The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-02-26
Reception OF General San Heustsn ss Tie
CITY Hall

M0UntAn
City Hall
aesterssy st nooA according 70 previous arrange
msnt, General Ssn Houston was received In the Co
vsrnors roonlof the City He'll By the Mayor Common
Council and citizens Of New York large number Of
persons were assembled the steps Of the Hall and
the reception room ws crowded 1t IL O'Clock Shortly
AFTER that hour General Houston entered, accomps
MED BY the Mayor, Nicholas Dean, Prsndent Of the
Creton Aqusduct Board and Alderman Edmund
Griffin, on the part Of the Common Council. The
gallant Generals appearance the signal On out
burst Of enthusiastic applause The Mayor then intro
ducsd him TO the citisens one by one, BY name; and
he shook hands with them a. they passed This
somewhat tedious and formal ceremony having been
got through, his honor said Mr. Dean would address
the stranger the part Of the citizens
Mr. DEAs then said General Houston, by the re-
quest Of the Mayor and Common Council the City Of
New York welcome you to this metropolis; and In
doing so, feel unfegned pleasure. Your name Is al
ready inscribed on the page Of history and blanks
still left to be hued up, have doubt with credit
Quilted yourself on all OCCASIONS with honor whether
the battle Geld. or In the Jenate in the Cover
eventful one in which you done the land Of your
birth many and great services; but, late occasion
you have added new lustre to your name already i'm.
perishable: lGieat chsering) Your presence in New
York 1t this time is peculiarly appropriate You
in the chief city OF the North that has charged
with sowing the seeds Of division and broad
cast the land You will be able your to
the South report that ninety nine every hun
dred Of the Inhabitants fully appreciate the blessings
Of the Union and are ready to sustain at hazsr
(Chesrs) l shall not detain you any longer we'll
knowing, As do, hsw anxious the citizens of New
York are to hear you
General Hot sTos then ascended chair amidst loud
cheers and said
Coun Gil Of the city of New York through you
kind xprssson Of regard on their behalf well
Is OF my fellow citizens around. l have devoted 9
large portion OF life to the service of
country. 1t was natural to suppose that in many
points Of my conduct, and in the performance OF my
duty there might have been defects 1t was the lot
of humsnit But this appreciation of my general
conduct and the terms which that appreciation is
expressed have deeply i'm pressed my heart Ny feel
right impulses and II great trusts have been conhded
to me, the highest reward ever sought the ap-
probation OF my feew citizens for the fidelity with
which discharged the obligations that devolved pom
If In the recent ag tation have taken course
desired and endesvored to deserve l confess am
emulous OF merit. 1t has been sRid that am ambi-
tious. This is unworthy OF any generous mind. II
have sought and obtained poets of honor 1t not
for telf but that might ha it In my
power TO confer higher benefits and blessings my
my fellow countrymen IL Ihave been successful their
appreciation Is ample reward for all that have done
Cheers As have referred to the agitation which
lately distracted the country permit me to add that
/ hope 1t is at end and that pescs, and happiness
and harmony. will be difused through this broad
land l never believed in the power of fanstacsu
the OF the American people They are
able to control and shape their destiny under the
guidance of a benehcent Providence The integrity
q
it's Institutions nvulnerabe te the attacks Of either
open foes false rie nds The broad egis OF the
sitution extended the land paralyzss faction at
home, and enables the country to present defiant
front TO the most powerful nations on the earth.
Great cheering) Administer the constitution ac-
cordDg TO its spirit and it's letter. and want no
compromise, except what will put down dsunion, and
estsbis smity and ncord. This country from
the Atlantic to the Pacific is whole and without
that entirety. local and sectional prejudices would
prevail, and instead Of one great family, bound to
gethsI by ties OF kindred fsuds would spring aud
wars inteiminshe would be the consequence We
will never be happy people unless we united He
lie no true American whs combines himself to section
lees than he vast bounds Of the Union Cheers The
Union gives protection TO all its parts-it gives
tioDaity Prize power exaltation among the nations
itself and 1t cannot stand-t will crumble into
thingpess So would 1t be with the United States II
faction and disunon should prevail The peoples de-
lgates would to be the natives Of their
rights, and the will Of dsspot would be evnsed By
the bayonet and the sword am for such state
Of things as that found this nation q whole and
would feel my name dishonored II did not, as far
In my power Lies transmit the institutions
handed down 10 by our venerated ancestors A
at sll-xthout entirety there cannot be . country
In that country there cannot be q home and when
cease to have q home that can boast Of 40 not /
wsh to live another hour the earth. Great cheer
ing.
addre e., continued to hold his levee, when he
intro duced by the Mayor to . number OF other cit
till two o'clock when he proceeded to the ront
OF the City Hall 20 review his psniops in the
survivors OF the New York Regiment OF Nolu teers
Gen Houston then retired to his quarters at the |
Irving House.