American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-05-02

| SIR ii. L. BULwER AND HIS LATE SPEECH
We yesterday published in our paper the letter
of Mr.. Bulwer, explanatory of that portion of
his speech at the st. George Society's dinner
which gave offence to a portion of the citizens
and residents of New York. We now complete
the history of the affair by copying the memo
rial adopted by the meeting before which that
letter was read. 1t was prepared by Michael
Doheny, esq, and unanimously adopted on mo-
ton of Mr. Mike Walsh, seconded by Mr.. P.
Lynch:
To he's Eacellency Millard Fillmore, President of
the United States:
| The memorial of the undersigned, citizens
and inhabitants of the city of New York and
its neighborhood, most respectfully showeth-
That memorialists are fully sensible no ord-
nary circumstances would justify them in ap-
pealing to the Chief Executive in reference to
subject coming within the immediate sphere of
his administrative functions and they beg to
assure your excellency that if they thought the
facts to which they respectfully and earnestly
invite your attention would otherwise come Off
cially under your cognizance, they would not
presume to make them the subject of complaint,
| being convinced that your excellency would
protect every class and section of the people of
| these States, without distinction, from insult
and outrage.
| That, presuming the circumstances which
they respectfully lay before you would other
wise escape your excellencys notice, and feel
ing them to be of an unprecedented character
in this or any other civilized country, and of
| the greatest Importance, in whatever light they
are considered, your memoralists most earn
| esty request your excellency's consideration of
and decision upon them They are as follows:
On the Oath day of the present month Sir
| Henry Lytton Bulwer, ambassador to your ex-
cellency's government from the court of her
/ Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ire
| land attended at the celebration of the st.
Georges festival, at the Aston House, in the
city of New York, and there delivered the fol-
lowing sentiments, which, after two days of
sober reflection, appeared under his name in
the Express newspaper, which assumes to rep
resent him. Your memorialists copy them from
that paper, believing they were published with
his sanction and correction and besides, they
appeared in the same words in other papers,
and without any denial or explanation on his
part.
Extract from Sir Lytton Bul1rer', speech.
"Do any Of you, gentlemen, happen to have
any good-natured friends: Laughter. If so,
you can understand how my good-natured friends
at Washington all crowded around me, inmedi-
ately on my return from Richmond, TO relate
how most infamous publication had appeared
in some Journal believe called the Boston
| Ceit-purportfng to be an intercepted despatch
| from me to the English Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs. Now, people usually advertise
when they have lost any property but l wish
TO advertise that | have lost no property at all,
laughter; and although it is natural to con-
al - ,olo
Celtic origin of my Boston friend, laughter, ]
that he had been guilty of the crime of which he
hoasted-namely, theft-he had in reality been
guilty Of an offence which more appropriately
Fbelongs to further advanced stage Of pantaloons
and refinement laughter1- mean forgery
another example, by the way, of the general
maxim, that all sayages, whether Celtic or other
WISE when they take TO inhabiting cities-eyen
such moral cities as Boston-adopt the vices,
without acquiring the virtues or the graces of
civilized life. Cheers and laughter. And
here should leave the matter, but | am rather
inclined to suspect every thing that is at all
Yankee has such odd notions)- laughter that
| the unkind barbarian of Massachusetts, instead
| of intending a more serious offence, has merely
been perpetrating bad joke, in the shape of
political squib, which is meant to favor the pre-
sidential claims of an excellent friend of mine,
by having it appear that he is n particular enc
my of England. Now, should be sorry to do
this friend any disservice; but do not believe
that shall be doing him any disservice by stat
ing that don't look upon him as an enemy to
England at all, and that feel sure that he is
only Just as much so as any Of the other great
American statesmen or generals whom | know,
love, and honor, and OF whom always speak
and write with due respect"
No argument is needed to establish the fact
that this language was Enthusiastically calcu-
lated and manifestly intended to wound and
insult every inhabitant of this country who is
Of Irish birth or blood and your memorialists
confidently submit that, in all times and under
every circumstance, the Irish citizens Of this
republic have not been exoellcd in fidelity. 10y
atty, or attachment 10 the laws, institutions.
flag, and honor of their adopted country, They
now constitute more than One-foarth ~ the en-
tire population Of this gpsst city, and many Of
them fiji, withoat diecpS the highest posi- 4
tions in the leaz1~1 hons ~ ev~y @(11
partment, ciyil s AaA ss
mercantile, lit ~ a.
industrial a.
tions ute
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