True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1838-09-20

VISIT OF THE HON. s. s. PRENTIss.

FIoil OF NE HUN. .. .. TRLN 1870.
Missssppi's fnvodte son, the Hon. S. S. Pren'iss
arrived in our city yesterday morning, after long
passage from New York, in the packet Yazoo.
Sincerely, and warmly did our c,tizens combine
to welcome the bold, and eloquent, champion Of
our sister s'atr:-ihe inspired proclaimer of the
rights OF freemen from the Lawrence to the
advocate Of liberal whig doctrines at home, and
abroad: not less admired at Washington than
beloved al vicksburg, Mississippans may well
Zee proud that the advocacy OF their righ,s has
fallen into such able hands, yet while we concede
to our neighbours superior right to their fellow
citizen, we yet claim share in him for the wings
Of Lousiann,-as the defender Of our principles,
the usser,er Of our liher,ies, and like all true
wings, the determined foe Of executive usurpaiion.
Welcome fearless stranger! Welcome eloquent
Prentiss! Welcome, most welcome, as the repre-
rust in returning home paciicat"r to restore our
friendly, our neehbourly feelings: and thousand,
thousand times welcome for thy own worhin, IS!
1t was with sincere regret that we, in common
with all wing brethren, learned that his grea,
anxiety to arrive at home had caused dis
,neushed friend, and vis,er, to decline the profer
"f public dinner, warmly urged "n his accep-
lance by the whg committee; vet though we
could no. make his leisure stay our hospitality, We
could induce the steamer North Alabama to wait
" ishss for lenst some hours, and he could
friends aud admirers arranged matters as a.
least to enjoy his company 10 the utmost. and to"k
their dinner with him at the Exchange Hnrsl al 3
o'clock. when the sparkling glass, the hearty
cheer, and the responsive bursts inspiring music
showed him he had a, least hsnrtvif not formal
reception. When the bumper was raised to the
- welcome, and health to he Hon. S. s. Premise,
the favor,e son, and eloquent champion of Missis.
sppi," the vast hotel shook at the applsudne
cheers, and the orator guest ack nowled grd hir
welcome, thanked his trends, proclaimed his I'M
A'nehng dev"'i"n 10 the great canse OF human
liberty, and human rights. in stream Of eIo9urncc
such nnne who heard will ever forget. A bou,
O'Clock Mr. Pren,iss retired amidst the cheers.
and regrets, Of his many friends, and was conduct
ed by them to the cabin OF the Nhrth Alabama,
that carried him to his homo. May his report Of
US and our ci,y,-bref though his visit, and IN
fellowship once. and so long rxisrng between
Louisiana and her sister mississippi; may his
voyage homo be safe and quick. and if he should
chance at some future day TO travel down stream,
we will insure him welcome worthy alike of him,
and the citizens of New Orleans.
AT noon National Salute of 26 guns was fired
on Lafayette Square, and sudden had been the
arrival Of Mr.. Prenliss among US that this signal
frat announced his coming to more than half our
czrns During the morning his hand shaken,
and his ears greeted with the warmest well
by every a,'en,ipn to mark their respect for Mis-
sisslpp's representative.
Although only abou, $50 persons sat down to
dinner, yet scarcely was The cloth removed 'ere
The great room of the Exchange became ihronged.
Judge ackson, in the name of the Wing Com.
m,ree, addressed Mr.. Prcn,ss in such eloquent
strrin Of welcome for the present, and eulogy for
the past, that the phlsQma'ic have Weld.
ed to the natural, and kindly impulse. When the
cheers subsidized, which followed the announce
ment of his hnme, the distinguished guest rose To
reply, and for hour and half kept his auditory
in a state Of mixed excitement and delight. 1t is
totally impossible to follow the orator through his
eloquent, brilliant, harangue, every sentence OF
which was an epigram, terminating in wit, or
Iiew sparkling around like meteoic showers, only
loo brilliant for duration. His eloquent regrets
that his visit WAS short, were most fatierlng 10
his hearers, tempered only with the reservation he
made, that judging from his present reception, h.
|eared longer sray would make our city as fatal
J" him as the Crc.en Isles /" the travel worn
Ulysses. HIS popular style OF; o1ar"ty, now mount
ng t" the majestic, now plAyfuliy descending 10
,olIoquial simplicity, was admirably adapted for
carrying awav the hearts, and heads, Of he warm
,earted dsnzens Of the Sout, yet were his av"wed
SO pure, his patriotism evident. that
Mnos himself might hive safe in judgment on
lin, and yet have found no fault. Uni, eiph,
''rlock the fcs'ivi,y continued, when the
Sh"e party rosr AMI accompanied him To the
,oat. By this time thousands had i, inrd the
av ,lcadc, and the noble steamer lief, the wharf
midst deafsnin. cheers from the excited crowd,
md the we'll known s'ra,n from the attendant
'and-" should aud acquaintance be forget
ny Resatnsption-I, has oi course, been seen