Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-08-29
0oMPLIMEiNI5YARY.


OOMPIlINEiSIAR
10 SENATOR lcAIp5E BY THE GERMAN
REPUBMoANssoY TaEsc ITY
Towards .theiclose of last week, a. depntationis
of our German citizens signified to Senat6F
Caldwell, that It would afford them great
pleasure to attest their warm appreciation Of the
official stand which heshad recently taken iIlslI
behalf of principles ofthe Republican parity
through the medium of a Compl imentary Musiss
cal Serenade. Senator Caldwell, in reply, ASH
sured them that their complimentary prefer
evening that might be- convenient to them, it !
would be hisipleasure TO have them visit his |
house. According y,, on Saturday evening,
last, about 9 o'clock, Prof Weber, with his1
singing choir, and one of the German bands.I
together with numerous others, Gerhnans andlI
Americans, went out in hacks, wagons. and
buggies, to the residence ofkSendtof Caldwell, |
on the National Road, three and n half -milesi
east Of the city. Mr.. Caldwell, with Number
of his personal friends, came out from his resi-
dence, met the delegation at his gate and warmly
welcomed them to the hospitalities of his home
After atsongt from the choir, and astune-fromSI
the band, Prof Weber, on behalf Of the Ger7
mans, proceeded in some well timed and some
handsomely expressed words, to explain to
Senator Caldwell the moving motive of the
Germans, whom he represented, in coming out
totcompliment him with sthiss erenade He and
to- Senator Caldwell, their Joy and the great
qualification which it gave them to learn of the
honorable position which had been recently ten.5
ldcred him, and which still more honorably and
smanfully he had accepted, in the ranks Of ''the
great Republican party. The Germans, for
whom he prof Weber, ,spokeSwere attached
ltothe great principles of that party, and it gave
them both courage and pleasure, to welcome to
their lead the same man who in other times and
under other circumstances, they had, often de-
ElightedEto honor with their confidence and their
,IvoteS.
Senator Caldwell, after very appropriately
acknowledging the honor which had been done
lin this little transformations, but heartfelt de-
monstration, said that it would be impossible
for him net to feel a lively interest in whatever
concerned the welfare of the German masses,
both in the city of Wheeling and elsewhere. g;
No man had ever had better friends than the
Germaps had been to him. He had from the
VERY first, and often since he had begun public
4 career, been indebted toitheir sympathY and
their votes for the honors which he had enjoy
ed. 1t did therefore, this evening, give him a
5Ereal and rather an unusual pleasure to hear
fromthem assurances, that their friendship for
him, and their confidence in him. has not
Iabated, but increased, by reason of the step
which he had taken. No wonder, said he, that
you Germans and other laboring men, feel an
interest in the progress aud in. the final ascen-
dency Off the principles of the Republican party.
1t is emphatically the party of the white labor.
ing men of this country. While the Democratic
party is the favorite party of tho aristocratic
clement in our government while itpromotes
the interests and follows the dicta ofsthe oil
garchical body of southern Shareholders, to the
prejudice ofIthe interests of free white work
ingmen, the Republican party has made the in
teTests of our Morkingmen, of our small pro
ducers in the soil andin the workshops, its fun
dalnental basis. 1t was puzzle to him hoy
any man whoGwrought with his hands and who
valued the dignity of the sweat of his brow
could waver in his choice between the princ
plies of the two parties. Free labor never coulc
be honorable, never could command that respec
to which twas entitled, while ever itwasidis
crimminated against as between it and slave Ia
s Dor. Whenever it was degraded to the level o
81 sitt5b bad ab been Fy9R'
man ought to be abe-to see this. The erea
principles of the Republican party, were til,
same that Henry Clay'had contendcd for in his
NE tune, VIZ: encouragement to the labors O
lree white working men, whether tillers of soil
.necnanics, or manufacturers. So plain were
tneSe facts becoming in the eyes of the people
ana SO tired were they now Of the disasters and
prostratlons which have been brought upon the
industrial interests Of the country through the
principles OF the Democratic party, that they
were about to rise up in their strength and
hurl their oppressors from the places which
they SO 5Gnworthily occupied
We do not pretend to give more than a mere
outline of Senator Caldwells remarks. They
were listened to attentively, and frequently and
loudly aPPlauded by his hearers. Afterits con-
einslon, all Personswere invited into his house,
where most bountiful collation., consisting Of
tho choicest deIicacies of the season, had been
tastetully spread through the ngency of his nc.
complished lady. The whole occasion was cred
liable to all. concerned
AS the feasting and general enjoyment were
in progress Mr.. E. NJ. Norton, who was present
extended cordial invitation to the company to
adjourn to his residence and there continue the
social programme of the evening This was
done, and the band, to the stirring air Of the
Marseillaise, took up the line of March. On
arriving at Mr.: Norton's,,, Professor Weber.
turned to the Germans and in.thcir own Ian,
guage explained to them the position which MI,
Norton had and still occupied, in regard to the
/ great Iron interests of tho city and country
/ He, in happy and complimentary ANALOGY
linked those traits of character which had en-
abled Dir. Norton from small beginnings to rise
ito his present commanding position, to those
material iron elements in which, from n how he
had beer, used tosdeal. Turning to Mr.NoTtbon1
Prof Weber, formally introduced him 10, sbiss1
tellow.G Germans. Mr.. Norton in reply TO Prof
Weber, warmly welcomed him, and his friends
to his house. after which he tDrned IN tb,l ot;sl