New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-07-01
THE PRESIDENTS TOUR.


oy MR.. JOHNSON AND SECRETARY SEWARD
nv rEtEGRnE THE TRIBUNE ,
ANNAPOLIS Md, June @.-The Presldehuai parry
arrived here this morning by steamer Accompanies ny
Gov Swami and staff, the Committee OF the Mar'Iahu
ns.lttional Convention, and some OF the most pro-
,ant citizens OF Maryland. A band OF music was Oh
noard which PLAYED during the trip. On arriving az
1nonolis a salute was fired from naval schoolshp ana
lso from common Oh shore. The President ana oecre
tarv Seward were greeted with cheers as they eeeo
their carriages The party was at once escorted 70 inc
chamber in the Capitol where the CONSTITUTIONS OohIen
ton was In session. 1t was dehsey oIonuou s-ar5
and gentlemen The President and eecreIady Se Ser
% Dseed in front of the chair of the PRESIDING SGTr
OF the Convention when W:itstio1 said that agreeable
m The wishes of the Convention, the Commlttee Rlu e
ana ,te IN company with Gov. Swami and they were
now present In the Convention. Inns aunoun S mon. w
Ne pFfsipfyT-In accordance with the unanlrT ,
wishes this Convention as OF presenting
~ Won his Exceency Andrew johnson, & Measure of
United states APR s Ee VIM nHg seward Who
Ranied hin on his recent agreeaDe tour aceent the
APRas 60 cordially extended TO him by the state 0t
MsIyiand Standing by the side OF nus gett c,sed
81 iSehood when claim for him the homage OF peOps
whose ancestral associations comprise so Ias1 I'm
the early history Of the Government, te esen
wed Inv persecution, stripped OF the
have Deeh SSe he had conscientiousy
and honestly exercised for the beneht OF the Woe
aRpa9HRssbee I1 apPaGse Almost within reach Of
compshmg that great Geee o he stands here today not
tb Iess honOred because he has failed from unowau IN
tereT St 70 The eort and regret say
a. be face of This Convention, and in the face OF the
country I99 bessed country from the Anglo the
African race TO establish the negro IN the
control of large section of country cannot DE VeTSe
without regret and alarm by the American people; t h
subordnaon Of the ey to t a31 % in All ages
of the world Republics quite as Powerlu as ours
fallen attn the he e1 ts Of this great republic
can only say Mr. President such is to be the result
present condition of your country your PTos1rae con-
neree the foreshadOwing OF threats Wlleh hye some
forth Of confscatOn of redhanded agaramSm have not
resnlted from any po"r conferred on lhe u
the United STATES Standing within these anelen. MaS
fSe pas WE NAV indulge the privilege here, in the state
OF Maryland, at least while not r9rgettng our uG o
johnson this renew our pledges to the eGns
ton which came down to us nom our dat1et , OI a1
missing advocate Of the Constitution, ana may sly e
friend Of LS ts en aoW me to present these s
guished gentlemen TO the Convention APP
theD ssid welcome President Thrice weeoe to the
State Maryland Applause fS eTefng and Wo1d
have utterance from every lip In the Order OF % leu
ing The resolutions when TerT nnanimons vote of this
So,venton You are thus assured that in coming mere
SST o SIr pocy and friends personally In
government respect paid to those VINO haye n f them
private persons; it the homage paid to the majesty OF
the law and the people OF - & S T of tbs United
states IAppause.l But this isnot exactly the meaning
Gu s TO convey to you the country the
probatOn by the Convention ana state Oh Ine
sdoped by your administration for the restoration OF ne
fTnion Appausel The measures lnaugurated ny you
for the purpose of binding up the wounds Oh te 0eeG
ing conntry were received throughout the state OF Mary
land with Universal acceptance. applause " was me
policy of wise stetespansp PfomOng 1ne W o %
nccasion nor does time permit to enter into ne discus
sion Of the merits OF i udSe But i is proper TO say
that it was welcome to the state OF MaTyand IL MAS
oil on the troubled waters OF the state l bound together
men who had held lifelong difference Of political opin,
ion It reunited broken tics OF former associations anu
people as You here find usOf one mind and one heart
fAppausel Mr.. President will not detan you AFTER
further remarks 1t is sufficient that again say to you
that you receive here cordial welcome Applause
= President johnson then replied as follows;
SIR In being presented here today under these pecu-
liar circumstances, and on spot which, ~ an early
period Of our history was eonseeEalea 70 ireedoin 1
SO gratifying incapacitates from making suitableac
Acknowledgement. But cannot refrain from saying that
my visit 70 this capital affords me sueh pleasure among
other reasons because events have recently transpred
which the result of preconceived arrange
ent or design; but which it seems to brought
about by Providence itself. But a Few days since,
native state TO participate in ceremony Of great inter
est to me personally. After return to Washington
When consider these two events connected with my
visit here today it looks to me g. the result o. KIM
ays bean m5ossble for the Chief Magistrate 10 have
prendses existing it would have been unpleasant for
my honored friend Mr. Seward to have gone so fer IN
connected with our visit North Carolina, 1t seems
me- and trust not mistaken in saying II. that an
era of good will is about 20 be maugurated Applause
II know myself from the beginning OF our late unhappy
civil strife had but single object In view and mat was
the harmony and union OF these states
lApplause would have been at any time the highest
St OF y @ e to so up 1e f ood a9 m
pendure OF so much money Now, however, there is q
good will toward men. IAppausel trust the time has
come when man no longer te be set man. and, In
his fellow and that tin land that gave brother birth
will be spared from being again drenched with brothers
Maryland by a Convention which has reputation for
tsen-o be Welcomed by inc the s Ghaa MAJ OF your Com
dent Irrespective Of PaT Tya1a peG nd gray9s to
FORE il Is not necessary for mo TO indulge IN narration
memory serves me, after we had passed through the
revolutionary struggle for independence audit was found
that the articles Of confederation not Of sufficient
strength 10 secure the Government the proposal
remodel the Government, under which we now live,
constt9ton have been taught to believe sacred in
principle, and for the preservation or which have
Dered my all rely on the principles upon which
fhave always Relied namely, first be convinced that
yoq rightand thoroughly understand the principle
principle you reach wrong result, Satisfied
that the principles OF the constitution would preserve the
Union, never hesitaed or debated the question But
when reflect ON the patriotism OF those who framed
that sacred instrument ana when we know that Wash
ingOn Father OF his Country, who, in the language
OF his eulOgist, first in first in peace and first
In the hearts Of his cOunrymen the President Of
the convention which framed the constitution which
TO support we cannot but feel for additional
generation. You, gentlemen OF this convention In
session at Annapolis, engaged in work similar 70
that winch occupied the attention Of forcfathers
the task Of amending the Constitution Theirs
undertaken at a time when this nation was compare
lively handful OF people AMI our boundaries comprised
within limits; resources were but miniature
of what they now That wise man asserted that
the instituted for the convenience OF
man. and to be accommodated TO every emergency; this