Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-04-10
OUR DISTINGUISHED GUEST.
Reception OF John MuiiaIy
Last Evening-Address OF
welcome and Response.
The Freedom and HospitaIi-
ties ofshe City Extended
MIR. NIulIaly's Lecture.

Mr.. John Mulialy, the distinguishes
and gifted editor Of that staunchest OF
Conservative JOURNALS, the Metropolitan
Record, reached the city, as it was ex-
pected he would, last evening, and was
received and welcomed in accordance
with the programme hastily blocked out
the evening before. At half after five
the committee Of reception assembled at
Court Square, and, forming in process
sion in carriages and other conveyances,
proceeded to the Memphis and Charles
ton depot, preceded by a full cornet
band. The line Of vehicles also grad
ually increased in numbers as the pro-
cession moved, and hundreds followed on
foot. Arriving at the depot, the crowd
was kept in waiting but few moments,
when whistle in the distance sigualed
the approach of the expected train, and
in as many moments more the
distinguished stranger was met in the
cars by General Pike, Colonel
Galloway and Col. Magevney, and by
them conducted to an open carriage
drawn by four light gray horses, amid
the most deafening shouts of the multi
tude from every side. The band also
simultaneously struck up Dixie" and
the enthusiasm for the moment was un-
bounded, and not until it had partially
subsidized was one of the committee en=
abled to announce that the address OF
welcome would be deferred until the ar
rival Of the party at the Wersham.
Upon this announcement the pro-
cession was reformed and took up
an irregular line of march to the hotel,
proceeding up Adams to Second, down
Second to Gayoso, up Gayoso to Main,
and thence to the corner of Adams,
affording Mr.. Mullaly an excellent view
of the business portion of the city.
Arriving at the Worsham, accompanied
by General Pike, Colonel Galloway and
others representing the city press, the dis
tinguished stranger very soon appeared
on the balcony fronting Main street and
was again hailed by enthusiastic demon
STATIONS from the crowd that had filled
the street below.
As this subsidized, General Pike, in be-
half of the com mittee, the press, the citi-
liens and the ladies of Memphis and the
South, welcomed Mr.. Mullaly and ex-
tended to him the hospitalities and free
dom of the city; in response to which
that gentleman, in the most graceful
terms, expressed his high appreciation of
the unlookedfor compliment which he
had received He also took occasion to
allude to the condition of the country,
and said: 1.-THE gloom and darkness
which has SO long rested on the polit-
ical horizon is already clearing away,
and the Frightening skies give a
cheering prospect of the future
In the East, where we look for the
breaking of day, the light is becoming
stronger, proving that the morning has
already dawned. The voice of the peo-
pie has already pronounced its verdict
| upon the plot of the conspiratorS at
Washington to convert the Republic into
a centralized despotsm. To-day they
are Congress without constituency,
and defying the will of the people, as
expressed in the elections of last year,
and are hurrying on in their mad
career to overthrow republican in
stitutions." He then recounted the
recent Democratic victories in the
North, and concluded: " Now let me ask
YOU if in all this grand array Of facts,
we have not substantial grounds for hope
in the political future of the country.
These are not matters of conjecture, bal
hard, sober facts, which radicals them
selves must admit, and day after day
and month after month this grand reac-
ton is going on, and the Democratic
party is strengthened by new accessions
from the ranks of the enemy. Let us then
have no fears for the Republic, or Of
constitutional freedom. The very sue
cess ofthe Radical party hastens its fate,
and in the approaching Presidential con-
aict the whole country will be redeemed
by the triumph of the Democracy. Then
the oppressed and down-trodden State OF
Tennesses will resume her old position
in the Union, not as she now is, with tens
of thousands of her best sons disfran'
chised, but with the rights of all re-
stored, and the mongrelized despotism
by which she is now afflicted shall be
swept out Of existence"
As Mr.. Mullaly retired, amid pro-
longed applause, call was made for
Colonel L. C. Haynes and Colonel Gal
lawsy, both of whom came forward and
responded in brief, but appropriate re-
marks.
1t then being dark, the committee re-
tired from the balcony and the crowd in
the street dispersed, the band striking
up an animated strain as it moved of.
During the evening and this morning
Mr.. Mullsly was the recipient of numer
GUS calls from the most distinguished oil
eur citizens, ana 20 mark of honor and
esteem was wanting. He will remain in
the city until Tuesday next, and, as we
have previously announced, on Monday