The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-18
The Regular Toasts.

i. Inc FreSident OF the United States. ~
2. The Senate of the United States
3. The Governments Of Foreign Nations which
have contributed to our Exhibition.
4. Prince Albert the originator of the Great
Industrial Exhibition of 1851.
5. The Foreign Commissioners who have hon
ored US this day with their presence
6. The Governor of the State of New York
7. The Governors of our sister States.
8. The Commissioners from the other States in
the Union.
8. The Fraternity of Nations.
10. The City of New York
IL. The Arts of Peace. ,s s
IL. The Judiciary. gpe +F
-. The Army and Navy of the Uaited States.
IA. The American Institute and it's kindred
pioneers in the cause of American In
dustry @
Is. The Press ,.r
At about ten minutes to nine o'clock the cloth
was removed, and the intellectual part Of the
banquet was begun by Mr.. SEDGwIcK, who rose
and introduced the first regular toast in order, as
follows: asit ~ ~&84l
"GENTLEMEN: In asking you to fill your glasses
to the first regular toast, feel that am unequal
to the task, to preface it, us it ought to be pre-
faced ia IN compliment to our distinguished guests
that are with us tonight, individually and col
lectively. From the gentlemen who, on this side
of the Atlantic, first put their confidence in us,
and extended to our enterprise every encourage
ment in their power, to those who have come
forward to greet us, from all parts of Europe, our
acknowledgements are Justly and emphatically due
lApplause.] TO the press of the United States,
gentlemen, are we under especial obligations.
lCheers.] repeat, gentlemen, it is utterly i'm
possible to select from the toasts, collectively or
individually, any becoming preface; but our ac-
acknowledgements are due to those English gentle
men who have come from the other side of the
Atlantic, and submitted to the annoyances to
which they have been subjected in order to rem
der us material assistance in reaching the point
to which we have at length come. Applause.
have thus endeavored to convey feeble express
sion of our acknowledgements in the fewest possible
remarks, gentlemen feel that the best acknow-
ledgment can make in the presence Of SO much
genius and intellect we have here this evening
is to say MS little as possible Applause. But
must be permitted again, before sitting down, to
invite your attention to the first regular toast 1t
is often said, gentlemen, that loyalty is an Euro
pean instinct, and finds no expression on this side
of the water. Loyalty is one of the most deeply
planted feelings in the human breast The soldier
recognises it in his flag, and the lover owns it
for his mistress The Englishnan is loyal, right
loyal to the Queen The American, my friends,
wherever winds blow him, or waves drive him, is
at all times loyal to-the Union. Applause
Gentlemen, you have here tonight the head of the
Union, lmore applause La gentleman who, in the
presence oIillustrious foreigners we may well be
pardoned, ifwhatwe owe him, as, from gentlemen
SCAllCHtll, VIC have Inpcr1cCLlY ana with dill
Guilty conveyed. What we oweto him as President
OF the United States, and for the libcrality and
courtesy he has Shows in order to associate with u.s.
in our enterprise it would pain me to say. Permit
me gentlemen then, by preface to the first regular
toast-good Anglo-Saxon on the other side of the
Atlantic and well naturalized here:
"Ihe President Of the United States-God bless
him." Prolonged cheering.]
After the uproar had somewhat subsidized, Presi-
dent PIERCE rose and responded as follows:
ssMR. PREsIDENr AND GENTLEMEN: In rising to
respond to the sentiment which has Just been pro-
posed, my own thoughts, / confess, dwell on cir
cumstance which mars-and, SO far as my know
ledge extends, the only circumstance which does
mar-the festivities of this occasion refer to
the absence, gentlemen, of Lord Ellesmere. [Sen-
sation] Grateful as we all are that he came
among us, how much more gratifying is it to re-
fleet that he came not alone, great cheering but
that he brought his family to grace and honor the
Inauguration of your Palace. More cheering.]
Sir, Cunning to President Sedgwick) should
never be forgiven should fail to pay my respects
to another gentleman who has paid SO many COM
pliments, have sometimes thought hardly de-
served, to our countrymen--a gentlemanwho, if his
reputation reposed solely upon the accomplish
ments of science, would stand at the head of sci
entific men, But his reputation, Mr.. President
and gentlemen, rests upon those broader and am
pier grounds which have added greatly to the
sources of human knowledge. Great applause
You understand me that | refer to Sir Charles
Lyell. More cheering.] Amazing the thing
may seem, gentlemen, learn for the first time,
from him, that although are within eleven
days-nay, nine days. as am informed-by your
ocean steamers, learn that n distinguished ma
chinist, who has come to this country to attend
your exhibition, has but Just ascertaincd, at the
city of Lowell, the fact that though his country
men are five hours in advance of us in the mould
ing of iron, we five hours in advance
of them in the cutting Of wood. A striking
fact this, that the United States and England arc
now, with the wonderful application of steam,
only nine or ten days apart. 1t is thus, by these
exhibitions, that we compare tho mutual progress
of nations; each finding out how far it is behind
or how far before its neighbor. While we return
thanks to all the nations of the earth who have
their representatives with us here to-night l am
sure gentlemen will unite with me in the hope
that, in all coming time, we shall have no rivalry
between and them (cheering1 other than tho
rivalry that shall spring up from anxious and
honorable purpose to promote human happiness
and peace and good will among men," .7i ~
President Pierce sat down in the midst of the
most uproarous applause.
The Chairman next said: a.ftIsV .t.rss s,,.
"Gentlemcn, we are not to forget that the Pre-
sdent is not here alone tonight. There are other
gentlemen standing close around him who assist
him i'll the arduous task which he discharges, who
have also done us the honor to be present at our
inauguration, and are here tonight. shall give
MIR. Guthrie" [Applause.l ,i.',
Mr.. GUTHRIE said: fsass B..tssr
"Fellow-citizens, though have been public
speaker for nearly forty years. never abashed
before. What can one from the banks of tho
Ohio, a new State, offer here to this assemblage,
in commomoraton Of the industry of all nations
In commentator of tho acts of peace, the merits
of religious and political sentiment, the extension
of commences, the extension of agriculture, the
extension of manufactures, the extension Of arts