, 1840-09-05
From the Ohio Statesn1
GREAT AND CVERWHELM MING NEE.
TING OF THE PEOPLE.

ana lne ADJOINING counties, on Saturday last,
(for we can call it nothing but IA RUSH,0 to
meet and hear the old soldier, RICHARD
M. JOHNSON, to bid him welcome among
us. and also TO meet and warmly greet our
talented Buckeye Governor, WILSON
SHANNON, and the great orator. and re.
vered an distinguished Senator, ALLEN,
the young. gifted, and able statesman of The
West, was one of the most cheering gather
ings, of a free people,, and the most raptur-
Gus and enthusiastic assemblage of the unsha-
ken Democracy of the centre Of Ohio ever
convened here: and fully equal to any popu-
lar burst of the public feeling, we ever wit
messed in any part of the Union.
10 the ecstaoy Of our ~feelIn-s, we were led
to exclaIn, What an evidence of the pnpu.
lar wil-what a rebuke TO TIE malignant
spirit Of opposition. now pervaGing the coun-
try. have We here!
The distinguished guests were escorted
in the city by the thousands of freenen, on
horseback. IN foot, and in carriages conpns-
ed of the laburIng interests of the country
around us, who met Colonel Johnson. the
Governor, and Senator Allen, at Stewards
Grnve, about a mile from the city, on the
Chillicothe road. The procession was be-
tween one and two miles ia length. The
military of the city-ihe 1St and % compa-
MES of German Arrillerists, made Il fine dis
play, and the juvenile lltile band of CITY Ian
GERS. who appeared On the occasion, elected
high incomiuns from all quarters.
The people. hat is. the Republican por-
ton of them. all turned out on the occasion.
The procession was placed under the direc-
tim of MIior SInderson. marshal of the
day, whose fine appearances. a,d grel; militia.
nv skill lire so well known and appreciated
in this Country. Arrived ai the American
Hotel. opposite the State II use. the military
cane To order in opsn line. through whirh
Col. Johnson. O .vernor SrannnB. aud Colo
mel Allen. assisted Nv Auiitnr Br"U,h and
Major Morgan. approached IN" front steps al
the Hotel, where the real hero al the Thames
was received IN the occ ISInn 10y j. A. By
an. ESQ. of this civ Who addressed him 10 the
%foinwinu beautiful and ireIinI n'nnpr.
Co. RICHARD VI. JOHNSON: We bid won
welcome To our Town aud c"unry-r' the
capital If i STATE. Whose sn.l-rinI frontier
Won haze DEFENDED. .,ai whose people your
patriot arm has sllirll.,! IA the Il NJ ut p"rii
1t IS a weico ne That flows wIrniv rom
the hearts of the thousands of !recraen ulo
VI w 'Ai-i ~ LlHAN lA~N
no emptv payeanirv, here, hat "ne that at
tests the hest fse:iu-s al ,ur nature lar the
sacrifices of a patriotic and 4 phiilnt'.roprsI
whose deeds of valnr will ever Stani Il hal
cyon light upon the biiIht page oi our coun-
tIy's history.
Ynu have livei down the malice of the
envi,us few VIII" once wantoniy as+ii'ed you.
and the racorous spirit, of political envv that
sought To rob ynu of the glory of a triumph.
whose briIIilmcy would have given lustre TO
the brightest laurel that ever CLEANED upon
the conqueror's heImei in any age of the
world. has been exchanged for a n"hler inspi.
ration, the spontaneous burst OF nations gra-
tiindc.
From one end Of the continent to the 9TH
er, amid the cnntending elements of that fierce
political strife nov raging through the land.
while the popular excIIeinentS Is found nj
the very zenith of its fury. and tie spirit
of party madness has blunted the natural
impulse OF thousands. II Is our pride a. Alne-
rican freemen, 10 reflect that you have been
greeted, every where, a. the nations guest
the man whom the nation delights to honor.
Ii that felt spirit Of party rivalry can he thus
quelled by a just sense al your merits and
worth-it the bitter feeling of political up
position is thus easily disarnred of lis dispo-
sitIon 10 undervalue the services you have
rendered the cause of Iiberty-if your deeds
of war in the field of blood can thus stiiie
the venomous spirit of your political nppn.
nents and induce them to offer compliments
where once were curses-if those To whose
political creed and principles your whole
life has been so directly and distinctly Opus
ed, thus throw down their arms To Offer YOU
the cheering smile OF welcome among them
how much more ardent, devoted and en-
ihus;astic, should the greetings OF that party
and of those friends be, IN the Tree ouipourIng
of their confidence and regard. IN whose
ranks and by whose side you have stood. as
an old, scar worn veteran in the great politi-
cal struggles of the last forty years.
Welcome, then. sir, 10 the scenes Of your
early suffering-to the hospitalities OF a peo-
pie who will ever cherish the memory Of
YOUR tolls and your dangers upon that tented
field whence were horn the numerou> wounds
YOU received from the fire oil the ainbuslied
foe.