The New York herald., 1872-11-05
MIR. STANLEY IN SCOTLAND.
Tne Corporation OF Glasgow do Honor
20 the American Discoverer OF Living

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GLASGOW, Oct. %, 1872
To-day Mr.. Stanley was entertained 70 a banauee
by the Corporation OF Glasgow The Lord Provost
presided and proposed Mr.. Stanley's health
mr. STANLEY sald-Gentemen, the echoes or the
salutations you have given me, and the grasp OF
the hand which received from each or YOU in the
adjoining hall, still feel here. think it ia very
far different from that mnatory front which muss
say every Englshnan raised up when frst came
to England. l think 1t is extremely different: In
fact. far different that begin to ask myself the
true reason for this sudden change. ls 1t not be-
cause you have received weekly communications
from DR.. Livingstone ever after l had left him 2
f.Hear. hear.'D Il not this change from that
dark silence that enveloped the explorer, and
which lasted from June, 1869, till the 10th OF No
vember when met him up the Ujiji last year
How did he come to be alone there What was he
doing in Africa 2 What had he gone there to sec
reed shaken with the wind Cory battle -1elds
or honor or distinction there ("No, no.'y He Ii
the apostle OF Africa. He Is the explorer and the
voice OF his friend still urges him 0nwards to COM
pete his duty, and solve tho question OF the sources
Of the Nile, and then come home. But you and T.
gentlemen, will not agree with the Spectator that
all these explorations, all these sacrifices Of many
years. avail nothing and are OF no use whatever.
You are charitable, am charitable, we are all
human, and am sure we do not feel in that way
with the Spectator. We know that IL he explores
al that dark and impenetrable interior OF Africa
well that those dark, benighted savages viii say
In the future, "Come on, civilization-we ara
done its work what shall be- said by the % CHRISTIAN
men who see his pioneer works They will say
that It was IS Ii Livingstone. @ IAppause What Is he
not the Sir Walter Raleigh Is he not the Cap
tain John SMITH Is hc not the Hengst and
1t to what 1t Is to-day And SO we want many
more such men. we admire Livingstone; but there
gions in the heart Of Africa. We want many more
sucn explorers, and this example set by Living
has young Tley will ask
living all this time aud exploring these regions.
why may we not also DO its why has L not been
centre OF Africa, and did we not thiak
that gallant band Dr. Livingstone had no
noRe nat ~ tue t ROYAL ga SoGist would
the story had to tell Of my meeting with Living
stone would be doubted, and that Drs Censure.
gankqm, gbas d1 and Cad Jr; would dispute It. Wei.
knew tnat though my veracity was impeached IL
would come out all right. tApplause) 50 it has
mistakes in the newspapers that, upon my word
did not dare read one for week, so many were the
said ncrth was IS sure to be nut down in the Ds
pers as ''south." When DR.. Livingstone comes to
S yo ass oa w mot ss
dresses the gentlemen or the corporation Of
cnnsTc GasgoW and says y;. THAT river that dis
at is the Congo" No more viii you dispute with
him than hope you will dispute with me.
@ @ soey S sasssl a s aS
1o you m Know now nad such sweet charming invitation
90 GnSs 70 sad sN %yyse
and Will endeayor to pierce it." Dear me. what
blessed lin Innocence &c was mine; what q raw rustic
youth was to think could move all that sceptical
stones way Of thinking but in telling the story of
petition cost from $4,000 to $50. .ooo the society
coolly asked me to come down and tell them
doing great thtng--was revealing all the secrets
to obtain which Mr. Bennett spent about ten thou
covered Dr. Livingstone, mean not me.
but Mr.. Bennett. Or course the great mo-
had been involved in fog was to be enlightened;
and the Geographical Society, which was hitherto
doubling Thomases and that sceptclsm was to be
banished at once, and swept away with clean
came DOWN d 20 t on there Was
glisten and his heart swell. Therefore, when
saw the sympathy that was manifested by the
| audience 1t acted like magnetism upon me, and
spoke my feelings. which were fresh, to that great
mass OF faces, who, as one Individual, seemed to
DR.. Livingstone. Could Ihave the heart to refuse
them, more especially as knew OF that old mans
the Tanganyika? Gould Ghavc said to the audi
encc, with a mocking smile, DR.. Livingstone is
quite wei. and seuds his best best respects 70 you
down, telling them that would say no
moreY No. gentlemen I spoke what was
ferngs ana hoped that narrative to them would
make such an impression upon them that they
lieye the story told them then sat down, fancy
ing had made an impression; but, Englishmen,
@ was t@e a how ons
man got up and said, "Ah, Dr. Livingstone says he
has seen cannibals there, and men eating pigs
he has been much farther west than he thOught.n
That gentleman sits down, and another gentleman
MIST. So take my notes. DR.. Bunkum says 81 ieel
convinced that DR.. Livingstone has not discovered
ana ca S,s
win by and by begin to say what have said. do
mot believe in his arbitrary way Of settling the
sources OF the Nile, because do not understand
it.' SO Cad, Jr., BOWS to the audience, and then
takes his scat, and then am asked to rise and re-
gentleman had said because DR.. livingstone saw no
goras on the Luaaba he must have been much
never saw any gorillas in Uganda. The gentleman
forgets that between that point and DR.. Living
stones points there were eight degrees Of lonG-
tude. The gentleman might have said, 81 have
seen St. Paul's Cathedral" !" and another gentleman
In France might have said, "You mistaken, sir;
fore there can be none in England" What was the
end OF 1t alla The gentleman got up and with great
patny said al I'VE are very much hob Obliged to Mr
Stanley; but we do not want sensational stories.
We want facts.n Well, I might have risen and,
like the Irishman, said, 'shure, begorra, oil have
said are facts" (Applause.)
Mr.. Stanley delivered q lecture on Central AfrIcs
filed that building. The Lord Provost again pre-
sided; and on Mr.. Stanley entering the organ per
formed "See, the Conquerng Hero Comes" The
audience received him standing and waving their
handkerchiefs. vote Of thanks was awarded
him at the conclusion.
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