The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-22
m RECEPTION OF GENERAL QUIqAiS,
BED Hook, n. u, tho Place Of hb Nativity,
JULY Is, 1858.

HOOK and Rhinebeck, formerly the town or Rhlne-
beck, assembled en- masse to the number OF several
hundred at the hotel of Stephen Lasher, in the vii
lage of Red Hook, to welcome the gallant General
1t the place of his nativity. A committee was
hastily organized, consisting Of William Chamber
lain, Jacob Benner and James B. Fisk of Red Hook,
and Ambrose Wager and Gouverneur Tilottson of
Rhnebeck, to wait on the distinguished and gallant
General. who in short time returned and presented
him in the large dining hall of the hotel, where he
was received, on the part Of his old friends and
neighbour by John Elsefer, Esq, and welcomed in
the following manner sketch only can be given.
He said =
sir-I have the honor, in behalf OF the citizens OF
the towns Of Red Hook and Rhinebeck taneously
welcome to the place Of your nativity. The assoca-
lions connected With the Of Qutman in this vicini
IT, owing 10 the high respect felt for your honoed father
with the name Of Gen John A. QutmAn make q visit
from to the place Of your nativity hghy interesting
" There many within the hearing of my voice
Who knew you personally from your youth and many
member that you, when comparatively but stripping,
and 6xed dissemination, out from among u.s. and
The alone and foot stretching to
the outskirts Of civilization you entered into the broad
and fer tile valley OF the West and planting yourself in
the state Of Mississippi you conducted honorable pro
ie sionai oa,intss acquiring by your Industry and
their rift, both executive and judicial. Sir,
ing also soldier and patriot who, at sacrifice
OF domestic ana private erjoyments, has defended the
honor and dignity of beloved country The country
vitnesAed military with pr,dethe freads Of
your youth looked with great anxiety AID high hope
rsye with you the sandy plains OF Mexico
tropical sun. passing through their roUntan gorses,
surrounded by nsdloas foe eemolsbiog the strong
holds aid forrees OF the enemy scattering their armies
and tasias possession Of thor cities Yes air aud i
OF General Quntman 6rHt entered thu city OF Monterey
and bore the heat Of the battle s he sto:mng Of chepu
Hpec, first broke dosn The Bslen gate, and that your
foot SIR the 6Ist American foot that entered The
city Of Mexico ard that by jour orders the stars aud
stripes of glorious Union unfurIed from tue
Halls Of the Meni.zumss (Chesr, Sir we are proud
the fame you have won--we love the men who love
their eountry-wo love 10 honor the men 9ho stand by
and onor Their country. He said thee were many sub
i. cr to which he would like TO advert During alb
Of thirty four years many had been wrought
and villages the works Of internal imp
ried mainly by individual eprixe-the prog ia
agriculture churches AUD schools those great nurseries
Of fresmen all must convince him that the re arts
Of peace had been neglected at home while he had
been abroad rearing for himef q world wiis fame. Wa
apain welcomed him as q citizen by ado ,uoo OF d
Southern State and ,ugh petty jealouses might Ars
for time yet the intelligent Of the Nor h and the
ebivsrouh men Of the South with an eye to the peculiar
interests Of each STATE aud the rights
Of each would preserve the constitution and the Union
(ChesIs)
When the enthusiasm subsidized, General OUR
MAN responded in substance as follows
He expressed tho deep emotion with which he now after
lorg absence from hs alive place received the vel
organizations Of the friends o. hs childhood and
Of those whose fathers had bsen the ends OF his
cd father The tide OF e.ry recollection which
whelmed BIN rendered him unable tn res pond To the
entsry address whsh had just beea uttered by
his honored friend the playmate sod companion Of his
early days The illusions OF h friend had been person
al that he would be I'd IN sdyerting for moment
to bimish He had gone forth from his native pls,e
sniy With .hs the upsre Industry "a pss
severance the coed pncioe ~hcn the fathers this
good old county Of Dutchess mad impaired to their chill
dren. Success mad crowned his efforts sell 10 his
p ofs'sonsl a. in his OWL AID military Through
