The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-02-03


wore escorted to tho various public institu-
tons, and were Hospitality entertained at
tho residences OF citizens. Governor Ma
Coffin and Lieut. Governor Porter OF Ken
iucky, are tho special guests of Governor
Dennison.
At dark the hotels and many stores aud |
dwellings were brilliantly illuminated. Tho
domo of the State House was splendidly
lighted up, and tho city was abaze with
pyrotectnic fires. Crowds of ladies and
gentlemen thronged tho streets, aud thorc
was universal hilarity abroad. After sup
per, tho guests and their hosts assembled
in the Hall Of tho House OF a social levee,
and afterwardsTin Odoon Hall, around the
banquet table. Mentors Band furnished
superb music. Lieut.. Governor Kirk pre-
sided, aud tho seats of honor wcro appro-
priatey distributed.
The following regular toasts were read /:
l. KENrUCRY-NIother Of wise states
men and fair women her younger sisters
delight to do her honor.
Response by Governor Magoffin.
2. TENNEssEE-the iron OF her noun.
tains, the corn Of her valleys, and the
cotton Of her plains, represent in their
union OF interests the union Of our people.
Response BY Lieut.. Governor Newman,
OF Tennessee.
8. OHIo-her Representatives in every
department gladly welcome 10 her capital
the Representatives of her sister States
Response by Governor Dennison.
4. TIE STATES OF THE GREAT CENTRAL
VALLEY-in war their blood has been
mingled in the common deicnce-.in peace,
their blood flows in kindred veins in war
and peace, ike the branches Of their great
river, they will unite their interests and
sympathies in a common current, whose
course shall endure forever. Response
by Senator Robert G.. Paine, of Tennessee.
! 8. The LEGISLATURE OF KENTUCKY.-
Response by the Lieut.. Governor of Ken
lucky.
:. The LEGISLATURE OF TENYEsEE.-
Response by Mr.. Speaker Whithorne.
7. OuR FEDERAL UNIN-"It mus. and
shall be preserved" Response by Cover
nor CHASE, who said:
| MIR. President:-Not far from tho city of
Nashville, on tho southern shore of tho
Cumberland amid tho pleasant scenes of
tho Hermitage, rises the modest monument
which marks the final resting place of An
drew Jackson; there, after noblo service to
his country, in war and peace, tho Patriot
Hero sleeps; but his lessons to his country
men, whether expressed in deeds or words,
still live on the printed page of their hearts.
Among these lessons none ever met heart
ier response from the whole American peo-
plo, than the simple declaration which has
just been repeated. "Our Federal Union il
must be preserved" Far distant be the day
, when it shnll meet response less decided
or less unanimous. The sontimcnt itsel in
deed, was but oil echo to the utterance oi
all patriotic hearts, from the very beginning
! of the struggle for Independence. The pri
f NAL necessity Of the revolution was union
Without it, tho revolution itself, thoneh il
name Success would have been, in truth
disastrous failure. 1t was first and las
' among the aspirations of Washington aut
his great comnatriots, and tho most i'm
= pressive among the final admonitions of tn,
Father of his Country, are those which in
f cucate its priceless worth, and exhort hi
;, countrymon to is perpetual maintenance
i 1t was fit that the first President from tn
: new States should emphaticaIly re-affrn
+. the judgment and purpose of the first Pres
a ident from the old. 1t is fit, also, when tn,
I Representatives of the three States first or
ganized in tho great central valley arc gath
1
should again be affirmed with emphasis ant
decision. AS the rivera of these States fo,
, into ono Ohio, bearing upon its bosom
f their common interests of commerce-s
D should tho affections of the dweIlers upo
O these shores flow together in one vast cur
h rent OF devotion to the Union, laden wit
= tho precious freight Of all their destinies.
's But, Mr.. President, | must not enter Oh
/. this large theme; tho time does not permit
i nor is il needful. The number Of those who
, either at the South or at the North reall
: believo that tho time for tho dissolution O
r this Union has actually come, is too small
to excite alarm-and if thore be others VIII,
v suppose that, in certain contingencies, tn
+ destruction of tho nOblest political fabri
f ever recored by man may become desirable
+ we may safely trust the logic of events 70
" the demonstration of their error. For Ohio
. at least, may confidently speak. She ha
l., ever boon and will ever remain loyal to tn
). Union and tho Constitution. While yet il
my earliest manhood, put on record m
# conviction that in all future, as in all pas
' circumstances, Ohio will cleave fast to tn
q National Union, and that her growing euer
| gies will, on 10 occasion, bo moro willingl
r or powerfully put forth. than in the supper
, and maintenance OF both in unimpaired vic
|. OF huu btTob8tu' lnht cOENictlOn remain
q unchanged, nor do | doubt, MIR. Presiden
o that the spirit and purpose of Ohio is tn
!. spirit and purpose Of all the States, who's
y worthy and honored representatives ar
I gathered here tonight. We will not SUI
a render the proud title of American citizen
Il We will not renouDce our portion in Il
v glories of tho Imperial Republic; we wi
!. not madly fling away the most blessed boo
of free institutions ever vouchsafed to ma
= by Heaven; we will not prepare for OF
"a children, instead Of the noble heritage
o freedom, prosperity and peace which OF
# fathers transmitted to us. a detestablc i
n horitance of despotism, calamity and ci'
q. war. No! mol a thousand times. No! ,
"a will compose whatever differences have ar
'. on, o. may arise, in the spirit of our
10 thers-claiming mutually nothing that
lr think wrong,we will concede mutually whs
Y over we find to be just, cherishing abo
10 all, with the constant ardor of Washingto
10 cordial and immovable attachment
es our Federal Union, we will resolve wi
10 the inflexiblo determination of Jackson ii
al ltmust be preserved.
is 8. "The memory of the Kentucky
o. fenders of the soil, aud honors, and hon
ID. of Ohio"
IS Response by Hon. John W. Crockett,
ne Tennessee
u o. "rhe Pilgrims. They laid tho found
tiona of emnira mt PIvmoutb and Jam