The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-07-28
The President in New York.

When Gen. PIERCE visited New York, two
weeks ago, he was welcomed on the part of the
city by Mayor WEsTERvELT, to whom he replied
in an eloquent speech of some length the closing
part Of which we publish to-day. 1t will be no.
ticed that the President speaks out plainly, in
reference to the welcome to be given to those
who come from 'the Grey Old Nations of Eu-
rope" to find home of contentment and peace
in this land of Freedom. He assumes the posi-
ton which it should be the delight of every
American citizen to advocate; he invokes the
enslaved millions, who toll on and toll ever un-
der despotic sway, to come here where eth ere is
room enough for ALL" He occupies broad, Ma
tional ground, and his language will meet with
hearty response from the hearts of many cit
liens of Cambria, who cannot but admire the
emphatic declarations made in the following
remarks by recently the successful can
didate of the Democratic Party. The President
said -
Mr. N1ayor-This Empire city, and this Empire
State, are the living exemplifcations of the tai
ismantic word adopted as your motto. Has it
never occurred to you, sir, that the hand which
inscribed Excelsior" upon your Coat of
Arms must have been guided by a prophets
| vision
! This spectacle teaches all of us a valuable and
significant lesson. May God, in his wisdom,
make you sensible Of the blessings conferred up
on you, and during my term of office may he
strengthen me In my sincere and anxious pur-
/ pose to aid you in all your honorable and patri-
otic enterprises; for who can estimate the events
of the future who shall say to your great char
acteristic, and to the spirit of our whole country
! ''Thus far shalt thou go, and no farther"
As you advance in your majestic career, new
1 duties- RESPONSIBILITIES. imBOSpd vOT
and as your conquering example manifests itself
on all hands, new conc options of still further
| triumphs will arouse and stimulate your exer-
tions.
/ The Old World caught the inspiration from
the New. Nations, closed to civilization for
hundreds of years, arose from the sleep of ages,
to stretch out hands to their inquiring spirit
which is constantly gathering strength fo1
new victories over time and space ON these
shores.
Who will set limits to your just ambition wher
the Atlantic is bridged with steamers to the
shores of Europe, and united to the Pacific
by the great throughfare that will eventually
bind these States together as with hoops?
/ And, sir, with all these advantages-with al
these priyileges-with all these benefits of pre-
sent, and these anticpations of the future-ant
, let me say, with all the inyocations of the pas
how can we fail to welcome those who com,
to us from the Grey Old Nations of Europe.
Let them come-there is room enough for al
) room in the hearts and in the homes of tn,
, American people; and there is work and foot
enough for ALL
The moment they enter into the brotherhoos
of American freemen, they cease to be citizen
!, of other countries, and they bear their share O
9 the burdens and enjoy their share of the bless
ings common to all in this happy Union
1t is this great truth that invokes US agains
all schismatic organizations, not strictly Ameri