The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-09-18
Speech OF Capt, Hudson.

Alf speech OF Capt. Hudson az the Jersey
city banquet was admirable. n was in ro-
sponse 20 a toast complimentary 10 himself
and brother officers, and Ia thus reported &c.
rise here 10 make an apology rs best /
may, Tor the eulogium passed upon myaelf
and the officers Of the Niagara. We claim
90 have doEo nothing but our duty, (Cheersl
And We are not alone in that. The officers
Of the English navy have taken their whole
share IN the great work. (Cheers) And
the Qeeen, whom you have Just toasted, hiss
been first and foremost with the ATLANTIS
/ Telegraph Company, in giving all the aid
throughout the kingdom that lay in her pow
\ or. loud cheersl ! was rejoiced 10 hear
/ her toasted She is an honor 10 her sex aud
her sthtion-( (cheersl and, perhaps, the best
sovereign that ever sat on the British throne.
1 (Cheersl Orders we're given when We arriy-
ed in England 10 admit ~ into the dock
yards and TO do everything that was directed
or that We required done, They went further
[ than that. Liberties aud privileges were cX-
tended, and free access 10 their naVy-yards
WIS given 20 every officer Of the American
ships (chcersl privileges such ns we're not
allowed TO their own officers md believe
/ that there is feeling now IN England and
throughout England, more favorable 10
America than We have ever imagined or be-
licycd in this country, (Chccrsl They have
/ tNlUi'A IL w hll lIt lUitltnNIht WIN us -lN
their courtosIcs and IN their hospitnlitics,
They haYe len nn AtIne -unturned, no -meA-
sure untricd, for the purpose of making US
feel that We were at home And we were at
home, We knew no distinction, save that
We had not our families Immediately around
as. Some time ago We supposed, and per-
hnps IL might have been the case, that Eng.
land was little jealous of America. She
may have been jealous, but il was the same
jealousy rs that which gay widow manifests
when she sees paid 70 her daughter the at
tcntions which she deems due to herself -
daughter and chccrsD The widow, never
thcless loves her daughter, and 40 England
loves u.s. tChccrs.) | do not stand here as
apologist of Great Britain. stand here
simply to do her lustce--to render TO her
that Justice which is her due. In relation to
our own country and 20 every thing We have
had Ia do with her people in the work ofny-
ing this cable, We have simply done our duty,
and so have they. The credit belongs to the
engineers, the officers, aud the men engaged
in Il. We have not acted separately but as
unit. We knew no man as an Englishman
there, neither did we know any one as an
american there in the duty NC had to perform.
tChccrs.)
Gentlemen, we talk a great deal here Of
science. II is to be honorcd and honor IT,
IL adds to the happiness of mankind and to
the improvements of thc-agc in whic', We live.
and It is well worthy fall our homage and
prnisc. But we must not stop there. Look
NJ what has been done in the scientific world.
In London, previous to our leaving, the sa-
vans assembled at a yearly meeting gave to o
, member who read a .pnpcr-the best that bld
ever been read before tbcm--R gold medal.
40 YOU imagine what the coutd7its oi tiat
paper we're ? twas n demonstration Of the
utter impossbjlity and impractibility of over
laying the tclcgraphic cable down. (Chccrs
and dcrisi,c hugNcr) SciGntihcmc are too
apt in their Investigations and discoveries
to forget Him who is the great architect of
the Universe and claim for themselves what
is due to Him. (Appausc.) ! would take
occasion here to say that while we have
simply done our duty, We owe our success in
laying this cabc--nnd wish could send il
7 trgirTf1rt rTJTJ-yiii throughout the Universe
to an almighty and ovcrruling power
/ (Checrs.) We had evidences in and around
us while We were at the work, that we had
God with us, and hope we will say on all
occasions that "Unto him and not unto us be
all the praise
/ The Captains closing words were taken up,
in anticipation. by persons near him, and
rang through the building as he resumed his
seat. Loud and protracted cheering followed.