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
Mayor Pool welcomed and introduced the President in a brief address.
General Harrison responded:
_My Fellow-citizens_--Already some seven or eight times this
morning, beginning before breakfast, I have been called upon to talk
briefly to my fellow-citizens who have gathered at the various points
where we made brief stops at their request. The story I must tell
you is the same old story I have been telling them--that I am very
grateful for your friendly expressions and presence; very grateful for
the kindliness which speaks through those who address me, and for the
kindness which appears in all your faces. It is pleasant to know that
as against all enemies of our country we are one, that we have great
pride, just pride in our birthright as American citizens, just pride
in the country of our adoption as to those who have found a home here
with us. It is the people's land more than any other country in the
world. Mr. Lincoln felicitously expressed it to be a "government of
the people, by the people, for the people." [Applause.] They originate
it; they perpetuate it. If it does not miss its purpose it is
administered for their good. [Applause.] And so to you upon whom the
burden of citizenship now rests, you who have the care of these homes
and the responsibilities of womanhood; to these lads who will soon be
citizens, and to these girls who are coming on to womanhood, to all I
express my thanks for your friendly greeting. [Applause.] To every one
of you I wish the most abundant success; that every home represented
here may be a typical American home, in which morality and purity and
love sit as the crowning virtues and are household gods. Our country
is prosperous, though not all have attained this year the measure of
success which they had hoped for. If there was any shortness of crops
anywhere, already the fields are green with the promise of another
year. Let our hearts be hopeful, let us be faithful and true, and the
future of our country and our own comfort are assured. [Cheers.]
MANSFIELD, OHIO, OCTOBER 13.
At Mansfield, the home of Senator Sherman, a large assemblage greeted
the President, prominent among whom was the distinguished Senator, and
Hon. Henry C. Hedges, Frank W. Pierson, J. M. Waugh, Frank K. Tracy,
Maj. Joseph S. Hedges, Hon. W. S. Kerr, J. R. Brown, Nelson Ozier, Capt.
W. S. Bradford, Hon. W. S. Cappeller, Hon. W. M. Hahn, Capt. Joseph
Brown, G. U. Harn, Maj. W. W. Smith, Geo. C. Wise, Judge Jas. E. Lowry,
James McCoy, John Crum, Ried Carpenter, and Wm. C. Hedges, Jr.
Senator Sherman introduced the President, who spoke briefly, saying:
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