Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-09-15
Speech OF President Johnson.
WAsuINdToN, Aug. Is, 1866,

WASHINGTON, Aug. lS, 1866,
The reception by tho President
to-day of tho Committee from Phil
adelphia was IL grand affair. The
ceremony took placein the eastroom
of the White House, which was
densely packed with tn, members
of the committee, delegates and cit
izens.
Thos. p. May, and w. II. @. King,
members Of the Committee, were
present. =,
The President appeared, supported
by Mossrs. McCulloch and Randall,
of the Sabinct, and Browning, who
will be on the 1st of September.
General Grant came in after the
ceremony commenced, took n scat
beside the President, and was loud
ly cheered.
Gen. Rawlins, Grants Chief of
Staff was present. This is consid-
cred highly significant, fully identi-
fying Grant with the Philadelphia
movement. The Radicals will now
be compelled to disown him.
After the speeches, the delegates
were presented to the President and
Gen. Grant, and cheers were given
for both. The utmost enthusiasm
prevailed.
Reverdy johnson, the Chairman
of tho Committee, spoke half an
hour, reviewing eloquently the
temper and proceedings Of the Con-
vention, frequently being interrupt
ed with applause.
His concluding remarks were as
Follows and were heartily ap'
p.auded:
With a country re- united, with
40 foot but that of a freeman tread
ing, or being permitted to tread her
soil, with industry renewed, with q
nations faith pledged forever to a
strict observance of all its obliga-
tions, with kindness and fraternal
love everywhere prevailing, the
desolation of war will soon be re-
moved. Its sacrifices Of life, sad as
they have been, will, with Christian
resignation, be referred to pro-
vidential purpose of fixing our be-
loved country on q firm and endur-
ing basis, which will forever place
our liberty and happiness beyond
the reach of human peril. Then,
too, and forever, will our govern
ment challenge the admiration and
receive the respect of the nations of
the earth, and be in no danger of
any effort to impair our rights, or
to impcach our honor. And per-
NIT me, sir, in conclusion to add,
that great as your solicitude for the
restoration of our domestic peace,
and your labors to that end, we re-
joice that you have also watchtul
eye to the rights of the nation, and
that any attempt by an assumed or
actual power to enforce an illegal
blockade against the Government
or the citizens of the United States,
to use your own but expressive words,
will be disallowed In tiri. -aotvr--
mination am sure you will receive
the unanimous approval of your
fellow citizens.
This reference to the enforcement
of the Monroe Doctrine, was partic-
ularly acceptable.
The following is the Presidents
reply in full:
Mr.. Chairman, and Gentlemen OF
! tkc Committee Language ls inade-
auate to express the emotions and
feelings produced by this occasion.
Perhaps I could express moro by
permitting silence to speak, and
you to infer what ought to say. l
confess that the experience | have
had in public life. and the audiences
have addressed, that this assembl-
age, and this occasion are calculated
to. and do overwhelm me as ! have
said | have not language TO con
vey the present feelings and emo
tions in listening to the address
which your eloquent and distin-
gu'shed Chairman has just deliver
cd. The proceedings of the Con-
vention, as they transpired, recalled
to mind, seemingly, that / partook
Of the inspiration that prevailed in
sa Convention when | received q
patch sent by two Of it's d stin-
eoi,hed members, conveying in
s~ms the scene, which has just been
cribed, of South Carolina, and
Sia,,schusetts. arm in arm, march
ing INTO the vast assemblage, and
thus giving evidence that the two
extremes had come together again
that for the future they were
united. as they had been in the past,
for the preservation of the Union.
When the dispatch informed me in
that vast assemblage of men, dis
tinguished for intellect and wisdom,
every eve was suffused with tears
on beholding the scene; l could not
finish reading the dispatch to one
associated with me in the office, for
nv own feelings overcame me. Ap-
plause.l | think we may justly con-
clude that we are moving under a
proper inspiration, and that we need
} not be mistaken that the finger Of
an overruling Providence is in that
matter. The nation is in peril We
have Just passed through bloody
and monstruous ordeal, and do not
vet find ourselves free fom the diff
feaIties and dangers ,hat at first
surrounded rs, while cor rave men
have performed their d1ties, both
officers and men, (turning to Gen
Grant who stood at his right have
laurels imperishable. There are
stnl greater and more important