Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-08-29

lutfelprb ~ ID UndU leel very BraCeIul
for the toast which you have SO cor
daily received of the chief ruler Of the
country which it is my honor to repre-
sent. The Office of President of the
United States is not only one of great
dignity, but it is one of great RESPONSE
hility and great anxiety. He is called
to that position by the voice of his
countrymen-not unanimously, for
that would be impossible--bu is called
by majority of the voices Of his coun-
trymen and against oftentimes a pow
erful minority. Therefore there is no
bed of roses for the man who occu-
pies the position of President of the
United States. He stands in the midst
Of strong confident, and often
times violent people-men who seek to
have their own way, and men who seek
to have that way frequently obstructed,
and tell you plainly that it takes a
real man to govern the people OF the
United States. CHEERS. Fortunately,
in this case, there is a real man to
govern the people of the United States
and hold their highest Office. Cheers. J
He may displeaae great many, he may
disappoint and obstruct a great many,
and | hope he will continue to do SO, :
(cheers) but on the other hand, there is
not q man, woman or child in the United
States who does not in his or her
heart respect the man who is their
chief ruler CHEERS. His life is
an open one, it is simple, straightfor-
ward, easy to be understood, it is sur
rounded by none OF the forms that pre-
vent inspection, it can be understood
as fairly as the life of any private
citizen and even more so, because atten-
tion is directed to it. We are told some
thing of the fierce light that beats
upon a throne and the fierce light that
beats upon throne, beats also upon a
Presidency, and every act, public or
private, is open to inspection and re-
ceives it. Now il is characteristic,
and it is great deal to be said for our
race-I say our race (hear, hear-for
it is the same cheers ~ that whenever
the people have been left free to choose
their own ruler they have chosen their
own men, they have chosen class of
men who, however mistaken they may
have been in the eyes of certain people,
they have chosen a class of men about
whose personal character there is not
the slightest stain to be perceived.
Cheers. To-day, therefore, in what
we call in our simple fashion the
White House--it is a good color, it is
white and it is pure-( (cheers) there
is manhood that has never shrunk,
an honesty that has never been ques-
toned, and an ability that finds re-
spect everywhere. (Cheers) These are
the mems qualities, but, in addition
to that, my friends, there are the
oh faf
ever dwelt in mans house. Cheers
Little children cluster round his knee
and'a fond pure mother watches over
them and rears them, and to-day the
American people have the great
cause OF profound satisfaction that the
home OF their chief ruler is the home
Of an honest manhood, of a pure
womanhood, and of an innocent child
hood. CHEERS. These are the vir-
tues that you in this dear old town of
Boston cultivate in your own homes.
the religion that brings you to your
knees, the morality that checks any
evil disposition, the integrity, the
friendship, the charms of social life;
these things that you care most for
here believe me are fairly mirrored
in the life of the Chief Magistrate
of the United States. Cheers.
These are not mere words, / am not
only the representative selected by
him for my country, but ! am per-
sonal witness of that of which speak.
For four years of my life l was a
member Of his cabinet, for four years
of my life had charge of the foreign
relations of my country, and during
that time it was constantly my duty
to see Mr.. Cleveland in the morning,
at noon, in the evening at dead Of
night, at midnight. l saw him under
all circumstances. / saw him in his
household and out of it. | saw him
in times of trial and in times of pleas
ure, and he always was the same man,
true and steady, and manly and just
Cheers / thank you for having
drunk his health | thank you, sir,
(Mr. Garft) as the fittest man to pro-
pose it, as the representative of your
people, and you, gentlemen, for the kind
manner in which you have received it.
loud cheers.
THE ADDRESS.
The Mayor, again rising, said: You
will all have seen that the corporation
have decided to present an address to
our illustrious friend, and | shall now
have very great pleasure in calling on
the town clerk to read that address.
The town clerk then read the ad-
dress as follows:
To His EXcellency, the Hon. T. F.
Bayard, Ambassador from the United
States of America.
We, the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur
gesses of the Borough of Boston, are
nc hot f,,1
resented the wishes of all the inhabl-
tants of our town than in Offering
you their most sincere welcome on
your visit to Boston.
We know that you are the honored
and distinguished representative of a
great nation allied to us in bonds of kin
ship with language, literature and
a great and glorious past in common,
but we Bostonians claims to have a
special reason for welcoming an Ameri
ceeded many of the leaders OF the New
England settlement, and the founders
of community which has given its
name to the great city of Boston in the
United States. Time has worked many
changesin our borough, but the Parish
Church, where our common ancestors
worshipped together still remains in its
ancient grandeur, and we acknowledge
with satisfaction that we are in
debted greatly to the liberality of our
cousins in America for the restoration
Of that part. of the fabric called the
Cotton Chapel.
We hope you may long remain in
this country to draw il possible
still closer the ties of friendship be-
tween the two nations, and that
America and Great Britain may always
as close allies join in spreading over the
world the language and free institu-
tions of their commn race.