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OPENING: OP TKE BAs.rsIioItI n
PIiiI.aDEGPsrsA Rail. ROAD.
sPEECH OF MR. RIDDLE.


: Ia rcpl, To- = toast FROM the Pres idrnt IT H.,
Company Acknowledge their obiis atiyu I,
the President Directors and Comp1L, OF Ia,
I Bank ofthc United STATES, aud Soy Ing that the
were indebted To the Bank for The means vi
completing the work and tic opportunity vi
meeting toge ther GA the occasion, Mr. BiypLt
said
am very reluctant, Mr.. President,
TO in,rude any poor thoughts of mine
upon this highly respectable company
bu, should seem wanting IN a proper
scnsibili.y To- your courtesy II dad no,
make some acknowledgment for the
manner in which You have alluded tc
the institution with " hich am connect.
ed. On behalf of nv colleagues in
that institution, aud for myself person
ally, thank YOU very sincerely and
very cordially. thank you with the
moro pleasure, because ! know that
your appreciation Is not unmsri,ed by
them. In the administration of the re-
sources confded TO them they have uni
formlv striven to consult and To pro-
mote all the great interests of the coun-
try. They cndeavorcd 10 establish a
sound and uniform currency, the re-
ward of every mems labor, the mea-
sure OF every mans property, wi;hou,
which AL labor is precaiious and all
property fluctuating. They cndcayor-
ed 10 regulate the domestic exchanges.
so rs 10 give uniformity and economy
TO the commercial intercourse between
all the States of the Union. We en-
d-avofcd so To influence the foreign
exchanges as To avoid those conclusive
movements which shake the whole
frame Of society Ia It's foundation
:hus sustaining At all times and al al
hazards. Doth AT home and abroad, the
high commercial character and crcdii
OF The country. How far their efforts
have succeeded IL becomes not me 20
say-but since the subject has been in.
( iroduced III this meeting, | may be al
lowed 10 state that these internal i'm.
movements, the channels of the CON
mercial come ctions, which form The
strength and wealth ofthc Union, have
received most especial s,icn-
ton. and that they have always given
checriu!ly and largely 10 those under.
takings which. like YOU. own, sir, were
wisely planned and iudiciously eXccut'
ed. II is a source Of great gratitiCa-
ton 10 them, and mention II as a fac
which may not oc without interest here
/ that in direct and indirect aid, IN sub
scriptions. IN purchases IN loans 90 com
panIcs and To individuals, the Bank o.
the United States has contributed 10 the
internal improvements OF the United
States at least fifteen millions Of dol
lars. II. therefore, We have been sc
fortunate as TO aid you IN .his enter,
Prise, we rejoice the more heartily Al
its success.
And now, SIR, LET me congratulate
YOU. net because 1t IS your success, bu
because II - Our suCcesS-because II !;
the success OF every man IA this coun-
try. This *, indeed. u great achieve.
ment which YOU have summoned u
here 10 witness. | remember when
twenty years ago, ieilow-ciiiLen :,
much before hi, age ~ to be deemed !
Wild cnthuslast-- and vet a man whose
name u would be unjust ~ omit on al
occasions like thIs-I remember when
hc bal the bOldncss 20 predict that the
day would come when We should leave
Washington ~ the morning. bIeakf4s
an Baltimore, dInci m Philadelphia, ant
sleep IN New York. You are on th,
eve OF realizing that dream. aud IN tn,
next step Oi Improvement. which can
I not be long delayed. when We sbal
eat in car. A. We nOw do IA steamboats,
you viii soon outsinp the inaglnItiof
Of that lar-sceing man, OLIVER EvANs
But no, Imagination can yet forcsc'
all the advantages, Commercial, social
and political. which these improve
mcnis are destined 10 produce. say
empbaucaIly political, for II shoulC
never be- .ofSotion and cannD; be io'
often repeated. bat the greatest bcne
fts they confer. ., hat hey render The
Union ~ ihesr states not only NOR,
easily Pre- ctyrd but more Nodhy o
preser,afi1u. The ,ori iciion oi tbs
very work vii bunE iLiO immediate
contact 80 tcN hnurs, 40 less thsi
five State % thr mon, Already arr
the three ComuDu,scs ~ Pennsyl
yspi, Dcawata. and MARYLAND. NOR,
closeiy linked ly o.. No oi feansyl
yania-ii one 81 zee Lumbies OF be
sons may presume 60 speak i1f her. u
The regretted alssrre of h'r honest
manly tfu-.hc4lcd Cmsi Magistrate
90 hon We hoped to zee ~ oUr hea'
lh,s DAY ~ Penn ,lssun hat,
come g. slcomo yDur slFfoa I. and q
.tvtuess me tiss that ufd 80 Nor
clo.cly around Why should hey o.
be. gentlemen 81 iD,'aWHe' VII!
should they not be gentlemen ot Mary
'land' Or ans we're mingled ~ ih'
best battle fields 81 the var q The ~
yoI1uon. add 10 The lat war DOR CON
non blood dyed tie waves q Oh
proodest uismphs on the o esn. Il
as then cten and reverence ihis oi'