The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-03
The Peabody Dinner.

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is represented to have been brilliant affair.
From an account of it in the New York Times
we learn that there were present about one
hundred and fifty persons, of whom eighty five
were American and sirty fee EngIish-ladies and
gentiemen-of whom the names of the following
The American Minister, Mr.. Ingersoll, and
Miss Wicocks his excellency ExPresdent
Van Buren,; Lord Blayney; the Countess of
and viscountess de Ate; Lady Talbot de Ma
| lahide; Sir Emerson Tenant, lady, and Miss
Tenant; Lord and Lady Charles Clinton; the
Bishop of Ohio and Mrs McIlvain: Count de Sire.
| leck; Sir William Gore and Lady Ouseiey; Sir
James Duke; Lady Chantrey; Sir Henry, lady,
and Miss Holland; Alderman and Mrs. Thompson;
Sir John, lady, and Mise Wilson; Major General
Sir Archibald McDougall; his excellency Senior
and Madame Osma; Sir Charles and Lady Fox;
Sir Robert, lady, and Miss Garden; Sir Peter Law
RE and Miss Lawrie; Mr.. and Mrs. James Morri-
son; Mr. Charles Morrison; Sir Henry Ellie, British
Museum; Mr. VIM. Brown. M. P, and Mrs. Brown;
| Mr. B Oliviera, M. P, and Mrs. Oiiviera; Mrs
and Miss Usborne; Sir Woodbine and Lady Pa
risb; Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Sturgis. and Miss
Surgis; Mr., Mrs., and Misses Leslie !; Mrs D
Boot and Misses Boott Madame Pipon; Mr.. and
Mrs. Grattap; Mr.. Gardner, M. p, and Mrs.
Gardner; Capt., Mrs, and Miss Schenley; Mr.. and
| Miss Hargrave; MIR. Horatio Ward Mr.. Dillon;
| Mr.. M. b. Sampson; MIR. and Mrs Lampson; Mr..
George Lampson; Mr.. and Mrs. Rodger; Mr.. J. C..
Pickersgil; Col. and Mrs. Stars Mr.. and Mrs At.
knson, and Mas Grafton; Mr.. Senator Foot, of Yer
mont; Mr.. Henry Stevens, of Vermont, agent Smith
sonan institute; Hon. II. B Kings; Prof Young,
| Dartmouth College; Prof MorreIl Wyman and
| Mrs Wyman, Harvard College; Prof. FELTON,, Har.
ward College; Prof. Jeffrics Wyman and Mrs
Wyman; Mr.. T. b. and Mrs Curtis, and Miss
| Curtis, Boston; Mr.. C. P. and Mrs. Curtis, Bos.
! ton; Miss Bigelow, Boston; Mrs. and Mrs j. K.
Mills Boston; Mr. George b Blake, Boston; Mr..
and Mrs Morgan, Boston; Mr.. T. B. Lawrence,
| Boston; Mr.. Prescott, Bost on; MIR. John Heard,
| BOSTON: e. min
| Rev. DR.. Croker, Providence; Mr. Edward 8.
and Mrs. Sherman Connecticut; Mr.. Martin Van
Buren, j., New York; Mr.. Governeur Kemble,
| New York; Mr. Governeur Paulding, New York;
Mr. :, Mrs., and Miss Gerard, New York; Captain
and Mrs Spencer and Miss Bruce New York;
Mr. and Mrs. Gar ner, New York; Mr.. and Mrs.
Clark, New York; Mr.. and Mrs. Allen and Mics
Brown, New York; Mr.. and Mrs. Perkins, New
York; Rev. Russell S. Cooke, New York; Mr. H.
J Raymond, New York; Rev. Mr.. Prime, New
York; Mr.: wainwright, New York; MIR. w. w.
Gilbert, New York; Mr.. Van Allen, New York;
Mr.. Hill, New York; Mr. Fighter, New York;
| Mr.. Robbins, New YORK; Mr.. b. w. Lee. New
York; Mr.. Bacon, st. Louis, Missouri; Mr. Frank
p Corbin, Philadelphia; Mr.. Franklin S. Fiske,
keene, New Hampshire; Mr.. H. G. Somerby,
Newburyport; DR.. and Mrs. Butler, Hartford,
Connecticut; Mr.. Mathew, consul, South Carroll
ma; Rev. Mr.. Dorr; Mr.. Reynolds; Mr.. Van Au-
kin; Mr.. Eaton, Baltimore. Is
Mr.. Peabody took the chair Mr.. IngersolI the
American Minister, with the Countess of Glasgow,
being seated on one side, and Bishop McIvain, of
Ohio, with Miss Wilcocks, on the other. Mr..
