Year: 1875

to-day in military uniform, the Chicka-
saw Guards, the Templar Guards, and
the many other organized societies; the
judiciary Of our county and city, our
representative in the congress of the
( United States, hege1eTal council Of the
city, the presidents OF our cotton ex-
change and chamber OF commerce, the
people from the adjoining States Of Mis-
sissippi, Arkansas and Alabama, who
have come here to be present on this &C.
casiOn, all bear cordial testimony that
you, cir, General II. z. Banks are well
come as q citiZen-sOldier 20 the city oG
Memphis After traveIiHg resrlv fifteen
hundred milCl to be with "a To-day, [
trust you fully appreciate from what you
have already witnessed 10 passing
through our principal street the great
desire Of our citizens, that your stay may
be TO yourself g pleasant one, Is it will
be to ali of our people. Sir, though you
are so far distant from your native Mas
saciusetts and your present residence,
still were you to travel thousands Of
miles sOuthwestward you would fiGd the
same love Of liberty and spirit OF conseTv-
atism you so well exemplify upper
most in the hearts Of the people, and
hence you and all other gentlemen ike
you, whose patriotism, indepe adeuce,
liberality and conservatism is national,
are always welcome. In conclusion per-
NIT me, sir, in the name OF the citizens
Of Memphis, to bid you welcome to the
city and the enjoyment of the hospital
tiles Of the people. Placing you Tor the
present in the kind keeping OF a COM
mittee of Masons, who, l gee, are wait
ing to receive you, gentlemen Of whom
our city is justly proud, and who Will do
all in their power to make your visit a
pleasant one, bid you welcome.


RESPONSE OF GENERAL BANKS.


General Banks, in response to Mayor
League, said:


Mayor League and Fellow-Citizens:


l accept the welcome which has been
so kindly and so elOquently rendered by
the chief officer OF your city with sim
Cerity and heartfelt emotion. was
pleased to behold this bright and grand
pageant, which was unanticipated and
unexpected, as l supposed that 1 was to
come here in private capacity to meet
the members OF my order to take paTtin
the commemoratiOn Of a memorial day.
| am delighted, however, to have let
you in this manner, to receive so much
kindness from you, and to have seen so
much of your city. | thank YOU for
this unexpected testimonial. And here
let me take occasion to say that l am
true to my country and all its people
Whatever the differences Of the psst
ti:-y have never. chilled my ardOr or
shut out the fact that we are free peO.
ple-fellOw-citizens of one common
country. You will give our people the
credit of possessing sufficient intelli-
gence to recognize this, and to perceive
that neither prosperity nor liberty can
exist where adversely or slavery exists.
IApplause. We have hearts that teach
this, and intelligence enough to appTe-
ciate it. Tennessee occupies g warm
place in the hearts Of the Union, per-
haps due to her location, to some pecu-
liar traditions, and the character of her
citizens. Within the present century
she has given three Presidents to the
Union. l need not mention
their names. The first, we know,
was one of the greatest known to the
country. They have ali discharged their
duty aud fulfilled their obligations, and
they will be remem bered by the people.
The fact of Tennessee being so warmly
beloved and having produced so many
great men must be due to her central
location, the sentiments and character
of her people. | doubt not but that
this character and sentiment will last
forever. am glad TO have the pleasure
of meeting so many OF her people to-day
and interchange in an oh-hand way my
sentiments with them. Ny visit to
yonr city, while of.infnite delight TO me,
may do you some good and will do my
people no harm. accept this welcome,
unmerited as l feel 1 am to receive it,
as it was intended in all sincerity, and
given to me as citizen of the Union.
[Applausel


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