The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-10-24

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frankly said what we want
ed, asked nothing not right t.
ask, and 1 may ay, SO far as we haV
! gone. that all has gone we'll. and W
have every reason to think all will g
so to the end. What has been done
or left to be done, leave you t.
guess. In the language of HauC
Coke, I" Let this little taste suffice.
l have spoken at Sheffield, and else
where, of Special Industry. Here
Commerce is the theme. How com
prehensige the themel It holds il
It's grasp the world. finds mar
wherever he is. ministers to his wants
enables him to administer to those oi
his fellow beings, brings all the pro
ductIons of the world into the mar,
kets, explores the oceans, brings to
light the treasures of the earth, and
disseminates them through the uni
verse for the happiness of the race
1t does more. You may be-
\ You should be - the o pioneers
of morality and religion-to take
theags Missionary Bible wherever
man is. ana save tfe wide and wider
! spread creation of civilization.
/ You have done. more; you have
bridged the Atlantic, once an ocean
dangerous to pass, and. separated as
now, there is a bridge of boats upon it
over which you go in a few days with
| perfect safety from shore to shore.
/ This is a result of :Ol1t enterprise; but
then this is not all. By a Joint enter
prise you have aided US to grasp the
hand of friendship beneath the sea,
and heart beats In. unison to heart,
| though he waves be mountain high,
threatening destruction to all
Tif hin their reach. And we are
indebted for this marvel OF
the age to your wealth, enterprise and
skid; your engineers aud scientific
men, amongst whom, as well as | re-
mem Der, worthy of special mention
is Charles Bright, while in the House
Farraday and Morse, aided by
the never failing energy and never
despairing confidence of our country
man, Cyrus w. Field, have accom-
plished MUCH. How are we 60 dis
pute. how could we have the heart to
stop the career, to prevent the joint
skill which promises to be of so much
advantage and shower SO many bles-
ngs on the whole habitabie globe?
We expect to remain under the Gov
ernment we now enjoy; you ex-
pect S to remain under that
which you enjoy. They differ but N
form. The foundations OF each are in
those principles which are essential
to the preservation 81 liberty, The
great rights guaranteed by the Magma
Charta. The peace and security affotd d
ed by the great writ of habe0s corpus
al -. h = - IL
by jury, satisfy us that Through all
time, If we are true to ourselves,
our respective governments will ast
They may for a time be interrupted,
and there may be some error In some
portion of the oonstruction~Of each,
but that we will correct. We will be
out rstdefiling. / speak le with
men can speak, to the end
we will remain in unity. The unity
of my Government is, now estab-
lished. The unity of yours has new
er been threated, and God grant it
never may be. | conclude. there
fore. in the words of my American
poet, ..... -.,.,r -~.,..rs
."whfIe the manners aud the arts asaso
That mould the nations soul,
Still cling around our hearts,
/ Between let. ocean roii;- ~ vow
Yet, from either beach
The voice OF blood shall reach,
More tr audi6le thap speech,ri z7sias0
Mr.. johnson was heard throughout
with frequent aud hearty applause,
aud was vehementlyh cheered at the
close. .oss.ec soss - suoh
To the toast, Her Majesty's Min
isters,' Lord Stanley said:
Accept my warmest thanks for the
high honor you have paid me person
ally, and nv colleagues carrying on the
executiFe business of my country. Il
assure you the value of the compli
ment is not diminished ky theKfacts
that it is on this occasion, nor IL this
room, divested partisan sig
cance. We have all of us seea, /
fancy, within the last few weeks, and
shall have in a few weeks coming
rough party politics in. and Faevery
head were TO speak their minds, |
dare say many would say they have
! alrea ly had more than they care for.
/ The general principles on which the
external relations ofathls country are
/ carried on. no longer fall within the
! limits of political discussion. II i,
| the policy of England to respect the
rights OF the nations, the, weakest. as
! we'll as the strongest, as scrupulously
as we maintain our owu; to- study to
preserve 10 the first instauce the
peace of England, and next, as far as
/ lies in our power, the peace of
Europe and the civilized world;
i to seek no. narrow, selfish !, aud
exclusive object, but to consider
that even our material interests are
indissolubly connected with those
! neighboring nations who are our
neigh bOrS aud our customers, and ia
points of honor not to resent any real
1 or imagined wrong, but rather to wilt
ingly submit TO the dlspa ssionate ar
bitrament of some. competent tribu-
4 nal. Whatever claims we think we
have on others,1 or claims Others may
think they have en- US, these are the
general rules of 7con1uct equally &C
cepted by both. the G. eat political par
ties dividing this country, which are
equally ceriain to be carried out by
+ the foreign office, whether that
diplomacy is in my hands r
passes into the hands of the fol
lowers and colleagues of . ths.
eminent statesman who is en-
tertalned with me gas urguest to
night. 1t would be happy day for
England, for Europe, and for the
world, wheu-these ideas aud feelings
shall prevail / say when these. : hall
be diffused among the populations OF
those great nations of the continent
with whom we have so many. ties Will
this result be accomplished, and not
till then. Then shall be put away
| that greatest drawback on material
progress, that spot of scandal upon
the civilization OF Continental Europ pc; !;