New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-09

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co,lector ROBERTSON. Oliver Harrnan,
Postmaster Pearson, motifs h. Jcsup
George 9. Msgoun, Aus"h fhcips ? oAe7'
Walter r. Hatch, SlgOurney W. Fay,
Tran,is uaker John +. Prucger
Edward f. Poor HcNri G. Robinson,
y W Roswell Naval Officer Grsham,
+ Albert Boxer, George T.. SHADE.
Louis Windmnier, Clarence l. Conlhsi
Henry ". T. Mall, Charles de vGrI9Va'
william Henry Gunther. Jerome H. wheeler,
William Henry smith, Oscar ZOlikOher,
{. NJ. Johnson, Matter ~ Hatrnus,
william Rowland. BE Janln Lea, cnstein'
Etrvey c. Cakin, Charles NJ Hunt,
A. s. ROsenbaum,
j. b. Floyd.
Tho diners sat down shortly before 7 O'Clock,
and there were very few tardy ones
One of them. however, was Mr.
| Beecher, who was enthusiastically greeted
| when he made his appearance on the platform
| Speaking began promptly with the lighting OF Gig
arcttes and a commendable brevity IN tue speakers
enabled the party to break up before the stroke Of
! midnight.
! President Lane made no speech but in few words
called attention to the of the large number
of honored guests whe had como to talk. Hence, he
said the merchants to whom he talked every month
would be little interested in anything he might say.
! With this he read the first toast.
GENERAL GRANTS SPEECH.
General Grant was the first speaker on the regular
list of toasts, being called to respond to the fol-
| lowing sentiment:
| "Thc United States THE great modern Republic
| The home Of new cosmopolitan race May those VINO
seek OlessngB OF lis lu6btutiDns ana the pFOcc
ton Of ito flag remember the o6lg cations they Impose
lie rose amid great cheering and after the enthu-
siasm had subsidized spoke as follows:
| Mr.. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN OF THE CHAMBER or
| COMMERCE AND GUESS: | am very much Obliged to
your president for calling upon me 1Ist Derause the
agony will soon be over and Will ENJOY me misery Oh
United Sites-would be voumnOus one to respond to
| on q single Bancroft commenced publishing
4 on he ~
even before President Lane established this Chamber
| Which / think, was something over 100 years ago
prepared 20 dispute his word n he should say that he
| nad kept accurate journal from the time he com
to write about 10 the present because there has
been period OF time whom have been alive tnat
have not heard OF Bancroft and s9oud pe equally
crcduous II President Lane should tell me tha he was
here al the founding OF this Institution But instsnd O
bringing those volumes Of Bancrolts and reading them
| 10 sou on this occasion. VIII icy Tue
reporters publish them as The prelude to
lie has fnished up little alter tho time that Pres
ident Lane established this Chamber OF Commerce. aud
will let You take inc recOlS Oh WHAT nc nr Lae? n'
and what he mas said in Their monthly meetings
| And, gentlemen those two chapters you will ind the
longest; tuey will amount 10 much nOre than what
say, taking the subJect AT he present time
| But speaking OF the United states, we who
e % DCpa those of US VINO have BEEN
better able perhaps 10 make the com parson OF our
always stayed at home IL has been the fortune, pre-
sumo of tue majority here 10 compare the life and the
OF the people abroad with ours
here. We have here country tDa affords roOu for all
and room for every enterprise. We have institutions
| which encourage every who has Industry ana
| ability to rise from the position IN which he
| may find himself 10 any position IN the land III
hardly worth while dwell upon the subject, out
there point which noticed r1Rbt ana for
| that | took this book the toast book and
| thought would word about that " May those
seek the b ssngs Of its Tree institutions and the
protection Of s has remember the Obligations they I'M
pose" think that text that friend Nj,
Beecher on tue leit my trienu DE Newman on the
| right might well preach long sermon upon. SHAH
| only lew words
We otter an asylum TO every man OF foreign birth who
Ia ngr Al lie nFot
Of him after few years residence only citizen en-
dowed with all the rehis thai any OF us have, ex'
perhaps the single being elected 10 the Pres
dency OF the United states There IL other privilege
native, matter what lac has done for the
that the adopted OF five standing
| has not got contend that that places upon him an
obligation whieh am sorry To say many OF them do not
! seem 10 feel. lApplause.)
We have witnessed many occasions here the for
eign, the adopted citizen claiming rights and privileges