Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-01-31

/ ton.
The address Of welcome was delivered by
Gov. Dennison as follows:
Friends Of KesfucLy of Tennessee and Of Ind
ana: On b. half Of. the people IF OHIO,
| speaking through their General Assembly, 1
receive you at this. their Capitol.
j greet sou as Representatives of Sover-
eign States. salute you rs brethren of the
great valley of the Mississippi, the centre OF
the ciiideI of The National Confederacy.
greet you as fllow-citzens of the Union so
dear TO u all, the source of wbaiev.r makes
Us most proud OF our country. and the pre-
servation of which, for the equal and COM
mon benefit of all ;be States, il alike the
highest and most grateful duty OF the Amer
lean citizen.
By all these houored titles you are heartily
welcome here to-day.
Gov. MAGoFTIK responded on the part of
Ohio. and Mr.. Speaker NEwMGS FOR Tennes-
see-the latter as follows, addressing Gov.
DENNISoS:
81 desire 10 thank you, sir, in behalf of the
people o. Tennessee. and to you, fellcw-ciii-
zens of the State OF Ohio, and in the name of
the people OF Tennessee. whom | represent,
| return our hearty thanks for your welcome;
and 10 you, Iadie- of Ohio, Tennessee returns
her tbauks for your presence on this day.
We coEIe up among you at yonr proud CAPT
tai as brethren. We come not TO invade yOu
with hostile banners. but to engage with yon
in feasts of brothrrly love. Il il Tennessee
aud kentucky that meet Ohio on This occa-
sion, and tell you f,llow-citizens. that while
Congress cannot organize. Ohio and Tonnes
See and Kentucky will assemble and greet
ZACH other as brethren Of our common aud
beloved country.
We come together for q common purpose.
We come because We can FAY in Ihc CanitoI
of Ohio that we are brethren Of one blood
We come, | say, fellow citizens of Ohio to
renew the bonds of union here. In olden
times. when our fathers met i'll Indepe ndeHce
Hall to form Constitution, il Was with feel
ings which should inspire us now. What is
the Constitution? Read but Ii e preamble.
and let us ponder il well in our minds, and
keep il in our hearts. To-day, in the name
of Tennessee, we are willing here to swrar
TO support il in all time to come. / say this
for The Representatives of Tennessee, and |
ray il for the people whom we Represent; and
We say 10 you, THAT as the Bible is to the
Christians heart, 20 is the Constitution to
the heart of Tennessee. We return You,
then, fellow -citiz-ns of Ohio, our walmest
thanks for your most generous welcome, and
believe me- we will bear the remembrance OF
it in our hearts," Enthusi"stic applause
After the meeting dispersed. the guests
were esc0rtt d to the various public instltu-
lions, aud were Hospitality entertained al
the residenccs Ofcitizens.
At dark. the hotels and many stores and
ucllings " ere brilliantly illuminated. The
dome of the State House was splendidIy
LIGHTED up, and the city WAS ablaZe with
pyrotecbnic fires. Crowds of ladies and
gentlemen walked the streets, and there was
univ ersal hiiarity abroad. After supper. tue
guests and their hosts assembled in the hail
OF the House at social levee- aud after
wards IN Odcon Hall, around the banquet
table Menter's band furnished superb
music. Lieut.. Governor Kirk presided and
the seats oil honor were appropriately dstri
buted.
The following regular toasts were read:
/. "Kentucky-Mother of wise statesmen and
fair women; her younger sisters delight TO
honor h,r."
Response by Gov. Magofin.
2 Tennessee iron of her mountains,
the corn of her valleys, and the cotton of
her plains, represent in their union OF inter-
esIs The union of our people,"
Response by Mr.. Speaker Newman, Of
Tennessee.
3. "Ohio-He Representative in every de-
partment gladly welcome to her Capital the
Representatives of her sister States.
Response by Gov. Dennison.
l. THE States Of the Great Central Valley;
common defcnse-in peace. their blood flow.
in kindred veins; in war and peace. Ike The
branches of their great river, they Will unite
their Interests and sympathics in a common
current. whose course shall endure toreyre.
Response 10y Senator K. G.. Payne, of Ten
nessce.
s.. THE Legislature of Kentucky"
Response by Lieut.. Governor OF kentucky.
6. 1.-The Legislature of Tennessee"
hv Mr. Sueaker Whitthprnp
Z. Our Federal Union: 1t must and shall
be preserved"
Response by Gov Chase. who said
Mr. President: Not far from the city of
Nashville ON the Southern shore oi the Cum
b.rIand amid the pleasant scenes of the Her
Ii>cs The modest monument which
marks the final resting place of Andr~w jack
son there. after noble service tn his cuun- |
try, in war aud peace. IN. Patriot Hero -lr, ps.
hut his lessons to his c"unirymcn, whether |
expressed in deed or words, still live on the |
printed page of their hearts. Among these |
LESSONS none ever met heartier Response |
from the whole Am rican people than the |
simple declaration, which has just been re-
peated, "Our Federal Union, it must h. pre- |
served" Far d,tant he the day when it |
shall meet a response less decided or less |
unanimous. The sentiment itself indeed,
was but the echo to the uttrances of all pat |
fiotic hearts from the very beginning of the |
struggle for Independence. The primal ne |
cesSity of the revolution was union. With |
Dut il, the revolution itself. though in name a |
success, would in truth have ben Il disas- |
trous failure. II was first aud last among |
the aspirations of Washington aud his great |
and the most impressive among |
the final admonitions of the Father of his |
Country. are those which inculcate its price
less worth, and exbort his coun rymcn 10 It's
perpetual mHintenance. IL was III that the /
irst President from the new States should |
affirm The judgment and pur-
pose Of the first President E ON the old. II is |
liz, also, when the Il pTeseniatives Of the /
hree States first organic in this great crG-
Iral valley are gather together "a now, AT |
his sentiment should be again affirm d with |
emphasis and d cision. A. the rivers of these |
States flow into one Ohio. bearing upoa it,
bosomS their common interests of commerce. |
50 should the affections Of the dwellers upon |
these shores flow together in one vast cur |
rent OF devotion to the Union, laden with |
the precious fright OF all their desrinies.
Bat. Mr. President. | mus not enter on this |
rgc theme, the time does not permit, nor l. |
il nvedful. The number Of those who, either |
at the South or ut the North, rally believe |
that the tim. for tile dissolution If tits Union |
has actually come L. too small to- excite alarm |
and, il there be others who supp S. that |
in &C, tain contingencies. the destruction al |
the nnble-t political fabric ever reared by |
man, may became desirable, we may safely |
trust tn logic IT events Tor the deHaonstra- |
ii ~ 1T th-ir error. Fer OHIO, nj least, may |
confidently speak. She has ever bcen nud |
will ever reTa,n loyal to the Uuion aud ilr |
While yet ia my earliest man |
Iluod. pat on r, cord ms con, ictissa that in |
all future. "a in all pact eircGn .taners. Ohio /
q III Il ave ia,t 10 the National Constitution |
8 ID the Na'ional uaioa. and that hsr grow
ng en- rgis aill. on no uecSion. be mote
OF powerfully put forth than n The /