Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-03-14
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lisIF LIN seward. lNnJl W.
The Ne%AYofk delegation in Washington
v;sssd Mr. Scwari on Monday evening. He
addressed them as follows: Ae
~ FnkNps, FELLOW -cTTIzEys AND NfaqlI1
nons:. II am very deeply affected BY thls
nsxpeofsd demonstrntion Of affection on the
part Of the people ofthe State Of New York
20 u1sny familiar faces, seen AZ this distance
ffom my homo, and under the circumstances
which surround me, awaken memories and
Umpathies thatI shoaM find it difficult 10
describe. 1t isjust twelve years since came,
a stranger and alone, to this Capita, to rep
resent the great State from which you h;be
come in the councils OF the Union. This day
closes that service Of twelve years --a'period
which nov, in retrospect seems so short,
and yetit has filed up the one sixth part of
the constitutional duration of this great EN-
pifet At this hour appear before you d
voluntary citizen, but God be thanked a
citizen now, as always, OF the State OF New
York, one Of yourselves, your equal, no long
sr bearing the responsibilities OF q ropresen-
tatiyc. Hero one Of the Deputy Marshnls
stepped forward and pinned a ba1ge of tho
New. York delegation to Mr.. Seward coat,
amid great cheering Ny public acts
throughout that long and to me trying pc
Rod are all upon record in the Journals and
debates Of Congress. It is almost fearful to
think that they are impcrishable. Looking
backward upon them, will say and main
tain, here and now, that claim for them
all tho merit Of good motives and honest in
tentions. Herein this presence, before You,
. fair delegation Of the constituency ] have
served, and in the presence of the God who
is to be our common Judge, / declare that
there is not one word of that record which
: / desire should be obliterated. Although n
representative ofone State only, i have been
ali the while conscious that was also a leg
islator for all the States-for the whole Re-
public-and I am not ashamed 10 appeal to
every citizen of New Y ork and ask him to
saywhatI I have neglected. 1 am not afraid
TO appeal to every section--to the East, TO
the West, 70 the North and 10 the South,
,squslly---and to every State in every section,
and to every man, TO every woman TO every
human being, freeman or bondsman, to say
whether, in any word or deed Of mine,
have done him wrong And inlabors which
demanded abilities I could not claim, and
trials which exacted some equaulmity item
per, / have here in this Capital neither re-
ceived nor given personal offense. l have
not one enemy in this section to forgive, /
know Of no one who will utter personal
complaint against me-. -haye done little
good, indeed--far less than Ihave wished
butI have been sustained aud supported by
the people of New-York with generosity
that is unparalleled. know why'this is
30. = The people of New York are habitually
constant and faithful to conscience, to truth,
to liberty, TO their country, and to their God.
They have thought that endeuvored IL
be likewise faithful. know their character
well, and know that in the new emergcn-
cy, which our country is now entering upon
they will be equally faithful. / rely on theil
intelligence, and their patriotism, ny do OF
the intelligence and patriotism Of the whole
people Of the United States They. will
preserve the inestimable legacy Of civil and
religious liberty WHICH they have. received
from their heroic fathers, The Administra
tion which you have come here to inaugu-
rate comes into power under circumstances
known in tho history of the Republic; but
Ibelieve / know the character and purposes
0f the Chief. Magistrate; j believe That,
while he will be firm, he will also be just to
every State, and every section, and every cit
izen; that he will defend and protect the
rights and interests, the peace and the pros
perity, of all the States equally and alike,
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sfn ss'ia q VISIT TO GEN. sooI eaa eo
The same delegation then called upor
Gen. Scott. who came out to see them. Tn,
.nroor.noa ~ tha n;aan,;o e,rr ~ ,ho van
-ppcoNe ~ SN - ~ s'sS".i0 'e.ns =. s"e 70"
cradle Commander-in-Chiel upon the stool
of the house was the signal for the wildes
soutburst of enthusiasm that eyer greeted
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In. III . 'Ys ~, ,e. q "ss 81" o ~
wn'cn anec'eu nun amos, 70 'cars, oh poiil'
introduced by Senator Fieru, Gen. Scot
drew up his form, erect, and, with voic,
,h;cl with amot;op said.
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