The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-02-21

dan.
After leaving the Senate Chamber,
he was conducted to the House Of rep.
r%esentstives. The reporter of the
Statesman describes his reception there
az follows!
The joint committee Of reception ap.
peared ut the bar Of the House, accom-
panied by Major General p. II Sheri-
dan, present in compliance with the
invitation of the General Assembly,
embodied in the joint resolution passed
on Saturday.
The President of the eommitte, Mr..
Hitchcock, addressed the Chair as fol-
lows:
Ma. SPEAKER I'm behalf Of tho
committee Of Invitation, l have the
pleasure of introducing 10 you, and
through you to the House of Repressn.
t~atives, one, the announcement of
whose name awakens thrilling rscol-
lections ofa presence which changed
the rout of Cedar Creek" to victory,
and ola leader under whom brHvsmon
road TO repeated triumphs | name
our guest, Major General P. Ii. Sheri-
dan.
Gen. Sheridan was then conducted
TO the Speakers stand, whom
The Speaker (Mr. Psrrott) respond.
ed ne follows:
GENYRAL-T This occasion puts upon
me a most agreeable Office. To act as
the organ of the Representative ofthe
people Of Ohio in the expression Of
their grateful admiration for the hum
blsst soldier whose arm struck q good
blow for the flag Of the Republic in its
hour of peril, would be n high pleas
ure. Still moro grateful does that Of
fee become when these Represents.
tives, all Of whom share q feeling Of
pride in the glorious record ofsn al.
lustrioUs c~ountryman," and somo Of
whom have fought by his side or fol-
lowed his lead on various fields Of bat
tie bid me welcome to this hall one
whose valor, whose skill in arms and
whose success have made the name Of
Cavalry Sheridan" familiar WHEREBY
err the science Of war is studied, whose
distinguished ~gallantry marked him
the Ney Of our armies, Of whom it
might be said, as il was Of Henry OF
Navarro, If the standard falls, the
white plume Of the Prince will show
tho way to the thickert fight" And
whom we add that this soldier, so re-
nowned for successful military leader
ship, so fairly entitled to gratitude for
the measure IN which his personal e1-
ertions contributed to the national sal
walton, has by his splendid deeds re.
Elected new lnstre upon the name of
this his native State, that he is from us
and of Us, the measure Of our gratifica-
ton at this opportunity to welcome him
to these halls and to this presence that
we may do him honor, becomes com
plete,
The patriotism, and bravery, and
ski in arms, which met and mastered
treason in the field, justly challenges
our admiration bat the in%corruptible
honor, the unwavering fidelity to a
great trust, and the instructive Ragaci-
ty which detected and defeated the
subtle plottings Of dissrmed but yet
defiant rebellion no less claim our
praise, and while we gratefully re-
member your achievement in arms,
we feel but little less indebted for thu
stern purpose you have shown TO make
the vAnquished respect the victorious
flag and all il represents, alike upon
the lonely %sAyannahs Of the Gulf, or IN
the sullen streets Of the Crescent City,
We desire most earnestly an early re-
sumption of our old relations with tho
States that lately sought to disrupt
the Federal Union, but wO demand
that, before all, that devotion to that
Union shall be the mark for honor and
not for persecution, that the fruit of
victory ehall be security TO the life
and the rights of even the lowllest
subject everywhere within its limits.
Ii seems, l know, u~ngraceful to
praise a man to his face, but the ne.
cessity, General, Of abiding to your
career, which cannot be named but in
the language Of praise, must bO my
apology.
Ohio has nc cause to cover her' part
in the war that bloody treason brought
upon is. Her son were id tho first
battle that was fought with Confsde-
rate forces, and were part Of that tri.
umphant host to which the final var
render Of the beaten foe was mado.
With unstinted hand she poured
out to every battle field tho best of her
youth, until her levies swolled from
thousands to tenn of thousands, and
ten times tens of thousands; and once,
just whom the golden grain upon her
hills was ripened for-ths reaper, she
sent her women to the unwonted task
of gathering the harvest, and calling
her farmers from the field, she forward.
ed, before that moon was old, forty
thousand men to guard Grants rear,
and so enabled him to nov forward
! N the laRt victory oVOr tho armad ra.