Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-07-16
THE LATEST NEWS.
p,es;dent Pierce IN PHILADELPHIA.


The President reached Philadelphia at fou,
lock Tuesday afternoon, and was recei, ed
,bs NAVY ward by Com. Reed. and LARGE
..,l,er of naval officers in full uniform. Or
i..dny. salute was fred from the battery.
I'd the mariners drawn up with presented
IN. A procession was then formed, the Civ
Troops formed guard of honor and after q
.eyiew the President, on horseback. took posi
ron in the centre of the troop. and the process
.;o,, look up its line Of march amid cheers,
,ynying of hsndkercbiefs. &c. At Indepen.
lance Hall the President was officially wei.
coined to the city by. Mayor Gipin, in an ap
,ropriate ad lress. 10 which the President re
anonded in a speech from which we make
some extracts Al er some preliminary re
mark, he said
have been much surprised-aye, sir, filled
w,th profound awc-at the manner in which
YOU have received me. Philadelphia is city
Of some mark. Ifyour mountains and valleys
did not TEEN with the elements of comfort to
YOUR population if your citizens, in all time.
had not been foremost whoever the country
has wanted their aid II your institutions of
learning were not among your proudest mon
uments, the single fact to which you adverted,
sir. that from here was proclaimed the Decla-
ration of Independence, would yut Pennsylva
MIA and Philadelphia on pre-emlnence which,
in the Providence Of God, no other State or
city can ever enjoy. Applause.
Sir, feel as you do. that we must bow.
We can hardly Go any thing else but bow be-
fore these recOllectons and associations feel
how inadequate is language. sir, and you also
feel it when you come to speak Of that period
Language don't reach it, sir Our hearts honor
it in all depth, power and fnllness, hope
Those men. sir of whom you have spoken " no
planted here the institutions of a free govern
ment let US remember. we've no holiday patri
ots--they We're no dreaming phi lanlhropists-
they were no visionary statesmen. Theydelib.
Grated amid difficulties that surrounded them
they medil ated amid the clamors of arms as
though en- viroued by peace and absolute secur.
ity, and they solved the great problem which
was terror to despots and an inspiration to
patriots though the issue did not involve the
question of their necks.
Sir, here stood-(and as I say it, how they
come before us,)-here stood Thomas Jefer-
son and Franklin, and Roger Sherman. and
also, perhaps. for this is tn first time have
been here in this very loom 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. perhaps,
that it is not your provnce-It is certainly moi
mne-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 resour
ces Of wealth and power. She is an empire
in herself
The President continued at considerable
ength in the same eloquent strain, after which
he was conducted to the Merchants Hotel,
where magnificent banquet was spread. The
company did not adjourn till a late hour.