The Monmouth inquirer., 1889-05-02

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ton, Alfred G. Cheney, Col Floyd Clarkson,
John Clafiin, Moncure D. Conway, Alfred r.
Conkling, Edward Cooper Frederick r.
Coudert, Edwin A. Cruikshank, Col. s. Van
Rensselaer, Cruger, w. Bayard Cutting,
Charles P. DAILY, Frederick J. De Peyster, Ed
ward F. De Lancey, L. p. di Cesnola, DR..
Morgan Dix, William E. Dodge, Franklin
Edison, Capt Henry Erben, Stuyvesant Fish,
Josiah M. Fish, Asa Bird Gardiner, R. W..
Glider, Ogden Goelet, Robert Goelet, Will
liam r. Grace, George s. Haven, VIII
liam G.. Hamilton, Daniel Huntington,
Henry B. Hyde, Charles Isham, Adrian
Iselin, Brayton Ives, Gen. Joseph G. Jack
son, William Jay, John Jay, Eugene
Kelly, Alexander Knox, Frank R. Law
renee, Johnston Livingston, Seth Low,
Henry s. Marquand, d. o. Mills, Governor
Morris, Theodore w. Myers, Stephen H. Olin,
Delaney Nicoll, John j. Pierrepont, John
F. Plummer, o. B. Potter, ]. Hampden Robb,
Robert Schall Philip Schuyler, Jesse Selig-
man, Clarence A. Seward, jackson S. Schultz,
J. Edward Simmons, John Sloane, William
D. Sloane, William E. D. Stokes, Lispenard
Stewart, Frederick S. Tallmadge, John j..
Tucker, James NJ. Varnum, Alexander S.
Webb, Erastus Wiman, Locke w. Winches-
Ger, Buchanan Winthrop, George Wilson and
EgerUOn IL. w lnunrOp.
Governor Hills Address of Welcome.
FELLOW CoUNTRYMEN-As the governor of
the state within whose borders were heard
the acclaims which greeted the first presi-
dents oath of allegiance to the constitution
/ extend welcome to all here assembled.
Welcome to you, President Harrison, latest
of the line of those distinguished men who
have given the same guarantee of obedience
to the charter of our liberties and faithful
ness to the rights of the people Welcome to
your honored cabinet, and to those chosen
representatives of all the sister states, whose
presence here speaks anew the grandeur and
greatness of our UnitedStates. Welcome to all
in authority-legislative, executive or judi
cial, civil and military-who, in their station
with honor and justice, are daily serving our
common country. Welcome to all the am
bassadors of other nations who participate
with us in these festivities. Welcome, strong
and brave men, sons of fathers who yielded
life, who sacrificed fortune, who endured
severest privation that we might rejoice in
liberty. Welcome, fair and true women,
daughters of mothers who gave patriotic en-
couragement in days of darkest distress; who
willingly devoted themselves to suffering that
the infant republic might be sustained
have become part of our people, and who
have contributed their share in maintaining
the purposes and increasing the glory of our
commonwealth. Welcome to all--citizens
strangers, friends. Our display upon the
ample waters of this harbor; our
parades in the broad streets of this city; our
rejoicings in this banquetting hall commem-
crate not only the fame of great prince
among men, but the nativity of a heaven
born republic among the nations of the
earth. These religious ceremonies, these
arches of triumph, these banners unfurled,
these treasures of art these songs of praise,
these pageants of industry, these scenes of
rejoicing, in which we of this generation
have now part, all celebrate the giving and
the taking of that solemn pledge.
My best greeting at this hour shall be
tribute to the character of him whose memory
we honor. What visions of future greatness
and prosperity for this broad land of ours
open up before us as we contemplate the
growth of our free institutions since they
were founded by the patriots of
century ago. Generations yet unborn will
share the glories and blessings of the
beneficient and imperishable government
transmitted to us and them by our revolu-
tionary series. 1t is a prosperous, happy, in
divisible union. Its contented people are
reaping the advantages of laws made by
themselves, well and honestly administered
The sentiments of every true American are
oppressed in the hope that faction may not
Destroy that pride may not injure, that cor
ruption may not undermine, and that section
alism may not divide this fair republic; but
that its borders may still further be extended,
its commerce may float upon every sea, the
stars upon its flag may be trebled, its free in
stitutions may live on and flourish, and its
liberty loving people may continue to work
out the problem of self government so long as
freedom itself exists, and until time shall be
no more "Keep, God, the fairest, the
noblest land that lies beneath the sun-our
country, our whole country, and our country
ever one." [Applause.1
Mr.. Cleveland's Response.
The following is Mr. Cleveland's response
to the toast, "Our People:"
"The mention of people may well suggest
sober and impressive reflections. The sub
ject was not beneath the divine thought
when the promise was given to the children
of Israel: i will take you to me for people
and | will be to you God This idea of
divine relationship to a people is also recog
nized in the fervent utterance, Yea, happy
is that people whose God is the Lord
''The influence of these reflections is upon
me as speak of those who, after darkness
and doubt and struggle, burst forth in the
bright light of independence and liberty and
became Our People'-free, determined and
confident-challengin the wonder of the
universe, proclaiming the dignity of man
and invoking the aid and favor of Almighty
God
One hundred years have passed. Wehave
announced and approved to the world our mis-
sion and made our destiny secure. We point
to the scattered graves of many thousands
of our people who have bravely died in defense
of our national safety and perpetuity, mutely
bearing testimony to their love of country
and to an invincible living host standing
ready to enforce our national rights and pro-
tect our land. Our churches, our schools and
universities and our benevolent institutions,
which beautify every town and hamlet and
look out from every hillside, testify to the
value our people place upon religious teach
ing, upon advanced education and upon deeds
of charity. Let us then have an abiding faith
in 'sour people, Let petulance and discon-
tent with popular action disappear before the