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deal of difference between announcing a
speech and making one, and then in a
graceful, polished speech introduced Gov
Ovation on rising to respond to the toast
New Jersey" The guests cheered,
waved q Chautauqua salute and shout
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen" said
the Governor, when the noise Of the
scraping of chairs had ceased, ut is not
have | had the honor of speaking at
your meetings. On a similar occasion,
SIX years ago, / a the pleasure of Sit
OF the grandest of American soldiers,
William Tecumseh Sherman f~applause).
Certainly once have responded to the
an unofficial way, yet it AFFORDED me an
opportunity to speak of the character
istics Of Jersey and its men. which in
Il have, / believe, before that audience
exploited those things which make New
Jersey unique in having her name at
tached to the products OF The State. Did
| then forget to enumerate the far reach
ing bolts of Jersey lightning. daughter.)
DID | forget to call to remembrance the
(Renewed ianghter). or aid 1 forget to
depict the charms and enticement of
the Jersey lilies? Cloud ~1laughter.) But
avoid such topics as those.
II did not suppose I had come to a
symposium to settle the next Republican
tSlCdI ldQSuttI dld cl6GTS
for Harrison and Reed.l But from what
/ have seen 1t is evident you have an
opinion on that subject and the opinion
IS rather strong in one direction. (Re-
New Jersey has many claims to dis
t%inction. She has a history which is
i5'sa &c Mssa sV' patriot IS ne Of pasthh1e Tie most st
heroic kind. n which is marked by
the names of her battlefelds. Trenton,
and Princeton. (Applause.)
gym all ramnmhar that cEo Furnished
through the long and dreary- winters. You
magnificent service in the war of the Rev
olution, and today thousands of her
citizens are proud ITO boast Of her lineage
for the independence of the country
(~Applause.) "And in all the struggles the
country has lad. whether of a foreign or
always been found discharging the, duty
of heroic patriots. We have them tonight
among US. We know them. thousands
ing. honorable records as soldiers of the
Union" prolonged applause.)
THE bones of others rest benath the
at Gettysburg, where Lincoln spoke those
memorable words that shall ring and
thrill through all mankind as long as. the
English language is known and spoken.
They sleep at Charlottesville. at Antie-
tam, at Spottsylvansa, and in the bloody
Wilderness. and through the broad South
- o@-0s " In INV u e 1 0Sy AdC
We're known to be true Blues.
Gentlemen. / need not extol these milf
s sary y VI Nsw tbs l1ers heroic T patri 4drIg S snd tine
what it was loud applause.)
But. my friends. there are other mani
festations of patriotism quite as honorable
and / ought to say as rare as those found
in. military action. I refer to the pa
triotism of the Statesman, to the patriot
SIN of the people manifested In quiet civic
times. Whence does It come. this pa
triotism that is willing to serve in quiet
simple stations where they can dutifully
cording ITO their consciences without ex-
pecting a hero's glory or a hero's reward?
Whence comes it?
glorious herois1n? Did he start out in his
career expecting to achieve a fortune and
Be able to purchase gs g seat IN the United
in the humblest walks Of life, not in deg
radiation, not in ~obscurity. but in the
same kind of life described by Daniel
Webster when he spoke of his own an
cestors and own ancestral abode. and
said of it that when the smoke first rose
from its rude chimney there was not a
and the settlements on the rivers Of Can
'sThese men of heroic mould went out
frontiers inspired by what? BY a desire,
as I said, to amass a fortune?. No. but
by a simple desire to learn the lesson of
government: to become fully impregnated
with the spirit of liberty and to see to 1t
that tina spirit was preserved not only
among themselves. but throughout the
whole of the broad land of ours cloud
applause.)
Abraham Lincoln never aspired, I sup
pose untsl LATE in life te any such peosition
and prepared for he broad action Of
by a simple life on the frontier where he
had faced difficulty. where he had faced
lhardships and faced danger. he was the il
when he sax that unremitsing attention
of simple and high sentiments in obscure
duties hardened the character to a temper
that worked with honor in need
sIt was the unremitting attention of
simple and high, sentiments in obscure
duties that made Abraham Lincoln a
there IS any one need in this State, in this
country, 1T is that our statesmen and all
our people shall get their patriotism from
sentiments. even if it be in obscure du-
ties" Cloud and prolonged applause during
which the Governor. resumed his seat.)
Congressman Charles A.. Towne, of
Duluth. responded eloauently, to the toast
of Abraham Lincoln in which he drew
a splendid word picture of the mans mo-
M. Samuel II. Grey. Of camden. spoke
on the Righteous Laws and a Pure Ju-
a 81 ! nom and R notjc pr l. 4 III ! y yae seuade en
the toast list. spoke of God in Lincoln
in such a style which ELECTED much ap-
coin, some of which convulsed his au-
dience. particularly when he said that
Lincoln had the measles, and told his SER
ers. because then he had something which
he could give to each of them.
T~oastmaster Blair. in Introducing the
cautiously said that the Major had often
In his editorial capacity enlightened. be-
wildersd and befogged the party to which
might be true. but he had undoubtedly ne