New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-10

,,or for the Press 20 be called or last. 1t vas Il
nat proie ssion had been appointed to responsible
ofce Of ar5ter and Jucse, dno eurlsted Si'u 'ne
cuty Of summing up WIN hfi oeeA Stle d''3 living
a,thal drcisloL. lAppladsel lie was sorfJ % De-
ginning to sum up 20 observe that 20 ia'se
. mart OF the lu.y Lad already "Inciavn b4lSnlef
Biii he would proceed uefcf'nelcss - pronounce
judgment As the appointed arpier. after pondering
All the facts and Arguments alf acel, ne QUO oe-
clare that All The honor of Pc rrIIm On they were net
to celebrate beOr geo - As GEORGE STEERS re
would Ict ce.raCt 0,a from the credit que . IT.
stcVfIS and hiS associates fpr fbelr SPIN huN tAc
Prise iLCils was The gOo1 fDf' ~ OF lne ticoiy
10 Nj setrs belonged ne glory and me ~ =
Loud applause for his &as me inventive no
lhe executive skll which ces sned an c,;,,,i
Yacht n was then good iuCA % Owl. H4s
vssrcculaIiv grateful, from ne nc, INA, II VI
in honor of Productive L49pr' 'hs iuh-a .. -
and most indispensable Junction OF 'he &c.
This occasion was Un6Xa I'D sucn cchpiihoH'S
,sd no 90 maid 10 success 10 generals ana SAFES hen
bt this rendered 10 q ~ ID "aose name "As hDt
known m public life. AID Sa7 nal no O'nef 'lc-ey
IN boast pvt that q industry. II vas IeAutIt ~
ishor TArnl1use1 Aud therefore u WAS pecun triy
fitting taa' mel II al professor rho li pa'lc.pAte
IN li-uerchants. law cs, cl.'orS "0rReTs "th ttei
hands representatives Of many walks OF ne. -
And he industry Of ship-5nldlng was particularly
worth o. such honor. becau-e n was as Il were ne
apex Of ali other branches - Industry II ia d5l
culture md manufacture and other mecaamc
trades behind It to back 10 up, the whole vast
and varied structure o. our productive IdOCI;
For without extensive industry al home there cond
BE 10 foreign commerce, aLo without foreign com
merce 10 occasion for grca. movements IN haVdi
architecture. Snip 5uig!rs might thus be taken as
ep!fseLtLg The CLtue bo-y ~ me ndtiOadi luous-
try on which il repOsed alc OF Whcht was CROWN
ing glory. Applause IL = me irlit ana lae ~.
1eX OF a G wealth dnC tnc p HeT Oh the country IL
TepreseAteL our power based on We tih the product
of liberty and on labor which could only thrive 70
lberty Ii represented then. our "eah our lnlelll.
geIce and the liberty o. the lind, ana ne tejo'cea
that 1t had represented them so ulumphan'ly ana
that We were - rejoice IA such triumph. lap
plause J Besides, IL Was Tire branch OF INDUSTRY IN
which came most directly IN competition win
other nations and m which he proud 10 say We
had overcome them. They knew III lie or nothing OF
the ydied home industry, 'Shst wasthe base &n4tue
supeTslfuctuTe Of our nal0nai power, on. OF our
ability III ship busldug they had been mace a"Ne
All these reasons together lent peculiar ssnlh ance
this festival The toast spoke Of the ffes a. rec.
They would allow him thea 70 use NIUE OF IA;
freedom and touch upon one ort"o ,opcs OF sSneia a.
