Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-12-18

baltimore husaa. ons Men GIVE n
Complimentary Banquet 20 soma
ror Arthur p. Gosmnn- senator
Bsyard Responds Co Toast.
The business men Of BR,dmors, Thur
day night, complimentsd Senator Arthur
p. German, chairman OF the national
Democratic executive committee, with
banquet Mt the Academy OF Music. A
number Of distinguished visitors we're
present, among them being Senator |
Bsysfd, who responded to the toast, |
ssTha Democratio Party" Mr.. Bsyard |
aala
Ny Good Friends and Brother Democrats;
Kvery man must accept his fate and his
toast, and am here with q glad heart to
accept mine tonight. (Applause).
There was wise man, and not less wise
because he was witty, who happened to
be clergyman Of the church Of England.
mean the one and only Syney smith,
who said that the world was filled with
round holes and square holes, and good
government depended upon whether
round men got into round holes or square
men got into square holes, and 1t has
seemed to me that Maryland has helped
to prove Sydney Smith was right when it
put dIkuuE IL UDfmhu III Tue 5A6outlFd
craftsmanship OF the national committee.
(Applsuss). So we made the first step
In sensible organisation for victory. We
had square man in square hole and
he perfectly Allied IL. (ApplAuse). And
gentlemen, In my private opinion, he is q
square man out Of that hole OF In II.
(Applause). And II strikes me more
that he will be = clever man whoever
e. hfsr. tn hnln At ali
(Applauas and cries Of "good").
"But, as l said, toast is a fate, and
my fate tonight is mot an unplessurAble
one TO speak Of the Democratic party as
founded by Thomas Jefferson. Do not,
beg Of you, be appalled, by ths breadth Of
the subject, because l shall not attempt
70 cover It; and yet there are two or
three things that at this hour Of our
great and heartfelt oongratulation, not
, 70 Democrats, not for ourselves, but as
we feel it-congratulation to every man
Of every party and Of every race that
Lives underneath the American flag.
(Applsuse.1 Gentlemen, 1t Ia no narrow
party victory. II Ia the victory OF the
institutions Of Democracy over the insti-
tutions that would destroy II. Zap
plAuse.l We talk Of Thomas Jefferson
and Of Jeffersonian Democracy.
The great question is, What was the
meaning Of Thomas Jeffsrson's lief What
did he mean by the things he said and
the phrases he used What do we mean
mingling here tonight and putting on
our printed lists the words Jefersonian
Democracy -"
ave all know that Jefferson was a
plain Albemarle county, Va, country
lawyer. BE was wonderful production
Of whatever Of civilization that country
could present. We may not return to
the simple forms OF the life which sur
rounded him. We may not perhaps con.
hne the men born now and to be born
hereafter TO the conditions that sur
rounded him. For Virginia, then mere
bsokwoods colony Of the Crown of GreAi
Britain, the place Of his birth, and suct
schools IS she had, and none other, nour
ished the intellect OF Thomas Jefferson
Was there not something In the simpli
city, in the trutnfulness of thst life tha
had better be considered before it ia care
lessly oaat aside by men who prefer mer,
glittering outsides
"May there not be something In tn
forms Of society and the tone CT moral
and Of religion and Of thought tina
brought such men to the surface o.
Thomas Jefferson, As one George Wash
ington [Applause], as John Marshall
These are the products Of that simpl
civilization which Virginia presented i
the united colonies and the united cole
mics have presented them to the civilizs,
world, not yet to find their superiors
GApplsuse.] May we not, we simpl
men Of Delaware, OF Maryland, OF Viz
ginia, Of CarolinA-ot these other state
may we not ask, has it been an aecider
that hiss caused such names as this [
stand, and to stand forever in the gres
coronet OF the worlds respect Wins
was 1t ! Not wealth, surely, for thes
men were all nurtured in plain condition
and many in poverty. Was it in force
that cannot be-; because they were feeble
and were without those surrounding
that compel fear and. obedience, whetht
they shall add respect or confidence {
mot. No, gentlemen, they were the hom
bred men of American cultur
Applause And the question, as yor
toast suggests to me, is, What did .hos
men mean What WAS the ruling spir
shot into Jefferson's soul and from hi
proceeded to irrAdiate the minds OF men
THE RIGHTS OF AMERICA.
In 1878 he was q member Of ii
Virginia state convention. There was
him something that then stirred and
took the shape Of written words, for |
was no orator he wrote pamphlet. I
styled It, ga Summary View of IL
Rights Of Americans" And 1t wei
abroad. In England it went thlouS
many editions, and none less than Il
hand Of Edmund Burke amended al
edited the work Of Thomas Jefferst
until It became the hand book of Britit
opposition to the tyranny Of George II
EApplause.1 That was the expire
sion Of this mans soul az
thought. By that expression upl
printed paper he placed himsi
in the front rank Of the advocates
American liberty. They termed it 4
revolution. So much the better il it
VOTED against injustice and wrong. TIL
was the history Of 1878, and the yes
glided on until 1776 found Thomas jeff
son the chairman of the committee OF /
American Continental Congress, Al
then came paper, the name OF viii
will never die-the meaning OF viii
will never die the Declaration Of Anne
can Independence. Applause. Al
in years afterwards, when this sal
plain Virginian came to speak of |
immortal handiwork, he said that 1
Declaration Of Independence was but
perfected transcript of his summary
the "Rights OF American Liberty
[ApplAuse. And so on, this thought 3
this truth, which, believe, came trt
on high, came to the heart OF this ma
flashed from peak to peak OF popul
opinion until its light irrAdiRted us
the 4th Of November last. EApplausC
What was this summary Of the rights
America What did he mean, in pla
terms, by what he then wrote He ma
the claim for liberty Of conscience, Libel
Of speech, liberty Of person, and tn
claims he followed unto the utterm
demonstration.
"What was, after sill, the meaning
these claims II was the question Il
ever will be asked among men
organized society. By what Oontrival
and by what human methods will y
exercise aud preserve 4 restraint nj
mans power over his weaker broth,
How shall the liberty of individuals
preserved That as the question ask
and In my Judgment the DemocrI
organisation Of this country is the b
and most practical answer. Applaus
The other toasts and responses we
"The State Of Maryland" by Goverl
MoLAne; "Civil Service Reform"
Senator Pendleton; Borrower CLEVELAND
by John B. Fellows; "The State Of \
York." by Congressman Cox; "The {
Of Baltimore" by Mayor LAtrobs; q,
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