The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1864-06-16

They have all agreed to invite you int
the sanctiry of their homes. They vii
receive you there as part of their owl
loved families, around their tables an,
hearth-stones. They will remind you o
the old times when you used to sit a
home by the smoking hot dinner (chee
from the soldiers) and you can relate Il
them your gallant charges, your marrow
escapes, and the circumstances of youl
glorious victories through which you have
passed since you marched from you1
homes to the battle-felds of Rebellion
| (Cheers.) We will be glad to hear your
voices in our homes, as we will be mos
happy and proud to entertain you. And
after you have paataken of this foretaste
of our gratitude, you will be permitted te
GO home to the dear ones there, in whose
hearts your memory has become en-.
shriued as holy in the history of our Com
monwealth. (Cheers.) My good friends
my gallant friends, | welcome you again
aud when the alarms of war have ceased
may you enjoy that peace you SO we'll de.
serve under your own vine and fg-tree
with your household gods around you
Ia that day it will be merely necessary
for you to say, "I was member of the
Pennsylvania Reserve Corps" (immense
cheering), and the answer will come from
bystanders, "Bless the brave men !'-
Prolonged cheers, in which the corps
joined.)
My friends, I expect that next We'd
nesday, at two o'clock in the afternoon,
you and we will participate of the dinner
which will be provided for you.
The Mayor was most heartily cheered
by the troops After something like ST.
leuce could be induced, Governor Curtin
stepped upon the platfarm.
The Governor spoke substantially as
follows -
thank you, Mr. Mayor of Harrisburg,
and you the people of this city, for this
your hearty welcome to these brave men
1t has been through you, brave soldiers,
that the hearts of the people have been
stirred. Your presence here again, my
fellow citizens (the Reserves, has stirred
up emotions in our hearts, deep and glo-
rious as our feelings are to-day, that We
will never forget | cannot find language
to adequately express to you the senti
ments and feelings of Pennsylvania. and
when l say, as we all say, "You have
done your whole Duty" (immense cheer
ing.) | but family convey to you the u
uiversal verdict of the whole people of
this commonwealth. 1t is now nearly
three years since you left this city
mighty army. Nearly that period of
time has elapsed since l had the honor of
handing to you these standards which
you are about to return to the State, un-
stained with dishonor and covered with
laurels of brightest martial renown.-
CHEERS from the Corps). You have ne
yer set foot upon the soil of your
homes since then, save once. Once you
came back to Pennsylvania, and then we
all heard of your deeds, that spoke in
thunder tones with your cheers. Ground
Top" at Gettysburg will ever live as
watch-word of glory and victory. (Tre-
mendous cheering in the Corpse When
nearly all the rest gave way before the
bayonets of the enemy we heard your
shouts around the hills of that devoted
country, in the face of the enemy, and to
you belongs the honor of driving him
from our soil. (Great cheering.)
would speak of your gallant deeds,
but they have passed into history. II
have not time to enumerate the battles
you have been in. History will record
all you have done for your country
The record of the Pennsylvania Reserve
corps is without blemish and spotless
Cheers I am not qualified to speak of
the heroic dead you have left upon near
ly every battlefield of the Republic
Upon their graves centres the gratitude
of this great people. But | can welcome
you, who have returned with sunburnt
faces and tattered flags to your homes.-t
From the North and the South, and the
East and the West the voice Of welcome
is warted towards you from the old key
stone State, prolonged cheering.)
We did not know three years ago that
you would remain so long in the public
service. But can say that refer with
pride and pleasure to the part this great
State has borne in this contest, from the
battle of Drainesville, where you were
the first to strike, until last Monday,
where you struck your heaviest blow at
Bethesda Church. lmmense cheering. } !
May you all find happy welcome at
your homes! May you be all marked as
brave men who served their country in
times of greatest peril. May you never
regret that you belonged to the Pennsyl-
vania Reserve Corps and were in every
battle of the Republic! With this well
come | bid you farewell.
At the close of the Governors speech
loud cheers were given for Grant, Meade
and all the Generals of the Army of the
Potomac.
Colonel Fisher, in behalf of the corps,
briefly, as follows =
Mr.. Mayor, Governor and citizens OF