Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-08-05


sngton.--The Mayor Of Washington yesterday re-
ceived q communication from G.. w. Harrison, Al
dsrman Of the borough Of Wakefield, England, en-
closing address of the people of that borough to
the citizens of our metropolis, deploring that any
unfriendy feeling should exist between the two
countries and praying for the continuance of peace
and the restoration of good understanding. The
following is the letter Of Mr.. Harrison, accompany
ing the address, which, with the signatures, covers
q roll Of paper seventeen feet in length and con-
tanning more than thousand names
WAKEyIELD, 4th July, 1856.
TO the Right Worshipful
The Mayor Of Washington, United States:
HoSoRxD SIRl beg to herewith transmit to
you, for presentation to the inhabitants of the city
of Washington the address which has been signed
by the inhabitants Of the borough of Wakefield, In
Yorkshire England, and can assure you that our
anxiety for the extension of the feeling of peace
and good will between the various nations of the
earth land more especially between your country
and ours) is rather increased than otherwise; and
in the sincere hope that the God Of Peace will
speedily bring about better state of things in
these respects, am, on behalf of the parties who
have signed the address herewith sent, as well as
personally, yours most respectfully,
G. W. HARRISON, Alderman.
The following Is the address alluded to in the
letter;
To the Inhabitants of the City of Washington,
United States of America:
We, inhabitants Of the town of Wakefield, In
Yorkshire, England, desire to present you with a
few words of brotherly greeting and sincere good
will
We are the more anxious to do so at this time
In consequence Of the unsettled state of feeling
that has unhappily arisen between our respective
Governments. We cannot believe that the grounds
of this misunderstanding are such as do not admit
Of ready adjustment much less can we believe
that the peaceful relations 30 long existing between
us are about to be interrupted
We desire to cherish just sense of our frater.
nal relations with you. We feel that we are your
brothers and sisters; many Of us nearly allied to
those amongst you in the close bonds Of consan-
guilty; united also in language and literature and
most of all, in oneness of faith, fellow-beievers in
one Holy Redeemer, the Prince of Peace-alike
protesting desire to know and to do His will on
earth and to be His forever in one heavenly home.
And surely these aims can never be found to 40
cord with deadly strife between brethren united by
such ties.
We feel assured that, should mutual concession
be needful TO the maintenance of amity, the well
fare of both countries win be best promoted by its
exercise. We do not ask to lose sight entirely of
all pecuniary and commercial considerations these
have their Importance and we do not profess to be
wholly unnfuenced by them; but we are conf
dent that your interests and our own will be serv
ed, in an inconceivabe degree and in every sense,
by the continuance Of uninterrupted peace.
Permit US, them to plead with you to join us in
earnest endeavors to promote the perpetuity of
peace between the two countries, and, whatever
political differences may arise between us, to seek
their solution by arbitration.
May the bonds Of mutual fellowship and affection
between us be strengthened, and may our united
efforts be attended with complete success
JoHN GREGORY, Mayor of Wakefield,
@. w. HARRISON, Alderman,
and more than one thousand others clergymen,
magistrates, and citizens generally-male and e.
male