The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-12-12
THE BANQUET,

THE BANQUET.
The banquet tonight at the Gran
Hotel was one oil the most brilliant in tn
history Of the city. The beautiful dinin
hall was completely filled with tables, an,
the tablescompactly filled with guests. TIL
table Of honor ran along the north side o
the hall, while from 1t at right angles wer,
placed seven tables running across tn,
hall. General Grant occupied the centre
OF the first table. Before him was placed
large floral ornament, representing the
United States coat OF arms. Beautilu
baskets Of flowers and graceful ornaments
in tho highest style OF the coniectioner'l
art adorned all the tables. The chic
ornament in the centre OF the hall was
pyramid composed OF cupids, graces, lion:
and dolphtns, supporting an excellent
statuette Of General Grant
Seated on the right Of Gen. Grant was
Gov. Bishop, then W.. $. Groesbeck, Hon.
s. F. Hunt, Hon. A. Perry, J. Edwin
Spear, Bishop Iaggar, Murat Halstead
David Sinton. Next to Gen. Grant on the
left was Hon. A. Taft, then Mayor Jacob,
Gen. Tyner, Richard Smith, Judge NJ. F.
Force, Hon. Benz. Eggeston, James
mafnIe, of nth The cornnanv M a wera .oatH1 an se ae
cording to choice BY self:made groups, Il
was 8 o'clock when the company marched
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dRoEsBECKs SPEECH.
MR. CHAIRMAN ASD GENTLEMEN: We are
at a bandnet and 7 sunnose vor vould
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United states OF America. but shall try
to avoid boasting, believing as do, that
a simple statement of facts will bs orr
h;,hot. r,a;,o
Inquest pfSlSe'
In the Statesman Year Book OF 1879,
published in London, and accredited
thropphout Eurone and in tho ral;.h,a
nnh,;es,;n., - az 1L-..:a ~ ~ '.,''' Nv.
P1"i'e"''on' VI 'ne N'otaI1"" VI our ION
gress, and others could name, may be
found copious political and financial stat
istics of all ,he civ;lizad rot;ors ~ tha
-,
"ottu'
What OF the United States OF America?
What OF her magnitude. Her territory
Is as large as the combined territory OF
RussIa-ln. Europe, Norway, Sweden, Dem
mark, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Aus
tria, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, Spain,
Portugal, France, Great Britain and Ire.
land. What magnificent possession for
a single people! Fronting on the two
great oceans and central between Europe
and Asia, what an opportunity for com.
merce with both! Standing apart and
Withdrawn from the necessity OF entan.
Cling alliances with other States, how safe,
Independent and commanding her posi-
ton!
What OF her resources? You have been
reading in our journals, from day to day,
OF our great harvests OF wheat, corn, cot
ton and other staples. II We keep on
what will they be when our population
Is as dense as that OF EuropeH 1t is
enough TO say that the land OF the United
States is fertile as that OF Europe, and un-
der full cultivation will yield as much as
that OF all the countries have named,
while underneath our soil lie vast store
houses OF Goa, iron, gold and silver, far
surprising theirs. In word, in extent
OF territory and material resources on the
earth and under the earth, the United
States OF America may be regarded as
about equal to the whole OF Europe
What OF her present condition? Our
national debt Is, say, $2,20O, 10000. That
Of the nations have named, is more than
eight times as large, We are reducing
ours, 1t may be, rapidly enough. am
not aware that this is the case with any
nation in Europe. Their debts are rather
increasing. The great payment by France
to Germany did not reduce her debt; it
was only achange OF creditors. The debt
Of France, according to the Almanach De
liotha, IS more than S4,O0O,0OO,OOO.
The standing armies OF these countries
occupying about as much territory as we
do, number nearly three millions OF men.
They spend their lives in watching the
people, whose substance they devour, and
in lighting the battles oil dvnastiC rival
ries and ambition. Our standing army
numbers about q 900 men. Let us hope
itmay never be large, thatwe may shun
wars, and ever be able to rely for safety
and order In our midst, upon an impartial,
popular, and constitutional administra.
ton OF the government.
There are In the United States, in
round numbers, $4,000 miles OF railroads;
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go on with such comparisons. Allow
me in this connection, 70 refer to one
other obiect-popGlar education. The
statistics ot education in Europe are In
complete and unsatisfactory: will refer
briefly to our own; The United States
has already donated ior agricultural col
leges, s,O9S, 900 acres OF land; for literary
colleges, 1895, 900 acres, and for schools
6S, ,0SS, 900 acres. But the education Of oul
people Is in the care Of the States. Wha
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