The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-08-28

cation battery Many Of the line officers are men o
con,r;h. anu ssxpeeence The Fourth battalion OF Boston
'on'Duted largely TO the formation of the regiment,
| ,rnhaS ~ nihg from the Commodore the regiment
and ssantal fare was prenared for both md
men, They were cheeed and encouraged as they passed
y te crowds IN The street who had assembled to
Them Having stacked arms in the Park The priyates
went ho one department Of the barracks to the
Inward man. while the officers into nice little
room IN one of the building redolent of champagne
and all the other ceteras provided specially for the
I'oh after the viands had been discussed considera
De spoeclhylng followed
Mr !. Howe welcomed the Colonel and his regiment in
'ne Following language
MR.. HOWE.
AoLoSEL BARNES OFFICERS Mes MAssAC
fJehlEER ReGImENT-I is with ordinary feelings Of
pressure that rise TO bid you welcome and God speed on
| Knowing you and yours Colonel Barnes for so many
years, and so pleasantly, dare not trust myself to
speak sir Of the sacrifices you have made or of those
| leave behind. know the sacrifices you have all made
II has been privilege for the past few days TO breathe
the patriotic air of Old Massachusetts, have been among
those quiet peaceful villages where one hundred years
ago, they did not falter drum call never will
! have heard you say good bye to all, TO your home
circle. to the family altar and have seen YOU rally
under those starry folds and receive the blessings and
tue benedction Of your much loved Governor, whose
ts sapIn patriotic speech Of Yesterday drew drew
and know you have left all to go onward victory
to death may be paydoned speak this occasion
in proud worth Of old E0son and remind YOU Colonel,
OF the old Latin school from which you graduated, first
IN your class or even go far AS to quote the work
or celebrated oraiorihat Bostc is the brain Of tho
Union But that same town Of Boston has not always
been so battered. In IT'S Lord North gt quite Of
humor with the place and declared that Boston the
rngleader in every riot. is she NOT riBgleader nowp
| Lord North's peculiar education did not permit him to
relish the mixing OF tea with salt water, to enjoy
such disturbances occurred at Bunker Hill l must
close by saying God bless Old Massachusetts and her
brave sons-sho who did much towards the creation
OF our beloved Unon and she who intends to do great
deal more towards making that Union perpetual
| call upon you to fiji your glasses. Fill and drink
! bumper to the health ef Colonel Barnes. (chcers)
REPLY BARNES.
On rising to respond Colonel Barnes received with
rounds Of applause He made very long and eloauen
the reporters by the rumbng stages in Broadway
AS far as IL was possible to hear the following pretty
tuH sketch Of his rcmarks'-He said that he re-
turned his own and the regiments most hearty
thanks for the kind and generous manner in which
the Eighteenth r., regiment Of Massachusetts, had
on account Of the trning tribute intended be ptd
The regiment by the ordinary preparation for hosptabe
reception They could find their meat their potatoes
ana even their champagne in almost any quarter They
were common property he was happy to say throughout
this whole territory-a territory within whose limits
plenty everywhere prevail tremendous chec1s)
But in few places could the tender sentiments Of the heart
be touched In New York the of Massachusetts
hearts had been touched i'll tender part heers For
himself he felt that although he had II the soil Of Mas
sachnsetis, he was at heme oven here; and he also
felt that when he went further South where he would
find more of the representatives Of the noble
State Of Massachusetts,, ha would feel that they
standing upon their soil, even though they stood in
the South cloud cheers) They won't South not to in
wade her territory they went There not TO infct any
hashps upon her sons but they went thoe to feel that
they (the Sonhernors) their brothers-tat Massa
chuses and virginia, although divided, were Still but
one (chocrs) and no man, however talented, however
formidable he might be, could oppose them when they
went there in establishing the principles which had
formed in Massachusetts in connection with the Union and
the United States They desire IN entering into the
vice of tho United States, not to do so in any
partisan spirit. Cheers. They went into a sec
tion Of the ,,. country simply feeling that tina, tina,
her against aggression they would defend their
soil (Cheers) And if foreign foe to invade
the soil Of MtsSachusets, where the OF that
soil who would fail to spring TO arms? And if the
soil Of Virginia--a soil he would say polluted
by the sin OF slavery, for that belonged to
would they protcc. herr (chcers) He said they
went there to defend the citizens of the South from
the tread of the tyrants foot-to help them and make
them be as free in tho expression Of their opinions
they OF the North claimed to be at home. (Cheers)
II there was any man IN his regiment who went into Mat
(he sohern) section of the country with any other feel
ing but that lie come to protect 1t as he would pro
tec Massachusetts herself he should not be OF his com
he should say resumed the profession to which his
early experience seemed to have directed him, but he
had supposed that he would have devoted his
more honorabie-proesson OF peace He had though.
that war was lar yea rs ansir 9 M amn Una,
could not interfere with the rights Of any foreign nation
1s o ss, sf be s sacrecs Which he hs
had made IN gong ior,h 70 hght i3r tne thion.
IN the coefse ~ tf.s .u - ~ i,o, ~ 81,
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days in the military schooi were not tue rove Oh
wy ~ 80 80, he ,oo,,,a rns,iyo al en- Cay,,
10 these c"nsluornoas' anu ne 49, ,,ro,; ~ ns'
against Them. Misr so"o o''i'f P"''o'' fen'"fNs'
c,,,r, ,oxt s,,olc ov tho ;ss,os
rev nAihhw ahn sM I'LL, nn I'D 20 su noai
STAKE IN te rsssn. u ~ and V e hn ,h i h
C ~ .iv ~ ~ " $500 - ~ WV '
CONSTITUTION u.,ru ,,do so,v ro,r,r,s tho s,oo,,,
i. EnM nsS d "s , hirrost civ o.cIrcl tb roa;
Wv ovv them p 70 Elizabc,hnort ~ rote TO Washington
The parting cheers they in passing down Broad
way must have been gratifying to them and the Chas
were passing almost at the Same tlmc the ovation
was doubled for both Az about nan as seven O'Clock
tne regimen. gov ha ,rarswt,sd n Wasnyon With
,hn rra,t GO, doenntcb