The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-03-22
Senator Hills speech.

Senator Iilis speech.
Prolonged cheers greeted Senator Hill as he
arose and faced the audience When quiet
finally reigncd, he spoke to the toast, "Our Fed
eral Union"
Gentlemen of the Hibernian Society Of Sa-
Yannah-W hen you invite rae to join with You
on st. Patricks Day in celebrating the
ei@itieth anniversary Of your excellent and
patriotic society, perhaps you did not know
how numerous are my Gisquaiitications to
share sha your festiTity, on how little deserve
the honor ter which, nevertheless, l beg you
to accept my cordial and most grateful ac-
acknowledgements My disqualifcations are
are mental and they are moral. OF course it
IS possible that you did know them before
hand OF course it may be that that is just
reason why you asked me to comc-a uibern
ian reason: uaughter) Such things do hap
pen For instance, L have suspected that L
certain ex-governor, who is a rather intimate
acquaintance of mine 1--WE have often eaten at
one table and slept in the same bed was tnvit
ed to The chair of the great chief magistracy
cause OF the immense variety of his d!Sl1ali
tlcatlons,and was reelected by a large majority
Tor just the same abundant reasons. laugh
ana republican newspapers, which daily c0n-
firm me in this suspicion. U.auAHter.l | am
sure mat have known Of q per3ol. being in
vited TO take up his residence in III white
house because he had 10 business to be Jnere
uaughter)
That to be sure, was as long ago as fifteen
years and two weeks and l don't think it
will ever happen again in our lifetime. 1t is
perfectly, certain that the highest honor ever
Britain-I mean the wool sack-was once, at
least, bestowed for 10 better reason than dis
4HaIi1cata9ns lji;G those which may have been
ing lie. / suppose you know the man I mean
IL IL was nor lcfd cha4Geilor who il writing
tne lives Of Geparted English lorl chancel
Tors. dnd made al still living ex-lcrd chan
ceiiocs. feel that he had added new terror
to death. 40, it was not Lord Campbell; it
was lord BrOugham, amt ! don't mean to re-
cite IN MS aisqHl'ilcati9nS, the ed story that
II he had known lifip law he would have
known something CT everything. Iaughter)
His disqualification for The invitation he got
like mine, had n broader scope than that
They, we're set down Al large i'll an old novel,
W ,..nI' some Of 10Y Nay have read called
once an Albany bachelor. Ganghter)
The novel was written in New Orleans by
an Englishnan, who was British coqnsul
there, and this how he explained Lord
BroughamS coming to the W0olsack. Said he:
Lord Brougham was a man OF splendid
incapacity, vast and various INSTRUMENTATION,
Now, I can make an affidavit that the lii
bernian society of Savannah, would nave
asked that man to dinner i ahd 'Tea naa
Moreover he could get drunk and except,
with cold water or coffee, [ am Just as
were a virtue. Q4a1ghter.) Bat these ply
steal disQuafications are nothing 10 my men
tai disqualihcations- For them | can only
beg you to accept the excuse OF birth ana
residence. | am sure every Hibernian pres
cnt will feel for me, when l explain to you
the conduct Of my ancestors ana ten you
that after dinner ny Irish wit perplexes my
American wisdom. and my American wisdom
paralysis my Irish wit. G.auGhterl
There is one 1nore disqualification. In New
York nobody makes after-dinner speeches OK
cept two classes cf persons First those VINO
want to be governors. presidents, senators
and the like, which explains Why l have
never practiced the art OF after dinner speak
ing and formed myself on great models.
Second SCI nd those nos ' who have nothing to say and
are perfect masters in the fine art of saying
II There Is a very witty young gentleman in
New York who always eats his dinner quietly
and never SAYS anything afterward, so far as
know for lack the pleasure OF his personal
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