The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-11-28
Senator Bayard's Speech.


Mr. CHAIRKAS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
FELLow-CITIzEss FRIENDS ALL: My chief de-
sire and my main effort at this moment is to let
you simply and clearly understand the quiet, deep
and sincere happiness with which this welcome,
so spontaneous and expressive, fills my breast
Strong language is not needed, nor is II often
used where really strong feeling seeks for utter
ance Nor shall l seek the aid OF rhetoric or ex-
travagance of phrase to convey to your hearts the
simple message which beats in mine for deliver
nnce This is the town where 1 was born, as was
my father before me, and in this room Is many
face well known to me from my childhood. In full
view OF those who now surround my life has
been lived and my incomings and outgoings all
known When, therefore, the Judgment of such a
court comes TO be passed after a full half century
OF trial and experience in private life and in pub
lie service and It is rendered in sentences so full
Of generous APPRECIATION affection and respect as
your worthy and venerable chairman has address
cd to me, what must be my emotions and how full
to overhowing must feel my cup OF blessings and
Of honor! For this occasion is not called for 10y
official proclamation IT is not outburst of the
friendly but fierce zeal OF political enthusiasn IT
is not commanded by authority nor suggested by
any design of commerc ial or pecuniary advantage;
It is merely the natural flow Of kind feeling be-
tween human hearts, checked and pent up in its
daily action for a little time by separation,
only to gather new and stronger Roadway when
that separation was ended and our hands could
again clasp each other. AS rule, real feeling
fears to show itself lest its genuineness should be
questioned, but there times and moments
when it is well to throw OF the veil Of reserve and
give free rein TO the impulse OF friendly feeling.
feel, and surely you who hear me all feel, that
We are here in an atmosphere of loving kindness,
, longing only for peace on earth and good will to
I man, and no cloud of doubt taint OF dstrust
suspicion interyenes. All, what an armor is
friendship What shield Or buckler so protective7
/ What the stupendous iron-clads Of Great
Britain, the marvellous artillery Of Prussia and
/ the vast military establishments that prop up Eu-
ropean thrones, maintain dominion and keep
( crowns on heads and often heads on royal shoul-
ders draining the land, they do, of the fruits OF
! industry and labor and devourng the substance
/ of the people? What are these compared with the
( cheap defense, tho unbought security which
republican citizen feels when he Is surrounded by
the atmosphere OF law the breath of a selfrespect
ing, self-gOverning community of free men7 For
the trIumphs OF violence are temporary and leave
. the true work Of government to be afterwards
performed and with greater difficulty.
This summer have been looking across the At
lantic, thinking of the country l could not
contrasting what l did see of the daily lives of
men md women in other lands with that Of my
own, and when so oft heard Labor with groan
and not a voice" and realized the abuses and in
justice OF class privilege, whereby the insidious
bar of humble birth was kept and fastened on men
from the cradle to the grave, turned, as 10 for
purer air, to the American States, where the no.
BILE equities of humanity acknowledged and
respected and where the one great and essential
equality, the equality or opportunity, Is secured
to all. And experience and reflection, with In
creased opportunities for comparison with other
countries and systems of government, bring mt
only to higher appreciation of tie generosity,
justice and moral grandeur of the principles upoI
which our own was founded.
I But my sense of admiration for our system 0
government was accompanied by apprehensiv'
F realization or the conditions under which only #
can be practically and permanently maintained
And the conviction grows stronger and cIeare
daily that such a government can only be main
tanned by the exercise and employment of tn
higher and better qualities Of human nature. L
T. is 4 government OF laws cmanating from popula
WILL but that will must be for honest and worth
ends, accomplished by honorable means. 1t
controlled by public opinion, but that opinio
- must be the intelligent result of knowledge care
fully acquired, and delfberation. and not the ur
stable froth Of tumult and gusty passion. And {
=, make public principles secure they must be CT
. . grated private honor the wishes of INTEL
: gent and upright constituency must be renecte
: by intelligent and upright representatives.
faithful representative should rather dispIeas
T. his constituents than consent to that which II
jures them. 1t IS his duty fully and freely to a
count to them put not to conceal his true opinion
for fear OF their dispIeasure, for his enlg htene
conscience cannot be dIsregarded without iniur
to them ana his entire loss or usefulness. ]
maintain this government Of ours such are some
!, the conditions and It Is upon the selEprO.ectir
# elements OF society that we must rely. AS Burk
the great Irish statesman and philosopher, fine
L said, "tlattery Is not friendship, and to mslead
|, not to serve" The line of my public service
is which our friend. DR.. Bush. has 50 kindly aIlude
% has been in assisting to carry the Nations
Government OF the grand union of States, anon
II whom so contented!y and securely our It;le Cor
IS monvealth is anchored fast.
q Whenever I have spoken or voted in the Sena
for new and stronger ties of union between Il
IL sections Of the States have not echoed the vol
E. Of Delaware? When schemes of financial UNIV
" dom something worse threatened to weaken Il
credit o. tarnish the plghted faith Of our countr
q and my vote and voice were heard in uny icldlI
4, opposition, did not then echo the voice Of Del
,S ware9 When the insid Gus poison;of false mon
- and vicious currency proposed, and 1 sto
in uncompromising attitude demanding hone
20 dollars for honest men, did echo the vol
lG Of Delaware7 And when plead for an ind ssol
~ bic union Of indestrucible and equal States
1 not speak in the voice of Delaware7 And wh
&c shall prove faithless to such things; when [
a welfare and happiness Of the whole country a.
1d Of every State shall be shrunE into a narrow a
fatal devotion to the interests Of a section, or of
III policy Of an!mositles which must destroy the spI
ID of American union and nationality. then 1 sh,
is no longer be worthy of your confidence nor a tr
-, representative Of the State Of Delaware.
" have an ambition TO confess TO you-it is
e possess the unsuspecting confidence OF the peoI
ne Of Delaware, and TO retain It. wish to make O
sL government strong, and the best way is to make
or wise, honest and just that it shall be loved I'm
!, North and in the South, in the East and in t
~ west with that porfect love that caste,h q
80 fear" forbear, at the risk of prolongi
- unduly these remarks, to join with you in ioyi
-: graduation upon the recovery Of confidence in
Vi the groups and circles OF dependent industries
our country, to Join with you IN grateful ackno-
edgment OF the bounty and favor OF Providence
m so blessing our basket and store, when He I
a seen n to drown in floods the crops in the Brit
. Islands and in large portions OF Europe Tn
we arc favored people, and in the full tide
p that prosperity that seems fairly to have set
let Us, while availing ourselves OF It, keep a chs
of eye upon the dangers Of over-trsding and "
speculation, from the results OF which We have
IL lately suffered.
of with prudent counseIs, welI-considered eco,
mics and steadily prosecuted reforms with sus
of cious and fn-wili between our own people disco
aged and put an end to We shall have before
te era OF prosperity which should gladden.
NO heart OF every man who loves his country. p
fS don this long speech and accept the thanks hS
n so feebly expressed, but yet 80 deeply feel.
- TIE New York Nation referring to Jo
III Sherman's wholesale abuse Of the Sou
ne says:
MT Mr. Sherman's account Of the actual condit
,s Of the South is extraordinary in public Off,
part OF the Federal Administration, and bound
Ie his very position to know the essential untru