The New York herald., 1851-12-09

gnged In agriculture commerce. naugosson, ena
possbls By dsprvns ofths people Of their
profits fer the bsns6t Of eighth to raise the wages
sss: unass Il. sssuo.d sss Of fs
II is needless remark or Il ID known to all the worid)
that Ensand stands among the foremost In the rank Of
nations Nov, what y Of the chief causes Of this
1t rs gentlemen, In the variety Of sources from which
you sprAns Is that the English blood fusion
Brton whom Caesar failed to conquer there the Cslt
indomtsbls In courage overfowng In genius and gene
rosity there the sces and Picts, majestic even in
sem barbasm there the Danes the nt blsst offspring
Of the great scandinavian tribe brave, adventurous
energetic there H. too the industrious orderly perse
then last but foremost Of them al the csiSsrou. the
heroic the conquering. the god like Norman infusing
another element Of intellect and power into the
these great prsng the power and glory of England
1t geveus Shakespeare, and Milton Bacon, Newton, and
Franklin 1t gave us Hampden sidney, and Russell
glorious martyrs Of freedom 1t gave us Fox and Chat
ham, the early eloquent and courageous friends Of my
country. 1t gave us Peel and wellington and
from C al BY the verdict 2. for he
Cloud and long continued chsering) He would
alude briefly to one other topic, out Of which some
iica In the message OF the President Of the French
republic Of the 4th OF this month will be found the fol-
lowing passage =" We have eagerly seized the oppor
our relations by Joining England in offering the cabinet
Of Madrid the assistance Of naval forces to epuse
the late audscious attack against Cuba Now without
will state my own decided conviction, that this state
amt of the French President is founded in mistake and
misappre hension Look at the treaty establishing the
boundary between Maine ana Canada At the time
that treaty ratified, Senator Of the United
stasss and M voted fG5 IT. chiefly with the view Of
with that treaty was correspondence between your
own worthy and excellent Minister Lord Ashburton and
our own emiI ent Secretary Of State Daniel Webster In
which the right Of search
No one suppose that England is disposed to nulfy
that treaty or withdraw that pledge Now the placing
fn Wafa fah nwar and vi
vessels sailing from them, would either be grstutous
and insulting menace or 1t would involve the principle
OF the right of search What could be the OF such
fleets, unless to watch visit srch and seize
sells And where those hostile ets to be stationed
In the very outlet Of American lake, the Gulf OF
Mexico through which passes, annually commerce
to the amount of hundreds OF millions Of dollars with
the valley OF tie Mississippi and also to great extent
with the Isthmus and California Such q proceeding
would vex our commerce and cause an immediate rise
in the rates Of insurance THIS proceeded not
from England, but from the President Of the French
Republic Hear, hear 1t would have been well for
him to have remembered that he had himself but
Gently set the example in two unsuccessful Lopez expe
his own country. The first was from ssrausburg the
the second, headed by Louis Napoleon, proceeded
from London In British registered vessel and as
sailed Bouogne, with the svowed object Of over
throwing the then existing government Of France The
expedition unsuccessful to minious and
now this Gallo Lopez makes this unprovoked assault
and Eliminates this insulting mensce against my coun
try repss the expression Of my decided conviction,
that England has entered into such coalition. 1t
land would render Intellectual their own benefsent
measures BY substituting blockades and smbsrgoes for
commercial freedom II cannot be- that they would ex-
cude the manufacturers of America deprive their
own country Of our cottons breadstufs and pro.
