New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-23
sOI1TH AND NORTH UNITED
PATRIOTIC SPEECHES AT TIE SOUTHERN
SOCIETY'S DINNER
AppRyssrs BY MAYOR HEWITT. GENERAL TIN mn"
JOHN c. CALHOUN. BALLARD SMITH, hp-
ATKINSON, HUGH l. COLE ho"NS"
RUSSELL AND i RANDOLPH


RUSSELL AND j RANooA<'
TUcKvR.
Whatever NAV have been the feelings OF repre-
sentative Southern men against 'no '''."o'' Ivy
=, tho North twenty five years ago, during inc
10, ~ tho greatest struggle that ever shooR
conntrv. il was evident at the annuai oinner Oh
the Southern Society given at the hotel nruhS-
wick last evening that the foremost men OF tne
so,rh had conceived an abiding and tender
s3ection for the great representative city OF the
North, All the orators, while paying the most
Glowing tributes in the l0itlest strains OF eio-
Sucnce at their command to the chlvalry, the
GGoI,antrv and the noble achievements OF the
South. could not help acknowledging that after
ali Ncw-York was the best spot on earth Tor "
man TO come and live in.
Over $50 members and guests OF the society
listened to the speeches and checred that senti-
ment to the echo n
Rives the president Of the society, was not
present. John c. Calhoun one OF the vice-presSl-
dents. presided in his stead Right hehind Mr.,
Cahoun's chair was hung portrait OF Algein .l
S. Sullivan the former president OF the sD T;
MEN WHO WERE PRESENT.
At the presidents table were Edward Atkinson
Horace Russell, Randolph Tucker. General Horace
Porter Daniel d. Lucas, Judge Richard Il. LafFe'
more, John Jay Knox, General Logan q. Murray
Horace Barnard, James Swami, DR.. Norvn Green
S Tsn Augustus @ S Van s' %yss Ses'
J. Hsmpden Robb Charles y Fry: Or william nam a
Glazebrook, the Rev. s. H. Cranberry Z. s. liurdi
John II. Rogers, Chapman ]. Leigh and Colonel
Abou, 9 o'clock Mayor Hewitt arrived and took
his Mace near the charman's right nand IN the he
got enthusiastic reception. Every man 10 tns
company remained standing until he was sea'eu
and cheered him again and again a., 49,.
Among the others present were MacgranS OO oie
Ballard Smith Him M0s MGKsn W Ss%ps
Baird DR. J. Harvie Dew DR. j. H. Claiborne,
Colonel John a McCaull; Eugene Ives Isaac
Bead BssSon 'o b9 SnGIer Page SnR wateT Mor
General Charles Z Furlay; Major John n kMSmp'
Douglass Green, J Edward Simmonds John Mar
ander B. Pope, Baron Won Huppmann, Walter
Storm Colonel 7. Y Ogden. Bruce Price Jefferson
NJ Levy; Ogden Bowie, ir. C. MorGhrad' g lanes
Boollsavcr W. Kelly, Eugene Kelly n George 5
william Br'dy n Stu pcssN MalIr T Hsh VIII
lam Bi''ain Fairfax McLaughlin. Lent,e tenant
Thomas Emory John D Primo RI &C. John r. Aoney'
w G. Baird deserved and got mnch anpa E
for his singing Of "Old Kentucky Home " Sn-
which showed them to he good Southencrs and
true patriots as well The menu card was 2
etching by T.. w. Kemblc. the well-lnOwn define
ator of no tvnrs formed the frontisni1cr
It. represented Uncle Rcmus seated by The hrc,cG 1
i Sla4 R,GS' ST Stories his to n'' little SN white
bow The toast list. the words Of the
songs and the list Of officers OF the ,hc dinner
The officers are rs follows: President. Frances H.
Riv"s; VIC presidents John Ca1nonn Smi,b
secretary. McCsranc Coke: treasurer. Waiter j.
McCorklo. Executive Committec. Charles. A.
Desh?n Robert L. Harrison JOIN MH~ha" S nopn
THE CHAIRMAN OPENS TIE SPEAKING.
The chairman announced that Senator John w
Daniel had been invited to accompany President
Cleveland on his Florida trip, and had done so in
preference to coming TO the dinner to respond TO
the toast Of The Country of Washington Our
Common Country"
The President of the United States" was the
first toast honorcd and The Memory of Wash
ingtOn" the next Then the chairman spoke oi
the encouraging progress of the society and us
honorable rivalry with the Northern societies Of
the city and added:
NETWORKS great statesman Seward thirty odd
proca conflict between the North and
the South Of that conflict slavery had
been the terrible fire of thought
conflict hal ended forever But not 30 During
these wears that we have since then enoye the
South defeated broken down exhausted almost
obeae has recuperael its shattered energies and
RECLAIMED strength Appliance And We to night OF the
South and for the SOUTH in turn proci TO the
rrepressbe connct everlasting strife be
which section shall contribute most
to the prosperity and the glory OF common country
fApplausel And struggle by the help of Cod we
mean the North lCheers.l Already that
cont earnest and pushing al every
point by filing place. by rebuilding onr de-
by inviting ana welcoming emigration bv
developing mineral wealth by encouraging manu-
sacurers by extending our railroads Much spplause1
HUGH L. COLE ON THE CITY.
BY q somewhat singular and peculiar oversight, |
Hugh l.. Cole preceded the Mayor OF New-York III |
q response for the city, in much the same way that
Grover Cleveland was allowed to take precedence !
of the memory of Washington. Mr. Cole spoke to |
the City of New-YOrk as "the home of our adOp- |
ton" lie made an eloquent speech but 1T had the |
drawback of beng far too long. He traced the |
character of Manhattan Island the refuge of the
oppressed of al nations through wears OF history,
spoke Of its close connection with George wash |
ington and went on TO say
1t is not strange then that when the went down
upon hopes and aspirations the htefu field OF
AppomattOx, and heart broken prison
srs Of curd ourselves in the homes OF
our ancestors the bar well the forum closed against
u.s. agricultural industries ruined our domestic com
in state OF sagnaon our very churches in some
well known closed by military orders our municipal
governments In the hands OF mercenares our
country lying desolate feet is IT strange
that OF US should have turned our deparng
py.s this old city Of refuge and seeing here
vision Of peace, OF civil and religious liberty OF equality
before the laws should have determined to follow the
example those unfounates who preceded US from time
time for hundred years and cast our lot among the
hosptalc wing people OF New York (Applause
And let forget that 1t to the magnanimous
and efficient aid Of New-York radical Republican that
stricken Of that honored
and reyced old who, for sakes endured |
such hadshps and endured such pains; and hereafter
let couple forever in hearts the of old
chieftan the OF his deliverer-Jeherson Davis
IND Horace Greeley. cloud Appause)
THE MAYORS TELLING ADDRESS
Mayor Hewitt in speaking for the City of New
York, as a son and the Chief Magistrate Of the
city, after Mr. Cole of the strangers within
her gates had discussed it from their point Of vew
made one Of the telling addresses for which he is
famous lie received with cheers his sallies
and the graVer part Of his remarks was listened TO
with the close attention which its Importance
mCTtcd.
Alter humorous reference TO New-fO as the |
homo of which he Unlimited had |