Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-10-06
RUTLAND, VT. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1910

procession had to force its way at every step
and 10 its denseness IL is owing more perhaps
than To any thing else, that IN so immense an
assemolage OF persons with horses, carriages,
and wagons, and OF many hundreds withou,
either, not a single accident happened. so
damned together was the mass, that one could
move only as another made way for him and
hence, for the greater part of the time, every
thing wen, on with most deliberate, and under
the circumstances, most fortunate, disorder
so soon as the throng re-entered the city, the
greater portion Of II dispersed through the diff
ierent streets, (of most convenient widih.)
and the marshs,s were enabled In a measure
% carry out from this point, their original or
der of proceeding. What occurred after this,
till dismissal of the different delegations for
refrcshment-the huzzas from grey headed
patriots, as the significant banners borne IN
the procession passed their dwellings, OF bal
COMES where they had stationed themselves
the smiles and blessings, and waving hand.
kerchiets, Of thousands Of fair women who
who filed the front windows Of every house
the loud and heartfelt acknowledgement Of
their marked courtesy and generous hospitall-
~, by the different delegations, sometimes
rising the same instant from the whole line
the glimpses, at every turn OF the eye, the
huttering folds Of some one OF more Of the GA
flags which displayed their glorious stars and
stripes from the tops of the principal houses
in every street the soul-stirring music, the
smiling heavens, the evergleaming banners,
the emblems and notices that spoke in ihuu.
der tones Of = Nations wrong ;-is no, all this
written in characters which can never be or
faced, on the hearts and in the memories Of all
who beheld it, There it 10; and there it
must remain. No tongue can relato--no pen
can describe it.
The Afternoon.
Between one and two o'clock p M. the
Military companies of Dayton and Hamilton,
aud the citizens Guards of Cincinnati, with a
number of Delegations, escorted General Ilar-
rison, who was now accompanied by Ex-Gov-
ernor Metcalfe, Col Handlers of Kentucky,
Colonel Christie of New Orleans, and other
distinguished gentlemen present, TO the speak
ers' stand, which had been erected in broad
| plain, bounded on one side by an eminence Of
some ten feet nearly mile east of the city.
! This eminence, and the space between it and
the Stand, had been for half an hour filed with
/ a multitude as closely crowded together as men
well could be. Others preceded the escort
out, and by the time of its arrival had filled the
! grounds to the west of the Stand for an equal
! distance and almost as compactly. The crowd
opened to the carriages, and closed so quickly
upon them, that the military and delegates, who
had been ten abreast, had to change their or
der 10 single file, and then most of the latter
found it impossible to penetrate the mass,
Upon the Stand, General Harrison was wei
coined to Dayton, on behalf of the citizens of
the town and vicinity, by Judge Crane, in fell
citous and feeling manner. The Judges ref
erence TO the calumnies which had been recent
ly visited upon the head of the General, was
received by the assembled multitude with
feeling of deeb Indignation at his slanderers
an! low but universal murmur against their
baseness but when he made rapid survey Of
| the many and great services which the Old
! Hero had rendered his country, in civil as well
as military stations, the shout that went up
showed that the hold which General Harrison
has upon The respect and affections of the peo-
Pile, is ardent, deep-rooied, and not of day.
General Harrison
| Commenced his response, and his speech to
the people, by feeling allusion to the glori-
Gus reception which had been given him -
| But" said he, 'lellow-citizens | have not
| the vanity one moment TO suppose, that any
service which may have rendered my country,
| or any personal respect or affection for me, has
| thus drawn you by thousands and thousands
| from your homes. knOW that it is a much
deeper and keener feeling a much more i'm
pOrtant consideration, that has brought you
here. II is the cause.-the great and good
CAUSE, fellow citizens which zoe hare all es-
pOused, that has drawn you thus together,
from your remote homes, 10 take counsel OF
each other, and TO reason together touching
the common good"
General Harrison then alluded TO the silly
charge. so often made against him by his po-
liiical opponents, that he twas in the habit OF
concealing opinions and could not be induced
TO express them" lie remarked, as every
body knows veN truly, that so far from there
being any truth in this charge, he had been
plain and free spoken man all his life, and had
especially during the first canvass in which
he was a candidate for the Presidency, written
and published his political sentiments, time
and again, in almost every possible form. II
was trDe, he said, he had declined giving any
actual "pledges" as TO his conduct in certain
events, should he be elected TO the high and
responsible office of Chief Magistrate of the
United States. His active life had been long
one; and he believed that a much better guar
antee for the correct conduct OF a Chief Mag
lstrate could be found in his known character
and the course Of his former career, than in
any pledges he might give during the heat Of
an active canvass andthe pendency Of doubt
ful contest. lie had never denied or doubted
o ( the right 10 be informed OF the leading po-
litical opinions OF candidates for the Offices OF
trust; but on the contrary, was clearly and en-
iirely OF opinion, that sentiments should be
freely expressed and well understood. lie
had always 70 expressed his
General Harrison spoke for about an hour,
in his most interesting manner, indicating
himself from the asperslons Of his enemies,
aud establishing what be said, ashe went along,
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