The North-Carolina standard., 1843-10-25
New York, June 10 1889.
COL JOHNSON:

/ This distinguished hero and patriot Was at Bos-
ton on the 18th inst He was received in fine
style, and welcomed to the City by Edward Cruft,
Jr. Esq. in the following impressive and eloquent
speech:
Sir.-As chairman Of the committee Of ar
rangemcnts it is my honor and my pleasure TO ten
der you, on behalf of your friends, their hospitai
ty and welcome We read in ancient history that
trumphal arches honored the approach of the
conqueror as he travelled from place to place i;
our triumphal arch, and which we erect and ded-
icate to you, is the arch Of grGtitude-gratitude
for services in war, gratitude for services in peace
We of the people, untramelled, Of our own hear
ty free will and consent would do honor to him,
upon whose person arc the marks that he has
done something for them. We, the descendants
Of those who fought on yonder plains, Lexington
and Bunker's Hill would greet one whose whole
life has been a defence and advocacy of the prn-
ciples there contended for-and we who would
do homage to the noblest work of Cod an hon
est man--wish to take by the hand-RIcHARD
NJ JOHNSON. Miles separate us from your resi-
dence, sir, and one might say you were stranger
here but no. yon are no stranger; miles and dis
tance are annihilated, because your known servi-
ces to our common country for nearly forty years
have made US as familiar with you as if you lived
amongst us. We all know that in the last war,
where the blows fell fastest and hickes there was
your post We all know that the savage chieain
fell by your hands, and our hearts leap with graft
tude when we hear the name of the Hero of the
Thames.
We all remember when the attempt was made
to strengthen the arm of religion by political en-
actments, and the eloquence and force of Col. X.
NJ Johnson, which proclaimed, thus tar shalt thou
come and no farther and that throughout the
country, the separation of church and state must
be- and should be- eternal
We have not forgotten your labors. year after
year, 10 wipe of that stain from the fair cscutch-
con of our institutions that most odous of all forms
of slavery, imprisonment for debt We recog-
Mise YOU as the first American who came forward
in national Legislature against this barbarous
practice.
We see in you one whose labor for the soldiers
widow and orphan has been such as 10 call down
on your head the best wishes and blessings ofthou-
sands
We hail you as the friend of the oppressed of
this and other clirnes. Your course in the halls
of Legislation has always been uniformly such
that the oppressed and the friends of the oppressed
look to you as their advocate and friend
For all these things we would do you honor,
and homage.
We honor you as a friend tried and proved; as
the supporter of the cornerstone of cur free in
stitutions-equal rights to all The pious Ma
hometan in his daily prayers is said to turn from
the remotest land towards the temple of Mecca !;
so do we turn for strength and support to one
who has always proved himself our advocate and
friend
For the services you have rendered your coun-
try and fellow men, in the field and in the halls
of legislation. we thank you: for them; we de-
light to do you honor, and we welcome you to the
city of Boston.