Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-05-05
TPROPRIETORS.


speech OF Or Henry Bulwer at the St
Georges Dinner, In the last Tribune. 1t
contains some sparkling expressions, and
exhibits much good feeling towards Amer
icas:
4 Sir Henry Lytion Bulwer, Her Maj
esty's Representative IN the United States
The toast was receivedwith tremendous
cheering, after which Sir Henry Bulwer
rose.
You, Mr.. President, said he have been
kind enough to say that l have won some
| distinction IN my profession. If so. it has
been owing to one thing, and that is,
if | have ever been engaged to do thing,
| always do it if it be possible. This is
the principle under which appear before
you tonight. When reflect on the indis-
position under which labor tonight /
feel, as Sir William Don would say, "com-
pletely used up" (Laughtcr.) Still, il
is some consolation to say, as we can say
in this country, if one has not a leg to stand
upon, he can take to the stump. laugh
ter.) Although am not sufficiently Amer
icamized to make stump speech, there il
nothing like trying; and if anything could
inspire me, it would be the present ocea-
son Where are wct We have met
here three thousand miles from home to
keep alive the sacred fires that burn on our
national alters. We drink with overflow
ing hearts, and from overhowing cups, TO
the holest of all affections, the love of God,
the love ofour country,
Many you have like me, Travelled far,
and seen many things. Does any Of you
feel less of an Englishman than when he
last saw the white cliffs of Albion 7 God
bless dear old England Great cheer
ing
"Where'er we roam whatever realms we sce,
Our hearts, nnJravellod. foudly turn TO thee
And yet, gentlemen. il we are obliged
to leave our native country, it is some con-
ISOLATION not to leave our native language.
Cheers. John Bull is very queer indi
vidual TO nderstand--variable as his own
climate, stiff and reserved to foreigners
shy and distrustful even to himself, nobody
can understand him but those who speak
his own language. An American friend,
who came from Europe the other day,
said to me ".Iohn Bull is downright
man! This gentleman described the
whole English character at one stroke
Now, think there may DO smarter men
than John Bull. His motto j: : "Hand-
some is that handsome does" but he new
er promises what lie does not perform. |
am the last man in the world to say there
are not faster men, than John Bull, but
every one who knows him even by sight,
knows what he lacks in speed he makes
up in bottom. Cheers and laughter. =
lfyou want to try his qualities, you must
try him in a long race. Ofcourso he de-
sires not to be slow, but he is more anx-
ioust to be sure. He desires to "go-head,"
as we all do, butnot to so head-overhcels.
Laughter. Oilers have surpassed him
in measuring the mountains Of the moon
and building machines to ride in the air
He is not SO high soaring lie viii tell
you that the first honors of the world are
the railroad and the steamboat There is
downright solidity in what he does, and
steadiness in all his movements. In fact,
he is the type Of the downright. When
he holds out his hand, whether open or
slut, he does it in such downright way
that you say, chats the man | want for a
friend, the man would have for an hon
est enemy Cheers.
We are here as the guests Of an English
Society, formed for the most charitable OF
all purposes. | am exceedingly happy
and joyous to be here. | believe in the
general progress ofsociety | believe that
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Aud the thoughts Of men widening with the
process OF the suns
But there are still old and stupid falla-
cies which bcwilder ourthoughts and cling
to our heels. The most stupid of all is,
the belief that when two States have any
thing to do with each other, one must lose
what the other gains. The foreign capi-
talist desires employment for his capital;
the American manufacturer desires means
oftransit for his produce. Now, by this
national intercourse, the foreign capital
ist has advanced his capital, American en-
terprise has employed foreign labor, and
what has been the result Why, you
have 5000 miles of Railroad, and in this
State alone twelve Canals, which bring in
a most considerable revenue. Have We
lost anythingl The foreign capitalist has
increased his wealth. foreign labor finds
employment, and as to the American man
ufacturer, he has doubled, trebled, nay
quadrupled the value Of bis property. /
estimate the value Of Peace just in pro-
portion as it is extended over the worlds
wide surface. | believe it is Gods great
providence that the nations of the earth
should dwellin peace and alnty One ma
ton balances the defects Of another, and
preserves the equilibrium Of the world
There is this Western hemisphere which,
by its abundant harvests, its free and
boundless activity, counteracts the i'll eff
iects Of our stagnant civilation and sitting
cities.
Sir Henry Bulwcr here begged leave
to intro duce, as a toast, the health Of an
Englishman present, who, nevertheless
was familiag to Englishmen centuries ago.
They had often seen him, charging in the
front Of their battles. Our eyes are some
what dimmed by the sight Of the times
we live in ; but who can doubt that he
stood beside Woolf on the Plains of Abra-
ham, that he looked down on Wellington
from the heights Of Waterloo when the
torering Empire Of Napoleon made its last
and fatal charge His banner il on yon-
der wall, his badge is on your breasts -
"Huzza for St. George and Merry Eng
land p Loud cheers.
Will you allow me now to propose to
yon a near and dear relation Of ST. George;
ST. Jonathan. have just come from Wis
iting him in the character of a Virginia
planter; / shook hands with him last sum
mer as Western farmer; ! have dined
with him socially as a New York mer-
chant; honored him as an American
Statesman, and though there may be older
saints in the calender, there is not better
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