The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-06-02
d RIVE ABOUT THE CITY
COLLATION. AT zErELLE,s.
Speeches Of Gov. Walker, Gov. Wells
Judge Wexford, and Others

lnfitul!oli Dellg accepted, the whole party
over sixty in number-took coaches, and. |
in accordance with programme previously |
arranged, drove to the JEFF. Davis Mansion. |
Libby Hill, Libby Prison, Castle Thunder
Tobacco Exchange, Uaxall & Crenshaw's |
and Gallcgoo Touring mills, Hollywood, and |
TO many other places, stopping at some and |
merely passing others. The guests all |
seemed to be Interested, and copous notes
were taken by nearly every member of the
party.
At II o'clock the coaches were due at
Zetelle's, and they arrived, .veny promptly.
The eXcursiOniSts were then shown to the
reception-room, on the second floor, and
after half an hour spent in introductions
and an interchange Of ciyiities with the
gentlemen of this city there assembled,
they were ushered into the dining-saloon.
Here was spread
MOST BoUNT1FuL COLLATION.,
the table fairly bending beneath the weight
of seasonable delicacies served in ZeteIe's
inimitable style. IT is unnecessary to give
the hill of fare. Suffice it to say that New
York and Norfolk had contributed their
choicest edibles, while Richmond and the
country south Of Us had been stripped of
their best viands TO make the repast worthy
of the occasion.
At the head the table were seated Mayor
Kelley, and Mr.. Thompson, of New York,
chairman of the editorial excursion party.
On their right were seated Gov. Walker
and Col. Mcdonald, Secretary Of the Com
monwealth on their left were Ex-Governor
Wells and Mr.. s. II. Parker, Of the Geneva
| IN. W Gazette. Col. VIM. S. Gilman pre-
sided at the foot of the board and called the
asSemblagc to order.
ADDRESS OF WELCOME.
Mayor Kelley then delivered the follow
| ing remarks hy way of welcome to tue gen.
| temen of the northern press. They were
received with much applause:
Il have the pleasure, gentlemen, of cor
daily welcoming you to our fai- city, and
| of inviting you. on behalf Of the people Of
Richmond, to do Justice to the ha>ty enter
taiument to which the shortneSs Of your
stay confines us. We hope that your hur-
ried trip to our State may have layorably
| impressed you with its many advantages OF
climate, soil, and production, and may have
proved a source of pleasure to each OF
YOU; but far more earnestly do we nope
| that it may lie OF service in preaching that
| wall of 1mfounded prejudice which has I'M
| fortunately Divided this people for 50 long
la pcriod-a pre- illtiice under which the
hates and animoS!tics of war hfye survived
| tor more than six wears the advent OF
pealc-and that from this and similar inter-
| course between the sections. rs they un-
happily are called, the people OF both may
| learn 80 know each other better, and in
| that better knowledge may rebuild the
] temple of their common liberties on the
| solid and imprcgnablc foundations of JUS
! tice and fraternity, making it L shrine
worthy the immortal memories and the
sure and brilliant destiny OF our common
| country.
| cod urant that the subtle-I might al
most say sacrcd-inlluence, which inspires
even the desert Arab with 4 feeling OF
| brotherIiness toward the stranger who
! breaks bread beneath his tent, may avail
to raise kindred emotions among us VINO
| should not be strangers, and that these ana
| like commingiIgS may haslen the advent
of that bright day when, as in the glorious
| past, the cause OF one commonwealth was
the cause Of I'LL; when, save in generous
devotion 10 the rights and liberties OF
every citizen, there was no rivalry between
your mother and uurs-betHeen New
York, the State of The First Constitutional
Congress. and Virginia, the state OF the
First Constitutional President" -
AN HOUR
having been spent in the discussion of the
collation., ana glasses having been filled,
Mayor Kelley again arose and proposed
| the following sentiment:
| ssThe Health. Prosperity, and Safe Re-
| turn of Our h.Onored Guests" ~"
| Mr.. Donay, of PENNSYLVANIA, responded
| most eloquently. Hespoke enthusiastically
of the reception that he and his friends
had received on this trip. They had come
expecting to pass through the country as
quiet traveller RS they had been treated as
honored guests. They had come: some OF
| them, actually armed, for fear of the ku-
killN, and they We're. every man OF them,
going back heavier than they were When
| fhey left home. They would return iuH OF
| love for their southern brethren, regarding
them as friends, and with sincere desire
| for their prosperity. The men of the
North and men of the South are no longer
In conflict, and if they commlngle ottener
4 war cloud will never arise again. lAp-
nlause.l In conclu sion he said: "Gentle-
men OF Virginia, we have only to say,
| grand as your hospitality is, we can equal
1t. If YOU don't believe it, come and see."
| |EApplause.]
| THE GOVERNOR CALLED oUT-HIs SPEECH.
The band then played "Carry Me Back
to Old Virginia." after which q gentleman
from New York whose name we were un
| able to catch) pro posed the health OF th'
Governor of Virs inia. Governor Wake
| promptly responded, and was greeted VII!
| loud cheers, while be band played Hai
| to the Chief" Aft er this demonstratlol
ceased, the Govern, Dr. spoke: He sait u
| had not come to th Is entertainment WI
any idea of making speech, but simply Il
ssy TO our honored guests that he Wa
| gla q to meet them on til e soil of old Virginia
lie was clad to see th EN- for more reason
than one. He would ame two: First, be
| cause they were the representatives o
! the noble State on whose soil b,
first saw the light Of day, and second
| because it was his privilege to welcome then
upcn this soil, where first beamed the high
:! Of liberty on the Ameri can continent. HI
| wished to take them by the hand and con
gratIiIate them that they had escaped tht
clutc hes of the kukluX, OF which they hat
hear1 so much. daughter and applause.
"Apd now" said he, 81 hope you will
every one of you, 60 home and tell your
fellow.citizens how Congress has hum
busged you about the kuklux." ["Ne
wi'1l'] g Have you seen any in Virginia p
["Nov'l ono, am sure you have not
| V irginia is a law-abding State, and chal
Jenges comparison with any OF her nc sisters ;;
| even with great and noble New YORK.
| The Governor agreed WIN the LAST
speaker that all the people OF TINS country
need is to know one another Detter: we
are sprung from the same glorlo GUS anglo
Saxon stock: we speak con. mon iall
pilage we have u thousand conn., uon Iles'
Had we known each other better III sne
nast the fields of Virginia would not to-uay
be drenched with blood, or her hiiD Ut
covered with the bleaching bones OF pa.
| triotic soldiery. There would have been III
war; there would have been no dlsuhioi'
Our great object now should be to see moIe o..
of each other, and labor togeLneer ge ion th;s Iis