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Show Tbe rrealdeait Talk a. Cbessov Springs, Pa., Sept, 13. The I'rcsldent's mountain home was vlsltoi this afternoon by an ex curtion party from Altoona, Pa., numbering about one thousand persons per-sons and composed principally of member of llio two OtanJ Afmr pcaU and the Union Veterans' League or thatcity. , The ctremoaieu hegan na special retJefllo'i Id We Mountain House, during which the President shook hands with several tbajsind person". The old soldiers were Tery much exutcd over the President and cheered hltn frequently. The 'resident wa subrequeuTly serenaded while aiAnding ob, li hotel iionli, and made an address. He thanked his comrades for the greeting they had given him, and aald a characteristic of the American Ameri-can people was that they did not place their affection on individuals, but give their loyalty to Uieflj and the Constitutions No maUer how great a man might "be, nor bov succcttful lie rulbl txj In wlttfilug adm'ratlon, the ronHiIVbrv of his fill-iw-cIU'ens, our fsilli, above all else, was planted ln,the.g3Tein-mentnndlU ln,the.g3Tein-mentnndlU flag. In thbnrcartct the PrrsI lent contrasted the Unite States with other nations anil urged that It was this characterisCa that gave prominence to American" Institutions. In-stitutions. In illustration of this he recalled the instance of President Lincoln who prsbably more than any other man since Washington, had secured tlm atTllcl cf the pcoplr, anil yet, when he was assassinated, as-sassinated, that other great tnau who afterwards became bimselfa martyred President, could say that "The government at Washington still lives." The Presidentconcluded his remarks as follows. "Now, my comrades who haTo suffered, and still suUcr for your country; I wish good to you and your dear ones, and lu tha world to come Joy cverlast log." |