-
gress, there are men in that body who,
in violation of the great charter of our
liberty, refuse to admit them. The ques-
ton is, will we submit-will the American
people submit to this practical assertion OF
the doctrine they repudiatc and ovcrthre~
by the WARP That issue is before you. Ii
We submit to this We give the lie direct te
every position taken by us since the wal
commenced. lie asked, in the spirit Of
christianity and sound philosophy, if We
are prepared again to see one portion
of the country arrayed against the Other
in deadly conflict, or shall we make every
effort to unite the whole country in har.
mony and brothcrly affection. Referring
to the Philadelphia Convention, he said
the best evidence that can be shown o.
loyalty arc loyal professions and loyal &C
tions, and when those gentlemen met IL
convention from the North and South
come forward and profess devotion to the
Union and Constitution, and when the &C.
tions and professions correspond, who
shall dare to doubt them Have we
reached that point that all confidence il
lost in men. If We have, tell you thai
your Government is not as strong as q
rope of sand. 1t has no weight, and vii
tumble to pieces. The adhesive power O
this Government is in the confidence which
the people put in each other. He said the
South had accepted the arbtrament of tho
sword and lost, and now wanted to return
again to the Union. He did not want tc
see them come back degraded and debascd
but wanted them to come back with al
their manhood. They have again taken W
the Constitution, and ask that the law.
shall be enforced. What, then, was the
cause of distrust or lack Of confidence
in them. There is no cause. He also said
that General Grant and himself had fought
for the Union at one end of the line, and
now they were fighting for it at the other
and if General Grant was not in the field
he was doing equally good service. Laugh.
ter and applause.l He said our three bill
lion of debt could be paid only by con-
solidation of our nationality and the perpe.
tuity and union Of the States. In conclu-
sion, he said the demonstration in New
York confirmed him in the opinion that
the people will take care of the Govern
mcnt; and those who would attempt tC
check their purpose had better stand out
of the way. For himself, he had reached the
summit of his ambition with one excep-
ton. He said "There is but one thing
wanting. Would you like toy hear it
Cries of Yes!"l Atthis particular crisis
and period of our history, when the States
are in peril, if / can be the instrument in
the hands of the people of restoring this
Union and making it complete, causing
the Government to recommcnce its glori-
Gus and mighty career of prosperity and
greatness, will be willing to exclaim, as
Simeon did Of old when he saw the babe
born in the mangcr, l have seen the glory
of this salvation. Let thy servant depart
in peace !! Enthusiastic applause.l That
being done, my ambition is com.
pletc. / ask nothing more. l would
rather live in history, rather live
in the affections and hearts Of my country
men, as having consummatcd this great
end, than be President of the United
States forever. Here the audience broke
into an irrcprcssible burst of applause
aud OH the call of General Sanford, gave
three cheers for Andrew Johnson, the
rcstorer of the Union
After drive through Central Park, tn,
President and General Grant took the boat
at charlottesville for Albany.