New-York tribune., 1883-06-08
HONORS TO KENTUCKIANS.
~ AIMS OF THE SOUTHERN EXPOSITION.

TOR BAYABD SENATOR BECK AND OTHERS.
dinner was given last night at Delmonicos to
several prominent Southern gentlemen, representa-
tives of the Southern Exposition, which will be
c;ven in Louisville this fall. The hosts were G. g.
baldwin. president of the Louisville and
Nashville Railroads c. p. Huntington, pres
ident of the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
road and William Butler Duncan. president
of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. The honored
puests were Bishop Dudley. OF Kentucky Senator
Beck. ex-senator John w. Stevenson, Henry Wat
t.rsop. Charles d. Jacob, Mayor of Louisville, +.
d. Carley, John English Green and j. S. Faulds.
The dinner began at 7:30 o'clock. Three long
tables were arranged in the dining hail, which
was decorated simply with national flags
and shields. TIE tables were adorned with
great punches of roses with wreaths of smilax
and les-of-the- valley between them. At
the three tables sat nearly hundred
nersons who had been invited to meet the rep
reseptatives of the Exposition. Among these were:
General Grant. John Jay, o. b. Potter, Jordan L.
Mott. A. S. Hatch, William Dorsheimer. II. R. lie
Row. E. H. Green, j. Z. Green, Senator Bayard, D..
p. Montague, G. II. Redmond, P. Green,
James J. w. Gerard, Carl Schurz, Rus
sell Sage, Hubert o. Thompson. H..
H. Gorringe, Jus ice Blatchford. c. X. Garrison
s. s Howlaud, Charles H. Marshall, j. b. Lee
Franklin Bartlett, E. w. Vanderhof, E. ID. Ran
dolph Albert Bierstadt, Samuel Sloan, L. N. Bangs
and James H. Hopkins, of Pittsburg.
BEGINNING THE sPEECH-MAKING.
Ate o'clock John Jay, who presided, raped for
silence and proposed the health of the President OF
the United States. When this had been drank Mr.
Law said a few words of welcome to the
Southern guests and to those who had
been asked to meet them. lie then
called upon f. d. Carley to respond to the toast,
| "Our Southern Guests" Mr. Csrley said in part:
The new South rejoicing in its fertile fields and Its
Varied products has OF It's unhappy past
Of slavery and war to devote its 10 p
riches BY placing the sampled products Of the West
the STAPLES OF the SSnh the cd anS nS esap"
we would plant seeds OF enterprise give Impulse 70 our
deayor Applause We would stimulate and encourage
| ali students Of physical, personal and natona
glimpse Of a hgher. finer, gener life to certaln
of our PEOPLE who have never yet recovered from he
tramp of battle. We would teach It to our people th9t
it ia not enough that build the South into wel-
titled an conmOdious homc but thatwe have the rlgnt
neople IN ~ that problem Is not only one OF growing
cities and erea m achnery but what kind OF citizen
| ship are creaing. lAppause
| The toast. kentucky and New-York," was re-
sponded to by Bishop Dunlap, who said IN parts
We ask You to help us celebrate the birthday OF our
how Nineteen years ago the death OF the old me-
the seeming death OF the old traditions. and In that
Ge9'h fay there W s Kentucky has come here to ask
New.York to help educate this boy, now
North have many strange ideas OF the South From my
| own acquaintance with them I can say there Is no
for sSe whole South rRs Exposition viii help bring
all together its influence as an educator cannot 5S
over esfimatcd Probably hundred thousand people
wlll who never have had an opportunity 10
strains such vein be %"sc revelation To them This
Exposition viii hasten the time when there VII DC no
Ope s5s po,t,cs and whca viii become Mixson and
Dayson's line Far any will know or care in The
| future lAppause
RESPONSE OF GENERAL GRANT
| When Mr.. Jay mentioned the name of General
Grant be was interrupted by loud applause. " Were
il not for his we'll known indisposion to speak on
such OCCASIONS" SAID Mr.. Jay. " we should bo glad
| to listen to an expression of his views
| in regard to the Exposition, as he has recently
| visited Louisville" When the ex-President rose
| il was some time before the enthusiasm subslded
| sufficiently for him TO speak. When allowed 10 pro-
| ceed he spoke substantially as follows:
| MR. CHAIRMAN: 1t has generally been my good Tor.
fupe TO be called first such occasions as h ana
not TO have to follow suea eloquent speakers az
vile fLe first part OF this week. and invited TO
9e HSa1s Sonr. and e1sSS
asleep ny neal o on.ve GfS%Psa shas that
it was i'm possible TO inspect the Exposition buildings
What we now more than any other one thing u no
obiterated This Exposition will be occasion where
we can all meet on that line, where great numbers
Great t1s nuSsrs Of the soU6ern people win come Tney
viii find whom they meet that each is different from nav
Rebellion made people, with no longer any Norn
esc side of those on other side the imaginary lne
| as 10 now the others seem and act -,
naat three years visited state where slavery
formerly existed. aud during visit 10 Louisiana Mniie
Legislature was session tne of OF
| and eloquence TO which l had 10 fepy , Dui
eioanence II was this Speaker House thatI met
| in Saratoga last year will not mention MS name pc
Sna He was at Saratoga having high old tnc
| "Why" said he, /" 1 expected TO ind grass growlns
I'm the Streets but what really find srpasses oil nave
read of Aladn's lamp have been Lake George and
ali about here and never anything like IT, haye
thing Congress could do would be tC
pass law making an eppropTisto1 to ,.anI: tax:
down South" IL wl be so long time before Congress
Gs 70 ns It. sIi sort 5 IF :: o
| visit this Exposition right on tine border, Hhert
can SsicS sSqSS na1p' and ohsr 1na raroad %ei
here will send special trains to take us there-"M We
who ,at on Grants rghtl-specal traius and Oil IN,
parapnernaa. know OF nothing more can say ina
say n great deal better could soy iband III give
them opportunity. lAppiauseJ
WHAT sENAToR BECK SAID.
Senator Beck was then asked to speak upoI
Commerce" His response was briefly as follows
Iwos not aware that would be called upon TO speai
nnon go eItended a subject but desire TO say 10 y0l
men OF NewYork that we are not here TO ASK TOT
Ne are getting up this Exposition Ourselves, ana we VII
nav for IL ourselves. We despse reputation ana We ha
6eggar Laughter ana appanse Bnt We are e9 uoi9 !,
show you that have OF great value even
ri,is mighty commercial city, and VIC wish 10 snow Ou
ppope what your skilled labor can produce Come an,
see for yourselves that inexhsustible supplies
gold and iron and coal have not been wasted ana Una
| fhey are being carried away. Gehtielon @
NAV become, how the wealth OF the south
NAV ow into the lap Of your city, IL IL Tor your ntel %
eaf 70 see 10 that you get your share OF all these rene
The Northern Pacific Railroad aud the Canadian raeu.
Railroad are sweeping around Lake superior .o"aT az,
Montreal and If you do have care tbat clty WI
become the great port OF the cohtlhemt 1ean
When YOU see ht demand lne WluSn
| l'bsrtv for your comm cree, the men OF kentuck.
viii stand behind you TIL your Warehouses sretoh q
the shores OF NewJersey and Long Island anu 0ut 10
xond tbe Narrows and hundreds OF thousands oi wor
| ingmen flock TO your doors. IApplauseI