Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-28
GROVER CLEVELAND.
A DINNER OF WELCOME 70 EIsFUTuRE
HOME.
Tbs Guest OF tho Young Mons Democratic
Club-Hs Makes Speech aud EIp0unds
the Principles Of His Party.
rBy telegraph to the DIsps,ch.l

! city "a welcome 30 him Gs a citizen OF inc me-
/ tropollA Tho magnificent dtningTOom was
/ tGstcfuly do -oraicd for tho occasion.
! shortly after O'Clock President J. II. V. Ar-
/ mold, OF tue club. accompanied ~ othct ouiOoia
appeared IN tho large parior 81 INC ho1ei I anu
/ I'm. MsyOr Grant, and other distinguished
/ guests Of tho evening. An hour was speht py
/ tho hoDored guest In receiving ana sDhhlhs
/ hands with al cOfners- lhcae, OF course, m
cluded very many lady guesp' ~ tho hot"l anu
| other ladies who had bs0n brought there Tor the
| purpose Of meeting him.
! Promptly A. O'Clock amid the fanfare o. tTum-
I pets the procession entered TIE banquet hall
/ President Arnold occupied the coutrc OF th- hrst
/ table. on his right WIS Nr. Cleveland anon
/ the welLknown p3rsons resent were ION T..
/ d. PholT@, ". f.. scott. ". Hourse Cocnron' y. T.
/ Fitch, &. 5. Fsirchild. Mayor Grant, Governor
/ hin. ". c. =. Brecklnrdge, eX-toYefnor
! Hosal ey. W. u. Grady. =. 4. collins, D. :. -
| mont, r. " Waller. eI-hayOr Grace. O. B. Ioi-
/ ter. g.. GodSn Elbudgo, 4. Gerry, and General
/ Newton
/ There wers IN all about 800 guests present
+ Letters o. regret were received nom eN-StcfelA-
/ ~ Bayard ex-Secretsry Was, Senator John W.
! DanieL Governor FitZ Loe OF virginia, AMI eT-
/ Posjmaster-tiercrA Donald 50. Dickinson
Among the slesSers we're GoVcFhor IN, eA-
/ Governor Hosdey. Mr. Cleveland, and others.
/ Nr. Cleveland, ia response 10 toast arose ana
/ said
/ Many Incidents o. my short residence IN this
/ good city have served 10 M my cup ~ gratitude
/ AMI % arouse my appreciation OF the Kindness
/ ana consideration q those with whom have
made my homo. The hospitality for which mo
/ cirzons of New York have long been disiin-
/ Fuisned has outdone itself In my welcome, and
/ tie mombers Of ny profession nave upon
my return 70 ia activities received mo
with frstornal greeting AMI personal friendship
/ has not permitted me 10 fool Ike stranger in n
strange city, and yet can truly cay that none ~
/ these things will be more wildly or grhieluuy
/ rcmembersd than TIC opportunity afforded
loo ~ This occasion % greet mo political
friends / see about mo. While believe tLai no
/ one IS more susceptible than of every persona
/ Kindness. nul wnie / am sure that nOne has
/ moro personal friendship II certainty suonl4
/ cause no surprise whom state thet hose 'hinEs
/ ars n0t ruore cherished Than my attachment ana
/ loyalty to the tue Democratic tath And my
obligations % Tie cardinal principles OF its parry
+ organization. have been hruorei by my parry
+ FAR beyond my de~ert7 lndoei no man cAn
/ deserve rs highest h0nOTs. After SIX
/ years OF public service ! return 10 yln,
my party friends. SIX years have } 500 u
as your representative IN The Sia.e anu
I ration ani now tHke my place again ~ mo
ranks, more convinced thou ever tlti inc Cause
/ o. true Democracy ia No taEs~ oi me people
/ their safeguard ana tLeir hope. como J' You
/ with no excusos, 10 apologies, snd Wl,A ho ll.-
/ fc~Sion ~ dtsioya'y IL is not glven 10 man 10
meet all the various md conLlrtlne views 'i
I marty duty aui policy which prey al IN an
/ organization whore individual opinion is so
/ freely tolerated ss iu the Democratic par
/ w. Because thCeo views are NaliDl9 ana
! conflicting zoino of tnom Wuet De wrong,
/ and yet whom they Rre honestly hfll spa hh''-
Gated They should prOyO3e mo- tli' iir-' Nui ''N-
/ demnation; Dut when they arc ihhohesiy pro-
} claimed "a mere cover aud prci'Ni Tor PERSONA
I resentment and disappointment hey hhouil n'
met boy the exp sur9 and contempt "uith '"rF
I deserve. II With q sincere cedlsn ana lnteht QUO
I charged with party repreeeutAion Ahs h'pt ino
party faith that must answer Dis party )LllF'l'N,
/ NO man csn AZ down "A trust which hc Las heil
/ in behalf % a generous an1 coDndmE people HlH
fool that al all times ne llas met iu me TEST -
/ sihle way tho requirements OF DIS trust. pax h'
/ g. not dorrllcf iu DUTY 10 ne nH- fohs'lel INN0iJ
| devoted his efforts ani bis Judgment q" ihe p"'-
Plies service. have doiiterait placed ID c.0-e
/ connection LOYALTY - the Demo rain pfiu' lFl''
and devotion 20 No interests OF Che people Tor ia
/ my yisw they belong together hAd ru'Ail
| mean the same thing. BUS iu t.l@ 10Y ol ltIu-
san feeling aud attachment d. Us "3Il 10y u, ~
/ pause and recall the truth FIAT Sue only .usli--
| rnuou for the existence n any party IS il'
claim that in principle ind peri"f man - ,f
/ object and uurpO-Cs arc TIE pfomoloh ul l-'
! uuhiic good and the Gdyan'ement ~ iL'
| welfare and prosperity OF or ouire ON
/ trv There never was party alVli i
/ or q declaration 81 principles "h.tu "'i
/ not Dr1fcss tn0so things AMI mako ti'tl
/ foundations o. party creed ari any u"ly ol
/ men v no should openly proclaim iLat lh'y WEI.
