The New York herald., 1872-11-08

thoe you arc not accustomed 10 eXaggerate. we
any imaginative stories. Yen never were one Of
those who drew the usual long bow Of the traveler
this SHY jealousy. this absurd T criticism, have
rs sn % n
up 70 dispute DR.. Livingstone's theory. In
DR.. Livngstone's story To TO hear % these = gentle. s
concerning she source Of she % Silei THE Theories, my
aear ladies' and gentlemen what WIN theories avail
Sganss positive SHY cts nnd that there are ge
sinister tar brush any time they nke-ta laugh i.
but DR.; Livingstone, after thirty-nve years. hard
slightest ant hill, let alone mountain. You will
see, uyou buy Keith Johnston's latest map, that
not nndersd ~ an a n a deNermned TO
dispute. DR.. Livingstone-an enormous range Of
mountains, stretching from latitude four north to
stone have got you. You cannot run the river
over that mountain" Gaughter.l Well, now
the Lualaba runs9 If it runs to the Congo he win
come and say it is the Congo II 1t runs to the Nile
he will tell you 1t is the Nile You accept 1t Just as
down in silence to the criticisms that passed
upon me in Brighton. He said. "What does it
the course OF the river, let them critlcise
as much as they liken laughter:l And
believe It. But in order to Mr. Keith John
moving into the Nile Ihave 6raw{ that range quite
Keith Johnston that, II he can manufacture noun
talns, ! can also do itIganghterl-in order to
bring the Luaaba into the Congo, l can also, with
the same ease and raPidty bring It to the ME-, ME-:
like. But ask you to consider, to analyze the
motives that underlie this adverse criticism, and
are born OF hostility and OF opposition; they are
born In the easy chair and what do people care for
a
chair, padded most beautifully. He has got
his ceiling dare say painted with frescoes, which
are also introduced round the walls OF his library,
where he delights to ponder over the huge tones
of science: on, he is terrible looking savanl You
o s s o
tones lest should find something that would per.
plex me awfully: uaughter.l But when he shakes
tive dogmatism OF a Jupiter, WIN, cannot be mis-
taken In whatever he may say-why, then poor
a win
know tnar whatever our friend Censure Bunkum
In his venerable head may imagine 1t win be as
comes home. (Applause.) And we had another one,
our friend Mr.. Cad Junior, who came on the plat.
you, before this audience, why Dr. livingstone
settles In this arbitrary manner that the Nile starts
e. sae va a y 0u nn1 a knog ggh3 Ia. Bus ass
to my tale. He does not understand what have
told him. Those classical names that have filed
his brain with, have all passed. He does not think
Of them, but he thinks ne ought to have something
to say adverse to DR.. Livingstone. Well then, I
said to the ladies and gentlemen OF Brighton, Just
as would say to yol ladies and gentlemen, 'T
positively do not understand the question:" HDr.
Livingstone has marched from the place where the
river was born from that glorious range OF the Sierra
Macksigna, in Lunda away by 70 degrees oflatitude
and still hears of 1t going onward, flowing serene
this river can be none other than the Nile The only
does arbitrarily settle the source OF the Nile at 10
you and must walt, Is whether these attitudes are
cOrrectS II these attitudes are correct, then the
attitudes are wrong the Lualaba must be the Nile
have not the slightest doubt that 1t is the Nile
only his barometers and thermometers are not
quite 30 new as when he started by the Rovuma
River. But, ladies and gentlemen, am not going
to detain you, because ! intend to tell magnif.
that must attend to. Did % You S never Je hear Of
gentleman who, something like twelve years ago,
started to discover lake called Ngami, and spent
with all the enthusiasm OF Europeans going to that
land; he got half way there and then turned
1on cars oSs That lecturer here aa snap
ping his angersl-he has set down with
the most astronomical precision, but that
went to discover Lake Ngami and he spent $4,000
on 1t. Now, almost about the same time, DR.. Liv-
bari Desert and he discovered Lake Ngami. He
did discover 1t. And the first news this gentleman
hears ate after his arrival IN England after Living
been found And this gentleman says, "Con-
Ngam That which failed to do he has DONE"
Ever since then that gentleman has been sys-
@ % d opposed tS Of
the theories OF DR.. Livingstone. When have told
him my story, and defended Dr.. Livingstone
upon him by that gentleman and his ilk, he
says, with the most charming suavity In the world,
are maca to Mr. STANLEY but We
Laughter and applause.) Such facts suppose,
as he brought about these unknown villages-ab0ut
more bearing one OF those classical names away
down by the Kalabari Desert. Now, that gentle
man also disputed that ! should get the medal.
Well, OF course 1t was only piece Of the opposi-
tion. He is consistent there, anyhow. But, fortu-
natey, the Royal Ge0graphers are not all like him.
geographers-not q bit OF it. You win md some
Of them penetrating China, some OF them In South
Africa in Central Africa, in Mecca, in Mesopo-
Chinese Tartary, and others In Turkistan These
we may not call easy-cnair geographers. We
theorize about African geography, who know
not the difference between Unyanyembe and
uJgl; who know not the difference between the
know not the difference between Lake Victoria
Nyanza and Lake Albert Nyanza, between the
out having been within four thousand miles Of the
place, feel themselves perfectly competent, sitting
their easy at to settle eysang
graphy. Now, gentlemen, my feelings are changed.
/ have forgiven the suave and smooth and smiling
tional stories. have forgiven the gentleman who
said the Lualaba must end In marsh. ! have for
given the gentleman who drew that sinister range
OF mountains along eight degrees OF latitude. l
have forgiven every one of them, and am now be-
ginning to receive the honors that English people
think deserve. Appause.) l assure you that l
should have been perfectly contented to receive
the thanks OF DR.. Livingstone alone. should have
been been perfectly contented had had Mr. Bennett said
II people must do me honor, why, then, will not