Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-12-13
LOYAL TOAsTs AT A FEAST.
Cleveland and Hendricks Men Give Ex-
preston to Patriotic Sentiments.

NEW YORK, Dec. l2.-The dinner Of tho Ex-
exutive Committee of the Merchants and
Business Mems Cleveland and Hendricks
Club at DelmOnico's tonight was a great
success. The diners assembled soon after q
o'clock and marched into the large hall in n
body. J. p. Townsend presided. Among The
guests were Senator b. +. Jonas, of the Dem
Ocfatlc National Committee: ex-senator Carl
SchurZ, Gov. 7. NJ. Waller. of Connecticut;
Gov. Leon Albeit, of New Jersey; John
FOard, of the Brooklyn Union; Joseph ] .
O'Donohue, ID. Willis James, jenkins Van
Setback, Horace White, f. r. COudert, August
BeInont, Mayor-elect Grace and ex-senator
j. Ii. Gordon. of Georgia.
Senator Jonas, of Louisiana, responded to
the toast "The Presidential and said
speaking for the South: I'VE don't want anv
adventurous policy or violent departures
in the administration. We are satisfied to 90
on slowly and hold firmly He said that il
was not Burchard that decided the vote. The
Irish voters had already returned to their
arrogance, and the purchasable element was
controlled by another motive. What defeated
Blaine was the business sentiment of the
country and the active business men of New
York.
SOLIDITY OF THE SOUTH,
The solid South is composed of l6 States that
cast I53 votes. One hundred and ffty-three
votes are nice thing to start in busi-
ness with, and why should not the
South be solid in favor of Gov. Cleve-
InfOHQh
Indiana, New Jersey, New York and COnnee-
ticut opened his canvass of hatred to the
South. The Democratic party has ALWAYS
been true TO the constitution, and so long as
the Democratic party remains worthy of the
trust the people have placed in its hands, the
South will be solid for it. lCheersl In re-
spOnse to the toast. "The Solid Union" Gen
Gordon SAID: LET the patriotic man at the
NOrtn examine MS own mind and heart and
he will there find mirrored the mind and heart
OF his fellow citizen at the South. The
war mas settled beyond cavil that
%Gateyer eTiSte6 conIlctlng tEg ideas previously
Union under the constitution, the construc-
tlon hencefOrth to be placed upon that instru-
ment, which is the law of the Union is
that no effort shall ever again be made
for the peaceable secession of States from this
Union. The North and South now bound to-
gether not only in law, but in mutual and
u.nfaltering confidence, shall move forward,
side by side with common hopes and
common aims to a still higher and
purer administration of the government
within solid union. Such l say is
the thought that thrObs in every fibre
OF the southern heart and BRAIN"
CARL sCHURZ's WORDS.
In response to the toast, ''The Independ-
ents," Carl Schurz said: ''The favor with
which this sentiment has been received shows
that you consider the Independents a COM
oaratlVely respectable class of people. think
in your mInd's-eye you see a class
of citizens who may be defined per-
haps thus: An Independent is man
who cares for good government and the
public welfare more than for any political
party, and is not afraid to say so. The
may, in certain circumstances,
become strong party men again. that is when
other issues arise of paramount Importance,
or when we see one OF the political parties so
well striving for the public good, or becoming
so trustworthy that, in our opinion, public
interest demands that it should be supported
with hdellty. In that sense we may become
good strong party men,"
Speeches were also made by Gov. Waller,
Gov. Albeit, Mayor elect Grace and others.