The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-12
THE PRESIDENT Ar INDIANAPO.
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4 LOUISVILLE, Sept. 11--.INDIANAP-
OILS, IA. M,-The Journal, of this
morning, deeply regrets the disturb
ance that took place last night, in con-
nection with the reception of the
i President and his suite. Had such a
scene, it says, been anticipated, the
most strenuous efforts would have been
made by the Union citizens to prevent
Sit; but, In such a mass there was no
4 possibilityaof doing anything with the
excited people after the uproarA com
! menced. The Herald says it is evident
| that hewhole thing was preconcerted,
EErumors Of disturbance having been
| rife throughout the day. 5..ra,75
| The Journal mistakes when it says
| the President, pretending to be alarm
ed for his personal safety, sent for a
| guard of soldiers to keep watch during
the night. astsg.ueq}. .s.,gzefy sa
/ The city is very quiet this morning
AfeW minutes after eight o'clock
the President was introduced to the
assembly in front of the Bates House.
There were probably two thousand
persons present. Better order could
not anywhere have prevailed among so
large crowd. The President spoke
as follows. ,s .,,r,,,sg t..
FELLOw-CITIZENs: You viii please
accept my cordial thanks, for the well
come given me by the loyal and patri-
ifotic citizens here to-day. In coming
among you it was not my purpose or
1 intention to make speech, or ad-
/ dress, but simplyin passing along this
/ II @,xv u
many of my fellow citizens as / could,
and ascertain public sentiment with
reference to questions now agitating
and distracting the public mind. /
have been tOling since the diff
Guilty, commenced to preserve the
union Of the States, and see that the
Constitution was enforced. So far we
have succeeded, but this disrup-,
| tion aor rebellion has passed round
! one end of the line, and we find the rev.
| olutionary spirit manifesting itself at
/ the other. il commenced against the
rebellion to defend the Constitution.
Irstand here to-day where i stood two
\ years ago. stand precisely wrere.I
pdid then, on the Constitution and the
union Of the States (repeated cheers0
and there I intend to stand. | had
hoped the time had arrived when all
the people had become, patriots and
would Stand up for the country re-
gardless Of party shackles and party
considerations. Let the Constitution
/ benour guide and platform, (Cheers.)
This, our league, is not one of
the leagues extending over the
country for revolutionary purposes.
+ It is unnecessary for us to form
other leagues for the preservation of
! this government, 1t is unnecessary
toI have anyfother or higher league
than the Constitution of the United
States. Immense cheers. / want
no higher Constitutional league than
that which was your right, That's
the talk. -" Hurrah for j ohnson, I
The Constitution is my league. | be-
long to the Constitutional league of
my country o[Cries, so do we-hur-
| rahl ~ / had hoped that the time
had come when we might all rally
round the Constitution and lift our
selves aboveoparty, to preserve our
country, one and united. Fellow
citizens, as. j did two years ago, do
now, proclaim that none of the States
have the right to go out of the Union.
Though they revolt and rebel, they
have no Constitutional right to go out
| of the Union. Whether this doctrine
is assailed South or North, [ plant my
foot firmly against it. Cries, = You're
right and cheers i come here to-
day with the flag of my country, con
tanning thirty-six stars, with the Union
1 of the States unbroken. / come with
the Constitution of the United States,
place them in your hands, where be-
lieve they will be protected and de-
Tended. ISLANDERS and misrepresenta-
tions have gone in advance of us, and
spread over the country, that usurpa:
tion has been exercised by the Execu=
tive Department of the Government;
but letme say that whatever power has
been exercised, has been in your be-
half; the veto power has been exer-
cised for the purpose of preventing,
| or checking imprudent, hasty and un-
CONSTITUTIONAL Legislation T. have
/ always placed my hopes in the intelli-
genee and virtue of the great mass of
| the American people;; where is the.
man who says with truth that Andrew
johnson ever betrayed or proved false
to a friend / leave you to-day .believ-
ing that you will not desert me, and,
| God willing, will never desert you;
and now, in bidding you good bye, l
4 invoke the blessings of Heaven upon
you, and upon the people of the entire
4 country. s3l ro7 fiiw a11 7l@
E AS the President concluded, he was
heartily applauded by the.ioentire
crowd. - f7b3o gf1aE
+. Secretary Seward was then intro
dueed, and was greeted with enthusi-
FELLOW CITIZENS: i never before
had the honor to speak to any por-
ton of the people of Indiana.
fTYgtranT very 8 sorry r that the