Burlington tri-weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1852-1855, 1855-03-31
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REPORTED EXPRESSLY FOR THE HAwK-EYE.

If Republics are sometimes ungrateful to
their benefactors, that charge cannot be laid
at the door of the people Of the city OF Bur-
lington. Indeed, gratitude il one OF her.
browning capitals, as sure as integrity is the
chief cornerstone Of her municipal func-
tionaries. This historical fact was triumph
antly, emphatically ard gloriously elucida-
ted and most profusely eliminated at the
grand parting complimentary banquet given
to our illustrious fellow citizen, AUGUSTUS
Cesar PoxPEY, at Murray's Saloon, on the
eve Of the departure Of our distinguished
friend to fulfil his exalted duties as Minister
to the Court Of the Cannibal Islands.
Our limited columns will not permit US to
give q complete account of this magnificent
ovation indeed our poor descriptive powers
would fail us in the attempt. twas all that
sucn an affair should bs-all that the emf
nent occasion called for-complete in all its
various Observation-Disclosures, grand, i'm
posing, ornate, unique. In regal magniii-
cence and splendor Of appointment, we
doubt whether its parallel has ever been heard
Of this side of the Atlantic. At an early
hour Of the evening the numerous halls of that
widely and Justly celebrated Saloon, (long
live MurrayD dedicated from its inception
to the entertainment of man and 'shorse''-
were brilliantly Illuminated by profusion
Of cas- lamps, brackets, pendents, chanae-
liers-borrowed for the occasion from our
friend Cherry, which bathed the whole pal
ace in perfect flood Of gorgeous livery
s.Not as in NoRTHERS chimes scrcnely bright,
| Bot in ono uEclouded ray Of living Lightly
The happy, fortunate Attendants, it is true,
were not so overwhelmingly numerous, but
they were choice-composed only of that
virtuous, self-sacrifcing, patriotic little bant
who fill the various Offices of the county,
and our glorious city municipality. Long
may they wave! The profuse liberality
which they exhibited on this occasion will
do much to dispcl that unfounded prejudice
which has infused itself among common
people, that public life tends to foster spir
it Of selfish partizan bigotry. That mali
ccus libel is now dead as a herrin. But alas
we are fully conscious Of tho vanity of pri
ding ourselves upon having these incorrupt'
ib.e patriots among US, for
"---Likc thing of beauty
| That dies ere its race is ran,
the people will soon "know-nothing" o.
them.
Having thus far spoken of the mere orna
mental portions of this august entertain
ment, we shall now say something of tn,
more material and physical performances O.
the evening.
For some minutes after the assembly ha,
met, an ominous silence reigned Throughout
the room, which was soon broken, however
by Loud rap ON the door repeated thre
times, at which signal the distinguished CUES
of the occasion entered, leaning upon tn
right arm Of the worthy and popular Chic
Marshal, and hanked on the other side by
venerable Gray haired ex-functionary, (th'
same who toted him upon his arrival from
the landing to Rothschilds' Bank Of Bur
lington,) who, amid cheers and congratula
tons, escorted their charge to seat on tn
platform. Tho Chief Marshal then eleva
ted his hat to the audience, and eleva
ted himself upon a brick prepared for tn
purpose, and in his usual bland, complacen
manner, proceeded to inaugurate the ceremo
MES.
This reporter here bess the indulgence Q
! the orators on this occasion for any discrs
panc;es which may appear in their speeches
as the facilities provided for members o
the press were entirely monopolized by re
porters for various foreign papers to the ex
clusion of several representatives of tn
American Press, who were not little indig
nant at such unpatriotis treatment. Among
the foreign papers represented were FL d.
arc, the leading Court-journa. of Madrid
LIE Journal drs Debats, Of Paris; Die lei
tung, very able and popular daily on Ger
many to all Of whose editors severally az
respectively We are indebted for the trans
lation into their vernacuiar Of the learned
potent and powerful speech Of the distin
guished guest Of the evening. We prompt
| ly reciprocated tho courtesy, however, BY
| giving them free TRANSACTIONS Of the speech
| in our own language, for which they ap
peared highly pleased, although they haG
no use for Them.
As We before remarked, the Chief Mar
shall, after Strengthening himself up to hi,
full hight, entered into minute history o
his late triumphant campaign, and then ra
pidly assembled into q highly co.ored eulo
] r;.,., npon aoma nna for SSnasf sarricns