The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-05-24

- PN~sAoa0, ~ MuCu RTehter advantage our tele-
graphic and letter correspondence has told your
readers something of the reception Of the President
at Rochester, and l will go on to note il in brief
from that noble city, of glorious county, until
bring you to this central town and county of the
State.
DEPARTURE FROM ROCHESTER,.
The entrance to the Genesee valley was amid
the cheers of the people, the ringing of bells, the
booming OF cannon, the waving of handkerchiefs,
the flying OF flags, and of banners covered with
inscriptions, and the music Of instruments The
departure In the evening also brought out thou
sands and thousands of people, 1t was near eight
o'clock when the line of march was taken up and
the President and suite were escorted TO the depot
During the waiting moments he compelled to
appear from the balcony Of the hotel near the de-
pot and such shouts and cheers must be peculiar
to the boys Of Monroe. They made the air ring
with the sound of human voices, while between
these cries was heard the music of fine band Tho
Secretary OF the Navy and Attorney General in
like manner were compelled to appear and reap
pear again.
The cars moved off at O'Clock and is minutes,
new and elegant having been handsomely
provided by the railroad company for the President
and his guests. The depot was full, and cheers
upon cheers went up as the painting engine made
ita escape from what seemed for moment the
Bedlam OF the city. Everybody felt grateful for
such reception, and everybody declares that Ro-
chester cannot be beaten by any city in the land.
The "time table, says, Rochester 81, Syracuse l2!.
The locomotive did its duty, stopping for mo-
ment to crafty the crowd who, in the late hours
of the night, were awaiting the coming of the
President.
AT CANANDAIGUA
there were, between nine and ten O'Clock, two
thousand people at least. The fremen in their red
shirts and gay caps. with brilliant torches lighting
up the darkness with touch of the brightness of
the midday sun, gave undoubted evidence that the
President had many friends here The coming of
the cars was greeted with cheers for the President
and cries for Fillmore, who made response as
best he could upon the platform of the cars he be-
ing greatly fatigued with the honors which had
been everywhere thrust upon him. There were
more cheers for his thanks however, and they were
most happy. The Sibleys and Changers, and the
best citizens Of the town, came to do honor to the
President.
AT GENEVA
there was an immense concourse of people. The
sounds of music, cannon, and cheers of the multi
tude, (between 10 and II y made the night air ring
again. Firemen, with torches in hand, lined the
pathway of the depot; citizens were crowded SEEM
ingly in tiers one behind the other and all sent
forth tremendous cheers for Fillmore and the Pre-
sident. A committee Of citizens ia the mean time
do the honors of the town. The President shows
himself, bows gratefully, is cheered again, and the
shril warning of the steam. whistle, the cries of
superintendent and conductors scatter the crowd,
and we off for
AUBURN,
where at SO unseemy an hour nobody expected a
reception; but the Secretary of State, and crowds
nf eli uho mil
Syracuse and Utica) came rushing into the cars to
pay their respects to the President and the Cabi-
net Auburn seemed, like Canandaigua and Ge-
neva, to have entered into the spirit of the thing
The fremcn again appeared in their red shirts and
torches, and the town seemed all alive with the
spirit of rejoicing. The President was formally
welcomed in an appropriate speech, and he replied
in brief with most hearty thanks for such profuse
honors. He remained uncovered and upon the
front of the to the last second of time, when the
whistle again cleared the track" and the
crowd were left behind. Their shouts were
heard for moment, while the beacon lights and
torches lent kind of wild enchantment to the
scene. We were off again for Cayuga Bridge,
where few people were out, and 30 on, to behold
the
MIDNIGHT WELCOME AT SYRACUSE.
can do justice to this scene, to the effect of
the natlOnal Oh twenty -OQc to the
sounds of cannon booming like the roars of thun-
der in the stiffness Of the midnight to tho bonres
lighting up the square, to the torches which SEEM
ed like many walking lights, to the handsome
array of the military and fremen, all in full uni
form; to the effect of procession marshalling and
moving between 10 and O'Clock in the morning;
to cheers of the thousands, which might have
awakened, as from deep slecp, the anxious minds
of the Mays and their confrercs, who have made |
this place famous for their midnight bowls over
Disunion, and by their anathemas against the
Compromise. 1t did my heart b to see such
sight, to hear such national responses to the con-
gregated treason which, from time to time, has
been Matched in the very heart of the Empire State
by bad and noisy ctizens 1t seemed, as it were,
night jubilee in honor of the Union and the Const
tuition; and when, at near one o'clock, the short
line of march over. and the guest in chief was
conducted in from the great square in front of the
Syracuse House. heard, one might hear good
news from far country, the President of the Uni
ted States declare that he "has supported the Con-
sttion Of his country in the past days Of his Id
n,inistraton, and that time circ,,mstanee could
for the future change has unalirable determination
10 support Il, and the trhoc of it, to the end of his
Administrati0n.'
He told the Mayor, who handsomely addressed
him, and all who could hear him, that the North
could expect no justice from the South and no
good feeling from the South, unless it fulfilled oil
it's constitutional obligations, however unpalatable
and irksome they might be. We could not sup
port such an instrument by halves. The scnti- |
ment was honest, appropriate to time and place,
and the hearers applauded, and seemed thereby to
approve. II is certain that many of the people of
this much wronsed and outraged town do approve
of tho Compromise, and are ready to thank the
President for the bold and manly way in which he
has stood by the Constitution, and for the impair
tial manner in which his Administration has dis
pensed justice to North and South alike.
The President made some local illusions, no.
tce of which, with the grand celebration of to-day
must postpone till evening.
The officers Of the corporation have given the
President and his GU csts ride over and around