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
_My Fellow-citizens_--We stop so frequently upon this journey and
our time at each station is so brief, that I cannot hope to say
anything that would be interesting or instructive. I thank you most
sincerely for these friendly manifestations. I am glad to be permitted
to stop at the home of your distinguished Senator and my friend.
[Cheers.] I am sure, however you may differ from him in political
opinion, the people of Mansfield and of Ohio are proud of the eminence
which he has attained in the counsels of the Nation and of the
distinguished service he has been able to render to his country not
only in Congress but in the Treasury Department. [Cheers.] He is twin
in greatness with that military brother who led some of you, as he did
me, in some of the great campaigns of the war, and they have together
rendered conspicuous services to this country, which we, as they, love
with devoted affection. We have so many common interests and so much
genuine friendliness among the American people that except in the very
heat and ardor of a political campaign the people are kind to each
other, and we soon forget the rancor of these political debates. We
ought never to forget that we are American citizens; we ought never to
forget that we are put in charge of American interests, and that it
is our duty to defend them. [Applause.] Thanking you again for your
presence and kindliness, I bid you good-by. [Applause.]
WOOSTER, OHIO, OCTOBER 13.
At Wooster, the seat of the well-known university, the presidential
party received a rousing greeting, especially from the students with
their college cry. At the head of the Committee of Reception was the
venerable Professor Stoddard, formerly professor of chemistry at Miami
University when Benjamin Harrison attended that institute. Among other
prominent townsmen who received the President were: Hon. M. L. Smyser,
Hon. A. S. McClure, Jacob Frick, Col. C. V. Hard, Capt. Harry McClarran,
Dr. John A. Gann, Dr. R. N. Warren, Capt. R. E. Eddy, Lieut. W. H.
Woodland, W. O. Beebe, Dr. J. D. Robison, Wm. Annat, John C. Hall, Enos
Pierson, R. J. Smith, Samuel Metzler, Geo. W. Reed, C. W. McClure, A. G.
Coover, A. M. Parish, Anthony Wright, Abram Plank, J. S. R. Overholt,
Jesse McClellan, David Nice, Andrew Branstetter, Charles Landam, Wm. F.
Kane, Capt. Lemuel Jeffries, Sylvester F. Scovel, D.D., O. A. Hills,
D.D., Jas. M. Quinby, R. W. Funck, and Harry Heuffstot.
Congressman Smyser introduced the President, who said:
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