Evening journal., 1896-12-09
W. M. BYRNE'S ORATORY
His Eloquent Speech at the
Sons Of Delaware Dinner.
EUIOGIzED AMBASSADOR BAYARD

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THE LEGEND or THE SUSSEX
MOORs.
Mr. Byrne's speech, entitled Della
ware and Some of Her Sons. delivered
before the Sons of Delaware. of Phila-
delphia, was as follows:
Mr.. President and Gentlemen: | am
almost too full for utterance: too full
OF gratitude at being with you tonight
when ! was at college a short time
back tfor | am still young) one of my
most cherished ambitions was to get
on the football team. But / could
never get the trainers to think that I
was as good a man as l thought / was.
and | not only failed to get placed on
the team, but couldn't even be a sub
stitute. But "all things come round to
MIN who will but wait" and tonight
my ambition IS gratiiied / am a sub
stltute l regret that Judge Fisher is
not with you. Up to this point in the
banquet and my friends sitting near
me VIII youch for the truth OF what
say, l have shown as much capacity as
Judge Fisher or any other Judge could
show; but now at this part OF the pro-
gram | feel myself a little timorous.
and wish that instead of by me you
were faced by that veteran ofmanydin-
ners, cur esteemed citizen. Judge
Fisher. He is rounding out life led in
the custom of good Delawareans with
credit and honor A scholar of cul-
ture and refinement, and a worker Of
persistent industry, the sunset OF his
days is around him in colors rivaling
in beauty the flower of Delaware. He
as lew others could have regaled you
with the interesting and delightful
fOlk-lOre OF your native state. He
probably would have dealt with that
strange race of people, the MOors of
Delaware. They claim you know that
quite a number of cOlOred people i'm
Kent and Sussex are not of negro
blood, but are descendants of a colony
of MOOrs who settled in Sussex in an
cient days.
This seems like going back to the
mythical period Of Delaware history.
And to tell you the truth. l believe the
whole business is a myth. It's origin
is easily accounted for. You know the
longtime rivalry between the Jersey
men and ourselves. Il dates back to
those days when Pennsylvania and
New Jersey were parts of Delaware.
The Jerseymen broke away, set up for
themselves and called themselves
Spaniards. Not to be outdone. we
called ourselves Moors. For their Ro-
land we had an Oliver. But one needs
not have touched events to know the
glory of Delaware. The lesson of her
career is so plain that he who runs
may read. Hannibal knew by heart
his country's wrongs ere he had as
sumed the toga of manhood So from
observation can one become familiar
with the glory of Delaware. She shines
respondent in the MONDAY of our
greatness, as she rose triumphant
in the morning of our life.
To-day the Sons of Delaware. here and
at home, contribute to her credit. They
are yirile, courageous and progress
sive. They take their stand in the CON
hicts OF life. and contribute their share
to the mighty impulses of our progress.
they fight for the nations
advancement; they fight for the peO-
pies progress they fight for our be-
loved institutions: and the magnificent
vigOr of their fight is the glory of their
state. Yourselves the Sons Of Della
ware, bring joy to her heart: you raise
her banner in honor to the skies: your
achievements performed i'm ciimes other
than her own. come back as wreathes
to bind her brow with the laurels Of
your labor. Wherever the Sons Of Del
aware go they do not falter. They
make themselves felt. Take your own
city. At the bar. on change, every
where. your influence is strong.
healthy and persistent. Your good |
work shows the. stamina Of your stock. !
Some Of you have recently worked
with more credit than happiness. Our
Son of Delaware. your
townsman and my friend. Mr. Har- |
rity, while he added largely to his rep |
ltation by his honest and fearless con- |
was not exactly in il /
In the recent campaign. The |
result was quite different from
that which followed his own
masterful and vigorous leadership /
And let us carry our vision over as far |
rs New York, if that place can be seen
now, since it has followed it's rival. |
Chicago. in gobbling up all the sur
farms for city sites. and what
10 we see?
The first mayor of Greater New York
is going to be Lemuel Quigg, a son of
Delaware, and we will all shout for
him, Get there ELL That's the way
we are working up in Gotham. And so
throughout the land in all the states
our sons are worthily and sturdily
striving. And look abroad. Mount
higher On the plain of the worlds
deeds. Delaware is not unrepresented.
To-day, amid the men of world-action,
amid those on whom the eyes of the
world are fixed with feverish interest
there is none to surpass that magnih-
cent son Of Delaware, that accom-
plished scholar. jurist, statesman and
diplomat, Ambassador Bayard He is
he crown and the flower Of Delaware
life. Like the great knight whose
name he adorns. his is a character of
'hivalrous honor and fearless cour-
lge. He will come back 10 us filled
with honors. His was an important
part in the greatest peace-victory OF
history The acknowledgment by
Great Britain Of the right of the
United States to associate herself with
her sister republics of America for
.heir defence and protection. and the
lnheard of and almost undreamed OF
that any foreign power
'ould demand and obtain arbitration
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