Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-01-28
The Wait OF the Legislatuos-A Word


1t was desirable that the Legislatures Of Ken,
lucky and Tennessee 10 visiting Ohio, should
receive every attention and eiyility in the pow>
er Of our citizens to bestow. They were esh
pecislly perhaps the guests Of the City Of Gins
it ought to have been the
pleasure Of Cincinnati 10 have them receive
the hOspitalities Of other places, provided such
would not have inteTfered materially with es-
tAblished arrangements. The impressions thus
made would have been agreeable to those
citizens Of Kentucky aud Tennessee, thus visi-
ting Ohio officially, and II would have been a
pleasure to our people TO have shown them
some such attention.
Cincinnati behaved yetY properly in refer,
ence 10 the visit 10 Columbus; and we arc glad
to add our own Legislature acted very hands
somely in receiving their brethren from the
South, and we understand their entertainment
at the Capital Of the State was all that could
be desired -Four Of our military companies
from Dayton went 10 Xenia and thence escorS
ted the guests Of Cincinnati TO the Capital
1t is needless to say their elegant appearance
and soldierly bearing and behavior added TO
the eclat Of the visit.
Under these circumstances what was the
conduct Of Cincinnati toward DaytonH As
soon as il was understood that Mr., L'HommeA
dieu had rendered the use Of his road to con-
duct these gentlemen to Cincinnati, the Mayor
of this City, published q call in this paper for
meeting the same evening which was hands
somely responded 10, and many Of our most
prominent citizens assembled and took the nee
cesssTy steps towards receiving the guests pub
licly, and entertaining them in such manner
ss circumstances would allow. II was underN
stood that Cincinnati had made very elaborate
arrangements for their reception, and il was
not expected that we could do any more than
have them welcomed by the citizens Of Dayton
through the Mayor, and provide them hasty
lunch. This certainly was modest request,
to say the least, but instead Of responding to
IL, and cOnsentiDg to it, as Cincinnati gentle
men should have done, our Committee were in
could not be postponed. The postponement
would not have been ut the fnrthest extent
over three quarters Of an hour, perhaps not
more than half an hour.
Instead OF allowing the citizens OF Dayton TO
do this, the Cincinnati Committee, amongst
whom are many well known gentlemen. who
have reason to be ashamed Of SO contemplate
proceeding, deputed one Of their number to
come up here and provide lunch for their
guests in the Dayton Depot, and GliOtOsd them
stop Of but fifteen miRutesl
I'VE are not disposed to charge that this su
percilious and grossly uncourteous conducI
was intehd,d as an inSult to Dsytonj but thai
such is its character is nevertheless true
We can say to the citizens Of Cincinnati,
(and no people have more reason to know il
than themselves,) that inhospitality is no char.
aeteristic Of the City Of Dayton or Of its peo.
pie. We could have dined the Legislatures OF
Kentucky and Tennessee quite conveniently il
we had been permitted to do so, without cal
ling upon Cincinnati or the State Of Ohio eith>
er. to pay the charges. Dayton has entertained
about as many strangers at one time and an
other, as ony other city in Ohio. not excepting
even Cincinnati perhaps. and It is indeed
strange that CineiHnatiGns should have thought |
|. necessary 10 take measures for the proper en-
tertsiument Of their guests in passing through
Dayion