Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-09-28
THE PRESIDENTS RESPONSE.

Ladies', gentlemen and my friends oil
Charlottesville and Albemarle county We
accept your invitation with great pleasure,
and 1t now gives me great qualification to
exchange salutatiOnS. | will not talk at
length on any topic. | can very well say
on public topics ditto to what Colonel
Nenabe said. We are now at the end of
our appointments, during which We have
passed through five of the greatest states
OF the union. four of which were large
slave holding states-kentucky. Tennessee,
Georgia, and now Virginia and that which
reJOlces me more than anything 0lse Is the
TACT that everywhere We have found grow
ing and increasing sentiments in behalf Of
the unIOa. the constitution and the admin
issratiun. which regards alike the interests
and rights of every section and every state,
which regards alike and equally all classes
without distinction of race or color
Equality, under the laws, of all citizens, is
the corner stone OF the structure OF restored
harmony. from which ancient friendship is
to rise. In this pathway we are going
the pathway where your illustrioGs mon led
your Jefferson, Madison. MaarOe, and your
Washington. Oar hope is that the people
of the who!s country will unite to reconcile
the ceiling which prevailed when the union
Vas formed We wish to see the uniGn our
fathers gave US preserved and transmitted
to those who come after. Ia sentiment.
like these there is no reason why there
should be any distinction between
the north and south. That .ise man
whose nams vas Just TsntiOned. saw
plainly the danger in tie future Jeffsr-
SOB, IN ls2O, durins the Missouri cOn,ro
yer-y, spoke OF me agitation of that ques-
M n l..n ..svks L.
time tbs danger he 80 clearly tOresaw came
upc.I US Efforts at compromise by wise
Fed patriotic men delayed the subject from
time to time. but in the course of events the
que, ton had to ba submitted to the arhitra-
ment of war You who fought 50 calamity
ON many a battle field, fought for what you
believed right. and no man or woman can
fail to respect You for 1t We fought
and risked our lives for our cJnVic-
tons and We are sure you will accord
tho same respect to Us that We accord to
you. Let Us join hands together and 90
forward. Many cannot follow for they are
not ready to follow, but we have no ill-wlli
Tor them. A grand army goes on without
regard to stragglers. doubt not that a.
the months go on We will once more return
to the harmony of our fathers
The President then introduced Secretary
Eyar;s who, abiding to Charlottesville a.
the home OF Jefferson, said there was no
spot IN Virginia more attractive u the PEG
pie of the United States than that city.
Jefferson was great leader in Congress,
and one of the wisest and best men OF this !
country. The principles of Jefferson are to
be the leading principles OF this govern
mcnt lie referred TO the President and |
the PRINCIPLES he had Ia id out for the gov
rrnment of this country. and spoke of the |
they had received from all /
sections.
Postmaster General Key spoke briefly. |
The party visited the university and Month |
cello, and left in the afternoon for Wash |
IngtOn.
On The WAY TO TuR CAPITAL.
G5RpoNvILLK, Va, Sept 2j-The Presi-
icntial party made short stop here. on
route to Washington. The President said
he had found that the correct and true
and desire OF the people was to
cturn to former friendship and good feel
ngs in all sections, and he had found the
ointment IN these stats identical with
hat IN tho New England states, through
which he had but recently JOurneyed.
'iessrs Key and Evarts were called Tor but
he train moved away