Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-08-10
SPEECH OF MR.. EVERETT.

1NtNI 1T llc COuil % 81. ia ll0S, was
guest at the annual dinner OF the ROYAL
Agricultural Society, at Derby, on the
lIth of July. Ills health being pro.
posed by the Chairman, Earl SPENCER,
he male a speech, report Of which we
annex:
Air. Everett, upon rising TO return
thanks, was received with loud and long
continued cheering tie sa,d-Ny lord
and gcut ernan, assure You without al
icctation, that when | consider the kind
manner in which yod, my lord. have
spoken ot me aud my country. I AN al
most oyrrpowcred by my feelings, AMI
want words 10 express thcm-(chccIs
Such notice, trun such a company,
OF my selIa and my country, from this IN
irlligsnI assembly OF iIuglish noblemcn
and gentlemen, aud yeoman-from you
my lurd,whO have borne the flag of your
country with honor on the sea-(cbeers)
and who sustain a position Of such i'm.
portance aud responsibility on shore
SIT, i want words 10 thank YOU as ought.
You have done me no more than Justice,
] assure youth ascribing to me the KIND
est feelings toward the land Of my ia
theirs -(chcers My lord, am a great
blood. do not think ii is confined To a
question of short horns and ll,reiords,
and South Downs ard Leceslers.
believe IN the race Of men as well rs
OF the inferior animals (chcers.) AT.
tatched as ] am ardently, 10 my own
country, DESTROYS To strain every nerve
IN her service, and if nce1 be to shed
every drop of blood in her defence -
tchecrs,) yet rejoice that my ancestors
we're the countrymen Of your ancestors
My lord, the sound of my native Ian
guage beyond the sed is music to my
ears-(chccrs. do rejoice that when
/ speak my own mother tongue
speak in the mother tongue also Of a
kindred people like that Of yourselves
(chcers); aud my lord, if there is any
occasion-if there is any meeting that
ought TO bring us together as brethren,
Is IL no; at meeting Of those devoted TO
the gIeat parent art, the common inter.
est of civilized Acknowledgement
Oh, my lord believe that If one thou
sandth part fthe energy, Of the skill, of
the treasure that have been expended 0v
rival nations ~ the deadly struggle of
what is called "the field had been EN-
pIoyed in u generous emulation to see
who could excel the other in the arts of
peace (cheers), believe, my lord, irthis |
had been done, you farmers would have
driven US jipiomatists out Of the field
(cheers;) at any rate YOU would leave
us very little to do in carrying on angry
international discussions. You have |
been pleased to allude to the impoGtan,
commercial connection between our two
countries; II is important, and most ear.
ncstIy and heartily do | wish that it !
might become more so CHEERS But
there is thought on this subject which
has struck me, since listened TO your
lordship's instructive speech last eve.
ming. illustrating the incalculable iInpor-
lance OF agricultural pursuits.
The commerce between our two coun-
tries is the largest that is carried on be-
tween any two countries on the face of
:bc globe. The annual commerce be-
tween Great Britain and the United
States is nearly twofold that which YOU
carry on with any other people. The
entire annual movement Of this com. {
mcrce both ways,-your exports to the
United States-your imports from the
United Stales- either Of them aingly be.
ing twice as great as our commerce |
with any other nation. And yet what
think you IL amounts to? About as much |
as the value oi the annual crop Of oa:s
and beans in Great Britain-(cheors.l- -
! take the fact from the instructive ESSAY
of your worthy coIlaborateur, Mr.. Pu-
sey.
One more fact TO show the importance {
of your agriculture. The whole foreign ;
commerce of Great Britain, in pursuit of
which you overshadow the ocean with
your fleets and plant your colonies in the /
larthest islands, is actually less in value
Than the annual grass crop Of these IS
lands. (Cheers.) So truly was it said
that he was the greatest bencfactor who
could make two blades Of grass grow
where only one grew before. [Cheers ! !
1t does not become me, my lord will |
not say as a Strangely your kind |
ness you will allow me to throw off that
name [cheersl--but as your guest, it does
not become me 10 enter into long details
on this occasion; but it struck me, in 90.
ing over your implement yard this NOR.
ming, that however neglcctful and mac.
tive you may have been heretofore in !
the improvement ofagricuture, there is |
nothing TO complain OF now.
Ii does seem 10 me that there is an a.
mount Of science, Of mechanical skill, Of /
practical sagacity, Of capital, aud Of at
tentIon, on the part Of the higher orders /
and perseverance on the part ofthe inter- !
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