The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1882-03-11
AN ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME.
Warm 1eecepti0n of the state Govern.
ment by the People Of BATON RoWEe.

Warm Reception of the state Govern.
| Ment by the People Of BatOn ROWge.
| lBaton Rouge Capitolian- Advocated
! March I, 1882, will long be .ren,em-
bereti by the people of the city Of Baton
Rouge, probably as the grandest event
in the history Of the Highland City OF
Louisiana, for on that day, she arose
from the ashes Of the war between the
States, once aeain the chosen capital of
the people of the State.
There was no attempt at an elaborate
reception of the State officials, but there
was something granier still; u spon-
taneous popular demonstration, ac-
knowledging the honor conferred upon
this city by the mass Of the people of
the State, ...i ..... -......--. .,.s. 1T.
When the Governor and family, antl
other officials allghte<i from the train,
they were greeted by the committee
and escorted aboard the Morning Star,
which soon sped across the Mississippi
aud safely effected a landing on the
Baton Rouge side, amid the booming
Of artillery and the strains Of the excel
lent silver Oornet Band. .n.
Theretpon the Governor and officials
were conducted to their carriages and
escorted through Lafayette and Main
streets and then to the Governors head,
quarters, opposite the Capitol, by the
firemen, Cadet Corps and citizens gen.
orally. ''t' ;'- 'r'
Then Gen. Andrew s. Heron, the
chairman of tho reception committee,
delivered short and stirring address
of welcome to the Governor. and other
officials. lie said In substance that out
side of the JOY which the people of
Baton Rouge felt In seeing the Capital
returned in their midst, their brethren
Of the Wholesale would view the event
as one foreshadowing new and prom
islng era for Louisiana. By force of
arms, and against the will of the peo-
pie, the capital had been removed and
held at New Orleans by their despoil-
ers, until the wish of Louisiana had
triumphed. He believed that theehort
to restore good government would be
assisted by the change. In this the
representatives Of the people would find
every encouragement at the hand of
them a hearty welcome to the reno
vateti Capitol, that for twenty years,
with its blackened and deserted walls
had evinced the sad condition Of the
State. He closed his eloquent romarks
by allu.ling in fiattering terms to the
personnel Of the State government.
Gov. McEnery, responding, said that
he deeply regretted that the distin-
guishcd patriot who had so ably pre-
sided over the convention which had
uecreed the restoration of the noble
etiifice had not lived to witness the
realization of his ardent wishes and
those Of the people who had elevated
him to the highest trust, and who was
no other than the lamented Louis a.
Wiltz. He felt great pride in viewing
frightened by the rays of the sunlight.
He, too, on u former occasion, lad
expressed the hope that he would see
it as 1t is to-day, after the downfall of
the last vestige of carpet-baggery in
Louisiana. Within its walls he hoped
to witness the fruition of all tho hopes
Of the, people of his State. IIe con-
cluded his truly eloquent address by
thanking the people OF Baton Rouge
for the enthusiastic welcome they had
extended him and his colleagues.
The addresses were frequently ap
.plaude1 by tho large concourse OF peo-
pie who were in attendance.
After the usual handshakf ing, the
Governor and his colleagues proceeded
to the Capitol, where they took posses
sion of their magnificent apartments.
There were four bales of cotton
brought to market yesterday from the
plantation of Colonel F.. Terry, who lives
near Waverly Hall, Harris County,
Georgia, that we're grown and gathered
in the year 1850, baled with ropes, and