The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-07-27
The Presidents Tour, and the
Opening of the Chrystal Palace.
BALrIHJRE, july II.


BALTIMORE, July IL.
President Pierce, accompanied by Secre
taries Guthrie and Davis, and Pos,masie
General Canmpbell, arrive! here at 81 .
clock this evening. They were met al III
railroad depot by an immense coacourse q
citizens, and large turnout OF military
,Yho escorted them to BJrnum's H9.el.-
The President Who rode on white horse
was !enthu ias;iciliy greeted along the route
At Barlum's, haudsontly cecJrate,
stand was erected, on which the Presilen
was introduced by Mayor Holins. IL
made brief address as follows:
"Mr Mayor and fellow cICzens ofthe ci
ty of Baltimore My heart is fuIi, and i
would be difficult to express the depth 0
feeling with which this cordial greeting ha
impressed me. (Chee.s.)
Your ci.z.ns b. their partial friendship
and alpre than gcnervls cond ience, prevl
.ously imposed up2n pe debt If ga Itu le
(which wears devQ.eI 10 their scrvlct and jc
to the interest AMI heppr of our CON
mDn country can s:EcaIy cln;el -
.(Chser,.) To be thVs sunouniel by a
popuiatioa, no. less distinguished ior il
,chtv4ry Than for is intel. .ence anl tried
PATRIOTISM, is peculiarly ga ify ing; AMI a
'm1n5 the plca,ans memories susges.e BY
the occasion, WHO can faIl to be remnlcu
where the banner of uudrlHel, ulq l.iIied
religious toIera.on was first freely gwen tu
the breeze? You cannOC be in SUCH an ~.
mosphere wi.hpuG feeling It's Yiyiiying inh l.
eHce. Every man who mas y pl.ro.' 5 uu IS
must feel it because every man knows that
religious toleratioa lies at the loln lation of
civil liberty. (U2eers No :rtn,enttr4v-
eier can enter this city without beng slrucH
with the Whence OF en- erPrIse AMI honest
THRIFT which eve ywhere meet The eye
Baltimore has stoot prominently forth Ia
the astonishing progress OF our country,
which may be ruy SAID 10 have ou!merch
cd prophecy Her great aIyaata. .es in a
Commercial pplut OF .9lvw, hIve .. COURSE al,
ways been mrkel AMI apparent, bul tIc
,commani ling 5eosriphIcal ppalt'on, 50 ta
Is interal commerce Is doncetneIi forctbiy
alnded 10 by Washington as early As 76G
Is only beglnins 70 be appreciated even by
ourselves, AS The great West pOurS in It's
boundlrss resource, at the bi lding cf your
enterprise and the juiicious appHcagion OF
your means to those internal Improvements
which leave the destiny OF B'lumore as one
of The great cities Of he world, no nader Of
Of doubt (Cheers.) But after all, it is
notthe increase O" your population anI
1syealth-the augmentation yoIr shipping
interest.your crowded depots, and mdrt>
steemiqg with the produces agricultural and
rninefai, of the interor--jhe erection Of
spcnfid edifices, rising as it We're by magic,
Nor all these combined, which chiefly en-
gross The thops shts Of the patriotc citizen
and give his pulse quicker and prouder
throO AS he enters yo0r enyironS and sees
these monumunts in the distance They
mly crumbie tina. is their destny-nay
they may moyller aud mingle with the
common earth, but the inspiration of the
deeds o' valor which they commemorate,
which saved you from the presence Of the
shame Of the tread OF foreign soldiery will
perish never (AppIause.) Who shall say
what has been the extent or the power OF
tleexample Of self sacrificing heroisn which
signalized the defense OF North Point and
Fort McHenry in 1874? (Applause. :
1t was dark and trying hour in our his
tory. We were perplexed but not i'll
,dispalr-cast down but not destroy =
When your example and prowess reanima-
ted courage and confidence everywhere and
it was fell that the shield of projection SUI
peror to all human pow r, always recoyni-
zad by our forefathers during their great
struggle, was still over us. lie. us reraem-
Der il, and ever acknowledge it with hpm
BILE and grateful hearts. Who shall say
how much your monuments for those who
fell and your reverence and aGectionate es-
teen for those who survived the conflicts of
anxious days and nights to WHICH have ad
,verted, have had to do with the free and
gallant bation Of Maryland's blood upon SO
many fields of Mexico? (Applause, vi
The fathers Of the Revolution taught their
sons that they owed their first duty to their
couniry--a duty not to be avoided but to be
.cheerfally fulfilled in the face of all cqpse
auences and at every hazard. Has rot the
the Almighty blessed to US, their decend-
ants, their example. their experience, and
their lesson? Nober praise cannot be be
slowed, than to say that no State in this con-
fedsracy has furnished a more impressive
disqualification of the power of that teach
ing than that before whose people | have
no The honor to stand. (Applause.
MFR. Mayor--A pleasant incident at this
moment comes back to my memory, to
which may not be censured for adverting.
Soon after the bark Helper. anchored, with
portion Of the Ninth Infantry near the cas-.
tie San Juan de U!oa, about the 30th of
June l847, Fnother transport came 10 anch-
or within cable length. We could not
discern the ship, but in few moments We
heard pealng forth from her deck the STIR
ring notes Of the "6tar SpangLd Banner"
The effect was electrical. thought, prob
ably from association, that the ship was
from Baltimore, and the fact verified the i'm
preston. Boats were lowered, and friend
ly greetings commenced between the sons
Of Maryland and New England, which /
trustmay never be interrupted. (Applause)
But borne on by my feelings, am detain-
ing you much Too long. (Cries of "No, no!
go on" Ifalready yours were not desig-
mated throughout the land as the monumen-
tal City, would venture to christen it, as
pre- eninantly entitled to the name: "The
City of the Star Spangled Banner" Zap
plause.) While you win bail with Joy the
appearance Of every new star, as one after
smother shall be added to the constellation,
you will always proclaim, upon the honor
and faith Of Maryland, that the number