The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-07-27

/ otSu, tHiou5u 'out on tie part Oh TIE CltLeus
OF Philadelphia. rejoice tc hear you SAY
Sr, that It Is with une accord that am wei
come among You. know that my recep
on Is to be the reception not of ME, as al
individual, but OF me as a p bic servant
an while | recO snz. the relation, Sir, ] AL
81 reco snISe another, and shall always
that am their representative, the represen
tltve Of their interests AMI their h0nyr.-
intend Sir, thlt neither shall suffer in nv
SeePin5. I'M obliged To you also. for cx.
pressing your appreciation of this shurt alb
>csnce from the peculiar field OF my duty
IL was a matter "I extreme doubt with me
what ought to do, but am NOW satisfied
Thai C lme to the right cunciu ion, bee III c
have the apprpbItiGn Of the intelligent ci
z'ns Q, Ph aIell hia. (Cheer.) DUNG he few
moments III It We have been upon this storied
Delaware, with the shoresof Ptnnsy lvania on
the one hard, and New JERSEY on the other.
is it no. with you is it is with me. impossi-
ole to brns your minds to dwell on the
present, and he hopes OF the future? Ny
Lnou5 5hLs are lnyoiuattnly turned back up
On .htt great anl noble past which yoIr
osatc an your cilzcns bore aplrt in.
10 nut suppose there are twenty men
present who nave no, since we eamu on
30 ri this JuIr, th0u 5ht tia, in l777. pei
haps about sky mite, abJve, the most ne
mTkabIe mTen ent q the whole Revo,u.
tiOh occurred. In m Imenl OF snch dark
ness, hen the clou Is closed around our ia
CherS, that army crossed the Delaware in
w!nLer to march, leaving their blood upon
every foot track OF their way, and chan &c
The Iuture aspect Of our expectations
When upon ALL these thin.s Iycil at th.
moment, with an unusual degree of feeling,
remember the cherished memories Of the
Il voiu.ion, the sacrifices which were made
for our liberties, Tie prlvations and tolls and
trials, Sir, which purchased that glorious
Union OF which you have spoken, will make
II dear to Us all, as long as We may live
{ Applause AMI SIR. We hope 10 trans
niy - our cnii4 i4ren no, thc mere belief, bus
.hc conviction tbat hO"evGc great any Safe
III this Union may be, it is pothins ont of
this Uaion; { Jhecrs.) Every word say
Mr. Dallas, is sort OF knife in my .lnnss. |
taank you heartily, and tcet Il degree OF
pride and yrt,liicaton IN Seeing MI. Rush
ana Mr.. In5ersoi, yourscIf,an ,hese gentle
men, who have contrIotcd 50 much 20 the
hoaor and fame OF our country; much more
Sir, than 1t viii DC n my power To express
| thank the City ot PhialeI phia for the re-
ceptlon which she proposes to give me, ami
III INK her especially torthc way and through
the men whom heproposes TO introduce.
The reception of Presden: PIERCE at
PhlIadeIphla was most enthusiastic. At In
dependence Hail he was welcomed by May
or GILPIN in a brief address, to which he re-
piled as follows:
Mr. Mayor and Citizens Of Philadelphia:
1t grleyes me that / am PHYSICALLY SO uasbIo
to lespQpd to THIS most hearty and touching
welcome. Sir, my heart is full OF gratitude
to you, and full OF gr4ti!nde to all TINS pco-
pie, VII have PLACED you in 'he position
you now occupy, did think that 1 had
trleo in my day 70 dosQme little for my
cQLntry, but such q day as this makes
mans heart ovrrrun with gratitude to
peopl. like the inhabitants OF the City OF
PHllad phia. ! have been much surprised
-- ay, Sr, filled With protoundest aWc--at
the lnanper in whieh you have received me-
Phlade phia is Il city Of some mark. lfyour
mountains Hsannd your valleys did nottrem with
The clements ot comfort to your popu alton;
ii your ciizens, in all time, had not been
tormost whenever the country has wanted |
Their aid if your institutions of learning
were not among your proulest monuments,
the single fact to which you have adverted
Sir, that from hence was proclaimed the |
Declaration of Independence, you'd put
Phlladel phia and Pennsylvania upon g. pre-
eminence which in the Providence of God |
no other city or State can ever enjoy. (Ap.
plause.) Sir, l feel as you do, that We
must bow--we can hardly do anything else
but bow before these reccollrctlUnS and as
socalions ! reel how inadequate is lam
guage, Sir, and you also feel il, when you
come TO speak Of that period; language don't
reach it, but our hearts honor it in all its
depth, power and fullness, hope These
men, Sir, of whom you have spoken-who
planned here the institutions of Free Coy
us remember, were no holi-
day patriots; wereno scheming philanthro-
plsts: they were no visionary stateSmen.--
They deiberatcd amid the difficulties that
SURROUNDED them, and here they medita:ed
amid the clamor of arms, as though they
had been environed with peace and in abso-
Lutte security; and they solved the great prob
lem, which vas terror to despotS and an
inspiration to patriots, as though the issue
did not involve the question Of their lives
Sir, here he stood-and as ! say it now,
they come before us now here, l say,
stood Thomas Jefferson, and Franklin, and
Roger Sherman, and also, perhaps-for this
is the first time have been herein ,this
very room stood the dauntless John Han.
cock as he received from those men, not on
ly the assertion Of our rights, but the char
ter Of our liberties. Can we do anything but
bow in place like this? 1t is not in my
power to speak to YOU at length Youhave
said very properly, perhaps that is not your
proylnce-it certainly is not mine-to dis
turb the deep current Of feeling which cour-
ses the hearts and minds of those around
me.
But it is not your city it is your State, al
so that is of some mark. In peculiar
sense are your resources of wealth and
power rc2osed on her bosom. She is an
empire herself. Why, The development OF
the uses oil iron and coal SO pre-emineutly
since 1846, the foundation Of British wealth
and power, would of itself constitute new
er failing source of prosperity 70 you. But,
Sir. it is not that on which you have mainly
relied. liz is on yOur apricIiltllYp How