Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-03-07

go all over the world. Then your great forndries |
such = as Stotsenburg & Son. Your leather again
Is an article feel proud Of You have honored
yourself BY greeting this house. and giving il the
name you did. People always honor themselves
Oy honorlng their great men, such as the one after
rn whose % name ySI havo sailed this house There
you ought to have an external commerce-you
mad one once. You have as good rayiontior1 AZ
there Is any where. You want also n fIrst-cIosa
newspaper press Iou never can be tho people you |
ought to be, until you have high toned and tai |
Gnted newspaper press. mean no reflection to
the papers now in your city. But You must mt /
your shoulders TO the wheel-advertise in them
anu give them the ability and you will have news
papers OF the very first quality. When you have |
an external commerce and give to the newspaper
press the encouragement you should l think Won
Will be great people and become the great city
you desire to be.
3. "The Citizen SOLDIER
Gen. Horace Porter was called on and re-
sponded, in a humorous and pleasant speech
which called forth great applause.
D. The Cities Of the Delaware united in the
| historic past and undivided in the futureu
John O'Byrnc, Esq. was called on and replIed
| IN MS usual eloquent and pleasant manner
We may well be proud of the cities of the Della
waTe-he said they were enough in themselves to
| make proud and cndearing commonwealth
z. "The City of Wilmfngton-Thc present
and the future"
Col. Gee. w. stone was called on aud responded.
| In well considered speech in which he pointed
W many SNAuchSca SolIlS 10 snow that Whining
ton VIII inthe not far distant future be one of the
most thriving cities In tho country-containing
so large population that the men Of the present
day VIII be utterly astonishcd in looking back to
note It's remarkable and rapid growth In wealth
ana value. Almost every one Of the great indus
trial establishments has been made by natives of
the place. And it is still remarkable that the
men who founded these great Industries still
nave them In charge. They have all been raised
TO thelr present great value from the smallest
scale. might picture to you Wilmington in
/, the year l9OOi il did would picture 10 you q
city with l60,000 Inhabitants. New Castle fnipht
be the nineteenth ward We might have numer-
Gus large hotels, and we might excite little zeal
= ousy from our big neighbor of Philadelphia
might also picture to you city living in a re-
publican form of government-wth population
the basis Of representation He closed by a re
terence to the young men.
g. "Our RailWayso-m less than five years vii
mington has changed from way station to Q
railway oentren sE.~>..- - 't,st N
, Mr. 3. 7. Heald was called on to respond, and
did SO In his usual energetic pointed and sensible
style lie referred to the many valuable improve
ments which had been made in the past few years
. to tho proposed railway to New Castillo tn,
railway through Bnndywne village, Edge
moore, &c, aud other projected roads; the Viii.
mlngton and Reading extended, and the W. &
w. X. r., extended westward. We have 3OG
miles OF Peninsuar railway extending towar,
Nprfork making one Of the shortest southern lines
Then We have the r. w. & B. r. r., not only on
VI ehO bcSti ouI tue very DeBb railway IN tn
Of Union. am proud of it. After concluding Mr.
+ lleald called upou Mr.. Coleman, of the Publ
n Ledger for q song. @
to Mr.. Coleman responded In very pleasan
n- speech, ItEt omitted the song; and sat dowr
: amid general applause
l. " "WilMington Enterprise Abroad''-Col. II
v y. McComb was called on to respond
ie He said he confessed that he felt difficulty il
u rising IN company of his own fellow citizens
ut This Is the city where he was born Col AIcCom
IN then referred to railroads and attribute 20 then
. the development of tho great industries, and
e. might be asked what haye not railroad done 70
il US. We have more miles of railroad in tn
United states than there Is in all the world besi
G. OOl. MeComb spoke with calmness and earnest
IL ness, aud 50. down amid great applause
d. H. .fThe Great West, Gen. L. T. Black. @
u Illinois, was called on. Gen. Black made bril-
at response. which elected great applause. H
il could not see why Wilmington should not b
IS come the Chicago Of the East, sitting by the rive
IL side. " . splendid opportunity. As to il
- great Vest, he could not speak of her Lii
- Webster said of MassSchusetts-there she sits
ed mountains of silver and gold rise up before yo
re- Cities spring up on every side. The General mac
on a few more eloquent remarks aud sat down ami
he great applause.
r. The last regular toast having been announce
and It being late, the company adjourned, great
ar pleased with the evenings entertainments and d
lighted with the excellent arrangements and cor
al fort and elegance Of the Clayton House The Ba
40 quet is now one Of the things of the past, az
will be an event long to be remembered wi
pleasure by oil who were present.