Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-07-07
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The coITSspOut e tho Rieha,shd EnOu,r1, d
ha letter dated UnlVsr.ity Of Virginia, July 4thI
1870, EitlnR extrach from the speeches msds d
tAa coasts, 1.-THE dinner Of the Alumni on thd
svping the 3d. furnished part Of the response Of
Senator T. F. Bayard. which We copy below:
In proposing the toast to Delaware. among
other things NJ. Baruour SAia "that her 1oble
con who Was 10 respoud on this oooahion ocOFned
sEesytaainE- 7 that -Was. hitls-sGosPt his -htala
that While the kindly shake Of the hand, and
eSesy evidence taat could Be giVen Of welcome
and friendship was extended him on an ada De
had wondered what had caused these greetinRu
and had Concluded that they arose from in6tiSiet .
fou knew your friend when you met him and
knew mine before saw you" '(appIauSe), and the
cause Of all this kindly feeling probably, was ha.
cause 1t was rule that the little sister vas thB
greatest pet and Delaware vas the llltle sister
| hat Virginia bed taken 10 her hsAff Nov. 1873
years before the coming Of our Lord, whSa We
wished to present character worthy or omula.
lion in wisdom or bravery We locked To fAQan
people, Greece springs 20 our llps. When We
would point 70 el-0Feecs's drst SiHtssnan,
great IN glory and art--dOes not the name az Per.
seles rise up before US, and when We reTsFi 70
what that silFer-tOnged orator. whom 1 Wonld
wish TO follow. when about to de- said: gTbat
his greatest giory was that he never caused one
citizen Of Greece to mourn for his acts. ii such
result could be obtained by me should have no
greater hope for siatesmanship. At later period
King Henry OF Navarro desired 10 oonduco 10 the
happiness of hrs people and wished that every
peasant had 6ower IN his pot. This was most
sound and sweet wisdom.
Then, referring TO the peTeonal illusions in the
toast. he said Many years ago my grandfather
was IN Congress (then only thirty years Of aRe1,
aud the election Of president was thrown into
Congress by certain circumstances He became
possessed Of the power Of the State, and had 10
choose between poll icsl opponent known to be
an honest and true patriot or a man of his own
party whO was net above suspicion. Party strife
ran high, but by the action of that gentleman
WhoSe blood minglcs in my veins one Thomas
Jefferson became the President Of the United
States, and Aaron Burr, whose treachery to the |
country was proven few years later, was defeat
ed, thus placing country above party. After the !
election OF Mr., Jeerson by the action Of the gem
tleman to whom have referred, he Was rendered |
BY Mr.. John Adams, at that time President, the
position OF minister TO the court Of France, with
tho assurance BY the friends Of Mr. Jefferson that
he would not b. recalled during his term OF Oiice |
lie declined to accept the position, saying that /
having broken the lines Of party in his vote his /
acton would be open TO misconstruetion 'sGy
name may come to you associated with trial and |
trouble, but remember do not fear that l shall
sver forget the great originator of my name"
Thus effort to transmit to you the eloouent
speech of Senator Bayard has met with but par
al success; but even IL h. send IL that Others
besides the favored few may hear all that great I
md good statesman has to say.