The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-10-17

sentative Democrat in Delaware attended
the reception From Philadelphia came n
large delegation headed by William M.
Singerly, Democratic candidate for gov
ernor and Secretary of the Commonwealth
William f. Harrity.
Deafening applause greeted Ambassador
Bayard as he was conducted upon the
Opera House stage and he was visibly af
fected by the warmth and spontaneous af-
fection of the greeting.
The ceremonies were brief and simple,
without formality Senator Gray arose
and on behalf of the vast audience well
coined the honored guest of the evening
saying that all Delawareans, without re-
gard to party affiliations, joined in hearty
welcome to the man who had done so much
to add to the glory of the state. In re-
spending Ambassador Bayard spoke in
substance as follows:
"Mr. Gray, my kind friends, my dear
countrymen and my good neighbors, it is
very difficult to find phrases that are rex
press what | feel tonight, for tonight is an
occasion of feeling with me far more than
speaking. 1t is no time for cut and dried
phrases 1t is no time for prepared speeches.
1t is a time when human hearts are to echo
with the same good feeling. Before can
make you understand the deep gratiGca-
tion it has given me, after I have tried to
live according to my own conscience, to
find that l have lived according to yours
also, then ! do feel sustained. confirmed
comfOrJed and elevated To endeayOr to con
tinue to pursue the path that leads to the
honor and safety of the people who are of
my own nationality ana blood.
"Neyer before in my life have ever been
severed for so many months from the
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circle to which most closely my affections
were attached; but after nearly eighteen
| months of absence 1 return, and my heart
! swells with gratitude when l still see the
friendly faces, when l still feel the touch
Of the friendly hands, when 1 recognize
the friendly voices and feel that once more,
under the providence Of benificent God,
am restored to my home and my country
STANDING here tonight l run back far
| beyond the period of my own birth-baal
| into generations of that unsellish patriot
| ism and struggle more than IA century ago,
which permits us to meet in safety and in
honor here tonight There was the strug-
| gle that educated the men from whom it
was my honor to draw my name and blood,
| but it was their inheritance of feeling,
| tradition and education commenced aui
| handed from father to son, it was that
| that made Delaware honored in the past,
| it was that that shall keep Delaware hon
ored and respected in the future,
"This is no party sentiment. Parties may
come and parties may GO, but this is the
| sentiment which peryades the party that
| give it its value. 1t is the education upon
the groundwork Of high morality, Of up
| right patriotism, of unseltish public SER
vice
| $50, gentlemen / feel tonight as If the his
tory of this little state was being unfolded
| from her colonial period even unto today,
and when / think over the great part that
she has played in the drama Of American
independence and Of national civilization
feel glad and gratiiied TO have been a full
blooded Delaware man.
81 value most deeply every expression Of
| public respect and confidence and themore
that receive the more l feel myself bound
to be worthy of them so far as it lies within
my power to be; but it seems to me, after
having gone abroad as your representative
and of the great country of which we are
so happy part, that it would be but com
mon gratitude, but simple good manners,
to make some reference to that hospitality
that / have enjoyed
"From one and all in the country to
which have been accredited has come TO
me nothing but the most unbOunded cour-
tesy and kindness. Everywhere l found
the name of an American was received
with honor; was received with favor such
as simply believe has been extended TO no
other people than ourselves from the ben
ihcent, the benign, the venerable lady
whose virtues 50 illustrate the happy reign
over contentod people through the Of
ficials, and down into the very heart of the
people in the mass have found nothing
but friendly hands kind words and offices
of good service. 1 went as friend TO clear
up all misunderstanding, and TO bring to-
gether the hearts and the feelings OF two
nations bound 10y ties such AS exists be
tween no other two nations on the globe.
1t Is hut just, my countrymen, that l
should testify 70 you the spirit Of respect
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