Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-02-16
DAILY EVENING STAR.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE, "a

;ngton. friends and admirers of the Hon. Henry
Nav. gave that gentleman a complimentary
dinner in token of their high esteem John
I W. Maury, Esq, the Mayor, acted as Presi.
dent. having on his right the Hon. Henry
Nav the guest Of the evening, and the Hon.
John G. Davis. member Of the House of Repre-.
/ sentatiyes; and on bis left, the Hon. Linn
Boyd, the Speaker Of the House The follow.
ing gentlemen were Vice Presidents: Peter
Force, P. r. Fend H. John T. Towers. n.
Callan, johnson HELEN - - ~
The dinner was the best of its kind. the table
being furnished with every delicscy both in
and out Of season, and the attendance most
excellent Too much praise cannot be be-
slowed in this last respect upon the me ttrs
hoteI and his corps of attentive walters.
The cloth having been removed, the Chair +.
man rose TOR the purpose of giving the list OF
regular toasts which he prefaced with brief,
but neat speech, explaining the reasons for
which they were assembled, to congratulate
Mr. May on his return to his native city as
representative from the City of Monuments.
IAppiause.l OF the many that bad left WASH
ingtOn 20 seek their fortunes, he was the FIRST
that had been sept back as its representative
from sovereign state-taPplaus although
others had signalized themselves in the sciences
and arts.
The Chairman then gave the Arst regular
toast -+-..-..-.
The Constitution Of the United States.-Its
great design was to secure the blessings of
liberty to ourselves and to our posterity. May
pure and peryading patriotism consunmate
this cherished object of our fathers, and per-
petuate it to the latest generation. Music
Hail Columbia.
To the fourth toast, which was to the health
Of the Hon. Henry May, that gentleman
responded, thanking the company for the COM
pliment paid to him. g., ~.
Mr. May then referred to his early and I'll st
recollections from the time when, q with
satehel at bis back, school boy, he went un-
willingly to school, and alluded to the familiar
faces round about, that were now smiling APP
probation upon him
Mr.. May then alluded to his election as rep
reseDtative for Baltimore; japplause;l and
prophesied that the future destiny of WASH
ington city would be the highest that the world
ever saw; speaking in eulogistic terms of the
Father of his County, after whom the city was
named. Applause. g..
He could Lot avoid referring to certain mat
tiers connected with himself, for when he had
been banished by two, he had been returned
my many. Great applause That was a
great epoch in his life, and in this circumstance
of banishing one man by two men, there was
principle lodged in the breast of every citi-
zen. an American principle, and a great re-
publican principle, that was shown in an Amer
lean way and in a republican way IApplausel
That it was not merits of his own, which had
brought him there; he was a stranger to
nine out of every ten Of those generous men
who gave him their suffrages, and who only
knew him rs one who had expressed his opn-
ion upon a public right. IApplauseI Who
were those gallant men of the Fourth District
Of Baltimore? They were descended from the
same stock as the citizens of Washington there
present. They came from that band OF adhe-
rents to civil and religious liberty, who, in
1854, planted the nobest foundations Of free
government that the world ever saw ZAP
plause Who first unfurled the banner of
civil and religious liberty on the banks Of the
ST. Mary, a branch of their own Potomac.
Those were the men that first came there,
having selected that amphitheatre as their res
ldence. Those were the men that from the
soil of Washington marched shoulder to shoul-
der with the regiments of those gallant men of
Maryland in the war of the Independence
They were the first to encounter the British
hosts on Long Island, Washington, as he wrung
his hands, TemaTking - how many neighbors
AID friends of mine this day shall [ lose'' At
Monmouth, Princeton, Brandywine, German
town, these Maryland ancestors of theirs, and
his on one eide, were seen pouring out their
blood like water upon those battle fields and
then not satisfied with that, marching In the
southern campaign-eight regiments fought
there, and they were slain there, only one re-
giment returning to the soil that gave them
birth.
MIR. May continued in similar strain to re-
fer Is former historic and local "reminiscences
OF the war Of Independence as connected with
Maryland, which were highly applauded.
They saw In him an exempliiication of the
same contest against tyranny and oppression
speaking out In his return to the House of
Representatives. He should never forget how
they came with alaerity TO support him in his
appeal against arbitrary power, and now to
behold the heals of his profession, the oldest
Of his brethren, honoring the occasion and him
with their presence. was compliments 30 great
that he could Iot find words to express hiss
feelings. e
Mr., May then spoke upon the neglected in
situations of the District of Columbus, those OBJ
sOlete institutions of Queen Anne, now -four
ishing there in all their pristine glory IGreat
applause; which was renewed several times. ]
" no could fail to discover in that applause q
testimony that a sympathetic chord lad been
touched alive to the need Of some change. In
situations to exist there that had been allowed
TO sleep In Maryland for more than half cen
tury. 1t was reproach to the national legis
lature to allow their fellow citizens to be the
victims Of oppression. Great applause.f The
writings of James Madison in the Federalist
would vouch for what he affirmed, and he re-
ferred particularly to the 45th letter, under the
designation of Publius, where it was stated that
the residents of the District should not be de-
prived of their rights as citizens
MIR. May then adverted to the growing pros
perity of Washington, which, he said, was to
be the seat of modern Athens, the seat of arts
and sciences, the invasion of commerce, and
the invasion of politics had not there their cor
responding evils. Applause.
Mr.. May referred to the Gardiner case, and
his professional labors on that day They
should know that there existed in the people a
feeling of justice, which should not be defeat
ed. He concluded by proposing the following
toast:
The city of WashiDgton-my own, my ma
tive city-and its people, ask LOT the choice. t
blessings Of Congress and Providence on you
ALL"
70 the eighth regular toast, ''The Army and
Navy of the United States" Lieut.. Maxwell
Woodruff replied, concluding with the follow
ing sentiment:
The Institutions of our country with law
yers and judges TO expound them, soldiers and
sailors to defend them"
To the twelfth regular toast, Our sister city
of Baltimore Mr.. May replied, and spoke in
complimentary terms Of the merchants OF Bal
timore and of their enterprise.
Mr.. John Ennis responded to the thirteenth
toast, " Women" and gave at the end the fol-
lowing sentiment:
The District Committees in Congress, may
they study our interests, and use Ii cir best ex-
ertions u promote them. We feel that we
have in them friends, upon whom we can trust
wit OIL RI h.,