/ associated together for ult express lDfpl-e OF
/ cairtag supremacy in tE" cover MONS WIN ."'
/ solo intent 81 distributing no pN'-'- anu .-'
su.il. I victory among his associate, Nouii t'
/ treated with rldiculs nni scorn mus are "'
/ brought face 10 face with TIE Ifoi"7iNol '"As
/ part es should no moro than individuals 90 DH-
/ truthful and shOuest. But when aifn parry avn,
/ aud professions are lost sight ~ OF tbHh loNat
/ sud neuc1t OF onlee-holdiuk aud personal srii
/ are all that romuin Co Inspire parry t-l' ~,
/ moi only ia tho confidence Of those relied on for
patriotic support forfeited, but The clemens. W
/ cohesion aud ~ elective and lasting lohiitN
| strength are gone. Honest differences ~ op'n-
| ion that must always exist upon que7.'nS Oh
principle and public policy should I-i ili7u = l-.
] daut Occasion Tor no tAl.'eh gu -
/ aid point OUT Their htll OF u''iu '"'''' '-''
/ TIE study ana discussion % -'''o
lions cannot fail 10 result in moro
/ valuable citizenship and more Intellect an
/ better EQUIPPED pafn-1hs IN "9 ~.
/ for the cause Of u' Ierpe'Il-! on .l3 D o,-
/ cratic Iarty AMI IFS sutFfal uiLvI-'s of's
crisis al elnet s1n a'',- ~ Iaii In
| position we ilud mat Us cviHel-7'.no - ,''' "
! devotion 20 the Itsht7 on .no 800. % -
/ pathy VIII an lhlhth "AlNh t''- ~ '-D ..,
/ ment OF theIr welfare AMI happiness 4ApHkh
/ hrresy may sometimes have crcpi mo IT'S Or
J cauiZstlOa sni though party conduct hi uile'
! "a Men ir0uoDcai hv mo shlft mess which is
/ me Lapitual device OF is opponents, there lh-
/ a.wGvs remained deeply imtedded niis nature
/ and character that spirit ~ true America l7.i
/ and that love OF popular rights which has mad'
/ it .nde.tructI bio in disaster and defeat ana
/ has constituted boon 70 Tho county Do it5 uina
I AZ Triumph Gnd buprema y. The creut iounurt
al our party a. ne consocrated himself 10y b"ioin1
oath 20 he faithful p ariOrmaace ~ NE dttlrn OF
the presidential Office aud pledged himself 10 mo
} lros,rVat,Dn. protection, snd d0iouct ~ inc 'NA-
satu0on, after presenting q" ms a7.ciilolol .,.
/ low-c0GatTymcu causes u cengrat4iauon Iouu-
J tn the Co.tuilt0u n our country AMI me cha
/ racterof our people Uprc--ivc!y eldel; ." an
/ All these blessings what moro rs necessary p"
J r,ore u- p teptyaud prosperous peoplot stu
/ nre ming moro feIllw-ciuGeus. WIao Rtt
/ .rucai Govern oient. which susll restrain r.
,r"s, ioturlur ono another: shall leave
/ fhsm ot6orNis- tree 20 regulate tueir oen
| rur.ilif. OF industry and improvement, Hud shall
/ ~ 80 nom he llo4th Of labor the ufesd DO
| has earned This is the sum q good govern
I mont. mud this is she sum ~ tho good govern
,,ort rcree.ary 20 "a close circle % our felicity
/ In tnelrYicon If sue Domowacy these wofds
/ are a.. ob4oleto. hut thcy sul furnish tle iu-
,-,,,t,, III our q forts and qu Interpretation OF
{ ~ ,'IIr.,l faftn Hnppuv the parfv crgcd
,,lih - r~,fe.. "a moi within such narrow limos
49, Wv l.,i.,,., 5,.a mo- rr.rYit US t9 ruo,o
49,. i f, ne t,srr,,d lho'ignt Of te country,
am ,,of and test s,er ~ lues,. ou an Apply no
/ Irin-irlg ~ every situaiioa. 1rue Democracy.
I ftauncn iu It's adhesion 20 Fundamental d'e'fin''
is at tho same time iu a proper sense
/ pr0gre ssiye. IL recosnihes our grown anu exc
( pansion and the birth Of new thought sud t'n-
iimenL 10 will Judge them an 10y shlo s.Al--
/ ards. and in al phases Of national do'rioiIueut
SO VIII boo prepared 10 snsWer C. 1he) "'lae ever
need of tho people ani every popular "aHl
/ True Democracy honestly niyocaios ueuo--l
I brotherhood 20 the elt That al our couhlil 'Aei
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