The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-11
THE PRESIDENT AND sUlrE.

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the railroad station by detachment
of United States troops, under the
orders of Major General Hancock,
and soon thereafter the train was un-
der way for indianapolis, distance
of two hundred and sixty-two miles.
BUNKER HILL, Sept. 10 -9:3O a. NJ.
"A salute was fired The President,
Gen. Grant, Admiral Farragut, Sec
rotary Seward, and Secretary Welles,
were seyerally introduced and cheer
ed by the crowd Three cheers were
also proposed and given for the re-
union of thirty-six States. a basket
of choice fruit decorated with flowers
was handed to the President. The
note accompanying it read as follows :
Mrs Cartiste's compliments to an
dreto johnson, President ofthe United
| States. .gil5s
May he live to see the Union festor-
| ed in. spirit and in truth; and may he
always, as heretofore, have the moral
courage and firmness to, veto every
measure antagonistic to that object,
and incompatible with the interests
of the whole country, and his own
race. aa 'it'ssss2t eea9ea
BUNKER HILL. Ills, Sept 10, '66.
LIToHF1ELD, 9:20.4The usual in
Productions, applause, and three cheers
for the entire Union, by the large
cfowd.i EAFsD = f.3f .4@Wgs ~ Is ESFyF
NATION, 1 :30.-Here there were
proceedings similar to those above
mentioned. The President, Grant,
Farragut, Sewardand Wells were pre-
sented to the people At intermediate
points, notwithstanding it has been
raining since we left ST. Louis large
numbers of persons have gathered at
the various stations. ala 3! eailaD .snd
7. CHARLESTON, a2::20.- The demon
stration here was large The Presi-
dent was the recipient of two large
bouquets. .,,fl .,.ts ~ ....fe',.,e.f ,;.l,e
=" PARIS, H., 3:15lP. M-The largest
crowd We have seen, since, we left St.
Louis, was at this town. The most
distinguished of the party. were intro
.duced, and warmly received with
cheers The people in a similar man
ner expressed their love fer Union
of thirty y-six States, and their respect
for the President of thirty-six States.
Hon. Hogan having proposed the
cheering, transparency was pronzin
!ent in the crowd, bearing the words,
Welcome to u S. Grant, Colonel
k21st His. Infantry When the General
appeared on the platform, the crowd
greeted him with the widest plaudits.
This has been the case every where.
1t was at Paris that Grant raised one
of the companies Of his regiment.l
TERRE HAUTE. Sept. 10. - The
train halted here for few minutes,
and thousands of people were con-
gregated, Notwithstanding the rain was
falling at the time. Many were on
horseback Among the Transparent
cies was one with the inscription,
There are no dead States, the boys in
blue fought that all might live On
the reverse was the representation of
two negroes and the words, Not to
be natural pets. ~ 50 r, .,.5., ~ 70
,ia DR. Ezra Read struggled through
the crowd to the platform, where he
extended to the President a. cordial
welcome from those who endorsed his
| policy, saying that he was striving as
a statesman to restore peace and fra
ternal feeling throughout all the land.
The President returned his heartfelt
and profound thanks for the warm
welcome. He did not look upon it
as tribute to him, but to the occa-
sion and to the importance of the
question involved. We have Just
come out of rebellion, and now the
duty devolves upon you and the Coy
ernment to restore peace and recon
citation to a people recently divided.
The cry came up what shall be done?
The great object in suppressing the
rebellion was to restore peace and to
uphold the doctrine that no State had
a right to secede, they all being States
of this Union, and now that
the rebellion Ai in the South is
suppressed there is ia cry at
the other end of the line that the
Union is dissolved, and shall not be
reunited The President said his
public course was known to all from
his messages and acts, and, therefore,
it was not necessary to here state it. l
come, he said, in the name of the Con-
stitution. ECheers. / come With the
/ flag of the country, not with twenty
five, but thirty-six stars. Who, In this
vast assembly, would stretch forth his
arm and strike out of that flag. one or
all of the States Cries of /" Noneip
Neyerl According to the great
Republican principles there should be
no taxation without representation.
/ lCheers. We. say, then, all States
| should be represented and taxed on a
common principle and participate in
the affairs of Government. CGheers.l
On no,other principle can the Govern
ment be preserved Renewed Cheers
Then, my fellow -countrynen, i stand
here to-day as I,did IN the midst of
the rebellion, and | call upon you to
rally to the support of the country, for
the time has come, the rebellion is
suppressed, and which threatened the
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