Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-09-21
THE RECEPTION AT HOME.
The Press of Saturday evening says

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The Press of Saturday evening says:
THIS beautiful day has been kind of a
gala season in Providence, and our streets
have been threnged with spectators OF such
q snowy military pageant as our streets nave
eel dom witnessed in honor of the return OF
! The Cleveland Campaigners from their traV-
els.
Attn e reception banquet the following ell
ooront Address was delivered by Ex-Gov'
| Dyer: -,
& f n State 20 the Inauguration Of the FeTTl
Statue at Cler -.
zans who are present with me, to bid you
welcome home ito congratulate you uPor
the happy success and pleasure which hal
attended your mi ssiCn. You ret. rn 10 u
| with the confident assurance that the r, SPol Pl
sible duties impose upon you have b, ei
fully and hororably discharged. Onr CRATE
full Acknowledgement 5 are due you, and in
behalf of those repr esent, are now sincere
| ly offered.
| 1t was your pleasure, sir, as the Executive
of this State, in respon ding to the most cor
/ dial and complimentary greeting YOU re-
| ceived from His Excel ency the Governor of
| Ohio, to recapitulate the claims of Rhode
Island to an honored distinction among the
other States of our Republic-not the least
of which was that of giving birth to the hero
| of Lake Erie; and to perpetuate whose
memory the patriotic and liberal-minded
citizens of Cleveland demanded your pres
ence in the unveiling Of that statue whose
! marble purity is emblematcal of his noble
! nature, and whose granite pedestal, taken
1 from the vicinity of his birthplace, shall
/ be equalled in its duration by the undying
\ fame of his Untarnished career. Delicacy,
! however, prevented your reference to your
| self, as the honOred representative of that in
| dustry, which, in its productive and bene-
| fetal results, has more than counterbalanced
| the limited dimensions of our State, in the
area of our common country.
And you, gentlemen of the Legislature,
undoubtedly improve the opportunity offer
ed you, in assuring the citizens of Ohio, that
your legislative action should be of that pa
triOtic character which shall cement more
closely, this new bond of union now formed
between the States Of the Atlantic and the
mighty West.
1t was your privilege, Reverend sirs, to
present the religious character of our people,
proving that amidst the excitements of our
daily avocations and festive anticipations,
We are not unmindful of the Providence of
Almighty God, and as His ambassadors, to
announce upon the tented field, the precious
truths of a religion as free as the air of
Heaven, to all who may embrace its halloW-
ed precepts.
His Honor, the Mayor, and associates of
tho City government, must have appreciated
the cOUrtesies extended to them in their ac-
knOwledgemento of the bounteOus hospitality
Of sister city, whose origin and growth is
almost fabulous compared with the time
honorcd associations of this, the home of
Roger Williams.
You, gentlemen, representatives of our
States military organization, must have ex-
! perienced grateful emotions in your contact
with the military of Ohio, assuring them and
| being assured by them, of a prompt rallying
| to the rescue and defence of our noble Re-
dublic, whenever the traitors arm or a for
eign foe shall attempt the mad effort of rend-
| ing or furling the "Stars and Stripes"
And, sir, what must have been your SEN
sations and that of your colleague the sur
| geon of the feet, whose absence we regret, at
this grand rally to perpetuate the mem
! Ory of your gallant Commodore? ? The
hearts blood must have rushed impetuousIy
as the occasion recalled associations long
since excited. Again and again must the
| narrowing scenes of that surgeons deck have
passed in rapid review. And the tears of
/ compassionate humanity have, as in days
gone by, coursed freshly in these your re-
| memberings. The honest pride and enthu- |
Il
strains, as in memory you grasp the hand of |
| your victorious leader, standing calm and |
| erect, amid the wreck and ruin Of the claw
renee" Long may it be sirs, ere your pres
ence is missed in our daily greetings; long, /
| long may it be before your names are placed |
upon the record of the honored dead. To |
| you sirs, your esteemed associates, and the |
escendants of our noble Perry, we give our
hearts homage and affection.
Fellow Comrades of the rank and file of |
the First Light Infanry Company, and these
our brothers, your guests. the "0ld Guard"
with loving accents and warm hearts, greet |
you with brothers and soldiers welcome,
Cheer upon cheer should rend the air in
the Joy Of our reunion. But, comrades, the
insignia of grief and mourning is upon our
equipments. While your camp fires havebeen
burning brightly, and the sparkling gems of
wit and song have made the "welkin ring;"
and the marked step of your martial duties
has been quickened by the tones of the spirit
stirring drum, and the trumpet's shrill blast;
while the air has been rent with the wild huz-
zas in the homage you have paid to the gener-
Gus impulses and noble deeds, by which son
of Rhode Island has been 30 highly hnnored,
we, comrades, have been summoned to the
bier of one you loved and respected With
a heavy tread and heavier hearts, we have
uried in his silent grave, General William
Greene. Never again can we Of the "Old
Guard" "fall in" at his manly command
Never again shall we catch from his enthu-