Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-11-25
THE SPEECH or SIR. ADAMS.

AT the lord mayor dinner, the lord mayor,
in proposing the toast OF the diplomatic body,
coupled with il the name OF the AMERICAN
minister, and at the same time assured hlm
that his country had the sympalhies not only
OF the city o. London, but OF The whole Brit
ISL people. He also expressed most ardent
desire LOT the speedy settlement OF tile pend
ing difficulties.
Ma ADAMS, the American minister, who
was most cordially received, responded to the
toast. After eXpatiating in general terms on
the duties OF diplomacy, and claiming tor the
present system OF plain and straig hilGrwaId
negotiation great advantages over the lriekery
and ta!sehood OF BY gone age, Mr. Adams
SAID =
81 say that l prefer to adopt this latter
theory, on my coming in as Il member OF the
diplomatic corps, because l should scarcely
know now 10 act upon any other. In America
we are SO used 10 speaking what we tIlink,
perhaps wtlh too much freedom, and have
got into suCu habit OF II that L should not
be fit to play my part here if were expected
by my employers 10 say what l. did not
mean. Cheers Permt me, then, to assure
you that my man object has been and is, 20
endeavOr 10 continue and p<rpetuate the
friendly relations that have So long existed
between the two countries. Cheers. Indeed
| see Tie strongest reasons why they should
never be changed Cheers.
10 be sure there are many points III which
we materially disagree, and there will be PEG
ple both sides whose disposition will be to
magnify llIeut Yea do NOT approve our de-
moclacy. We do not appreciate your distnc-
t0ns Of rank. You think US altogether too
free and easy in our ways. We consider you
as far too sun and stately. All this may be
So and yet so long as there is broad ocean
between rs, | see no reason why We may not
hi, WlthDut risk
difficulty. On the other hand, i perceive
many aud vastly higher particulars III which
we harmonic. Cheers Surely 1t must be
remembered that with only the exception OF
the last eighty years, we Claim 10 be Jomt her
itors with you in all that Is great and noble in
your past history. Every bold stroke Tor lib
erty, whether civil or religious, is matter OF
pride Tor US as il is Tor GU. Magma CAarta Is
Il common landmark Tor us ALL and ii from
this | turn to the field of literature, or Of
science where | ask is there great name i'll
England which is not equally yenerated IN
America.
1t was but the other day that l took little
trip 10 the banks Of our little river Avon to
visit the birthplace and last resting place Of
your great poet, aud there | found on the rec
or1s of the pilgrims who 90 to that shrine, that
great proportion are from America Cheers.
Soamong tie philosophers we find no greater
thurity than Newton, and II may he permit
ted to come down 10 your own municipal
itY OF LOudon, there Is not street, nor an
alley, nor Il lane, which is not scrutinized with
eagerness by nay c0untrymen Un account of
their associations with persons and events Of
which they have read at home in the historical
or the literary productions Of the mother
country Cheers
Neither Is there a deed of heroism recorded
here mat does not elicit lis tribute OF applause
in theremotest hamlet ol the western hemls-
phere. have myself met with the story OF
Grace Darling's courage stuck up IN the
small public room OF an ma IN an obscure
American town. So the example OF sell de-
Yotion of your Florence Nightingale lcieersI
has raised the admiration aud stimulated The
ardor OF imitation OF quite as many Of my laIr
countrywomen as il has dune OF her own
And perhaps may be permitted here To make
an ausion 10 higher character 50 Tar as 10
say that through the breadth OF the United
States, from sea to sea, The name Of her
majesty the queen is held in the highest hon
or. Cheers. Not because she is queen.
No that is not the reason tor there have been
many queens whom We do not admire al all,
but because, while pattern as daughter aud
an example as Il wife and u mother sue rules
like christian sovereign over a noble people.
loud cheers.
Ii is tiren a community OF descent, of Ian
guage OF literature, of sympathy in all that is
good, and noble, and true, that teaches the
lesson of harmony between our respective