The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-06
wELconE TO WARRINGTON.

The President Of the nation 10 today the
guest Of the State Of washington-cor.
daily welcomed and loyalty honored.
Such an outpouring Of the people, such
generous and such universal enthusiasm
have not before been witnessed here, for
ct no former time since Washington took
on the character of IN independent state
has she been visited by that high ohicer
who personates the authority and the ma
jesty Of the national government. There
is booming of guns, there il waving Of
banners, there are multitudes Of eager peo-
pie, there is universal reclamation Of well
come; and in ell this moving scene there
is not presence nor IN incident
that 10 not . mark and . sign Of
patriotic and loyal spirit.
The state Of Washington receives Presi.
dent Harrison with especial delight,
for added to the honor due
to the President Is that due to
IN old time friend and champion. It is in
the minds Of our people today and is re-
hected in the warmth of their greeting
that Benjamin Harrison, the citizen, years
ago gave to the young territory Of Wash
ington his warm personal interest and
that he spent some time - visitor in the
then struggling town Of Seattle; that
Benjamin Harrison. the Senator, was
among the earnest friends Of Washington
in her long term of probation and appeal,
and that it was Benjamin Harrison, the
President, whose hand at last opened the
door of Union and bade Washington
enter. President Harrison is thus closely
identified with the history Of the state,
and his welcome today takes warmth and
color from the appreciation. and gratitude
Of our people.
And it il in the thoughts Of our people
today that the man whom they honor a.
the President Of the Nation and as an old
time friend and champion of the state was
q gallant soldier in the war that saved the
Union. It is not forgotten that. beginning
with the days before American independ-
ence and until now the name of Harrison
has stood on the American roll of honor.
That name, still borne worthily, illustrates
the potentcy Of patriotic motive and do
nestle virtue.
Our people reflect to-day upon the dig.
nifty, the modesty, the unvarying pro-
priety of General Harrison In his Presi.
DENTAL career. Among former presidents
there have been those who sought not
SO much the common good as their own
personal fame. In President Harrison's
administration there has been no effort for
brilliant effects, no attempt to dazzle the
public imagination with novel but doubt.
full policies" He has been content to
carry on the government by safe and
legitimate methods. As q result we have
prosperity and order at home and respect
abroad.
Nor is it forgotten today BY those who
reflect upon the more serious and i'm
portant problems of our national life that
Righteousness exalteth . nation: and
that the influence Of the President ia =
vast moral force most happily exerted for
the welfare of tho nation. A
scoffer or sneerer at things
sacred in the presidential Office would
be a national calamity worse than food or
pestilence. In Mr.. Harrison we have a
President whose correctness of life, whose
nobility of principle and whose moral
character commend him as an illustration
and pattern of the best American man.
hood.
To the President, to the distinguished
men and to the fair women who come with
him the state Of Wash;n Ston ec1 81. -.