The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-10-09

The President and directors OF the NJ aury
County Agricultural and Mechanical Asso-
citation iI.Vited Coy. Brown to attend their
Fair last Friday. The Governor accepted
the invitation, and his friends made prepa-
ratiOnS to receive him in a becoming man
ner. The Mayor requested the citizens to
close their business houses, and capt. russell,
w. ]. WhitthOrne and w. b. Gordon raised
a battalion of mounted men TO meet MIN at
the depot. Below we give the condensed
report OF Capt FuSSellS speech OF welcome,
and the Governors reply, made by Mr..
Bell, of the Onion and AhertcdH:
I'VE are here, sir, to-day, TO welcome you
to our city, and We are glad of the Opportu-
nifty thus afforded US of showing our appre-
cotton Of the Governor OF the state. we
are oyI,d IN !noTne a man whose name has
occupied pages of our safe history ana thaI
of our country. vs. lrust, sir, LnaU on; "tit
mind will recur with pride y LIl;ifSe Il'tIcyOn
days spent in our midst before the import
ant duties of later years fell to your lot.
But, sir, those halls you We're Wont 10 ire
quent, have long SINCE been given TO the
Winds But the friends OF those days are
here to welcome you to-day. We turn with
them, sir, to the days which tried men
sOuls-1o the days when the clash OF arms
and the roar of battle distracted our
C untry. On that day yOu east your lot with
the boys in gray, who believed their cause
was just. The men who sacrinced their all
upOu their cOuntTy'S altar are here to-day
to welcome you. And again, when the din
of arms and the clash of steel was no longer
heard-in that hour of need, when our State
was seeing its darkest Gay, you came to her
rescue VIII II she was tOttering and sinking
when we thought We heard the death-knell
of all we loved and cherished, and to-day
we are proud to know that we are known
throughout the length and breadth of the
land, and that he CHG has borne our banner
has been true to his task, AS citizen, as a
soldier, as a patriot, and as statesman,
you have been true to your task, and in the
name of these citizens, welcome you once
again" Prolonged applau~e.l
'Sir, and ladies and gentlemen: This re-
ception is no less gratifying than Xpect-
ed. The complimentary terms in which
you have been pleased TIC characterize me, L
must say, have been undeserVed. II have
been enabled to accomplish anything for
this grand old State, 1t is because the good
and true men of Tennessee have stood by
me and upheld my hands. III accomplish
ed anything in the late struggle, it was be-
cause of the patriotism, the nObleneSS, the
bravery Of Tennessee who STOOD ~ my
back. -
"Gentlemen, in a very short time 1 will
have an opportunity of addressing You at
length. can only say now, that L desire to
Ieturn my sincere thanks for this demon
stratiOn, which is dOubly welcome to me,
Whom / was educated, and to whom, in a
great III eaSuTe l am indebted for the posi-
ton now occupy. [Applause.
The procession then formed, in the follow
Ing order.
I. Gibson's Rock City Band,
Z z Mounted men.
3. Open barOuche containing Gov, Brown
and Col. d. +. Wade.
4. Carriages containing prominent citi-
zens,
). Hills String band.
In this order the procession moved
through the principal streets of the CITY,
amid the waving of handkerchief and
cheers on the part of residents along the
line of march, reaching the Fair Grounds at
II O'Clock. As the procession passed in
at the gate, Col. L. w. Keesee met it and
took a seat in the barouche in which the
Governor was seated. After marching
around the trOtting course, the procession
halted in front of the amphitheatre, Glib
elected
round after round of hearty hearty applause.
Quiet having been restored, the Governor
was introduced to the asSemblage, number
ing several hundred, people, by General L..
E. Polk, who said:
Ladies and gentlemen: have the pleas
ure of Introducing to you, Gov. John c.
Brown-one whom we all delight to honor,
one who has endeared himself to our DeO-
pie by his valor as soldier, his character
as a citizen and by his administration of
the public affairs of our State during the
last four years. (Applause) Well mag we
congratulate ourselves, when we compare
our condition to that of other States in the
South. We do have bad men among us,
who bring reprOach upon our State by their
conduct; we have, also, at the head of the
State government, a man who Shrinks from
no responsibility, but goes to work at once
and brings those men to justice. AS he
looks around him to-day he sees the friends
OF his youth, and his classmates of old jack
son College, his comrades in arms, and his
old friends of the third Tennessee, ant he
sees that he is indeed among friends.
(CheerS.) Gov. Brown then came forward
and spoke an hour and a half, delivering a
very interesting address, of which We give a
full synopsis:
He said; Ladies and Gentlemen, Fellow
citizens of Maury county, In the vast crowd
before me see the intelligence, the enter
prise, the industry, the virtue and the beau
ty of this portion of the State-the faireSt
land God 5 sun ever ShOne upon. Although
ana personally a stranger to many of you,
do not feel to-day, as stranger feels In a
strange land. Among the familiar faces
thai grace this occasion, l recognize some
who, In early youth We're my classmates; l
recognize the true faeeS-the honest, brave
faces of those with whom, when the war;
cloud Overshadowed our land, l shared the
soldiers couch and the soldiers fare. While
it rejOices my heart TO be able TO mingle
with these brave men, 1t gives me pain
also, TOR look around and miss many dear
faces. Those friends are gone; tnAy have
IQught their last night and no sound save
tnat OF The archangels trumpet shall
awake them again. ] would be less than
mortal II did not feel proud of the recep-
uon You have given me on this oocaSion-a
reception L did not deserve a reception l
did not expect. Thirty years ago, lacking a
few days, came in your midst, pennies
and fTlendleSS, Your people Were kind to
me. Your old men took me by the hand
and babe me go forward in the ragged path
way the footsteps of San ambitious Youth
sought 70 tread. applause You have in
Vlted me here to-day to discuss the grOat
political questions ofthe country. ! believe
our country is now at a crisis; / believe that
at no time since the war has she been in
such peril as she is in to-day. l am no
oroaker; this is no time TOR rhetorical flour
ishes, and desire to discuss facts, and with
YOU devise ways and means with which the