New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-01
GETTING TOGETHER.

When the late Charles Dickens remarked
in effect that there are victories gained every
day by struggling hearts to which the fields OF
battle are a. nothing he doubtless beheld III
Imagination the Hon. Grover Cleveland and the
Hon. David Bennett Hill, whose hearts have
long been struggling to beat as one sitting ut
meat together under the halcy0n and voc1eiouS
AUSPICES of Colonel the Hon. William l.. Brown.
In the case OF most persons such Il foresight
would have been most extraordinary achieve
mcnt. and il is possible that Dickens is the only
man that ever lived whose prophetic soul could
have been depended on for such a prognoStlca-
ton. Certain it is that il any mere resident
of New York had predicted such a thing with
in the last six months it would have been close
race between the White Caps and a Commission
de Lunatico To sec which should get al him
first.
Think of it for moment Here are TWO
freeborn American citizens who have lab0red
to get together with uneXampcd pertnacltF
and determination and have constantly failed.
During this ,traced period of separation the
number OF circumstances over which they have
had no control is beyond computation. In the
acrrccl,c there must have been thousands OF
them The status quo had been preserved IN
tat 50 long that nobody retained the slightest
expectation Of ever seeing il altered. For our
selves. we felt that il was decree OF late, ana
that two parallel lines might just aS reasonably
be expected to amllgamate IL these lllustlouS
scpal1iiSts f. is 10 wonder. then, that
solemn hush fell upon Colonel Brown when he
realized that he had actually reversed 4 law OF
Nature and accomplished tho impo>>iblc that
the rest OF the company "gazCd at each other
with wild sum>c' that General Jones en-
claimed with agitation, speak speak thou
fearful guest, :" surprising that he had seen
ghost and that the band with one impulse
and inspiration began to play, lis years since
last we met
Colonel Brown possesses many titles to us
tnction. but this dinner is unqueStionably the
brightest Jewel in his crown. IL is no slight
pleasure To- reflect that the miracle was per
formed by distinguished member Of the pro-
fcS,ion Of journalism. ~ outsiders might say
or aS the Colonel himself would put IT, ny
good all-rOund newspaper man. The Hcat en-
cine that never sleeps, Il, the lamcnted Mr.
Thackc,ay Observed, IN, IA habit Of Offering
biibrS in Madrid. watching the fluctuations in
the price of potatoes in Coycnt Garden, and
doing other notable things; but never before
in ir, history ha, il made near an approach
to omnipo'cncc. The dedication Of public
buildings. the unYcing Of memorial ciligic''
The JOY Of political tnumphs, the alurcments
If private hospitality the pleas # the living
and the claims of the dead have al! been help
lcs, to bring about result which Colonel
Brown accomplished without turning hair 80
soon rs he gave his mind 10 ii.
Is might have been expected, Il company so
met was exceedingly loaih to disintccmtc.
When we went to press the end Of the banquet
wa, not even in sight and it is probable that
Aurora had left TIE saffron couch Of TithoruS
before his guests rose from the table of Colonel
Brown. o noX cocnlque dcorum.