The republic., 1852-01-09


signed to make.
We think this course is called for in justice to
yourself. II is no more than the importance of the
subIect lmperIously demands.
GEO. GRIswoLp, JAMES G. KISo,
WIN B. AsToR JAMES ID. p. OGDEN,
CHAs DAVIS, WM. b CRoEBY
JoRS hAGoERTy, STEPHEN WHITNEY,
WIN. BARD, DANIEL h. FEARING,
RoBT B. MISTURS, Gro +. TALMAS,
j. c. TGLloTsoS, JAMES W. BsEKMAN,
ANDREW FosTER, DAVID >. hESSEpy,
WALTER X. JONES, PAUL sPoFFoRD,
A. b. NEILsoN, L. .. HALsTED
New YoRK January =, 1852
GEsriEMEN: beg TO assure you that have
very grateful sense Of the kindness and OF the honor
that are implied in the letter which you have ad-
dressed 10 me- and althoug for reasons connected
with my official station, am reluctant to place my
name gain before the public, am persuaded that
! ought noI 10 refuse compliance with your
wishes. / therefore place at your disposition the
papers that arc enclosed which contain, So far h5
my recoections have served me, a correct report
of the observations that were actually made by me
at the Bar dinner, and sketch OF those that would
have followed had not the conduct OF a few persons
prevented me from finishing my address
add that the construction that has been given
10 the proceedings at the municipal dinner, aud
the resolutions that with apparent unanlInity were
there passed, rendered II, IN my judgment, an i'm
perative duty to make. behalf Of the Judges the
explanatory protest that did; and that my inton-
ton 10 make such observations, and their general
7
Two or three gentlemen of the committee OF ar
rangements when | consented to respond to the
toast that addressed 10 me.
! remain, gentlemen, with the truest esteem and
consideration, your Obedient eervant,
JNo. DUER
Msssr- Geo GriswoId, James G. King, w.
Astor James ID. p Ogden, Chas. a. Davis, and
their associates.
4. the dinner recently given by the New York
bar to Koesuth, Judge Duer, Of the Superior Court,
at the request Of the committee Of arrangements.
responded 10 the lJIlowing toast
''The Judieiny-Its independence Is the bulwark
Of our Constitution, our laws. and our freedom y
Judge Duer stated that he rOse IN behalf Of the
Judges who were present. TO return thanks for the
toast that had last been given, and he proceeded To
explain and yndcate the sentiments which Il EN-
bodied. He also justified, by several reasons, the
attendance Of the Judges, and continued his speech
as follows:
Bat there are other reasons why your judges
should now be hcrc-why il is fl and proper that
ye should be called 10 unite and should rejoice to
unite 10 this public tribute Of praise aud honor 10
your illustrious guest; Lor vii this be doubted by
any who are acquainted with his history, ana VINO
have studied hls actions aud speeches, and have
formed Just estimate not only Of HE intellectual
powers but OF his Objects, his principles, and hi
character Such estimate - not TO be founded
upon partial review Of his history and life lie
has numerous lctters TO our esteem and admiration.
aud tbese must ali be united before the character
which is their result, can be July understood and
appreciated. lie 10, therefore, not 70 be regarded
merely the putflOtlC dtIthbtT Ol tue
constitution Of his country as the bold asscrter oi
its freedom and Independence.
As the wise, sagaciOus and intripId leader oi he
countrymen in their noble efforts 20 achieve n noble
end neither bis affections, nor his aspirations or
h0pes are limited 20 his own country. IL is 10 tho
cause Of the people az distinct from that OF their
opprrssors 10 the Of the people IN every Coun-
try that be IL devoted; and his hopes and Efforts
arc directed to awaken the opprcsrcd nations Of
Europe, one and all, 20 the knOHledge and nsser.
ton Of their rights; deeply impressed with the con
ylrtiOn that Ia order to elevate the people, intellcc
tuaiy and morally 1t IS necessary 10 raise them pO
lucally and socialy Nor arc hsscrvicesan md merits
a. patriot. chief and leader philanthrOpIst and
a republican, (for a republican he -, and even in
England hns avO~ed himscii to 6e;) nor arc these
al0ue 20 b. considered. His conduct and actions IN
Hungary: the measures which he there proposed
and carried; his speeches, addresses, and procla-
nations there; and the magnificent discourse'
which he has so lately delivered in England-ever
II We omit all mention Of those which be has de-
liyered bere-oKcluslvcly prove hat he - cndowec
with al The bighcst qualities and attributes oil az
orator and Of a statcsman. or an orator, welding
with perfect ease and rcsstless force all the wea
t,ons that an exquisite rhetoric and the souudes
logic can supply, and riyalIiDg IN bis dominior
over the minds Of his hearers. the most signal tr
umphs that eloquence, ancient or modern, nae eve
achieved.
Ola statesman, fitted 10y the depth and extent O
he knowledge. by the largeucss Of bic views an,
the lust predoinnancs Of a superior mind, 10 sNaJ
the coursel., TO sha ps and rulc the destnes u
equally prove that be is, ia the best and true sens
of tho Term, n conservative "a conservative stotos
man They equally prove that, while he is anxiou
and resolved 10 defend the rights Oi the people, h'
is lust a. ANXIOUS and just resolved, tO MAINTAIN
in all their integrity and ger, those time honore'
institutions stitut'ons halOwed by religion, a
well a sanctioned by time-upon which the peace
the order and the veli.bcng Of society essentially
depend lie j. indeed q republican, bot be 10 no
a leveller nor a Jacobin, socialist. He 10 IN
deed a republican, bot Of the right stamp. and .
the true color; his color IA own blue the blu
Of our own skics--the significant emblem q
boundless future aud Oi n protecting heaven. W
color ~ our own biue--nOt the Persian red, IA
bstcfu syInbOl Of anarchy and blood-not 90
Partisan red, reminding us only of the worst arc
,itics OF the carly French revolut!on-oi Mara
Danton. and RObespierrc, Of the lamp -post and VI
yuillotinc and Of the horrors, the unutterable hot
rors that we're pcrpetrated in the streets oi Vet
saiee aud in the prisons of Paris lie secs and cor
denns the abuses tliat prevail under the old mor
arches on the continent Of Europc-and 81 a n
publican, is convinced that until those goyernincu
ahat be changed, radically changed, in their priI
riples and in their form, those abuses must cOI
tinue 60 exist
Bat vhhe be is thus an enemy Of the abuses
Government, he u equally foe 10 thUse Wild the
ricE which seek not "a reform OF abuscs- not the y
construction upon a new model OF decaying m
"a na-cbies-but the aunihlaton, the absolute destrm
tiou o. government itsef, undcrany and every oru
~ IA eauay foe to those wild theories, The fruit
an insane end goddess philosophy, which aim at q
entire subyefsiOn Of the existing order OF society
bcb denounce the institution Of property ~ criTn
,ts p,ssessiOn os robbery and plunder aud WIN
.set a. diseolvc the relations which the author
lur nature has ordained az the source and nurse