Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-05-18


The Ex. president was greeted with most en-
thusiastio welcome TO the capital of Tennessee
The city was thronged with an immense GROVE
drawn in from the surrounding country by de
sire to sec the man whose public career bad refiee
ted so much honor upon the country. EA-Gov
Neil 5. Brown.on the part Of the eitizens,reeev'
cd him with an eloquent and glowing address,
which Mr.. Fillmore replied follows
He commenced by renarkng that be regretted
| 10 say that these evidences Of welcome from the
/ capital of Tennessee could only lind response
! i'm his heart-no language could express biz feel-
| inps. lie could not have anticipated IT, Indeed,
his whole Journey had been TO him like dream
| which was incomprchensible. and now that he
| had arrived here the utmost point to which his
tour would extend, it appeared to him like the
| cfowuipg glory of TINT dream. aud the climax of
/ its inoomprehensibilitY. The speaker had attri-
! buted much 10 him which he could not claim. All
| he could claim was. TINT when Unexpectedly and
! unwillingly called to preside over the American
people he had done his duty. The sentiment of
his heart was that he was the servant of his own
native country. and if Providence Ind placed him
in position To render her any seryee,Le had re-
ceiyed his reward in his eountrys appreciation.
lie could not sec why he should be honored
here. Ii was not for what he had done for the
South more thnn for the North. lie would leel
covered with shame and disgrace if he had con
ferred fayors upon one section which he had not
upon another. If there was man in TINT vast
multitude who believed that he had done this, he
would feel Inundated aud degraded. Applause
and cries of No No I lie fell that he born
in y. York. until Unexpectedly elevated TO the
Chief Magistfaey, and he then felt that he was
born in the L. States, and there only Applause
He took these demonstrations not manlies-
tations Of honor due hun, but rs an expression of
a Il. a. Al al.
ling 10 see Justice done To all seetons-this was
all they aSked-and To that nun who had render
ed this they were ready and willing TO say "wel
done good and faithful servant 1t does not be-
come me (Ar. Fillmore continued) to speak FUR
Their ia reference 10 my official position. ! have
felt all the Time that my journey would be ineom-
pete should deny mysefthe pleasure OF visiting
Tennessee. found II impossible to do so while
upon Your borders few weeks since. and since
that time, when IN the city OF Charleston, the fact
that the time had expired which had allotted TO
this Journey, and other considerations, strongly
impclled me TO forego the temptations TO retrace
my steps. But felt that there was heart in
Tennessee which in an important crisis had beat
responsive TO my own. and could not pass. !
have known Tennessee well through her public
men--l have known her as the State which has
furnished Presidents, Ministers, aud men of dis
tnoton, aud was anxious To visit her. And !
nave been gfhlned' All INIT haNe fe'h uhu
heard is not equnl to the reality. nm astonished
Mt this vast multitude Of people which see around
me. Lad been told tint Nashville was city of
10000 inhabitants, but If / was 10 Judge from this
dcmonstraton,l should sny she numbered at least
100000. Where they hive all come from and
what has brought them here, is To me neompre-
hensible.
In conclusion, Mr.. Fillmore returned his thanks
for the hearty welcome rendered and excused him
self from proceeding further.
Mr. Kennedy subsequently made one oflis pc
culiarly neat aud happy addresses, after which
the crowd dispersed.