The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-03-17
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qhWslAf lhe President ~ tfe~ut hlm
aelf r. fou io flse efpFesalhh q ~
sentiments. HhH ~ has HftuftlInaIy
enne nal ~ du su
'Ihs President. A. he appeared,
Wa Feusised eiih enthusiastic ahd
long uhtlnned sppIanss When n
he'd aabslded, he aipke aa f,IIowsi
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feIIew.cliisens, IN | presume I
have 4 right q adlfess Jon as uch,
| come 10 tender 10 you my sincere
thanks fa The appreciation expressed
by your cvmmlttaa IN their personal
address. and IN the resolutions sub.
miitcd by them NJ having been
adopted BY the meeting to-day, These
resolutions, as | understand them,
are complimentary 10 the policy
which has been adopted by the Ad.
mInistfatlon, and has been steadily
pursued since u came Into power.
| am irec 10 say 10 you on this oc-
casion TINT II i extremely gratifying
10 me 10 know that 40 large a por-
ton Of my fcllow-citlzens approve
and endorse the policy which has
been adopted, and which II Il my In
tcntion shall be carried out. [Great
applause.
That policy Is one which Is In
tended 10 restore all the States "a
their original relations to the Federal
Government of the United States
Renewed applause. This seems tc
TO be a day peculiarly appropriate iol
such a manifestation; Il Is the day
that gave birth to that man who
more, perhaps, than any other
founded this government; IL Is the
day that gave birth to the father o.
our country; II is the day that gave
birth to him who presided over that
body which framed the Constitution
under which all the States entered
into this glorious confederacy sucf
a day is peculiarly appropriate fol
the endorsement of a policy whose
object is the restoration Of the Unior
Of the States as II was designed by
the father of his country. Zap.
plause.] Washington, whose nam'
this city bears, is emblazoned in tn,
hearts Of all who love free govern.
ment. Washington, in the Language
Of his eulogist, was first in war, frs
in peace, and first in the hearts o
his countrymen. No people can claim
him, no nation can appropriate him
his reputation is commensurate with
the civilized world, and bis name il
the common property Of all thos'
who love free government. To-day
] had the pleasure of visiting an as
sociation who have been devotinI
their efforts to the completion of tn,
monument which is being erected b
his name. / was proud to meet them
and SO far as / could, to give then
my influence and countenance in al,
Of the work they have undertaken
i That monument which is beinI
erected to him who, | may say
founded the Government, is almos
within the throw Of a stone Of tn
spot from which / address you. Le
it be completed. Applause. lie
those blocks which the States an
individuals and associations and cor
porations have put in that monu
ment as pledges Of their love for th
Union be here secured, and let tn
work be accomplished in this connec
ton. Let me refer to the block fror
my own State, God bless her, Zap
plausc,) which has struggled for q
preservation Of the Union in til
field and in the councils Of the M
ton, and which Is now struggling I
renew her relations with this govern
ment that were interrupted by a feal
ful rebellion; she Is now strugglin
TO renew those relations, and to TAX
her stand where she has ever stoo
since l776, until this rebellion brok
out. [Grcat applausc.l Let me n
peat the sentiment that State hs
Inscribed on the stone which she hi
deposited in that monument Of frc'
dom, which Il being raised in con
memoration Of Washington. She
struggling TO get back into the Unio
and TO stand By the sentiment whis
is there inscribed, and she is willir
to sustain Il. What Is Il? The SCI
timent which was uttered by her di
tinguished son, the immortal an
illusr;ous jackson. "The Feder
Union--it must be preserved
lGrcat applause. If Il were possib
l6r that old man, whose statue Is no
before, and whose portrait Is behiI
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