Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-05-01

| OF commerce ana clvlllZaIon. the progress of
| agricultural and manufacturing wealth and
| the development of the arts and sciences
while each state is laboring at the same time to
| promote the common glory of the United
| States. Then may we hear the harmonious in
| vacations from forty-two hearts ascending to
| our fathers God, sweeping into the heavens
and rising above the stars that state shall not
lift up its sword against state, neither shall
| they know war any more. and that the reign of
peace, union and fraternity shall be as lasting
| as the home OF the stars-as eternal as the
| foundations of the everlasting hills-and in
your harbor here may Liberty enlightening
the world" join the swelling anthem and pro-
claim to her subjects everywhere that the prob
lem of free, popular. and constitutional gov
eminent has been solved upon the American
| continent.
| CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER's RESPONSE
| 'The Federal Constitution" was the toast as
signed to Chief Justice Melville w. Fuller.
! After brilliant tribute to the Constitution
| and to General Washington for his influence in
| ITS adoption, the Chief Justice concluded as
| follows:
! Thus keeping pace with the onward sweep of
| the empire which it rendered possible this
matchless instrument vindicates its title to i'm
/ mortality. The conservative evolution that
| characterizes it has enabled it to pass the CEN
| fury since Its birth, with its machinery. no cog
or wheel displaced, still noselessly and easily
working; TO receive din ect amendment to accent
| and absorb the results of frequent construction:
| to emerge from civil war. drawing new yicor
| from the strain to which it had been sub
jected-
| 'Per damna, per caedes, alb ipso
| Ducit opes animumque ferro."
| Well may the venerable historian, whose years
| nearly equal the life of the nation describe
| the Constitution as not only the contamination
OF political wisdom III the past, but the trust of
| the present; and well may we hope with him
that coming nations will avail themselves of
| the teachings that its century of successful
! operation affords, as will we trust succeeding
| centuries of progress, and in the recognition
OF mans capacity to observe self-imposed linn
| ltatlons, accelerate the time when the whole
world snail be wrapped in the peace of one
| dominion.
| HON. JOHN W. DANIEL ON 1.-THE SENATE
The next toast was 1.-THE Senate" and the
| sentiment as follows An elective body de-
pendent upon no prerOgative of royalty,
| church, or descent Able in its craftsmanship,
wise and practical in its legislative and execu-
| tive functions, the most distinguished of all
legislative bodies, and bulwark in defense of
| our free institutions. HANNIBAL HAMLIN
Hon. John W. Daniel, of Virginia, responded.
and after eioquently sketching the structure
and spirit of the Senate. he said: Neither Roman
| or Greek furnished its model; nor was it drawn
| from the institutions of our mother country 1t
Is purely American in its origin and was the
design of great people under the inspiration
OF great man. In the Federal convention
which framed the Constitution at Philadelphia
| the question which NEST disturbed deliberations
was that of congressional representation, and
Madison said could this be adjusted all else
would be surmountable.
Il cannot claim for my own state that she
through any of her statesmen suggested the re-
solvent of the difficulty presented The Vir-
ginia plan. outlined by Madison and proposed
by Randolph, contemplated representation in
both houses on the basis of free in
| habitants or tax contributions and being then
the most wealthy and populous, Virginia was
10th to discard these elements OF influence
But the smaller states. New Hampshire New
Jersey. Connecticut. Delaware. Maryland and
Now York. demurred. and at last suggestion
OF Benjamin Franklin, of Pennsylvania. worked
out by the committee OF which Elbridge F.
Gerry. of Massachusetts. was chairman, led to
the compromise by which the population of
states was represented in the House and equal
statehood represented in the Senate. The SOW
crelgn state. he concluded, can ever be heard
through Its senator in the council chamber of
the Senate. and as long this noble tradition
Is preserved and his noble liberty is exercised,
the state and the United States may exclaim in
| hours of peril with better right to the Roman
| Look to the Senate"
HON. n. b. HAYES on 1.-THE PRESIDENCY"
Ex-President Hayes spoke upon 1.-The Presi-
dency," to which was appended this sentiment:
! May the good people of these United States
never weary of searching for second WASH
1 lngtOn to MI the place. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
! EX-PTesldent Hayes said:
| Where there is no executive power. what
| ever else there may be- there is no government
| Hence when the fathers met in that great con-
/ yentIon which Washington suggested and which
| he IN truth more than any other man called
/ into being, no moro difficult or weightv duty
| devOlyed upon them than wisely to constitute
the chief magistracy, the presidency, for the
republic they were about to establish.
Now, what shall be said of their work?
| Speaking under the necessary limitations of
! this occasion one must avoid details and all at
| tcmpts at elaborate discussion. No candid and
| intelligent retrospect of the century that is
gone will fail to discover transosndent merit in
| the executive authority contrived by Wash
| lngton. Hamilton, Madison and their immortal
] associates. The tree is known by its fruit
| Experience has shown thai IN ordinary times
| the executive power is of no greater import
ance, perhaps II is less VITAL than the legisla-
| tive or judicial power.
| But when gigantic perils and disasters
| threaten when extraordinary character and
powers are demanded, these great occasions
| have always found strong hands TO deal with
! them. To pilot the untried government i'll its
| first voyage over an unknown and stormy sea
| without whisper of dissent in any quar- ter
! Washington was called to the helm. and under
! him the first voyage gave the world assurance
| that the prospect of the new nation for growth
| and power and prestige and happiness was I'M
matched by that of any people the world had
| seen before.
Only twice within the century since our
| government established has deadly peril
| seemed to draw near to the people of the United
States. At the beginning, we have seen,
armed with the orderly and clearly-expressed
powers of the presidency, the threatened danger
| was met and overcome by Washington. Again.
as we were approaching the middle of the Sec
| ond half century of the Constitution, it did
! seem as if we were drifting, nay, as if we were
! swept on toward destruction. Our friends in
! other lands. the few We had, lost hope. John
| Bright was almost alone among great statesmen
| with inspiring confidence; ever blessed in
America shall be the memory OF John Bright.
Those not our friends. and yet not quite our
| enemies. shook their heads and thought it
strange that we could not see the inevitable
end. Our enemies abroad, jubilant beyond ex-
preston, declared the bubble republic bursted.
I happily for America, i'll conformity with the
Constitution and by the gracious favor of Provi-
| dence, the presidency of the United States Was
/ held by Abraham Lincoln"
SENATOR EvARTs on 1.-THE JUDICIARY"
Senator Evarts, of New York, was assigned
the topic, 1.-The Judiciary" with this sentiment
to inspire him:
a learned. upright, and fearless Judiciary is
the strong bulwark of constitutional govern
ment. Without such Judiciary no free institu-
tiOns exist; with ii they will not perish. So
long the spirit and example of Marshall and
fancy, Kent and Shaw, pervade and inspire
our courts, liberty in law shall abide with and
bless the land of Washinpton