Speeches of Benjamin Harrison, Twenty-third President of the United StatesHarrison, Benjamin
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Speeches of Benjamin Harrison, Twenty-third President of the United States
Harrison, Benjamin
Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901; Speeches, addresses, etc., American; United States -- Politics and government
Randolph and Jay counties, Indiana, contributed 3,000 visitors on
September 21. At the head of the Randolph column marched 200 members
of the "Old Men's Tippecanoe Club," of Winchester, led by Marshals J.
B. Ross, A. J. Stakebake, and Auditor Cranor. Other leaders in the
delegation were Mayor F. H. Bowen, Hon. Theo. Shockley, Geo. Patchell,
W. S. Ensign, Frank Parker, Samuel Bell, Dr. G. Rynard, and Washington
Smith, of Union City; J. W. Macy, J. S. Engle, Reverdy Puckett, A. C.
Beeson, and John E. Markle, of Winchester.
The Jay County contingent was led by James A. Russell, B. D. Halfhill,
Isaac McKinney, J. W. Williams, Eli Clark, J. C. Andrews, T. J.
Cartwright, and Albert Martin. L. C. Hauseman was spokesman for the
Hoosiers. Gen. Stone, of Randolph, spoke on behalf of the veterans.
From Dayton, Ohio, came 500 visitors, including 60 veterans of the
campaign of '40, led by Secretary Edgar. Marshal James Applegate, Mr.
Eckley, Dr. J. A. Ronspert, and W. R. Knaub were other leaders of the
Ohio contingent. Col. John G. Lowe was their speaker, and referred to
the fact that Gen. Harrison "had won his education and Miss Caroline M.
Scott, now his estimable wife, when a resident of Ohio."
To these addresses the General, responding, said:
_My Ohio and Indiana Friends_--The magnitude and the cordiality of
this demonstration are very gratifying. That these representatives of
the State of my nativity, and these, my neighbors in this State of my
early adoption, should unite this morning in giving this evidence of
their respect and confidence is especially pleasing. I do remember
Ohio, the State of my birth and of my boyhood, with affection and
veneration. I take pride in her great history, the illustrious men she
furnished to lead our armies, and the army of her brave boys who bore
the knapsack and the gun for the Union. I take pride in her pure and
illustrious statesmen. Ohio was the first of the Northwestern States
to receive the western emigration after the Revolutionary War. When
that tide of patriotism which had borne our country to freedom and had
established our Constitution threw upon the West many of the patriots
whose fortunes had been maimed or broken by their sacrifices in the
Revolutionary War, this pure stream, pouring over the Alleghanies,
found its first basin in the State of Ohio. [Cries of "Good! Good!"]
The waters of patriotism that had been distilled in the fires of the
Revolution fertilized her virgin fields. [Applause.] I do not forget,
however, that my manhood has all been spent in Indiana--that all the
struggle which is behind me in life has this for its field. [Cheers.]
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