Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-07-17
RECEPTION OF Mn. WEBSTER IN BOSTON.
FROM THE BOSTON COURIER or SATURDAY.

The reception given by the citizens Of Boston tc
the Hon. DANIEL WEBSTER yesterday was every
way worthy of the occasion and of the man. The
whole population Of the city seemed inspired with
one sentiment, and united in the utterance OF .
most enthusiastic and sincere welcome to the great
American statesman The greetings which burst In
loud accamatons from the crowds which thronged oui
streets the eryent and spontaneous expression o.
the heart and gave unmstakable evidence that the nha
btants Of this part Of the Union preserve unimpared
their attachment to Mr. Webster that they appreciate
more highly than the great services which he has
rendered in behalf of the American Nation; and that
whatever may be his position in fe they will not shrink
from doing him merited honor, withhold particle
of that sympathy and appreciation which grateful peo
pie owe to those who have deserved well of their country
The weather intensely hot, though fresh south
westerly breeze blew throughout the day. cloudess
sky gave additional brancy to the splendid show Of
military which turned out the occasion The whole
exhibition grand and imposing in the highest degree
The scene on the Neck was magnificent. The side
walks Of that spacious thoroughfare thronged with
an anxious multitude of men, women, and children who
had burning rays of the for many hours
in the hope of once more viewing the glorious coune-
nance of their great and favorite idol
Mr.. Webster, who arrived in the morning train from
New York via Fall river spent the day at the residence Of
the Hon. Samuel H. Valley, in Roxbury At half past
three o'clock NJ the National Lancers detailed to
him the line. Upon his arrival he greeted
by the cheers of the multitude, and fred
The enthusiasm of the people Undesirable. Mr..
Webster stood erect in the carriage as he rode over the
Neck to the place assigned him in the grand train
The procession was put in motion at halfpa four
o'clock. First the military escort consisting of
twenty-five thirty volunteer companies, immedi-
diately following which large civic procession.
Mr. WEBSTER attended by his son Fletcher Webster,
Esq. and Franklin Haven, Esq, occupied barouche
drawn by six splendid gray horses Next the Com
mttee Arrangements the eleven faithful men Of Mas
sachusetts," the Mayor and Aldermen of Boston, the
Mayor of Roxbury, and sundry other invited guests
cupying some sixty carriages The sixth carriage
occupied by old veteran Of the Revolution named Jo
sEpH BALcH who all the way from Johnstown, New
York. he sad to and pay his homage the great
est in the nation He had never Mr.. Webster
but he had he observed watched him carefully for forty
years He desired to show to Mr. Webster that those
who toiled upon the farms of the West Indifferent
spectators of the lofty patriots who toed in the govern
ment Of the nation and who had served their country
long and we'll" The old veteran was subsequently intro
duced to Mr.. Webster by Mr.. Lord of Salem, and the
meeting seemed one of mutual happiness.
The Webster Association next in order after
the carriages and following this body also foot the
Baltimore Delegation and delegation from Cambridge
The cavacade numbered about thousand horsemen and
included delegations from Quincy Dorchester Brighton
Cambridge, SC.
The decorations along the route of the procession
in many instances magnificent On the Neck flags and
sreamers suspended from house house and
the street in great profuson and busts and portraits Of
Mr. Webster were exhibited in many instances.
The procession passed slowly and at every step the
distinguished guest cheered, and bouquets were
thrown to him. The incidents of the route would make
an interesting chapter
The procession reached the northwest entrance Of the
Common at about o'clock.
Mr. Websters approach signalzed by the firing of
cannon on the Common.
NJ Wab, ~ a1;r tbao tbar flo
who occupied the train Of carriages They formed
procession and walked the great which had
been erected Charles street Mr. Webster and the
Committee of Arrangements assembled the rostrum.
The military then entered the Common and after them
the aWebster Association and the Baltimore Delega-
ton" BY this time the people, who had before filed the
streets upon the Common, and the of
SURPRISING grandeur There could not have been less
than fifteen thousand persons present
After some formalities, j. THOMAS STEVENSON,
ESQ. rose, and in the Of the people addressed
Mr.. Webster as follows
FELLOW CIrnENs--REpUBLIoASs l count it high
honor for private citizen like myself to be permitted to
be the organ Of communication between such assem-
bly, ne this and him whom welcome home to-day /
might well have shrunk from the performance Of
this agreeable duty had not known that the time the
place. the OCCASION and all the attendant circumstances
would compel the utterance Of the proper word The
time, the hallowed week Of nations nativity the
place. Boston Common dedicated to the public and used
because roof short of the canopy Of Gods first
temple broad enough to cover the muttudes whom
nothing could prevent from being present at this first
greeting the OCCASION the return of Daniel Webster
whose name shall have epthet here from the Of
his public duties and his public cares to the midst Of
those who love him for what he is and who know that
the story of what he is is best told in the public record
Of what he has done. The time, the place, the occasion
speak for themselves; that it would waste Of
words say you what this unwonted of free
and independent citizens 1t is the great public
heart giving expression to its irrepressibe emotions
will therefore, bear your message with delay to him
you come TO greet Justice to patriot is justice to the
people may say from you him that which address,
ed to any other fattery; for Massachusetts,
Must know
The value Of her Twere a concealment
Worse than theft, no less than traducement,
To hide lhisl doings-and to silence that,
Which, TO the spire and top of praises vouched
Would seem but modest Therefore / beseech you,
I'm sign Of what The Isl not TO reward
What The has] done,) before people hear me.
Sir, upon this occasion of your return the people
have delegates to welcome you, but have come
hemsevescome with their hearts in their hands. Look
around you upon this Of bounded
almost like the ocean, by the horizon. As you have
passed through the pnbhc ways IT has been swelling
tributary to this here Its very silence
speaks to you. All that you is real man is here
for selfish object or with Interior purpose. This vast
assembly is the result of arrangements
presenting seeming beyond the truth. No party buge
has sounded call for this gathering An that has been
done notify the public of this opportunity. See
how the public has seized it.
Each man is here prompted by his own impulses The
in obedience to no order each his commander.
No curiosity has brought us, for come to meet ia
mliar form. No promised eloquence has attracted us
here to and TO greet you.