Litchfield enquirer., 1859-09-08
RECEPTION OF EX-Gov. SEYMOUR.

RECEPTION OF EX-GOV. SEYMOUR
 At the appointed hour of II o'clock this A M. the companies began to form the line ol procession on Main street, from the front o the State House extending south. in the order of the programme already published. The Putnam Phalanx turned out about one hun dred and forty men, including officers, musi cians and privates, in their new and showy uniforms of the pattern worn by Gen Wash ington and staff, and were the centre of at traction.
 Ata quarter-past one Governor Seymour entered the Park in an open bnrouche draw, by four black horses, (having left the cars at the foot of Canton street) in company of the committee who waited on him at Boston, es. cortcd by the Seymour Light Artillery, and a salute of artillery was ir.d. The Park was thronged by thousands, covering the side hill near the College and in the Fear of the long line of mlitvry stretching across the plnteau forming altogether an animated and brilliant spectacle. Gov. Seymour did not appear tu have changed one particle in looks in his six years' absence and during the preparation for the speeches many of his personal Friends pressed forward and greeted Tim with ardent shakes of the hand, and kisses even. The EOpe.OeS were Uldtc IVtn h IhuttOI at lHt foot of the hill on Trinity street.
 Hon. I. W. Stuart, in his usual ehthusias. tic manner, delivered an address of welcome h the name of the military and fremen oi Hartford, he gladly aud cordially welcomed their townsnan, Thomas H. Seymour. H., spoke of his six years absence from home and friends of the honorable discharge of his dn- ties as minister at tue court of the Car, af- fordng his country no cause for complaint of his hospitality and kindness to his country men in foreign lands, and his frequent kind re. mcmbrance of friends at home his valuable gifts to the Historical Society, and of his pri- yate and social worth eulogizng him in elo- qucnt language.
 Governor Seymour replied, with much emo tion, thanking the military, fircmcn and his fel low-citizcns for their cordial reception, ~assu- ring them that language could not express his feelings. Returning home was glad occa- sion to one who had traveled for years in a foreign lnnd In all the changes he found that friendship had not grown cold it warns like the sun that ushered in this bright day.
 He thanked them fer comns-sdng his off cial conduct, which he feared they had appreci- ated too highly, as he had but done his duty
 Spoke of tile friendly feeling of Russia to- ward America. Noticed the changes in this city during his absence, and said he felt like Rip Van Wnkle awakiug from his long sleep to find the American Eagle spreading his particularly specifying the introduc- ton of river water and the South Meadow i'm lrovements Spoke of the er:otion with which he had gazed upon the stars and stripes in St. Petersburg, Cairo, Jerusalem, and all foreign lands, swelling his heart with patriot ism, and seeing in it symbol of the union that ought to be preserved at all hazards. He deprecated disunion, and concurred in tine senti- mcnts expressed in the address of welcome.
 Again he thanked oU who extended to him this cordial welcome, never to be forgotten, the memory of which he should cherish as long as he lived-and concluded
 At tue conclusion of the addresses, each about a quarter of an hour in length, Govern, or Seymour entered his carriage amid m,r cheers and more music. the procession reform ed, wheeled and marched off the Park by the Asylum street bridge, and on over the route laid down in the programme, while the crowd moved towards Main street and the State House to take another look at the military as tLey passed. Aslwe go to press, Governor Seymour is being escorted to his residence ou Governor sstreet, and thcn-the reception is ever.-Hartf"rd Press .4
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