The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-11-27

every human thing, nowhere be entirely perfect
but them together with your institutions that
public spirit which pervades every fibre Of your nation
Biz like the spirit of God, which, creations day,
Joy Yes sir, found England not free because mighty
glorious and great; but found her mighty great and
to me the book Of life which led me out Of the auetua
ton of .wsvering thoughts to unsuitable principles.
lHear, hear 1t was to me the fire which steeled my
versties of fate can break but bend (Cheers My
heart and soul will as long as live, bear on itself
England long ago become the honored object of my ad
miIaion and respect and great the image of Bri
the strange play of fate led to your shores could
scarcely overcome come in approaching them, be-
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at the idea that the halo Of glory with which England was
surrounded in my thoughts would perhaps not stand 70
that Is human and every age has its own fraguIies
know that every society which is not new enc has be-
sides its rages to bear also the burdens OF the
sins of the past and know it to be almost fstastical
law in manknds history, that the past throws over 50
large shadow in the and In the future that to
dispel 1t entirely the must be mounted very high.
But so much must state with fervent joy-that on the
whole the image which reality in England presents bears
at every step such seal OF greatness teemng with rich
lite and solid In foundation that 1t far
such expectat 5ns as were mine And the thing which
In the midst Of your great nation strikes most the mind
Of the observer that he meets in moral material and
social respects, such elements of continual progress
towards perfection and these elements display such
mighty free, and cheerful activity and this activity
lively pervadsd by the public spirit of the people that
which England has already proudly to show the
nshed world and great they arethey things called
nevertheless feels by instinct all this to be but
degree-a gigantic one to be sure, but still only de-
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ed by you here in the Town Hall which like your free
schools Market Hall and several of your hospitals
all raised without any external assistance are 30 many
proofs of the lofty public spirit self confident force and
perseverance of Birmingham. You will anew me, gen.
temen to state that in place of England have met
greatness
basis displaying their activity in place more comb
IDENTITY hoped that sympathy which meet to have
practical result, than here in Birmingham. loud
cries OF have not the pretension to tell
giories to cali men ike william Hutton your own, and
like TO prove what say so you will allow me briefly to
state the motives which make look to city with
that trust and that hope. clear hear Industry Is
chief element Of greatness welfare power and might IL
is industry which gives practical value to science In
other branches Of employment human faculty appears to
be adeveloping power, but industry is creating power
and being it is the most efficient locomotive Of pro
gress. (Hear But industry highly beneficial In ITSELF
becomes pedestal to the public order of a country,
and lasting source Of public and private welfare when
1t Is not only largely difused but also connected with
independent condition of the manufacturers which
Independence securing substantial position to entire
classes cannot fail to mpart to the man
that self esteem that noble pride and that sentiment Of
proved dignity which is the mark OF free and the
richest source of private and public virtues 1t so
that in the historical period Of the middle the
cities be the last stronghold ofberty when all around
them feuda bondage. And what the cities Of
cid! Almost nothing else but corporations of manufac
turers independent in their situaon working at the
IRE Of their domestic hearth working for themselves
men whom We might characterize as small masters
petition (Cheers So became industry the last strong
hold Of political freedom as II was precisely the means
Of ersenal independence The development Of science
and wealth must have led OF to large mighty
industrious establishments where the powers Of
nature sde subseryient to the creating power Of
industry and these mighty ablishments
beneficial TO every country, where large population
ry Of the developement of faculties but requiring
large capital and therefore more subjected to
great Losses, as well as to great gains, they hay,
