The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-10-07
'The south and west in Fra,erna,

Union"
We read in the Cincinnati Commercial
OF the 30th ult., of the cordial greeting
extended to the Green Line excursion.
ists-among whom are party from this
city. Below, we give the speech of vel
come by @. w. Rowland, ESQ.,, and the
reply of our townsman, Colonel r. ".
MoMaster:
'GESTLEMEN OF THE GREEN LINE
EXCURSION, MERCHANTS OF THE SoUTH.
AND FELLow-CoUNTRYMEN: To me has
been assigned the agreeable duty of
conveying to you the friendly greetings
OF the merchants and manufacturers of
Cincinnati. In their name, I tender to
you sincere and cordial welcome to
the hospltalities of the Queen City.
When we contrast our own past with
the peaceful present, and witness the
awtu! carnage and dire commotion
which is shaking Europe to-day, we re-
lolce that here 'grim-visaged war has
smoothed his wrinkled 'front.' that
gloomy clouds of civil strife no longer
darken tho land we love. With the
risen orb of trade illuminating our
whole horizon, we bury the dead past,
with its strife and alienation, and re-
oelve yon now in the name and spirit of
peace! We invoke the genius of com.
merce; friendly, social intercourse, the
ties OF common blood and language, and
the memory Of that national glory
whlcn IS the common inheritance of
both sections of our country, to inspire
US with sentiments Of magnanimity and
patriotism, and to cement us together in
an enduring friendship. We invite You
to share equally with US in the bounte-
GUS blessings of the present, aud in all
Tue nope that we may reasonably indulge
as TO the future. TO my mind, that
future IS radiant with promise of the
most glorious and substantial results.
In imagination, L lift the curtain which
conceais 1t from our vision, and be-
hold,1or you OF the Sunny South-a
wonderful development of your vast
materlai resources. Your genial and
fertile territory threaded with innumera-
covered with steamers laden with The
manifold productions of your soil: vonr
waste and desolate places blooming and
protauctlve;. your region teeming with
milllons OF industrious freemen, not
enerVated by luxury, but bearing the
impress of robust and vigorous Civil.
zation, adorned with all the eraces and
comforts which religion, art and science
can furnish. This may be q sanonine
picture, but, gentlemen, whatever Of
good the coming time may bring. we
expect to share it with you. under n
government to be conducted by MS AZ
equals for our mutual benefit and pro
lection. By rivers, by railways CON
structed and to be constructed bv ard
/ through every avenue of travel and
trade, we shall seek a communion with
you as equals and brethren in the innu.
merable blessings which an enrichinp
and expansive commerce can alone create
and diffuse. We ask your acouaintance
with our merchants and manufacturers.
an inquiry into their spirit and resources.
and have no fears rs to the result. We
welcome you to our city, and will do ali
IN our power to make your stay among
us agreeable and entertaining. You will
be in charge Of competent Committee
OF Arrangements, who will doubtless
entertain you with munificence worthy
OF Queen. Welcome! thrice welcome
to Cincinnati.
Colonel +. W. McAlaster, of South
Carolina, delivered the response in be.
half of the excursionists:
"MR. PRESIDENT OF TIE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE, GENTLEMEN OF THE CHAM.
Der OF COMMERCE AND CITIZENS OF THIS
GREAT QUEEN CITY OF C1SCISNATI: Stand
ing hero tonight as the representatives
Of North and South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama and Tennessee, in their behalf
we accept with heartfelt thanks your
kind greeting. The land Of the pine,
tho cypress and tho myrtle halls the
land Of the beech, tho bnttonwood and
the maple. The lands famed by the
breezes of the Atlantic and the Gulf and
the breezcs of tho valley and the lakes.
beat together in fraternal intercourse
this night. The honorable Chairman of
the Board of Trade has been pleased to
alludo to this city as the Queen City Of
the West. We have heard of it as the
Queen. City OF the West, and as we came
hissevening over that magnificent bridge.
and saw that line Of lamps along the
waters edge, and saw them rising tier
after tier, and as we came through Your