St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
TIL FEAST OF REASON.


TIL FEAST OF REASON.
An Impromptu and Enjoyable
Series of Toasts.
When the feast was finished and the
cigars began shedding their fragrance
throughout the halls President Ankeny
arose and made the opening address.
He explained the absence of Congress
man Breckenridge on the ground that
he mistook the date, and that doubtless
half of the population of Washington
was now celebrating Jackson's birth
day instead of a battle anniversary.
They did not know the difference. A
pleasing eulOgium on Gen. jackson fol-
lowed, the speaker quoting: ''Thc fame
of Gen. Jackson is like mighty river,
growing deeper and stronger as it rolls
onward" "He proposed the sentiment:
.'May God forever preserve to the Amer
lean nation the treasure OF the name
and fame of Gen. Jackson" The whole
party rose and took the toast amid wild
applause.
Cheers and applause greeted Mayor
Ames as he was called out and brought
to the center of the room. He was
proud, he said, to belong to an Organi-
zation of which President Cleveland had
said he was also proud. He extOlled
the character of Jackson, and attributed
to him the well known political aXioms,
is he honest, is he capable? The sim
plicity of Old Hickory was fruitful
theme with him, which he elaborated in
the shape of popular Democracy, with
| out political reference. jackson was
great, big commOner, who sprang from
the people and was of the people.
He brought no purple robes
to his high office, but Went
there with the simplicity of man. And
the major thought he was more of a
Jacksonian than was healthy for Repub-
lieanism, and he believed the vote he
received in the last campaign was given
on the JaeksOnian principle that it was
time the people assumed power. Pro-
ceediGg, he paid tribute to Abraham
Lincoln which elected great applause,
but when he carried the figure down to
Grover Cleveland the cheering was tre-
mendOuS.
The major was then made toast mast
ter, and the first called upon was Judge
Lochren, with the request that he speak
to the toast, jackson as Lawyer"
Judge Lochren was equal to the occa-
sion, ana his tribute to the career of the
Soldler-herO was spontaneous and
hearty. To his sterling honesty and
Integrity he piincipally addressed HIM
self. and he regretted that the world was
deprived of his learning exhibited in
the supreme court of Tennessee.
Hon. E. Nj. Wilson in response to-
} acksonian pemocraey,' began with a
the pleasure of listening to that famous
orator who had been expected. Still,ffe
said, we nave our banquet and our
memories of Gen. Jackson. whose career
was shining light to the world to-day.
| To his bold, brave heart, firmness of
| character and honesty of purpose
his greatness was due. The speaker
| painted his career as soldier, lawyer and
| judge-the man who would do his duty,
let come what may. His political career
/ he was forced into by his popularity,
but he refused more offices
than he accepted. But when
war came : and courage was
shOne in his glory. It was the courage
with which he. inspired his men that
made him a god of war, yet he was no
less god-like in peace. No man better
showed the power of mind. The
speaker graphically told Of the
campaign of New Orleans, where Jack
son by his force of mind. with his un-
disciplined backwOodsmen, oyercame
the veterans of Marengo and Austerlitz
1 and gave freedom to the Southwest.
Going into the politics of the time, he
said, Jackson was the greatest leader
the party ever knew, Jefferson not ac-
eepted. Jefferson gave it principle.
but Jackson gave it courage, firmness
/ and organizatioI-the nerve to face de-
feat. No other party could live through
adversely. The old Federal party
couldn't do it, the Whig party couldn't
| do it and he hoped the Republican
party could not do it. This was greeted
with the liveliest applause which lasted
some minutes.
The mayor, with pretty compliment,
called upon Judge Rea to respond to
the Jacksonian toast, modified: ''By
the Eternal! The Federal Union Must
and Shall Be Preserved" The judges
first remark set the crowd wild: -
never saw flock of sheep, 100 strong,
without few black ones" With a
| high compliment to Breckenridge, he
said Jackson had done what few men
could dO-utter a thought, a sentiment
which would live after him through the
ages, but when jackson made that
famous declaration quoted in the toast,
he said something that would forever
live and burn. The speech of Judge
Rea was replete with beauty and
thought.
After an interval of music. with Bou-
langer's march for theme, Toastmaster
Ames called out A. ID. Smith, "The
young Jacksonian of the club" to re-
spond to the toast, 1.-The Young Democ-
racy'' From this point forward the re-
sponses were brief. but brilliant, and
were as follows: Judge Seagrave
Smith, 'rhe Old-Fashioned Democ-
racy;;" Lars NJ. Rand, ''The Scandina-
Wan Democracy" Judge HI. G.. Hicks,
1.-THE. Patriot Jackson;" John +. .Byrnes,
s'The Democrats From the EN-
erald Isle;" w. III. Donohue,
s'The American Irishman;'' Aid.
Mareck, 1.-The German Democracy"
Ed A. Stevens, 1.-THE Eighth Ward Cau-
cus;;" J.W. Lawrence, Democracy and
EducatiOn;" T. r. Lawler, 1.-THE Dim
ner-pail Brigade;" Aid. L'Herault, 1.-THE
French Population:" T. B. Winston,
Representative Democracy This
ended the most notable gathering of the
Democracy the state ever knew.
BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS.
a Business Mems Dinner in Com.
memOratiOn OF the Great Bat.