The Arkansas banner., 1849-04-10
-n-..la.n, poIk as MemphLa.

.rA. sr ,roach of the steamer C. U. Watkins, Wi'h
 President, family and suite on board, was 'ss.0.oced 'ss this tnoTaing about SIX o'clock, oy 'ne sFpS.r of artillery from the bluff. Immediately tnun.s of reception and many citizens were .ra,u0 and after the distinguished guest had n"ss.-,.d he fook his seat iB splendid carriage, w. hy four grey horses, and alter passing along afs~A 1 our uriDcipal streets, followed by an tn- conrourse of citizens, stopped a front oi the = .so~o House, where the Hon. Spencer Jarhegan u.i,..ss.d inc ex-President as follows:
 sr. have been designated by the citizens Of .o.h;. ,o hid you welcome on tbis, your return, ,sl Sts,e ef Tennessee. The assigned duty IS ,t .s ..sk. because of the conineidence win my Fason,i feelings, asd, hope, on this account I's P,f,mance will not be the Cess acceptable to you, ST. ..on,eJ i. snbIime spec,aeIe
 I.hy or tbe country in which we live, and high NV,.y '. noon our institutions, and of our people s,s,rs, chief agistrae in retiring 10 the shades rs;,.a,e fife having laid aside the robes oi oiilce nf surrendered power and place without Iegret, 10 s"so,ne again private citizen oi the Unted states, r.re;viug. without show or ceremony, the coIdlai ~.n.,ngs of his fellow citizens as returned friend h,oiher lis but the expression ot their gTate- ap1 ,o an old and faithful public servant end lu S"Ss otr.sing The whole scene evinces how i... and even contemplate are ati our political PP|syences. compared with the depth and wa'mness c rasling with which we ali love our country and
 ro yol. sir, let me say for myself and for those have inc honor to represent on the present occasion 'nanv, of us have known you long and intimately,
 A ;h.t acnuantAnce has never iepded to lessen our ., gu. f.r t.s uan. You have deYDted more than
 ,l,y wears of your syential life to the public ser M"' We have seen you hii, with honor to your '.f almost every grade of office, ffotn that of clerk If inc Tennessee legislature 10 President ot the
 o;,ed States, and each, from the hrs, conferred by f 4. Enrp Fntn fFatth tr ssry;ces. YOU have the gratitude of your country nsr and for your private virtues, the love of your s,ands and high respect of your acQuaintances. W;th them yon have retired; they have been fairly snJ honorabIy obtained, and let them be 10 you a sweet balm in the coming evening of your days. II is probable yoI will never again hold office You tys ;ust left the proudest and most exalted station ,'u,n earth 10 which you had been elevated by the anhoyght snfIfages of your fellow citizens, and howevsr much many of us may have differed with vn, unon many questions of foreign and domestic a,cy yet even in the heat of pafiZaa feeling, but tew denied to you patriotism and honesty of pur- nose Your administration has been at peculiar nerod in the affairs of nations, and Of the word and h,s haen marked by events most important, and b;cb wilI ever remain memorable in the history of inc United States, and of the continent of America. With them youT name will stand connected and that of Tennessee your State. You have added 10 her fame. and she is proud or her adopted son. and now we portion oi her citizens, receive you, tender you the Inequalities of city. take you by the hand, and say from our hearts welcome, uuiy welcome home again,
 We were unable to procure position for report ing the reply ol ex-President Polk, and therefore canro, do justice 10 The eloquent and deeply impress sve manner in which he acknowledged his gratitude for the honors paid him, by his fellow citizens of Memphis We give the substance of Mir. Polk $ reply furnished us by itiend who stood near him; SIR: This is the first point at which have touch ed the State of Tennessee. l am deeply affected by the kindness and coTdiality of your reception. The personal friendship which you have been pleas ed to express on your own account, and as the rep yesentatiYe of the citizens ot this rosperous town, recplocate with all my heart
 This is the proudest moment of my life. No hon ofs which could have been paid me as President, would have been grateful the respect and cour- tesy which now receive. l aIn private citizen. deprived of power and without patronage. My public acts are matters of history. They will be judged impartially. and am content to abide the decision ofthis magnaumous people, now and here after. You do me more than justice in according me the merit of honesty of purpose. And agree wuh you perfectly in the continent that in the midst of all ouf persoua eoaslicts and differences of individual opinion, the AsericaR people are essen- aliy patriotic.
 The present spectacle is one of the noblest which
 
 The public man of today is the simple citizen of tomorrow. Without regret, and with unieigncd gratitude for the high conf fence Teposed in me and he noble tonors bestowed, 1 return to the bosom Of my friends and fellow c,tizeRs. This cordial welcome, upon the soil of my own State, touches my heart. return to you individually, and as the representative of this vast assemblage ot my fellow citizens, my profound gratitude for your generous welcome. l regret that he circumstances or my 'rival. in boat which will garry me to my own door, and which cannot wait sufficiently long 10 en- able me 10 enjoy your rendered couTtesies, ohIige me to deeilne them. Again, tender you and lny fellow citizens here assembled, my ptofoundcst sPeet and gratitude.
 After his reply he was conducted 10 the psrlor of The hotel, where he received the congratulations of lage number of our citizens, and then escort ed To the boat, in waiting, 10 convey him on his homewsrd jouILey.
 The health of the ex-Presdent was such as 10 prevent him from accepting the invitation of the citizens 10 remain and be present at the compliment 'ary ball which was intended for hiIn.
 Al II o'clock, large number of our citizens met al the Gsyoso House, and partook of rich ant iuxarlous collation., prepared by flie gentemanly propnetors of that house, and to night gay-hearted innocence will "tp il on the light fantastic toe at The Commercial, and the wands which the in,mi,abIe SHALL ever sets out on such occasions will be fully discussed Memphis Heraid, 4at iEst.