, 1861-01-30


:ould be accommodated. Tho committee
aaVing the matter in charge are entitled to
,reat credit lor the executive tact, the entire
.tfAir passing off with as little confusion As
he dinner OF q well ordered family. The ban
luet was literally such, the viands including
srery costly dclcacy procurable, and numer-
,ns pieces Of e1nbIematicaiIy ornamented con-
lst
Ihe President Of the evening was Mr. Henry
Rudd. Vice Presidcnts-Samuel E. Stokes
md E. c. Biddlc-
The banquet waa di1cusscd with ample JUS
ice, and when the cloth had been drawn ind
The music had died away, the company was
called to order BY Mr. Budd, who said:
Gentlemen OF Chicago and Milwaukee Tho oc-
casion Of Jcur departure for your homes renders II
necessary that should say few words to you
The period Of your Witt has been very bzief, and
q hri:f opportunity Of exploring the resources Of
the city, and Of forming the acquaintance OF our
people. We tEn4t: however, that what you have
and that the Northwest may continue 10 be united
In every honorable and legitimate scheme fo. i'm
We trust that the acquaintance thus
amtty. now give you the first regular toast:
1.-Our Gtsests-We give them a hearty eicome,
and hops that the intimacy now formed may abide
forever.
MuB1c-Welcone, welcome every one.
Responded:to by B. F. Aver, Esq, Of Chica-
go, as follows:
Mr. President rise to respond to this generous
sna wtsa nnfd sn S
on this festive OCCASION, In the presence Of this
large a:seEnblage, comprising 30 much Of the worth
and responsibility Of Phladciph1s, Of sign1f,iug
ouf Gratefal Acknowledgements for these generous
Inequalities, and tho asefdnous kindness ard Rt-
tensiou with which We have bpen greeted in your
magnificent and delightful CITY, cannot be other
fno disturbed By the consciousness OF my inability
to give adequate oppression to the feelings which
glow In all our hearts. It required not, Mr. rresi
dent, the announcement Of the sentiment you have
just read nor the enthusiastic applause With which
it has been received, to Of the cordiality
u our welcome here. We knew th4t well before.
convince you that join you heartily in the hope
ypu have expressed. that ''the intimacy now form-
ed may abide forever"
The objsct Of our visit here va conceive to be
highly landable and important Mont Of US are, like
yourselves, engaged in mercantile aud commercial
pursuits. Our two sister cities Of Chicago and
sTs E Ef at 1aeT Il he asa
ed TO the production OF breadstuts. My OWE city
Of Chicago has besn for some years the largest ps
mary grain market In the world, and in ihi4 r.
spect Milwaukee Ia now, II l am not mistaken,
second only to Chicago The population of this
great productive region Is steadily and rapidly
menting Thousands Of additional acres are brought
tats cultivation every successive season, and our
surplus products must, ofcsurse, general thing
keep steady pace with the progress of population
and agricultural Improvement. With these tug cit
ica y0u are now Immediately and permanently con
necied By q continuous lima Of excellent railways.
Your city, 10 finely and centrally Situated on the
tide watera Of the Atlantic, has become ! great
mart Yon 40 located in the immediate vicinity oi
one Of the richest mineral regions In the world.
fou have capital and enterprise, and sa;aety. and
all the requisite facilities Tor building up here an in
mense and profitable commerce with the north
west We need your manufactures. We ueed also,
every year, vast amount OF your imported wares.
We have grain to send you In abundance, and you
can make for 1t here ready market. Under these
cizcumstances, 1t seems to us that reason Of an
insnperable character can e4tst why an extensive
and mutually profitable commercial intercourse
cannot be established between us. To promote
this object 1t 1s, you are well swlre the princi
pie occasion ct this vistt Apart, how,
ever, Mr. President, from mere business con,
alterations, thcic are other excellent reasons
which might be suggested to Justify this inter.
change Of ciyililies, While NC ara anxious to pre-
serve, aud il potable to increase aud strengthen
these commercial ties which have heretofore exis-
ted between you and 1s, VIC nre also Crattned 1t
this Opportunity Of exchanging friendly sa1utations
with our brethren Of this ancient and tlmehonored
those amicabe and fraternal feeltncs which ought
always to be cherished between the people Of I'll
the States conposiug our hitherto happy and pros
perous Union. Al this alarming and dangerous
repndiattng their constitutional obligations, ant
the Federal Government IL naenaced with dcstruc
Ii
Constitution to take temperate counsel together
and consider Whist can be done to allay sectIopa
dtscord, to heal existing difficulties and bring back
ance Of their constitutional duties. II they have
suffered sny real INJURIES let the Cause Of thoae
injuries be removed. II they have any real grIev
Be redre.sed II they entertain actual snd serious
atar as to thoiF future satety. let all just aud
reasonable guarantees be given them Il 1hat not one
Of those rights Elail bo invaded. Thus may We
m "a = ~ tn b}a p1r
o4s Union, and preserve our country from the ter
rible calamities which must result from hostile
condict between section and section.
