The Morning herald., 1876-02-05

CJAz8 YN4Ht4 III Ht4ENI. !
lie spirit of our State demand that We
should have, . State Building srsctsd on the
Centen9tM grounds to be known rs the
Delaware Headquarters, and the flremsn Of
this city in their praiseworthy efforts to col
lect the funds and arrange for the eonstruc-
ton Of such building have shown them
selves fully alive to State necessity and
deservedly merit the thanks ana plandits Of
axsry5 public-spirited citizen, aud Me cor
the Firemen's Centennial Association and
We call upon all our fsllow-citizens to show
substantial and genuine interest In this mat
ter by subscribing promptly and literally to
THIS deserving object which the arernsn of
this city have taken upon themselves vol
UNFAIRLY. And be 1t further ,o r.,
/ Rssolvsd, That the thanks of this msstins
are especially due to Leander r. Riddle,
Esq.,, for the energetic and faithful per-
formance of his duties as Centennial Com
missioner and for the efficient I'D and on
couragemsnt which he has extended the
fremsn of this city in their undertaking..
Mr.. Lichtenstein then introduced 1gna-
thus G. Grubb, Esq, who said, my fellow
citizens, have been re4hested with several
other gentlemen, to address you this even
ing. II have ever felt an interest In this
movement that the patriotic fremen Of our
city have organized, and still feel an inter-
est In it; and think It should havs al the
encouragement possible, that our State may
be saved from discredit and dishonor 1t the
Exposition. ''37 no
It seems to me absurd that any man
should have to stand here and argue
this question to the people.
Why it ought only be necessary to ask,
and the request should he granted. I do
not think that the Circular system" was
the proper one; 1t, to be sure, was well In
It's way, but men pay little or NO Attention
to circulars which they see every day float
ing about the Streets, Now if you, Firemen
should appoint committees, whose business
should bs to canvass the city thoroughly,
and to hunt up the men, 1t would, ] think,
be the means Of accomplishing moro than
what you have, because people are not apt
to 20 around and look whore and to whom
they are to pay money. LIDO not think that
the reason Of your efforts having not been
more literally responded to, is from want Of
interest the people of this city and State,
feel in this matter, but only that they have
not fully seen the Importance of It.
We have invited to our Exposition the
people of Europe, and indeed from all
countries, and for that reason we are bound
to make our Centennial success. When the
States of New York, New Jersey and Mas
sachusetts shall have erected their elegant
buildings, shall It be said that Delaware,
one of the original thirteen, will not be
represented there by building too Or
shall 1t be said our State had to beg from
her sister State, Pennsylvania, q shelter for
its produce and manufactures. answer
No ! and every true hearted Delawarean
should echo the cry. Yes, my fellow
citizens. the State Of Delaware shou 60
there with her own credit and honor intact,
or she will not 60 there at all. Never let 1t
be said that we have refused to celebrate
the anniversary of the nation" Mr.. Grubb
spoke about twenty minutes, and was heart
lily applauded. When he concluded, Levi
G. Bird, ESD, was introduced and said:
~ feel, my fellow citizens, after what has
been said, and so we'll said by my friend and
colleague, Mr.. Grubb, that there Is little for
me to say; but when was asked by . fire.
man to be present at this meeting, told
him would be here and here ! am. OF
all the noble, glorious, and meritorious
deeds that occur in the life of fremen, there
will be to them an honor accorded, that Of
the Centennial Building; and of all their
heroic acts, there will none be so long re-
membered as the step which they have
taken in this movement. This IL
not political question, but one that
belongs to the nation. It lis the
one. hundreth anniversary Of the United
States. Shall 1t be said of the State from
vwhinh hvrN6ro1 a onrrav vunnt
noble SONS to peril their lives for our Inde-
pendence, that now there is raised one dis
senting voice If so, that voice is Unworthy
an American citizen. Lot 1t be said that
the men of Delaware, in the future, shall
shall take as foremost position among the
men Of the nation as those in the past
did," .HtoUS
Mr.. Bird concluded his speech by saying:
"For the sake of God Almighty; and for
| the sake of those men, Cesar A. Rodney,
George Reed, and Thomas Mexican, who
! one hundred years ago, signed that Deelara-
tion of Independence for the perpetulty Of
this Union under which we live, beg of
you, gentlemen, see to it., that this move
ment shall not fail - ,+-..ls.--s
The President then introduced his Honor,
Mayor Whitley, who spoke as follows I
will not detain you, fcllow-citizens, much
longer, as everything has been most OK
cellently said by the preceding speakers, yet
1t seems tome if the matter was properly
conducted, and that is to visit our, trades
men, merchants and manufacturers, tho
small amount, ~, 900, required to erect this
Centennial building, could be raised in
twenty minutes. understand that tho
Japanese are now engaged in erecting .
building, and perhaps II We cannot have
one too, we may be able to take. quar-
tets with them. Now in thinking over the
question, 1t occurred to me that during the
Revolutionary war there were 5000 lese
people in the whole State of Delaware thar
there are now in this city, and yetythese
men and money were both raised IN order
to carry on that war, and am positive that
now there are men throughout the city and