Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-10-07
Special Dispatch to The Boston Journal.
Soldiers and Sailors Mass
Conventional Philadelphia.
Dispatch from Gen. SherI.
dan.
WELCOME ADDRESS OF MAYOR NcMI.
CHAEL. . o..

ii The following is Gen Shsridan's di.
le patch to Gen. Collius. chairman of th
i Local Committee Of the Soldiers and Sail
ors' Convention:
II FoRr HARKER Ks. Sept 80.
Say to the Boys 10 Blue" that it is a
essential to have political victory as i
WAS to have an Apron stox in 1864, ant
# that every man who loves his countr,
should vote for Grant
7. II Sheridan, Maj Gen. U s A.
The city is crowded with strangers anc
' the hotels are tillsd to overlooking. Their
s is q liberal display of bunting along
! Chestnut street, and many private dwell
! lings throughout the city are being deco
rated. On the front Of Independence Hall
, there is device in gas jets forming On
eagle and thirteen stars, with "E Hu,i.
BUS Unum."
The gate od yFalsut stree, has the mot
\ to. Freedom, to ALL 10 gas jets. Gas
pipes run the entire length Of the avenue
on either side, furnishing lights to sppro-
pirate notices 81 welcome to the boys in
Blue" The streets are lively with arriv
ing delegations.
The following is Mayor McMichael's
address Of welcome. delivered at the meet
ing in Independence Square. at o'clock
7. 81.
SPEECH OF MAYOR McMIcHABL.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS Standing in the
shadow Of this venerable ediico. near to
the conzccrated Hall 10 which the fouuda-
ton Of our Republic was established, on
this hallcwed spot where the Declaration
Of lndepenence wasfrss publicly proclaim
ed. snd 80 surrounded by these tokens Of
rindics'ed nationality, | profer to you in
behalf Of the loyal people of rhiladcl
phia, who rcverently chyrish the Union
that you manfully defended, an earnest
aud heartfelt welcome. That welcome
has slioady been expressed in the boom.
ing OF the cannon thai announced your
arrival, snl in long professions of your
former associates, by whom you we're con.
Quoted lhthtr; in the jabilln; stains Of
music that enlivcned your progress en-
route; in the eloquent emblems that
'parklsd with memorials of your merits
In the masses of sympat hsing men and
women that surgcd along the streets over
which J gu passed 10 the radiant smiles
hat were showcrcd upon you, aud the
oud rcsounding huzzss that still linger
o your ears. aud in comparison with
hese any words that might utter would
Gem tame end spiritiess. Happily. how ,
Vcr. even apart from these enthusiastic
demonstrations, words are not needed to
ssure you of the pleasure We feel in hay
ns you With US or the purpose VIC hold
give you hqspitable reception aud en-
Many of you have seen. and oil Of you
ave heard that while the war of the re '
ellion lasted il was our privilege, IN an :
nusual degree, to cheer the "Beys in
lue on their march to provide for
lem food and rest and helpful COMFORTS;
solace them with tender attentions d
hen sick; and when God willed tina. 81
icy should die here. away from friends
no loved them aud homes which they
we'd, to sootbo their passage to the grave z
gentle ninistraticn aud affectionate "
licitude. And now that actual war ia
succeeded by war Of ideas. recogniz. ly
g. as We do, in the motives that have ci
Fought you here, the same patriotic i'm W
Uses that then inspired you. and believ. ar
g that the influence Of your presence bs
III largely aid in achieving a moral tri. Q.
nph not less important than that tri lii
nph which crowned your arms, We re-. 20
Ice in your coming. Veterans: They ce
10 sought to dampen your energies and la
ipple gour efforts in the field; they who ho
uounced the holy war in which you lei
IRE engaged as an impious aggression, a
d in the period of its highest glories lii
onounced it failure; they who in the be
ldst Of your toils aud sacrifices Knocked bl,
and reviled you as hirelings and ruff tn,
8; they who would have left you to lib
rive in squalid prisons aud allowed sh
ur dead comrades to rot uuburied where th,
ey fell and withheld from their widows thu
d orphans the means Of scanty subsist- sh,
&c, now dare to charge you that you cd.
sely pretend to be soldiers. and that liz
object of your visit is to perpetuate TO
worst political crime Of which free per
y can be guilty. lnsolent audaeity I! cd.
paralslled effrontry scorn to waste ha,
'ath on such calumny Let the uuiver Of
acclaim which you have seen tbt
8 day paid to you; let the Governors for
ex Governors of the loyal States who cou
to in this celebration let the delega iior
ns Of eminent civilians who have come free