The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-09-15
THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH AT
CLEVELAND.
Radical Roughs on the Rampage-"Andy'
Gives Them a Little "Old hickory
over the Shoulders.

The Cleveland Leader, Of Tuesday,
gives the following report ofthe Presi-
dents speech at that place on the eve
ming previous:
About 10 o'clock, the supper being
over, the party retired to'the balcony,
where the President was formally wei
coined to the Forest City byF. W. Pet.
ten, Esq, President Of the City Coun-
Gil.
The vast multitude that filled the
streets below was boisterous, and somc-
times bitter and sarcastic in their calls,
interludes and replies, though some
what exceedingly apt. They listened
with attention part Of the time, and at
other times completely drowned the
Presidents voice with their vocifera-
tions. After all the presentations had
been made, loud calls were made for the
President, who appeared and spoke as
follows:
| PRESIDENT JOHNSON SPEECH
FELLOW CIrIzENs-It is not for the
purpose of making speech that now
appear before you. l am aware Of the
great curiosity which prevails to see
Strangers who have notoriety and dis
tinction in the country. Iknow large
number of you desire to see General
Grant, and hear what he has to say.
| IRA voice-"Thrcc cheers for Grant
But you can not see him to-night;, he
is extremely ill. l repeat, ! am not be-
fore you to make speech, but simply
to make your acquaintance-to say
show are your and bid you good-by.
We are on our way to Chicago, to par
ticipatc in or witness the laying Of the
cornerstone Of monument to the
memory of u distinguished fellow w'cti-
zen who is now no more. 1t is notnec-
essary for me to mention the name OF
Stephen A. Douglass to the people OF
Ohio. Applause.
I am free to say 1 am fattered by the
demonstrations / have witnessed, and
being flattered, don't mean to think
It personal, but as an evidence of what
is pervading the public mind. and this
, demonstration is neither moro nor less
, than an indication of the latent sentl
ment or feeling of the great masses o1
I. the people with regard to this great
question.
!. I come before you as al American
!, citizen simply, and not as the Chic
D Magistrate, clothed in the insignia ane
paraphernalia of State; being an inhab
= liant of State of this Union know
it has been said that l was an alien
laughter, and that / did not reside il
one of the States of the Union and there
fore could not be the Chief Magis
tratc, as the Constitution declares tina
/ must be q citizen to occupy that Office
c Therefore all that was necessary to de
pose its occupant was to declare thu
, office vacant. or under the preteXt t(
prefer articles of impeachment. Ant
. thus the individual who occupies tn
. Chief Magistracy was to be deposed o
# and driven from power. =.
There was two years ago, tlcke
+. before you for the Presidency J. wa
:. placed upon that ticket with distin
q a guishcd citizen, now no more. Voice
!, ~ Its PITY TOO bad:' 'unfortu
~ nate. Yes, know there are some VIII
!, cry unfortunate Yes, unfortunate TO
some that God rules on high and deaI
y in Justice. Cheers. Yes, unfort'
n nate! The ways of Providence al
;s ;s mysterious and incomprehensible, col
" trolling all those who exclaim 'unfort'
r. nate Bully for you'll Twas goin
;s to say, my comtrymen, short TIN
at m since was elected and placed upc
a' ~ the ticket. There was platform pr
te claimed and adopted by those VIII
" placed me upon it. NotwithstandiI
N q mendacious press, notwithstanding
Is subsidized gang of hirelngs who ha,
H. II not ceased to traduce me, have di
ho charged all my official duties, and #
Nv Nv filed all my pledges. And say he
"a tonight that if my predecessor h;
m lived, the Walls of wrath would ha'
Nv Nv poured out upon him. Cries, Never
- Neverr and three cheers for the 20
,,rrt gress of the United States.
so m came here as was passing alon
20. ~ and having been called upon for t
ho purpose Of exchanging views, and
,at M certaining if we could, who was wron
~, IN Cries, You arc!] that was my obje
as m in appearing before you tonight.
,IJ want to say that have lived among t
,is t;s American people, and have represent
mt m them in some public capacity for
,so last twenty five years. Where IS I
~ man or the woman who can place
oa finger upon one single act OF mine
-. w violation of the constitution OF
w. w. country. TChecrs and cries OF IN
.es s Orleans Who is he what langua
4 does he speak what religion does
;.' profess THAT can come and place
M hn finger upon one pledge l ever violat
20 70 or one principle l everproved false !
oJ w Voice, New Orleans Another, 'W
,o ,od don't you hang jeff Davis lila
'v "s, jeff. Davis [Shouts and cries of.Do
oos os with him. Hang jeff. Davis? Va
on m Hang Wendell Phillips why DO
rur m you hang him? [Cries Of give us
the opportunity
,nto Haven't you got the court? ilay'
tho M you got the Attorney GeneralT "
;on, .n il your Chief Justice, who has refu
I "nI to sit on his trial? Groans
'''''' cheers. am not the Chief just
o, I am not the Attorney General. /
: no jury. Butrll tell you what dld
NO - / called upon your Congress, that
rcl, 'pH trying to break up the Goyernm
'. Kisses and cries Of "A lie! Great {
r.. fusion. Voice, +" Don't get mad!
oI ,,ah am not mad. Kisses. l will tell
:" "u who is mad. Whom the gods want
w. w, destroy they first make mad