Henry Stevens, Mr.. J. P. Van Allen, and Colonel
I. Is. Lawrence, acted as vice presidents.
Mr. Peabody. in few well-chosen words, ex-
pressed the very great satiafaction which it gave
him to meet 30 many friends from the two great
nations, with both of which he 60 closely con-
nected, on euch an occasion. He said it had al
ways seemed to him matter of great Importance
that the people of England and America should, as
much as possible. be brought into relations of SO.
cial friendship, and nothing had ever given him
greater pleasure, during his residence here, than
the opportunities he had occasionally enjoyed of
contributing TO desirable result. He bad pre-
pared toast, in which he had endeavored to ex.
press the spirit he desired prevail and which
his friend the American Minister had very kindly
consented to read.
The toast was then read by Mr.. IngersolI, as
follows:
"Tae Queen: The President of the United States,
and the People Of the United States and the United
Kingdom-1he two great nations. whose common
origin mutual interests, and growing friendships,
serve to cement union created by resemblance in
language, liberty, religion, and law
This toast received with very great applause;
and after this had somewhat subsidized, Mr.. Ingersol
rose and addressed the company follows:
s'It has been my lot on most occasions since |
have been in England to meet society less inter-
national in its character than the one with which
we have the pleasure now to be united 1t has
been my good fortune to partake in email extent
of social intercourse. 1t has consisted of public
compliment and private hospitality. Whether pub
lie or private, compliment or hospitality, it has
been always influenced by amiabe feelings to-
wards our country, although exercised in imme.
diate relationship with her representative. These
friendly greetings have been extended for the most
part by loyal subjects of the Queen-by true British
hearts, met together on British soil Sentiments
of the utmost cordially have been uniformly mani
tested, and uniform aiacrity has been shown in a
ret fur kindness ucht tn he fol ha-
tween two great countries, almost identified az
they are by 30 many circumstances of resemblance
and sympathy. These occasions have presented
themselves when tendencies of regard on the one
side were supported by the many and the strong,
while single feeble voice alone could answer for
the tendencies on the other. The individual de-
mocracy of u stranger, and devotion to his own
distant land met with cheerfulness, collective in.
fluenCe, and numbers, in their ancestral home.
Personal merit and consideration were on the side
OF the many; feeling of just and becoming sens-
biity was not wanting, trust, in the individual.
''The hospitality OF our host has brought together
to day somewhat different company. Our coun.
try, as well as England. is largely represented
here. Hospitality with our open hearted friend is
a cardinal virtue. 1t ia dstin gushed not only by
its liberaty, but by the discriminating fitness of
its associations. Fortune, although commonly
painted blind is content to remove in his behalf
in more respects than one, the bandage from her
eyes. He has happily brought together, in just
equlpoise OF NUMBERS, his friends of each nation.
Strangers are made welcome by those " no are to
the manor born, and all are enabled to find them
selves agreeaby at home. They cannot fail to
avail themselves Of an opportunity to exchange, on
equal TERMS sentiments alike common to each, and
to perceive and 10 feel capacity for the cheerful
utterance of the strong, manly and harmonious
voices OF both nations together, No longer let it
be said that Greek meets Greek in the tug of war;
but Brion meets American and American meets
Briton-Anglo Saxon joins with Anglo Saxon
holding forth outsretched right .hand of fellow
ship in honorable emulation of reciprocal esteem.
Il shal not be considered too bold in claiming
liberal allowance for own peculiar weight,
in addition to that which ia derived from the actual
number of our representation. We are, perhaps,
entitled to it by the presence of who, to his ex
cellent qualities a citizen of the Republic adds
the peculiar and digni6ed recollection of having in
the not distant past presided over her councils az
her constitutional Chief Magistrate. 1t is the first
time that any one in that precise relation has quit
ted his native shores and sought the wonders of a
foreign land. To those who are familiar with our
Institutions and the practical working of them, the
position OF an ex President is sufficiently under
stood We have learned to cultivate their exis-
tence and to estimate their value. There is no
thing, perhaps in history exactly like it, To such
ne bear in mind the writing of Cicero would recall
certain alusions, not altogether inapplicable that
are found in the very beginning Of the Treatise
de Oratore. A class of persons is there described
as greatly blessed who in the fortunate periods of
the republic, after paraking of her honors and the