The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-04

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greatest and most didicuit OF ali projecE
BE and sue
The toast having been drank with applause, Mr..
John Bright, M; p, who was received with cheers
respond to the sentiments which have been sub
mitted to us, have certain anxiety with respect
the box on these premises through
every word which ] utter tonight be it wise
Of pc Il foolish win be Immediately transmitted with
worlds surface which we describe as the regions OF
tne settng SUM- but we are so entirely agreed there
y that nothing can BE- said that any
foolish q hasy ST. stsora SortSeote has I sub.
Great Britain and the United stasss which means.
presume that we are IN favor Of carrying on
time Of maintaining unbroken peace with the
that ssntmens ans sna 'as' that
OF tnose countries. There are those among us-for
there are cavaliers and critics everywhere-who
people s n ss nssa SS sre
load Of debt; but If these gentlemen would only
see how much allowance is to be made for
others. During the years that passed from
try wasns war war Wiz NJ nesn s
power The result Of that war ia the result Of what
every warts-great loads Of heavy taxes and growing
debt ana Intense suffering among the people who
had to bear the weight Of these burdens; but after
the peace during the twenty five years that passed
BY the government Of this country to alleviate
the grievous burden of taxation and to adopt
more original system Of apportoning the necessary
burdens OF the State upon the various classes OF the
people since 1S41, as we all know. We have seen q
revolution In this country with respect to taxation,
due to the exertons OF one who is not with US to-
night, but who would have rejolced as we now re-
Se the great which wv We are
! believe for generations to come will stimulate and
benefit the minds Of his countrymen. loud cheersl
to this country because, notwithstanding What we
see in the United States, it may be afarmed posi-
s that no rsmos psod ana Ssevs ~
enc y TIE entire globe Cheers; Although
struggling aud disaster Il was stil time Of indie
scrbable grandeur and has led to this great result
established universal permanent freedom over S the
whole continent OF North America. loud cheers)
But as IT was with our war so 1t was with the Amer
with grfevous loss, as in our own case with an
almost insupportable taxation and with a ruinous
Sear 1earbut at this moment and nd for s some time
that awful strife has been at an end and II may be
hoped that they are now beginning to reap beneficial
Of Improvement Is being firmly and certainly &C.
compshed. am sure that such a nation as the
not Sc Ssors 50 es
the evils, the plumbers and the burdens Of their tax
alton and their tariG.ihesr, hearl-that they win
much nation is advanced by freedom0of industry,
and that without that freedom freedom OF all other
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get that after all we are one nation, having two
governments; that we are the same noble and he.
rolc race; that half the English family Ia on this
side Of the Atlantic IN its ancient home and the other
half there being room for them here settled on the
vduai families have connections scattered over that
country No member Of my family, 80 far as know,
az
within the limit Of the United Kingdom. and the
u ny this kingdom. Hear. Sssr: maintain ia
that he ID an enemy Of the English race and an
slightest obstacle that will interfere with the ex-
istence Of permanent peace and friendship between
the members OF oar great English speaking family.
man VIII dare say the people Of the United
States and the people Of the United Kingdom are
any chance OF war between the two nationsq The
fact Is that In dealing with nations we do not take
our stand on the same basis OF morals AZ we apply
to our transactions with individuals Two hundred
years ago every gentleman went about with deadly
weapon In those days there were Of course treasons
In newspapers and magazines OF that period you
will find references to scandal OF that Kind. Now
nothing Of the KIND happens except to some limited
But we have great fleets and great armies through
out the nations Of Europe, and the moment anything
it Is asked, "How is the navy'" Have you men ~
Have you ornaments In readinessw Instead of
friendly c Negotiations turn to questions
should turn, as matter OF course, to acts OF
courtesy and friendly arbitration and settlement
Of our difficulties that would not In the slightest de-
gree lead men into the hostile attitude out OF which
war invariably springs. (Cheers.l But leaving that
ment and the toast which have been submitted, you
will permit me TO turn more Immediately to the sub
ject OF this banquet only for sentence or two.
joice very much that at this moment we are met to
has conferred upon us. and / believe upon
lCheers.l I have known Mr.. Field for many years.
dare say II there are any sailors here TO them II
will not seem much, but to me it seems much that
Cyrus Field, in the prosecution Of this great work.
not being q sailor, has crossed the Atlantic more than
forty inns, and he has, as you know, by an energy
courage that nothing can disturb, by . faith that
nothing make TO falter, and BY SACRIFICES beyond
WITCH For Meua are Lee Re has
relate to this meeting. Aided by the genius
OF discovery BY science and BY capital he has accom-
intelligence Of man have ever aspired. (Cheers.l
Soon after the successful laying Of the cable had
an or ns North "a 96rsnS TsS IL
liberty Of describing Cyrus W. Field as the Columbus
OF the nineteenth century-(hear hear)-and may I
in the almost fathomless recesses OF the ocean,
II It be given 70 the spirits Of great
to az The sa actions on ef
must the great spirit OF that grand old Genoese have
rejoiced at this triumph when new tie had bound
that world which he had discovered to the world to
which, but for him, It might have been even now un-
knownS tCheers) may say with all sincerity that
In our lives there are Joys and sometimes sorrows
that are too deep for uiterance and there are mani
fesatons OF the goodness and wisdom and the great
ness OF the supreme Being, and we can only stand
and look on and wonder and adore. (Cheers) But
OF human agencies we can more freely speak
honor the great inventors. In their lifetime they
have seldom received all the consideration to which
they are entitled. An old friend OF mine Ia one Of
them I speak Of Mr.. w. Fothergill. I do not see
him here, and he may not be present. "a voice. He
Is here. He Is here then, and hope he Ia able to
take consolation after this long and patient invest-
CATION from the feeling which he has seen exhibited
here tonight and nom the benefit to the
world that has sprung from the invention OF which
he certainly was one OF the discoveries. I
honor wheatstone and Morse and all those men of
science who have made these great discoveries pos
lchenrsl-M vast cargo. not DISCHARGED In any