The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-01-14
THE SOUTHERN PRESS.


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WEEKLY, 200
lq Columbia typographical sooiety. ~
On Saturday evening, tho Attn Of January,
1861, the Columbia Typographical Society cAle-
brated its thrty-sixth anniversary at Willard's
Hotel, in this city. VA as1bigil.ai ~
The annual election of the officers of the So.
ciety, and the other incidental aud necessary bu-
siness was disposed Of at the City Hall, from
whence the members proceeded to Wizards
Hotel to meet their invited guests at the festive
board. lss a24 XII sff
The newly-elected President of the Society,
A. b. CLAYTON, esq., presided; and the newly
elect-Vice President, JOHN H. THORN, esq, took
his appropriate place at the other extremity of
the table, 81
Amongst the invited guests were the Hon.
H. 3. FoOte, of the United States Senate the
Hon. Jas. L. Orr, member of the House of Re-
representatives. from the State of South Carolina
Thomas Ritchie, esq, editor of the Union; Eli
wood Fisher, esq, and f. De Leon, ESQ.,, of the
Southern Press !; Walter Lenox, ESQ.,, Mayor OF
the city of Washington Ovid F. Johnson, esq,
of Philadelphia; VIM. M. Oycrton, esq, &C., &c
The table was bountifully and elegantly sup
piled by the host OF the City Hotel. and thstwo
hundred gentlemen present were evidently
highly grati6ed with the bounteous repast
The duties OF the supper table having been
discharged, the President rose and said
GENTLEMEN: Before proceeding with the bus;-
ness OF the evening, it may be necessary for me
very briefly to state, for the benefit Of those
friends who have honored US with their presence
on this occasion, one OF two of the legitimate
purposes Of the Society to which we belong, the
thirty-sixth anniversary of which we have this
night met to celebrate. It is beneficial associa-
ton and aims to promote the interests of its mem
bers by providing fund 70 be used when acct
dent or sickness incapactates member from
pursuing his daily avosations. 1t seeks to ele-
vato labor, securing to it an appropriate reward,
and by preventing undue competition and eOnse
quent ruinous depression in the wages paid
The Divine law has made it incumbent upon all
to labor man must earn his bread by the sweat
OF his brow and labor sanctioned by such high
authority, is honorable, is enuobling. However
much, in other lands, the man who tolls for his
daily bread and strives by the labor of his hands
10 supply his own wants and the wants Of these
dependent upon him, is looked upon as q degrad-
ed and inferior being yet, thank God, we live
in land where labor meets just reward and
where the man of toll receives the same respect,
and many aspire to the same dignities, as the
most favored child Of fortune He who depends
upon himself, and supplies all his wants by his
own exertions, needs not, nor seeks the foster
ing care of those in power, for he is an indepen-
dent man. The social position of the working
man in this county is one of its distinguishing
characteristics. The principles of the Constitu-
ton under which we live beget in him feeling
of pride and independence. know but speak
the sentiments of you all, when say that, as
Americans, as American mechanics, were you
placed before the throne of royalty itself, your
native independence and pride of character would
preserve you undismayed by its power, unawed
by its splendor. LIVER ready to accord to talent
and station the respect which is due to them,
we demand for ourselves that regard which be-
longs to honest, independent, honorable labor
In word, we are "united to support labor, but
not combined to injure capital" With these
few remarks, permit me to offer TO you the first
regular toast of the evening ~ a .qa'
ru REGULAR ToAsTs 3t
l. Our Thirtysirh Anniuersdry,--With Z
higher scale of prices, we afford to celebrate
it on higher scale of enjoyment. May its in
cidcuts, like those of its predecessors, compos,
M entertaining page in the book of memory.
2. The Columbia Typographical Society,"
We honor it for the stand it has taken, and shall
stick to it as long as we live.
3. The United States-UNITEp they will re-
main, while the form in which they are made W
rests, as now, in the great body of the America,
Press.
4. The Arr Of Printing-It bias distributed all
the sorts of knowledge in the great case of the
world, whose bores are nations, and given the
Genius Of America the first take.
5. The President Of The United Staies-A
headline set up by the people. May it never
fall out of the form of the Constitution.
Il l. Il 4
hes will be safe 80 long as intelligence shall
guide the one and rule the other. Those who
are schooled in knowledge will ever be ready tc
press into the service Of their country.
7. The Constitution of the United Std,es-A
good proof of the excellent workmanship of it.
authors. Every clause of it was justified in {
true measure, wide enough to embrace the right.
and ensure the happiness Of the whole people.
s. Wdshington-The great type ofheroes anc
statesmen. Letters never composed the name
Of o purer and more exalted patriot.
Q. The Early Masters of Printing-They
opened the Jounts of knowledge, and distributed
It's treasures to the world. Let their names be
imprinted on the records of the worlds benefac-
tors. ~,
10. American Typos--They have proved that
they can be leaders in the SENATE, the forum
and the field, whenever fortune points the way
III. The Deceased Members Of our Society,"
Though their stars are set in this world we may
hope that they have been transposed to mark
hiatus in the rolume ofthe just.
IL. The American Fiag--Its brilliant tints
are a copy of those that beautify the heavens
May they be as enduring.
H. Woman-The only class in the contrac
system that SHOULD not be abolished.
The President announced that the list ofregu
lar toasts had been gone through with, and
therefore he called upon the Committee Of Ar
rangements to propose those with which they
were prepared.
Mr.. McNerhany rose and proposed
Thomas Ritchie-The man who always does
his duty, whether he contracts to do it or not
an able and fearless champion Of the Union. ant
the Father of the American Press" ZAP
panse)
MIR. RrrcHrE. Mr.. President and Gentlemen o
the Typographical Association: cannot sit quiet
ly in my seat when hear such toast given IL
compliment to one who, perhaps, does not de
serve it, As TO the contract system shall say