Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-08-31

PRESIDENTS SPEECH AT DELMoNIco's.
NEW YORK; August sO.-The following
are the principal portions of the speech Of /
President johnson in response to toast at
the Grand Banquet at DelRonico's last /
night. After returning thanks for the COM
pliment, he proceeded:
We have gentlemen here associated with |
US on this occasion who took an active part |
in that struggle for the preservation of our
country-the army on the one hand, point
ing to General Grant, and the navy on the
other, pointing to Farragut. These gentle L
,vb at Dart the humble IndIVlduaI WHO NO"
addresses you took in that struggle Tor tne |
suppression Of the rebellion and the lesso-
ration Of the Government VIII say noen-
ing now, but l will say IN summing W,
tb0uch I NAV perhaps be included IN that
snTo91ing mn. I will say that feel that the
Goysrnment has discharged Its duty D9s
there is something else to be performed.
Tbe work is not vet done. Though we nave
Dessed through fields of blood, and at tunes
PaI-oost forced to the conclusion that We
would be compelled to see the Goddess OF
Liberty 90 staggering through carnage ana
bIood. and our Government fallure, yesOy
the blessing of Providence matters nave
been brought to a different terminatl0n. %
far we have been saved Bat Ehile sne 80, en,
/ omv has been put down in the held, tnefe
| stiII remains a greater and more important
work for YOU to do, but will not trespass
upon your time. ,.,.-,o.
| 7 must be permitted to remark, however,
:; tbis connection, that the Government
undertook the suppression OF the reoelii1n ion
for the express purpose of preserving the
| TTn;on Of these States. That was the decla,
rstion that ii made at the beginning, and
under that declaration it went INTO the Wer
and continued it until the rebellion was
suppressed. By the suppression Of tnlS re-
beiiion. the Government established and an
nonnced the great fact that these states
have not the power nor the right, either Dy
forcibIe or peaceable means, to separate
| fso,n each other. That was determined
and settled by the Government OF the UNI.
| 81 States and the Executive Department
of Il But there is another department OF
vour Government which has declared 1y
Ia official action, that notwithstanding tne
, rebellion was suppressed for the purPose U %
!, -,.osarvinc the Union of the Statcs and TO
p6ii ppsto6iisb definitely the doctrine that no
! Stats has right to secede-I say there IS
5onertment OF your Government which mas
: ,,-acticalIv assumed and declared, and up
r tbe nrssent time carried out, that the
\ Govarnment .7as dissolve9 ard the state
We who contend for the opposite doctrine
! vaars seo contended that the States had no
he right even peaceably to secede, and on
of the means of peaeeable secession Was :.
/ | a State Withdrawing its representative ilon @
= tba Congress of the United States, and ina
,1o,I5 ne a practical dissolution Of the VI
: ion We denied that State had any suci
"a rigbt. and when subsequently they attempt
- al to Withdraw, we again asserted that tne.
- had no such righ; and now when the ooc
: t-;ns has been forcibly established that
~ Stata mas no right to leave the Union, an
NJ when the States are again resumlng 1nel
"a ralations with the federal government,
- far as in them lies, we find that Wne9 sne
" seek TO have their representatives, a9oeo
a. Congress, there are men N LA 49, 49,
- in Violation Of our great charter OF hDel9
y :, denv their right 70 be represented and Z, r
= fnse 70 admit their representatives. into ID
=. Gongress of the United States The quer
"A fbe5 comes up, in the stuggie that ls no
"A b.fore ne ,ziIi we submit to this practei
ba dissolution and this practical assertion
as the doctrine that they have aready reP'
an dated and overthrow! me issue ~ y
tv fore you-will these States DO PerInI..ea Pat.:
remain as they are, 50 iar as rePfSsenses;;c
IL concerned, in a state Of praetlcal secessle
and disruption7 Il is giving the lie dlre
an to everv position. It IS subverung eVel
". nos;tion taken up since the rebelllon COZ
'as menced. Are we prepared now, after ma
ms ~, nasaad through our terrible War-aft
ed.- tbe Immense amount of blood that has oe'
an; sbed. and after having accumulated ae
rs' of over q thousand million OF doiisrs-a
&c We prepared to permit this disruption q
1r- disrnptin1 condition Of affairs 70 eontlne
or; Let ns usk an intelligent audience, I
rai in the language of declamanon,
"a in the spirit Of christianity and sou
Vi nb;iosonhv? Are we prepared 70 rem
- -, these scenes through which We nave j
P'- nassed ? Are we prepared again to see 9
- portion of this country IN deadly conn
~ s0ainst another portion asTe nave Juss .
IL t6eno arraved? or shall we not MAKE eEs
r. affort to have all the parts and All the p
in ple of the country again united In h4rin'
-ess and brotherly affectionF
Mem Well, gentlemen, what is said now, ~
ate the Philadelphia Convention has met
he nronouuced on the condition OF countl
owe What is now said? "Why, that these Z
- vbo met in that convention were inslnc.
nm that their professions were worth notai
,eT. and were not to be believed
,s,, Gentlemen, what better evidence OF
- aItv can YOU have, than those men 81
80 Wbo has fought this rebellion with
re- consistency and discrimination i tn-n - .a
nc Who has sacrificed or suffered more lst
= of county, but because mp saerinces 49, anu
ferings have been great as an inclS S
= of growing out of a great civil war, snoul
S;cb Therefore grow insensiele TO tne truth
- n-incinle. You are told that those men
~ Outstanding their professions OF 10y
~ 40 the Union, arc not TO be believed, D