The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-07-16
The President in Massncnnsens

previously announced, were all carried
into effect on the afternoon of the 29,h
ut, excepting that the display of the
Public Schools was somewhat Interrupted
by the rain, which fell necessarily for sew.
eral hours. The entire line of march
was accompanied by a smart shower of
rain, which pretty thoroughly drenched
the military and those not protected in
carriages.
Mayor Quincy, On receiving the Pres
dent, addressed him thus:
Nh. PRESIDENT: ln behalf of the citi-
tens of Boston, | welcome the Chief Mag
lstrate Of the Union t 0 the metropolis of
Massachusetts. | welcome you as off
cIally the representative Of those whose
fathers stood by ours in the days of the
Revolution, and Of the twenty millions
who now with us constitute this great
Confederacy. welcome you as a states
man, to an acquaintance with the men
and to an examination Of the institutions
of New England; to an acquaintance with
men whose industry. intelligence, and
enterprise have clothed this barren soil
with plenty, and made it the abode Of
art and science, of virtue and religion; to
an examination of our institutions, par
ticularly Of our free schoois, inc peculiar
institutions Of our land, by which, with
the blessing Of Heaven, we hope TO con-
tinue a race of intelligent freemen, who
will understand, maintain and transmit
the liberties and virtues Of their fathers
to the end of time. We receive you as
we have received your predecessors in
office, and ask that you will grant to US,
as they did, the honor of considering you
the guest Of the city, during your stay a.
mOng US.
To whichaddressth the President replied:
Mr.. MAYOR: For this manifestation of
welcome from the capital Of New Eng
land, ! feel the most. ardent sensation of
gratitude. In the history of my country
| have read of your free institutions Of
learning-your common schools-and it
is with no ordinary feelings of pleasure
that | pay my first visit to This great city,
the ground which these noble institutions
have hallowed as peculiarly their own.
With you, sir, | agree that upon the in
telligencc and virtue Of the people de-
ponds the perpetuiiy of the free %institu-
tons under which we live; and l hope
that during my short %sojourn among you |
may become personally acquainted with
many of those excellent men who have
made your city SO celebrated for its be-
nevolence and liberality.
Arrived at his quarters. the President
was waited upon by Gov. Briggs, who
having been formally introduced to the
President, addressed him as follows, in
behalf of the Commonwealth:
Mr.. PRESIDENT: In the name of the cit
izens of Massachusetts, | tender to you,
as Chief Magistrate of the United States,
their respects, and bid you welcome to
the hopitalities of the Commonwealth.
l should be happy, sir, if your official
duties would allow you the time, to 90
with'you throughout our State and show
you our people and their institutions as
they are. | should be pleased 10 have
you go among our farmers upon the noun.
tains and in the Valleys and upon the dis.
tant cape, that YOU might see the Difficult,
ties they have had to encounter in cult.
waiting a hard, unyielding soil, when that
soil is compared in fertility and product
~iveness with the rich bottom lands and
wide p%rairies of your own great West; to
go into the shops of our mechanics, the
factories of our manufacturers, the stores
of our merchants, and the marts of com
merce, upon the docks of u seaports,
and upon the decks of our merchant yes.
sells and well equipped whale ships; to
show you our colleges, academies, and
seminaries of learning, and go into our
district schools, the cherished objects OF
the people of the Commonwealth from
the earliest settlement; aud to visit with
you tho temples of religion erected in ev-
cry village and neighborhood. know,
sir, you would be pleased 10 witness the
varied and ~persevering industry of oll
people.
But, sir, while the citizens of Massa.
chusetts are engaged with untiring per.
severance in those avocations by which
they hope TO promote their prosperity
and happiness, they remember that they
belong to that great family Of states, owe
whose destiny you now preside by the
sufirages of a people. To this Unior
our people, individually and as a state
acknowledge their obligations, and they
intend faithfully and always 10 fulfil those
obligations. That Union, under a gen.
eral government, conducted according tC
the provisions of the glorious constitu
ton established by the wise patriots of
past generation, steadily progressing il
the principles of liberty, civilization all,
christianity, they trust in Heaven vii
be perpetual. We shall ever rejoice t,
see your administration contribute 10 tina
important and desirable end.
The President replied to the Govern
or substantially tt the following effect
but somewhat more at length. Sir; Ii
receiving from you, the chief magistrate
of this commonwealth, the welcome with
which you have honored me, | am senSi'
BILE that your purpose is to recognise q
great principle. l feel that tits the office
which | hold that you wish to honor, and
while you honor it through me, feel tina
am but the humble representative d
the people for the time being, and thai