New-York tribune., 1868-12-29
DIyNRR TO EUGENE CASSEhLf, "S"a ''l'
~ELECT FROM CALIFORNIA

. 1..,.o, WON .,,von last evening at DelmOni-
,. n, p u Rooseyelt esq., in honor OF the foh uko"'
Co.se,,v Senator elect from California huo"s wy -,
v,,od guests present we're Horace greeley "'n' ~
Rryant Erastus Brooks A. OaRey nan - - -, 81,
a Conkliug Charles A. Dana j. ". sihon'o"' ii
Mr. Hastings Mr.. Bernard CaSserS' D""''i "
Mr. sedey and MI MoMasters , a.,
.,, or,ahing OF a well prepared and wenEserSeu "'"
- %. eIcoue 70 Br Casserly given by MI hooSe
volt m the following words: ,,
,,,,v.,s The CITY Of New York claims, ana Jnsty
- tbaf she Gives thoughts and ideas to the rte
eaIms .a % % t me mctropolls GO mercally and lnan-
rally OF the Union, speaking through nor vA ,,bt
~ c',y - titenton and n0ds public sentiment Az msHss
, srS eveTv night ~ the year. with the ciatef Oh
tosiling machinery and the roar OF escapIns % am,
views OF tic abest men OF the DAY are pcins Geir
,,at,tsd to popcr and every ensuing morning .vI
w,nRcd words take their hight iiom one e ~, bas
nation 10 the other, telling the people hV on5 g. sti1
hrou achieved and what is occurring DtI Nna. 10 e @
10 be accomplished in the future Here eeu'er ht Tvs
strongest thinkers, and from the attfOh oi lhoIi
&C strnck ont the sparks which umno the eontneht
O,cosonaly one Of her favoro sons leaves us uazhed
perhaps by the gold Of California, or allaCteu w %
auctions of European official life When absent ne car
ries with HIM best wishes Tor hls success auu
ne returus often comes crowned WIN hniO au
Thus Il s with the gentleman whose heal,h ui h "is
20 propose Ills connection with the pres began ~ an
city bolOre ne was OF age; at hrbt ,e Ia I:Sy,Its
became au editor, and had charge OF me h',,nc
Journal After he was admitted 10 the par rs uu and
correspondent for some of the Washington paP1 IN
wrote for several City newspapers anu p,I. In
Guiding The Morning Ne'ts ana it'oeI15" td the Van
tho Presidential contest OF 1883 nc a In ts5o
Rurcn campaign paper with spirit ana eierK1. ~ no
he waudcrs away to California and N san tried
again to that seductive profession mGl a re- Nc
M rarely Wholly abandoned. There ne eueu ~ -, r
Raanee his establishment beng GSslroyTu n uS %,
earthquake, fire. or some Oh tnoSe pioi h ,ins
tricties of nature ia that part OF the "ofIu n Ms
reputation No the bar and IN the poca H. state can
bestOw Nor ia that all. He brings Wlth nm ust INV
and respect Of his teowclens OF ms saUtUu ~
hove aud respect freely rendered MN without 1es
party views bo welcomed by ms IN me same ~
manner. Some OF US may olIer Win , s Ti araSter
what II pest the country. but a respect Ms
talent, aud honesty. ~ affords me mucb pIeasut1
40 nroposo the health OF Senator Csssery Applause
Mr. Casserly in modest terms Acknowledged the compu
.ent rendered 70 HIM. lie reverted with pleasure 10 "ls
connection with the Press Of TINS city In s pra to ~
tbe bar he said he had become acenstoneu 20 lSA ,d
the spur OF the moment, but upon TINS OCCASION ne
kmsot lacking and modcsty slOne pfe@Iem's @ Una NV
confession OF judgment against au I.e ~
Mr. Roosevelt lie ccmplimented tne useilun'ss S & a',
power OF the press saying he would be ioOsh lnll
who would set himself mp as q ghnsASSr S ihsbcJ
the Press. With his slender Dut always SnoIf @ no, ,
relations with Press he could not and would no, s'
himself against IT, lie referred TO the arfts' oI Mr.
BoyIes stating that 10 bad occurred Ia Inn that ne W"
a bold man who lai1 violent hands upon hlu N'u
that some day he would regret his conduct.
Tho fret money the speaker had catheu VIZ,
N the capacity OF reporter aDd III gave hll q NNiu
impression chat the hardest money he bad ever
earned. tlsughter.l The man who makes hkIt W 'hr
labOrs OF member OF the Press knows not "htItOi e
speaRs The Press supported and sustained by iho
people-t depended not on the Hch in'hs ad'eio''"b
Mr Rryant was the ne x speaker lie remembered many
years ago when be parted with MT Cassefly ne nnRn
sxceediuely ven Of him, when he a budding ourna
ist the soil OF California rich and warmed by g
climate Shall It not produce good men We planted h
IL %
air sought shelter In It's branches.
In response TO appropriate toast Horace Greeley re-
marked that this gathering reminded OF great
public truhtbe intimate connections of widely separate
portions OF THIS continent Mr. Cassrriy lei. thers
sey years ago had been called 10 another neld
81 duty-S s9amp Oi public admiration upon one member
Of the Pres who had done his work we'll. tArplahscl
They claRsd him not only felowNdti1en and co
worker but a brother. An the West was waiting 10
como homo 10 the East. When the approaching year
shall have been finished mails Will travel TO and from
han Francisco IN six days. tApplanseI. Inc re,
suite OF this great work now going on cond
not be estimated, and he trusted that within
three wears, two three roads W0nld De
IA operation az best mode OF distributing tie best
thoughts OF the East and West the whole country
In closing Mr. Greeley paid high tribute TO the inemoy
Of the late Charles c. Hapne rs the posscsSor OF genial
impulses poetic capacity, aud one who le dearth that
would he tiled. Meesrs Charles A. Dana. John
Bigelow A. Oakley Hail. r. c. CoDkline, aud Erat! ns
Brooks 6eyCray made speeches, and u was almost n1d
night before the social gathering teparated.