The New York herald., 1870-09-05

GOVERNOR EorFmlx IN BNcaAmfoS.
He Reviews Brigade Of the Maternal
Guard and Makes q Speech.

He Reviews n Brigade Of the Nasianal
Guard and Makes a Speech.
From the Binghanton Republican, Sept. ~
Gencra Monman accompaned ny ansPecs%r 50 Cc
nance ma william II. Morris. arrived in this city ON
me M buaalo , express train from New YORK at nal-
thirty minutes behind time. On the arrival Of the
tram salute OF twenty-one guns was fred and thd
stat, OF the Twenly-eghth brigade. Carriages were
Also In readiness TO carry the Governor and escort
had gathered around.the depot amonv whom were
many personal friends and acquaintances OF the
Governor, VINO saluted him from all sides. Every
attention was gracefully acknowledged by the
Governor.
number OF citizens, who called upon him az the par
lors OF the Exchange Hotel. Among the number
wsO S Sss arss |
AT nine O'Clock Colonel Robe and star, of tho
Forty fourth regiment ana Colonel Smith and stan.
Of the Fftieth regiment rode up In front O the Ex-
change Hotel, accompanied by the officers OF both
crowd, numbering probably 5000 persons, also
assembled on Court street, between the canal bridge
At signal from Colonel Clougn, Assistant Adjutans
General, the bands played "Hail 10 the Chief"
Chaplain strong, of the Firtieth regiment, ad-
dressed me Governor from his place among the
. Tne governor c. N responded very happily. In the
am mere IN the discharge OF duty. ] am glad
to be IN this beautiful and thriving city-tO meet is
PPeSpe PG ana ~ note Us progress IS II Il has great future
Of ITS past history and present prosperity. 1t 10
your duty as 1t IS the duty Of al! good people, to
citizens Of great State, to strive to make the
state greater even than it s-asserrfng and vindt-
eating always its Independence and It's honor. All
promote the great interests OF the mass Of the peO-
pie. (Oheers.) We may diner among ourselves
upon religious and political questions, but we VIII
all agree IN this-that we should labor to promote
the greatest good for the greatest number.
least, and the most certain way to procure and
maintain It is for every man in the community to
Tne object Of my mission here Is 70 review this
brigade and inspect its camp 1t forms part OF the
great National Guard Of the State Of New York.
That National Guard numbers nearly twenty-five
thousand men. In the cities the life OF a soldier
the volunteer in the National Guards cOmpara-
lively easy. They have armores and drill rooms
near at hand, and they easily gathered together
ior military duties. On parade they are watched
and admired by vast assemblages Of people. and
every soldier feefs inspired by military enthusiasm
and personal ambition.
In many respects the National Guard in the rural
districts s different. They are scattered, In greaS
many instances, over miles Of country. mountains
and valleys intervening between them and their
officers and comrades. Their duties are not easy,
and their encampnentS call for separation frOm0
home and families at great distances. l find here
to-day several hundred men from two s0unties,
under the discipline Of camp, and far from home.
They make great sacrifices, but 1t Is wells for there
are times IN the history OF every people. every
state and every country, when they must look for
safely to their citizen s0ldIery.
We must maintain our National Guard In time OF
peace; IN time OF peace prepare ior war; When l
near, as do sometimes, the grumbtng or the tax
payer against the small proportion OF tax paid for
the support OF this guard feeel that want TO go
ought to pay cheerfnlly, for it secures to them .
proper military Organization, ready to be called to
safety demands IT, You should pay the tax readily,
because 1t Keeps alive military organization
ready a e. 20 the Of the
your property and your country. But have talked
TOO long, ! assure You, although you may think it
speech when one has nothing to say. My friend,
the chaplain, who has just addressed you, would
take a text and make . most admirable sermon;
and If he addressed he did last WINTER the State
Military Associciat0n, 1t would make speech
that would read as well as 1t sounded and be adj
But am called upon, without notice, to make
speech without subject or Q text, and have
really having word word to to say. % This a'S Is wonderful
gathering, looking at 1t in any light Here are sew
tifu August night. just as the heats Of summer are
ended, and the autumn is about to break upon us
with its beauties and glories; thousand people
gathered together aer the close OF the busy day.
the simple purpose Of testny1ng their respect for
public oficer II is the duty OF the citizen to respecs
be respect the rights OF the citizen. (Cheers DIFF
ferences OF opinion there may be; but lei all men be-
What we want IN this country Of ours bleeding as
1t has bied at every pore during long years OF civil
war, and stu SUFFERING from the struggles it en-
dured-what we want now IL to Danish all the old
hatred ana prejudice Of the past; and while we
maintain our individual independence and indivi-
dual opinions, clinging to what we believe TO be-
right and never willing to compromise with error,
yet ready to concede to others that which we claim
1nteutt0n-ln the discharge Of our duty, public or
private remembering always that for all the errors
OF public men, and for all the evils that exist in
society. there abundant remedies the con-
stit1tion and the laws. The ballot boxes are the
peoples ready resource The courts OF law and the
oicers Of the law their prot ctors. And then there
Is that which s more powerful than the law-more
potent than civil authorities or military power. 1
mean public optnion-the voice OF the people, which,
when honestly spoken, Is the voice 0f God.