Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-01-29
BANQUET AT LIVERPOOL TO TIE
AMERICAN MINISTER.
Speeches of ]. r. Ingerson and the Earl of
Derby. ts

Derby. F.
The mails by the steamer Europa, from Liver
pool, January sth, have arrived. On the 4th inst.
the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce gave grand
entertainment to the Hon. ]. X. Ingersoll, the A
merlcan Minister to that country, at the Adelphi
Hotel, Liverpool. Sixty men sat down to dinner in
the large room, which was tastefully decorated for
the OCCASION The chair was taken by Eyre Evans,
ESQ.,; the Hon Mr.. lngersol, the Earl of Derby and
Colonel de Rinzy being next upon his right, and
the Earl OF Seton and VIM. Brown, Esq, NJ. P, sit
ting on his left. The Mayor and the st,pendiary
magistrate sat opposite the chairman.
lnresponding to the toast of his Honor, Mr.. In
gersol the American Minister, after eulogizng the
city of Liverpool, proc to set forth some of
the results of the constantly increasing intercourse
between the United States and England, and to
speak OF the ties, arising from common origin,
commerce, &C. Weextract passage or two:
"It is within the recollection of some indvi,lu-
ais now living that the first parcel of cotton from
America was brought believe, into this port 1t
took some time before the people Lelieved that it
had been grown in America. That little parcel
has since grown to 100000 bales year. Eng
land receives two thirds of this quantity or 2OOO-
0Uo DaleS' ana our OWL country consumes the rest
I'M, rms is one bond of union (Applause.) We
nave l9'ooo vessels engaged in the traffic between
/ O.UU n
tonnage-by which vessels which are the trans
porters fevery species Of commerce between the
one country and the other, bridge is almost built
between one country and the other, and we are as
near as IS possible TO be- Notwithstanding that the
ATLANTIC rolls between us. (Applause.) But there
are other sources of interested intercourse You are
capitalists. we men of enterprise. Your capital
the accumulation sometimes of a generation OF here
dltary wealth, sometimes of prudent economv
sometimes of abored industry, seeks yestment nm
the other side OF the Atlantic, our enterprise seeks
capita! here, and the one and the other are thus
mutual assistance and advantage and wi ich tend
to foster the best of good will. These are some of
| the circumstances which couple us together: lint
| there are other circumStances-more iuportant
| Which round the heart are woun',
| And cannot, will not be undone
| ''our daughters are married to your sons orr
sons are married to your daughters. A copstau
communication between these c1untreS of affec-
non' blood ana marriage subsis, and thus The ties
are rendered almost sacted-(applauSef-to break
them would be like Introducing connection distur-
oance, and civil war, the worst of wars into either
OF our countries, the one side or The other of t,
Atlantic Now, with all the inducements and rea-
sons Tor harmony and good will is it possible that
there should Sul,SSt anything but that sort ~ good
feeling between US! We are derived from the same
| race and spe ak the same language-our ancestors
are not precisely the same, but the individuals who
framed our form of government who framed the
Constitution of the United States ms il has stood
from that hour to this without alteration were nj
one time British subjects and became only by The
separation OF two great Countries, citizens of anoth-
er empire. They gave to our constitution and laws
system, an order derived from Great Britain
which had grown up in Great Britain during I'M.
course OF centuries, which had its force and has
now Its permanence from the stability il acouired
neie' \apPiauSe.) Ii there were advantages
when united government, there came other ad-
vantaSes as independent governments afterw,rd
al the immense Government which subSists in
tiaue. anu the mutual Improvements which we de-
IFe rom each other IN even the occasional inter
poShions OF forgotten language smong you, which
you considered abSolete, but We have preSeryed
anu sometimes phrases which you thought extraor
ulnary at hrSt, but were alterward kind enough to
auoPt-(laughier) thus mutually to reciprocate
KlndnesSeS oiall sorts, in those respects winch
perhaps were least expected from the other side of
the Atlantic" "
Alludlngto the question of the Fisheries, Mr.. In
gersoll said:
Z" But 1t has been expected upon this occasion
mat some little alluSiGn should be made, and
know | can without impropriety to circumstances
which tranSpred, in which a point was made or
departure from the good will which has so long suh
sisted, and which l trust may subslst for eyer
EhrplauSe.) AM not going to discuss any subject
mat is or may be at issue between the Iwo conn
tres. | know of 10 issue that can be between
theSe TWO countries that can lead to otherwise than
the most honorable and pacific .esult, (Loud an
plause.) we have seen on both sides of the At
lantc notice taken of some little matters of isnute
which did occur few months sincc-we have gen
itnouced in the House OF Peers of G reat Britain
we have seen it noticed in the House of Commons
OF dreat braln-we have seen it referred to in the
message of the Presdent-aud all with feelings Of
that sort which cannot possibly lead To onv hin
out The most agreeable and harmonious result Ru}
why should 1t have been for moment that there
should have been feelings Of illwll, or even some
thing worse than i'll. will-tendencies IN bost;l;,
between us! 1t consisted of certain colonial as
SertlonS and rights, those rights at one time benp
III common between the two countries and helm,
precisely the same as were secured by the treaty Of
1883, and continued until war broke. out between
the two counties.
Ihen treaty took place, and it was only in af-
Ter years that these difficulties occurred which
trust VIII be reconciled, because on all occasions
wren these subjects have been alluded to- other
subjects have been introduced, winch will make il
one oil mutual benefit in the result What is The
reason that when we are settling this matter of n
mere fishery, much broader view cannot be taken
OF the "holc subject than has been in England and
america! w ny should not a commercial treaty. he
founded upon (which should be beneficial to both
co"n!rles, and especially those colonies more i'm
medlately interested i'll regard to the fisheries2
lApplauSe Besides, it is all but impossible TO sun.
pose That the colonies will not be greatly the gain
ers by Il commercial intercourse in winch thew will
participate IN more largely than my body ese-not
having III themselves the materia Is of manuCncture
grams, oreadstutfs, on the one hand while they
nave the TIMBER the coal and the fish, if you please
on the other"
MT. lngers2ll closed as follows:
III has been said by the Chairman that We speak
one language. tie can scarcely be more extend
ed Than this by the social intercourse which we
happen to have, by facilities in the conrse of bus;
ness-by all who make us the same except the dis
lance OF place-by the frame OF our Governments.
founded alike on constitutional freedom on. undi
vlded people. trust in sentiment and heart we
SHAH continue so TO the end of time, and whenever
circumstances Shall render it necessary for one IN
come to the assistance and relief of the other. as
we nave done IN those instances upon thr oceon a.
the savage banks OF Congo-as we: have seen them
illustrated where ever occasion called them forth
shall see them illustrated tc the end of time
when You |, and all will rejoice IN one flesh one
brotherhood, and pne friendship between 2,taot
Britain and the United States OF America. [Ap
plauSe.1 tAp0