New-York tribune., 1868-08-24
THE BOSTON BANQUET TO TIE CHINESE
EMBASSY

TIE SPEECHES or MIR. BuRLINGANE AND MR..
r. W. EMERSON.
The Boston papers bring the 1ul reports OF
the speaking at the city Banquet 10 e Nesc Eoassy
ut the St. James Hotel on Friday evening Mr. summers
.naech has already been given by the telegraph.
The first and secend regular toasts "The President OF
,he limited states" and "The Emperor Of China" were
responded TO by the band. on announcing the third
regular toast "The Chinese Embassy Mayor shurten
called upon the Hon. Arson Buringame 10 respond lie
was greeted with tumultuous applause on rising ana
spoke as follows
RESPONSE OF Mr.. BURLINGAME. .,,
In rising 10 respopd 10 what YOU have said and 70 this
fOTdial greeting, feel how utterly Inadequate -
10 meet the requirements Of tins occasion Events are
more eoQuent than words The presence here or my as
EOCiates with the sunshine OF the OieuI upon mn iu
aud the warmth OF It's fires Ia their hearts aIousts more
emotions than the eloquent tongue can express
lApplauscl The land OF Washington hdS Eccte sio ii %
Tcaf thoughts Of the have been welded to the great
deeds Of the other Nothing can DC more mpISasMtEe M
than the facts themselves. me lihteflai ana the
republican seals have been placed side by side upon
great bond Of friendship forever lApPause Ia r tne
presence Of this majestic laet the meDts OF thii h
6assy would DO gad TO rest and be silent But silence
you will not have; ana there p no ItSt IGr e
Ia the grave. Breaking the silence iWhlch you uenan'
permit IN the first place. to seize the thought eA
diuon OF CHINA u IKE unto the pIysital rtHc m
United States That is true emma lies along liie aCIno
the United States lie along the Atlantic IL nas a9
you say the same area IL has Lle & sam or
lines; 1t has the same system OF rivers ana VI
"a Ouckefu the same amount OF water as the Mlsss-
sppi River The distant plans Of Mongolia answer Onv
great prares OF the Northwest But they arc oV vy &
Ike unto each other in their physical aspects put eg
have like relations to each other IN otler TesPeGs dny
lnces as this country is divided into states IAey nou
10 the great doctrine that ihe people & are ' ieT vote
by competitive examination. You shout Wheh your y1
citizen is elected they shout Wnen ne @ % te and
40 are YOU You tolerate every faith ana so 90 tey anu
yOu proceed To make law by petition ana they rOe9eu
al ia
tile great council, and II IL Is approved by le % ~
Ien ii is handed TO the great seeretarat ald II IL
shall nnd agreeable TO the laws, that seeTearat h s
charged with its publication TO the WOrd. 30 lha IL
Is system not OF caprice but it is system OF laws So
also they are like unto somewhat III their schOO ~ =
TEN. 1t is voluntary They pay great no M 70 th
scholars They hold the office OF teacher 10 pc the hg
est i'm the world great man OF the ISangt ld"tH to
day one Of the greatest, perhaps the greatest scnoar
International Law, and took from Mr. Wade the BRUSH
Secretary of the Legation translation Whcn ne tue @
Longteow's Psalm OF Life the hrst secular poem EN-
ever translated into the Chinese and placed II on ran
and sent by my hand TO the great poet that act
leading TO correspondence Det"eon iHesS t IN te
men-I say, Hg Iden makes ever ms oodst lu It 5ne
however great NAV be the ply resemblance however
many resemblances may be found in other respects be-
that we have much to learn from them and they have
much to from We have to learn from them 10
respect old age; have to learn from them soDrey
we have to learn from them good manners we
have TO learn from them habits OF scholarship
vae fish; we have TO learn from them much IN relation
10 agriculture; We have much TO earh rom lhe9 .he
effect Of heat and cold and hight and shade upon plants
we much To learn from them how to irgate ana
how to manure the land. Indeed, IL would be most
profitable employment if some man of observing powers
should 10 TO China-sOme scientific man-n ne sHouu
record there the facts which he found. The Chinese
bt not he able to give him the reasons why they did
thing why they did that thlng but he would nave
last ascertaned the right way. do not know of field
of SO WIDE and unreaped field for scientific man; and
trust that the greatest lylng hanraisI ffo AsaSSL
VIII next year make an expedition TO this country But
might follow your suggestion TOO iar say We nave nave
much 20 learn from them We have many Nso lnaAlns m
