The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-11-28
THE NEW ORLEANS BULLETIN SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 49, 1874

Of the community may not appreciate your devo-
ton, but there is one class that have no SYM
patty with, and are not controlled by, those
emotions that appeal to the sordid one class Of
the community who are impressed with the he
roic devotion OF your men in the defense of the
lives and property OF the community at large.
| The many bright qualities that you have dis
played have made impressions upon the minds
Of the fair ladies Of this city that can never be
! forgotten. The brightest jewel III the crown Of
all your glorious actions during this long series
OF years has been that beautiful spirit OF charity
| that kindly, that beneficent that far.reqching
spirit Of charity and philanthropy which has ex-
| tended the hand OF aid and protection to the
widows and the orphans OF your departed broth
ers. The corner stsne Of your success in all your
achievements has been that bright, that beauti-
!nl attribute. You cannot cultivate that too
strongly.
| The days Of your achievements have been
many. Your services are emblazoned upen the
| history of this city and State. Few landmarks
| now exist to mark the Olden days that graced
this grand, this Queen City of the South:
Organizations founded in beneyoence, founded
| in philanthropy, have arisen and have had their
| day. Almost all OF them have passed from the
| stage entirely, but the grandest, the most
glorious and the most time-henored one, in the
| minds OF this community, is the Fire Department
| Of New Orleans. You will find that, whatever
may transpire in all your vicissitudes, though the
cold and calculating and mercenary interests may
| heed to your call. may not satisfy your just
claims, though the ears Of your public servants
| may be turned away from your just demands. yet
| there is one class OF this community in whose
breasts the glorious deeds Of the Fire Depart
| ment and Of the members Of this company will
remain imperishsble, and that class is the fair
ladies of the city of New Orleans: II is The hope
of my young friend that she will live to witness
the time, when, in q season OF success and pros
perity, you will forget the feverish annoyances
that have beset your pathway. 1t is her hope
that success may crown YOUR efforts in the future;
%1,1,s, JnY
ces, and thai hereafter, as now [placing wreath
upon the engine] you may be crowned With
wreaths OF laurel.
thank you in the name of Miss Annie Howard,
for the compliment you have conferred upon her.
After the fremen and guests had partaken Of
the supper, the health Of Miss Annie Howard was
proposed by Mr.. Z. H. Benners.
Mr.. r. N. Ogden responded, as follows:
Friends and Fiiemen-1ndeed it is great COM
pliment to permit Inc to represent young lady
SO bright and charming as your little patroness,
and thank you for the compliment. Her youth,
her innocence, her many little winsome WAYS en-
tit her to the consideration you have paid, and
in her name l tina nix you. The ancient custom
of erecting temples, or dedicating trophies to
some patron deity has long since passed, and In
its stead We find more civilized, though closely
resembling fashion, that Ct naming some tavorlte
institute or cherished object for one, whose ex
ce leucies or whose charms vitalize, as it were
the inapimate so christened
The appropriateness Of the name is a matter OF
much graver consequence than is usually mag
med. for the harmony Of the sound, the accord
with the object named, the purpose OF the NOM
enclature ale all matters that deserve consdera-
tlon.
I congratulate you, gentlemen in having
achieved success in this. For what could more
happily agree with your engine than the name OF
your little patrcness. When you look upon your
engine, fresh in her beauty, vigorous in her
strength, without one single stain upon her
shining face. mOGesty and silently receiving
your attentions, evidences OF your affection,
de ;orated and beaut:tied by your loving hands
when you remember the great work for which
she is reserved; that work OF charity that mets
into the very soul; when you feel that III times
to come surrounded by dangers, she is to pass
through the fiery ordeal unecathed, UNI ouched;
that her work is work OF love, so dlslnterested
and 80 great that even the ashes Of her good
deeds will rise again Can you not understand
that YOU have chosen well in calling her after
this little lassie, who unites in flesh and blood
and soul all those virtues Of which your engine
is typical, youth, purity, and loving charity.
Little Annie beautiful engine, symbolical of
the little lady, prosper always; coed little samar-
itan that turns not from the cry Of distress, but
hastens to tie relief of ALL keep your face bright
and beautiful as it is tonight. On time, deal
gently with her. Oh, furrOw OF care, avoid her
brow; kind hearts and brave hands .aress and
protect her, and may her deeds SO rebound in
credit, that smiles Of appreciation may wreathe
the lips of your little patrOnees and she may feel
proud that you bear her name.
And now, one word to you, gallant fremen !:
Miss Annie Howard feels that in consigning this,
her namesake, to your care, she has chosen
hearts that are bold and hands that axe Wiling
faithfully to work in her behalf She knows that,
in the history OF this country, there can be found
no record that evinces greater patriotism, more
courage more self -sacrlticiDg devotion to duty
than yours. The gallant Greeks, who, under
Epamonidas checked the insolent and cruel
march Of the Unsuitable conqueror, whose dead
bodies, filing the narrow pass of Ihernompyla,
made breastworks for the living, whose Every
death was a monument Of lame to the deity OF
duty, deserved no more consideration from the
hands OF their countrymen than you nave oe-
served from yours.
They were actuated by the noble spirit of pa
triotism, commingled with the love of fame they
died for their country, yet to live IN her history
You are actuated by no consideration save that
OF duty and duty that carries with it all that is
irksonse, dangerous and difficult, and nothing
| that ia calculated to enrich or reward. Your
work is based on the great principle OF human
kindness, kindness not limited or political, but
| that embraces within the scope OF it's generosity
| all the nationait;es Of the earth, all tn, COM
| pleSions OF the world. Times change, politics
differ dynastie and governments are OverthrOwn,
tyranny is rebukt by the spirit OF liberty; free
| dom that has slept wakes once more from his
grand couch perpexities, uncertainties, polltl-
| cal difficulties, and intrcacies shake the very
foundations OF our country, and yet, amidst the
wild roar of confusing and conflicting clemens,
you stand unnloved like some huge old oak in
the very midst Of the raging tempest. Your only
| enemy ls the Fire Fiend, who, when he buckles
| OH his FURNISHED armor and draws his flaming
sword, is demon, blind to all sentiments Of
friendship and hostile to the world at large. You
battle for no fame, but for the love of poor
humanity You murmur at no hardships, rebel
at no privstiors unpaid. not for the services
you have rendered, but for the very expenses
you have incu red yet you nobly and faithfully
perform your duty-faithful in all times, in sun,
shine or in rain, in storm or in calm. The shrill
| bells loud alarm sends you Fastening to the very
front Of danger, and when, after the weary day,
nature is hushed in sleep, you are the sentineis
that guard her sweet repose. True in all things
that appertain to duty, you are unseltish
in your generous rivalry, and the corps
desprH Of your organization is never colored
by those petty jealousies which are the evidences
Of narrow and limited prejudices. The record OF
your deeds brave, kind, generous and unss ltsh
would require tablet lofty as the summit OF
some snow-capped mountain, were they not
registered in tear drops of gratitude brighter