The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-29 00:00:00

TUE AMERICAN MINISTER IN CORK.

On Wednesday the directors of the Cork and Ban-
don Railway Company received intimation that the
Hon. Abbott Lawrence, his lady, daughter, and suite
arrived at the Bandon terminus, en route for Cork, in
the course of the day. Although his Excellency's
arrival in Bandon was doubtful, the company's en-
gineer had a special train and engine in readiness ro
convey him immediately to Ballinhassig, where there
was in waiting a special carriage and tour to take him
on to Cork. At four o'clock the party left the Ban-
don terminus, and arrived at the Imperial Clarence
Hotel precisely at six, :where Alderman Dowden,
locum tenens; Mr. Alexander M'Carthy, town-clerk;
Captain White, harbour-master; Sir E. M'Donnell,
chairman of the Great Southern and Western Rail.
way Company ; Sir Matthew Barrington, and several
of the directors of the Great Southern and Western
Railway Company, received his Excellency. In the
evening Mr. Lawrence was entertained at dinner by
the directors of the railway, and at eleven o'clock
yesterday morning his Excellency, according to an
arrangement, received an address from the citizsies
and corporation of Cork, to which the Hcn. Gentle-
man replied at considerable length. In the course of
his answer his Excellency said—
"We aro proud to own that we are connected with
Ireland by something stronger than trade or traffic; we
are connected with you by blood. That connexion goes
through all the ramifications of society in Ireland, from
the highest to the lowest, and also may be found in the
United States pervading the same classes—mixture and
intermixture of the Irish blood and Anglo-Saxon blood.
It is perfectly true that North America was settled first
by the descendants of Anglo-Saxons, and that the inde-
pendence of the United States was achieved principally
by the Anglo-Saxons. We had then some Irish blood,
and we have a great deal more now. There is a great
body—greater, perhaps, than any of you here imagine—
of Irishmen, and the descendants of Irishmen, in the
United States; and I am proud of meeting here that
cordial, heartfelt, and true Irish welcome, which I think
is duo not to me, but to your kindred on the other side
of the Atlantic. Mr. Mayor, there is a deep sympathy,
and I am proud to state it, pervading all classes., all nu-
done, every race that has settled in the United States—
a deep sympathy, I say, pervades the whole on the con-
dition of Ireland; and I will say here, that the Ameri-
can heart beats in unison with the Irish heart; that they
desire to see prosperity and happiness once more reign
over this beautiful island.—(Applause.) I have not
travelled far in Ireland, but I have seen a
great deal in a very short space of time; and
I can sec nothing as a stranger;—l said, a stranger.
I am in a strange land, but I do not feel I am a
have seen portions of
stranger.—(Lund applause.) I
your country; you have a fine.
fertile soil ; you
have rivers and lakes, water power, minerals—almost
almost everything that may be demanded for the wants
of man, or even bis luxuries; and, as a stranger, I do
not see why this fertile soil—this charming climate—l
cannot see why 6,000,000, 8,000,000, or 10,000,000, or
15,000,000 people can't be sustained in Ireland. lam
not about to enter upon the discussion of the causes
which have produced the results I have seen. It would
not become me; and, if it did, I know that I am not well
enough acquainted with the true condition of Ireland to
give an opinion. I can only say, gentlemen, oar desire
in the United States is to cultivate the kindliest feelings
with all her Majesty's subjects—to promote commerce,
believing it to be the great civiliaer of men; harmony of
feeling, and the kindest relations with her Majesty's
Government, and all der subjects; but we have a petal-
cater desire to cultivate such relations with Ireland as
will promote true prosperity, and in
saying this lam
sure I speak the sentiments of every part of our union,
Tnat we may have more direct communication with
Ire-
land—that you may hale mere direct communication
with the 'Rifted States, I would make a sugKe:tion to
the people of Ireland, and Idoit in all kindness. It is
this—that Irishmen should unite for the prosperity of
Ireland, for the sake of Ireland itself; that. you should
be united in any object you have to seem:l9o*h, whether
it be to establish steam communication from one of
your ports to the United States, or whether it be for any
great object to ameliorateyour own condition.—(Cheer a )'