20 learn from them; they have much TO learn from us
They have all of modern science they have all those
things to learn from us Wnch are the result oI ouI ne
cessty. We have lived far apart; and we nave IN
vented the steamboat and locomotive, ana tele-
graph TO bring and and nearer tOgethe
And in pursuing this line of thought beyond the present
permit nearer, 10 something more nearly
tSt @ " b @ sad about the ancient sages of China who
lived before socrates to the distinguished gentleman
my left This Honor the Mayor, VINO KNOWS nuch more
of them than do. come now 10 consider for moment
the treaty which has just been concluded between
the United States and China. ApplauseI And shall
not assure you respass upon your time and enter into
an elaborate exposition of that treaty. No leave the
treaty exposition OF it, to the distinguished Senator
senate and procured for it unanimous vote. CheersJ
Permit to say briefly that that treaty mad ts origin IN
desire TO give the control OF emma 70 heISe IN 0pPos
tOn TO that aggressive spirit which would take II from
her and give the caprice OF interest ana the rude
energy OF force IL hd lts origin IN the oeel tna st
tutOns which have withstoOd all the mutations OF une
have something in them worthy OF considerations III the
belief that institutions cherished unanimously by one
third the human race, may possibly De the nest su
tons the people OF Ca OF at least that they are en-
ed 10 hold on TO them until they shall be persuaded TO
change them by fair argument Ihat treaty hau
ID
operative policy which agreed TO by the representa-
tyes of the Western Powers recently at Pekn that
one OF fair diplomatic action, so that the Consul ana
the Chinese officer could not agree representatives OF the
different Powers, before should eusue, shOud be
sent TO Pekin; aud then If no conclusion should he
reached it should be sent back 10 the hume Govern
ments This secured delberatiOn. That policy was an
important conclusion the part OF foreign Powers that
they would stand together on questions r rls China:
they would give modern treaties fair construction;
that they would lean up TO that party IN emma whch was
of al
called concession Of territory doctrines; aud that they
never would agrees upon the territorial @ @ Tsry 81
the security of China. They are warmly approved Dy
the Government. China naturally desired that they
should find expression in solemn form than they
were thai time The evidence OF this cooperative
policy rested in the archives OF distant locations IN the
great dispatches of Sir Frederick Bruce who shed new
iuster upon diplomacy in the East l say China feeling
the advantage OF these principles desired that they
should be carried forward in more solemn forms Ac-
eOrdny agreed TO by the great treaty Powers OF the
Of the recent treaty made as Washington. ZAP
plausel Now, ~ word and shall hnish what Is Ihat
treaty. In the nrst place II declares me HeuTang 81
tbe Chinese waters In sITosen 70 the peteRsfon si
eNterritoraty doctrine, that inasmueh the persons
and the property OF the people s foreign PSmes Me
under Jurisdiction OF thOseOwers therefore Vas
each other in the Chinese waters shus making hess
waters the place Of then csoct this treaty M
sOcaed concession doctrines under which the nationals
of whatever countries located upon spots Of land IN the
freatS ports had become place that they could take
Jurisdiction over not only Of their nationals, not
only Of the persons and property OF ther own people oo.
other countries When this question was called under
discussion and referred TO the home governments not by
the Chinese originally but by these foreign nations, II
found that ther treaty rights were being abridged
these doctrines and distant foreign eOun
tries could stand discussion for moment And
aver that every treaty power has abandoned the con
cesslOn doctrines. though OF their officials at
ne present time undertake TO MAINTAIN them, and under
take TO tax the Chinese aud undertake 10 eXpe the Chi
Dese and 20 protect the Chinese those concession
places the territory did not belong TO the Chinese
Government. China has never abandoned her eminent
domain She has never abandoned those spots Of ter
TtOry her Jurisdictions and trust she never Will lAp
plase This treaty strikes down all concessions OF terri
tory. Again, this treaty recognizes CHINA as an equ&
among the nations in Opp0sltOn 70 the old dOcrne that