Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-10-02
PENNSYLVANIA AGRICULTURAL FAIR.

| PENNSYLVANIA ACKlCihIukAl! rAih.
Rrnpti"n IF Prcs'"m p'rree-1He P''S"'r"'
STerh.
HARRISBURG, Sept -.
In my letter Of Yesterday having given only very
brief arcnn, Of the reception of the President Of the
United States by the Pennsylvania State AgrIcuItu
raj Society, prnpos. now IN ndd more extc'iicH
outline of the incidents of the occasion which then
interest and importance deserves.
After tuin. at Buchlcr's Hotel in company with
the officers of the Society, committees OF arrange
mcnls on the part Of the Society ana the c',|el' "'
Harrisburg, tie President waited upon by Coy.
,ruor Pollock, who gave His EXcelleury cordial
welcome Ia the keystone State.
At2 O'Clock cniIvcyanccs were provided, AMI the
President and his friends were taken I" the ENI'ol'
ton grounds where the immense multitude oi FSitorS
were eagerly waiting his arrival.
WELCOME TO THE PRESIDENT.
On reaching the enclosure the President was con-
ducled 10 small stand erected in front o Floral la
where he was formally welcomed on behalf oi inc
Agricultural Society b. the President James G"-
wnn Esq. Mr.. Gowan briefly ndvcrtcd In the Pur-
noses and aims Of the association which he represent
ed, and expressed the hope that their dstlnGusIcl
guest would not fail to be Interested IN tue d'SPiay
which they presented iur his inspection.
srEECH OF THE PRESIDENT.
The President in reply thanked the Society lor the
courtesy which they had shown him, and expressed
the highest qualification AT the pleasure "i meeting
on un occasion like the present his eli"w-rltzes "l
the State of PENNSYLVANIA The visit had been t'
him one of unmixed pleasure From the time he lett
the halls of his abode ut The seat "f Gorerhment-'
TINT house which hclungrd Ia the people, and by
whose ,nrlnis.on he occupied it-from that moment,
until his eyes greeted the svery waters o III" Sis
uu.hmna gliding nriestically past lis green To-
liar.d shores and even ill the prrsem; hour not
one accident had happened I" mar The pleasnfrS oi
his visit. -.
II was remarkable fact he said, that in tls coun-
fry wh.r. there were laws imposing restraint upon
hL,r the mobile had the fewesl holidays Of any ma
tinu ON ,h, rinbe Such holiday gatherings aI'l tes-
,iyities us these productive al much That WIS
r,od and cnmmendab!e. He wished, for his part,
that we couId have Of them. Look nj the moral
esnrct of snch n gathering. Those then before him
had not come together viilfv prescribe. I" fstcr
pr,iudcc or rIi:,,nrr nntipntes. Passion and pre-
iu.ic were left behind, AMI jas Judgment. charitable
i.cri,n. atun friendly sentiments and generous emo
,ius ruIc the hour. Would that his icllnw-cItizens
of this and every portion III the country had more Of
sucb chickering's. They would do more to Danish and
obl,crute local aud sectional prejudice md cement
the bonds of political ami social union than any other
iustrum-ntaity that could be devised
Particularly were such gatherings important to the
agricultural and farming interests. The merchant
aud all those engaged III the varied mats oi com
mere, bnd their hours of change and friendly con-
verse, which they felt to be indispensable 10 their
mutual ur,surri:v And why should not The aGrIcui-
turists-those engaged in the developments ri the
nroduets of the SOIL of,ener come together for mutual
con,ultstiou-to hear and see wlint plans and app.
ances have been projected and what success lad