The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-11-08

grtasnt As,i past, W. h3 ts,ssr ssrs.s \. ,~rsse
iai remembrance aad itissSs ~ sagal tssssifs
llai 1ss -a. have sAnssa IL this hrsno VI los p,st
il aegFtfs."
MI. EYERnrT 49, and SAID
10 undssztessi iilat ~ SO hohad upon ior . ~.
spaner ~ ts toast lass tea, ssthr col inss dual
present ingiasssd in x. nut a. iiss fuisrenee ~
higisssf MI. teefWt e.lul8 have txpseearsi Me
hssfty cenc ~ish whss bad hseh saia W Ne
>itlFHis la rsieregsfr ~ us aitiustse ssfVicc N
hal eettainiy BEES prgiratcb, "a general. 10
mannst ctvaatstls ~ ths CU8ntry A. hr BIO
own hnnItis snfyies4 ~er~ s0ncsfnet, ss Felt ssn.
cVreiy gfgsslai @f complimentary natlce lsofn
company contrasting islsrA 81 gt nlercanflle 81
pestshlltsy ~ hs@t10 fhf diplomatic service ~
thc Inled eistea az beast at a.. CauFt where h. had
the honor be- their representative. very oss-
liz III With ts ~ the CounkFy Ia
ordinafy times, y hr Bsiehi jsaFc if0in his
experience, nine- tsnfas ~ shs basiners ~ ihs
American sslinsSt~f ia tesdOb roaasrtaa wstb
cosnn-reisi intsrests sna ciaisss oar irsas was
carried On all SEC rtobe 81 cams la Cnntadt
with British jurisdiction IN thc soAs, and
new eases intoisias appeals ~ 'he central powers
Lenaoa constantly aFsing u. Ia dissisafg,
ing MS duty ~ sho0s uhass Interests la tals AZ
had been placed in degree Ia Ais hands. be
was Thought iH cusapany ifks tiiis, ~ have bnen
Who " dshricfa iso ieit bound IA a. no~ irags.
10 this pable manner. me master by ~aosn h. haa
been instructed tMr HSs~tSf, , sna the guidance
which he hal enjoyed
bat yoa viii allo~ me- c0atinaed M rrsrrtt.
myself with greater srscinm And pFopnegy. add 70
thank you fsg being perittca ~ share ths iektisi
ties Of ths Occasioa IL is ~ sugnsx igat pceu-
liar nature, and really a. q seems % ne u no -
binary interest. Wr4r honoroi wish ,hr eosnpA.
ny of an officer high la tho seryle. Vt ms Ottan
Porte ~ao has been commissioned ~ his govern.
ment 30 visit Che Gated states. NJ 10, b.lisve,
the frat Of his countrymen vi 0 hae visited
Ii IL not diplomatic nssion. Instituted merely 70
keep up the official intercourse II the t~o govern
sncnls. and &c may be queue sure y v nOs an 80.
ouFsion 81 mere curiosity Our Respected guest
has not come, said " t.ngslsh traveller
~ native chief believe t.ls western coast u
Africa, 10 take a walk Bnd mako book i hs bad
coinc Tor more Substantial aud practical puf
poseto acquire iniosnAton Ia reFpcci 10 tho
n,crcial, Industrial, and social character " fhe
country Ito fOfm soine acquaintance with oar tn
sttutions-snd especially 81 espA5sc, by personsi
observation. the esemsnts Vt an extrndgd aua mu.
tually beneficial commerce Such an GRAND,
must say, sir, soslns ~ ne indicative II an sniEt
encd and liberal government ~atcbtoi Tor che
means oi benehung lts sul9ocn, and willing 70 dc.
rive information even iroul remote soufces. nesd
not say, sir, that the commissioner, lar have
been favored with means oi forming estimate VI
his character, has been not hess od iosls than TIE
orrand iseli Is wisely conceived and saspseross "
good.
have, therefore sr, called lhis social intsrsiss
which enables us 10 pay eur loint respects b thu
honored yisiier. an interesting occAsion. We have
not often had more u 10 the hrst tame that
a similar act Of public hospitality has been ten
officer VI the Ottoman Porte. bvps ~il prOss
10 be the comnscnos ncBt a permanent relation
Of good Otccs mutually exchanged, BY which se
shall pay off 10 each other share q the
which, In the account VI friendly intercourse, have
been accommodating Dor agrs.
Philosophers, sic. hay. been "a a lOss Zoe De-.
