The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-09-03
The Presidential Excursion
Arrival of the Party at
Niagara Falls.
The President Heartily Received
Along the Route. !.
cANANpAIGuA, NY, AUGUST /, lOi A, NJ

cANANpAIGUA, Ny, AUGUST |, i0t A NJ
At Clifton the President and party
took on board the sister of the late
Judge Douglas and his two SONS me
President and General Grant went to the
nlatform of the car and bowed to Mrs.
Granger, the mother of the deceased
senator, who was sitting at the door oi
her residence not far from the track.
The train next arrived at Canandiagua,
where the President and Others were in
troduced to the people .-....
ROCHESTER,, 4
The traiu stopped before Congress
Hall, when the Mayor of the city came
ON board and, together with the commit
tee from Rochester, escorted the distin-
guished party to Congress Hall, where
they partook of lunch, There was
more excitement here than at any other
nlaee where we have halted since We
left Albany. The President appeared on
the upper balcony of tho hetel in com
pany with Mayor Moore, and the hospi-
talities of the citizens were extended.
This, the Mayor said, was irrespective
of party They remembered that, IN
tho dark days of rebellion, tho President
had taken o firm stand in the midst OF
the faithless for the maintenance of the
Union. However much they might differ
from him in the policy he was pursuing,
thew believed he was actuated by honest
and patriotic motives, and had the best
interest of the country at heart, and
they oil expressed the hope that his
efforts would result in the restoration of
the entire country to prosperity.
The President in response said: sin
cerely thank you for the kind Welcome
you have given me, and l will further
more say that demonstration like this
inspires me with confidence and
encourages me in the course
of the policy l have pursued
for the preservation of the Union and
the vindication of the Constitution of
the United States. (Cheers) | rely
upon the intelligence, integrity, and pat
| riotism of the great mass OF the American
people to preserve the Government, in
the present as they have in their past
energies. Though the physical man is
weak, and the intellect is not as strong
as it ought to be, thank God the spirit
is right, (Applanse) AS long as the
blood that now warns and anlmates Inc
| courses up and down my veins, the best
! efforts of my manhood shall be devoted
| to the interests of the Union and the
Consultation of the country. (Applause.) }
| see before me the celors you have borne
through the conflict of battle. You are
aware of the sacrifices which have been
made to preserve the Union, and there
fore it is not for me to recount the num-
Der of lives lost, or of the manned, and
the amount Of treasure expended. Now
that the warlike struggle has passed, L
commit to your hands, or the hands of
the people, and the officers and soldiers,
God bless them, tue flag ofOur country
and the Constitution of the United
States and the Union, and permit me in
| the sincerity of my heart again to thank
you for this reception and bid you fare
well (Applause.) Let me invoke bless
ing on my hearers to rest upon tho peo-
pie of all States
BRoCKPoRT, u Z. NJ
Notwithstanding the rain, large con-
course of people greeted the President
and party.
ALBION, , T, NJ
The train here halted for fifteen min.
utes, when Mr.. Sanford T., Church eX-
tended n cordial welcome to the Presi-
dent. The President briefly responded,
The other distinguished eXcursionists
were introduced, and received the cheers
! of all beholders, Notwithstanding the
rain, a large cOncOurse of persons were
assembled at this place.
MEDINA, n. Y, $40.
Colonel Heiskell extended hospitnli-
| ties to the President as man who SO
| well illustrated our institutions, one of
the faithful who yielded not when the
| tide of treason swept over the South and
who stood now as he had always stood,
| true to the Union and the Constitution.
Every place you tread, he said, becomes
historic ground, and we are proud our
village is thus hOnOred.
The President briefly returned his
| thanks, saying that he could give no 9th
| er indication of his future course than
what were to be found in his previous
declarations and Official acts.
IOIhfOhl, NEW 1ohhs
After short stop and speeches at this
place, the party proceeded to Niagara
| Falls, where they arrived between 4 and
O'Clock, and Immediately went to the
hotel, when Immediately there were loud
| calls for the President, who appeared on
the balcony in company with Secretary
Seward and Augustus Porter. The lat
ter addressed the President, extending
to him and party cordial welcome.
| The President returned thanks for the
greeting, and said he hoped he might be
permitted to address those before him as
his fellow citizens. (Cries of yes, yes
NIAGARA FALLS, J.
The President and party rode out this
morning to see the falls The President
in company with Secretaries Seward and
Welles, spent some time on the American
side of the falls, and in the afternoon
went ss far as the suspension bridge, but
| did not cross over it. Strangers are here
from nearly all the States, the West be
ing largely represented. Some of them
want the President to extend his journey
further than is arranged in the pro,
gramme, but as yet he has given no