Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1856-04-09
Speech by Mr.. Buchanan.
DINNER AT THe MANSION HOUSE TO THE uNTrI
STATES MINISTER.
From the London Times March II I

] IL
/ Dress entertained Mr.. Buchanan, the Ameri4
can Minister, and a select party at dinner in
( the Egyptian hall of the Mansion House, as a
mark of respect and consideration on the oc-
casion OF his leaving England as the repre-
sentative of the United States TO return to his
native country The company included,
among others, Admiral Lord and Lady Rad
stock, Lieutenant General Sir Harry Jonee,
/ Viscount Chelsea, VI. Z. Mr.. Miner Gibson.
/ NJ. p, and Mrs. Miner Gibson Lord James
Stuart, Sir w. Abby Sir Edward Deering.
VI p, Sir Walter B. RiddelI Sir I. H.
Maddox, VI p Mr.. Rice, VI p; Mr. What
( man, NJ z; Mr. Lee NJ p; Mr.. Lushington,
NJ p DR.. w. Mitchell NJ p Mr. Monckton
Mines, VI = 4; Mr j. Pitkincton, II p; Mr.
| Kershaw, VI p f; Mr.. Swift, NJ p (; Mr.. Chris
tie, her Majesty's Minister to the Argentine
Confederation ; Mr.. Wykeham Martin, NJ Z
Mr.. Bernal Osborne, NJ p; Mr. Henry Pow
nall, the Consul General for France, the Con-
suls General Fletcher Wilson, Uebeier, Heath.
and Mrs. Heath, PsichIri aud Ionides, &c
On the removal of the cloth. the usual loyal
aud patriotic toasts were drank, that of tho
Army and Navy having been responded to
respectively by Lieutenant General Sir Harry
Jones and Lord Radstock
The Lord Mayor then said, he had among
his visitors that evening distinguished gen
tleman and an illu'trious Statesman. the Min
lister of the United States CHEERS That
gentleman was about TO leave this country.
his successor to this court having been ap-
pointed, and being daily expected to arrive
among US. lie shoald have felt it a great
reflection on his nayorality and manifest
dereliction of duty, if be had omitted such an
opportunity Of showing that mark of respect
10 the Minister Of the United States which he
had it in his power to bcstow as the chief mag
istrate Of the city Of London. at all times
the citizens Of London had received, and he
trusted ever would receive with more than or
dinary pleasure. the representatives. OF tho
great transatlantic republic in this country:
and i was in that sense, and also because Q
was about to return to his native land, that
Mr Buchanan was peculiarly welcome to par
take of his hospitality. (Cheers.) lie knew
that he would carry with him shc best wish
es Of the people Of this country for his pros
perity in his own land, and he hoped he would
return there with no other than q kindly and
an abiding recollection Of the great people
among whom he had so long resided He
gave them the - health Of Mr. Buchanan"
CCheers.)
Mr.. BUcnAHAS-My Lord Mayer, ladies'
and gentlemen--i receive with profound and
ent company of the regard in which they hold
my country, for | do not attribute it to yself.
[ can gay, however, in all truth and sincerity.
that [ shall ever preserve grateful memory
of the kindness which I have invariably
ceived in England. l have yet to meet the
first English gentleman no has not treated
me as if | had been q countrynIan Of his own
Cheers [ say nothing Of the ladies, be-
cause l ought not to speak Of them, although
they are tie fairest part of the creation. l
shall carry home with me every sort of CRATE
full feeling toward the people Of this country,
among whom have never felt myself stran
ger. Speaking the same language, having
read the same books having bad Intercourse
with kindred free people, have always sp, =
ken my sentiments freely and respectfully ia
every society in which L have been; l hsyo
invariably found that English gentleman
treated me kindly, and if we differed in opin-
ion We have had fair argument and re have
alp ays parted in peace and friendship. With
regard TO the two countries what dreadful
misfortune it would be to the whole human
race if they should ever again be involved in
war Hear, hear. How it would injure-
and throw back the cause cf civilization and
human liberty! Hear, hear How it would
delight the despots of the earth to find these
two nations destroying themselves, and IN
that way destroying every hoped progress to
mankind Cheers. | hold it that there
can be no political slavery where the English
language is the language Of the country
! Renewed cheers 1t is impossible-and so
far from there being any Jealousy, so far
/ from It's being proper that there should be
any jealousy in either country as to the hon.
est and fair extension of the frontiers of either.
/ it ought to be considered a blessing to man
/ kind that they should have the opportunity of
extending their freedom and liberal institutions
f. over all the unsettled parts of the earth.
! TCheers. am sorry to say that, with all
! these feelings and sentiments, from the first
separation of the two countries there has unfor-
tunately, always been group of unsettled
questions is a cloud now impending
! over their relations but [ trust in God and
believe that that cloud will be speedily dissi-
pated, and that the sunshine of peace and
! friendship viii become more and more bright
between the two countries until all the dissen-
sions which ever existed between them shall
have passed away, and shall only live in his
tory as a record of the folly of two people
who could for moment suppose it possible to
engage in a fratricidal war. cloud Cheers. }
l thank you again for the cordial manner In
which you have responded to the proposal Of
my health, and l beg to assure you that
shall ever regard my residence in England as
one of the brightest periods of my life.
/ (Cheers.)
Mr.. MeNcKToN MILNEs, NJ P, briefly re-
sponded to the toast of the Houses of Lords
and Commons, proposed by the Lord Mayor,
Lord j. STUART, gave the health of the
Lord Mayor, which was drank with enthusi-