the vcisstudes of eventual lite In his contest for pro-
fes ion al leI vi ton for civil AID for military
fame, his spetl had been aroused his ambition
,sd and his heart nerved by tho fond hope that his
of tboss who stood about him. Ia all his wander
bgs IL heart reverted TO the which
rounded him-so this fair land nsurpassed 10 the
que moartaiS outline which bounds the western hori-
son No where was there fsirer land or a be ter peo
borne part Glorious its results. he preferred
to contemplate it 10 its effects upon the public opinion Of
ether eouDrss Il had been said by hoss Who praless
70 distrust the efficiency Of our free and oe al system Of
government that while !. mus, be admitted tina. IL
ven adapted TO . state. Of peace 1t you'd utterly
fail in war. Well had been peed to wage
az aggressive war With = neghboripg people
the small standing army which II had been
the policy Of the govern% men TO retain va, ",
cal. for volunteers At once tTo humid ed thousand men,
from all parts OF the country offered their services. Toe
obliged to Less than tenth Of this rumb er
we're required ard accepted into tbs service They
had bsn his lot to command principally yolunesrs
during the war, and gave him pleasure AID prize to
say that many occasions they had shown themselves
not inferior to yereran regulars. IL was volunteer
brigade that had burst through tho strong deencss OF
Monterey, and IL the volunteer division associated
With brigade Of regulars, that had 6rst catered the
imperial city Of Mexico ard planted upon M capitol The
glorious stars and stripes of our country (Cheers
Who viii say that our institutions not adLpte
- ataNa nf .uela uafp Wa hauA
the respest OF Europe great commercial rival
ESgland-tha great power whose empire It is .aid
witty. (Cheers) Yes he laid John Bun i. poits 10
Young America. (Thres caeers.) The valor Of
citizen folders has secured with al nations. We
are sac ON daneers abroad he next alluded 10 other
dangers hat mensced our system of government. 70
avoid them DUTY, TO preserve institutions IN
their purify. TIE great feature OF our system, which
distinguishes Ii froW former republic, is its federatve
psinc'pe IL IL not corsolda ted government add he
trusted il never would be- I. cons;sts OF sovereign
States by whom as so e egu communities the pow ers
delegated in the constitution have been con-
feried upon the general government aud no other.
An absorption Of the rights OF the States would ss
certainly destroy that constitution, and with /.
the Union ~hics il established as ~oud the
seraration If the State We OF the South have
tic nsti'u dissp liar from those of the North;
tbow that the federal system are IL the minority;
We cannot eDrust the control Of orr seca.r policy 20
those sho DO rot understand it and therefore may have
pIec dices against H. you would not enrusC yours
us. We ask not o interfere with yours; demand
only that should bs permitted g. regulate
Our ,afety are " smioory requires ustds efJre
In dance With the true principles the cons,itu
ton T. in sit uoon the strict on Of ne essry
ed rights Of the stes sacred regrd thsse priuci-
plea win alone the Jnoa system stc osrsg
Of them may DESTROY it, lie. preserve glorious
Un,sr Standing bee among bis country men, native
OF the Eapze state, yet owing his allegiance 70 ard
bouua by ptaf est ipclinaoo and 10 pobis
arc faant southern State in whose bosom he mad
his lot IL was his duty candid and honorable
10 soy here TO the wbs rule the destciss OF this
mighty state tbat this Union Only be preserved by
taorsc adherence TO he mutual engagements entered
tnton From What he had and he ard he believed
ts 70 De the pevnipg tioeut in this the honorsi
county o. his bitb aud smong bose stern freemec
surrounded him Who knew how to defend their rghs as
we'll a. 10 abstain from violating the rights If Others
(Cbsers lie concluded si,h sgain his thanks
FOR this lesrty welcome (Eothussstic cheers.)
When toe gallant General had concluded his re
marks, OF which the above is but meagre outline
Nelson Barnes, a volunteer in the New York regi-
mebt, was introduced by Mr.. Elseffer to General
Quitman. The General gave him shake With both
hands. Their congratulations were hearty and
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