, 1881-03-27
FRANKLIN MAC VEAGH.
tlr, Macy eagll, the next speaker, made the

Alr. AIacVeaell, the next speaker, made the
following remarks:
MRl CHAIRMAN. LADIES AND GEsrLEMES: Io
commemorate the Hood Of generous sentlmemt ,
Sa nd s1aFg "a S1 Of bs Is
simply tho worlds kindness to Chicago. We
should be doing honor US we'll to phennmehai
aaS ssensbed % % Ut he world World The world was astoa:
ished DIT itself. 'steitiu, the telegraph. and the
modern -these gre,tcst LIZ 1nstra "
naeo'fa the Use ns or "e's eharity, TINT charity
might become for once In "a ~ IT.. te ae9
eroslty Of mankind, its massire TENDERNESS una
grntlcness. as never before in history. stood
M Inc keon eelishness of its: commerce, and the
dread horrors Of its wars, were retnferpreted1
anu softeued In the light Of the worlds good
momoratlon ccrinIniy.. We Of Chicago are those
who are entitled, we are thnse who are ooii9ed
to do It honor Let ns say that shsll De d9ns: E
thinking always first Of. the kindness she re-
celved. She thinks afterwards Of her own con- on,
In hs gse5f ass
The generosity. OF the one; the plnck and 1naali-
moss Of tho other. The wounds Ut the great hre
lie: and it shall forever be tho great distinction
OF this city Of unique future that she was
59ed re snd not refs ea9d ssap
Away. ,USa hHs her homes ne8s were destroyed, hor
com trerctal position aud her future were i'm
petiled; but she did not feat, she did not even
siuh-and she neither hesitatcd nor delayed.
ID all the future Of cur great city lot the smaller
Chicago Of 1911 be forever remembered with r.
Established het Claim to the respect Of her pos
one thing more, liz. Uhairmun.. Objections
Oct. Oct ~ ~ would seem to celebrate Chicaaos dis
! aster. Those on1ecuons were, i seems to m me.
well taken. But they suggest to me TO 8, say t1at M
! the benefits Of It's crave lessons. This hopstu!
bad be S,1esn5 y the es q
really learned, aud oven nowadays we hear
! and see things touching nrc protecuou which
Was is hers On % he M nght pf lint terrible 9sh OF
stSsa au Tns os T. Se9s'apiy fs bayyo dwell II
that night. Rather let US hope that feroolous,
| draau,a was acted once fur all; that the wild
| glare and force heat nFe never to returni tnaI
| across our warehouses aud homes Is never TO oo
| repent cd: that we shall not again, homeless
and with broken fortunes stand FACE 70 9a1 taqo 70
viz Wiz spirit spirit hos Ras made tho oast fame
of our oityI But let US never forget thnt ,rI our
| hands 70 refuse, fel!ow-cttizens, to provide
that protection by good laws and earnest i'd
money, nnd by the suoordfnauoa Of less impor-
I tunt considerations to that consideration born
Of our great Distress Is to chalicn9e the reality
! OF our b0asted civilization and to do ns those
/ animals do which, liberated from burning
! building, rush back from the free alr to perish
! In the tancs. -
| more permanently commemorate the charity 81
| tho great world.-hnw better than associate W1ta
| 1t the recollection of the courage nnd manhood
! OF our city; how better establish q luating
| moultop1nstinct with wise precautions than by
/ erecting and dedicttlng this building Tor, q
| library and museum? How could we supply g
| more pressing or higher need OF o1t
] population? How could we better ado
/! 10 the metropolitan equipment OF the city'
| How could we more honur Chicago than BY pln-
cling ii anew In line With tho great cities OF the
| world by erecting homes Tor these two great In
! stiru1ions OF culture7
| Let the building be built, ana built worthl!y
| and dedicated wurtnlly, and let it be the build
! tuR Of the people and the expression or the peo-
I pies thought. Lot tho fund grow from vide
spread contribution, SO that these treasures may
| lie the treasures OF the whole people and the
| cotnmemorAtion be commemorauon by US Ill.
! 1t wilt be spectacle worthy Ut this Erea
young community; and one that will not tet,t
TO disappont the expectations OF tue. worit
| when Chicago. ten yehrs after her great caiu1nl-
| ty, mindful of the past and grateful-aitve:
| Withnl, to tue best ideals and Inspirations -o1
| our time, shall seek an expression Of her senti.
ment In doing high honoEto literature hud art