New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-03-24

Il tlese Institutions, and had our hearts melted bv the
ttlt Of wre cbedness re i-ved We have seen IN lse
who covld not look upon the light o. Heaven nor
be wonders Of this earh taught to look above
,sd wor ders az The Universe We have seen those
who seemed hut OUT from al with their low
eo taught 10 conve face 10 fsca ana m bear their
rtri the ahors ard responsibilities ard OF jovmen OF
the world Tlese sights sir, have awakened within
feelings Of kicduess and attachment tow ard
,ha great city Which 10 The ornament and the strength OF
Common State. Man so nearly TO the i'm.
49, Of bis Maker when he nus devoes 6,s energies
80 RS powers 70 care Tor hose who have else to
fer- hem.
Mr ,S'd ,hst the State Of NewYork, as well as the
Cry o. New York he'd wsys recognized and performed
Ter ofy TO The fiendess ard the homeesss within her
bofces She hes alwsy been ready respond every
spp'cps ions TO the foil Of her abilities for sup
lou of charitable and educational institutions Nor need
We fer Sir that she will ever stsr in this great 10
thu ~ H. everything else New ork "teads step back
rd' her motio In this ss in everything relating TO the
common welfare, 10 Erceiior.
LIT not forget said Mr. r In conclusion. that
his city and this State derive their chief prosperity
gro lbeir chief Importance from their connection with
hat great confederecy Of which we are part. Let
u zen ember duties to each other, aud TO all the
paris, and ali the members Of that great Union -
see Sir present 10 night, and sitting me dsn-
gushed member of that General Government which has
tse 6Ge OF THIS gree, federation OF sovereign States
shall not venture to speak Of his character or his services
elude to him main bee give you. sentiment
ne e,,o' end Congre'' # e United Stafe,-my all that
t,iher charge
This toast was loudly cheered, and all eyes
were tuned upon Hon. WILLIAM II. SEWARD for a re-
spouse He was evidently not prepared to comply with
this demand but fnoiDg useless resist he to ad
dIess the company Cheer followed cheer as, and so
eng that was some time before he could be heard Wheu
silence at last obined he thus addressed the enusi
astc audience:
With your leave, Mr. President Gentlemen OF the Com.
mon Council and oflhe Legislature Legislators Of the City
your pleasure, rise most cheerfuy respond to the
sediment which expresses your respect for the Ex-
~cuuye and the Legtlstors Of the United States am
o reciprocity OF respect and consideration for you on be-
citizen, himself OF NewYork educated among us,
and having risen TO his proud emnence by services in her
councils and her representative while he will be- as he
ought just to all the States which he presde, still
knOwedge as the object fhsntense preference and
ship that one Of them which first received his devotion
happy also In being able you that the City
OF New York, and the State OF New. York receive from
The Congress Of the United States the consideration which
they jusIy claim ss the Commercial Capital aud leading
This am sure is true of the great majority of that dis
D U,hed BODY, and there be who undervaue either
this Cy or this Slate can only say OF them here as
think you know well enough to know, would say to
them there that they commit fault 10 regard to the inter
ess oihe whole nation, which they would do well to cor.
rect ss soon as possible. Loud and long cheering
Gentlemen that political Jealousy which pervades our
Republican system has BOT only wisely separated the au
thoIiiies OF this great Commercial Metropolis from the
houes OF the State but has also placed the seats Of those
authorities far apart This provision, however like every
other good one has ncOn veniences There be
Undertakings between authorities separated and
therefore an occasional conjunction OF them necessary,
has led me here TO be witness Of the first Of such conunc
TONS owing as do common responsibilities to both And
concur In the desire expressed by my respected friend
Mr. Draper, who IL Governor every inch Governor,
az long may 1t be before like me- he hes prefix to that
tue that these occasional conluncons may become fire.
quent and habtua. Cheers
Gentlemen 1t seems to me that we can improve this
stival occasion by considering how intimate Is rela
ton between The City and the State how essential each
lar away in what was lately known as the secluded Sc.
