The New York herald., 1870-04-26
TIE BYRON BAMQUET.
Speeches OF Cassius M. Clay and John G..
Saxe.

Speeches OF Cassims NJ. Clay and JohH q.
sake.
Last night about sixty genrein,n ana siS ladies'
dined together al Delmonicos Fourteenth street ana
fhth avenue, In OF the parors ef ibis wei known
ies'i'e palace. The presiding chax was nlled by
Judge Jones, OF the Supreme Court, asd tho vice
chaf by Casslas NJ. Clay, ex-M.nister TO Rnssia.
The object OF this gathering was the ccselraiio0 Of
the memory OF Lord byron, and IN addition 10 txc
dinner the usual speeches OF average afser-dinncg
ability ana the reading OF poetry selected irom tho
works OF the noble Lord, whose genius the company
had assembled To acknowledge with " cui-
tured SSage sI,s nra, ana an, an ineiligent idoIsry
the regular iolss OF the evening were given tho
nrst of which was Our Country" responded 70 w
Mr.. q. n. CLAY, who, after describing the joys q
patriotism and the great advancement OF ke Uuitss
sties he thus referred to lis political posit.oa:---
Basing all our Institutions upon Justice said tho
speaker, we stand In the ~ nations the fend.
crs Of International rights on sea and land. Oar judi
are honOred Of alI men. Expanding our territory
with more than Roman speed the god Terminus
makes no seDs In biood-we hold hot a rod Of
land by conquest. In foreign wars mono
have been - Anmane; plunder an revenge have
fouis place IN onr annals and meeting The armed
Toe in arms, have spared the followers % peaceful
pursuits at all times. Other nations have fought !or
their own liberty II remained 10 the United states u
wage enc OF the bloOdiest and most costly wars In
history or the liberty OF others Justice and viciory
achieved, laid down The sword and shed DocIncrcn
SINGLE drop Of the blood of ihe conquered; bat WEI
coined all alike into The enjoyment of our coinnioss
heritage This America, now or soon 10 embrace tse
whole Continent and the isles OF the surrounding
ieniliiy and grandeur In qlalled, ~ bs
body for such n sui. We must denouRcs
ties. faischoods and sensational utteranccs of the
press, the stealthy progress Of corruption in official
se,idy at the power the frequent elections
with their excements and dcm0ralz alton and above
AL. the abuse oil the ballot, which saps The very tua
dations Of our liberties, and makes rcpubicanism
possible. We need permanent Judicial cyh and
foreign service, and responsible ministers Of the Caia
net in the houses OF Congress- Our AngloSaxon good
sense viii bring about these and Ike reforms. We
must win the nations by the glory Of our example.
Lead the van not only IN physical development. but
tn higher art and more solid literature patrons of
genius, civilization ana Christianity, TN the nations
shall become one federal republic and all the nhah
tants OF the earth unite as men and bro.her'
A. poem on the genius OF Lord Byron was read
The Hon. WILLIAM PRESTON, OK Minister Of Spain,
responded 10 the toas OF Our British dera>
and traQe lies were without . rival, and com
pared these with the stern and artistic Greek tue
LADY Macbeth Of Shakespeare would lift the Eng
Faust In the German The political literature
OF u class that instrucs rather than pIeases.
past 0iAs sna the present @ @ sss s'An thar no mss
could take tho poetry OF Dryden and contrast
IL with The poetry OF Teanyson and not.
mark the progress or purity, and, The
peaker thought, without the loss OF strenghth.
He looked upon English literature as the most
progressive In the world, and he believed that II
wgs 10 be more progressive ana more advanced.
The advancement made in the American magazine
literature and IN the morning press of this country
during the last twenty years was attributable, in
the main part to the extension OF kn0wedgs
was the universal port of all the ports. Along
the shores Of the Mediterranean were found the
her0nes OF the poetry OF Byron, and that poetry
popular on the shores Of Levant In the ban
quoting halls of New York. (Appause.)
john q. SAxK responded to tie toast OF 'Ths
American Poets and Poetry" He said that the
American was tbe most matter Of fact and The most
imaginative man In the world ana combined In him
self all the characteristic qualities Of all the
European natiOnalities. He also spoke OF
the large public who not only admirers Of BY,
ron and Of Tennyson, who had admirers IN this
country than in the whole OF Great Britain and
Ireland. MIR. Bryant, who In his green old age
great English Had for all the time 10 come,
Bryant and Longfcl0w had placed themselves fore
most In rendering into the most graceful English the
great works OF Greek and Italian literature. Hal
leck, Holmes, Whittier, Charles Spraque yohker,
Taylor, Sioddart, and Reid, he could only mention
their names but with eulogy. What should be said
| OF the women singers Well, the most delightful Of
them were residents Of this great metropolis. This
Il stve board graced by Of these. relative,
both by law and love. Of the Charman he meant, he
said, the wife OF the Chairman. The influence ol
poetry was too subtle Tor mathematical statement t
consOed the SICK cheered the weary, and cOmforted
/ the dying. The themes Of poetry were never likely
| rama OF beauty. The mission Of poetry the
bodment or I0velDess and the realization OF the best
OF what Is, and the glowing promise OF what should
be. The poets visions were but the provisions Of
that which should be.
Rev. Dr. BURROWS responded for the press. The
wards given and ably responded TO- The party broke
at tWclve O'Clock.