New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-24
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In proposing the fourth regular toas., be alluded TO
the horotsble position winch their chief guest occu-
pied IN this country and st home. Long may he De
successful In removing every Of ofica..y be-
tween the mother and daughter. He would give:
"Ber Na;,.t, Misnt-r, a,d their RcprocnlIin II tss
Corrry.-
The tosst was drunk with much eclst.
Lord Napier, in rising 10 respond, said;
MR. CHtIRMAs AsD GENrLFsEN: IL rising TO re-
spotd TO the preeent tosst, permit me to thsnk you
for this newed opportunity which you have grant
ed me OF meetirg my countYmen and 80 large
a repre- septstion of the citizens Of New.Yotk. II
is mutual satistion for'us, j trust, 10 draw closer
the Ties of nationslity and good fellowship. l
feel the pleasure. experience the benefit OF escspag
from the ergrossing politics! concerns OF Washington
AID mipging with the industrial movement and prac-
tical Intelligence of this great metropolis When
bad the honor of addressing you yesr sgo We hsd
recently ssued from a great war, by REASONABLE
pesce, ard il was ustura! TO suppose inst We might
enjoy the fruits OF exert.ons and sacttices IN
pe riCd Of unbloken ep)se and unchequered prosperity
You know how those expectstions have been ifus'
trs.ed We have passed through the tires OF great
afiction. Il hss been said that country happy
whose history is dull; brt, gentlemen, we nave
little experience of that sort OF felicity which
connected with stagnstion. We repudlste the s)rdd
safety OF isolated and IDLE Power. IL IS the
boast Of England 10 be embarked on course
OF ubiquitous activity snd urceanns progress.
We believe that purposes are good, that
our actions are honest, that our work de,
serves, on the whole. the commendation OF men aud
tie favor OF Providence. Ii Is certain however tnst
this crowded aspiring career csnnot be pursued
without uia and peril, without the vclsstudes oil
good and evil fortune. We have learned again that
danger must be encountered, that errors must De
corrected that the precipitation ana injustice OF
other times and other agents Will stu dehshd taeH
eyeptual eypiaiOn. II IL not my part 10 expse hets
on our prolonged agony snd unparalleled triumph
This very dsy have learned thatthe fastastc iso
rc of bar empire. supported by deuson ana des
pair hss crumbed under thuDders of the British
= thutt that nd A.
toLs Of horror and anguish, OF faith, OF tenderness
ard gorys vanishing away leaving TO US the dut!es
of mercy and the task OF restOra,lCn. GOi loroiu,
gentlemen, that should eXeuuste the cruet!eS Nhch
have been committed that | should undervalue the
sufferrgs which have been endured. We VIII never
forget the young, the Innocent the tar tue brave VINO
have trodden the darkest road which ascends 10
Immortality. Onr loss has, indeed, been gfeVious'
but onr cor solstions have been great. We possess
the virtues of the departed. We possess those exam
pies of piey fidelity patience and heroism which VIII
be laid up Il brightest treasures OF time ana we
possessed friend III the hour OF triouiatlOh' "hen
the gloom had gathered most thickly then voice OF
comfort ard encouragement burst from the American
people. That tratert al voice, ana us tone WIZ
not soon expire in the grateful memory oil England.
