Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-03
ohio, Kentueky and Tenaessee.

invitation having been accepted, the distinguish
ed guests, accompanied by sundry Indiana dig
nitaries, and municipal officers of sundry cities
of Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana, arrived
at Columbus Thursday evening oflast week.
They were met at the depot by Legislative
and municipal committees, and strong array
/ Of military, by whom they were escorted tothe
State House The scene throughout was an
interesting one, and marked by the best posi-
bic feeling. We copy portions of the proceed
ings at the State House and afterwards at the
banquet hall: a.
! at about twenty minutes of four, the legis-
lators of Tennessee and Kentucky arrived and,
entering the hall of the House, We're announced
by Lieut.. Gov. Kirk, who, with Gov. Dennison
and Mr.. Speaker Parsons, occupied the Speak
er's stand. When the guests were fairly with
in the Hall, and had found eligible leaning
places. the doors Of the State House, which had
till now been closed against the people, were
| thrown open. and the sovereigns streamed into
their mansion, and the reception on their part
took place through Gov. Dennison, who spoke
as follows: l-..
Friends. of Kentucky, of Tennessee and of
Indiana On behalf of the people of Ohio,
speaking through their General Assembly, [
receive you at this. their Capitol
/ | greet you as Representatives of sovereign
Sta 'es; salute you as brethren of the great
valley of the Mississippi, the center and the
citadel of the national contederacy. l greet
you as fellow citizens of the Union so dear to
us all, the, source of whatever makes Us most
proud of our country, and the preservation of
which for the equal and common benefit of all
the States, is alike the highest and the most
grateful duty Of the American citizen. By all
these honorable titles you,are heartily welcon-
ed here to-day"
Gov. McGoffin, of Kentucky, and 1t Gov
ernor Newman of Tennessee, spoke in reply
thanking the people and Legislature of Ohio
for their cordial welcome. Gov McGoffin had
received impressions of Ohie's good will and
fraternal feeling, which would never be effaced;
and speaking of the Union, said that all that
was needed to keep it together, was for the
people of the different sections to see more of
each other, This courtesy and kindness coin
ing from Ohio was doubly gratifying to the.
men af Kentucky
1t. GOV. Newman Of Tennessee was equally
warm in the expression of his appreciation and
delight. The men Of Tennessee met those of
Ohio to-day as brothers in the name of COM
mon country ard constitution, which they all
loved, to renew the bonds of Union between
the States. He alluded in high terms TO the
Cnion. and in conclusion, gracefully thanked
Gov. Dennison, for the welcome given.
In the evening there was banquet given TO
the guests at 0dcon Hail. The toast to the
Union, was responded to by Ex-Governor
Clase-that in memory of Washington, by
Hon c. Delano. We suhioin their addresses.
GOV. CHAsEs SPEECH.
Mr.. President, and Fellow Citizens Not
far from the city Of Nashville, on the southern
shore of the Cumberland, amid the pleasant
scenes Of the Hermitage. rises the modest mon
ument which marks the final resting place of
Andrew Jackson.
There, after noble service to his country in
war and peace, the patriot hero sleeps but
his lessons to his conhtrymen, whether express
cd in deeds or words. still live on the printed
/ page or in their hearts.
/ Among these lessons none ever met hearth
er response from the whole American people
than the simple declaration which has Just been
repeated. sour Federal Union It must ard
/ shall be Preserved" Far distant be the day
when it shall meet response less decided or
/ less unanimous. -3 5ar7s a-s
i The sentiment itself indeed was but anecho
to the utteranccs of all patriotic hearts from
4 the very beginning of the struggle for indie
pendence. The primal necessity of the RGvo-
4 luton wis Union. Without it, the Revolri-
i tion itself, though, in name, a success,- would
4 have been, in truth, a disastrous failure. II
] was first and last among the aspirations of
fto
most impressive among the final adomiiitiOns
of the Fathers of his Country, are those which
inculcate its priceless worth, and exhort his
countrymen to its perpetual maintainance-
4 1t was ft that the first President from the
new States should emphaticay reafhrm the
Judgment and purpose of the first President
from the old. n ls+of.a 5'.iE2 o.A -''.'' f3-
1 1t is fit, also, when the Representatives of
the three States first organized in this great
I Central Valley, are gathered together as now
that this sentiment should be- again affirmed
with emphasis and decision, AS the rivers OF
these States flow into one Ohio, bearing upon
its bosom their common interests of commerce
s so should the affection of the dwellers upon
their shores flow together in one vast current
: of .deyotion to the Union, laden with the pre-
cious freight of all their destinies.
But. Mr President, must not enter on thi:
: large theme; the time does not permit, nor il
t it neetifni The number of those who, either
5 at the South or at the North, really believe
: that the time for the dissolution of this Unior
has actually come, is too small to excite alarm
And if there be others, who suppose that il
some future contingency. the destruction of thu
! noblest political fabric ever reared by MAJ
. may become desirable, we may safely trust th'
: logic of events for the demonstration of thei
b error.
E For Ohio, at least. I may confidently speak
She has ever been. and ever will remain, loya
: to the Union and the Constitution. Whitley We
:, in nv earliest manhood, | put on record m,
t conviction that in all future as in all past cir
o cumstances, Ohio would cleave fast to the Ma
+ tionaT Constitution and the National Unior
;. and that her growing energies viii, on no oc
e easion be more willingly or powerful put fort
is than in the support and maintenance of bot
d in unimpaired vigor and strength. That COZ
r victien remains unchanged. a sa ra a.l
I Nor do ], doubt, Mr.. President, that tn
e spirit and purpose of Ohio is the spirit an
q purpose of all the States whose worthy an
: honored Representatives are gathered here t
RS night. 973F t'.8 ia.5 N ~@h aii 1
,r@ We will not surrender the proud title
ID American, citizens. We will not renounce o,
as portion in the glories of the Imperial Repu1
Id lic. We will not madly fling away the mo-
Il blessed. boon of free institutions ever vouc
to safed by Heaven to man. We will not pr
pare for our children, instead of the noble he
o. itage of freedom, prosperity and peace whi'
rn' our fathers transmitted to us, a detestable i
he hertance of despotism, calamities and civil ws
ty1 No, no; thousand times, no. we "
ty compose whatever differences have arisen
or may arise, in the spirit of our Fathers Clai