Evening journal., 1898-01-14
MR.. GRAY'S EULOGY
Text of His Speech on the
Chieftain of Democracy.
ABOUNDs IN DEMOCRATIC TRUTHS
DELAWARE'S SENATOR PAYS
TRIBUTE TO THE GREAT SOL
DER, WHO WAS A TRUE AMER
ICAN AND AT ALL TIMES A CON-
SISTENT DEMOCRAT.
sIsTENT DEMOCRAT.

At the Jackson Day celebration of |
the Young Mems Democratic Club, on |
Tuesday evening, United States Sena |
tor George Gray. made what is regard |
ed by many of his hearers, as one of the |
best speeches of recent years. Refer |
ence to it and brief extracts from its |
text have already appeared in these
columns and the Evening Journal now
presents to its readers the fun text,
having been requested to do so by a
number of prominent Democrats, who
believe that The people at large should
have the benefit of the great truths
which it contains.
On the night of the celebration the
senator was at his best. Good health
and spirits and the presence CT so many
close personal and party friends SEEM
ed to inspire him to make a speech
which would live for years in the minds
of his hearers and find responsive
echo in the heart and mind of the body
politic of the state and country. He
was not hampered by notes and his
auditors were charmed by his magnif
cent presence, the easy flow of his dis
course and the eloquence with which
he set forth the teachings of one OF the
greatest friends and advocates OF the
constitutional rights of a free people.
He said:
Mr. President and gentlemen OF uhe
Young Mems Democratic Club.
you have made me feel at home, as
you always do, and / feel that l haVe
good reason to be at home in Demo
cratic organization OF any kind. We
are oil proud to be Democrats to-niBht
We are all proud to call ourselves
Democrats ON jackson Day. / think
all rejoice that we are here as Demo-
Gratis to celebrate an occasion that Is
= always one of interest, one connecUen
with the name and fame OF one OF the
a calendar saints OF the Democratic
/ Church-General Andrew jackson. IL
p, is very we'll. think, sometimes to take
= account of old-fashiOned Democracy
!. the old-fashiOned creed Of our
a party in order that we may zee 1us'
where we are; that we may see whether
?. we have kept the faith handed down by
our fathers-and 1t was and Is a faltn
that was handed down TO US. 10
night il may be useful to consider the
y place that Andrew Jackson has, not only
d in the history Of our country and ths
5. world. but in the history of the grea
- party of which he was proud TO rol
3 low and obey it's teachings Christi
anity without works, my fellow Dem
Y ocrats, is a very dead and useless thing
4 and Democracy without works anC
y without the examples Of thosewho wer
s.ee of our faith, who did and wrought II
le their day and generation for the publ'
n veal, would be of little avail.
"a Just as the beadroll of saints IN
.ts.N FhHa
in blaze the path of Christian duty, 81
pgI1 does the beadroll of Democratic ohieI
b. tains blaze the way and mark the patl
l., in which Democrats ought TO tread
e, and tonight especially we are concern
of ed with one whose fame is as broad a
,h the broad continent which makes on
country, and whose name is dear no
ty only to those Of his own party faiu1
C. but to everyone who feels that whic'
is best in the name American, 10
IL if ever there was an American IN Tn
y. ltruest sense of that word; if ever ther
NJ was a man who valued the privilege
tn and appreciated the opportunities tina
nt belong to Americans, that man wa
fb that good old Democratic chleftalI
nd Andrew Jackson, whose name an
ng fame we celebrate tonight. You a
- know something of his history. Ho
re-; all know that he struggled up from tn
endured and hard conditions OF poVel
ty in early youth. Born before u
= revolutionary war, before the surTel
~ der at Yorktown. ne saw something {
4c. the perils and self-denial that gay
tor birth to the free people we are to-da
"a We have all heard stories of how h
brothers were slain, and he in prise
. for breasting the insolence OF a Brl
ish officer; then, going to Tenness'
- with his orphaned brothers and sister
al, he made his way, as a sturdy Amer
Z, can, into position and power and us
fulness to his country. Whatever
Il made of himself; whatever capacity
yer developed: whatever power he posses
1py ed. were always at the command
the people among whom me lived al
afterwards of the country for which
'eu bled and which he saved. His coura
never faltered; his path of duty W
. never obscure. He was everythil
4: good in American manhood and ci'
4: zenship. but none the less he was
: loyal Democrat all the time We a
+: tonight celebrating, as lawyers sa
nunc pro tune, which is, now I
then" the eighth of January, whi
&: made American arms glorious, a.
: raised the American flag in triuml
over British army over twice .
size that he commanded. He illustI
ted to the world for the first time th
: American freemen, the embaul
forces of a free country, could meet
defeat Wellington's veterans, fresh tr6
the fields of the Peninsula, where Tn
- had won victory over the arms OF I
o almost invincible Napoleon. Such S
- diers. however, were those brought
conquer New Orleans and todrive nor
ward the brave Americans who ste
under the Stars and Stripes, and un'
the lead of Andrew Jackson who mi
that day in the history of this countr
bright and glorious page which we
delight to teach our children.
Now, what were those qualities
virtues which made this man not o.
a heHr OF the hour, but also the lea
of his people out of darkness and N
fortune? First of all, personally tn
| was Virtup and courage splf-QeVOt