The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-08-13
: tFrom the CHM. Gazette.]
SCHUYLER COLFAx AT HOME.

/ tFrom the CHM. Gazettel
SCHUYLER COLFAx AT HOME
beautiful and Cordial Tribute
of AffectiOn-The Trip From
Chicago to South Bend-Grea
Enthusiasm of the PeOple-El
OQuent Speech of Mr.. Colfax
CHICAGO, July 80
AT quarter past eight this morning
Hon. Schuyler Colfax left this CITY
for his home at South Bend. Indi
ana. He was accompanied by som,
four or five hundred Chicago citi
zens. filling eight or nine cars. Ac
cessions were made to the party a
the different stations, until, wher
the train reached South Bend, i
consisted of twenty-three cars pack
ed as full as they could be, fully one
half being ladies. At every place
where the train slapped, Mr. Col
fax was called out and greeted with
the heartiest cheers by large crowds
of people. He made no speech al
either stopping place, but would
pass out among the crowd and re
ceive cordial shake of the hand
from every one who could get neal
him.
~On the arrival of the train, an i'm
mence crowd of people of both sex
es and all ages was at the depot to
receive him. They greeted him
with hearty enthusiasm. There
was but little noise and very few
cheers. 1t was not that kind of a
greeting. 1t was better than that
1t was the greeting which beloved
son receives ON his return to the
paternal roof alters long absence,
the greeting Of brothers and sisters
to a favored brother, the cordial
smile, the warm clasp of the hand,
and all of those emotional NANTES
tations that spring from the heart.
After a few minutes delay, Mr..
Colfax and his family, and large
number of friends who accompa
MED him here, were placed in car
riages and escorted to the fair
grounds, by at least 10000 friends.
There was no procession, but the
people surrounded the carriages and
tramped through the streets to the
fair grounds in a promiscous and
neighborly manner
Arrived at the fair grounds, the
Mayor of the city, Col Humphrey,
addressed Mr.. Colfax in words of
cordial welcome
When Mr.. Colfax stepped forward
he was warmly greeted. He was
evidently laboring under deep emo
ton. His-face was pale, his eyes
sparkled, and he could hardly re-
strain his tears. His words came
with deep pathos, and in a very few
moments you could see the tears
trickling down the faces of men and
women, in great numbers. Almost
the entire audience were filed with
the deepest emotion. Mr.. Colfax
spoke for about twenty five minutes,
an at the close the audience dispers
ed for refreshments.
CoLFAX S SPEECH.
Mr.. Mayor and my friends, for
can find no words to address you
more appropriate than that. Friends
of my boyhooG days, friends of my
early manhood, friends ofmy mature
years, friends who have grappled
me to their hearts with hooks of
steel, confess 1 scarcely know how
to speak to you this afternoon, in
response to the most enthusiastic
welcome you have given me. There
is one word in the English language
brief but impressive. 1t thrills ev-
cry heart which is not calloused and
hardened. It makes the life bloed
course through our veins more rap
idly. It is the word home There
is in it volume to me. If there is
any man in this broad land, from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, who has
cause to love his home, it is he who
now addresses you. Ever kind and
considerate, ever doting, ever affec-
tionate, whenever I have come into
our midst from the labors which
you had assigned me, l have me'
everywhere a generous welcome
with the heart in the outstretchina
hand. When the railroad train spec
on Monday last away from the banks
of the Potomac and across the Sus
quehanna the crests of the Allegha
MES and the Ohio, there was one
thought that filled me full. 1t was
the thought of my own beloved
home ON the banks of the beautiful
St. Joe. I have been absent from
you much in the past few years, but
your friendship has not been meas.
ured by my presence with you.-
Abroad as well as at home, it has
upheld me, seeming, like guardian
angel, to protect against enemies as
well as danger When, three year,
ago, on a long and perilous journey
through scenes of Indian warfare
across our plains, 1 went to the Pa
cifc Coast, on those boundless
plains of our interior, down in tn,
bowels Of the earth in the mines
which I visited. crossing the snow
clad Sierra Nevadas, far to tn,
northwest on the beautiful Mediter
ranean of that region, Puget
Sound, over to the Territory o
Queen Victoria on Vancouver's Is
land, back again to the Isthmus o
Panama, almost under the equator
there was one thought, as my frient
Gov. Bross will tell you-one tho
that was ever with us by night ant
by day, and that was Of the loves
ones at home. Cheers. Their
is no man that owes more to tn
people among whom he lives than
do who speak to you to day. From
| NV earliest residence hare Won hav,