The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1843-08-10
From he Chronicle aud Old Doalinion,
cEPTION OF THE PRESIDENT

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miiiee OF RECEPTION, the volunteer companies OF The
Town, ana large concourse Of our fellow citizens
I who lad aside their party prejudces and welcomed
the Chief Magistrate OF the nation with the mo
profound respect. He was addressed ON his arrival
by DR.. William Collins, behalf of the committee
IN neat and very appropriate speech 10 which the
President replied in his happest style, which Will be
found below. He was then escorted to the Crawford
House, where a collation. served in the best
ner. The best spirit prevailed, and sure are, that
MIR. Tyler cannot but have been gratiied at these
manifold demonstrations of respect Oh the part OF the
| citizens OF Portsmouth. Ekif t
We subjoin the address of DR.. Collins and the elo-
quent and beautiful reply of the President, on his ar
rival at the Ferry-wharf We have only room tn say
that The speech OF the President received with a
degree OF enthusiasm rarely equaed on any similar
OCCASION 1t rcpcte with the loftiest patriotism.
ADDRESS OF DR.. WIN. COLLINS. ~
SIR: have the honor on behalf of the citizens OF
| Portsmouth, TO bid you cordial welcome among US.
| The discharge OF the pleasing duty which has been
assigned me affords me the highest satisfaction. We
welcome you with that profound respect which is
due the exalted station you hold and the distinguished
services you have rendered during your political
We cordially unite in rendering you the assu-
RANGES Of warm admiration Of your qualities Of
| mind and irreproachable character For myself
gladly take this occasion to tender you my sincere
Acknowledgements for the independent stand you have
taken in the administration of our national affairs
In common with the candid and unprecedented Of all
parties have looked upon your course with high
admiration. The powers of temptation one hand,
and the terrors of denuncation the other, have
failed to divert you from the independent course you
had determinedto pursue In the name of millions
bid you hearty God-speed in your patriotic deter
minaon to administer the affairs of the Government
upon principles; twti pride
that welcome you to this place, important not only
from its natural advantages, having of the finest
harbors in the world, healthy climate, an industri-
Gus and thriving population, but also from its beng
the location of one of the largest naval stations in
the Union, Although these matters cannot have es-
capped your notice, yet we feel honest pride in
thus particularly recalling them to your attentions.
The present occasion also affords me opportunity
OF congraulatng you upon the situation aud prosper
ity of our common country. AT peace with all the
world, our agricultural, commercial, and other iDte
rests prosperous, with health and plenty in our hab
atons, rapidly increasing population, the spectacle
is upon which the patriot can gaze with the high
est delight. The future destiny of this proud Re-
public is almost too vast for human contemplation
Continue, then, sir, your patriotic and Independent
course, and your name will be hailed with rapture
by countless multitudes, who shall occupy places
in future time, when the present generation shall
have passed away. Once more tender you most
respectful and cordial welcome to the town of Ports
mouth 3a.t1 Haf
To which the President replied as follows: ha
accept yoar salutations sir, in behalf of the cit
zens Of Portsmouth, with ordinary satisfaction
They would be highly acceptable if they came from
any other people, but doubly So proceeding as they
do from portion of the inhabitants of the State
which gave me birth, and which through a some
what long political life, has honored me with its con-
fdence in almost all her Offices Of trust and honor.
AS Chief Magistrate of the country, can know
exclusiveness in favor of this that part of their
widely extended Union. AS an American citizen, l
claim along with every other to boast of the country
and of the whole country but shall, in degree,
violate any rule Of propriety in acknowledging, that
when visit Virginia, feel that visit mother to
whom as man, my love and my devotion are alike
due. | have enjoyed her smiles and may experience
her frowns--but in cloud and in sunshine, in kind
and in anger, love her STILL and grateful for
The rst shall endure the last in patience, under the
conviction that when the mist which has been made
to envelope my motives and actions, shall disappear
most assuredly it WILL she will see that | have
been true and ia thful 10 her principles from the OBJ
servance of which has proceeded the fame of her
statesmen and glory of her name
am fully sensible Of the great importance of the
town OF Portsmouth, in its local advantagcs-aud i,
adds to my qualification on this visit 10 witness the
improvements which sprnging up within her
limits. The whole country can bear witness TO the
labor and industry of her hardy mechanics, whose
skill and enterprise is evidenced in the noble ships
which bear the emblem Of country's lndepen-
dence TO distant lands The thunder of the cannon
as it rolls the OF the n, tell to whose
hard and honest hands are indebted for that evil
dence of sovereignty. Ii cannot be but that
those who may be entrusted with the administration
OF public affairs, will evermore bear in mind the in
terests of that industrious class TO which the country
greatly indebted. Ii it could be otherwise, the
very Institutions under which we live would con
denim such fathess public servants. Those instr
tltions are founded upon the principle OF the
equality of mankind aud have lifted up the great
industrial classes 10 an equality with the richest,
and the proudcs and the Hottest. God, in his cs-
al vood Ia hay bc tel
States as the great agents, through their forms of
Government OF breaking the iron sceptre, and over
throwing monopolies and exclusive privileges
While remain at the helm OF State, shall follow
the lights shed upon the world IN the opinions and
example of that great statesman whose principles
have cherished from carly manhood, and whose poI-
teal disciple am. My lirmest belief Is, that when
the political principles of Tuos. JEFFERSON shall
Influence, and in fact TO control the ACTORS
Of public men, the glories of the Revolution will
have passed away, and the noble Republics under
which we live, will hasten TO decay and ruin.
accept sir, the tender Of your Inequalities, and
commit myself for this day to your hands.
During the day a committee from the various me-
chanica departments in the Navy Yard, waited upon
ierest he has taken in their behalf They made an
excellent address, TO which the President returned
most eloquent reply.
PRoeREss or ScIrScr-Tbe brain has recently
been tapped with success in a Of hydrocephalas.
In the Dublin Medical Journal DR.. Butcher gives an
account Of an interesting case
LATER FROM MExico.-The New Orleans Bee Of
the LIST inst. has the following intelligence
BY the schooner Frederick, Capt Jordan, arrived
Yesterday from Laguna, we learn that Gen. Ampuda
had entered Taba.co the 18th inst. with 5000
men, and had defeated the troops Of General Sent
manst after an action Of two hours. ScEtmaDat had
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