Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-06-10

A correspondent Of the Richrno

7 a correspondents OF the hicnmOnd
DiYaacA furnishes an account Of the
reception Of President Buchanan at
Raleigh, N. c., from which We obtain
the following particulars
The soldiery we're ont in strong
force, there being several companies
from other towns. As soon as the
President stepped from the car he was
introduced to the multitude by Gov.
Ellis, and welcomed by the Honorable
d. II. Barringer. Both the President
and Mr.. Thompson briefly addressed
the people. The procession was then
formed-the military companies-se-
ven in number, being at the head as
an escort; the President in an open
carriage drawn by grays, and followed
by carriages containing the committees
The column soon reached Yarborough's
Hotel, at which the President was
quartered. lie held a reception at
night and another the next morning
before leaving for Chapel Hill.
| ADDRESS OF THE HON. D. NJ. BERIEGER.
Mr.. PRESIDENT I'm behalf of the
city of Raleigh, heartily welcome you
to the capital Of North Carolina. We
offer you hospitality without vain dis
play, not only as due to the Chief Ma
gistratc of this great nation, but to one
who, in long life Of public service,
has shown himself to he the warm and
able defender Of the Constitution and
the Union. The people Of North Car
DINA, sir, are a law.abiding people,
She was one of the last to come into
the Confederacy, and will be one of
the last to abandon it. We are = peo-
pie who believe that RIGHTEOUSNESS is
not liberty, and that liberty can only
be true liberty when governed by
wise laws. 1t is these people who arc
around you, sir, and who have come
from every portion of the State to
welcome you. Not, sir, as a conquer
ing hero. We cannot be Indifferent
to the conflict now going on IN Eu-
rope, where Kings are leading embat-
tied hosts against each other and we
cannot help rejoicing in the different
picture presented here-a Republican
people welcoming in peace and pros
perity a Republican President.
| REPLY OF THE PRESIDENT.
Fellow-citizens of North Caralina
| cannot fail, while gratitude is an
emotion of the heart, to reeolect this
reception from North Carolina. My
public life has been long one, and !
have been engaged in many political
battles, and they are now reward by
your smiles Of approval.
| am glad to be here, in the capital
Of North Carolina, which you have
rightly named Raleigh; thus aiding in
perpetuating the great name. lie fell
victim to a weak and pusillanimous
tyrant but, thank God, nothing OF
that kind can occur here--no such in
Justice can be perpetrated in this land
of liberty. You, North Caroinians,
were great rebels during the Revolu--
ton, and very troublesome to Lord
CORVALLIS, one Of her Majesty's Off
GERS. He used to say that you rose in
his rear as fast as he passed you, and
that he could never claim that he was
master of any ground in North Caro-
lima, save that which his army stood
upon. You first raised the flag of re-
sistance to Great Britain in the wes-
tern region of your State, and you have
done better since-you have stood by
it. And you will continue to do SO as
long AS your young men preserve the
virtues of Macon and Nash and Cas-
well. You have scattered patriots
throughout the United States, who,
wherever they may be located, have
always given their fellow-men good
opinion of the Old North State.
1t has become fashionable now a.
days TO discuss the value of the Union
1t was not fashionable twenty years
ago. 1t was not every trausitory evil
that lead us to division of the Union
Let the friends of a separation Of the
Union succeed, and the cause of civil
and religious liberty throughout the
world will receive death blow. My
friends have spoken Of the war pro-
crossing in Europe, in which kings are
endeavoring to overthrow dynastics
and generals to win new glories, while
the poor people, who are really the
sufferers, are not thought Of. Thi:
spectacle ought to teach us the value
, of our institutions. Here you are to-
day, body Of sovereigns, who have
elected me your Executive-not your
ruler-whose acts are to be jealously
: watched and accounted for, besides
some acts for which he is not guilty
Though the sun Of my political lif'
is growing dim, | shall never cease t.
refer wildly and with grateful emotion
to this reception from the Old Nortl
State. Loud cheers.)
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