Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-09
City Grossly Slandered.

Fastening to the defense of the citys
name, Judge Gaynor continued:
This city has been most grossly SLAM
dered for several years in respect of it's
morality, financial credit or otherwise.
Let us put d stop to that Mere scolds
and Sensationalists are not to be suf
fered to give this city a bad even vile
name throughout the world. | am pre-
pared to say from travel and other means
of information that New York is the most
orderly. decent and moral large city in
the world
Rising to the toast The Invasion of
the North by the South Secretary Dick
inson prefaced his remarks with a protest
against the custom of Southerners il
the north affirming in public gatherings
their loyalty to the United States.
The time has come, said the Secretary,
when there is not only no good ground
for. but conclusive reason against giving
declarations: BY implication they sug-
Sest doubt where none should exist.
They do not reflect a true appreciation of
the spirit of the day We do not need
them TO convince ourselves that the south
with practical unanimity will sustain our
country in any time of storm or stress.
If there are any southern men who feel
otherwise. they are too inconsequential
to exert any appreciable influence"
A Peaceful Invasion.
Proceeding to his topic. Secretary Dick
nson said, in part:
II have in mind an invasion entirely
peaceabie and conquests that are civic.
When the canny Scot was incorporated
into the kingdom of Great Britain
against his will lie got his inning by NOV
ing into the enemy's country and accom-
modating himself to the new and inevi-
table order OF things There was never
a deeper hate than that which the Scots
cherished for England, but in time they
becam a bulwark of strength to Great
Britain and achieved and maintained
leadership which has been one of the main
sources of her greatness.
Using that a parallel the speaker
dwelt upon the impoverished condition of
the south Immediately following the war
and then proceeded to trace the invasion
of northern fields by southern men ana
women.
when the causes that first gave it inn
pulse ceased to act" the speaker con-
tinued. In all the large progressive
cities of t2e north southern men a
forcefu part of the business, professional
and social life, and this is especially
true of the bounding commercial centers
of the middle and extreme west. Their
names are not obscure. The reputation
OF many IS international.
Il have sometimes thought that the
men of the south wronged her by leaving
her in her poverty and seeking new and
happier surroundings and greater oppor-
tunitles. and that in this the south suf-
fered a great loss. But there is wider
vision that shows there was compensa-
ton The achievements of southern men
in the north, while redounding to the
happiness of the successful individuals.
have wrought in a far more significant
way for the welfare of the country.
Common and Equal Heritage.
To-day we are the most homogeneous
people Of any of the greater powers of
the world. We have our local differences
and variances i'll ideals and subordinate
principles of government. May they con-
tinue to flourish in full vigor Out OF their
development will be evolved healthier,
more intelligent and enduring national
life. The stimulus and rivalry will
dound to the general good.
Americans have a common and equal
heritage. The various sections can best
show forth their worth and sustain a
patent to superior citizenship, not by
vauntings nor by reproaches as to the
past but by eXcellng'in generous rivalry
in serving our country, striving to secure
and perpetuate personal freedom-not the
freedom of license, but freedom of
thought, opinion and action regulated by
a general law: maintain justice through
courts with impartial judges and jures
open to all alike. where weakness and
poverty are as potent as power and
wealth, and keeping our republic in a
career that will conserve for the longest
time the rich blessings which it is now
showeiinS upon humanity.