South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-04-04

PoiDdexter:
Kensey Johns. sr. Dr.. J. Couper. Jr.
6. B. Rodney, Jeremiah Bowman,
James Booth. C. D. Blany.
Evan Fl. Thomas,
1t was then arranged in joint COM
mlttee, that the gentlemen of Delaware
should receive Gov. Poindexter imme-
diately on the arrival Of the railroad
cars, and after rendering him their con.
gratulations, escort him TO the steam.
boat, and place him under the care Of
the Philadelphia committee. The cars
reached Newcastle about one o'clock,
The band Immediately struck up "See
the conquering hero comes" The va
rious flags were displayed, and the dis.
tinguished guest was escorted to the
boat by the Delaware Commiuee. He
was warmly welcomed by the PhiIa.
delphia committee, and addressed in
the following eloquent and appropri.
ale language by Col. M'Ksnney:
Sir, in behalf Of committee Of $50
of our fellow. citizens Of the city and
county Of Philadelphia, and by that
committee appointed, we meet, and
greet you. The welcome we tender,
is cordial; i. comes warm from our
hearts and is an earnest ofthas which,
under various and more extended forms,
awaits you, on your arrival among those
whom we have the honor to represent.
Sir : AS the organ Of my friends a.
round me, should feel (were to stop
here) that had performed only part
Of my duty.
Who is it that we have been deputed
to meet, and pslcome and escort to
Philadelphia 7 An Ex-Governor of a
high-minded and patriotic State! An
ex-senator Of the United Statesl A
patriot, who, in these dark days ofthe
Republic, has stood manfully by the
constitution, eloquen,ly and fearlessly
defending our endangered and totter.
ing libertiesl Yes: we have been ap-
pointed TO meet a citizen, in whom all
these claims to our respect, and graft.
tude, centre. But, sir, there is, in adj
dillon to those claims, another, whose
demands will not fail to reach, and be
responded to by every patriotic heart,
and occasion in every honorable bo.
som the tenderest and most abiding
feelings of attachment for your person
and fame. This claim has been Great.
ed by the recent attempt to blast your
reputation, and consign to infamy your
character.
Sir, those whom we have the honor
TO represent, look upon the frighlful and
fend.like plot to which ] have referred
as among the most damnable that hu-
man wickedness ever conceived, or
human daring ever pentured to encoun.
ter. The bare contemplation Of a plot,
50 foul 10 conception, so iniquitous in
its progress, and so overwhelming in It's
meditated effects, produces yet, al.
though itexploded without, in the slight.
est degree, affecting, injuriously, its in
ted victim, a pang, in every well-regu-
lated heart, and sympathy for the OBJ.
ject Of its vengeful purpose, which de.
fss the power Of language TO expressi
This, sir, is not the place nor the oc.
casion TO expose this plot, or to drag
out for execra.ion, its attendant cir.
cumstsnces or to hold up 10 the
blighting indignation OF an insulted PEG.
pie, those appeals to God, under the
forms Of saths, that were ektorled from
deluded men, for the contamination Of
your ruin. The world has beheld, and
shuddered at the disclosure, and histo-
ry will transfer to her page, in compa'
ny with its originators and abetsors this
diabolical consfivance.
1t is sufficient to leave those men,
and their acts, to be disposed of by the
popular indignation, and the just judg.
ment Of God We turn, therefore,
from the contemplation Of such wick.
edness, and mingle our rejoicing with
the rejoicings Of all who have human
hearts, at your timely, and triumphant,
and honorable rescue from the perils
by which you have been surrounded.
and welcome you, as we do most cor
daily, as the destined CUES. ofhundreds
Of high minded and patriotic citizens.
who are preparing at this moment, 10
show, by their acts, and their senti'
ments, that they know how to honor q
PATRIOT, (though not Of them, OF
from them) and to rejoice in the rescue
Of his character and fame from ruin
in which band Of desperate political
conspiraiors sought 10 involve it.
Once more, Sir, we bid you VEL
COME.
To which address, Gov. PorNDExrEp
replied, in substance, as follows:
My Friends and FelisU Citizens:
receive with the most unaffected