, 1869-11-08

A Welcome Prom Citizeus or Joxn-
ftemnFk* OF JudEe NIiler-EcncrnS
1ctkuup%s HcrlJ.

a. ~ CA%0AE Eo" N1EaXEUH OF IOWA.
RcmnFk* OF Judge Mliler-Gcncrni
HcskunP's HcriJ.
Y14H1sdrpx, Nor,
4 large number u1 ctttzens cong7ez1ted
tonight 1t the residence Of Colonel DsJtoo, sacrc
General RelknAp II temporarily loca1ed. when
Associate !1es1ce Miller. VI loEa4 delivered the
following autress;
GEsxKAL DELKNAr: Yorr feIlox-ctt,zeos Of the
St&te Ol lows, now IN this city, h3se Assembled
i ness 1ais evening fos ;ns puFpose Of EXPRESSING
Ct pkapce Of The ONCE Of Secretary ut War aud
gre You cordial Welcome to Washington. TO
" eis. VINO bare been fAni.,az with yo1r history,
the action OF the Pfes!den: IN calling you to khls
mtre enlarged sphere Of public usefuInaas, needs
70 comment Entering our STATE 1t an a2e
hardly amounting to manhood, a. member
OF the 1eEA profession, your B1cccN as Z ak1i1ful
careful and:tound 1A1yer, Soon pointed Jou ous
~ cmineotiy 1T 10 seEFe the pubic Ia the Lex,s-
iatu1e. md ,ous serE'ces IN iass capacity IN tue
Of n usetul and br1l1tsos puollc career,
which has brought ron into tue po4,t&on
of eonaosnttn @ .ay,.sr Q! sas ca,st I.stssF.tc Il
vcc IN the deG Of danger IN tie W.T. Of the reoel.
lion, 5ou served 10 the eod, and hare lefs on the
services: coaskslou Of tie proprtety Of empoJ-
ing !ou IN q htEhes sphere Of usefulnese. aud On
the pubic E:lo 111s admiration for the courage
20 eoergy dtsplsse IN The eeld: Il. III, thcse
Esy be supposed to r. coiosed ny parnausy and
pfraon1l Etgazc,-l must admit thai tne suppoal-
iou Ia = basis In a nEza Friendship and cio4e
lut caiE that The tess:mou. i none the less -
Hahlt, tecan.e tie Witness knows we'll the rn1trer
o! wa.eh Pc speaks. Nj. Secretary: We weIoone
your new position. with no m!*Ri.lnga tnst the
honor OF the place OF the government Of TIE
coga a1c.,, III sqfsr yoa5 a.pan IApplaasel
It Is With cnfetrneti gratitude, my feAoN-ctu-
kens Of Iowa, that trce.sc this compliment from
!oa so.nlgns-!or tase i - compnmens
S1iheEed from IL po:Dts within ner oosaefA should
nahe this call oo one who esteens youf friendship
ND rssa.os IL Il - b. highest noner. Yo1E near.
population has increased nom isa.ooo IN 1851 70
orsr 1.osasoo N 1ss9. .aoss pEsi,,ea, = shsy
enough In .sou 70 III With theft productions
the E1znAE!cs Of . world; Those school
2 ,ss ss'sRses 5snst e eJs,, na%1e o
educAtlun: wEn&e people, inc1easlnX from rear
70 yer In that kno~ledze which l. power. hayt,
rum the feeble cotnmeucement Of i few COLONIES
Of ptJ1eesf. 1ncreaaed to .be extent md measure
Of ft1ouR commonwealth, A1o3tfAt1ng In il
growth the pspgl esstye character OF the American
nopae ! state, too, my fr.snds, Haose secoEd Y
tcone, tnspurd b. no feeling Of resentment to-
Halu the people Of the South, bot Actasted purely
B, lo.e Of taeI @ eo9nay e md Y Enlon. fought %
whose reEtneut4 rave K,naman and Mills and
Baker snd RedneM and Wentz aud Wortntncroo,
md hoata of pIvAse Sod1els 70 the cause OF free
dom; and Sl&te, too, which, uonoE1nZ Itself
bt giving it, 4s,tda nsaEortif Tor the gre1I
CAPTAIN who set our aztn1es TO r1ctotJ, opened
vide The door Of suffrage to eTe1r American cttI-
zeo, Iaoplausej, and bat three shofs weeka 1zo
fetnoorsed The kreas principles Of the pR.ty Of
progress b. D2nt1ues Large aod decided. nou.
ofe,l IS have been b. the Presteut With pox1-
Lon conferred uron me without solicitation, It
vii be my epdeavo1, with the enforcement Of
re1d economy, 20 10 oonAuct lts affairs a. 10 CON-
maod the approval Of tho country, relying OF that
people, with the great ernmnles Of Stanton and
RaWtas before me. II the result ahauA tntt-
cate that 3our kind CONGRATULATIONS have col been
Ntsplace1, Ahall Be fullf s4usaed. (AppIause]
Tae company were lnen severity Introduced 70
General Belknap, md al seemed to be much k1Rt-
tied with the proceed1nKk.