The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1877-09-22
The Presidential Trip.

CINCINNATI, o., Sept. lj.-The
special train containing the President
arrived this evening. The President
was greeted with laundering cheers.
after which Mayor Moore welcomed
him to the city in a brief speech.
The President made no reply, but
shook hands with a few personal
friends and then got into his carriage
and was driven to the Gibson House.
President Hayes being introduced
was received with tremendous cheer
ing, and spoke as follows:
"FeHoW- Citizens enthusi-
astic cheers and this generous well
come by my friends and neighbors
of Cincinnati are very gratifying to
me. | do not take them so much as
a personal compliment, but as an
exhibition of your attachment to the
principles of the Government of the
United States. | may. therefore,
accept the demonstration as a fact
that Cincinnati approves my course
III lilN ptI' CoHNblulIN III
regard to my bringing about paciti-
cation in the whole country, through
out all sections, all States, all people,
all classes, and all races who are in
terested in the pacification of the
country. No part of the United
States is more interested in restoring
harmony through the North and
South than Cincinnati. This city
was formerly a border city like Bal
timore and Louisville, and on the
other side of the populated districts.
The great object and desire with me
are to change the feeling throughout
the country which aIienated us.
want to see Cincinnati no longer a
border city, but one of the greatest
of the cities on the globe.
-Four years since there was great
crisis in business affairs with us
now business is resuming rapidly.
Four months ago, when in New
York, thought proper to say the
indications Of our prosperity were
great. To-day, my friends, think
| may say that in the opinion of
wise and prudent observers these in
dications which l predicted, have
come to pass. Look at it. They are
not perhaps as decided as we could
wish, hut was informed to-day that
the railroads of the Northwest are
beginning to carry to market the
great crops, and are already earning
more than at any previous similar
period of any year since the crash of
1878. In our own State | am told
that the Lakeshore Road is doing
larger business than ever before, and
that the wholesale merchants of the
great cities are beginning to have a
trade greater than at any time since
the panic. Collections are more easily
made than at any time since the
panic. and we all know that the true
basis of all prosperity is agricultural
prosperity, which this year is assured.
We do not claim for any Admins
tratiOn the advantages that come 10
the country from good crops, but my
friends it seems to me that we may
ask some approval from our fellow
citizens if we have placed a large
part of our country in condition to
give them full attention to the rails
ing Of crops. Cheers. As long as
discomfort with the Government and
with their felloW-citizens Of the
North existed in the Southern States
we all know that politics would re-
ceive more attention than business,
but now | think | am authorized to
say to You that the whole Southern
country begins again to think more
of industry, of Improvements, of bus
mess, than politics. Applause. No
part of our country can lack prosper
ity without affecting the prosperity
of the whole country, and the pros
perity Of one section is the prosperity
of all sections. 1t is with ideas like
these that we enter upon the work of
qualifications, 1t has been my good
fortune during the last ten days to he
present at three great soldiers re-
uniOns-sOleiiers of the North pass
ing among them and gathering their
opinions, found that one and all
they are ready to- come again tothe
ancient friendshipand harmony with
the South, upon the sole basis of
cordial recognition of and obedience
to- the constitution as it now is, with
all its recent amendments. Cheers.
, But | have detained you too long.
Cries of "No, no, GO on" &c. feel
upon this subject that ann treading
in tine pathway marked out by the
fathers as they stood shoulder to
to shoulder and side by side
men of the North and men of the
Southland l wish to see the day
within the next three or oTr years
when again all causes Of dissension
will, like slavery, be removed for
ever, and when once more the an
cient concord and friendship WIFI be
restored. Loud and prolonged
cheering.l This is my hope, this is
my ambition, to do something to