New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-23
I'm TRUE SOUTHERN STYLE.
LOYAL CELEBRATION AT THE SAVof'


a., .ho,o all ,,rt,es and beyond all sectionalism. so
the outherners living this city could have selected
no more appropriate occasion than Washlns'oi
Birthday for holding their annual dinners TOT t"e
New-York Southern Society is entirely non-polticai
and essentially patriotic. Last night at the savoy
Hotel the society enjoyed the twelfth OF these an
nual dinners. which was at the same time one OF
tho iarges, and most successful In It's history.
Tho dinner was held In the beautlful white ana
gold state apartment. where. at me speakers 'ao'e
and the four long tables arranged at right angles
10 # we're seated hundred and sevehty-nVe
members and guests.
The tables were prettily decorated with red-shaue'
canoIes and flowers Of various hues. and on the
speakers table here and there seen niue
American flags more beautiful than all the prolu-
sion OF blooms amid which they were planted ''e
OF the ornaments of this table was monster piece
OF confectionery its upper part representing held-
piece manned by Continentals In bun ana DUO one
OF them holding the Stars and Stripes
In the galleries. after the speeches began assem-
bled many women. who listened with evident en-
joyment to the orators OF the evening hugh .
Thompson. Ex-Governor of South Carolina, presi-
dent OF the society acted POSTMASTER and seated
to the right and left OF him were the following
guests Of the society:
United States Senator william Lindsay OF Ken
lucky; President Raymond Of Union College ~, So
Columbia. S G: T. C. Alexander. ". NJ ,ss.s
Justices Joseph r. Dsy Augustus Van "yo opk h1
OF Atlanta: Chester 5. Lord, II. Loewenthai Dr'
William NJ Polk. John c. Under"ood anu - r.
Some of the others present were Hugh X; Car Car
den. cx-president of the society. Dr. l.anuoh ~ W.
Gray. Austen q. Fox. John r. Abney samuel I Iiw
cor James swami General Samuel phoWaSi ali rTh
ney. Charles 4. Deshon Joseph Fqhys, justice s p
Henry pggro. Marion ysrdery Dr. r. e. J RGm
NJ Cabeil Clarence Cary Macgrane Coke G en-
Minister to DG ar j. Ralph G"s2snd
Edward owen, DR.. James II; Parker. George Foster
M koya and T Wasr " Jackson Of Aa
gusta Ga; CASTOR HARDY. Archie NJ. Quarrel
lanes RenwicE . DR. Frank 1r nr5ley Ja@ 1ns a.
johnson, s. NJ Jarvis. ]. .Hampden Robb. william
9ure koos Mor1n rg pr Robert C. Myes John G.
Wilmerdng and Russell Whtcomb Of Boston.
BEGINNING THE sPEECUMAKING.
II was nearly $50 O'Clock when President Thomp-
son raped for attention. and In a brief address.
began the speechma<ing OF the evening. After
outlining the society's aims and history. he went
on TO refer feelngly 10 the Maine disaster. paying
nm especial tribute 10 Captain SiGsbee, and ms
expression Of the conviction that. II war should
by any chance come Americans everywhere would
be found bringing gifts TO the altar Of their com
mon country. called forth long and enthusiastic
At the close OF Governor Thompson's remarks
DR.. Eugene W Marshall led In the singing %, OF
in the National anthem At President Thompson
drank in silence toast Ito the Dead Of the Steam
ship Maine"
PRESIDENT RAYMONDs REMARKS
According to the custom OF the society, the first
regular toast Of the evening was Washington 10
which President A. V. Y. Raymond. Of Union Col
lege made an eloquent response. After paying
graceful compliment to the South and referring TO
the many distinguished Southerners who are on the
roll of the alumni Of Union. ne addressed himself
more especially to his toast saying in part:
In Washington We see the greatness tnat some ONE
times comes with birth. II Is not matter or niue
he was A virginia gentleman
pauseD The term has not yet lost lts meaning,
bnqinnjne # has stood for love Of truth quick
sense OF honor devotion TO ideals clear brain ana
berfed the instincts and capacities of a chivarous
nature. sclf-respect that mean inherent GsuliE.
And yet character is no, all an inheritance. Much
OF virtue must be acquired Right principles, none
the essentially greater d than Mas ~
glory Of Washington soldier, but nothing can
add to his xsb y was as his ph nsSbe ms
spring patriotism The debt when AmeTca "a, OWE ,
torv " achievements that won Independence Great
as is the obligation thus created II Is lost IN the
"a nan The memory Of his exalted character has
been the mghtiest constructive force IN our Ma,
tional life since Il has commanded the homage or
each successive eeneration Guickening reyeTence
power and greatness.
When President Raymond had finished. DR.. Mar
shall led in the singing OF Way Down Upon the
Suwanee River" and C. w. Jackson. Of Augusta
Ga delighted his hearers with little plantation
melody. In which he initiated various fowls and
animals.
Senator Lindsay OF Kentucky. spoke TO the toast
q, THE South; Her Duties and Responsibilities"
In referring the Maine disaster, he said: For
the last ten days we have felt that we were upon
the very OF war, and an unnecessary war
AT that First came the mistake Of foreign min
lister and then this most unfortunate affair in the
In hat ipa I hut
express my pride that not a single Southern repre-
sentative has attempted to intervene 10 prevent
the settlement OF this question In peaceful way
(Appause) Though the Southerners warm
blooded and filed with sympathy for the Cubans.
with tina, spirit OF selfpossession which they have
learned they have contained themselves in these
trying hours. and will contain themselves until the
time for action comes. But I believe the end will
be peace.
After describing the desolation OF the South after
the war. the steps through which law and order
were gradually substituted for violence and awless-
ness and the development OF the sources OF South
ern wealth. Senator Lindsay came to a consdera-
ton OF the results achieved BY the effort OF all
these years. saying In part: Between 1870 and 1890
the values in the States south OF the Potomac In
creased $50 per cent. or more man -FOUR times as
I'm the New England States. In the ten years
ending with 1890 the increase In the value OF farm
products in the South was nearly double the aver
age Increase OF the country at large In the hfteen
South manufactures more than doubled. and
the wages paid 20 labor were more than ,rebled.
The Increase In the quantity OF raw cotton manu-
featured I'm the South in the last ten years WAS
100 per cent.
The field Of National politics is to-day open and
the conditions demand that Southern statesman
ship shall make itself felt merely In the affairs
OF me South. but In all that affects the common
interests OF our common country. The people OF
the South essentially American. (Applause) A
new generation schooled amid the wonderful
changes and still more wonderful progress OF the
recent past Is TO meet the responsibilities and
undertake the duties which must be assumed and
discharged II Southern thought and craftsmanship
are to fade into the mere tradition Of a lost
and abandoned civilization Accomplished facts are
to stand: wrongs not to be remembered the
dead past is TO bury its dead: but from this time
forward absolute equality in all rights OF citizen
ship the south should demand.
The Senator went on 10 denounce paternalism in
government, which, he said gradually becom-
ing dominan, feature In American politics "Ad-