Gnition Of man. lie has been called a reasoning
animal, bot there not a few " the race, sIn
sorry say, that will not hear 10 Ne has
been called a laughing animal; bot there sous
sour- faced fellows that viii not ever siaisi white
some Of the lower animals have sosuethinn Ike
laugh. He has been called cooking snifnali
and the proprety u this definition will hardly 10
questioned around this well. laden board. Dr..
Franklin prOnOunCcs him a toOl-mSking animal.
Hut ! am not sure, ar, that h. ~ouid mot To- beet
defined as a fgAiing Snimal for event In the
history of our race seems 90 much a matter ID
course that nations, m contiguity with zach
other. should live In state Of almost eternal war.
Such at least, all o late year., ~ have hcen
the case with the Christian and Nu-sulInsn powers,
and rather think that should nv, gain much,
far the Turks are concerned, In inquiring very
particular who began the warfare. Tbs nssi cele.
brated and important u thcso dsusOnstrsiions II
hostility, II not the very fret In pint oi time,
the Crussdes, in which the united fsfces Of great
part of Europe were poured upon Western Asa.
IN n torrent " hich swept away trisnds aud Toes on
it, path. fear the law oi nations would he studded
in vain for unsuitable motive ior thcss sirangccs
petitions. hot whatever their Gauss. effect
was certain, that Il prOduccda feeling II 40 sInisis
kind between the two great parties. Christian
have for agcs been comphmentcd by the Turks. ~
well az by other Mussulmen races, With sundry ili
sounding cpithots not necessary 10 D. repeated on
this occasion and must cay that We have not left
this debt of international courtesy unpaid Fr0fn
the ideal monsters that spread terror in tho
sury under the name Of Osrss, Ga name a little
changed, by which the Turks hrst became known
10 the Western world, down 10 the warlikc princes
whose armies have carried alarm into the heart of
Europe, at a comparatively recent period, thsy
have, from their hrst establishment In Western
Asia, been habitually spoken 81 ~ ruthless bar
barians, and stigmatizcd by every name of hatred.
am afraid even that in quite modern times tbo.s
Of us who took Interest In the Greek revoluti0n
were not always 90 choice in their language tisy
might have been.
the contemporaries Of the ancestor OF whom oar
respected friend (Mr winthrop has just Spoken
regarded the Turks, in common With all other Ma.
hometans, hardly needs be said. n the hrst at.
tiers Of Boston, who laid the foundations Of
cent and beloved city on this very spot whore We
now assembled, attracted not BY lbe good cheer
which has RECALLED us-not by The spsrtlinR cup
with which MT. Stevens has literally CroNnsd
the board-but by the pure aud Wholesome waters 81
MIR. Blsckstonc's springif they had been told that
in two generations from the hrst settlement, their
children would have been bosct by visitation 81
witches, and that ia a century more a company ~
these descendants would sit down ~ table With a
live Turk, and he the official Messenger a The
grand scgnor-a full blooded Mussuitnan, and no
mistake--they would have thought their dcRcns.
rate posterity were doomed 10 sink from bad 10
worse. The Turks, AZ you know. arc a branch 81
the great Tartar family 7ator az they spell Il
themselves-the n having been intorpolaicd IN 10.
rope, in the middle ages. by way OF polite isnu-
endo that they came from place not % be men.
| toned in English To ears polite.
] esteem II very pleasing circumstance that
feelings like these are entirely passed away AZ
| to be alluded 10 matter Of merrimcnt alone.
! look upon IL ma omen Of great and happy
changes in rapid progress, that officer Of dts
/ uncton in the service of this once odious power
(Which has lately endoarcd itself To tho fricnds u
liberty in a manner not soon 10 lie lorgotten) has
been sent by his youthful soveroign-a ruler ~hosc
large and liberal views Tor the Improvement Of his
people, have been equallcd only by hus munih.
cence Of disposition and kindness Of bcart--to ca
anime the United Statcs; 20 learn what we are by
the hearing Of the and the seeing Of the eye; 10
compare the ancient East with the youthful West;
TO gather hints and ideas for tho benefit OF bic own
country.
But let me not be thought, sir, by any means 10
lnsipuatc that the extension Of our intercourse with
Turkey would be aonesided bcneft--good Zoe them,
but OF no consequence 10 US. There are few rcis-
tons OF this kind in the world, either between indi
viduals or States. ! increase my own happiness
when do good to my neighbor; and friendly rola
tons between two countries are beneficial 10 both
The quality OF commerce little strained as that
| of mercy;
at blesseth him that gives and him that takes"
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