Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-10-02
The Prc.ideap. Speech a, Detroit.

The P~resAdenps speech NJ Detroit.
Upon the arrival Of the Presidentia,
party at Detroit, an excursion reception
was given them. and in response to the
address Of welcome, the President made g
speech of an hours duration, and INDUCED
more freely in invec,ive against Congress
and his opponents than at Cleveland:
The first part of his speech was in just.
fcation Of his policy Of Reconstruction. He
then referred to the action Of Congress on
the Freedmen's Bureau bill and their op-
position to the Executive Department Of
the Government, and said he would like
to meet the whole phalanx Of the men op-
posed to his principles. He would like to
see the legislative department Of the gov
eminent that is making charges against
the Executive 60 before the American
people and test the question at issue.
Humble individual as he was, he would
like to take the entire Congress entertain
ing these doctrines before the people, and
he would 1907 show who it was that was
trying to absorb the liberty Of the people.
(Cheers.) He had stood as the tribune Of
the people in defense Of the peoples rights,
and he would continue their defender.
Have I not. he said, been elected Presi-
dent by yous "a voice-"That $685. 900
a year, Oh, indeed! That is what you
give your tribune. is its (Cheers.) Let
me call your attention to this. l I'm not
afraid to talk to the American people. and
all the little fellows they put into crowds
70 call out catch words with q view
Of creating disrespect; l care not
for them. The whole kennel has
been turned loose upon me long since
their little dog Tray and Blanche and
Great Heart-all have been let loose yelp-
ing at my heels for the last eight months.
The whole pack of slanderers and calum-
niators had better get out Of my way.
Great cheering.) l tell them that the
American people are taking hold OF the
Questions at issue, and when they begin
to consider them, these usurpers and ty-
rants-because tyranny can be exercised
more efectually by W o hundred and
forty-two men than by one single man
(cheers)-I tell them it will be better for
them to keep their small boats near shore.
Continued cheering.) The people are be-
ing walked up, and when the honest, in
,~elligent and patriotic masses come to the
rescue the whole set Of them will be de-
stroyed. But i, was said here that l, the
tribune Of the people, was getting $4,000
a year; but ! ask this question, has it been
increased since I came into Officer CHEERS.
and cries of No, no.") But let me tell
you whs, Congress has done. They
changed their pay since they came into
power. Yes! this Congress that has
assailed and attacked mt for faithful dis
charge of my duty when the citadel OF
freedom was attacked-(cheers)-yes, this
immaculate, this pure, this people-loving,
this devoted Congress finds it convenient
while they had the chance, while they
were in power, 20 increase their pay nearly
double. (Great cheering and hisses.)
Those who live in glass houses should
never throw stones. (Cheers.) Yes, this
immaculate Congress increased their pay
nearly double, while at the same time they
were m~agnanimous enough to vote $50
for the brave two year veterans Of the war;
$50 bounty for the men who shed their
blood and lost their limbs in the defense
of the country. For men mutilated and
disabled from work forever this immacu-
late Congress gives $50, while they double
their own emoluments-(cries Of shame)-
receiving $4,000 a year. Just pocket that
as you 60 along. Cheers and l~aughter.)
They reckoned with some sagacity in the
premises ; they feared that they would be
this uprising Of the people, and that it
would be the very last grab they would
have at the public purse. (Cheers.) l
srus, in you, and trusting in you, say
le, the whole Congress come. Relying on
YOU, l will NEE, them single handed and
alone. In the words of the poet l exclaim:
Come one. come all. this rock shall ay,
From its firm base as soon as !, (CheerE,)