Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-10-14
GEN. SCOTS speech n, Dayton, ohio

| eu. kCheers But came nol Ia HIedi hAhN
your 4caris. | am only too bappy 10 baHcr
my affections for yours. Cheers cannot
conceal, If would. that | have some place in
your csfeem--elsc whence comes tins nglts
throng-this upturued sea of speaking lacc.,
revealed 10 nae 10y the light OF blazing torches
and boniires' Whence, too, this gathering Of
my iatr eounirywomen, whose beautiful iaces
were partially revealed TO me by the torch
/ light ms passed! Could this a.se mbioge have
taken place If had not already possessed
some small place IN Your estcemi thank God
| that IT IA SO, because IT Is an acknowledgment
that ! have done something IL, the cause If my
country the memory Of which You are not
" Hing should perish -somethIng which the
voices Of your children may hand down 10
another gcnerafioo. Having, then secured
your affections. n Is evidenced 10y tbs display,
allow me 10 return YOU mlnc. But why say
return you minel You have had mine long
ere now. am net stranger 10 the State Of
OHIO. | have travelled IN this State before,
mud am aware Of the great ger, ices rendered
Ivy her sons Ia the Union ia ltmc Of war |
know what great numbers Of your brave eli =.
zets Tucked toihc standard ofthe gallant lar.
rison in 1912 know how many hurried 10
JON the army of the brave Taylor, " no won
battles mpefishahle IN fame, on the plains #
Mexico also, though tie last and the least
OF Your generals, Lave had The valuable aid Of
your valiant citizens IN mauy hard fought fields
oi battle recoIleet, also, fellow citizens, that
! stand in the town of Dayton, at the junction
Of the Mad aud Miami rivers. ] know that
your district has been represented IN the conn-
clIs oil The milton by my own particular friends
by Judge Crime, whom / knew as a mem
Der OF CongIess, aud IN private life; by MIR.
Schcuck, now representing US ~ n foreign
country and lnstly by another valued friend,
Hiram Bell. These are some 81 lire rccollcc-
lions which render Dayton Interesting 10 ne.
Although nm nA uhle Ia recognise my Ia
uInr sccurs, seem indeed, 10 he III magic
Iond. 1ti' afternoon lelt Cincinnati she
Queen CITY oi The West--itseE a miracie-nud
now stand here IN Dayton, small village
when Inst hcheld II, and now n great centre
OF civilization and wealth If, by any cataslro-
phe all the other cites of our country were
bloicd out from tins place would irradiate III.
relgcnce aud civilization enough u light up
the whole West. Ny friends Won could not
we'll have heard the voice the venerable gcu-
lenlln who has addressed me on your behalf,
But there are several topics brought 10 my
recollection 10y hIs remarks, 10 which desire
10 allude lie spoke Of the uu'alnsLcd Ia II,
OF the State Of Ohio. Allow me to relate brief
y an onecdote which that olIusion has recalled
10 my mud, and It is the first time have ever
mentioned the Circumstance. Not Que among
You can suspect that ever had anything 10 d"
with the credit of the State OF Ohio. Well it
Is even SO. Il CHANGED ihat | was III the GUY
Of London, tie ereat money market Of the
world when The first bonds aud the first stock
ot the State ol ONO -issued 10 secure the com.
pletion of your canal, aud those vast internal
improvements " hleh have raised your state to
her present po,ipion--wcIe offered there for
negotiation. Il SO CHANGED that was al the
table Of one OF the leading ctizeus Of London,
where ! met three or four Of the principal mo-
uey co men ia all Europe. Knowing that, like
other soldiers was not North cent but
thinking that was likely TO be acquainted with
the resources anil character Of Ohio, the bar k.
crs interrogated me--ior money leaders are
exceedingly anxions about their seeuritles-as
to the safety Of tue investment, the character
answered them that ONO had more ceres OF
arabic land Than any territory OF a similar ex-