The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-12-28

the French, I niN say that it is the Language
Of communication for all Europe Now ! do not
viii be spoken by many people as the English Ian
guage. believe quite the contrary. believe the Eng
any other that ever existed But he French Ian
gusge has become, and kely to continue, the Ian
guage OF communication Throughout Europe. For IN
stance In all my travels In Spain, In Italy, IL Germany,
in Russia and In Austria never had letter OF In
PRODUCTION to any man never met any man with
French Familiarity. cannot say much of English.
In Germany Spain, and Italy they have much greater
than TIE Eush speak ..pS f tSs 81
and the Italians. Their language has strong affinity
for the French language Tho French language spo
ken even more generally than the English language
In Russia amongst educated men, French is the uni
vsrsal medium OF communication Now, gentlemen
select few who will travel to the continent but expect
to the time when the opera Of this part Of the
vN.S shall 60 in cheap trains to Paris Applause
nicston from Bouogne to Paris will be completed, and
you win 60 regularly from the capital Of England to ths
up by that means intercourse amongst the people
which much desire to see want to the different
people Of the world married. instead OF these marriages
Of princes that create such noise and tumult among
the public daughter and applauss) Well, gsute-
ons like these that you not only form the great dis,
tine i've character Of the English people from the whole
of Europe but 1t 10 here in the Improvement OF the
mind amongst young men aud adults, that you must
seek to find that superiority which In respects
do possess the rest Of Europe. (Hear hesr) We
nave the cteut Win tho people OF continent
having within ourselves the spirit and the habit Of as
ISOLATION How could that spirit of association be bet.
ter applied how better diredted than In the msnte-
maintained In support Of institution such this,
will not be able to maintain II In support Of any
to maintain this and kindred institutions on every
ground public and private have had many changes,
as Of
am merely now going to elucidate thought. | have
seen many phases Of society have had many exciting
centiousy that II want to look back to that which
has given the purest satisfaction Of mind, it is in
the sAthsnsum (ApPlsuse) | have not found the
greatest enjoyment in the exciting plauds Of public
meeting have not found the greatest pleasure in
teres In interc sometime with OF elevated
sphere abroad whom others might think probably was
pleasure to meet with but back to you con-
scentiousy 90 declare that the pures pleasures have
known are those accessible to ali it lis in the calm in
tercourse with intelligent minds and ths communion
with the departed great through books, by our own
RALPH WALDO EMERSON, Esq. ofMassachusetts, came
forward and received with considerable applause
myself In the position Of some eounrymen Of mine who
remember, when deputation Of Sioux and Foxes,
to the capital of and received
there at the State House. by Governor Everett i'm
pressed little with the greatness OF the population
bout them, and certaiay with the new spiendor and
oh Of such cities rs they had passed through and
entered The red men said after hearing tho congra-
tulatons OF the governor We have no land to put
here to put my words on, and yet hope they
gives ma great pleasure to this anniversary Of
the Athsn Itgves great pleasure sit the
distinguished gentlemen who have addressed you and
yet has occurred 70 whilst they spoke that
never-for many years. have never been to them
Sir the arguments OF the league and its leaders are
known and repeated In every quarter Of the globe and
certainly by all the friends Of FREQ trade In America
Sir, when came to sea In the ship which brought
here the table Of the cabin lay your History Of Eu
rope during the French Revolution tn. property sup
the Of 1 s s0 Ns H
who coming to England, In the events and insttu
tons which await him here. have seen other gentle
here this evening, whose gaiety and genius
tainly almost familiarity known to my friends and
countrymen they are here; the drawings, and the
carcaures and the wit Of PUNCH 20 duly every fort
night to every bookshop, and every book. club, and
every boy and girl In Boston, and New York and Phs
delpha And SO find 1t with all the with which
your city and your present meeting present me. But
sir these compliments though true, would better
from those who better understood and felt these merits
that which know will interest those very gentlemen
much more than their praises viz that which real
" draws me to the shores Of England that which Is
good in holidays and In workngdays that which good
in one century and in another century; that which
draws the solitary American to wish to see England
sir, Is the moral popularity Of the Saxon race
It is that commanding sense Of right and wrong |;
Is that honesty OF performance 1t Ia that which
]. the moral trait which has given to this race
the sceptre of the globe. | see 1t equally the
foundation Of the aristocrac character Of the people,
which though 1t may perhaps sometimes lose sight Of its
moral quality will be parslysed and to be Cheers
Aud see 1t not less In the honesty Of perormancein
all the trade, In the manufactures in the mechanics
shops that sodity and frmness of work which Is the
national badge This consciousness element; and
the other sir Is that habit of friendship II may
call It, that fidelity OF fellowship. whcn see here run
ming through all classes that election of worthy In.
dvidusls fraternity to kind Offices, and following
them with warm and staunch fellowship, and support;
ipg them from year to year from youth to age, and
which stands in very strong contrast with the short
lived action the excess Of courtesy and the very super
fetal attachments which exist in other and which
affection, and attachment and permanence Of regard
alike lovely and honorable in those who render and
those who receive It, Mpplsuse} Mr. Chairman in
given great pleasure to observe that in this time Of
commercial disaster gloom Of bankruptcy of action
aud OF beggary In the neighbouring districts, the
Athen has chosen to hold with its usual spirit this
its anniversary. 1t seemed to me, because OF those
p,culiarities which belong to the English character
certain duty we'll becoming the managers Of the instt
ton. They seemed to me to say, for all that's come
aud gone shall not abate the spirit the spendor
chapletn And wish to say sir that was brought up
from my childhood In the belief that this British island
feom which my forefathsrs came was not Lotus gar
den-was not paradise OF serene skies and and
music, and merrment all the year round No; but a
cold foggy, mournfu country, bearing fruit well In
the open air, but robust men and vrtuous women
(sppause)a those, too, Of certain wonderful fibre
and endurance, and certainly, people, whose good
qualities we're not very swift to show temssves whose
virtues Is was told out till they Quarreled
daughter and applause was told to use country
phrase Of ours that they did not strike twelve the first
time" aughter) Good lovers they were; good haters
they were that you could not know much OF them till
you had seen them long and you could not know any
thing good of them till you had them in action In
their prosperity 1t said they apt to be little
moody-a little nervous and dumpish; but that In ad
versity they grand (Renewed lsughter) I ask
you sir II the wise ancients did hold Ia less esteem
that bark which parting from It's native port with
s its coors flying than that ship the brave sailer,
which coming back with battered sides and torn
canvas and stripped Of all her banners, yet having
ridden out the storm And so feel towards this eyed
England when see 1t, that the possessions, the
trophies, the honors, and also the inrmies Oft thou
sand years are gathering around her Committed ire
trevably as she H. to many ancient customs not sud
denly to be changed pressed she is by the transitions
Of trade by and by incacuable modes and fabrics
and ainand machines and competing populations, =
with all these pressing upon her. not dprted weak
but strong-very well remembering that she has
many dark days before with kind OF instinct
that she can see with her old eyes little better
cloudy dayand In the battle and In the storm In
calamity, feeling secret vgor and pulse like
non daughter and applause -when see this sir when
see that in her old she not dscrepit but Ia still
young still believing still daring to believe in her power
Of endurance and Of expansion then, say hail mother
Of nations mother Of heroes all hail st equal to the
time with strength still equal to the hour With spirit
wise to entertain and swift the policy that
the heart and mind of mankind at this requires