Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-06-07
OHIO AND INDIANA.
On the arrival of Governor WooD, of Ohio, late
y, at Indianapolis, the Mayor welcomed him to the
city in the following address:

Un the ARRIVAL OF OOV6rnOr WOOD, OF OHlO, late-
ly, at indianapolis, the Mayor welcomed him to the
city in the following address
Governor WooD In the Of the citizens of Indians
welcome you the capital and in behalf Of the corporate
authorities of Indianapolis invite yourself and suite to accept
the Inequalities Of our city while you remain with u.s.
We grati6ed with this opportunity Of mansstng
regard for the State of Ohio and her distinguished Chief Ma
gistrae and trust that yonr visit will tend to draw
closely those bonds Of brotherhood and am which hap
PLY exist between u.s. si a5#1ia
You have to mngle for few days with lndianans.
You will feel that you in the midst Of strangers for
geographical position and unity Of interests have made
US essentially one people,
Ohio and Indiana have diverse interests and there
be no strife between them but that Of generous emulation
Like Ohio, Indiana State Of almost boundess fertility
and resources Our people, like yours possess spirit of en-
terpse which knows restraint and which laughs obsa
cles That progressive spirit which in your State has
initiated distance that the wild Of Lake Erie brought
into companionshp with the gentle Ohio, is pushing forward
great railway lines from western to eastern border,
there unite with like works stretching through Ohio and
these capng their iron hands the border shall bind
US inseparably together. a
But there is between US more holy and sacred bond Of
union. That proud title "Amercan CITIZEN is the property
Of us ALL The Constitution and the Union
inheritance, and together ce ,cH MAINTAIN Them .
Impeed by sentiments like ihese you have honored US
with yon presence and in response to those sentiments his
eIceency the Governor Of Indiana and bis executive officers
here greet you and city authorities, citizens
unite in expressions Of regard TO your E1ceency and the
great State you represent In their name, extend to the
Governor Of Ohio right hearty welcome the capital of
Indiana. s. H.4saS s.....
To this Address Governor WooD replied, in sub
stance, according to the State Sentinel, as follows
He said that be had never until this visit been but within
few miles Of the borders of Indiana and that he had taken
the present occasion absent himself from his duties as Ex
ecuve Of Ohio accept invitation from the worthy Chief
Magistrate Of Indiana visit capital What he had
in Ipdana the Ohio river and that portion which lies be-
tween this city and the river sufficient index Of her
prosperity and told the secret of her greatness Indiana
though young State held envable position in our Con-
federacy. Her known, and their influence felt
both home and abroad From the quiet and orderly dspo
on Of her people, strangers led believe that her
stutons Of the best character His own State Ohio
could not but regard the prosperity Of her younger sister with
the greatest socitude The interest of Indiana was the in
teest Of Ohio They both formed out of the great
Northwestern Territory, and established under the ordinance
Of l7s7 which bad much do in fixing the character Of the
institutions Of beth. iaa2
He said thai, though both States were now enjoying an
eminent degree OF prosperity much of which they owed
their State Governments yet 1t could not be denied that c
out The aid Of that Cufederacy hch united as ,cith our
sister States in bond Of Union neither could susta, the
high position whh they had attained He then adverted to
the present state Of affairs existing at the North and South
He had an abiding confidence in the safety Of glorious
Unon and believed that the descendants the HEslrs the
and the SUMTERs the South would unite with
the chdrens children of Revolutionary fathers at the
North IN giving permanency to our National Union.