Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-08-05
From the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser.
RECEP ZION OF Mr.. ADAMS.

mlItee oil citizens aud the Common Couu |
Cal aud numerous company OF ladies |
aud gentlemen, left the wharf Yesterday |
morning at y o'clock for SchlosSer there |
10 receive ex-Pres.deni Adams. The |
day was delicious, the heat beng tenn
Pered by flesh western breeze, and |
nothing coald be finer than the run |
down the river. The clock was on the /
stroke Of twelve when Mr. Adams, with |
that Punctualty for which he is so pro-
verbal, accompanied by Gen. Z. Il. Por-
ter, aud few family friends arrived |
at the wharf. The party stepped on |
boarJ, the band he while playing Yam. !
kee Doodle, and after exchanging salu. |
tatlons with the committees, the deem
breathing, gallant boat shot forward
'like a thing Of life" on her upward pas.
sage She had scarcely left the wharf.
when the CLEVELAND, her decks literally
covered by crowds of ladies and gentle
men, on pleasure excursion for the
oeneht oil the Bethel Society, rounded
almost along side, and the air was rent
by the cheers of her company, as they
discovered the venerable form of the ex-
President on the deck Of The Bunker
Htll. Ii was pleasing and gratifying
incident Of the excursion.
A stop was made at White Haven the
Tar famed city of Ararat, on Grand Is
land long enough 10 examine the objects
OF curiosity there, and to, pariake Of din
ner, and then the Bunker Hill, closely
followed oy the Cleveland, resumed her
course. As she approached our ha rbor,
1t was discovered that every vessel in |
port had put on its gall dress The ma.
.uonal ensign was streaming from |
hundred masts, and the wharves and the
decks and rigging Of vessels we're crow |
ded by thousands anxious to catch 4
glimpse OF the renowned statesman and
patriot who was greeted by repeated
cheers.
From the wharf he proceeded to the
Park,aiready filled by a great concourse
OF cIt!zens.when MIR Fillmore welcomed |
him 10 the city as follows:
SIR: have been deputed by the citi. |
zens OF this place to tender you a well |
come 10 our Guy. In the discharge Of !
this grateful duty, feel that speak not
oaly my own sentiments but theirs, when |
tell you That your long aud arduous |
Puohc servlces,-your lofty indepen.
oence-your punctIllious attention TO
business, and more than all your unsul-
lied and unsupported integrity, have gi-
ven you Character in the estimation
OF TINS republic, which calls forth the
deepest feelings Of TeReration and res
pecI.
You see around you, sir, no political
partIzans seeking to promote soma sin. |
lister purpose but you see here assem-.
DIED the people Of our infant city, with
Out distinction OF party, sex age or Con
oltlon,-all-ali auxiously viewing with
each other TO show their respect and es-
TEEN Tor yoJr public services and pri-
vat e worth.
Here, sir, are gathered IN this vast
multitude OF what must appear 10 Won
strange faces, thousands whose hearts |
have vIbrated To the chord Of sympathy |
which your written speeches have touch.
ed Here is rejecting age, AMI ardent
youth-age, and nspIng childhood, 10
all OF whom your veneraied name is as
familiar as house hold words-aIl anx
ious TO feast their eyes by sight Of that
ext raordInary and vcnerabe man of |
whom they have heard and read and /
thought so much-all anxious 10 hear
the voice Of that "Oid N IN eloquent" on |
whose lips wisdom has distilled her
choicest neciar--nere, sir, YOU see |
them all and read in their eager an d |
Joy-g laddened cOuntenances and bright |
Iy beamlng eyes, a welcome-a thrice
told, heartfelt, soul -stIrring welcome 10
"'the man wnon they delight to honor"
To this address Mr.. Adams replied, |
substantially as follows:
MR. FILLMORE-MR. MAYOR AND Eel.
Low-cITIzENs: must ask your indul-
gence for a moments pause to take
breath. Ii you ask me why ask this |
indulgence, IT is because | am so over. |
powered by the elOquence Of my friend |
the Chairman Of the Committee Of Ways |
and Means, whom / have so long been
accustomed 10 refer to IN that capacity, |
that with your permission, | will conlin- !
ue so to denomlnate him now that have |
no words left to an swer him. For so
libe raj has he been in bestowing that
eloquence upon me, which he himself
possesses in so eminent a degree, that, J
while he was ascrlbing TO me talents 81
far above my own consciousness in that
regard, | was all the time imploring the !
god ofeloquence to give me, at least at
this moment,a few words to Justify him
before you in making that splendid pane
gyric which he has been pleased to bes-
COW upon me: and that tho haterinp
picture which he has presented to you,
may not, Immediately be defaccd before
your eyes by what you should hear
from me.