New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-18

ran along the nead OF tue NAIL were seated tue
officers, Mr.. Nesbitt officiating as President, hav-
ing on his right G. P R. James. Esq. Rev. DR..
Griswold and DR. Francis, and on his left Hon.
| Charles King, Fitz. Greene Halleck and Washing.
ton Irving Rev. Mr. LONGING, OF the Methodist
Book Concern, olficiated as Chaplain.
After supper, Mr.. Nesbitt announced the rega.
lar toasts in the following order:
I. The MEMORY or FRANKLIN. lDirge by the band
TIE PRESIDENT or TIE UNITED STATES.
This toast was received with the most vehe.
ment applause, which lasted some time. When
the noise cleared away Mr.. Nash sang The
Flag of Oar Union" with great spirit.
g. The Oratoyiof ne Erenin0-The upright Judge-the
accomplished JursI His elOquence this night Is an evil
deuce of what the press has lost 10 his transfer 10 the legal
4 The Prem-The glory of free people A potent en-
gre for good or evil may s strength be ever directed to
overthrow error, and establish truth.
To this toast Mr.. WEST, of the Commercial Id
rertiser, brt ly responded aptly remarking that
the shorter a speech the better it was liked He
gave running sketch of the different kinds Of
presses, including those pleasant presses which
imprint their impression. He did not consider
that the term Satanic Press" should be restricted
to single paper, since every press had its devil
He concluded by some remarks advocating the
freedom of the press, with proper restraints, leav
ing it Free but preventing itfrom being icentious.
s. duthors of EnoLand and AzeTica-E mbellshing
common language with the gifts OF their genius may their
only strife be- who shall add the choicest MOWERS 10 the
garland Of literature
Mr.. G. P. X. JAMES was cordially greeted on
rising to respond to this toast. He commenced by
remarking that he found word in it which he
could not for q moment conceive to exist between
nd aOla md fl a
word strife" There may be emulation between
them, but no strife. 1t was an Olympic struggle
for obtaining one out of many prizes, but the
wreath to be won should be hung up with the tro.
phies of commerce, science and letters, achieved
BY one common race, speaking a common Ian
guaae He would be ashamed to place on his
own brow, or the brow of any Englishman, gar
land be was not willing to share with the children
of this land. Applause.
There can be no strife but a strife of friendly
zeal as to who shall carry our language and liter
allure to the highest point efperectiOn. Base must
be the man who could contemplate, without en-
thusiasm, the magnificent spectacle OF race
creating greater than Roman or Greclan lit
erature, and planting on this coast oranch
which may erect a temple more glorious, ana
perpetuste the browning works oil the Englsn
language to the last syllable OF recorded time.
lCbeers1 How can l think of strife, said Mr..
James, when | see sitting there, one OF my Oldest
and dearest friends-need | name the name OF
Irving ?-[Great spplausel-w think OF Bry,
ant, Of Haleck, OF my friend Bayard Iaylor. OF
Prescott and Ticknor whose hospitality nave
enioved-of the solemn majesty OF Bryant ana
the sparkling satire of Holmes-names winch
echo as strongly in the hearts OF Engllshmen as
of apy man present We Englishmen claim great
and high renown for our authors We rejoice In
our C6aucer. our Spenser, Shakspere and Mil
ton but are these English alone Does not
every one around me claim them as part OF his
inheritance? Applause.
When / come here to celebrate the birth DAY
of Franklin, | think Of two thlngs-Franklln the
Printer and Franklin the Philosopher. To the
Printer we owe much-to the Philosopher more:
His genial philosophy has opened the minds OF
men to more genial relations toward each other:
No man is more indebtedto Franklin than and
here let me find one fault am sad truth teller,
In travelling through this country, from Boston
the birth place of Franklin, to Philadelphia, bis
residence, have seen no monument, no recoru
of bis life but this meeting tonight. Let tyrants
raise monuments to military men and the oeastly
glory of war; but let great and free people raise
a monument to the noble memory OF Franklin
Great applause.
% AZ. e s BODY S ne oT
their nobest ornaments ,,,,, .L,..
IN the cause of human progress they both deserve
The gratitude and venerauon of mankind.
Mr.. BENSON ]. LOSING, the author and engraver
was called upon to reply to this toast. He stated
that he was more accustomed to draw figures In
wood than make figures of speech. He then went
into history of engraving, describing its pro-
gress, from its invention by Seth, in Adams time
to Job and Moses and afterward to its revival In
the Middle Ages and its modern growth.
EdAoaton-The soul Of the press by whose benignin
huence IL shall govern The world
President KING briefly and happily responded
He considered Education as the element on which
a Press worthy free people must be led. Edu'
cation is not solely the work Of tutors and pre-
ceptors; it begins where the mother is Youth is
ductile and easily impressed, when those who
have it in charge are competent to give 1t dlrec-
ton. The man under whose picture we meet to-
night, said he has given us an important lesson oil
self education, Of observation and Oh lnVeStlga-
ton leading to selfrespect and sef-dePendence
and therefore 10 independence. Men can only
learn to respect themselves, when they nave
learned the cultivate Themselves ,,.
Mr. King closed by illustrating Frahklln's lnde
pendence, by the anecdote of the saW.dust Pud,
ding which he set before the men who threatened
to withdraw their patronage.
PbIishers-Bankers in the realms OF thought II . .ns
paper they issue DO Of the right stamp, twin never JACK
circulation.
G. p. PUTNAM, Publisher, made an appropriate
response to this toast, giving at the conclusion
1.-The American Clergy" which called up Rev.
Mr.. CHAPLIN. Mr. c. admitted that Putnam issued
good paper, but saw no reason why he should dra"
upon him. He was not set up for speech-not
sufficiently composed. There are certain asen"
of human invention, he said that resemble
the great archetypal world Of Nature. They
are exhaustless and open ilimitable held: 70
A.
the electric telegraph and the printing press.
When one sees Thought travelling on nerves OF
lightning around the globe, he stands astognded
as by a miracle Great agents are remark60le
both for achievements and possibilities. Inc
Press stands foremost Of all. With the inyen'