The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-06-01
MEnsEr, PERRY County, }
MY 90, lo65.

6th' lNu NtiN iNAtFalbu cIttNH W DAs
Kaga. OF this place, delivered on Wcdnes
cay last at the residence of General =.
II. Sheridan, or rather thar of his father,
the Genera! being a single muu.
The wh,lc proceedings were gotten
up in few hours, as the General would
stay hut ono night nj home. He was
escorted here from ZlncSvil', under the
Il engagements Of Honorable L. J. Magen.l
mis-. Senator from this district, on behalf
os the people Of that city on Wednesday,
and, on Thursday, the citiZcus hero had
him escorted to Lancaster, where he in-
tended taking the cIrs for Cincinnati.
The crowd also called out Mr. Msgeu-
mis-, who made few feeling aad patrio-
tic remarks.
DR.. KAGA's RECEPTION SPEECH.
GENERAL: The fact, wcll-known 10
your neighbors here at your home, that
you do not seek, but, on the contrary,
Gvoit, all public demonstrations, intended
is compliments to your valor as a COM
mander, prompts me to npolOg q for the
spontaneous W. leone this day thrust
upon you by grateful pc lplc.
! But for uncertainty of the time OF your
arrival, tho route on which you might
arrive, and the extremely short halt you
| propose t1 mnkcOn your way to Texas,
| there 10 disperse the last Zoe which re-
/ fuses submission on our soil, n reception
more commensurate with the remown
which Justly attaches TO noble deeds,
might have been prepared; but, vel
some more hearty Gnf joyous could not
be extended than the one now tenderod
within the few hours you propose to re-
main at your homr.
J Had your residence been in another
State of the Urion; had the scenes OF
your childhood been cast elsewhere than
among the hills Of Perry County; had
the Keen pcrc c,ptiOns Of some other
-h:swd observer than the generous and
lamentcd Hon, Thos. Richey u!h you
odt when Il youth, as worthy Of military
education, the heroism which has so
eminenty distinguished your career,
would, nevertheless, have entitled you u
the choicest expressions of our gratitude;
but as citizens Of Somerset, we feel that
more 10 due from US, and the poor vehicle
Of words fails to give any adequate in.
dica,ion of the debt Of our gratefulness,
because men distinguished for noble
deeds, not only eniille Themselves tC
national gratitude, but also impart TO the
place of their residencs a distinction
which lives in history.
General, we are not only proud Of yol
b, as al American, but as a Buckeye, resi-
dent of Somerset, the home Of your kint
parents, your brothers and your sister
We rejoice, therefore, as your ncighbors
n your acqnaintances and friends, that yUl
haye safely passed the fiery ordeal o
long and bloody war, to meet us, wher
all the thrilling ass, cations of you
youth cluster around our fresides, ant
cling to memories ever green and uniad
ing. l H
From Lieutenant we have seen 70
! rise through regular gradllon to the ran
: Of Major General in the regular army
! Your promotions, sir, have not been OBJ
tained through political combinations, G
f. the influence Of powerful friends, but ar
I the result Of your Jwn genius, fostered !
n the severe school OF duty and self dcnia
the outcroping of stern necessity. recog
j. nized by the towering sagacity ofa Chit
le Magistrate, who, by common suffrage,
G. assigned to that vacant niche in III
temple OF fame, close by the side of III
is Father Of his Country.
'r [DR. KAGA proceeded TO recount,
glowing language, the deeds that hO
made the name Sheridan historic in III
u wsr, following him, step by step, fro
70 Stone River to lhe crowning victory
j. Five Forks, which turned the scale again
3 Lees army, and resulted in lis surende
Sc Those deeds are familiar to the peopl
and want of space c)mpels us to on
!. this portion Of the speech, in response
~ which General Sheridan said:l
lie GENERAL sHERIpAH's RELY.
ut
ct feel grateful for this mark of 70
IN esteem and confidence, but more espe