Year: 1879

have declined and fallen into ruin, and
we feel that virtue, which stands first
upon the escutcheon of our country, is
essential to our prosperity and it is no
small satisfaction to us, that you, sir,
have inscribed your name beneath that |
motto, and have shown, in your place
in the Senate that you were resolved to |
defend the right as you regarded l., even
when the angry waves OF opposing |
forces threatened to oyerwhelm you.
For this stern adherence to principle we
are here to express our thanks and out
sympathy with you and our trust that
the God of our fathers will give to you,
and to all ollr Legislators, true wisdom
regarding the best interests of this
great people, who seem to us to be set
Tor noble pnrpo-e before the world
and whose downfall would be the direst
national calamity the world has ever
witnessed.


During his address Dir. Bush was sew
erai dimes Interrupted by enthusiastic
bursts of applause, and all the while the
honored guest stood with his hands
clasped and his face bowed down and
expressive OF the deep emotion the oc-
casiOn was salc ulated to inspire.


The Senator now advanced and at
tempted TO speak in response, but the
hand clapping and other spontaneous
bursts of admiration would have drowR-
cd every word. Frequently he bowed
and essayed to commence, but each time
the applause prevented him, aud lit was
several minutes before it died away. He
commenced in the low and halting tone
OF one almost overcome by feeling, but
after the first few sentences his voice
became loud ana strong, and he had the
complete control OF himself that has
made him famous on more important
though less appropriate occasions than
the present one. From the first his
| speech was punctuated with applause,
but when he came to the sentence, "thls
is the town where | was born, and my
father before me-" there was burst OF
applause that lasted minute or more.
Only orce during the evening was there
a cheer raised, and that was near the
close, when, after the eloquent query as
to his representation of Delaware in the
Senate, he said: 81 have an ambition 30
| confess to you-it Is to possess the un-
snspecting confidence of the people of
Delaware, and retain 1t till l die"
SENATOR BAYARD's ADDRESS.
The Senator spoke as follows;


MIR. CUAIRMAN--LADIEs AND GEN.
TLEMEN--FELLow C1TKENs-FRIENDs
ALL; My chief desire, and my main eff
fort at this moment is to let you sim
ply and clearly understand the quiet,
deep and sincere happiness with which
this welcome, so spontaneous and ex-
| prcssve, fills my breast.


Strong language is not nceded-nor is
it often used, d,where really strong feeling
seeks for utterance. Nor shall l seek the
aid of rhetoric,or extravaganza of phrase.
TO convey TO your hearts the SIMPLE mes
sage which beats in mine fer deliver
| ance.


This is the town where / was born, as
was my father before me, and in this
room is many face well Known to mt
ftom my childhood.


In full view of those who now sur.
round me, my life has been lived, aud
| my incomings and outgoings all known.
When, therefore, the judgment of such
a court comes to be passed after full
half century of trial and experience in
private life and in public service and it
is rendered in sentences so full of gener
Gus appreciation, affection, and respect as
your worthy and venerable Chairman
has addressed to me, what must be my
emotions and how full to overlooking
must | feel my cup Of blessings and ct
| honor.


For this occasion is not called for by
| official PROCLAMATION 1t is not an out
burst OF the friendly but fierce zeal OF
| political enthusiasm. IL is not command
ed by authority nor suggested by any de-
| sign of commercial or pecuniary advan-
tage; il is merely the natural flow OF
kind feeling between human hearts,
checked and pent up in its daily action
for little time by our separation, only
to gather new and stronger he4dwsy
when that separation was ended, and
our baLds could again clasp each other.
As rule, real feeling fears to show it.
sell lest its oenuineness should be ques-
toned, but there are times and moments
when it is well to throw Off the veil OF
reserve, and give free rein to the impulse
OF friendly feeling.


f ell, and surely you who hear me all
feel that we are here in an atmosphere
OF loving kindness, longing only fol
peace on earth and good will to man
and no cloud of doubt, or taint of dis
trust or suspicion intervenes. All, what
an armour is friendship! What shield
or buckler 50 protective? What are the
stupendous iron-clads of GreaS Britain,
The ma vellous artillery of Prussia
and the vast military establishments
that prop up European thrones, maintain
dominion and keep crowns on heads anC
often heads CD royal shoulders, draining
the land, as they do, of the fruits of in
dustry and labor, and devouring the sub
stance of the people? What are these
compared with The cheap defence, the
unbousht security which Republics
citizen feels when he is surrounded by
| The atmosphere of law, the breath of q
self-respecting, self-governing commun
ity Of tree men? For the triumphs OF
violence are temporary and leave the
true work OF government to be after
wards performed, and with greater diff
Guilty.


This summer l have been looking
across the Atlantic, thinking of the coun
try could not see; contrasting what
did see of the daily lives of men and wo
men III other lands with that of my own
and when so often heard "Labor with
groan and not voice." and realized
the abuses and injustice OF class privi-
lege, whereby the insiduous bar of hum
BILE birth was kept, and listened on men
from the cradle to the grave, | turned
as if for purer air, to the American
States, where the noble equities of hui
manity are acknowledged aud respected
and where the one great essential equal
ity, the equality Of opportunity, is Sc
cured to all. And experience and re-