New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-12-03
SPEECH OF SIR HENRY BULWER

SPEECH Or SIX l1ENR1 Dull w I'm
4ttie Anniversary Dinner Of the 81 Aadrelo' Society
When the President of the Society had
pronounced the seventh regular toast: . Sir
Henry Bulwer, and the other Represent
atives of Great Britain in the United
States" Sir HENRY BuLwER rose and adj
dressed the company as follows
Mr. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN: After re.
turning thanks to you, Sir, who have proposed,
and to you, Gentlemen, who have so kindly wei
comed the toast which has just been given my
first and pleasing duty is to pass Just comPh-
ment on the noble purposes which inspires the IN
stitution of which we are now celebrating the an
niversary. 1t conynces me thatif Scottish charity
begins at home, it does not end there or, perhaps
it convinces me yet more clearly that wherever
the Scotchman goes he carries his home with HIM
Yes, Gentlemen that s the fact; and If | ever
doubted it for an instant, the banners which con
front me- the Patron Saint under whose auspices
the present company has assembled, and above all
the eloquent and patriotic speech OF my friend on
the left Mr. IRWIN the President,] are sufficient to
show me that most of those whom now see col
lected around me are at this very moment, In lnl-
agination at least, in bonnie Scotland Ay, Cen
tlemen,
Your hearts in the Highlands your heart is not !ere;
chasing the wild deer and following The roe,
Your heart s IN the Highlands wherever you 60
But there is one thing which a Scotchman
prizes more than his county. What is that?
looks his neghbor. Why his Independence Let
us confess it, however, that noble spirit OF indie
pendence which the national poet Of Scotland
describes so magnificently as
Lord OF the Lion heart and Eagle eye"
has IN these our prosaic days of gold and Caitor
MIA, very vulgar appetite, a very mercantile d.
gestlon; 1t requires to be fed from the pocket
The empty sack finds it difficult to stand up
straight and the needy men find it difficult to be
independent hence 1T is that every sea and
on every shore there are found the hardy and
adventurous sons of Caledonia, each struggling
Tor his own independence with the same uudyng
courage and indomtabe perseverance that his
ancestors OF old displayed in common when fight
ing under that Bruce and Wallace whose glories
! have been just honored, for the independence of
their native mountains. Applause. Nor are the
products of Scotland untransplantable. On the
contrary two OF them may be said to adapt them
selves to the characteristic conditions of the Earth
with remarkable peculiarly: wherever the soil is
barren there will grow the Scotch fir wherever the
soil is fertile there will be sure to thrive the
Scotch man. There seems indeed between his
nature and that OF prosperity, sort OF mesmerC
affinity. Laughter Often in travelling over the
old Continent of Europe / dare say that the
thing would occur on THIS side OF the attain
tic) have been struck by the aspect of a town
more iourishing and busy than any in its vicinity,
and on its outskirts | have remarked gentle
eminences two or three very fine houses with
very fine gardens, hot houses, conservatories and
all those signs which betoken the happy union Of
wealth and comfort; and nave asked Pray,
whose house is that p ooh, that house has
been the reply is Mr.. John Anderson s, a Scotch
gentleman the proprietor Of the great Iron Foun-s
dry.o And whose is that other fine house -
oh that's Nj. Donald Macleans another Scotch
gentleman who has the great Cotton Mill down
the town there Great laughter and cheers
Never have received these answers, gentlemen,
without being strongly impressed with the idea
that the spot which Messrs. John Anderson and
Donald Maclean had fixed upon for their reslden
ces was under the especial protection OF Proyl'
dence. ard if any were to inquire OF me now
what thought Of the condition and prospects OIL
NeE.York | should deem the question pretty sat
isfactorily answered by the observation, that II
contains two hundred Members OF the Society OF
St. Andrew.
Ofthese members some owe allegiance to the
Queen and obedience TO the lava and constitution
of Great Britain, others have their lates lndessQu
bIv connected with the fortunes OF this great Re
public but all are children OF st. Andrew, and TO
sav the least nephews Of st. George. All are
sheen from the same flock, though they may be
located on different pastures-all are members OF
he same family, though they may be adopted ~
different lands Even their utt4ohal anu S"NH -
tory is individualized by the same names " no
was the first martyr to religious liberty IN Scot
land One Patrick Hamilton, If do not mistake
who was burnt in front Of the College OF ST. sal
vador. in Edinbro' by an Arch Bishop OF ST An
drews Cheers iaagh;eF Who b ~es anq 5b
most moderate. OF the early champions of civil
liberty in America AIs1sq nd Hamilton who
victim to abaYbarous custom, and the courage with
which he indicated his opinions: Nor is this all
if pass from the royal house Of Hamilton to the
tbese later and more recent times that if " ayerly
and Guy Mannering have made the name of Scott
immortal on one side Of the Atlantic, Cerro
Gordo and Chprnbusc0 have equally immortalized
il on the other II the novelist has given the garb
of truth to fiction, the warrior has given TO truth
Engiishmen, scotchmen and Americans, none
OF you, as | think. can be proud OF yourselves
without being proud of each other cannot even
understand those vino, TO crafty paltry vanity,
to pa1nper the appetite Of noisy ambition, are at
times willing to create disoord and Jealousy and