hich has been expressed, at the polls and elsewhere, by the
citizens and tax-payers of Boston, that the time has arrived when this
city should be provided with a park or parks similar to those which have
been projected by the other great cities of the United States, adapted
to the wants of our large and steadily increasing population, and on a
scale commensurate with the growing commercial importance and
metropolitan influence of the city.

_Resolved_, That the plan for a system of parks and parkways, prepared
and recommended by the Park Commissioners, commends itself to this
meeting as broad and comprehensive in its general features, fair to all
sections of the city in its details, admirably suited to meet all the
necessities of the case, and promising, when carried out, to make Boston
one of the most healthful, attractive, and beautiful cities in the
world.

_Resolved_, That the pressing need which exists for a radical
improvement of the sewerage in some parts of the city, the present
cheapness and abundance of labor, the diminished value of land, and the
exceptionally favorable terms on which the city can now negotiate for
money, render it of the first importance that there should be no delay
on the part of the city government in the acceptance of the proposed
plan, and in the adoption of decided and vigorous measure for carrying
it into execution.

_Resolved_, That this meeting would therefore respectfully and
earnestly ask for immediate and favorable official action upon the
Report of the Commissioners, and that the chairman and secretaries are
hereby authorized and requested to communicate a copy of these
resolutions, properly authenticated, to his Honor the Mayor, and to each
branch of the City Council.

_Resolved_, That a committee of one hundred be appointed by the Chair,
to represent this meeting before the city government, and to secure the
desired action by it without loss of time.

THE CHAIRMAN. Gentlemen, you have heard the resolutions, which evidently
meet with your unanimous approbation. You will now be addressed in
behalf of those resolutions by one who needs no introduction from me,
Mr. RICHARD H. DANA, Jun. [Prolonged applause.]

SPEECH OF MR. RICHARD H. DANA, JUN.

FELLOW-CITIZENS,--I thank you from the bottom of my heart for this very
kind welcome I have received at your hands to-night on coming upon the
platform. I assure you, gentlemen, if I felt at liberty to waste the
precious