New-York tribune., 1872-10-16

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@ % itb ~ , tSnSerDess which shall forget. Their
history attracted me Their condition personally iuI
knew n in The famine. was in Ireland aerwai & n
IsIs in the Smith OBron insnrrecton since thae m , nm
bave beep nm Irish tenant. Indeed may say @ n ="
eyic,ed teaant have been turned out oil my ou,
and ympathize with the special wrong 81 landlord
simply wanted 10 live IN his own house ana tea IrTe
ducs IN an eVlctions were as innocent as mine tnci9
would be little 10 complain Of ana Wnon which
| hope TO find some other place IN the si'no oo''
When was writing my History Of Eneand Wasted was lea
TO look closely the conduct 0t the tt hdi
,va G U,y bads ber1n TO xamiue into the action OF
the celebrated Penal laws OF the lst nv cor
read what very few pcrsons nave IeaG1uS 6oiv
respondouce bct ween The English and Irish Adnlusud
tioHs during all that period. fe IN SNORT 1Iat 4 fu a.
would not act in such matter without advice con
suited my irGnoS% IAN anu bnld be nobbed by the Irish
Another that he supposed should tell the truth there
9lo9e Diners ursed more gravely that It was unbe-
coming aud improper TO discuss questions OF our own
some. h6wcyer-and those who knew Ireland
best-who said to me Co., Co., ana ana my avs owH been en-
on good terms with them, and believe lalWays e;.l
be. hope 10 spend large part OF the rest OIL my io
they will have opportunity at home AS 70 trui., ~
may be unpaatable but there is prtJu0lce ds a.
OF II is not unwhoesome For the more grave Objection
il were ia Parliament, belonged 10 any pohhtt4t
party, even was an lrsh landlord % SaI' @ yast i n.
f,o aj u ,,riic cborareT N Is simply as q writer Of
books address myself equally to all Enghsh sIeahihE
people wherever they are and there be possible
reason vyIy may not address them as well with my
tongue a. my pen once Tor ALL however, insist that
] England and America do not blanu 70 OHo l, al,
! other as foreign natons-ioreign in the sense
! tnat France Russia is foreign 10 US uo.l..
| Politically separate we may ne, Dut we cahuU'
shake of relationship. Sprung from common stOeA'
| with "a common history, common language, common
| laws; charged both are by Providence WIN
the carrying cut OF that grand principle OF ordeIeu D
orty ON which, as we believe, the amelorauon OF man
kind depends, may be rivals, Dul ~ dIs oI'5 5 %,
which OF Us shall represent these Irlces most sSy ~
| and most effectively. We may quarrel, ana Hn9u Mc
quarrel 1t viii with the peculiar bitterness which avs
Ju-ushes family disputes. But the very aciluOhy -
Itself an evidence OF the coseness OF the tie which bnds
us For the sting from the supposed absence OF the
special goodwin which each OF us c0ncelyes We n5Eo
right TO look for from the other. he our poica pOs
zion 10 each other what IL I1ay-and for myself none
and beheNe no angry Woid Ieeu CNcl iIoio ' 0 ,J,t
hltWCcnu.t Is inevitable that We must retain an lutut
leccd by links or leehE such as cdhuO' 'A4'' O0'"N
either of us ana any other powers.
the last century and IN the century Deorewheh Ihe
irish Catholics remained fixed at home, there no
Ioss important Protestant emigration to this country
"a l i,oi i en- ed I'M ireland by the Puritaus-
the sons and graudsOus OF the CromWelhah selugis'
the Ulster Presy yteuans, the CalNuls inlH sIi.s' -
chsl Dutch, aud French, VINO went 'Al.A.I "'tCt tT
! last conquest. and driven out Oy the lhlCtI-
| ancC of tie EpsCopah8n laws They camo mere Iho
| tfe piloriu FItris I'm search OF liberty which was
denied them NJ home. I'm the OF independence they
| made England rue the madness which had banlshtu
| tLcnl And I'M that s.ue war Of Independence their
'i-'i ,i ~, Ti-6tosf1uts VINO remained there,
were tL. stauchcsJ friends which America p2-.e-'ea.
