The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-09-24
The Presidential Party.

drive was taken about tte city, anu n
10 o'clock, from stand IN front OF the
hotel and in the presence of 10000 peo-
pie, Mayor Auger, on behalf OF the city,
welcomed the President and Governor
ColquItt, for the people OF the State,
spoke words Of hearty welcome.
President Hayes was greeted with
great cheers. He said:
FELLOW CITIzEEs:-I regret that BY
reason of slight cold taken q day or two
ago in East Tennessee, my voice Is not
in q condition 10 be heard, but II you
will bear with me, | expect in very
few minutes to make myself heard. Day
before yesterday at Chattanooga l met
committee OF your citizens, who desired
me and urged me to extend, with the
party accompanying me, our trip
to your beautiful and prosperous city.
We were sll very desirous to accept that
invitation. We felt that, extended rs 1t
was, it was Il very great honor to US IN
diyidualiy. We felt that it would be n
very great pleasure TO meet you a. your
homes, but our arrangements ahead had
been made and | supposed 1t was out OF
the question to extend trip. Happily
our railroad friends assured US that by
riding all of the last night we should be
able to visit Atlanta, and at once those
who were the healthier and stronger OF
the party, urged by tbose OF
the other sex, consented to come,
and now that We are here l wish to say in
single sentence that We are glad TO be
here. [Cheers. The very eloquent ad-
dress to which we have listened, and es-
pecislly the very encouraging statements
we have heard from the Governor Ot
Georgia, are surely OF themselves, greeted
rs they h4ve been and endorsed by the
applause of this great audience, so great
qualification that | would not, on any
ascount, have missed the pleasure l have
felt this morning. Cheers. | uppose
that here rs well rs every where else
am in the presence OF men OF both pollt-
ical parties. am speaking also in the
presence OF citizens OF both races, and l
am quite sure there are before me very
many OF the brave men who fought il
the Confederate army. Cheers Some
doubtless, of men who fought
in the Union army. Cheers
and here We are, Republicans, Demo
crsts, colored people, white Confederate
soldiers and Union soldiers all of one
mind and one heart to-day, Immense
cheering] And why should we not be2
What is there TO separate US longer2
Without any fault o; yours, or ary fault
of mine, or OF any enc OF this great
audience, slavery existed IN this country.
1t was in the Constitution of the country.
The colored man WAS mere not by his own
voluntary action; it WAS the misfortune OF
his fathers that he was here, | think
that it is was by the crime OF our fathers
that he was here. he was here and we
of the two sections differed about what
should be done with him. AS Mr.
Lincoln told US, IN the war
tnere were prayers on both sides
for him. Both sides found in the Bible
a con nArmation of their opinions, and both
sides finally undertook 10 settle the ques-
ton by that last final means of arbItra-
ton, iorce OF arms. You here manly
ioined the Confederate side aud fought
bravely, risked your lives heroically IN
behalf of your convictions, and can any
true man anywhere tail to respect the
man who risks MS life for his COnvlCtions2
Prolonged cheers. And rs l accord that
respect to you, and believe you to be
equally liberal and generous and Just, |
feel rs | stand before you rs one who
fought in the Union army for his conviC-
tons, that l am entitled to your respect
rcneers1 now that the conflict Is over.
NV friends, Governor hampton re-
peated to you last evening the way in
which l have been IN the habit of put
ting it since l came to the South. There
was larger proportion OF trained soldiers
in your army at first than in ours.
In much larger proportion you were
good msrksmen and good horsemen, and
that is two-thlrds OF good soldier.
+ Laughter But gradually we learned
TO ride too, Laughter and as some OF
YOU know, gradually learned to shoot
T Renewed Laughtes happen to know
now well you could shoot. Cheers
Well, having learned how to ride ana
shoot, it was case o! fighting Greek and
Greek. When Greek meets Greek you
know Whist the conf ct is, Cheers and
more than that, you know exactly how it
will terminate That patty in that fight
will always conquer that has the most
Greeks. Laughter and cheers. It's no
dlscredlt TO you and no special credit to
us that the war turned out rs it did.
TCheers. Now, shall we quit Agbting2
Cries OF "Yes, yes have been in'the
nsbit of telling an anecdOte about
General Scott and a statesman st Wash
lngton, IN which the latter said that rs
soon as the war WAS over and the COM
batants laid down their arms, we would
have complete peace. No, said General
Scott, it will take several years, IN
which all he powers OF the general gov
ernment will be employed IN keeping
peace between belligerents and non-com-
bstsnts Laughter. Now, l think we
have gotten through with that, Chcers
and having peace between the soldiers
and non com batsnts, that is an end OF
the war. Is there any reason, then, why
we should not be at peace iorevermore?
We are embarked upon the same voy
Sge, OH Tue ehhc sAlHi aAN uANcA VIC
same old feg Good fortune or i'll for
tune affects you and your children as well
as my people and my children.
Cheers Every interest you possess Is
to be promoted bv peace. Here Is this
great city o: Atlanta, gathering to itself
from sll points OF the country its wealth
and business by its railroads and | say
to you that every description of industry
and legitimate business needs peace.
That is Whist capital wsnts. Dlscord,
discomfort and dissatisfaction are enemies
OF these enterprises. Then all Of our it
terests are for peace. Are We not agreed
sbout thst? Whist do we want for the
future2 l believe 1t is the duty Of the
general government to regard equally
the interests and rights of sIl sections of
the country. [Cneers.l l AN glad you
agree with me about that l believe fur
ther that it is the duty OF the governments
TO regard alike and equally the rights
and interests of sll classes OF citizens.
rCheers.1 That covers the whole
nsttar That wines out in the future N