New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-17

many langagps nave fthe dramas OF Shakespeare been
tr,us,ate ed and many times in the same language
The Germans translaedihm the most perfectly OF
an How many ns be woI reen ANA maze 70 % o
owr tongue and make the poet OF Weimar speak En-
cShi one such has just been made, with signal Success
10y eminent poet oi our republic Who IN transallng
that grandest Of ali extravaganzas Faust has even I'D
veutured the second part and admirably acquitted
himself there, having found his way to daylight out OF
tnat mysterious labl rnth Another American had pre-
both proud be tie interpreters Of Goethe to
Their coun ryIncn with two such splendid illustrations
more iortu nHtcy conclude.
Tie next toast was Internationally, uniting the
world under the common laws Of jusce'-Tcsponded to
by Samuel Rugges.
SPEECH OF SAMUEL p. RUGGLES.
Mr.. Ruggles thanked the Chairman for his clear and
striking exhibition Of the exalted aims OF that interna
tionay for which the civilized world anxously
seeking 1t will be fact of little importance in the
history Of this phanthropc measure, that the eminent
lawyer and statesman, ably filing the chair on the
adv Of the Executive Government Of Of
familiar nG not any w dS tSe 'E legal n tfsdtons
but with the highest and nObest aims of our Continental
exposition iron such a source should have been
presented TO an International assembly Ike the present.
upright dipomatst representing for many at
Washington a sovereign raised to imperial rank aud
unwavering friend OF the American Union warmly
sympathizlng throughout its most trying e e5h
preservation OF the national authority undivided and
enough OF his exalted intelligence of his profound re-
gard for law aud order To justify the hope ana the be-
lief that lac Will not only favor but will actively support
within his proper sphere OF action any effort Tor estab
fishing the peaceful internationally which shall unite
the world under the common law of justice"
Apart, however, from any affirmative evidence OF nc
tua progress the eventual establishment OF world
wide nationality ia absolutely certain for the reason
that Is based ON the eternal principle OF justice recog
nzed i'll ali the We ind Ccero,th great political PHI
lOsopher OF Rome, then in the pentude OF universal
dominion, sOlemnly declaring That without perfect
justice, JuSfitd republic can be governed"
the sO-caed barOarian expressly justying his rule
more w widely the domain Of justice" In the
very commission borne by Columbus TO the I'M
to govern With insiice" The Coronation oath
OF the King And OF town the TG@ t
day, bids him govern with law and Justice" In
Justice ITSELF the great standing policy Of civilized
society :; while III the words s more profound OF our
German American Licbtt, find the eyeIenduring
ir Tihi mot ~ lit from MI IW i' % Ia"
AMID TINS flood OF light We be so blind, so micros
cOpc, TO cODhne the supreme justice thus
hng the mind OF every age the petty personal rela
tios be wcen man and man. or even between tue rIlers
the rulcd Does not the everlasting principe OF the
fraternity and mutual interdependence OF nations alike
ana alpervad x justice which iorDds ankle to nations
and 10 men every needless inequality, or discrimination
impOSitOIln short, every e1actiOn violating tne
golden injunction OF our Savior. DO !e unto others as
ye would they should do unto your
Ex-Governor SalOmOn responded to the seventh regu-
lar toast, Tne Germans in America, their prosperity
and power, present aud future" In the history Of
America said lie, there is more interesting subject
than growth OF this great republic, which, while 1t
dates its existence within less than century, already
ranks among foremost nations of the earth, and has
given a and great people, not Eng ih, nor
Irish German, anything but American Two ele
ments undere its greatness its natural yet undevclOped
resources and its republican institutions. The
speaker paid eloquent tribute 10 the culture Industry
and thought OF the German Czcus ana concluded ~
thanking the guest OF the y,Ilug his own BEHALF
the part OF his German ielOw-ctzcns, Tor the
great service ne had rendered both Germany aud Amer
lea IN cemcnug the bond Of hlndshp between the Two
countries.
The eighth toast, The Army and Navy OF the United
States" was drunk standing, and MJOr-Gen. Mcdowell
distinguished General, lately returned from Europe,
cOuG Ice here respond 10 this toast instead OF
For he has assured that not only tie Emperor
OF Germany and BIsinarch, but also from tie
soldier Germany has he received the greatest
nave been all over the Union, aud eycry where l
have met the Germans, aud have found one thing as
their tUngue-tLdt j. their sincere deYU-
ton to their adopted country. IAppadse.I And la all
the Germans whom have met there was none i'll whom
that Principe was active In HIN
whom | have had the honor to know in
Washington the representative OF the PTs,an Gov
eminent fApplauSc IL gives great satlsiac ton 10
10 hih The sincere thanks OF the army and navy
his efforts behalf, and sure That II ms
Instructions were 10 cultivate good relations with the
country which he was accredited, he has sgdiy sue
Ceeded IN lunilng them.
As the hour was late the guests dispersed after few
remarks by the President.