The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-09-21
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ONCE, 10 Main street.
HORACE GREELEY
81. Enthusiastic Reception
in Cincinnati.
y.,t MuHitude Assemble I'm
Can, of the Burnett House 10 See
and Hear Him.

cNcyyArr, o., September 2o.-Hon.
gor,ce Greeley arrived at 3 o'clock
sIev and was met at the depot by
Nsyor Davis and large number OF
., zens in carriages and band Of mu-
10 and escorted to the Burnett House.
The streets through which the party
o,s.ea were crowded with men. women
AMI chllren, each one seeming to vie
With the other in giving him an enthu.
.;s.,c reception. Hsndkerchie fut-
tered from every window and men
.bou,ei themselves hoarse in welcome
70 the Liberal Republican candidate for
the Presidency. At 5 o'clock he visited
the Industrial Exposition, where he was
welcomed nv the Commissioners and
city ofrials.
Mr.. Greeley returned thanks for the
honor thus conferred upon him, and
.p1ke at some length on the industry
Of the country and their especial repre-.
.en,lrio0s in the Cincinnati Exposition.
The halls o! the Exposition were well
flel with visitors, while the streets
around the entrance were densely
crowded. At I o'clock he returned to
the hotel, and at s o'clock the streets
s-onn! the hotel began to ill, and by
SO. the time Mr. Greeley made his ap-
petr4nce on the balcony, from 10000
to ljO0) people had gathered to hear
his speech. Members of the various
ws-d clubs, to the number Of 20OO or
}0Jl turned out with torchlights, ban
hers. transparencies, bands, &c, the
whole making up demonstration
snc1 as has scarcely ever been witnessed
10 this CITY.
Mr. Greeley's appearance on the
balcony was the signal tor loud and
continued cheering and it was some time
before the crowd could he quieted
enough to allow him to proceed.
Mr.. Greeley, on being introduced
bv the Hon. j. L. Keck, spoke about
as follows:
Fsi!o,o Cif.sns of the State of Ohio !:
am here again on an invitation from
the Common Council Of Cincinnati, and
it's their desire, as it was my wish, that
| should. while their guest. abstain
rom any remarks which might seem
70 SAVIOR OF a partisan purpose, and L
mllv des gned, had | been lett at liberty,
50 to speak that no one Of any party
could possibly have taken excep.
tons to. But there has been
an attack upon me since l
came here, when | will trust to the
hospitality and generosity OF my enter
taners to permit me to repel here and
now. Last evening, at Pittsburgh, In
the course Of s,me off hand remarks to
vast aSsemb!age like this, / took
pains TO explain the extraordinary cir
cuu.tances under which WAS impelled
in the winter of lS6O-6l to offer in
good faith to submit the whole question
of union or disunion TO the fair vote OF
the Southern people Alter due delib-
eration and discussion, said then 1t
WAS my belief, and it is still my be'ie',
il that people had been allowed such
tree and iair opportunity they would
have decided az you would have de-
cjded. that the Union should be main
tanned Those remarks made last
evening have been misrepresented into
an expression of present beIiet and pres
ent convc'iops that every State has
right 10 dissolve this Union at its own
pleasure. FelIow-citizens, | utterly re-
pndlat. and condemn that sentiment
Cheer | do not believe that any
Stae or ten States. or even majority
OF all of the States has right to dis
snlve our Union. Applause. That
Union is founded on the Constitution,
and it ia chartered government, not a
mere league. 1t does not constitute a
confedertcy merely, but q nation; not
government OF limited and defined
powers, but Of unlimited dnrs-
ton. | believe that the Union
ls not only destined to he.
ont was to be perpetusted. and l be
!leve that our great civil war, il there
ever was any reasonable doubt as to the
hs'ure OF that Union. has settled that
doubt tnrever-that slavery ia dead and
The Uui0n abides forever. There is no
longer a question. there can never again
De question as to the perpetuity OF the
Union. The apple of discord, the only
thing that ever made any American
hostile to his own country and its Con-
-t'rution, has entirely perishei Hence.
forth the American Union abides for
ever, grounded in the affection. aud
lervent devot on OF the whole American
people. No such question as disunion
can arise. As perpetual as the hills,
~ solid as the everlasting rocks, the
union OF the States must abide, tor one
sentiment and one purpose anima'es
the American heart, and that ,s that
.he union of the States must and shall
oepreserved. Prolonged cheering
Mr.. Greeley then spoke of the posi-
uon Cincinnati occupied in the COM
merclsl world and her certainty OF con-
slnued prosperity. He spoke Of the
platform OF the Cincinnati Convention
IS being one that every msu could stand
upon. He was proud Of the honor con.
'efred upon him in making him its
oonlnee, and whether be was elected or
not, that he should always endeavor
70 DO his duty as God willed it.
de then said as be vas unable to
make himself heard, he would intro
Iuce Governor Randolph. Governor
randolph made lew remarks which
could not be heard on account Of the
cheering and music, and Mr.. Greeley
retired to HE room. Some two or thres
thousand persons remained around the
A''si ioe IN hour or mora cheering