Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1860 — THE RIGHT KIND OF UNION MEETINGS. [ARTICLE]

THE RIGHT KIND OF UNION MEETINGS.

The Legislatures of Kentucky and Tennessee Visiting the Legislature of Ohio. Great Enthu^iusni! The Legislature and Governor of Kentucky, and the Legislature nnd Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee, paid a visit to Louisville on Tuesday of last week. On their arrival at Louisville they were met by committees inviting them to Madison, Ind., Cincinnati, and to the Legislature of Ohio at Columbus. The invitations were accepted. The excursionists remained at Madison but two or three hours. On their arrival at Cincinnati they immediately got on board of a railroajl train and were soon speeding on their way to Columbus. The Columbus correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette, writing under date of January 26, says, in regard to their reception in Columbus, the joint Convention ot the Senate and House of Representatives met in the Ha 1 ! of the House of Representatives at two o’clock. A telegram was received and read, announcing that the excursion train was an hour behind time. -

At half-past, three the beating of drums and the sounds of martial music annouced to the Convention the approach of the guests of tiie State. Soon the Committee of reception and escort appeared, followed hy Gov. Magoffin, of Kentucky, and the Senators and Representatives of that State, LieutenantGovernor Newman and the Senators and Representatives of Tennessee, the members of the press and the invited guests. The hall was densely crowded. Gov. Donneson welcomed the assembled guests in a brief speech as follows: “Friends, of Tennessee, of Indiana and of Kentucky, on behalf of the people of Ohio, speaking through their General Assembly, I receive you at this their capitol. I greet you as Representatives of Sovereign States; I salute you as brethren of the great valley of the Mississippi, the center and the citadel j of the national confederacy—l greet you as j fellow citizens of the Union, so dear to us I all, the source of whatever makes us mo*t proud of our country, and the preservation of: which, for the equal and common benefit ol “l! the mates, is alike the highest and most i grateful duty of the American citizen. Bv • all these honored titles, gentlemen, you are j heartily welcomed here to-day.” Gov. Magoffin, of Kentucky, was then in- j traduced. On behtilf of his State and its I people, he thanked the people of Ohio for their cordial welcome. He spoke of the gratifying evidences of f. atcrnal feeling that had met these visitors ever since they came into the State; the booming ol the cannon, I undM.ho spirit-stirring strains of the martial music, spoke of the good feeling and fraternal regard cherished toward them by the j people of Ohio. These were all gratifying | as the expression of the sentiments of the I Empire State of the West, lie complimented Ohio as a State renowned for her hospitality, for her benevolent and other institutions, and foriTerenterprise. In conclusion, ! he assured the representatives of Ohio that these expressions of generous hospitality and of kindness are appreciated and warmly reciprocated. Lieut. Gov. Newman, of Tennessee, was liien introduced. He followed in a short speech in behalf of Tennessee, alluding to our past history, she struggle of the North and South, side by side. He paid a high encomium to the Constitution as the bond of Union and the charter of our liberties, nnd pledged himself that Tennessee would be true and faithful to that Constitution.

At the close of the speeches the joint Convention adjourned, but a large portion of the crowd remained in the hall, where several gentb men made speeches, one of the most interesting of which was that of Mr. John Young Brown, member of Congress elect from Kentucky; some parts of his speech were quite eloquent. Mr. Rodney Mason, .of Springfield, Ohio, made a speech which elicited much applause. Several oilier speeches were made by gentlemen from Tennessee and Kentucky, and one from Gen. Geiger, when, night comingon, the crowd dispersed, -^rf After the general reception at the State House, the guests were escorted to the public institutions. After supper they assembled in a social levee at the Hall of the Representatives, and around banquet tables, at the American and Goodalp houses, where many toasts were read and responded to. 1 he city around Capitol Square was brilliantly illuminated, and the streets full of enthusiastic citizens. There was also a great display of fireworks. The guests left in the forenoon of the following day for Cincinnati. A large supper was given to the Legislative guests, at the Neil House, at ten o’clock. In speaking of their visit to Cincinnati, the Gazette of the 27th ult., says that the excursion train with the Legislatures of Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio, and military from Dayton, Columbia and numbering seventeen cars, arrived there at three o clock I*. 31. They were received at the depot by an immense crowd of citizens. A procession was formed and marched through the streets, which were densely thronged, to Pike’s Opera House, where the reception took place, and the hospitalities of the city tendered by the Mayor Bishop.

Thirty-six carriages and twenty-seven omnibuses were used in conveying the guests. Speeches by Judge S-orer, Gov. Magoffin, of Ky., Lieut. Gov. Newman, of Tenn., Gov. Dennison, ol Ohio, and others. The greatest enthusiasm prevailed. The Opera House was thronged to the utmost, and the crowd in the neighborhood of the Opera House was the greatest ever witnessed in Cincinnati. The efforts of the entire police force were almost powerless to force u passage for the procession. It appeared as if the whole city turned out to welcome the distinguished guests. Enthusiasm was intense. The streets were decorate by Hags, mottoes, &.c. In the evening there was a grued banquet at \ the Burnet House. On the following day | the entire steam fife department was to be | exhibited. While the three Legislatures were at Cincinnati, Governor Dennison, of Ohio; received a telegraphic communication from the Governor oi New York, announcing that the : Legislature of that State had passed resolutions inviting the excursionists to visit Albany. This dispatch was received while the members Were feasting the “inner man,” and many expressed a desire to go, and not stop , Ullti[ tfivy bad reached Washington City, and j set things to rights thlire.