New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-11-28
DAILY CRESCENT.
sEHAToR CRIrTENDEs,s
RECEPTION i'm PmILADgIPHIA,

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REcEPTIoN i'm pmILADgLPHIA
The friends Of ex-Goyesnef Crittendsu gave
him the compliment of . sesgnads on Monday
night, the 18Th inst, at the Girard House. a
large crowd hsd assembled ia front Of the hotel,
and on his appearance be WAS greeted with
hearty applause.
After the United States Cornet Band had dis
coursed some very fine music, Hon Robert I.
Conrad presented himself At the balcony, and %
introducing the ex-Goyernor TO the citizens,
said !:
e Fsllow.citizens J, au proud Of the duty
which has been entrusted to me, Of introducing
10 yon friend Of our country, Of our country $
glory and Of the gallant Henry Clay. fap-
plause introduce to you noble son Of that
noble State Kentucky. He has proved his
devotion to her in the councils Of the Union
introduce to you, fellow citizens, the glorious
champion of Americanisn, himself among the
nobless sons Of America (Applause Your
hearts and voices declare his worth and his well
come. Renewed applause. with three entbusi-
astio cheers for the ex Governor e@g !
Ex- Governor Crittenden then came for ward
and said Fellow citizens II do NOT know in
what terms to address you came here simply.
pectation Of such q greeting as you have pleased
to give me, and if | should not know gracefully
how to make my acknowledgements, hope you
will believe and take the assurance Of KEN
tuckian, that thank you for your hospitality
and the regard which you are pleased to be-
STOW upon me. (Applause Fellow-citizens,
am a Kentuckian. am more than q kentuck-
ian-I am an American citizen. (Applause.)
| am such by my prinei plea and the sentiments
nf M haQr lO nk dpltr IN f,a d o11ss
The long experience Of life time makes me
rather ambitious to be o patriot than q parti-s
san. In the performance Of that duty desire
to do whatsoever can to preserve the free in
stitutions of my country pure as they came from
the hands Of our forefathers. lAppIauses) Here
in your great city, WAS the Declaration Of In
dependence pronounced. Your great State con-
trihnted to make good that declaration, aud 10
establish the freedom you now enjoy. / wish to
see it preserved. / am Of the American party
(Ihree cheers were proposed aud given for the
american party. and then three more for the
Union have adopted it from NO selfish CON
sderation II have adopted and intend to pursue
it without fear OF consequences, from a solemn
conviction that it is my duty TO my country to do
so. am single individual my voice is weak
and small one; but it shall be devoted TO this
cause, from q solemn conviction Of my heart
that owe it to o country that has bestowed en-
| me honors and powers far beyond my desery-
ing. | have no pretensionsSand no aspirations
whatsoever. mean to do my dnty in this great
cause; mean to preserve the Sovereignty of
this great country to the people of this country
feel no unkindness, no hostility, to the for
eigner whatever. ] am willing to offer him ese-t
rythiug- blessing our country affords
will tell hiuhA s. Come, share them with us ?
II you have been the object of oppression in q
| foreign land, come here and Re free. If in o
| foreign land you have suffered from want, come
and share in cur plenty. Our laws shall protect
you our laws will give you freedom, which you
cannot enjoy anywhere in the world beside
But We reserve to ourselves the right to govern
| ourselves, (Peals Of applause Leave that to
US. You shall have ell the benefit Of what our
Tree institutions afford I hat il the great boon
which we offer. What other country In the
| world offers the same ! kones Can one go to
any foreign land and become invested with the
poor political privileges conceded to the people
of it! No, not one. Come here and take every
thing but the right to govern US. We must
take care that we shall not be made aliens in our
own land. This liberty is ours. Our blood and
| that of our fathers have been shed for it 1t is
ours by our. right, and our tile, and this land
we intend to govern, and we will govern, (Ap-
5plause Fellow citizens, / did not intend to
| make q political speech, or to detaia you long
in your unpleasant position in the cold night air
Cries Of 8 1t isn't unpleasant" g Go on '' i
believe, fellow citizens, that change in the nat
uraiization laws is necessary TO the preserya-
tion and purity of cur institutions. Who else
can understand them but he who has made them !?
Where else in the world have o people been
found capable Of making such institutions And
shall he who made them trust them to hands
not taught to do this work No we cannot
trust them. We have in our hands q great and
mighty trust for the whole human ra e, to show
that man is capable Of self government. We
have had a long training for it. IRE think that
we are capable of it, and we intend TO assert
our right to it,. Let none interfere with US in
this great work. Our adopted fellow citizens,
received under the sanction of our laws, are
bound as much as ne are to assist in this great
work. When thousands and hundredsof thou
sands are pouring into the country from the
oyerfowing population of foreign lands, we must
guard this right The most obvious policy de-
mands it at our hands We must do it, and we
will do it. Applause, and cries Of we wilI)
| fhis great principle will go on. It may be re-
viled. Those who maintain it may be reviled !;
but the principle which is so congenial to an
american heart, will indicate itself, and it wilt
be triumphant Appause.) ! do not doubt
this at all Only let us be true to ourselves.
Let no reproaches be cast upon us by disap-
pointed parties or partisans, or disappointed
demagogues turn us aside kom this great work
Perseyere, and success is inevitable. 1t is a
feeling in the heart of every American citizen.
It will reach him every where; and in vain
will parties, in vain will faction invegh against
it. cast reproaches On II. 1t is principle Of
patriotism. 1t is the feeling of Amercanism. 1T
is human nature crying out. 1t is the voice of
patriotism speaking aloud in favor Of the human
race, and it will prevail, despite the wiles and
tricks of demsgogues. lApplause.) am proud
to see before ME such an evidence and such a
witness of the truth of theseseptiments. You are
Americans You have great rights to assert, Do
it in manner worthy of tho cause else what
are we likely to see If this Government goes to
wreck Where else on the face of the earth
are we to expect to see a similar one arise? If
these foreign elements shall disturb these great
institutions of ours, and destroy the hopes of
freedom which exist here, they can be recrea-
ted in no other part of the world, according to
any human foresight that we can have on the
subject And who is ever to destroy this eoun-
try, How proud ought to feel that | am q
plain Kentuckian-s man born in the far West,
and raised thereto stand before you and share
the honor Of addressing you as fellow citizens =
share the right to feel myself at home in Penn.
S. Ivsnia, as I would in my own native woods,
(Applause) The ultimate end Of all our exer.
lions is to maintain the Union which now binds
US together. (Applause) IL is for this that
we preserve q pure Americanism among us. La
that consists the greatest security for our
fr.,;ny nnd II nj. !.