Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-09-21
TRE PARTY
Patriotic and Enthusiastic Reception at
Louisville and acknowledgement
Of Governor HSnptOn's spssOh-A
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LOUISVILLE, Sept. lS.-After Evarts
concluded, the President announced
bis pleasure al being able 10 introduce
TO his fellow-people q man well.knoWn
10 all-Wade Hampton, Of South Car.
olina. Fully five minutes elapsed be.
fore Gov. Hampton could speak, so
loud and long were the cheers given
him. He said;
"Mr. President, and friends Of Ken
tucky-I congratulate you upon this
auspiciOus occasion, and upon the mag
nitude Of the reception which we have
given to the President OF the United
States. [Applause. There is no place
in America where the thing could be
done better, aud | am SURF there Is no
place in America where it has been
better done than In the city Of Louis.
vile. Applause. There is no place It
could have been more appropriate, be-
cause the political opinion Of the ma
jority Of the people Of Kentucky are
different from those Of bis Excellency.
You have shown that you recognize In
him a mar who has done his duty q
man who has risen high enough 10 be
able to soy that "ho serves his party
best, who serves his country best" for
that is a sentiment which ought to find
a response in the breast of every pa
triotic American. You have come
here TO pay him honor, and / regard
myself extremely fortunate in that l
have been able to participate in II, and
without discredit to the gentlemen who
invited me to this reception, l must
cay l came chiefly that l might-for l
am o Southern man-extend o warm
greeting to the President as he struck
Southern soil ; as he stood on the once
dark aud bloody ground Of Kentucky ;
no longer so, but, as l trust In God,
here and elsewhere q land Of peace,
prosperity and happiness-peace and
prosperity which he has mostly given
TO you. My friends Of Louisville, l
thank you in the name Of South Caro-
lima, and l will say 10 His Excellency
that If he will do US the honor to visit
"a there, we will give him q greeting as
warm as this, though perhaps we can.
not show him as many men, we will
!, show him that we have net forgotten
the act Of kindness and reconciliation
aud justice that he performed for South
Carolina. Loud applause.
LOUISVILLE, Sept. l8.-In the after.
7 noon the Presidential party proceeded
10 Jacksonville. Mayor Warden
badc them welcome, with many ex'
I pr~essions Of warmth and kindness
. The President replied briefly. The
: Government depot, the largest in thu
: country, was inspected, and the Quar-
/ termaster, Gen. Jas. A. Eakin, II
Q charge, was compllmented for neat
ness and completeness Of its entire ar
rangement. Tho glass-works ant
# s~hip.yards were also visited. The re
d ception in Jacksonville bore the i'm
press o { affection and sincerity, an,
!. could not have been more genera
The Presidential party returne,
TO Louisville under escort Of militar
! Of this city. At night the entire cit.
Q Of Louisville was illuminated In homo
!. of his Excellency. The display in thi
respect was Of surprising magnif
cence. 1t had been arranged that oil
should attend the Exposition In tn
evening and there bid final farewell Il
the people. The route thereto from 81,
b IL o'clock presented scene Of unusua
beauty and splendor, such q sight as !
= rarely 10 be witnessed anywhere--mos
certainly never before in the South
a west. Anything like a just description
Of the streets and houses as they ap
peared in their decorative SPLENDID
tonight is impossible 10 pen
Even the people themselves ar
surprised at the result Of their e1
forts. Strangers are delighted wit
n what they have beheld and the Presi
. DENTAL party Is enthusiastic in express
. ing their appreciation aud admiration
The City Hall contained 600 lanternI
:. the Courier-Journsl building 1000 an
@ many other large buildings almost 9
- many. These, with other lights use
In the illumination, were arranged
accord with taste and patriotism. A
the Exposition tonight the Presiden
]: Wade Hampton, Secretaries McCreary
h Thompson, Evarts and Postmaster
General Key, again spoke before a
audience Of immense magnitude.
JEFFERsoNvILLE, IND, Sept. 49,
Never before 10 the history Of JeffeT
n sonville has such an immense crow
i. OF people thronged the city as was to
day gathered 10 welcome and Civ
h~ospilable greeting to the President 0
D. tho United States. At SPIN. the Pres
ident and party and q number Of othe
IN distinguished invited guests Arrive0
i. from Louisville. Ten thousand pee
A. pla met them at the city wharf, wher
3. Mayor Warder rendered O cordial wei
d come 10 his ExcellenCy on behalf of Ii
Dc citizens who had assembled 10 do hiT
honor. The Presidents reply wa
le thankful for the reception and close
O. his remarks by saying he hope
10 all SeCtions, and all race
d may come together again 10 Ii
h fraiernal harmony as in the days o
Washington, Franklin and Jefferson
He visited the Qnartermasters Depart
ments, where some millions Of Govern
q, ment property 10 stored, and held 81
<. Informal reception. The route Of tn
ID procession through the principe
10 streets was magniRcently and prOfuse
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