visions, cur rice our gold Of tobacco OF
the principal of their II that
Lord Palmerston your eloquent and enlightened Sscr-
tary OF Foreign Affairs, at the very time he uniting
With Us in obtaining the liberation Of the ustrous
lie Of Hungary, was aiming. in combination with France
ar q srsin q blow al America Nor believe that
ycrr own able eloquent and benevolent Prime Minister
mota Rus ooud a1s pns.d in such " AN na9
nifty to the American Unoo. For myself then,
l bear, from this passing cloud, neither the clap
OF thunder, nor see the fash OF lightning. I see
rather the sprnkng the gentle and genial drops of
friendship and affection and the emerging ranbor Of
peace, srching ths Atlantic betokening brig ater
day and still more fraternal intercourss for England
and America. loud cheering Wherever We Look over
the globe We hnd the flags OF England and America uni
ted Upon the coasts OF all the continents and all the
islands OF the mighty deep there float the kindred Ags
OF England and America We find them near or TO
gether upon the ice barred shores of the newly
cred Antarctic continent fad them also in a com
mon cause Of science and humanity amid perloa
Polar sess and regions Of thick ribbed ice searching
for your own distinguished navigator Sir John Frank
lin That expedition in the Arctic fttsd out and
despatched by own generous countryman, Mr. Henry
Grirne name which deserves to be enrolled with the
HowArds Of the world Our gallant naval officers, with
the countenance and encourage Of at
volunteered to commsnd the expedition. ss joan
frsnklin s not yet found but Mr. Grinnel has offered
his vessels for sece nd don determined your no.
BILE and adve nitrous navgator still store him
70 his &C untry and his home and TO those weeping
that still strained 10 behold him In concluding these
remarks permit me TO quote the last words my Il nan
cia report TO the American Congress For my county
and her conf.deracy OF sovereign and Uaited States
invoke the contin1ed blessings Of heaven NAV her
Union be progressive harmonious and perpetual May
her career De one Of honor peace and goryof equity
equal sincerity he wished the same great and glorious
destiny for England. He concluded by proposing
toast The city Of Liverpool generous sntsrprsng,
and successful in her past may all her futur.
ways be those Of pleasAnness and peace" cloud ap.
Mr.. GtoReE MAXWELL acknozledeed the toast In q
The cHAsAs said the next toast was The health Of
gentleman who as he was sure had the esteem and
regard OF All there by his unobrusve genlema ally be-
hzvior and urbanity all occasonshe me .Mr Crit
tenden, the Consul OF the United States
Ar. CRrrrsDEs then rose and ssid-I thank you, sir
for thecompinnent you bave offered 10 me and thank
you, gentlemen, for the very cordial msuner In which
you have ressved It, am quite that /; has been
my effort TO deserve the good feeling and the esteem of
the population Of Liverpool in nv ofsa orpsoty since
have been here. have known very well that nert to
satisfying my own government and my own people,
mspt Of faithful discharge OF my duty than BY pro.
curing " II were possible, your appreciation. Hear
bear and applause have upon this occasion gentle
men no political opinions to Offer Indeed my nstruc-
tions forbid me 10 interfere msddle all with any DO
ltics questions that concern this eountry iissr
hssr can, Therefore only cay ths. therei one po
my own T a; PRINCIPLES principle which su omits all
other political and subordinate principles to the wis
~AN gNokUtnt OF the nauOot and
fscty saishsd that this great question Of free trade
sbVuid De suonited TO- and be decided by that august
srouns ne people Let the people say ia this couu.
tn, or IN the United States vhethsr shall have free
general iudse1t pf the nation Is fer it-n nv judy
ment Is right ~hsthsr u be free trade or whether +,
be protection. (Appiswe
Mr.. TnoEsI5r 81. p In an able speech, proposed the
next toast [" Mr Bailey and Mr.. Aspins Turner Pre-.
sisents Of the nanehsstsr Chamber Of Commerce and
Commercial Associs;on and prosperity 10 the manufso
uring Interest on which our Own 80 much depends"
lie expressed the plesur. which he felt at meeting 90
distinguished an individual Mr. Walker who had oc
upied position IN the States equivalent 10 that Of our
,hsDcelor Of the Ex.heQuer IL vse through him that
be reductions In the American tariff had been made
md he Mr. Thorny) glad to velcone our shores
Tree trader from any part Of the world (Applsuss
lie hsd AL bis life been free trader aud when elected
or Nolverhanpton, In ls34, enlightened was that
crough that almost the only question put him
2 his opinions on free trade He thankful TO say
hat the tarf Of this country Of ths most
b.rsl In the world cur commerce increasing the
opdition cf our peopls was greatly improved and he
ooksd forward 10 many Of happiness TO the people
this country After eulogisipg the efforts Of the gen
emen Of Manchester In favor Of free trade Mr. Thorn
y concluded BY proposing the toast which drunk