Middletown transcript., 1868-09-05


be OF no strange sound. The people OF
Dclawarc-liEo the citizens Of Rome when
Cincinnatus was taken from his plough to
give peace to the l1upire-wil take you
from your agricultural pursuits and make
you the representative If a constituency as
noble as that Of any portion Of the Union,
and of a State the pages Of whose statute
books have never borne marks of a viola
ted constitution.
Mr.. Nowland was frequently interrupted
by applause, and when he closed his re-
marks he was followed by Charles Beasten
Jr. ESD. who spoke as follows
REMARKS OF cmAs. BEAsrEN, JR. ESQ.
1t is, gentlemen, l assure you, with
feelings OF no ordinary satisfaction that [
am permitted IN humble partcipator in our
eongratulatory visit this evening.
The plaudits OF strangers, be they never so
spontaneous, and honors at their hands. be
they never so overwhelming or so cnticing,
there is nothing dcarer to the heart of
man than the goodwill Of his fellows, the
approval OF his friends.
There is an old and familiar MAXIM
iorcible in its application, suggestive in its
bearing: "Order is Heavens first law. :"
And while it lies not within MY province
to welcome you here to night, [ may be
pcrmitted to say, that if our visit be not
ordained Of Heaven, it is at least in accord
anco with its law, fitting and proper, cmi-
nently in order.
Here then, under my own vine and lig-
tree, upon the soil which has nourishcd me,
| am happy, thrice happy, to be counted
among his friends and join my own With
the voices Of those OF his immediate neigh
berhood, who are come to congratulate the
Standard Bearer Of the Delaware Eemoc-
racy liz the ensuing cmnpaien.
AS personal friends, sir, we have come,
glad in our hearts that you were the hon
ored nominee Of our Convention; as res
idents Of this vicinity, we have come,
proud that, from our own noieAborhood,
you have been chosen leader; as citizens
of New Castl9 Co. we have come confident
that in the eNhaustleSs energy Of that Lead
CT cur county is to ba redeem u and as
Delawarcans have we come, yielding to
none the palm, the first to do honor to the
prospective Representative Of Delaware in
the next Congress.
And especially, and above all, We come
as frccmen. as patriots, as Democrats, to
strengthen your hands and bid you rood
cheer in the work in which you are about
to engage.
The action OF the Democratic Conycn-
ton at Bower has youchsaf3a TO yoU a rare
privilege, and feelin@ that the duties, the
responsibilities and the pleasures OF the
high trust rcposcd, are appreciated, we are
happy to congratulate you upon The hon
orable position attained, and the bright
and beautiful field which is spread out be-
fore you.
Mr. Beastcn concluded his remarks in
the midst Of applause, when Major Hiegs
responded to both gentlemen, thanking
the representatives Of the party tor ,he
honor they had conferred upon him at Do
yer, and returning thanks to the Gentle
men present for the pleasure they had at
forded him By their visit Maj Bigga'
remarks were received with enthusiastic
applause.
REMARKS OF EDWARD REYNOLDS, ESQ.
Edward Reynolds, Esq. was then called
on, and responded as follows:
lshould scarcely llago thought that after
the able and eloquent addresses just dcliv-
cred / should have been called upon to
add thereto lest my sttcmpt at IN addi-
ton SHOULD prove 4 subtraction. If [
should initiate the gfeat mum candidate OF
Radiealism, it would not lie Il matter of
much difficulty to RESI- oud toyonr call, for
al would have 10 do would te to g
Geatleuon I thank you and my ta5l,
would he done. Bot | shall 90 /. I!ttle
further than this, Cor / cannot refrain from
congratuiating you, gentlemen OF Della
ware, upon the great success attained at
the recent State Convention in the uomi-
nation for our representative in Congress,
OF one Of such acknowledged ability, and
who is IN every respect SO cminentiy quail
flied to perform the duties of the position
with credit to himself and his constituents,
as our honorod friend whose liberal hospi-
tality We enjoy this evening.
Delaware is emphatlcally an agricultural
State. Our people are, in the mass, far
mors. Where. then, let me ask, had We
searched through the length and breadth
of the State, could we have found one bet
ter acquainted with. or moro able to rep
resent your interests, than one of your
own calling, Himself farmer, he knows
the wants of the farmers of his State, and
knows, too, what will most conduco to
their interest; and being most thorough,
enterprising, energetic man Of business,
every class OF our population may feel that
their interests are safe in his hands.
We have SO long been filing our public
offices with members of the legal profess
sion alone, that it were utterly useless for
any other to aspire to positions of public
trust, and it was high time for Democratic
Delaware to show to her ambitious and
enterprising sons that the road to honor is
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