The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-06-19
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President C0llAG, with h,, vile spI rbilJ
arrived here This morning uu the rArly
train Mr. ColiaI Is In good health AMI
excellent spirits To those oi his friend,
whom he has met on the streets 10 dsy.
Democrats aud Republicans alike, he eI
presses eniirc satisfaction Ia the result 81
Philadelphia Thb morning his friends
proposed 10 give him such a greeting As
Would show the friendship and esteem
that those who have known him longest
aud best have Tor him Tu,s evening Al
Abou! ) o'clock, they assembled 10 the
Court House square 10 the number Of > 900
OF 1000, and accompanied by the South
Bend Cornct Band, proceeded tn his resi-.
dence, four squares distant The i'm.
mense crowd gathered in aud about his
grounds, aud after u band PLAYED two
or three iuncs, called loudly i0r Mr.
CollaN, who appeared on the porticn
Cheer upon cheer WAS given for him, and
when they had SubsiJed, he addressed his
friends in half hOurs' speech Mr..
ColtaN said he had tried to cvAde this re.
ceptiOn, but the ailecliOnAte regard OF
his neighb0S and friends, so oflon
illustrated heretofore, seemed 10 adhere
10 him more closely in the approaching
close Of his public life. lie smoke OF the
obligations he had been under from his
boYhOod 10 many Of the thousands before
him, who had not only themselves sup.
ported him. but had educated their
children and their childreus children To |
believe in him also, He said when lead. |
ing and prominent Republicans insisted |
that he had no right 10 tiK the time WAcn /
his public life should terminate, and |
that It would be selfish and wrong
Tor him tD refuse the use oil
his name, Il the party desired the old |
ticket, he had yielded 10 that appeal. bot
when u majority OF the Convention deter.
mined il would strengthen the ticket 10
nominate another, he promptly telegraph
cd bis adhesion 10 the new ticket. and
would have been iailhleSs indeed amer
having been candidate before the Con
yenliOn, II he had not desired nOw 10 add
that he hoped TO rejoice with them over
the elections in October, Of Gov. Brown
Ii Governor SaXtOn, and the rest Of the
Republican ticket, down to his old friend
sam Tut, real estate appraiser. Only
regTeIting he had not more real estate Tor
him to appraise, HGspokc Of the principal
that had controlled his whole lite from tho
Constitutional Convention, TWENTY-FIVE
years ago, when, as their representative,
he had in small minority denounced an
article which prohibited negroes from en-.
tering the State, as disgrace TO civilizA
lion and humanity, and which every one
now repudiated, although then adhered
to by 10000 majority lie had sought
to lit up the dOwntroldcn and To
secure liberty, protection and cquali.
ty under the law 10 all: and he
rcjoiced that no one now throughout
the land dared openly to oppose these /
principles. He added that he had deter /
mined that throughout this term no temp. |
tation Of any kind should induce him 10 |
DRIFT into RntagOnism or rivalry TO the
President, and that his name should not
become In any way nucleus Of dIssatis.
faction, or a wedge of discord. When.
ever he differed as to the public |
policy he preferred rather to council
privately than by a public protest to
q maker or iGrment OF dsCOrl |
While constantly urging unity, harmony
and cOnciliation, as the political neCessi.
tics to keepa political party of 100000
united and victorious lie lamented all
the decisions, and welcoming the season
OF rest and quiet before him, instead Of
the care and labor and responsibility Of
past twenty years. He said that he should
prove in the home life what he expected
10 enjoy with the people who had given
him such lifelong attachments, and tha,
he was as earnest and consistan! Repub.
can in private lie rs when in public
station. The speech was followed with
hearty cheering for the speaker, aud then
for Grant and ColfaX, and then for Grant
and Wilson, when the crowd dispersed