Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-07-23
From, TIE Dayton OHIO Jot'rnaE
DINNER TO MR.. EVERE I,
al the YELLow SPRINGS, June %, 1929

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Mr.. Everett, on leaving this place. took the
Y.1ow Springs in his wav Having determined
10 remain there only one day, he VAS, immedi~
A,,lv on his arrival, invited To pubic dinner
nv David K Este, Esq Nathaniel Guiford and
John p. Foote, a Commi,ee appointed nv the
visitors al the Springs DAVID K ESTE, Esq
WAS appoirted Chairman; and. after he 10
was removed, gave the following toast, express
,iyr of the sentiments Of the JmpaEy towards
their guess:
On behalf Of the proprietor and visitors at the Yellow
Springs give a most cordial welcome to our fellow
citizen, Mr.. Ed,pard Ererett-hghl, distinguished as
scholar, and as liberal and enlightened statesman
Mr. Everett then addressed the company in
the following
SPEECH.
Mr. Charm an; Permit me to thank you snd
this respectable company, for the sen,imsn' JUS
announced, although find j, difficUl TO do S"
in any suitable terms 1t is known 10 most OF
the company, that l arrived here iwa or three
hours since, with my worthy friend, your fellow
citizen (Nlr. Fales, Of Dayton,) with no Other
anticipation than that Of enjoying the natural
beauties of this delightful spot; where every
thing seems eombiDrd, that can delight The
eye, afford recreation, and promote health. To
meet, in addition to the gra' if alton OF . visit
10 so agreeable retreat, the kind aud unrxpect
ed welcome If such company, inspires me,
need not say, with emotions which had better
leave 10 your indulgence to imagine, than 10 al
tempt 10 express Allow me, therefore, TO
pass from topic so uDim 2ortant, as my private
feelings, and dwell few momen'S on ,hosr
views which pr sen, themselves TO the mind o.
The strange, in visiting your prosperous state.
My first distinc, i'm prrssions relative 20 this
state were formed, some thi,teen years ago, in
the interior Of the continent of Europe, from a
work witch had then just been published by
your distinguished { low citizen, DR. Drake
The picture of cnslsasI Mas.ag ~ ~ .'ms
ten,ion OF the ead, ng puolc in tina, quarters,
the wonderful progress you had al that time
made and were makiog, as set forth in me
wNrk Alluded to, l fou"d the account 10 be re-
ctivtd almost with incredibly. Nor was this
woude rGul ! remember 10 have passed EIGHT
cen month, in that country, traversiug j., 10 4
considerable extent, in s,veral Girec ions, BET,
lhad zen more than on new house IN pro
er, SIS Of EJECT ZION. With such 4 sraie Of things
about them, he cons queucr Of the disastrous
pill ical condition of Europ' you Can easily
conceive that they found il diff ult to credit
the statement, when they were told ,hst OHIO
contsined, In 1887, not 4 single Waite serile-
ment; IN 1890, tnree thousand inh abb ants, IN
1900, forty.,wo thnus nd; in 1910, two hum
d.ed and thirty thou and, and in 1915 at lsas,
four hnndrrd Thousand; aud that Tins wa, rot
merely he ontpourins IF the whole redundant
population Of all the old states, in one Ia. or
ile resor, Of em,sra'i0n; buI tina, half d z.
en- other new states had been growing up, with
nearly equal rapidity, st the same tine, white
the I'D states also had been steadily on the in.
crease. II rs no, surprising that sue facts told
to community whose population is neatly sta
al.
Such was The impression produced by the
condi,ion Ut your state in lSl5.-1he next
time my attention was more particularly called
10 the subjec, was abou, two years since, by an
other interesting work, the well known PAM
phlet entitled Cincinnati III 1926 in which
some general views are given at the progress
OF OHIO From is it appeared, tina, in The
in'erval bewren the two publications. new won
ders Of sdSan, ement had been made, and far-
thsr strides had been taken, astonishing even 10
the eye fam,iIa. lied to The Improvements bv
which you are surrounded In this short pc
Rod, regular communications by Sage Goa hes
had been established; he national road HAD en-
cred your limits; our rivers had become
'hronged with STEAMBOATS,; aud your populs-
ton had doubled, But you. progress did no
stop at this period. On The contrary, i, now
ieeeied perhaps its mos, powerful impulse
-FOUR Sanai poiicy, the glory and prosperity Of
the state, had been determined upon, and
commeneemt Mt made IN its vigorou, execution,
10 The latest publications relative To your star,
par 'caiarly IN the Geography and History of the
HaiIy Of Tie Mississippi, the sull farther and
sS,il more rapid progress produced by this new
stimulus, is indicated. Blu, even This does no,
bring 1t down to the p,esent hour. On he
points, where the system of commu mic alton is
complete, ths effect has been magical The
population OF Cincinnati, by accurate estimate,
has risen since is2s from sixteen 10 twenty FIVE
thousand, - have been informed on the best
az horn y; an increase in the value Of its real
properly has taken place, equal 10 the whole
expense Of the Miami Canal. Blu, no book
can describe your s,ale, arther down than The
moment when il is written las condition
changes, while the geographer is casting up the |
kgures that represent it, AS well nigh, you,
BY the theere,ie rules Of navigation, al,emp, /