Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-11-12
Mr.. BarbOur'S ReceDtiOR.

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! ADMINISTRATION.
The Virginia democratic association gave
! hearty welcome to- Hon. John S. Barbour on his
return to this city from Europe last evening.
| The association, headed by President Biscoe,
! marched TO the Baltimore and Potomac depot
| at 7:3O o'clock, the Marine band furnishing
| the music When the train bringing Mr.. Bar
bour arrived, at quarter past eight, that gentle
man was met and escorted from his car by eX-
! solicitor General Goode and Representative
| Gibson. of West Virginia. When he had been
| conducted TO his carriage, the line marched
! down Pennsy lvania avenue to 4L2 street and
| then countermarched to the Metropolitan hotel.
Fireworks and rediIghts lighted up the street
J alcng the route. From the balcony OF the hotel
! addresses were made by Maj. ii. l.. Biscoe
president of the association. Representative
Gibson, Messrs. Goodc, H.W. Garnett, and Z. :.
Moore, besides the guest of the evening, Mr..
| Barbour. After the speeches, Mr.. Barbour held
| a reception, and u large number paid their
res poets TO him.
| MIR. Barbour in his speech, after referring to
| his appreciation OF the honor conferred upon
him in this reception. said: My first question on
| landing was How has the old democratic party
done? for that is the dearest thing to me in All
! the world. so you see l did not know what
! happened. did not know that the democratic
party mad not received much encouragement
! of late. 4 knew that the men VINO did the
work in 1881 had not been specially recos-
nzed. don't lament Tor myself. l never
asked Cor anything; never wanted anything;
! but 40 ieel that those who have been placed
/ in power in the high offices OF the government
| iii positions of trus; and hOnor-I do ieei that
titty should not forget those ln1L put InCm
| there. But ii makes no difference what any
one does. You cannot xiii the democratic
party. 1Oa cannot Kill it with mugwump of
to-day. 1t Will always live. L believe that
the good to be done, that the reform to
lie accomplished must be wrought by the
democratic party. 1t has been said of
orr state that We were at the birth of the
democracy We gave il its iatner, and we gave
il Jefferson. aud l think that when that
party lifts men from Ob>curity to places
vi power those men should do the bidding OF
the men OF that party i'll SD far they can
within the limits of tie Constitution, under
stand that there is some exuitatiOn among our
republican brethren over the result i'll our state,
but can only say 10 them that they must hot
be IN too great Il hurry. After having wiped
tine carpet-Dagger from the face oI her sacred
stiI; after having overcome the fusiOnists and
the rcitdjuste-s, is it to be supposed that we
intend To allow them TO steal our state from the
ranks Of the democracy, where she rightly
belongs: We had some cause to complain of
the failure OF the executive department to
recognize the democracy OF Virginia. We wanted
certain reforms ia taxation in Virginia, but
democratic friends in Congress not so
responsive as We had hoped they would be. But
what is politics bat a series OF concessions? We
must not, therefore, be too exacting. The prime
object is TO keef; the grand army OF the democ-
racy together III harmony and prosperity. am
a plain, frank man, and tell You what think.
again thank YOU"