Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-10-07
.R EuCHaRAN IN SCOTLAND

great banquet was held at Glasgow on tbs
oth ult-, in commemoration of the inauyura.
ZION OF Baron Marochetti's statue of the Oncen
which ceremony took place during the dow
among the many distinguished guests present
on the occasion, was the American Minister
MI Buchanan, who, in response to a toast in
honor Of the United States, rose and said.
cannot feel myself stranger in q stranoa
country IN the presence of this COME,
lhear ] feel that am in the presence IS
relatives and friends, and am glad thai ~,
Inele accident L happened to be here ON tb;s
cultivate the arts in America lint nc | he 70
taste TASTE 10 admire them; and the statns of ,ba
1911 lnat was disclosed to the WONDERING and
A. eyes Of the people of Glasgow TO-
-a;;o- produce a warmer feeling of ADM
- Az Il the minds Of my artistic friends than
u In my own mind, rude as it is in m.tters
of the kind. ApplauseI
ahu why should feel myself strar ger in
strange land here We sneak the s,fne
language, we real The same books we worshIn
a1e same tod, aid the distinguished au hors
VI scotland are as familiar as hons hold
VOLS 10 the whole population of America
onhu oorn IN the greater portion ii he
united States OF America has as good = ri,,bt
~ receive a common school education &c no
naS 70 breathe his native air and drink If the
s. Vi DIS native country; and the PIE "
uns anu vi ecoit, the r0inances of your dis
ungulshed novelisis and the works of ,rm,
distinguished historians, are read from, r.. ~
:antlc 10 the Rocky Mountains Hear hoa.t
nave mover been in Scotland before i,,t T
Sohiess mad very strange reflections .pd
very agreeable ones, in travelling tb,ou,.L
"iasgow to day. You certainly are 80
people lou made the most furious ro;ds -
oygone tunes that ever were made bv mortal
Leu; anu these desperate conflicts have been
eaEobled, and all tie world has been ,na,a ~
understand their nature, by your poets and
noveilsts- But the better age of urilitv has
succeeded the age of romance, and | think
the most perfect specimen of that is in the rs.
necuon lnat there IS a steamboat now rlviny
on Loch katrine. Alas for poetry and re
nance after that daughter and applause
Win regard to the two countries. aitbouob
much has been done to make them enemies
ana although vexed questions have arisen to
eSIdnge theD, yet countries which God has
unl'ed, the folly of men cannot put asunder
tContlnued cheering And [ do trust and
nope and believe that all the clouds that have
oeen tor long time, and to some extent are
, ct lowering upon US, will be buried in the
ueep bosom OF the ocean. With Glasgow we
certainly have stronger ties than with almost
any other city IN the world, because | have
no douot that the citizens of Glasgow not only
entertain an affection for US, because we are
Done OF their bone, and flesh of their flesh. but
tney are trading people, and thew like GOOD
customers [''hear, hear" and laughter r
therefore trust and hope that the bonds of
mutual friendship which unite us and them at
present, and unite us both with the whole en-
pre- Oh ureat Britain, may become stronger
ana stronger, and may be perpetual. Pro
ionged applause.