Gentlemen, on this occasion, IN the presence oi my
respected colleague, and u that OF 50 many Ot MS
coIntrymen cannot pass over IN silence the recent
uncn of the future sovereign of Prussa win daugn
ter of our Queen. Why 10 it, gentlemen, that this
union has reused such wide and warm emotouS Ia our
and ureciOus destnies have been offered to beng
pan, heaven with the prayers aud aspirations Oh al
true German and British hearts Not only because
this alliance is natural go equal 80 ausplctousi nOl
only because il is the work OF spontaneous impulses
arG the reward of parental virtues not only because
il has rent asuDder the vail which haugs between the
ioys and sorrowJ Of the humble and the great; anu
blended all in the universal circle OF domestic loSe'
More than this The union to which allude has be-
come the gentle symbol OF that profound an ancient
sympsthy which, Notwithstanding the disturbances
o coten porary politics. still prevails between the
nstiors of Germany and England; lnat sympatny
is founded in the deep and durable engagements OF
the past We trace il in our common 0irtn, our COM
mon faith our kindred thought, cur confederate arms
in our Standards, always panted EIDE by SIDE; IN the
recollectons Of the great FredercS ana the tecoec
tiops of the great Duke, the soil OF the German
fatberand moistened by our mingled blood. Nor are
these imperishable features OF our mutual history re-
membered IN spirit of aLlmosty or spirit Oh e1uts
ton. They calmly and proudly cnerished as the
besls OF a generous affection. We preserve these
memories as We the armor and the trophies O
cur ancestors for glOrynOt Tor Ohencei ana surely,
gentlt men, there is something peculiarly sighlcsht
in this cordial greeting OF all the members OF the
German family on the territories OF the United States
II m Europe we look back 10 united psst, here
we have the picture of associated iu' ure THelYe
centuries have gone by since Germany sent her en-
terprisirg swarms to Buppant the primitive p0pus-
tion of the British Isles In this vast interval We
have on separate scenes, enacted our respective
missions in lsbo IN science, IN letters ana IN PoA-
tics; but here We stand, at length, at tue time
ana on the place of an appointed reassembly lou
Who iuhabt the City OF New-YOrk are the constant,
and not the indifferent, spectators OF this ceaseiess
movement. You preside at the gates through which
the German ana British people are being poured
through into the vast spectacle OF future nations iou
guard YOU teach, YOU relieve, you employ the desu-
tue eIierept the forlorn and unconscious instrument
IN Mighty and benevolent dispeDsaton; you pass hun
or his children on to q new and, we nope, napier
existence. Gentlemen you have done me the hOGor
tyith
Maiesys ORE sent advisers viii not tail TO carry 10
them the respects and good wishes OF the British
community OF New-iork, and OF the guests VINO
have ioned in the present commemoratioh' her NAY
estvs Minister wI certainly not be nsensible TO sutn
a marx of courtesy and regard. There are lew En'
elishmen who have not some connection, hereditary
or PERSONAL with political party, and even foreigners
may see in ministerial reIatlons the trluHipn
or defeat of principles and measures 10 wnch they
are attached We stand, however, apart from toe
scere OF conflict ano regard 1t with comparative lih-
partialty Absence and distance from our country
have something OF the mOderalng influence "hcn
Leonps 10 the lapse OF time. Maintaining our deIo
ton 10 the principles Of monarchy to the person vo
our beloved sovereign and to legislative ana eXe'u-
tive institutions working in conformity VITA tue popu
lar will We may all recognize tnat the TWO gioal PaI
ties which alternately sway the destlnes OF England,
possess in their fruitful ran ks WHO are worthy "
enjoy the honors aud direct the energies o the state
Botn have successfully laoored on the ednce oi ouI
national prosperity. But whatever may De .ne
oist,nctiops between Palmerston and a Der
nv Administration in the sphere OF d0mes-
tcc noiitics or on the amper scene OF
@ oreigp and Colonial affairs there is pOHt in which
the policy Of the present Cabinet will strictly coihcde
with that Of their predecessors IN seeking to mantan
the most intimate ana friendly relatiJ Jns with the
Tni,ed S,stes The pslt which sm called upon to
take in this ssutsry work is OF subordinate and
d,puted character yet need not tell you that where
nv eorts and cOunsels be properly employed they
snail be increasingly directed toward an oolect 10
which my convictions, my ambition, ana my neart
are equally involved. Thhre are still emoarrasT-
rosn,s in the relations of our Governments whlcn
hang UPON the ready cordaty Of the two nations ana
cloo the flow of that mutual and public sa,l.ia''Vn