Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-12-19
Hickey to respond, which he did with his


wonted ease and spirit.
de commenced by expressing his entire sur.
prise at being thus called on He had come
without the most distant anticipation of saving
one word. He would, however, advance such
IDEAS as happened to occur to him. The Ma
l1r then went on to welcome the /" Amoskeap
veterans to Washington, he expressed most
warmly his pleasure and his pride at seeing
mem mere. he wished it were practicable
hand, and one of the aspirations Of his heart
had been to see them at his dwelling, and en-
tend to thep there the Inequalities of o fell
low citizen. Ny friend Col. Hickey intro.
duced me as q native of New Hampabire
Yes, am native Of New Hampshire. and
proud am 1 Of that nativity. I came yerv
near being born in Manchester, for that town
was once q part Of Old Chester, the town in
which was born, bnt was severed from it, I
Deheye, before my birth. From this fact, 1
can almost claim fellow-citizenship with Won.
Amoskeag Veterans; and any native of New
hampshire residing here, who does not feel at
ieast SIX inches taller tonight than he ever
/ do S'-''''' 'n"n
Major French then alluded to the ELOQUENT
remarks OF Mr.. Cross, of the Veterans, and
warmly expressed his sympathy with the tone
OF true patriotism which characterized them,
particularly his illusions to the pilgrimage to
mount Vernon, which he Maj. F. regarded
as peculiarly appropriate at this time
he then said that, although native of New
hampshire, he now considered himself citi-
zen OF Washington. He had now been a resi-
dent here moro than twenty two years His
feelings and his interests were ali COL nected
with this metropolis, and he expected to die
here and that his bones would rest beneath
the soil OF Washington. And in this capacity
OF citizen of Washington, the gallant Colonel
had been pleased to call on him to respond to
a sentiment complimentary to the city
Major Z. expressed his regret that the wor-
thy Mayor, from whom a response would have
oeen 80 much more appropriate, was not here
70 respond as he was not, he Mai. F. had
attempted 1t, and would most cordially thank
| the Veterans for the warm manner in which
they had received the sentiment complimer-
| tary to his adopted city.
Alter some further remarks, the Major
| closed with the following sentiment:
Neac HampShtre-Although in some por-
lions OF that State tho mercury falls as low as
IN any portion of the United States, there is
| always warmth enough in the bosoms of her
citizens to keep their patriotism at height of
heat antithetical to the GOODNESS of her climate
Mr.. Wallach, editor of the Washington
Star, responded, in obedience to loud calls, to
sentiment complimenting g The American
| - AOeS-euo OI our LlOertles.
John L.. Hayes, Esq responded to a toast
in honor Of 1.-The Boys of New Hampshire
| worthy successors Of their worthy sires." We
| regret that want Of space will not permit US
to give his remarks. Neither can we but al
lude to an eloquent speech ofMarshal Hoover,
who gave the health of Mayor Abbott, of Man
| chester-Or to a sentiment from Surgeon Nor
| gan, to which which DR. Parker of the Veter-
ans replied in a witty strain-or to a sentiment
1 fr0rn ntrha al L.
Cal staff of the Veterans, which ELECTED an
| eloquent reply from DR.. Elliot.
A sentiment alludisg to the Sons of New
Hampshire temporarily residents in w ASKING
| ton, was received with cheers and loud cal 8
for Sidney Webster, Esq, private secretary of
| the President.
Mr.: W. said, that although Segreting his
! inability to add anything to that rich harvest
| OF eloquent and patriotic sentiment, he felt
| that he could not we'll do less then to
avail himself of the opportunity which their
call AFT rded him, to express his admira-
| tion and gratitude for what he had seen in the
| Federal city, of cordial greeting and noble
hospitality, extended to this corps Of citizen
soldiers from his native State. Many, perhaps,
| most Of them, have gro se1 Mason ar d Dixon g
line for the first time. They have come not
| only as soldiers, but as citizens, to look upon
that fair and sunny portion Of the national
| domain, where you have planted your habita-
lions, and where, around your family affairs,
You have garnered up your affections
they are here in q double relation-as citi-
zen soldiers, to exchange congratulations with
the descendants Of those citizen soldiers, like
themselves who stood shoulder to shoulde r
| with their sires in the common struggle and
| the common triumph of the Revolution; as
citizens, TO pledge anew, in your presence,
| their loyal devotion to all the obligations and
all the requirements Of that common bond
our matches COnstitution-which holds to
gether Maryland and Virginia, New Ham,
shire and Massachusetts,, as United States.
They could not have failed to feel to- day, and
yesterday, and all along their march from
their homes, that though they might be sur
rounded by local institutions somewhat differ
ent from their own, that they were still sitting
around a portion Of that political hearth they
had left behind, and that the household gods
were all the same.
What spectacle, said Mr.. w., do these two
relations present, Have you, Colonel, ever
seen or read anything like this American
spirit, which inspires the most exalted men
in our communities, the chief executive officers
of large and populous cities the Judges of the
highest tribunals, the most accomplished men,
bers Of the learned professions, those who con-
troll the springs of business in all its depart
ments, who direct the vast capital which turns
the thousand spindles of the largest manufac-
tories upon the Merrimac, TO organize them.
selves in military array, submit to military
discipline, and, for tho common defence, to
place themselves at the disposition of the
State2
Mr.. W. continued by saying that he re.
mcmbered to have read that in the crypt of
St. Paul's Cathedral in London, there was the
tomb Of Sir Christopher Wren, the architect
Of that splendid structure, and that upon its
simple slab was written these words addressed
about you" Does It not, Colonel, occur to YOU
that if some foreign citizen, who had not oh.
served wherein lay that military strength of the
Republic, which had made the field Of Amer.
can conflict the field of American victory, were
here tonight, and were to ask for evidence of
the existence of the military power which
could justify the often heard announcement,
that in the defence of its political institutions,
the United States bid defiance to "the world
in arms"-l say, does it not occur to you that
under such circumstances, you, with these
citizen soldiers about you, could well enough