The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-08-30
BY TELEGRAPH
Reported for the Dolly Args.
The Presidential Party
IS in New York.
Grand Reception.
An immense C0ncOurse OF
People Present.
SPEECHES BY THE PRESIDENT, SEC
RETARY SEWARD, GEN. GRANT,
AND OTHER DISTINGUISH
ED GENTLEMEN.

New YORK, Aug. 30.--The following Is
the presidents speech at the serenade last |
night:
He thanked God that the people had, thro
their representatives at the Philadelphia con-
vention, imposed sentence on those who
opposed the restoration of the Union that
the people, obeying the great law OF gravlta-
tion-which could vanquish any movement
pointing TO the disruption of the Union-had
sent forth their edict like blaze of light that
would exercise an Irresistible influence thro'-
out the United States +; that the MON must
be preserved originally established under
the constitution.
lie had not been mistaken in holding that
there was an overriding Providence in the
movements of the American people. He be-
lieved that the great truth, Tor proclaiming
which he had been pronounced demagogue,
was being barred out; that the voice of the
people is the voice of God. Cheers. There
was now q great ground swell coming that
would teach traitors in the north that the IN.
ion OF these states must be preserved. lie
had begun in 1861 TO oppose any encrOach-
ment upon that union and had continued to
fight against such attempts at the southern
portion of the circle. Now, there were those
who made attacks upon the Magic Circle
had passed round to the other extreme
small i name tu6m | les-dnu nhDS tneul,
too They had named him and denounced
him in the legislative department of the gov
ernment IS a traitor; when, as the executive
of the nation he was determined to DO his du-
ty under the constitution. They were the
traitors, having extended their arms to the
archives of state and trsmpled the constitu-
ton OF their fathers under foot. When these
things were told to them by himself on the
anniversary of the birthday of the father of
our country why, it was undignIfed and
unbecoming, even though il was right, for
them to charge him with being traitor and
with having abandoned the party that elect
ed him. lie challenged to-day the whole
congress III the aggregate, with the exception
of those who stand by the constitution, to
come forward and put their fingers on the
slightest variation or departure in his course
from the resolutions passed at Baltimore,
upon which he was elected -
But because he had refused to obey those
who had abandoned those PRINCIPLES and re
fused 30 give his sanction to what was called
the freed men's bureau bill which proposed TO
tax the people nearly $50, 100000 TO support
what they assumed to be freedmen, what is
that bill to those OF US who contend for emap-
cipution not only for the black but for the
white man, and good deal of that kind wGs
needed hen they looked at this bill. What
was it? Nothing more or less than the trans
formation of 4,000, 900 slaves from their orig
ipal owners to u new set of task masters with
the United States to pay all the expenses and
the task master, under the government reaps
all the profits.
Mr.. johnson concluded by thanking the
citizens of New York for the kindness mani
tested on the occasion. lie WAS repeatedly
interrupted with cheers during his speech.
Mr.. Seward was next called and spoke
briefly.
General Grant was next loudly called and
came forward and said
| GENTLEMEN-I am so exhausted BY the
| eIoquence drawn from me this evening by
| your mayor that it is possible for me to ad-
| dress you any further.
! This characteristic speech was received
with loud laughter and applause, the mayor
| joining heartily.
The banquet given by some of our most
wealthy and distinguished citizens to the
president snd party came off in the evening
at Delmonc and was a very splendid affair.
! Mayor Hoffman presided Long and able
speeches were made by President johnson
and Secy Seward, and short ones by the
mayor Gen Grant, Admiral Farrasut, Baron
| Storekel, the Russian minister, and Senior
Romero, the minister for the Mexican repub-
! &c. Afterwards the president was serenaded
and made another speech from the balcony at
Dslmonico's, as also did Mr.Seward.
The following are the short speeches mado
at tho banquet; the others being too long to
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