The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-04-25
THE UNION.

evening; and on 0ehai OF myself anu NOSE
thank You for making me your guest al TINS banquet
given 10 her Maestys ministers Ltiea heaIl In gong
So am sure express the sentiments OF Inc Whoie
diplomatic corps Al the great courtesy and Kindness which
have always been, a. lar know and have heard, ex
u aouuI q ia al London. ''@'' : -
MY Lord Mayor, you know as well as do that much
depends first impressions when foreigner comes here
represent his country; and assure you that from
The impressions made upon BY her Majestys minis
sr. including the First lord Of The Treasury NO other
than the kindesI considerations the part Of the dpQ.
matte corps connected with the ministry tiear
heal say this the especially with regard to the
noble yscount The Secretary for Foreign Affairs cheers
who is not only the mos, laboous, taking, obging
and businesslike man in the kingdom. [cheers, but is
always ready 10 extend the warmest hospitality 10 The
diplomatic corps both in town and out OF town, and mol
only IN season but out OF Chees and laughter
have. therefore much pleasure IN making my acknoWl
edgments, and those OF the whole corps Of dlpomasls-
and know am perfectly safe in doing SOTO The noble
yiscount [liear, hearl My Lord Mayor, know where
am and | know have only few minutes to address
you, and shall not occupy My Lord Mayor,
you have alluded TO subject OF very great Importance
not alone 10 this naon but 10 the world al large-the
great Industrial Exhibition about TO take place IN this
country. [tiear, hearl My Lord Mayor am one OF
those who believe that that design was conceived IN
wisdom, that has been carried out with great energy
and consummate judgment, and that those men who
conceived il. as well those who have had the ar
engagements OF the exhibition, will have done great
honor 10 themselves, and. when il shall be finished
will have brought great glory TO England Hear,
hearl believe that design 10 have been benefcent
and one believe ns w fd 70 as % 'h hs
corps dipiomahqs, have taken great interest in us
success. [Hearl have doubt that peace and good
w T reign N your borders or nf mex, SIX ho viii
come take part in that exhibition shall return to their
native countries, they will carry back with them The
believe nothing exceed the pains that have been taken
by the royal commission executive committee, as well as
by every person connected with this undertaking and
cannot Sit down without saying that have evidence, as
fOTplJn m mi
only the British government, well as The public nstu
tons of London but also OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF
articles OF Ueuto render every possible facility to
the yser 10 crafty his taste or curiosity Hear hear
believe the foreigners who will come here VIII have
every consideration as well as the kndes, feeling that
and that when you shall have concluded your exhib
onwhen all shall have been closed--no man IN Eng
land will have cause 10 regret its having taken place and
without kinder feelings than those he entertained on
coming amongst you Hear hear But ! have said
sufficient | therefore thank you Tor your great kind
in inviting the diplomatic corps to this festive board
and assure you will always remember with pleasure
the distinguished honor of having been present at this
banquet given to her Majesty's ministers tCheersl
From the London Times, April Il
The Colonies.
Sir William Wordsworth has shown, in speech
Of remarkable ciearness OF arrangement and close
ness OF argument, that what is generally called a
colonial question: question between the colonies and
Downing streea question between imperial and local
ljursdslon-is, in addition to all these question (and
important one between the Chancellor OF the Elk
chequer and the taxpayer. The weghty question which
he propounds-and which the debate has been adjourned
in order o>answers, what is the equivalent received
by the British payer exchange Tor sixteen hundred
thousand pounds year expended in the maintenance OF
troops in those colonies which neither the Tecepiacles
of convcts occupied as military stations!
Oar system OF taxation is, by universal admission, rfe
with injustice, ntemperance, ignorance, and NTH, and
justify these unlowad consequences BY the plea OF
financial necessity-he necessity OF making both ends
meet. What, then, we ask, IS the equivalent Tor the
III nAa nIadY
troops for the conyic. and n'mitary colonies
| What give up know: the clerk the surplus OF
his scany incomehe difference possibly to him between
auence and poverty the poor washerwoman her extra
cup OF tea the intelligent mechanic his taste for cheap
and sterling literature These what we give up; but
what do we obtain in return No one has hitherto al
tempted point out the positive good that results from
retaining the troops the argument confined to the evils
apprehended from their Withdrawal Towithdraw them
would be- it is argued, TO abandon our dominions-o
dsmember the empire.
Is then our possession OF the colonies IRE by the
sword Has this country sunk SO low thatv can only
retain the aeg OF her by the same apparatus
of brute force as that which binds Poland TO Russia
Hungary TO Ausirial The days are gone hy'when Eng
land desired foreign territories either Tor the purpose OF
imposing direct tribute their people or indirectly bene-
fitting by commercial monopoly. These objects being
longer aimed al she has nothing to gam by compelling
her colonies to remain members OF an empire from which
they wish TO withdraw. Never again, we trust and be-
eve will one drop OF English blood be shed in the al
tempt coerce foreign dependencies. H. ihereiofe
any of colonies wish TO leave us we gain nothing by
4
We have no wish diminish colonial empire, or 10
separate from the side OF England those rising communi
ties in whom she ought 10 find her warmest trends IN
peace and her sures allies IN But we must remen-
Der that whole advantage OF the connexion depends
on the mutual good will which IT is founded We I'M
dertake a heavy charge when promise to defend do
mnions and scattered against the world. The
burden the British taxpayer IN the event OF war VIII
be exactly proporioned to the extent oil empire and
for that burden he receives no other equivalent Than Inc
honor OF extended dominion. The profit we have long
ago resigned; and if this dominion be merely kept to-
gether by brute force the honor is turned into
IT. therefore, colony wish 10 part from u.s. we have
ne ec right to refuse be taxed order TO retain BY
violence possession which brings neither honor MOI
profit But we venture 10 say that, bad as the govern
msnt OF dependencies has been, has not yet gone
to the point Of alternating the colonies from their aeg
ance 10 the British Crown We venture to assert tha
separation from Grea, Britain great and iueirevab
misfortune The Under Secretary for the Colonies LIBEL
his office when he represents as having exercised
such disinteg rating force upon the fabric OF the empire
that nothing but external pressure can hold II together
Much has been done 10 lrrate much TO exasperate bu
the Prime Minister oversates the effects OF his Colona
Secreary's administration when he represents them a
amounting TO alienation. II is not the abandonment o
the empire but the surrender of patronage, which wou
payers of England ought TO know that the only equva
lent which they receive for their sixteen hundred thou
sand year the perpetuaon, through lucrative colona
appointments OF system OF parliamentary manageme en-
fatal to any efficient reduction oil expenditure, and conse
quently OF taxation.
| DIED.
On Wednesday, April 23d, a Inhnnry, GEORGE HOhI
WOOD native OF England but for the last IL or 20 years cize
/ of wuship