The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-09-19
PRESIDENTS SPEECH AT CLEvE-
LAND. OHIO.

LAND, OHlOs
New YORK, Sept. 4.-The following
was the Presidents speech at Cleveland
on Monday night:
FELLow-cIrIzENs 1t is not for the
purpose of making speech that now
appear before you. am aware
of the great curiosity which prevails to
see strangers who have notoriety and
distinction in all countries. l know a
large number of you desire to see Gen
eral Grant and to hear what he has to
say, Ia voice" Three cheers for Cen
eral Grant ;;'' but you can't see him to-
night; he is extremely i'll. l repeat I
am not before you now to make speech,
but simply to make your acquaintance,
to say how are you % and to bid you
good-by. We are on our way to Chi
cago to participate in or witness the lay
ing of the cornerstone Of a monument
to the memory of a distinguished fel-
lov-citizen, who is no more. 1t is not.
necessary for me to mention the name
ofStephen A. Douglas to the people of
Ohio. l am free to say that am fiat
tered by the demonstrations have wit
messed; and being fattered / don't
mean to take it personally, but as an
evidence of what is pervading the pub
lie mind; and this demonstration is
nothing more nor less than an indication
of the latent sentiment of feeling of the
great masses of the people with regard
to the proper settlement of this great
question. I come before you as an
American citizen simply, and not as the
Chief Magistrate clothed in the insignia
and paraphernalia of State, being an in
habitant ola State of this Union. I
know it has been said that 1 am an alien
[laughterl and that I did not reside in
one Of the States of the Union, and
therefore could not be the Chief Magis-
trate, though the Constitution declares
that must be citizen to occupy that
office. Therefore all that was necessary
was to declare the Office vacant, or, un-
der pretext, to prefer articles Of i'm
peachment, and thus the individual who
now occupies the Chief Magistracy was
to be disposed ofand driven from power.
But short time since you had a ticket
before you for the Presidency. / was
placed upon that ticket with distin-
guished fellow-citizen who is now no
more. know there are some who
complain. A voice, "Unfortunately." u
Yes, unfortunate for some that God
rules on high and deals in right,
[cheers j yes, unfortunately the ways
ofProvidence are mysterious and in
comprehensive, controlling all those
who exclaim unfortunate. ["Bully for
you p'] / was going to say, my coun-
trymen, a short time sinceI was elected
and placed upon the ticket. There was
platform proclaimed and adopted by
those who placed me upon it. Not
withstanding the subsidized gang of
hirelings and traducers l have discharg-
ed all my duties and fulfilled all my
pledges, and I say here tonight that if
my predecessor had lived the walls of
wrath would have been poured cut up
on him. TCries of" never r "Three
cheers for the Congress of the United
States PSI I-came here as | was pas
sing along, and have been called upon
for the purpose of exchanging views
and ascertaing if we could, who was
wrong. ICries Of It's you r. That
was my object in appearing before you
tonight, and I want to say this, that I
have lived among the American people
and have represented them in some