Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-02
LEE In NEW YORK.
HIS RESPONSE At THE BANQUET TO A
TOAST.
1.-THE s,atssr-soms Talk About the Tenth
Article Of Amendment TO tho
Constitntion.

"Thc staissn; Daughters OF Liberty; born
amid tho throcs Of revolution, thirteen clingng
90 tho Atlantic have become forty-two rsechlng
tho Pacific Tho century leaves them as " loun
them-an indesuuc'ibie Union OF tndostrucuDio
states.--Wfliqn Wirt Henry
Governor Lee said:
his Excellency, the President OF the United
States:
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen, The In
auguration OF George Washington rs tue
irst President Of the United States Is Tue
event in American history we are celebrating
tonight. 1t so happens that sm OF present
the Governor OF the State in which ne was
born, lived, and Is now sleeping bis last
sleep so quietly AMI calmly that no souuu
will ever awake him 20 glory again. Owing
TO that circumstance, aud from no merit OF
mine, I feel have been honored by the re-
quest TO make response to the toast Just
read.
Virginia. in giving this ilustrious patriot
10 the whole country, recognizes the TACT
that though one State may contain the To-
caity of his birth and the place OF bis BURIAL
no one State can bound his hOundless Tame,
but that on the wings Of renown bis glory
has been waited 20 all parts OF the known
world, aud now each State in the American
Union is equally interested in all that per-
tains TO the hero's life, services, and charac-
ter.
The national crown which binds the brows
OF the States - indeed brilliant with the
military and civic deeds Of his splendid
career, for, "cslled by his country TO The
defence OF Der liberties, he triumphan'lY VIM
dicated the nights Of humanity, and on the
pillars Of national independence laid the
foundation OF a great republic"
Twice invested with the supreme magis-
tracy by the unanimous vOlce OF free peo-
pie, he surpassed IN the Cabinet the glorles
OF the 6eld, snd. voluntarily rssigning scep'
tire and sword, retired to the sbaues OF Nc.
Vernon.
Magnanmous IN youth, glorious through
life, great I'm death-his highest ambition
was the happiness OF mankind, his nobiesI
victory the conquest OF himself.
In considering the States. therefore, we
must remember the father OF our country
not only for the services OF his sword. not
only because he was president OF the con-
yention in 1887 which framed the Constitu-
ton, but because II was due 10 bis great iD-
flueuce that the constitutional helm OF our
Government was attached 10 the ship OF
State when first launched on her great expe-
rimental voyage.
We gaze with patriotic pride upon the
grand rivers which flow from state TO state
as they bear upon their bright, broad bosoms
the white>wiDged messengers OF commerce,
but how seldom do our thoughts dwell upon
the sources from which these blessings flow.
We see the fiery steeds OF Heaven 1ylng
with electric boots, placing In close commu-
nicati0n State with state, but who thinks OF
the inventor OF the telegraph? Great Daral-
Tel lines OF steel make the track for the
iron horse that Tushes needless OF danger
and fearless Of opposition, le9ping rivers
and diving under mountains, bringing
together the surgIng pillows OF the A.
lanuc and the golden sands OF the Pacific,
making possible the realization Of BeniOn's
dream tbata statue Of Christopher Columbus
should be placed on the highest peak Of the
Rocky Mountains, with the whole mountain
as the pedestal, while with face aud arm
turned toward the west it should seem 10 say
to the iying traveller
"Lol there Is the Ess,-ihere is India"
But who thinks OF the originator OF the
steam engine Great discoveries in applied
sciences are almost daily being utilized for
the benefit OF man-but whose thoughts
turn to the dIscOyerer?
Great problems Of human government
have been worked out by The brain OF man,
constitutional liberty has been discovered,
freedom has come 10 dwell in our midst,
and 1t seems now as II the science Of popu.
lar government would be proved upon 8
scale TO which the Roman republic was but a
mere province, fer sready the national
banner floats over more square leagues
Of land than did that II Rome after seven
centuries OF growth, but who thinks often
enough Of Washington, Adams. Hamilton,
Franklin, Madison, and their distinguished
colleagues, through whose patient inteiec-
tual lb0Ts this great republic was founded
Tonight II Is Our duty 10 lOOs back over
the ceDtury's growth, and To Te1eci upon tie
path the republic has been following for a
hundred years from the period Of Presi,
dent Washington to the time OF President
Harrison; from the inauguration OF the ruler
OF thirteen States, whose President was in
stalled IN office here so many years ago by
a parade OF 800 soldiers 10 this magnificent
centennial celebration OF the event by forty
Two States and q procession Of $4,000 troops.
Let Us, then, with grateful emotion greet
ihe memories Of the men whose profound
knowledge enabled them TO construct gov
eminent Of States, which, in turn, by their
representatives. encircled the states them
selves by national constitutional girdle.
The rights OF the States and the powers OF
the General Government were defined, so
that the security OF the states Is the safety Of
the Union, and the safety OF the Union is
the security OF the states.
Upou yon siar-spansled banner each
State is star, so similar in appearance snd
right OF presence there that no man in this
splendid audience can 20 to their bed OF blue
and point ont the star that represents Indiana
ffrf 40 Uni
OF New York.
In the great dome above The heavenly
orbits NAV dit'-r IN magnitude. motion. and
periodic revolution, but their paths are fixed
and their laws immutable. The States dller
In SIZE, in commercial prosperity, and NAV
say In their periods of revolution, but the
laws Of The United States are the same for
each, and their motions, though In some Of
the States nc times eccentric, must always be
equal, il we desire 10 preserve intact our
American Constellation. Should the central
body, the light OF which constitutes daY.
and It's absence night, around which the
earth and the planets revDlYe, and by which
they are held in their orbits, and from which
comes hight and heat, "do move" %
Brother Jasper, Of Richmond, NJs, and
moving too much. march into The orbits OF
the planets, eternal chaos would follow; or,
should the planets depart from their routes
and break well.known Laws. eternal ruin
would follow.
Tue Federal head in our system OF Gov.
erpment is the SUI the States, the planets;
the first is regulated by delegated powers;
the second exercises all rights not gwen 10
the first, except those specially prohibited.
II the states break from their orbits and en-
crO9ch upon the National Government dis
asler aud ruin follow: II tbe National Gov
erDment iuYadcs the reserved rights OF the
states, calamity comes; 50 tb9t Observance
on the part OF b0tu Of Arlice y Of the
amendments 10 the Constitution assures the
liberties OF the people.
The republic Of to-day should be TIE re-
public Of the fat els-;ne Uhited States OF
1889. under our present distinguished Chief
Magistrate. will then be the United States Of
1871 snd 1850. when the sceptre OF power
was ia the hands OF " lillian Henry Hsrri-
son and a George Washington.
Nav itso cOntinRe, and may the cou!es.
hereafter between tine States he for the pro.
motion Of commerce and civilization, the
progress OF agricultural and manufacturing
wealin, and the development OF the arts and
sciences, while each State IL laborug 1t the
same time 20 promote the common glory OF
the United States. Then mar We besr the