The Morning herald., 1878-04-25
WILMTNGTON, DELL. THURSDAY. APRIL 25. 1878.
THE JEFFEEsoN CLUB.


THE OPENING LAsTrsh TrshIaHT--sPsEcHEs BYi
HON. T. r. BAYARD. JOHN o'yYBNE, y. L. J,
u FoRwoOD' AND leNArIUs O. GRUBB Al
GREETING FROM THE KEYsToNE STATE.
Lart evening athe J4Serson Democratic
Club formally, opeped their new quarters
in the Askew .Buildins, corner Of seventh
and Market streeiss The rooms were filed
With an intelligent audience. who listened
attentively 70 the speeches which were
made. Among those 'of the invited guests
present were Hon. Thos. IT. Bayard, Henry
Pepper, Hon. ". g. whhslay, B r Town.
send, Hon. James Ponder, James W.. Ware.
George O'Neill, Esq ), tseorgs Ward, Philip
g. Plunk~tt, Isaac q. Pyle, Thos. ". Ogle,
Z. K. Springer, James r. Haves. John
Pyle. Robert Justice, Wilton Lsckey. DasisI
Farra, Capt. Joshua Baker, Lewis Paynter
and others.
The Baxter Democratic Club, Of Chester,
Pa, was present to the number OF 10 mem
bera, headed by Dr. John L Forwood, the
Mayor OF that place "
The meeting was called TO order by Jas.
Megary, who Introduced DR.. n. %. Ogle
and said he would take charge Of the meet
ing. sisIi bgls q
Dr.. Oxle gave brief history Of the club.
which had started two years ago with but
With but one main idea, which was to ad.
vance the principlrs' the Democratic
party. At the clost ~ his remarks. Or,
Ogle introduced Hon. Thomas +, Baysrd
who spoke 10 substance as, follows
/ hNI6 ~ " q urtvtIAnn nf huu~- A. -
associated with you, nv fellow townemen.
on an occasion like this, which has 90
worthy an object In view. In the fall OF
1875 was invited to address this club and
did 80, not 90 much upon the party spirit of
politics as upon general politics In It's broad
scope as It applied to the benefit and wels
fare OF the nation. Imust say, gentle@en,
that am pleased with this club. It ~
Democratic in ito principles, and tho object
which IL is endesvoring to carry out ID "
good one and VIII perpetuate the good Of
the nation II II Is attained. To be member
Of an organization like this It ID not essential
tor man TO be able to rule or lead, but
only for him to have manhood and intelli-
gence enough to know his rights and act
accordingly. This organization is to ad-
vance the principle Of honor in politics, but
we all may recognize II as useless for Us to
be able to ipfuse the spirit of honor and
Intelligence into It II persons are let rule
who are acting against it. When Tilden
and Hendricks were elected what made III
possible for the natural result to be defeated .
! answer that Il was the absence of that
sense OF honor and justice that 10 essential
for any form Of good government. You
know what was done, now I ask what is the
rennedya IL IL to be the system OF assasins-
ton or else the NapoleonIc plan Of bayonets q
No, gentlemen, It is neither. OF these, but Il
Is the great American remedy, the intelli~
gence OF the people. a854sS ilM&1
|, It is in organizations of this kind the
seed Is sown for good results to the Demo-
cratic cause. There is good omen forthe
success of the club, and that is that it
sprung from ,13 members ,vas, did the United
States grow from thirteen States. It is q
season of much trouble, ana it Is for the
voice of the people to cure. We have too
many men In Congress who will not vote
for the passage Of o bill unless he knows
that bill will better his own fortune, then
support men who will advocate the public
veal, and the government ra win become good
Mr.. O'Byrne Wis then introduced, and
was received with applause. He said -
"For eighteen years the idea Of force domis
mated the entire country Monuments were
erected in the high places OF the land TO its1
typical men, During that time the briar
| and wild weed invaded, and almost OBJ
scurred the grave OF Thomas jefferson, the
greatest civilian this country ever pros
duced. To Mr.. Cox, Of New York, is due
the credit of obtaining an appropriation
from Congress Q few days ago TO repair the
tomb of the Great,A American Tribune. This
shows that our people are again respecting
the underlying idea Of our system Of Gov
eminent. ,s.fG
In the speech of Mr.. o'Byrpe he sorcibly.
i argued against standing army, denounced
corporate monopolies 40 the great enemy
Of our prosperity. showing how the Dsls>
ware railroad, although . crestion Of cur
own, moves the produce Of our peachs
growers 80 - TO primarily subserve its
own interest. He also spoke earnestly
against the Income tax and Civil Service
Reform which he dsnounced as q system
designed to create cast OF Office holders.
| Upon the financial question he advocated
| mixed Interchangeable currency Of gold,
silver ana greenbscks, and ,remarking incl
dentally that the misfortunes which the
"gold bug," prophesied would befall the
country, had notlralned down on us when
the silver btll passed Ia
Coming to our State he pictured the fact
that the Sheriff is exterminating the free
holders of Delaware; that our young men
as, they grow up ara compelled to exile
themselves to other Ststes 70 make living,
there being no stage Of life for them here.
Something must be wrong when this ID 20.
A large and more liberal homestead was
advocated; and also the chartered indepen.,
depce Of the municipalities Tof the State,
which would lift them, ont Of their present
dependent position. The speaker dis.
claimed all idea Of personal allus,on to any
one; but stoutly maintained n rs the duty
|nf representative to take account of the
opinions Of his constitutants, who most cor.
ta'nly best know their wants Mr.. O'Byrne
speke for about ono hour and . half, and
ended by introducing Mayor Forwood and
the Baxter Club Of Chester. 50 FFV'
n Mr.. j. l.. Forwood was the next speaker.