The daily gazette., 1880-10-30
sECRETARIEs.
William j. Morrow,
Edmund B. Frazer.

Edmund Is. Frazer.
Col. Whiteley at once introduced the
speaker of the evening in the following
words
FELLOW CITIZENS: In the earlier
days of the Republic its affairs were ac-
lively participated In by distinguished
Mary lander, than whom none were more
eloquent, and whose power of eloquence
has probably never been exceeded since.
lie was the ablest lawyer in Ba timore,
held the high and honorable positions
of Minister to England and Minister to
Russia, and was member of the eele-
brated Fifteenth Congress, which Daniel
Webster said was the strongest aud most
brilliant Congress of all he was connected
with. This was Senator William Pinck-
ney, of Maryland. [Applause.] His
grandson Is now here [applause1 and it
is not necessary as an Introduction To say
that he is not only this great mans grand.
son, but is N )w the Hon. VIM. Pinckney
Whyte, u. S. Senator from the State OF
Maryland.
Senator Whyte arose 10 speak in ..Tt =
sponse to this fattering introduction, ,and
was received with greeting of applause
that continued for several minutes.
When it subsidized, he spoke in substance
as follows:
SENATOR WHITES SPEECH.
FELLOW CITIZENS OF DELAWARE
| thank your chairman, for the kindly
manner in which he has introduced me,
and you for your warm welcome. IL is
with great diffidence that l accepted al
invitation to speak here, because know
kow often you have heard your distin-
guish ed Senator, Bayard of Delaware,
Tapplause1 lay down with eloquence
unequalled and force unexcelled, those
principles of the Democratic party Of
which he is so able an exponent. Zap
plause.]
YEAR OF SURPRISES.
This year, said the Senator, is a yeal
of surprises. The nominations of u ar
field at Chicago, and Hancock a Gin.
cinnati, [applause] were surprises to the
machine men OF both parties. The
overthrow of 1900 majority in Maine
was a surprise to the Radicals, and to
us, also, while at our less OF Indiana
the Republicans were just as much SUI.
prised as we were. But the Democratic
party is not a sunshine party. The
| darkness does not dismay 1t, and II
comes out from gloom as does the sur
from the darkest cloud that cbscures the
heavens. 1t was scotched, not killed;
defeated, not discouraged; l. saw that
victory was only harder to win, but
still within our reach. Applause The
| Republicans have been delirlous with
| intuxIcatlon over Indiana, but my word
| for it, on Tuesday next their headache
will come. [Applause
| GAhFIELD's CHANGE OF BASE.
After the election in Maine Garfield
saw that the Republican column was
totteIing, and he cried out to Grant
"Help me, Cassius, or sink" APP
plause.1 Then, Conkling aud Com
| eroD, the machine triumvirate, assem-
| bled at Mentor, and ConKlins consented
| to put ON his armor, Cameron retired to
| fix Pennsylvania, and Grant moved
| about like human Vesuvius, eruptinl
his lava of corruption upon Hancocl
[applausel and upon the Southern
people, for whom, last spring, he hat
naught but good words. [Applause.]
Here Senator Whyte read extract:
from Grants speeches while be wa
epjoying the hospitality Of the Southern
people, last Spring, and compared then
with his recent utterances on the Re
publican stump.
GRANT TO THE FRONT.
When l saw Grant and Conkling il
the canvass l was glad of 1t. l kns'
it would arouse people to their danger
[ saw that Blaine was at once attacked
with soreness Of the throat, which
learned recently had extended to hi
head. When that Republican warrio
gets sick we are likely to hear goo
news from the French plantations o
next Tuesday night. [Applsuse.1
But Grant comes at once to the from
aImperial Caesar" hath not "turned
CLAW" [Applause. The American eagle
ordered to the rear and the imperial stal
dard is raised aloft, glittering to the ey'
of the worshippers Of Grant. lie
, nbiquitous. Like some giant colossus
straddles the East River and stands vii
one foot In New Jersey and the other
: New York. The silent man has becon
a speech. maker. The tongue that on