more of personal character, whereas industry
largely dihused and founded on substantial indepen
dent situation Of those who work. has public and
political character end constitutes lasting public ee
ment o. the condition Of the oountry Now, this pre-
cely the happy condition aud the glory Of Birmingham
IL Is this bssis upon which Birmingham rose from the
time Of Julius Caesar always seat Of industry, Vt be-
the nre and the heart Of large manufacturing
district bringing combination Of the lime iron and
coal that district in suitable forms to become thu
comman benefit of the world giving arms to those who
had lot fight fer their liberation the pen to x
the idea OF thinking men the cable 10 the wsndsrng
sailor also the hne neck chain to the fair beauties OF
| the world saw with admiration the C.ystl Palace,
that magnificent cling bail to humanity. The meet
ing was in Lordsn, but was lost In wsnderment at
Buminghsm's astonishing Industrious energy. j saw
and admired The crystal fountain, the most magnificent
work in glass industry. know Birmingham TO be the
metropolis Of the great railway system know that II
birmingham which preceded, by its local exhibition
the idea OF the worlds exhibition. (Cheers.) know
that Is Birmingham which gave by the genius Of its
Ellington. the electrotype TO as (Hear know that
machine weaving was here u,ed before the power
was introduced elsewhere. know that here was the
| woIksh op Of Watt whose steam engines blotsei the
wtrd distance out Of the dictionary (Oheers But
what nost admire lie that you have even made the
STEAMSHIPS omnferous power Of our times subseryent
to the peculiar domestic and Independent character OF
your largely dinused Industry, TO be almost an
article q domestic use (Cheers) The character Of
your Industry ma les me consider Birmingham real
seat Of that strongly felt spirit Of independence and
mH R rsS sSg s sGu OF Sedos
feels, after two bard years, for the hrt time my heart
hushed with joy, because ON seeing tse English people
and ON inhang their public spirit TO my vexed soul
cent fobear TO believe that the freedom Of such ma
tion must be the pulsaton Of msnkinds approaching
liberty, and that the part of the world where such
tyrsd OF civilization stands cannot be doomed to be
the prey OF Russian Austrian despots (CheeEs You
rene ber Pauus Amitius whose triumph By whim OF
fate wa. placed between the tombs his two You
inter his quite Roman wor is-" Cisdu1n djaus NED
ssi,s tLsHss cSn'osI Were .n,re "a ~,
etheraud here IL the plscr vhera would repeat the
words ofyopder Roma con (Hearhesr) But alas. (aud
70 surrounded a. I am, still feel myself homeless
exile clear ar)-and all tina: carries back my
memory 70 my down. rodjen Land. (Iear, hear sor
skes deeper in human brtasts than joys one
must be eAe. and the home OF the poor exile mus
be suffering mice is that the heart Of man can feel Tn;
boundlss Intensity Of the love Of home (Iear, hear
And however strange may appear to YOU the roots
my lie not within myself my Individuality is alb
(Chsers) what is the key OF that boundless faith
ard trust my people bear TO their plain unpretend
ing brother faith and confidence seldom 90 be met
lke ma ner in hi. way l-whst Is the Key Of hst thi
faith this couhdence stands still fast neither troubled
by the deuse OF calumnies nor broken ~ adversties
1t that my people took and take st for the incar
nsted pei soniGcstion Of their wishes their sentiments
their affections and their hopes (Cheers IL 1t not ther
quite natural that the Of my people also should b.
embodied In myself have the concentrated woe
Of millions Of MagJ are In my breast clear hear AM
sn1w gentlemen, sort OF national cell esteem u
that respect. The people-thst mighty basis Of tn
Hy-amid Of mankind-the people everywhere highly
honorable noble and good Some few may be selecte'
to be the honored Of humanity they may by the power
m Of their genius rise to the very height whence
HALEY or your Newton, said Man is forbidden neare
O. D fr1H nnf fhau aFp
they not the manifestations OF the etsrna
Law And you know the developer emit TO which mankin
u called in going according 70 steady eternal law'
(Hear hear) Those selected few stand on the top
humanity they not the basis Of H. The basis
: | the people; they steady and lasting OIear) Nj
belief therefore that It is the instinct Of the peop
which Is the true revelation of manknds divine Origin
1t therefore wss saying that the people are every
| winery higbly Memorable noble and good. Blu. thoug
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