Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-08-16
GOVERNOR CLINTON.


dav before erday, this distinguished citizen ar
rived in this place accompanied by an escort OF res
pectable citizens from S,eubenve. On arriving
re, this city, he met by the committee OF ar
gan cement, appointed TO receive and entertain him.
As he passed up the turnpike, on the bank OF the
Mono gahela, opposite this city, and whiie cross
ing the bridge, IA salute OF ~ guns " as hred from
The Steamboats, Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh, ly-
ing in the stream.
He was conducted to the Hotel of Mr. Denniston,
In Market-street. Yesterday morning he visited
the principal manufacturing establishments OF the
city. In the al, ernoon Public Dinner was given
&c him at the Hotel of MIR. S ewart, in Wood
street, at which very numerous company at
tended
The Masonic Fraternity have invited MIR. Gin
Don to supper, to be given this evening, at MIR.
Dennis on's. which invitation, we understand, he
has accepted
On Wednesday night, the Monongahela river,
which had been for weeks extremely low,
rose considerably, and afforded opportunity,
winch embraced at o'clock yesterday, to
lan-ch Mass-e. 1Us,, G. C;rnnf's heanIifnl now
Steamboat CLINTON, OF 200 tons. Gov. Clinton
and an immense number OF citizens attended to
witness The launch. The appropriate compliment
Of naming this boat in honor of Mr.. Clinton was
thus very OPPORTUNITY brought under public notice,
aad appeared TO crafty every citizen present.
Governor Clinton, il is Understood, Will leave
this place tomorrow morning, and proceed east
ward by way OF Harrisburgh.
Mr. Clinton's Speech at Cincinnati, Ohio.
CITIZENS OF CINCINNATI:
The favourable noice laken OF my conduct. by
the gentleman of distinguished talents who repre-
YOU on this occasion, has made impression
OIL my mind, which will endure with life, and which
event obiterate 1t is true that have en-
deavoIfed TO deserve well OF country, and IT is
equally true that my exertons have been Abundant
iy rewarded IN its approving kindness. III my fn-
ture shall be marked with any beneficial re-
salts 20 he community, it must be ascrbed TO the
znimaiing and encouraging voice of my fellow-citi-
Sehs But withou, further reference to m SELL per
NIT me TO make few remarks a subject OF some,
and certaiHly much greater, importance
The first object that strikes the view of the
strange, catering the regions OF the West, Is he
superior and extr 'ordnary richness OF The Soii,
evIhced it under cLllivalion by the immense guam
tity and excellent qualify of its vegetable prod1c-
lions, and ii still unrecaimed b. the owerihg md
wide spre d Forest which abound with trees OF ex-
tr'o~dnary dimensions, aud with all kinds oi plants
applicable 20 the purposes OF human accommoda-
tiol A lie o'se'is he will find that these re-
gons uacommonly we'll watered--that great
p por,ioa is not yet occupied, and that, in some
paris, settlements are, like angels visits, few
nd far between;' and that in others, they assume
q more compact Character, and appear rising IN
grad ion from the solitary mansion, to the hamlet,
village and tow but surely I've would not antici-
pate The vie OF fair aud extensi city, spring.
ing up ~ Tn beautiful river, like Venus from the
ocean. Indeed, ifit had been predicted some years
IN in mis- place, the site of military encamp-
nnent, surrounded b. hostile saydges, and trodden
over by be beasts of the wilderness, there would a
rise. in less than quar- OF century, city larger
than the greatest secondary city OF Atlantic Ameri-
ca; arriving ex' ensive Commerce, and abound
ing with important manufacturing establishments,
confirming ihin its bosom, numerous, Intelligent,
anu ererprising population, and supplying all hat
tan administer to the accommodation OF man-ii
such prediction had at that time been made, II
would have been set down the vision OF eccen-
trio folly, or the dream of a dstempered imaglna-
ton. But absurd as it might have appeared at the
time, it has been fully realized, and as the travel
Ter enters this place, his attention and admiration
are divided between elegant and prosperous city,
and the fair river which it is situated 1t has been
reni~ked as the uniform course of human affairs,
thai he march OF knowledge, like the sun, travels
from East to West; and truly it would appear in
tns case, that the embellishments OF taste, ell
as he acquisitions of intellect. have taken similar
direction. And you have indeed risen into notice
MT like meteor emitting eyanescent corruscaons,
0 an Aurora Bore lis, dazzling with occasional
spiendour, but with Inc steady illumination of a star
OF first order.
This favourable state Of things must have arisen
from the felicity Of your situaion--irom the enter
pr-ing character of 20 population--irom an in
teligent view Of our res i've as well as abstract
co liion from determination TO improve ad
vtn.sge5-tO srmOunt difficulties, and TO avan
yourselves of the benehcence OF nature, and the in
genuty OF art. You have created mmodaing
ste vessels by which you have rapid and lucra-
tive Intercourse with the great alley OF the Mis-
sis-ipp and its connecting regions. You have also
applied the po@er Of steam to The establishment OF
bnpopant manufactures, and The demonstrations Of
yolr enterprise are witnessed, not snly in The re-