Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-16
THE WEST
Illinois.

! The Birthday o1 Anufe" JAchsoH' CHICAGO, March 15.-A banquet in com l memoration of the 15Oth anniversary of the ] birthday of Andrew Jackson was given to- l night at the Palmer House by the 1roquols club of this city, a prominent Democratic organization, Among the prominent guests were Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana, w. F. Villas of Wisconsin, L. Q. c. Lamar of Mississippi, Lyman Trumbul of Illinois, Frank H. Hurd of Ohio, Henry Watterson of Kentucky, James R. Doolittle of Mlssis- sippi, John D. Cotton of Illinois, Carter H. Harrison of Illinois, Colonel B. J. D. Irwin, United States army, Hon. Perry H. Smith Hon. Samuel M Moore Erskine M Phelps, president of the Iroquois club, M. W. Full ler Thomas Hayne and Julius s. Grinnell Exactly three hundred persons were seated. The banquet began at 8:3O and continued un- til Il o'clock, when the following toasts be- gan: "Our Country" Thomas A. Hen dricks; 'Andrew Jackson" William F. Vil- las; ''An Indivisible Union of Indestructible States. l.. o. c. Lamar ''The Democracy" Samuel J. Tilden (by letter); ''The Federal Constitution" Thomas F. Bayard (by let ter); '>The Reunited Country" Duke Gueren, and "Local Self-Government," :" Lyman Trumbull; s'Tariff for Revenue Only," F. H. Hurd Opposition to Mono polies," James R. Doolittle; ''The Democrat ic Press" H. Watterson; ''The Monroe Republic" Richard T. Merrick; ''The Presi- dent of the United States" Richard c. Black; "The State of illinois," John D. Cotton; '"The City of Chicago Carter H. Harrison. Ex-Governor Seymour of Utica, ex x-Speaker Randall and a number of Democratic Senators and Congressman sent letters of regret. Hon. J. Black sent a letter in which he regretted that he could not be present to refute the charge that Jackson was the author of the practice which now corrupts the civil service by making office the reward of partisan crimes. Letters were also read from Generals Hancock and George B. Mcclellan. In his letter replying to the toast -"The Democracy" Mir. Tilden said 1T cordially sympathize in the homage which you propose to pay to the memory of that great soldier statesman, Andrew Jackson. lie represented the exultant nationality of sentiment which has always characterized the Democracy and manifested in great public crisis his own invincible determination to maintain the territorial integrity of our coun- try an indissoluble union of States" Reviewing the political system and re- forms Of the times ne said ''We must hope that Providence will in it's own time raise up men adapted to and qual- flied for the wise execution of this great work and that the people will put him in possession of the executive administration through which alone that noble mission can be accomplished"
 Henry Watterson, replying to the Demo- cratic press, said the subject of his toast was no longer a power in land. He said "It no longer issues the decrees of the administra- tion, nor unfolds the policies of gov ernment, nor echoes the spirit of the age. It is indeed but a poor rela- tion-sincere, loyal, full of courage and hope, but like the party divided, irresolute and powerless. The pint of his speech was that the Democratic party could be made the party of the future by the advocacy of tariff for revenue only.
 Senator Bayard in his letter urged that those political principles be upheld which preserve the liberty and happiness of the people, giving security to all and special privileges and powers to none.
 Hon. Thomas Hendricks in his speech pie tured the marvellous growth of the country from the time of the landing of the May flower. The great qualities that characterize our people are the result of the commingling of the blood of the strongest nations Polit- ically his sympathies were with the stalwarts.
 Hon. Frank Hurd, reviewing the effect of the present tariff, claimed that our foreign carrying trade had ceased to exist In 1879 nearly thirty vessels were built in this country against over four hundred in 1855. The only end attained by protection was to keep out foreign capitalists.