The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-08-31
RECEPTION IN NEW YORK,
Speeches by The President, Grant
and Seward,
BRAND BANQUET AT DEtM0NIce's.
Departure from New York and
Arrival at Albany,
THE RECEPTION IN ALBANY,

NEW YORK, August 39s-The follow
iuu ia the Presidents speech at the ser
enade last night: He thanked God that
the people had, through their repre-
sentatives at the Philadelphia C0nven-
ton, imposed sentence upon those who
opposed the restoration of the Union;
that the people, obeying the great law
of gravitatiOn which would yanqulsh
any movement pointing to the disrnp
tion of the Union, had sent forth their
edict like a blaze of light that would
exercise an irresistible influence
throughout the United States; that the
Union must be preserved as originally
established under the Constitution lie
had not been mistaken IN holding that
there was an over-ruling Providence IN
the movements of the American people.
He believed that the great truth, for
proclaimipg which he had been pro.
claimed demagogue, was being carried
out; that the voice Of the people Is the
voice of God. [Cheers.l There was
now great ground swell coming that
would teach traitors i'll the Nozth that
the ,UniOn of the States must be pre-
served. He had began!in 1861 to oppose
any encroacLment npon that Union, and
had continued to fight against such
attempts at the Southern portion of the
circle. Now, there were those who had
made attacks upon the magic circle; had
passed around TO the other side complete
IL. Should he name theml (fes; and
hang them. too.) They had named him,
and denounced him in the legislative
departments of the Government as
L.. ha EN-.nntiV.l ~ nt thn
nation, was determined to do his duty,
under the Constitution, They were the
traitors, having extended their arms TO
the archives of State, and trampled the
constitution of their fathers under foot.
When these things were told to them by
himself on the anniversary OF the
birth of the father of our country,
when it was undigniGed and
unbecoming, though it was right
for them to charge him with having
abandoned the party that elected him.
He challenged to day the whole Congress
in the aggregate, with the exception OF
those who stand by the convention, to
come forward and put their finger upon
the slightest variation or departure in
| his course from the resolutions passed at
| Baltimore upon which he was elected.
| Yet he had been denounced because
he had refused to obey those who
had abandoned these principles, and
refused to give his sanction to what was
called the Freedmen's Bureau Bill, which
proposed to tax the people nearly S5O, 600,
900 to support what they assumed to be
| freedmen. What is that bill2 Ii
was not more or less than the
| transferring of 100000 of slaves
| from their original owners to new
set of task masters, with the United
States to pay all the expenses, aud the
task masters under the government TO
reap all the profits.
Mr.. johnson concluded by thanking
the citizens of New York for the kindness
manifested on the occasion. He was ie-
peatedly interrupted with cheers during
his speech.
Mr.. Seward was next called, and spoke
briefly.
General Grant was next loudly called,
and came forward aud said:
Gentlemen: l am so exhausted by the
eloquence drawn from me this evening
by your Mayor that it is impossible for
me to address you any further.
This characteristic speech was received
with loud laughter and applause, the
Mayor joining in heartily.
The banquet given by some of ouI
most wealthy and distinguished citizens
to the President and party came of il
the evening at Delmonico's, and was q
very splendid affair. Mayor Hoffman
] presided. Long and able speeches were