, 1864-05-08

at times received great many letters from
gentlcmsn In that country, and one Of then
did Say there were several penalties ehouli
hare to pay, and he thought one qf them VI,
that nearly all the children would be called
after me [LauehteE] Well, If thts and M
wo1ld happen, are true, am. think, verJ
prudent in stay ing in this county. / hare
neyer been In America, hut for the last t1Irty
years, which Is long time to look back TO-
have had very strong Wfsh to go there
nut most Of US Englishmen lind We have, in
ine management ot our business, go much te
40 that six months absence is not m easg
thing to accomplish. Englishnen are, I viii
not cay more attached, but much more Fled
to their homes thnn Americ yns arc, .UoWey.
er, whenever Mr. Field is able to tell as tia,
the war Is over, that the Union is restored
and TINT there are none but freemen On bis
continent, [hea1, herr; then, Il ycouid b ouIy
q few years younger than am at Ill likely t.
be, might be induc. to promise TO nav yon
visit. Hear, htar.l
i do not knor how many Of the f1fty OF
sixty gentlemen lere assembled are EngiIsb.
men, or low many OF them arc American. II
Is not u al necessary to discriminate, but Il
isworthy Of notice that you could not tell
one from the other. EHear, hear,1 That IL
not remarkable, for those who were our an.
cestors were also y0ur ancestors; but 1t is q
very provoking thing that there ehould be
people who "ould make US foreigners and
strangers to each other: [Cheefs~] I an
sure It would be possible to go through the
United States and select number of Amer
cans and Englishmcn equal to the fifty or
sixty now in this room, and ii you put them
together you will find the one-half Of them
inst as we'll disposed to the other half a ne
aIe to each other, and just as able to enjoy
tho good things prepared for them. There
would not be among them the slightest dis.
position to quarrel [Cheera.1 They would
begin to think that all the abuse they had
heard OF each other was false, and the lies
and the shameful calumnies to which creat
newspaper here and great newspaperin New
be regarded. Loud cheers.1 There a.e
some persons In England who are verg 5cal-
ous OF America 1t is too big, they think, to
govern iiselL They citizens Of country
that rules en- empire Of 160 millions Of people
some thousand miles away, have most pro-
so millions is really too large for America to
govern. Cheers md lauyhter.I This ua-
it. '~@-0
Although re arc not at wur. the var In
America is producing unfortunate results to
one Branch OF our commerce in particular,
aud Is stirring up memories which had better
been buried forever (Checrs.l From all
this comcs-from men, come partially jeno.
rant, some suspicious men OF CONTRACTED IN
tel!ect, ignorant Of what makes the great
md true glory OF nations-a great jealousy
OF me United States. It was In ancient times
considered tue great glory of q State to plant
powerful colonies, and they did not glory the
lees In them because they became independ-
ent. lHear, hear, and cheers.T Thus the
United StAtcs have been our colonies. They
arc now truly an Independent nation, hut
still they are our colontcs What can BE-
more contemplate than feeling Of 3calousy
nj The ffTRAf n43fnto n1r t...-
ed on the other side of the Atlantic, In the
face Of ali We are taught in history to value
as great and gloriousl ICheers. We have
achieved whatever glory is involved in carry
Ing that which is good in this country to q
higher point than any other country In his
We have lately heard a great deal of the
advantages of m universal language; but
when look upon the United Suites. with a
population Of Thirty millions Of people, with
peace restored, with Government re estab.
lished, With schools and classes enough for
INC general md religious education Of the
years TINT population will grow to such de-
gree that even In the lifetime of our children
we shall have the English Language suoken
by one hundred millions OF free people
lCheers.] What magnificent contemplation
that Is. Loud cheeM.] II I chance to 60
further, to the Australian colonies, there. too.
are our institutions, and there the ENGLISH
language Is spoken as 1t is in tbs United
States. And then IT I come to our vast de-
pendencies In the East, inhabited by l5O, ,0oo,-
00 ot people, among all Of whom the Eng
shall hare the educated people Of Hindostan.
In the course 20 or 50 YEARS, should the
connection continue SO long, also speaking
n our tongue; Hear, hear. In South At
Fica too, the English language is making ia
way; SO that this language. In. which the
men who erer lived have written
and spoken, is being universally extended, by
Ihe Z help OF commerce and civilization, until
Z promises to belt the world. fCheera,7
THIS being SO, I want TO know why men viii
Keep up spirit of cavfl and of jealousy be-
tween the two nations. I cannot conceive
my n IT man more thoronghl7 an enemy, not only
Than lie who lends himself to create aud Keep
litve this animosity between the United
States and this more ancicn. English nation.
Cheers.