Interest: 1t had not been bis intention 10 feIeI W
them but the eloquent gentleman VINO ha1 SPOKEN
before had called them ~, and he would presume
little upon tbs freedom that hal been spoken o. ana
initiate their example Power always had It's On IS
and AFFINITY ITS obligations The two could no. be
separated If We had power We had GUY 10 ois,
charge with II that we ought not 10 evade. Ana
that power was ours was proved by the FAC. OF TINS
festival, BY the triumph IL celebrated mat po"er
we could not pretend 10 employ within ourselves
only, combining its beIefts 10 ourselves. IL coulu
not be selfish and exclusive; me nlodei h ., inc
mower nc ached be- ond the Ocean, anu had duty 10
discharge there. APPLAUSE That duty ought 70
be looked alter aud discharged as necessity should
reosire And such necessity was not a matter OF
seltinteIest only, ii was matter OF humanity and
Dlincip,e (Applause.l But he would not prolOnB
his remarks at that hour. II was not necessary As
in the question OF the party 10 whom ought 10 accrue
the honor of the Americas triumph, his office was
merely TO pronounce the general verdict. Ihas ne
would 90 IN a sentiment -,
at home because shs proiec a sae
tectDg the right OF nations TO control Their own concerns
fAppsUsel
Hon. John McKeon was here called for and re-
sponded in al eloquent speech. lie said 1t seemed
10 be in his very nature to be always mixed up with
noise ard confusion. Like his friend, Mr.. Van
Buren,, he was suddenly called upon to make
speech, and lawyers hardly ever wished to make
speech, unless they were paid for IT. lie was proud
TO bear his part in the public respect shown TO Mr.
Steers On the other side OF the water he heard
Englishmen asking, in reference to the Crystal
Palace Exhibition, is this all you can show ;"
His reply was, we have steamboats, sixteen to a
mile 40 miles OF aquecuct TO one city, 500 miles OF
one railroad Mr. Steers won his victory over those
who had spen; millions on yachung. by this act ne
stamped his name on the American character more
than any exhibitor at the Worlds Far The fgure
Of Canning about Aeolus throned on the ocean wave
passes to America. We have grasped the scepier
lie then paid tribute to Eckford Fulton aud
Collins and gave as sentiment:
COmrerce-Ie the cinnamon bird in story II scatters
ciyiAzstiOn over the World
Mr. George NJ. Snow, Of The Tribune, gave as a
sentiment
Ge0t L. Schuyer-The siastor and principal fsterer
Of the enterprise which We have met tonight to comem-
crate
The company separated about IL O'Clock, the band
playing Lail Columbia, &c.
We nigh, mention that among those contributing
TO the testimonial are Hon. HAMILTON FISH, Hon.
d MoReAS and Hon JAMES w. BEEKNAN, with very
cordial IL tiers Of concurrence, addressed to exAlder-
man JANEs KELIv, sn efficient MEMBER OF the Com
miec.
The following letter was received among Others
from Gen. Tallmadge, President Of the American
Institute
AMERICAN INSTITUTE, NEw-YORK. Jan. 9, 1882
JOIN DinoN, ESQ. Chairman sc -Siy. am IN receip
oyour very Kind n1te OF nv e. Dinner To be gwen
at Metropolitan Hall FRIDAY, the 9th inst 10 Mr. Geo.
Steers, the constructor Of the Yacht America. regret
the nclement weather and my cuca health requires
me TO decline The honor OF yOuI friendly invitation.
The model Of the Yacht America exhibited al the late
Fan Of the AEencAn Institute, am happy to say, at
uac,ed general attention and cOmpeSdstion. most cor;
dlalS unite whh tue PIemluTn mntuee in the award
they nade 10 its constructor, "a Ege steers, OF the
Gold Medal Of the American lnsg. e.
demonstrated OF the aiNt9,s OF The Naval Archl
lecture OF America that this should have crossed
the Atlantic. united IN the sport aud competition of the
Yacht Club OF England, aud boueht home trophy of
success he premium Of The "Queeas Cup"
noticed with intense interest the incidents Of the race
m ~hich tie America under the sklfu guidance Of our
fellow ciureb, Commodore stevens woR the pfze Of
cess. It's truth TO be declared that those incidents
marked and dsng uished by the incest honor in the
INN edlaie the occasio, the acht Club and
the BRUSH nation Oar country and this City
Ncuar, participate with Mr. Steers aud with Conme-
dore Stevens and his all the feelings successful
victory IN such aendly contest OF aud skill
this ,es,n orial dinner am, ver,srs spec,fully.
Yours. &c &c, JAMES IALLMADUE
FRoM RIO JANEIRo I'VE are in recent