THE SPEECHES at THE TABERNACLE.
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duced to the audience, addressed them substan-
TALLY as follows:


/! Friends and feliosc ei!i=ens-Fellop WHrGs Of
the city Of Nsw Fork-a public servant, exhaust
| ed by long and arduous session of Congress
and am proud to say, to extent fatigued
by The kind attentions and hospitality of the
Wings Of Pennsylvania, of New Jersey, and or
| New York-bcgs leave to present himself before
you for few moments. / cannot but feel myself
almost ooerpoDered, when | do SO, fellow citi-
zens, under the peculiar circumstances of the
case, and especially when I see with what enthn-
siasm you receive the slightest ausion to that dis
| ,inguished citizen of kentucky, with whom have
been so lately associated (Cheers, and who by his


long successful career the service of the United
States, now ended-,aot ended, trust, so far
the nation is concerned Loud cheers)-I say.
fellow citizens, l am almost overpowered, to find
myself, an humble representative from that State,
called upon to answer to the sentiments you have
| uttered on this OCCASION and to respond TO the
honor YOU have done to that illgstrious fellow citi
! zen.


Gentlemen, during the progress of that enbar-
RAISING and arduous session of Congress which
| has lust expired, it natural that we should


look ut the consequences of our acts and ask


whether the course Of policy we pursued was such
az would secure the confidence of our constituents


and satisfy the wishes of the great body of the
people. Now | am satisfied am proudly salts
| fed, when hear the shouts with which you vel
come to your midst, that so far as you are con-
cerned we are believed to have done whole
duty to the people of this great Republic (Cheers).
L T FL 1,,,.,
tatve, have seen in coming from Washington to
tion Since I left the Capisel-two or three
days ago, we have been in the midst of trium-
phal procession-myself and those by whom l
| am ever surrounded. The vhole Wig party of
Philadelphia turned out meet US! CHEERS
| Judging by the number of those who came to
greet US, l should say there cosld not have
been one Wing left in that city daughter
and cheers.) One gentleman told me, and he was
Custom house officer, that if he had not gone to
that reception of the Representatives Of the Peo-
pie, who had faithfully stood by their country, he
| should have have been afraid to 60 into the bosom
| of his family--for his wife, he sad was Whig
Cheers and laughter. could scarcely under
take to say how many Of the Wings of the city of
bretherly love came TO greet US. Then, coming
through the State Of New Jerseythat gallant lit
tie State which he's so distinguished herself by her
service through ta0o Revolutons-tbe Revolution
of l776 and that Of 1910 [Cheers Coming
through that State every where were we welcomed
with enthusiasm and everywhere was the broad
seal Of New Jersey affixed to their approval OF
our conduct. Cheers Coming then to this
Emporium of the Nation, we expected to see gal
liant portion of our friends but We did not ex-
pect to see One Hundred and Fifty Thousand


Wigs turn cut to give Us greeting! Loud and
and prolonged cheers And yet, fellow citizens,
the shores were lined as far the eye could see:
You were to bid US welcome as a part of those
who have stood firmly at their posts-~and who, af-
ter doing all in their power to preserve their inde-
pendence, finally were willing to sacrifice them
selves for the good of the country and the safety
of her institutions Thus ira avelling from Wash
ington-have we been welcomed by two hundred
thousand gallant Whigs-and have we not reassn
to be satisfied (Cheers.)


feel that when | go back to that State whence
came and present myself before my own pecu-
liar constituents have here q foretaste of the
welcome | shall receive from them (Cheers) and
when I see my own body--that gallant band OF
my fellow ctizens-wth their GREAT LEADER
standing there in their midst CHEERS )-standng
up to welcome and applaud their representative
shall not then be satisfied that we have done The
state some service? (Cheers.)


Fellow.citizens, peculiar the circum-
stances ef the last session of Congress, shall not
so tax your patience to go over its history.
| But feel it my duty to present before you some
of the reasons of our acts-for feel that we owe
| 10 the people an account of our conduct-and
am ready to render it. Cheers. At the last


session of Congress, beseech you to remember


the Wing majority in both Houses of Congress
| eave to The President every measure he asked
| for He gave US scarcely any thing that we had


a right to demand of him. He the Execu
tive Of the Goverrment-responsible for its faith
| ful administration. We were u majority in the


two Houses of Congress. He asked US for a


LOAN to supply the means of carrying on the


Government. We gaze it to him. He ASKED KS


to pass BiH to di,tri6ute the Proceeds Of the
Sales of the PUBLIC LANDS among the States
Laughter. And true to our pledges to the


country which WE as we'll He had given-we


eare him the Law. He asked us for Bank
rupt Lsw-and we gaze it to him. And when


Congress adjourned, in September, 1871, we had
done every thing to relieve the country that the


President would permit US to do. [Cheers.
When Congress. met, in 1o4l, the President sent


US an Exchequer proiet; believing it to be pow


erless for good, and fruitful in evil, gave it into


the hands of our Senator in Congress. He made


it better by cutting off a great portion of that


Executive patronage to which John Tyler was SO


anxiousy looking. But, from causes that we
could not control, it not acted upon at that


session. Then the President asked US to extend


the time of the three years loan for longer time.
We did SC. He asked for Treasury Eotes-and


though during the reign of Van Buren, We had op-


posed the whole Treasury Note System, we gave


them TO him. Then he asked suspension of the


Distribution of the Public Lands--aud at the


first 6idding-we were NOT prepared to surrender
I ho eeS fnra Ia


to revive the credit. replensh the Treasury, and
| .....a .ho uInstr,, nf tha nation We cnmuitied