Mr. President, We arc not politicians, but men
men engaged In the peaceful and honorable pussuitt
private life, having no further interest tn public o
eaass than the 1apdabs desire Of nainang the
Ing always wise, prudent and faithful admiuis
tEaion OF it. We are all true, trust, to the Con
stitution and the Union, and world esteem tha1
some sacrifice to preserve them.
While, MF. President, AroW these sentiments
which trust are not liable to any just censure, as
being partisan In their characterl H. perhapE not
improper for me to add. that have seen no sufd
Gent cause to justify the Fnsh and revolutionary
course which The dlsafreced States hare 1t te
BY Mr. Webster. in speech delivered in this cit,
have happened" he said, = think it has happen
| the Constitution has been departed rom; that Sc
rious violations Of that spirit hare taken place
Whist Of that! Ara we to abandon It On that &C
eonntt Are We to abandon III Why should .,
soon thiuE," he said, "of abandoning my owz
| father when rnt1iaus attacked him No. we arr
to rally around Il with III onr power and all oul
force, determined to stand BY it or fall with it,
Mr. President, in conclusion beg leavc to odel
the following sentiment:
Tho City OF PhIladelphia-The 4bode Of comfort
intelligence and refntnent-tee eeat OF industry
skill md enrerprise-the birthplace OF American
Independence aud Of American Constitutional LIB
erty-We honor her for her loyalty to the Union
and trust that her counse!s may aid In restorin;
pe1ce to 4 distracted country.
Mr. Ayers speech, straightforward, frank
and manly, as 1t was, elected applause At frs
quent Intervals. When he alluded to 9TH.
mad reputation Of constitutional obligations
By snme Of the States, and the necessity o
union, the applause was prolonged for seyera
moments together.
MI. Budd, Chairman, now brought up th,
| 5th toast In the order, IN the place OF the sec
Ond toast, a. follows:
b-Philadelphia-T City OF Brothe1ly Love
| She seeks By iron bands to unite herkeH permx
nently with her sfster cities Of the Northwest
friendship.
Tothi1 tosst Mr. Cuyler, President Of the selee
Council, responded, in the following graceful
| and unpretentious style:
Mr preeident-I regret that the Mayor Of on
city IL absent and cannot perform the duty to whfcl
| ron inrite me~ lam sure he could have expresses
a.s e5 % q Psdsps ssteada % 10 'ss ser
guesta-
The sentiment you propose embodles IN fordb
strength of the attachment the city Of Philadelphi
1eels fos her sister cities Of the Northwest and
! the enduring bonds through which she seeks t.
increase and to perpetuate her union with them
sshe SEEKS, By iron bands, to unite herselfperm
nently with her sister cities Of the Northwest INT
upon this occasion pledges to them her eTera4tinI
Tho city Of Philadelphia has given practica
proof Of the truth Of this sentiment Thirty Iil
lions Of her money, dve OF which she contributes
forging these iron banda The state Of FeDnEylya
nia long ago gave practical proof Of it, FiyeAnd
twenty millions 81 her money did she expend Il
md canaE which formed her @ main a line M Of pn5Ii
Improvements. It ts by means OF costly improve
mants like these that tho city of PHILADELPHIA,
and ~ hs
cation built with an energy. toll and an expense
such a. this that she reaches out her hand Of fel
iowshfp and pledges to the great Northwest in tn.
sentiment which yon propose, Sir, her eveslast
ing friendship"
HI, President, We hare bridsed the rivers, aI1et
highway, over which to hold intercourse With oul
brethren Of the West, and to-day they have passet
over them and are With M and thu cittzene O
Philadelphia Individually and The city Of Ph11ade
phIa, In her corporate capacity, gree.s them ant
bids them hearty welcome.
We greet them a. brethren bound to US by 4
ku0URAQN ksG8 WHICH E41@1fO< Dc QECXGH. we HAYc
common history, common citizenship and com
nnn aims and interests. Vast commercial rela
tons hare sprung up between us. and they In,
tar to tho 1tternost the capacities Of Ill the chan
uels OF intercourse between US.
Ar. President, I understand the a1lnsion to the
Iron bands in the sentiment. You propose to be
to the Pennsylvants RsilEoad-that noble road
the offspring OF the genius Of Pennsylvania en.,i.
nee9s, snd the wealth and neerality Of PennsyISa.
So, indeed, are al our great works Of Internal
Improvement Whatever invites the citizens oi
different conmonw ea1ths to more frequent inter