clustered part of it, Bath by Many OF the repre-
alives of the Rural Districts know wei the Mem
caOs Ivyiah tn
speak 1t is beautiful but quiet one situated in the de-
lgbIfu valley and on the banks Of the ConhoctoD, trib
utsry OF the Susquehannah But those who know we'll
have remarked that has broad and magnificent plan
perfectly filled out There houses corners desig
mating streets and avenues without inhabitants In short
was laid out for great city, but has long since
nounced all ambitious preensoas You do not know how
this has happened. Well, H. on your return to Albany
you will call on my excellent friend (Mr Sree) the State
Librarian, he will give you small duodecmo volume
ley Performed by English gentleman 10 the short space
OF six weeks, from the City OF NewYork all the way to
spring OF it's growth and he recorded OF 1t that 1t des
tined 70 be the great commercial metropol, Of the State Of
he trade of he connry Sal was to eeeve al 81 e bS
could be diverted from the channel Of the st. Lawrence
ind The market OF Quebec, and seno down through the
i6s
over which The Presto have had bat little ambition
TO preside Cheers What the City OF NeWYork would
have been in that II would be If separated from
the State, deprived of It's canals and railroads, s great
wealth it, mineral stores, and lis teemng fields
Mcut of Il ON tie city Tske three thousand streets
with their ssive edhce their wharves filed with the
Of ali continents islands and clmes tn Sc noble
Institutions Of science and Of benehcence and this more
thar half miltsn OF busy and enlightened reemen win
their wealth theft knowledge and their industry and what
would be the retut' Ii would be Greece, but hVng
Greece more
Sir 10 plain enough that 1t is not the City nor Tue State
separately but both ne City and the State together that
CO. sttule NewYorb which allow ourselves believe
Justly called by oer ses and known Of ali men 10 be
tie Imperial State or leading State Take away from 1t
ether The the RuTs Districts" would dwindle
and fall behind many smother State IN The progress OF Com
nerce and Power.
Gentlemen we all have common property in the State
Of Newly ORR 1t H. and In the whole and every part sod
element OF It, There may be among the citizens OF Ihs
great CAPT al who feel that they have right TO look
consequently on The couoy which con.nin.e. ' oT9sa
IN with him tourl am sure II was bis hrst one-to
Niagara He expressed his surprise at seeing steamboat
Cay ugs Lake and two steamboats, on seneca LAKE ana
when he yet anott on Canandagua Lake lie asked
How they got the steamboats, into the lakes Laughter
We gentlemen It must be only such persons as this one
that " ervaues the rurH" districts und they are only TO
be piiec bur certainly not to be retslisted upon.
So there doubtless minds in the country maj are
eal Of the city They do not lnow they DO not anSe
State that the light of civilization knded here umnates
this broad land while il. ashes and cndets s whn t1e
confines Of the city Itself The wealth produced mere ~
Shared with the country the poverty ana crime geoesassa
here remain al home Surely we Of the country owe Ine
city liberal muncipalretunsf for suchbenehcence Cheers
Gentlemen, we have common property 10 me virtues
thai have made this State what TO- IN that principal virtue
EH uls sgnihed by the bearings on our armora shield
the rock with the waves beating upon IT. and the moito
In vain" the rising aud that spirit string, spr
susAinr motto, Higher" 1t was not for town or coun
ny either that Hamilton and Jay labored 10 secure the ee
ers OF Freedom Jusce and Order In our Constitution
or that Clinton developed and made the
valley OF the ST. Lawrence and the valley Of the Mississippi
tibuIar es greatness -
Ano Ibis though, suggests, gentlemen yet another me
Intimate relation the necessy Of ipdssoube connection
between the State and the United States 1t 10 not New"
York alone that supports and sussins this great city, ana
this great State II is the nsten stretching ffom The
river ST Law along the Atlantic Coast and me meA
can Gulf and then The mountains aud along me f
CHIC Coast away up NOoka Sound Our star lodeeu
brilliant and ostngush6ble In the constellation out et
II shoot from sphere and It would pale LIS hes ana oe
ctt in the Heavers cheers Gentlemen, no man 10 New
York ca be a dsupionisI lcheers know none IN
deed Icheersl will say snly one thing Ier'het on
ms subject Of the linton l am a believer 10 lne
CtIisian Religion. Wien II happens 10 my way 70
4, I'M wi SCI pc endesvor to remove his doubts and