Gentlemen it go years since am Inli.,l@,naI @
tic causes @, Irish discomfort. lJ was lIEe VIZ -
ever the Irish mad the mauag, mcnt Of their own aI'.
the result was universal misery ana lIe oo@ W @ Wiz
tfat tue cause was hopeless; Oli Oli a'l'' a & "a N ana
said. "cUL0 ind no remedy" 4hey h"g d. D.. 1 , @
| wisdom than How, theul CON we ulu pc H, @ 'l
say uat " tle lcrO llat WI htal tIe "O-'u @ Ci r NH
grow Nearly 800 years have passed away ", 81, @ ~ ~
seeking FOR that hero and cannot find IT, ~" N3- -
t5fl 3t ne o.ds 6emisrlcrc it, may uc discovered m
the new 1t is tAat plant which nave come ~ ScIcA OIL
OIrselyes at our Wits end if America viii counsel
England what 90 DO that she has lcio uneone' what
pi.u Of England am certain VIII listen respectfully
H. ON The oner hand timo IS over to come whom
political agitation is to.end IN lIeland-When Ct,J
si'e ii ncscc ami quetuess, It will be when America
fcIs tie Hisu that they have no longer sIlc'"hoe
which legislation can redress ono thal tney in.. oct'lO
lor their future prosperity Oh their own Industry
I'm. Chairmain tneu introduced M Ralph waldo En-
! erson. who spoke substantially as follows:
ADDRESS OF RALPH WALDO EhsR,cN.
Tconfess, Mr.. Chairman and gentlemen. tElt / have
accepted your invitation TO this banquet IN tooa .atn
ana hulubc belief that my friend, Mr. Lro-ae, o. old
tunes was coming here, but not 60 De y self dc in any
manner the subject Of extravaeant euo-y, IN the
roeiic or satrical spirit Of the Prc5i-
dent. uauchterl To that 1 have nothing to
reply excepting that know nothing OF t IL sVes me
great pleasure certainly, 90 DO present at this very
nirlv Ur1por re- ccptlOl Of our guest Lad tic great
Measure many, many years ogc-.i was tUeny-iow
years aco-cf meeting lin when Le was now from his
Exeter College and amid very valued friends Mr
Cloueh Of Oucl. umCed in all parts OF iAs
country where intelligent young scholars are
known; Mt Arnold Of this same, coIlese, aIso
of Ou@, whose fame is aso IP dii our no,,ieI ,,sI
Slr. Stanley of Exeter; Mr. Fagr1Fe' ana olhei
able young men Win "I43 D'1"li5 ii 2 i y @ I
ouaiated ON my visit az OAloid, 11o M ,'J.-,' IA
much to see 8ir. FroUdes face LeIe, with a our aaacd
0c0uaiutance with Inn in MS DooAs. MS Alao.l la ".
rrt,yn know, 20 a good readers lu tLls country. h4
Ic has established the imporia CO % hs oY s"
ms much lie has shown az least two ciniil l"cu
ties in his hsOres-he faculty OF seeus wnSiCs, anu
I
2,a1 We iS'S-i' Tie one makes history valuable and
! .Alp4a,5eI rls n Observation-Disclosures fArpausel
tg p ticc oGsIt.fs ls writings hayo cuurclty gnown
iIc1t 1iI1 I'm them the discretion Which is given usthe
speeches the language Of he very persons nom ms
history records. The language, the style Of thc hooks
very much its excellence from that habit tlt
rtice Of wing the very language Of the times lie
knows well that the ola English people ana l4ah iNe
/ Vrite w or speak in the style Of Tie LdHJugh
| FerieU or Tie North American Rec'elr but tnat @
| they spoke stern and oieaui1 -altias', - NIst N.t
words were few and when words meant mucn. 80 inaV
the language is Ike the cry oil lAt to ,t WIN 'c , %
lie begins, tho cry OF lle iugllNe "hen Jhc Da'o
turns AGAINST him. Ii is phy and wondeuui ahi4se
If YOU remember 1t is shakespeaIe '4at s%!S r mton
breath Is scant IFS very seldom speLt ~ ''I' Ia ~
the very language OF tine poet lAplusel Ahd tnt -
skin to secure giving emphasis aud power TO I'D. ns-
t0rv which is not familiar 10 English and li-h history
freud because he recalls tie time 2i my o%h M NlG -
years ago. j. was at OXiod when BneW i5s eoH'SM'
10rares his fellow students at Exeter and OIrl-Ar.
Arnold Mr. Stanley Mr.. COughalas, be olcd TOO carly
| o. ,e sli-Nr paeraye aud many other young men,
then of great promise, ana some IL them Who nave more
than fulfilled that promise 10 gives me great pleasure
10 remember that tme and TO that u something has
fallen much survived, and that We have here one 81
the best representatives, OF just that culture al JN5J
flat power ana moral determination which was cAEIu-
tied and felt by all those yonng men, But VIII not de-
| tain you. lApplause.l
| Nj Wm Cullen Bryant was introduced amid applause.
and after thanking the audience Tor the kind reception,
lauchgly expressed the hope that the story Of his life
would be deemed worthy to III page in biographical
dictionary and that he would a into the hands Of
who would chronicle the brief history with the same
talent and indulgence that ad been shown BY the BIZ