The daily gazette., 1876-01-10
SECOND EDITION.
ANNIVERSARY OFTHE BATTLE OF
NEW ORLEANS.

Dinner Of the Democratic Campaign
Club.
SENATOR BAYARD's SPEECH.
From the Pubic LEDGER.
The sixty first anniversary of the
Battle of New Orleans was celebrated |
on Saturday, by dinner given by the |
Democratic Campaign Club, at the
Girard House. Mr.. John II. Donnert,
sormer President of the "Old Hickory |
Club" presided. On his right sat
Hon. Thos. f, Bayard, U. S. Senator
from Delaware, and on his left Hon.
Jno. p. Cochran, Governor of Della
ware. There were also present: Hon.
i. s. Foster, ex United States Senator
from Connecticut; Hon j ohm Robbins,
Congressman from Philadelphia; Ben
jamin Rush, Hon. b. f. Biggs, ex-
Congressman from Delaware; Mr..
John O'Byrne, Hon. Richard Vaux,
Geo. M. Dallas, Col. IL. ID. Welsh,
Major John o. James, Henry 5. Hag-
ert, j. Rinaldo Sank, John Cadwala-
der, Jr., Hon. John 3. Taunce, and
others.
The Hon. Thomas T. Bayard, U. S.
Senator from Delaware, responded to
| LuC bO6ob. nC SCtSI 100, thO
representatives of the sovereignty of
the States and the majesty of the peo-
pie in council. The functions Of re-
presentation must not be unsurpcd
through fraud or force under the pre-
text of political or military necessi
ty.'" Mr. Bayard said that he did
not feel as though he were q stranger
in addressing Philedelphians, since he
was not sure but that they were part
of his own constituents. In oiden
times William Penn had proprietary
rights over the ''three lower counties"
which uow compose the State of Della
ware, and, therefore, he might say
that Pennsylvania was only part OF
delaware. Laughter. But the men
ltion of William PENIS name recalled
to him the fact that Penn settled q
great commonwealth without blood
shed and with civil and religious lib
erty as its corneretones. He made
treaties which were never written, and
which, stranger still, were never bro.
ken, and he demonstrated to the world
that good faith is better then bayonets
and fair dealing more elective than
. coercion.
/ The speaker then went on to say
that the nation had entered upon q
year everyone referred to with pride,
and that his hearers lived in q city
which everybody was talking about. II
was here, he said, that the Govere.
meat was bOrn, and for this reason he
had said to persons urging him to vote
for New York as the place FOR holding
the exhibition, that he would vote for
| lPhtlo1 olrhta For vol
celebrate the birth of man SO well
except it be in fireplace where he was
borng He felt proud at the manner ir
: which Observation-Disclosures showing
Z themselves to be worthy of havigg the
centennial held in their midst. Thei
liberality, skill and energy have
silenced the sneers, won the respect
and earned the envy OF those who op
posed them at the start.
The Centennial Exhibition woult
E be successful at any time. 1t wa
!, never more needed than now. 1t wa
Q this thought which, more th1n any
thing else, made the speaker join il
9 the effort to secure thc success of tht
. Exhibition. lie had striven for thi
reason to overcome the constitutions
K doubts, which some advance rs to Tx
power of Congress to make aN appr0
priation for the Centennial. He be
lieved that this appropriation could b
made; but if there was doubt, "a,
gave the benefit OF the dorbt to hi
country. Applause.
The Exhibition must not be mere
q formality. If it is not to be the occa
I sion of a coming together of all tn,
h States as friends, equals, bTothers--it
: had better not be held at all. Tht
G possibly. could not be done now; i
e may even be that it csnnet be d0n,
q next year. But We should al strive t,
e make it possible during the Centen
nial year. The French cay: "Ait
!, thyself and God will aid thee" Th,
- Philadelphians have aided themselve,
= and although the speaker did not con
lcede to Congress all the powers whicl
are claimed for it, he believed it still
= had the power to aid the Centennial
Mr.. Baysrd thon went ON to say thai
in considering the meaning of tn
word Federal Congress, people shoult
inever forget that the founders of th
itiovernmeut adopted the narae"Uni
y State" States United-meaning o
icourse, union OF sovereign and in
1ant with meaning, and is the root o
y the idea Of the general government
Che Congress of the States is a bod,
8 ichoscn to deliberate on affairs whiel
affect the common safety and good O.
= all.
II meets for the comfort OF all; fo
the degradation and wrong OF uone.-
The people who framed the govern
ment were able and honest men, The,
wrought in sad sincerity, having
jus. passed through terrible eXper
ience of the exercise of despotic powe:
and the underlying idea in the charte
(which they framed, giving certain
: delegated rights to the representative
: of the various States, was Limitation
: power; they meant to make govern
ment in which TIE honest simpl,
y mindeG, semi cultured man Raigh
have az equal share with the rick and
cultured in the management of the
: Government. The Constitution con
tains almost as many inhibitions aa il
does permissions. 1t was designed te