New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-09
DINNER TO THE HON EUGENE CASSERLY


Eugene Casserly Senatoreect from the State OF Caor
MA assembled, last evening, at Delmonicos to
welcome him to the Eastern States after O long
absence. At the raised table where tho honored
guest sat, were the Hon Charles OConor,
the Hon. william b. ogden. the Hon. Samuel ]. Tden,
Horace Greeley the Hon Gulan G yerplanck; the Very
the Rev. Father j. Roosevelt Bayley, Bishop OF Newark
H ehapin the Hon chas a. DANA Of 2Se Sum the Hon
Henry Raymond Of The Times the Hon Erastus Brooks,
CORPORATION Counsel; the Hon Matthew T. Brennan and
the Hon. Joseph $. Bosworth Police Commissioners the
Augustus schell, the Hon WIN. Cassidy, the Hon WIN b.
Ogden, the Hon Gulian c. Verplanck the Hon. Robert
Pleas the Hon. Hamilton d. Robinson, Judge Henry
f. Davies James W Smonton General Agent Of the As
ISOLATED Press Noah Davis, jr and number OF promi-
The banquet steadily gave way before the keen appe
strains Of Home. Sweet Home plaintiveiy played by
Bernstens orchestra, were borne away the Chairman,
the Hon. Charles OConor rose amid applause and spoke
GESTLEMEx; am here to unite with you IN this very
becoming testimonial to great State. first and fore
most Of the Union rising in her power and majesty to do
that which eminently becomes us She is the st and
national power She this evening through us her repre-
se1ta halls wnS sh we'll from be saed
her daughter. At all events, she might
many have come INTO the Union since few like free
blooming California tCheersI Our young sister WIN
our character as great and perfectly organized nation
Before we produced men abundance compete with
soil were yielding tire necessities OF life III abundance
The metals-the iron and copper-weTe fur
large portion of mankind were also furnished.
but yet the Old World could compete with u.s. for we
could not produce in any reasonable quantity the lie
blood OF commerce-that which has been the greatness
of mankind from the earliest ages and must so continue
duced almost everything else then reached the sum
nit Of our greatness by becoming q soiap dc,
OF this affair. But who have met here
mainly here from private motives and private
met social purposes. and TO renew the delightful
pride. one among u.s. gentleman OF foreign Dirth OF
gentemanly bearing OF extensive literary attain
most pure morals, and Of the most marked pety-the
father Of the highly gifted gentleman whom we nave
ali these 6icn. and far more valuable qualities
the one 10 whom refer did not abound In the worlds
OF the ancient land OF which ne native He brought
up among us-ve them grow up-four fine young
and with all the necessary degrees Of scholarship to 1T
them for any station to which they might be called he
fortified by his example, cultivated by his ca
Pasy They had that capital and L., no 20 g, other
Eugene that measure OF attachment and affection which
ut this distance OF time manests itself by the number
young. He ambitious He was in the greatest city.
there were numerous rivals and advancement
necessarily slow. With an ambition and an enterprise
equal to that Of his father In emigrang to country
he emgrated California not quite years TO aid in
founding that great Republic OF the Pacific He went
point OF strength and ygor to meet what may be de-
manded OF him, but he is good boy when he went
away. We are rejoiced to meet him We find him pos
sessed OF all the experience which 20 years residence In
the region OF California gave him. He has
aHVeFsa dseem He so%es hso With AMI
these and with the voice OF his countrymen on
his behalf who have presented him their representa-
tive in the Senate He mark Of age the gray
head that hard study has given him Cheers You
here is an evidence OF the high esteem In which we held
him while we knew MIN reRs 09g S dur
Our presence as an evidence OF our cohnuehsc
1 When he Ssf has SesH sailed VII credit
on our OTn state but that shs a @nd able
an honest and able representative applause give
york His manhood matured by California, by her
proved. and by her honored with the high ONCE OF sea
York once more, the scholar, the true man. and gen
eral friend prolonged cheers IL, -,
The Hon. Eugene Casserly responding, SAID: a., -.
When Romes first Emperor would sum up the pes5
result Of the years during which ne welded the matea
of brick and left her Of marble In less than half those
made no small advance toward establishing, for your
city, the same result In an the oet.er d eo
ments 81 SG5 hgn TTpass the ancient Rome
For years we have all known her as the unquesoned
Now IL seems 10 e. from all have been able 20 learn
before and since my arriva-and have been on TINS
tnre In the arts and in science as WELL she has
gone the head OF American cities Not TO give 700
much Ofense to the powers tina. were In another cly
which the astronomy OF her sons IS the Hub OF he
Universe. prefer TO rest TINS view on tne hat t
the center to point nearer the clrouihIetehC,e.
In the nature b eta metopos The greatest cities
are the OF the greatest contrasts Iere the
extremes OF modern civilization confront each other
There the social problems which distract the mightest
and act the best stand out III ssrpest outline Let us
hope that your great city WILL so far as human Wisdom
can deal with these grave questions so ancient yet so
new, with her best resources OF heart ana Drsln-
Excellent eSeeif " IN It's dealings with infrmity
We do not dispute what the poet says zoo maze the
is TO either In town or country, we may wen
doubt whether the whole Ei me e o s
Francisco Mr. Casserly said that II there were great
on the Pacific slope were their great city and
State They great IN their brief past crowded WIN
wonderful results but still greater in their assured future
the highest praise upon land most favored
in climate aud resources was only necessary TO CALI
for experimenting dinner with statistics recaptulatcd
few ngures showing tue advance OF California IN com
very distinguished and we'll Informed public man was
we made superior blankets in San Francisco Yet
the fact is, for some years the nnest blankets
Year by year California becomes and selfsup
porting and her In that regard limited only
by her wants semitropcal IN the division OF her sea
wet and dry her products those OF the full
of the temperate zone everywhere on the globe
Shut between the sea and the sheerng range Of the
Sierra Nevada It's climate Is nsular In ts nildness, and
her gardens in the open air with a people made
| up OF the picked men OF the master races
OF the world, VINO snail set BOUNDS 10 ner future
The does not know the OF California
and the Pacific Coast knows but little OF the un.
| developed power Of the American people. In
conclusion he .eoduenty returned thanks for the
Kindness with which he had been received HIS
speech ,was received with enthusiastic applause.
The Chairman then gave "The States OF California and
NewYOrk. generous rivals welcoming from the At
antic the other the broad Pacific the commerce OF
! the Worldwide foretell their wOndrOus futuref"
The Hon Samuel j. Tlden, in the absence OF the
respond, called upon TO reply. After some premi.
nary remarks about the absurdity Of asking him 20
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