The New York herald., 1870-01-26


inscribed ct every goal OF human Achievements nor
Without rising 70 sublime description OF her lakes
ana her t0rrents. But hore We approach the do
NAN, not OF eoquence, but OF poetry; and upon
W. on n 81 muse sSont
ing to one great name on Sc0tand's roll OF honor TO
lustrate thai grandest feature OF Scottish charac-
yer, intrepid honesty. allude not now 70
the glorious humanity OF Burns / refer to his
great successor, Walter Scott. (Applausel My
theme Is not tonight the charm OF hts song. nor the
wtchery Of his romance. would recall your mem.
ory now TO that chapter In hts biography which re-
iates tnat when his fame was at It's height and MS
lortune supposed 70 have been made, the failures of
certain pub'Rstion houses carried with them his pc
canlary destruction. Az endorser upon their paper,
nundred and fifty thousand dollars. Brave as
Aiexanuer, ne faced his calamites without CON-
retrieve them At MS death live hundred Thousand
aolars had been paid and the remainder was ia the
way o. speedy discharge. Refusing all composition
or setuenent, ne laid down his life the altar OF
nus scotch honesty. Born In the year ana on the
day that gave the great Napoleon birth. his
envy. (Applause.) the magnanmity OF Walter
scott toward his literary rivals illustrated another
many ma sIa.L OF scottish character the greatest OF
acknowledging that Byron "bate" him he yet for
got an early thrust received IN the SATIRE and be-
came as kind TO his brother poet through his life
no proved tender and just to his manged memory.
And The genius OF that brilliant bard must itself be
largely credited to Scotland. For he himself says:--
am half Scot by birth, and bred
Whole err and my heart dies 70 ny head
The Dee. the Don. Basouniss brigs black WALL
S.sm ny Sss ss"s'r ss4 own pal.
sRSSss ssssea P,ss %.
icarc not, not.ti. glimpse Of "Aud Lang syns."
n raa rag saS,. ayns .ho whsa y juvenile and sur
Whieh must Se own's was sensitive su AND na' .ury;
YET ts In VAIN such sanies to permit,
seeSd Ed saoisSman SS' in Is ny seed aoe
And love tho land OF "mountan and Of food"
II MID
Mr.. J. l.. WILSON responding for the press. sad:--
why should have been singled out to represent the
Of ts d. sah 1rSasa @ s 'e
the fact that too am proud to nail from the land
o. cakes. land made memorable by many Illus
trions names names which the world will not will
ngly let die ana Of which no one Is more ustrious
or more likely to be endurlngly and worsnipfuly
remembered than that OF Robert Burns. TO
many OF her sons Scotland owes aebt OF
grattnde.to none more than 70 Burns. Born
desires surrounded by barriers which made lie one
continuous struggle. his sun yet rose and snone
through tropical tornado and though ecl!psed AZ
pshed q task not disproporti0ned to life OF
greater length ana larger opportunity and left q
before. After having made some remarks on the
progress OF American journalism Mr. Wilson con.
cluded by returning thanks for the cordial manner
In which the toast OF ''The Press'' mad been re-
ceived.
The Following toasts were also proposed and elo-
Quently responded to- viZ.:-"America," M. II. II.
Reid; 1.-The Poets and Poetry of AMERICA General
J. Watt De Peyster; "The Poets and Poetry Great
Britain and Ireand,n Professor McKenna; s'The
Bar" Mr.. A. r. Dyett; 'sThe Army and Navy.n Gen.
eral j. ID. McGreg0r; Sister Societies" Mr.. Charles
Reekle; "The Lasses," Mr.. John Reid; ''The
Caled0nlan Club" by MIR. Anderson, who,
with another attended as committee TO
greet the Climb. The pleasure Of the entertainm eat
was considerably enhanced by the rendering OF
several excellent and appropriate songs by Messrs.
]. Cumming, X. Anderson, J. Gibson, II. Spear, r..
Hudson, M. TaylQr and Others together with an
original poem by Mr.. william Ross Wallace, enti-
tled Burns Island VISION" recited by the author
himself Altogether the entertainment was q Dr,l-
liant success reflect great credit the club Itself
as well az titly honorlng the worthy occasion.