Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1888-06-13
WELCOME.

In his address OF welcoms
this forenoon, w. J. Munro spoke
substantially as follows:
Officers and Members of the Grand
sAsmy of the Republic
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
On behalf of the authorities and cit
liens OF this village, 1t is with much
pleasure and qualification that | wei
come you among ua. We extend you
sincere, cordial and earnest greetings
OF welcome, coupled with u trusting
hope that your brief sojourn in our
midst may be both pleasant and pro-
ftable.
Our. welcome Ia most sincere be-
cause rs loyal people there Is in-
effaceably engraved upon memory
tablet the recollections Of your past
services In the defence OF liberty and
country, and In recognition OF our
obligations and because OF our appre-
citation of your services we greet you
not a. '.strangers within the gates"
but az true, tried ami trusted frienis.
As we are an hospitable people our
greetings are cordial, and while your
gathering is reunion for purposes OF
reviving old memories, renewing ac-
quaintanees and recalling scenes OF
by-gone days-and for these reasons
your entertainment will to great ex-
tent be among yourselves, aad such
as you will provide-yet we appre-
ciate fully and completely our duties
As hosts, and will endeavor, so far as
I'm our power lies, to assist i'm making
your visit pleasant, providing for
your comfort and contributing toward
your entertainments. We do not In
tend to fail i'm our endeavors, but II
we should leave anything undone that
would i'm any way contribute to your
pleasure or comfort, do not attribute
it to a lack of honest intentions on
our part, for we tender our hospitals
tiles as privileged duty, imposed by
our sense of obligations as American
citizens, to you-and required and de-
manded by the laws OF hospitality.
We are earnest in our well wishes
for the entire success of your reunion
and trust that your stay in our midst
may prove so satisfactory that in the
future you can look back upon this
visit with every qualification, not
only as regards the success ofyour
encampment, but with pleasant rscol-
lections of this place aud this people.
We feel honored by your choice and
selection of our little city for your en-
eampment. and while 1t may not be
in our power to do for you SO extern
.ively or rs deliberately as larger and
more pretentious places, yet none can
be more sincere In their greetings,
more hearty and cordial in their well
come, or more genuine in their ex-
pressions and offerings than are we,
aud we hope to prove our words by
our acts.
When say we are pleased to NETT,
greet and entertain you, speak for
all our people and on behalf of the
authorities and citizens, extend you
the Inequalities Of Morris. 1t is ale
ways customary to extend to honored
guests the freedom Of the city, and in
doing so would say THAT we have no
symbolic golden key to tender you,
but you will find the latch-string out
side the door. We have no deputa-
ton to present with formality the
c;ty's freedom, for each and every cit
izen from the lisping child to his aged
sire, is a committee ct one on enter
tainnent. Lest you may think the
tender of the freedom OF the city but
an empty compliment, l would say
this freedom Is not circumscribed by
any city limits, but includes all out
doors-its bounds is the horizon.
Again 1 bid you welcome.