The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1853-07-20
Reoeption Of Gem. Pieroe At HaltiGOre.
BALrlmoRE, July H.,


BALTIMORE, July IL.
President Pierce, accompanied by Sec
~retaries Guthrie and Davis, and Pos, Mas.
ter General Campbell. arrived here at 81
o'clock this evening. They were met at
the railroad depot by an immense con-
course Of citizens, and a large lurn out Of
military, who escorted them to Barnum's
Hotel. The President who rode on a
white horse, was enthusiastically greeted
along the route. At Barnum's a hand
somely decorated stand was erected, on
which the Presiden, was introduced by
Mayor I%Iollins. He made a brief address
us follows:
"Mr. Mayor and fellow citizens Of the
city of Baitmore:-My heart is full, and
il would be difficult to express the depth
Of feeling with which this cordial greeting
has Impressed me. (Cheers,) Your citi-
zens by their partial friendship and more
Than generous confidence, previously i'm
posed upon me a debt of gratitude, which
years devoted to their service and to the
interest and honor Of our common coun-
Try can scarcely cancel. CHEERS 10
he thus surrounded by a population, not
less distinguished for its chivalry than for
its intelligence and tried patriotism, is Pc
culiarIy CRAFTY ing; and among the pleasant
memories suggested by the occasion, who
can fail TO he reminded where the banner
Of unriddled, unqualified religious iOlora.
liun was first freely given 10 the breeze!
You cannot be in such an atmosphere
without feeling its vivifying influence. Ev'
ery man who has a patriots lungs must
feel it, because every man knows that re.
ligious federation lies al The foundation Of
civil liberty. (Cheers) No transient trav.
eller can enter this city without being
struck with the evidence of enterprise and
honest thrift which meet The eye. Bali
more has stood prominently forth in that
Astonishing progress Of four country, which
may be truly said TO have outmarched
prophecy. Her great advantages in a com
mercial point Of view, have of course al
ways been marked and apparent, but her
commanding geographical position, so far
as internal commerce is concerned, fOrci-
bly, alluded 10 by Washington, as early as
1866, is only beginning to be appreciated
even by ourselves, as the great West pours
in lis boundless resources at the bidding OF
your enterprise and the %judlcious aPplica.
lion of your means 10 those internal i'm
provemenls which leave the destiny Of
Baltimore as one Of the great cites OF the
world no matter Of doubt. (Cheers)
But after all, it is not the increase of
your population and weallh-the augmen.
taIion Of your shipping interest, your
crowded depots, and martS leeming with
the products, agricultural and mineral, of
The inlerior-lhe erection of splendid edi-
fees, rising as it were by magic-nor all
these con biued, which ch'eay eDgross the
thoughts Of The patriotic citizen, gives his
pulse a quicker and a popular throb as he
enters your environs and sees these mon
umcnts in the distance. They may crum.
ble-thal is their desiiny-nsy they may
monlder and mingle with the common
earth. but the inspiration Of the deeds Of
valor which they commemorate, which
saved you from the presence OF the shame
OF the tread Of a foreign soldiery will per.
ISL never. applause Who shall say
what has been the extent of The power Of
the ex1mrle Of selfsacrifcing heroism
which signaIiztd lhe defense of North
Point and Fort McHenry in 1914! Zap.
pIause.) II was a dark aud Try ing hour In
our history. We were perplexed but mol
in despair-cast down, but not destroyed
When yotr proves rea6imaied Courage
aud confidence everywhere, and it wa.
felt that the siirlj of protection superior tt
all hum power, always recognized By
our iorefAlhtrs during their great struggle
was still over us. Let us remember il
and ever acknowledge il with humble aut
grateful hearts. Who shall say how much
your monuments for those who fell anC
your reverence and atfectionale esteem fn
those who survived the conflicts of th,
anxious days and nights to which | hay,
devoted, have had To do with The free AM
+, gallant liialion Of Mary lands blood upon 81
many fields of Mexico! applause III
fathers of The Revolution taught their So
that they owed their first duty 10 their cuun
-. lry-a duty not to be avoided but to b
p cheer(ully fulfilled in The face Of all const
/, Quences aud at every hazard. Has not tn
Almighty blessed 10 us III ir descendant:
|, their example, their experience aud The.
lesson! Muller praise cannot be bestowe,
Than tpsly that M State in this conledcrac
has furnished a more impressive exemplif
caii0n Of the power of that teaching tina
:. that before whose people | have now III
honor TO sl,nd. (Applause.)
Me-. NIayor-A pleasant incident at III
moment comes back to my memory,
4 which | cannot be censnred for ad,eriinl
/, Soon Sfier The bark Repier, anchored, wit
n a portion of the Ninth Infantry, near III
Il Castle San Juan de Ulloa, about the 30l
e June 1917, another transport came to al
Choir within a cable leng h. We coGld n,
d discern he ship, but in a few moments W
heard pceling forth from her deck the sri
ring notes Of the "Slar Spangled Banner.
The effect was electrical. | thought, prof.
Y ably from assucialion, that the ship va
y lrIm Balunors aud this fact verified Ill
impression. Boats were lowered, an
friendly greetings commenced between ii
q. sons Of Maryland and New Englan,
which | Irust may never be interupic,
! Applause But borne on by my feeling
h | um OBTAINING you much too long. (Cri
of No, No! 60 on.') II already your
were not designated throughout the land