The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-07-02
Arrival of Ex-President Fill
more at New York.

yIoNc4IuB buEOuBh IuIOpO OuIlDS INC
past year, and whose coming was anx-
iously looked fer by his political friends
aud admirers, arrived about twelve
o'clock last night, in the Atlantic.
The New York Herald, from which
ne take the above, giving the account Of
the reception, says:
At last the g~ang-piank was made Sc.
cure to the vessels side, and the Fill.
more Reception Committee poured along
it like q torrent, and in over the sides OF
the ship, driving back the astonished
passengers. In they wens to the cabin,
where Mr.. Fillmore was waiting to re-
ceive them. After the usual shaking OF
hands, Alderman Briggs addressed him
as follows:
Mr.. FILLMoRE-In the name of New
York and of this nation, l welcome you
Il your native shores. Your country
men have watched your pilgrimage thro'
the European States with intense solic-
itude, fearing that those natural calam-
ities always impending over the living
might deprive them of your valuable
life, and oVerwhelm your country with
universal sorrow; aud I congratulate
yourself and kindred that you haye
passed the dangers of land and sea, aud
have returned in health and happiness
to your native land; and, above all, l
rejoice that you will soon return to the
White House to remove the vermin that
have gathered there during your unfor-
tunate absence from thenatlonal helm.
Our country is blessed with all the eli
mates and productions o~fnature, and with
free institutions; and the Americans shall
kindle the fires of liberty and VI ion in
every vale and on every hill on your
safe return to again bless us with an ad-
ministration that will enforce respect
and obedience to our glorious flag Wher-
ever it waves, and restore unity and
tranquility and coUtentment to the fur
thest frontier of our beloved country.
Mr.. Fillmore, in reply, then spoke Is
follows:
Mr.. Chairman = This unexpected
and Aattering reception from the city Of
New York, aud my native State, reaches
D heart that may not feel otherwise than
grateful. 1t is true, sir, that for more
than a year [ have been a Iaborious trav-
eler in foreign countries, and although
1 have wandered far my heart has always
been with the Americas people. [Great
applause. And this, sir, is the hap
piest- and proudest day Of my life, to be
Received by a city which is k1own thrn'-
out Europe. For, sir, travel where you
will there, and ask the humble peasant
what town be knows Ia tie United States,
and he will tell you that it is New Ycrr.
Applause l am proud to own that 1
am a native of the State of New York,
and l am prouder S i'll, sir, TO be able TO
say that l am an American citizen.
TApplause and thru ~cleere were here
given for Mr. Fillmore. Sir, you have
been pleased to allude to my former ser
Fices in the councils of my country. Il
does not become me to speak of them
here. They have passed into history
Much less does it become me to speak
of the future. All [ can say is, sir, that
my name, unsolicited on my part, and
entirely unexpected, has been presented
for the suffrsges of the people. If they
shall see fit again to place their conf
dence in me by eleVating me to that
high position, all 1 can promise is a
faithful and impartial administration
of the laws of the country, to every part
of the country. Applause. If there
are those either North or South who
desire an administration for the North
as against the South, or for the South
as against the North, they are not the
men who should give their suffrages to
me. Most enthusiastic applause and
cries of " that's SOL For my " part,
I know only my country, my whole
country and nothing but my country.
IGreat applause But sir, 1 am un-
expectedly called upon on this occasion
TO address these few remarks, and must
conclude BY again returning my sincere
thanks to the corporation of the city Of
New York, which has done me the uu-
expected honor to welcome me back
rgain- [Applause.1
A voice" And the people, too.p
The people TOTO all I return my
thanks.
A Voice-Itis no corporation but the
people.
Mr. Van Piper, on behalf of the Board
of Councilmen then welcomed Mr. Fill
more, and congratulated him upon his
safe return to his native land, to which
Nr. F. bowed his grateful acknowledg,
Ments.