The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-04-13

fortune that any should deprive me Of the
81 me- RETURN residence
the present week, win make 4 impr disable;
, .nd e saS and
his country apprecstsd by
patriot, Of e. parties second only t. waainson
place the bright roll Of
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mate the American people durn. AL time and that
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~ '''A s''A' ''sA'N IVA WAsmiSeToN HUNT
LETTER FROM HON. JNo P. KENNEDY.
,,,. BALrIMoaE, April TO- 1855 :,
being compelled to INFORM that obliged to give up
envy a .as
journey in my PRESENT state
This great srsa. aappsnsnsSs me-
sos wit
public .n private virtues Of whom
to xsh which
With %Seh 'h' q the sas
cannot therefore be At the festival ask permission
to psrpte IN y 80 far s to offer sentiment with few
Henry Clay will the inventor for
an but Tie nitiator Of profound national creed
yOn espoundsr earnest Amerosn
rpS SS % sa wsss at
of duties on imports with view to the protection Of
AND guided n'nl
an &
suPrsmae, Of American interests al foreign interests
son arose at home o. abroad his aim was to estabsha
ympashes 70 the American opinon
ssenss he to exst amscan aS"r Primary
Of and never ceased in the endsayor
in The suSRy Of ne wants, he 1rssd the
tc effective objects American pursut~tho general
. the
S r he Of the a. ns ss
q the ass in American interpretation Of national
s sss mas an since last On biz noSs.s
labor on more than one great occasion his prudence elo
Ssnsdssnt systs9 Of eonprsmi.s which OLSEN
pOns and the American Union raised above the reach
ments which united in Henry Cays comprehensve
American S whss hold they had in the beginning
with the lapse Of time Partisan hostility
iyia,s the Pscgs pss;ssdss .ss!
o. w Ss af %
the day bringing and fresh honGFs
The American system-As exempaca and e1pounded in
Which he country .ss sridsH "% 70
L am, gentlemen very yt trply yoI Wss,xrnv
=. :, JOdN L. kENNEDf.
The ccpstitution Of the United s.aesThs embodied wis
hssis-ssas sransIsd Banner 80 : A' '''''''''
Washington. Nusic-Dirge. Drank in solemn silence
kIghth regular toast
The 18th Memorable history of American
Col Reynolds responded. He said he had found him.
self here tonight the current Of feeling which
had vbrateo in this circle he found himself hoped
to find himself every year OF his ife paying homage and
respect TO their departed friend. There is connected
he n
with the present. aud gives direction to the future
While men live they have duties to perform, and while
this assembly recognized that their leader gone they
recoected that they had his precepts and his memory
to cherish to honor In the past and to guide them in
quae TO the proper calculation single section of the
American system. They had ancestry to respect, a
country to oeent laws 10 enact and laws to observe
The system gives to genius hope that it
career untrammeled by associations. The
American system is that which makes men as well as
steamboats, and ,hinery. (Cheers) In the bar pull
pit, AND commerce. the greatest had been poor
boys Applause 1t is therefore the American system
comprehensive, he said, in all its departments THAT
It was scarcely to be touched az this late hour.
He would therefore, without attempting elaborate
thousand reflections which gushing from his heart
say, that they had still duties perform. They had
Obligations to discharge and the time was come when
they buckle on their armor to defend their
country. (Cheers.) They hal divisions, no lines,
no sections Their flag waved and represented the
whole country. Sectional divisions wouli spring up
but they were a subordinate to the great principle Of
nationality-which was the principle Of Henry Clay
The Perpetuty the Tnion-ro be sustained now and
forever by TIE union of all national men.
Ninth regular toast
The uniSn-The precious legacy Of our fathers May we,
transmit j. min paired to children. Ausio-"woroa
Responded TO BY Hon. J. D. RoMKYS, of Maryland He
said 1t late when he invited to attend shs ban
que If he had foreseen that he should have had
occupy that conspicuous position he would not have
been here He hailed from State wi:h Hrst and
last to sustain the name Of Henry Clay That name
stronger than his party The name of Henry Clay
med mart ad in
borne his banner riumphantly in the contest
Though he bs speaker) might not have been always in
scribtd by witness as taking part in the scrim-
mage, but "slsshing around" (Lsughter.)
strongly terd to keep alive the principles of Henry
Clay than the regular celebration his birthday This
meeting the conservative principle Of the
(Baserstown,) has been cutting some antics which |
have astonshed the natives GAnghter9 The ladies
this meeting The ladies were patriots everywhere=n
Greece, ancient and modern-in Lngland-and in the
be here for, the 4th of July, 1776 every senti
ment Of the American system been to raise them to
too, had travelled He had been through Europe and
the Champion Hills, like Of his friends who
had spoken to night But he had been At the Academy
Music last night, and at the Metropolitan to-
night and lie would say both establishments were
surpassed in the world. (Cheers) He had heard Of
Sam to night and though not being entirely identified
with the party, he went far to think that every
eector should be able to read the English his
uchee. N Conciusioh, ne RhNe-
The senns of free nsttutionsThrough whose subtle
influence the mbOy Of the slashers became Henry Clay
(Applause.)
Sheriff CARNEY proposed three cheers for the State Of
Maryland, which had always stood for Henry Clay. Re-
sponded to.
The ACTING PRESIDENT proposed volunteer toast in
compliment to Messrs. Kennedy and Romeyn.
The following toasts then proposed, and appro-
priately responded to by the company
Our Floral Emblems-The Violet and the Cedar
Here then mid pointed leaves of green,
Are thy cerulean blossoms seen,
To festive board;
Nor would prouder flowers entwine
Round Friendship Affections shrine,
Than which recall like thine
The words Forget me not
Music" Still so softly Ger m stealing
Our Deceased Associates-Faithful even unto death
Ful ripe he falls, on Natures noblest PLAN
Who lives to reason, and who dies man.
Musc-Dirge.