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distinguish the manner Of the scene from that Of
similar celebrations among ourselves. We need
not say that we heartily respond TO the spirit of the
occ aston;
BREMEN, 18th May, 1886.
On the 9th instant, public dinner was celebrated
by our authorities and the American merchants in
honor to Col. Ambrose Dudley Mann, late consul
Of the United States in this city Tickets were
also given to numerous other personal friends of our
esteemed guest, who appeared amongst us with the
glad tidings Of the steam communication between this
country and America-an occurrence creating gen.
era Joy and calling forth this public demonstration
Of our strong feeling Of attachment for America
Colonel Mann appeared for the first time amongst
US, al moment when many Of our citizens held
repudiated bonds, and damp was thrown over our
feeling Of sympathy but he cheered these holders
in presenting In his own person the very image OF
the old American type of simplicity OF manners,
integrity of character, afability in his address,
sound sense, and charity in his judgment. lie re-
moved the fears of the bondholders by showing
that Americans were men OF a high feeling Of honor;
and he succeeded in re establishing the national
character here in its former glory. After his re-
turn to America he showed to his government the
advantages of this port, which induced the same to
make it the stopping place Of the American mail
steamers IL is natural that on his renewed visit,
he should receive proof OF public homage IN re-
Spouse OF the preference which his government had
given TO this port; and it will be acceptable To the
American reader TO read some Of the toasts which
were given upon the occasion. The first was pro-
posed by our worthy Burgonaster Snid, charac'
ter which will be presenteS upon some other occa-
sion more fully, being on, OF the master spirits OF
the age, who addressed Colonel Mann in the fol-
lowing terms
"Prosperity TO ne United States, and to the
The hand which he has len.
dered to Germany, we hereby give hearty sha-
king"
Ii is only the effect of cause. The steam
communication is the visible proof of the har-
mony exbdng between the American and the
German Union The two great Unions pre-
destineS 10 be friends, they have become so, and
thew vii remain so forever The flags which are
inter soven here before our eyes, assimiate each
otbr The white and red stripes Of our own, ap-
par like the glltlering the ocean, while the
eighty stars Of Heaven in the American, seem TO
Warrant the prosperous navigation on the same
Colonel Mann then rose TO answer his words by
the following speech:
Mr.. SENATOR AND GENTLEMEN: | merely rise to
express TO you, adequately as language is capa-
be of giving utterance TO the sensations which pre-
dominate in my bosom, my profound, my grateful
ackno wledgments for the kind and complimentary
sentiments, for the testimonials of respect and es-
teem for the friendship and hospitality generous
ly bestowed upon individual humble and I'M
pretending as myself. Similar manifestations, in
whatever community, under whatever circumstan-
ces, to foreigner by birth and by allegiance,
rare throughout the universe they credltabls
to the noble impulses Of human nature from whence
they emanate. But when l. myself, am made the
honored object of such demonstrations as behold
around me, the cup Of my worldly ambition would
indeed be of immense proportions, If II were not
filled to the brlm-ay, even to overlooking.
II, during my sojourn among you, when faithful
ly serving my own country in a consular capacity,
| contributed to advance the interests of Bremen
a republic bound to that country by many ties,
and endesred to myself Individually by common
sympathies-I am most happy in the conviction
that have essentially benefited the great cause Of
civilization. Freedom Of commerce is but hue less
than freedom Of thought, and an extension of com
nerce is an extension of thought. Commerce should
therefore, 10 accomplish its purposes, be as unre-
stricted in its movements the air which arises
from the mountain tops Under proper arrange
ments, it must become the moral agent for redeem
ing ultimately the most benighted portion Of the
human family from ignorance and vice; and conse-
quenty, apart from pecuniary considerations, 1t is
matter Of pure philanthropy to promote its benign
influences. Wherever it travels, its pilgrimage is
righteous one, for 1t carries the blessings of peace
upon its wings, and leaves behind light and re.
jolcIng.
For Germany and America anticipate the most
important results from the line Of steamers about to
be established between New York and Bremen. II
is destined to unite them in the closest bonds OF
commercial interc curse, and to open thoroughfare
from the growing world of the West, through Han.
over, Brunswick, Prussia, Saxony-in short almost
through the heart of the once holy Roman empire
to the East Indies and China. But | can but
barely alude, upon this occasion, to the bright flu
ture in store for you-to your enyiable destiny-to
your increasing prosperity and influence. What
pleasing spectacle.-what an august concepton!-to
one who feels deep and abiding socitude in your
welfare, to perceive in the distance that Germany,
with her population Of thrty-one Millions uniting
and united under your spiritual auspices, met in a
spirit of true reciprocity by twenty million inhabit-
ants in the United States, shall stand erect arrayed
in the panopy Of her strength upon the broad plat
form of commercial freedom. ferventy trust that
my ardent hopes will be realized. The advantages
which will thus be secured to my fatherland togelh-
er with hour appreciation, gentlemen, OF the dsin-
terested motives by which have been actuated
vii be an ample remuneration for the agency which
| have exercised in concentrating the event.
Toast on the 9th May, 1916, brought out by Mr.
Alderman Everhard Delius
GENrLEMEN: We are no doubt all animated by
the same feelings Of sympathy for great sister
republic the other side of the Atlantic, and you
all will be happy to Join in toast to the con-
tinued prosperity of the United States of Amer
lea.
1t is seventy years ago that our ancestors Joy
fully saluted the young American republic, when it
took its place among the free and independent ma
tons of the world; and when, soon after, the first
Bremen ship, called the Three Friends, left the
Weser, and displayed her white and red stripes on the
Delaware.
Bremen has the merit of having thus opened the
commercial intercourse between Germany and the
United States of America, which has since become
the great empire of the West, extending from the
Atlantic to the Pa 'i6c and from the Gulf of Mexico
to the st. Lawrence. The thirteen stars which the
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to thirty-one, representing many States, with a
population of twenty millions
We find no precedent in history that ever ma
ton made similar rapid progress. 1t was not by
the power Of arms, like the Romans, that the Amer
lean republic extended the territory increased the
population. No; it is by the wise laws of an en-
lightened government, that protects the foreigner
like the citizen in the free exercise Of his religion
and in the full enjoyment Of the fruits of his labor
that thousands Of German families are annually in.