The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-09-12
THE PRESIDENTIAL TOUR.

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the river.
At about o'clock we started, the mist by
this time having turned to sort Of negative
drizzle, the elements seeming doubtful wheth-
er to make rainy day of it or not.
At Alton junction Il little assembly, dur
ing the drizzle, in their desire to look upon
the Presidents face exchanged salutations
with that parsonage, who smiled and bowed
in response to their cheers.
The halts made to-day have been few and
brief, the rain preventing large crowds from
greeting the excursioniSts, and the President
being too unwell to address the people who
hailed him.
Hon John Hogan, of St Louis, who ac-
companied us from that city, peril rmed the
office OF introducer to the various little c m
gregations at the stations.
At Bunker Hill, salute was fired. The
President General Grant, Admiral Farragut,
Secretary Seward, and Secretary Welles were
generally introduced and cheered
Cheers were also given for the reunion of
the thirty-six States
At NATION. Here there were proceedings
similar to those above mentioned The Pres
ident, General Grant, Admiral Farragut,
Secretary Seward, and Secretary Welles,
were presented to the people at intermediate
points.
At Charleston, there was band of music
and about 1000 people, both enthusiastic.
At Paris Illinois, the town where General
Grants old regiment was raised, there was
very warm expression of welcome to the Cen
eral A white standard inscribed with
"Welcome U. S. Grant, Colonel Twenty-hrst
Illinois Infantry" was held aloft. while the
Al.
Terre Haute spite of rain and mud and
cold, turned out a concourse OF over 1000
persons, and probably 1000 umbrellas, to do
honor to the President and the distinguished
men with him.
President johnson stood on the near plat
form of the car, and received the formal re-
ception rendered to him in an address by Mr.
Ezra Reid
President johnson replied as follows:
He returned his heartfelt and profound
thanks for this warm welcome. He did not
look upon it as tribute to him, but to the
occasion and to the Importance of the ques-
tons involved. We had just passed through
a perious and fiery ordeal, We have just
come out of rebellion, and now the duty
devolves upon you and the government to
restore peace and the Constitution to a people
shall be done? The great object in suppress
sing the rebellion was to restore peace, and
to uphold the doctrine that no States have a
right to secede, they all being States of this
Union; and now that the rebellion in the
South is suppressed, there is cry at the other
end OF the line that the Union is dissolved
and shall not be reunited The President
said that his public course vas known to all
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not necessary to state it here. | come, he
said, in the name of the Constitution, Cheers
come with the flag of the country, not with
twenty-five but thirty-six States. Who in
this vast assembly would stretch forth his
ittfipious arm and strike FROM that flag one or
all the States? Cries of ''Nonew "Neverr'
According to the great Republican princi-
ole there should be no taxation without rep
resontation (Cheers) We say that all the
States should be represented and taxed on a
common principle, and participate in the af
fairs of the Government. (Cheers.) On no
other principle can the Government be pre-
served. (Cheers) Then, my fellow-coun-
trymen, stand here to-day as did in the
midst of the rebellion, and call upon you to
rally to the support of the country, for the time
has come-the rebellion having been sup
pressed which threatened the dissolution of
the Union-when we must decide whether the
Constitution shall be obliterated or rubbed
out and consolidated government establish
ed in tn place. (Cries of, "No; neyerV) This
is tie issue before the American people. The
time has come when we must say whether Or
not W. will continue to be governed by the
Constitution of our fathers, which they es-
tablished, government of limited and de-
fined powers. We say to all of you, let the
Constitution be preserved as our fathers made
and handed it down to us. In conclusion, he
again expressed his thanks for this spontane-
Gus and hearty welcome.
The enthusiasm of the people was almost
unlimited The President was warmly APP
plauded especially when he condemned the
attempt of Congress to enforce taxation with
out representation. In the crowd several
notices were upheld, among which were
these Loyal men should have their seats in
Congress-" another: "There are No Dead
States The Boys in Blue fought that they
might all Live" Another "Johpson, the Phil
adelphaConvention, and an undivided Union
! One ensign contained cartoon of too dar-
KEYS. and under them the declaration "Not
| to be National Pets" This excited much mer-
| riment Upon another standard was the SEN
| timent SOLDIERS and Sailors who saved the
nation will now by their voices and votes
consummate what their army rendered posi-
ple." Upon another this Johnson Seward,
Grant, Farragut: Welcome to the men who
upheld the Constitution in the Cabinet, the
Field, and on the Ocean.
At Greencastle, which was reached at
about 81 O'clock in the afternoon, a somewhat
similar ovation was given The people W, re
filled with regular Methodist enthusiasm,
and the train here was greeted with continued
cheers and shouts,
At indianapolis there were thousands of
excited spectators at the railroad station. 1t
was with extreme difficulty that the carriages
got through the crowd,
Tho Proaidant aoain went tn the DOrticO in