Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-09-01
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Banquet Given In Honor of Him in
.,a New York City, Aug. 20, 1866. %.
IFrom the New York Herald.l

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with all eyes at the moment turned upon
him, after the LAST cheer and its echo had
died away, proceeded to address the assem-
blage. He said: III .. 10y
GENTLEMEN, CITIZENS OF New YoRK:-
The kind manner in which you have re-
-spdnded to the toast proposed by the dis
tingulshed Mayor of your city is, under
Iexistihg circumstances, peculiarly gratify-
ing to me, and in saying how gratifying it.
| is to me 1, wish not to indulge in vanity of
self-feeling, of pride, for IL 1 were to say
less I should not speak the truth; and
consider 1t is always better to speak the
truth and give utteTance to the sincere emo
tions that are naturally excited at being so
| kindly alluded to, and atSbeing received as
1 lave been received here tonight on this
Oc cfasion. iCheers.l The generous well
come extended to me bye city to-day,
and the demonstrations that have been
made in my honor, l am free to confess
gentlemen, overpower me. [Great cheers.
But, gentlemen, the head must be. exceed,
ingly dull indeed, and the heart almost
without an, impulse, that could not give ut
4 terance to something responsive to what
has been said and what has been done in
| your city to-day. Oh, gentlemen, believe
me that on this occasion warm is the heart
that feels, and willing and sincere Is the
tongue that speaks. [Great cheering.
| And, would, 10 God it was in my power to
reduce to living sentences and commensu-
| rate language the feelings and emotions
that the scenes of this day and this night
have produced in my heart. [Applause.l
| | must not attempt, however, in response to
what has been said and the manifestations
| that have been made, to make an elaborate
speech, or to indulge In any lengthy argu-
ments, but more to eODtine myself to the
sincere utteTances of my heart, and to the
fulncss and oyerfowing of its sentiments.
| [Cheers.l would that | could give utter
apce to what feel, to what witnessed to-
day in the outpouring of the popular heart
| of this, great city. What has been, demon
strated on this occasion will 90 forth and
communicate its split and effect to every
heart throughout this wide and extended
confederacy., [Cheers,l The great strug!
/ gle in which we have been so long engaged
has but tended to develop the strength and
| patriotism OF the great popular heart OF the
nation. l know, as you all know, that we
have Just passed through a bloody and a
| perilous conflict, and we have with us to-
night gentlemen associated with us who
have shared with us their part in the coll
flict and who have participated in the great
struggle for the preservation of the Union.
| TMr. johnson here turned to the right, on
/
| sat Admiral FaIragut, and the allusiOn and
the action drew forth great, applause aud
bcheers for Grant and ,Farragut.l Your
army, gentlemen, on the one hand, and
YOUR navy on the other, have performed
their part in restoring the Government to
| its presentpoint of safety and security.
/ TContinued applause.1 And / would be
| greatly derelict In my duty on this occa-
| sion If failed to refer to the Secretary of
State here onmy rightr-tthe President here
bowed to Mr.. Seward who sat beside him,
at which and the reference to him the COM
pany rose and cheered Justify for Secretary
| Seward j4Aand the high services he per-
| formed for our, country. in the days of its
greatest need and peril. And as far as the
humble Individual who now stands before
4 you, aud the part he performed in the great
| dpama--inrthe great struggle for the sup
| preston of the rebellion and for the restor-
| alton of the Union particularly-[ great
1 cheering, in which Mr.. Johnson's closing
| words were lost --and L will say in the
4 summing up of the whole record of those
who performed their whole duty to the
country In the great struggle through
which 1t has passed, that the Government
/ has discharged its duties to the fullest pos
| sible extent. [Chcers.l Then ii the Gov
ernment has discharged its duties in the
past, and there is something else to be per-
| formed, why not trust to ftyet The work
is not yet completed, though we havepass-
ed through fields of perl, through carnage
and blood. Now we are brought to diff
ferent period, and a different issue is before
us. Our enemy, as 1t were, was, put down
in the field, but there is still. greater and
more imnoftarit task before us for you and
| / to perform. [Applause. J. / may not be
permitted, and | should not trespass upon
| You to remark in the connection that the
rebellion was suppressed, or, In other words,
| the Government commenced The suppress
sion or the rebellion for thei1express pur-
pose of preserving the Union OF these
States. [Cheers,] That was the declara-
tion it made, and under that declaration it
went into the war and continued the war
till itconinletely suppressed the rebellion.
| TCheers.l The rebellion has been suppress
ed, aud the declaration of the object Of the
fIwar for its suppression established the great
fact that those States, having advanced the
idea that they had full power Ii they de-
sired, and the right, either by force or
tpeaceable means, to separate themselves,
| and that idea having been determined and
settled by the Government OF the United
iStateS ON the field against them, were not
ot course separated by that act. (Applause.]
IlThere is one of the departments of the
3OyeFnment--the Executive Department
which holds that these States are still in the
| Cnion, while there isanother department of
1.-THE Government which has declared official
| ly by its acts that, Notwithstanding the re-
bellon was suppressed and the Union pre-,
served, and that in fact States could not Sc
cede, yet have practically assumed and de-
clared and carried Ottt up to this moment
the doctrine that the Government was dis
solved and that these States were out of the,
Union, [Cries of, ,g0h,Y and "Shame."] We,
who contended for the opposite doctrine
| wears ago, eontended that even States had
not the right peaceably to ,seeede. One of,
the means, or modes of tpeaceable secession.
advanced was thatStates Of the Union could
/ witRdfaW their Representatives from Com
gress, and that thatwould be a practical dis
Solution of the Union,. We denied their
richt to withdraw their Representatives,
| Which they asserted they had.o Now, when
i We estabiished the dOctrine1th that they had
no right to withdTaWyand) the rebellion, to-
sustain their Yiews0f, the question ,waslat
an end, and they we're defeated In the issue,
these States again resumihg their position
and renewing their, relations, as far as in
| them Law, with the Federal Government,
a1Ci When they sent Representativesto Cons
| rTessL-in ViOlation Of the sacredHcharter
Of liberty they are deprived of their fair
share OF, representation, and consequently