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
From early morn till late this evening the day has been one of
unalloyed pleasure to me. Every possible courtesy has been shown our
party, and we have gathered, I assure you, a most high opinion of your
people and your city. This building is in every way a credit to St.
Louis, the metropolis of the Southwest, and its exhibits do credit to
the merchants and manufacturers represented. I am glad to see that the
higher arts go hand-in-hand with mechanics. Art, music, poetry, and
song should not be separated from the homes of the poor, and such an
institution as this cannot fail to instil all that is good into the
hearts of every one. Before I close let me tell you all how grateful
and how complimented I feel at my hearty reception in your midst. I
shall always recall this day with happy remembrance. Now, won't you
crown the great courtesies of the day by allowing me to end my speech?
[Applause.]
ANDERSON, INDIANA, OCTOBER 13.
President Harrison passed the Sabbath quietly at his Indianapolis
residence, and early Monday morning, accompanied by Secretary Tracy and
Marshal Ransdell, started for Washington.
The first stop was at Pendleton, where the President shook hands with
quite a crowd. Anderson, the county seat of Madison County, was reached
at 7:10, and a large concourse of people greeted the travellers. The
President was received by Hon. Winfield T. Durbin, Chas. T. Doxey, W. A.
Kittinger, John F. McClure, Caleb Brown, Jacob Koehler, Francis Watkins,
A. A. Small, and other leading citizens. Mayor Terhune, in a patriotic
address, presented the Chief Executive.
After acknowledging the cordial greeting, the President spoke of the
rapid industrial development of that section consequent upon the
discovery and development of natural gas, and predicted a fine future
for the county. Concluding, he said:
I am here to-day, returning to my duties at Washington from a trip
taken to meet some of my old comrades during the war. There are some
here this morning. I bid them God-speed; I give them a comrade's
greeting; and to you, my old-time friends, not in politics, but in
that pride and association which makes us all Indianians--we are
all proud of our State and proud of our communities--I desire to
say that while I have friends elsewhere, these were my earliest
friends--friends of my boyhood almost, for I was scarcely more than
a boy when I became a citizen of this State, and I always turn to it
with affectionate interest. [Cheers.]
MUNCIE, INDIANA, OCTOBER 13.
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