The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-09-20

you might seem 10 render il supernuous, can
not, nevertheless, resist the temptation to offer
also the feeble expression OF my thanks and my
atkhowledgments for the cordial greeting which
have received from you, and from the citizens Of
the State OF which you are the organ, from the
moment we have entered its borders l need not
assure your excellency that have not the vanity
to impute this warm, and might almost say this
enthusiastic greeting at your hands, 10 any per-
sonal merits OF my own. Associated as am in the
Cabinet with men far ADLER and lar older than my
self having at its head your illustrious fellow
citizen, turning towards Hon. Daniel w ebster, ]
a man who combines the logic of Aristotle with the
eloquence of Tully feel that while am ready to
take my full share of all the responsibility that
| may attach to the station which | have the honor
to occupy, can claim but very small portion OF
any merit that may belong to 1t. But, sir, We"
these manifestations simply demonstrations Tor
| the office which have the honor to hold. fie"ed
IN that light viewed as an indication oil atlach-
ment OF the people OF this great Commonwealth To
the Union. and 10 the institutions OF the country,
assure you most sincerely that they were lar, very
| far, more gratifying to Inc than viewed as mani
festations Of any personal regard to myself, how
ever gratifying that might have been.
" MIR. Governor, my friend who has Just ali r
dressed you disclaimed for himself the title OF a
| stranger think ! may with equal right dis
claimthat title. GApplause,l | have not, II Is
true, the honor Of coming from State which, like
| Virginia, has been the partner with Massacliu-
sets in the perils and the dangers OF our ReYolu-
| ton. But, sir, ] come from State among her
| best and most yirtuous and enlightened citizens,
many who came from both OF those States.
think sir that a citizen of New Orleans may well
claim some acquaintance with the citizens of Bos-
| ton. Connected US are by the ties not only OF
common kindred, but by the social intercourse
and commercial relations that bind us daily more
and more closely together cannot feel when !
tread the soil of Boston that am the soil OF a
foreign land. Neither is this my first visit TO your
city TO your State. have, heretofore, one OF
two occasions, private individual, enjoyed the
inequalities of her citizens; and you that
every visit that make TO your State, and to its
| beautiful capital, ID source of new pleasure and
satisfaction. At every new visit that ! make 10
| both, perceive new evidences of that industry
that enterprise, that publ; spirit, and that phi.
lanthropy, which may be said to be her peculiar
characteristics. sec, also, new indications OF con
tinued and increasing prosperity
al need not say to the citizens of Massachusetts,
| and, above ALL Mr.. Governor, | need not say to
you and to the enlightened audiencGuk hich now
have the honor to address, how much oris prosper
ity is due 10 the preservation of that Union which
| the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has contribu-
ted 80 powerfully to establish, and which J am
sure she will also, at all timcs be ready pow
ertul to assist to preserve and to maintain. lap
plause. All that can now do, MIR. Governor, is
to express, as do the sincere wish that this pros
perity may continue as long as the Union contin-
ues, and that both may be perpetual. IApplnuse
MIR. Conrad's remarks well received, and,
as soon as he had concluded, Hon. c. Il. Russell
announced that in consequence OF the proposed re-
view of The military upon the Common, the PREsl-
DENT was obliged to forego the pleasure OF per-
sonal introduction to the assembly.
The PRESIDENT and suite then left the hall
amidst the cheers of the multitude, and pro-
ceeded to the Common.