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/ scription dinner to Gov. PinchbacE whici
took place on Wedne sday night last at tn
residence Of Hon. Frederick Douglass.
Mr.. Samuel Proctor was the caterer, an,
the following bill Of fare was served unde
the most complete appointments both as e
/ furniture aud attendance.
Potages
Soup la Paysanne.
Poisson:
Salmon a In Maintcnou.
Entrees:
Fillet de Boeuf a la Provcnca!c,
Poulet la Florentine,
Punch a la Romaine.
Removes:
Pheasants la Dauphinaise,
Turkey la Perigneux.
RIOTS:
Canvasbacks,
Aspie dc foIe gras en- Belle ycce.
Entremets:
Pudding Diplomatic, sauce Sambayon,
Charlottes Russo,
Glaces, Fruitage.
Ice cream.
Nougats en- Pyramids.
Jcliies &c.
Coffee.
After an enjoyable participation in the
delicacies embraced in this bill Of fare the
first regular toast Of the evening; The
President Of the United States" was pro-
posed, to which F. G.. Barbados responded
In the following speech:
The first wish Of true heart, toward
friends Is, that they have, and may enjoy,
good health, and am certain that this COM
pany promptly responds to the wish that the
iliustrious Chief Magistrate, Of our partially
redeemed country, may long enjoy the inesti-
mable blessings Of good health. I will not
trespass uron your time by recital of his
many glorious victories upon the battlefield,
that saved this country from slavery and dis
solution, or the many equally glorious aud
statesmanlikc acts since he became President
Of the United States, because they have be
come history and all of US are familiar with,
and glory in, the splendid results he has
achieved for the lasting benefit Of our coun-
try and mankind, but may be allowed to
speak of q recent act of his, as it indicates
the quality of justice and Republicanism
which animates the man, whose fidelity to
principle and devotion to the nations honor
has been justly rewarded by the people, in
placing him in position, a second time, 10
rule the destinies of this great nation / al
lude to the order promulgated by the Secre-
whom we all esteem, in the case Of Conyers,
the colored cadet at the naval school at
Annapolis, in which occurs these words-un-
der the operation of new and beneficent law
all distinctions Of race have been abolished in
our country; the public bonds are imposed
alike upon all of our citizens, and the worthy
members of every class are alike entitled to
the benefits. and free to contend for the favor
Of the Government, that no impo-
sition or indignity upon the cadet on account
Of his race, would be permitted from any one.
So, too, his words Of kind and earnest SYM
patty, addressed to the Pennsylvania dele
CATION Of colored men, concerning our civil
rights, warmly commend him to our conf
dence and admiration, and am certain that
those present, and our people throughout
this nation, feel confident that many hours of
his second term will not pass before we will
have the practical proof Of his desire that all
American citizens, without distinction, shall
enjoy equal rights before the law, and the
country receive the renewed assurance that
peace hath her victories as doth war; give
you, gentlemen, az a sentiment to President
Grant, good health and long life to witness
and enjoy the beneficent results of the law
which secures equal public rights to every
American citizen. This toast was drunk
standing.
''Success to the Republican party" was the
next toast. J. Sella Martin in responding
said:
l am a Republican because am a colorcd
man. have never been anything else bnt
Republican any appearance to the contrary
has been deceiving. When l cast in my lot
with the Greeley party in the last election, l
was guided by the fact that the Cincinnati
Conyentionists did not 60 outside the Repub-
lican party, that they nominated strong and
faithful Republican, and that he was sup
ported by such men as Sumner, Julian, and
Curtin-men who had borne the reputation of
being as good Republicans as any others in
the party. Another thing: it is we'll known
that it was hoped that the action Of the Gin
cinnati Convention would have large in
fuence upon the proposed Philadelphia Con-
ventlon, and that the latter might adopt the
choice Of the former convention.
1 mention these facts not so much in the
way OF excuse, or Of justification to myself,
as to state the fact that colored PEOPLE have
got to treat politics as white men treat them.
Gen. Grant has been one of the first to forget
the opposition made to him BY honest Re-
publicans and fair-minded Southerners, be-
cause he Knows that after an election Is over
and partisan strife has subsidized, that the
highest welfare OF the Republic can be Sc.
cured only upon basis Of Cancellation. His
policy is to make his opponents forget that
they have been beaten by forgetting himself
that he beat them. Hence his purpose to
travel through the South, where doubtless
words Of cheer, sympathy, and hope will be
spoken by him.
The Republican party needs every colored
man, and every colored man needs the Re-
publican party. Its past deeds have been
such as to endear it to millions Of our people
who do not understand its abstract princi-
pies. The cOlored women who secuted
Greeley's name, and the children who hur-
rahed for Grant were moved by sense of
gratitude for what the party had done for
them, or by a sort of instinct as to what it's
opponents might do against them.
Owing to my race, whatever am, OF hope
to be, l have not been willing to appear to
oppose their interests when my heart throbs
in unison with every thought, feeling, or
purpose calculated to elevate US.
Joining with you in the most urgent
desire for the success Of the Republican
party, Governor Pinchback knocks at the
door of the United States Senate Shall he
be admitted: have known him for wears
as a friend to our people, to the Republican
party; the people of Louisiana know him,
and have honored and trusted him because
of their knowledge. Will the Senate turn
its back upon child born 20 it through lis
reconstruction measures?
l propose as q sentiment. HSeorO cham.