The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-07-14
THE LATEST NEWS.
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The President reached Philadelphia a, foul
..,o,k Tuesday afternoon, and was received
=, ,he Navy Yard by Com. Reed. and large
a,,,bsr Of naval officers in full uniform. Or
,.nA;ng. salute was fred from the battery
Ia the marines drawn up with presented
.rms procession was then formed, the CT.
- Trsop formed guard of honor, and after 9
,.vips The President, on horseback, took posi-,
rim in the cenae of the troop, and the process
,;o, took up its line OF march amidst cheers
x,viog Of hsndkerchiefs, &c. AT Indepen-
3snee Hall the President was officially wei,
canned to the city by Mayor Gilpin, in an ap.
,,opriate address, TO which the President re.
.oonded in a speech from which we make some
extracts. After some preliminary remarks, he
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| have been much surprised-aye, sir, filled
win profound awe-at the manner in which
yos have received me. Philadelphia is city
II so,ue mark. If your mountains and valleys
d,d pot Ieem with the elements of comfort 10
,,ar population; II your citizens, 10 all time,
had net been foremost whenever the country
learning were not among your proudest monu.
r,ents, The single fact TO which you advertee,
Al, that from here was proclaimed the Decla..
ration of independence, would put Pennsyl.
yania and Philadelphia on a pre.eminence
which. in the Providence of God, no other
STATE or city can ever enjoy. [Applause.]
Sir. | feel Il s you dc, thar we must bow. We
ran hardly do any thing else but bow before
these recolIeclions and associations. | feel
hog inadequate is language, sir, and you also
feel it when you come TO speak of that period
Language don't reach il, sir. Our hearts honor
il in all depths, power and fuliness. hope
Those men, sir, of whom you have spoken,
who planted here the institutions of free GO
yernment, let US remember, were no holiday
patrioIs-they were no scheming phiianIhro.
pists-ihey were no visionary statesmen. They
deliberated here amid difficulties that surround
ed them-ihey meditated amid the clamors
of arms as though environed by peace and alb.
soute security, and they solved the great pro.
blem which was a terror to desrots and an in
spration TO patriots as though the issue did not
involve the question of their necks.
Sir, here stood-(and as | say il, how they
come before us,)-here stood Thomas Jeaer.
son and Franklin, and Roger Sherman, and
also, perhaps, for this is the first time have
been here, in this very room stood the daunt
less John Hancock, as he received from these
men, not only the assertion of our rights, but
the charter Of our liberties. Can we do any
thing but bow in place like this
1t is not in my power TO speak TO you at
length. You have said, very properly, per-
hsps, that il is not your proVince--it Is certain
ly not mine-to disturb The current OF feeling
which courses the hearts and minds of those
around me. But it is not only your city but
your State that possesses, in peculiar degree,
the resources of wealth AMI power. She is an
empire in herself
The President continued at considerable
length in the same eloquent strain, after which
he was conducted tc the Merchants Hotel,
where magnificent banquet was spread. The
company did not adjourn till a late hour.