New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-20
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FRATERNAL GREETINGS.
SPEECHES At TIE BANQUET AT LEXINGTON -
FRIENDLY SENTIMENTS OF THE SOLDIERS OF
TIP TWO NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. BY GEN. BART
LrrrAND GOV. CuAMBERL ,IN-ELLI0T c. CowpiS
on THE COMMERCE OF AMERICA.
IBY TELEGRAPH FROM A STAFF CORRESPONDENCE
LEXINGTON, Mass, April 19.-The dinner at
Lexington has been spoken of in another Dispatch nut
there were some features OF It deserving special mention
Nearly all the speeches were good, better indeed tnan
those at Concord reply to the first sentiment, Pres
dent Grant rose bowed Gov. Chamberlain OF South
Carolina then made eloquent and very effective
response to sentiment, south Carolina Massa-
chsetts will never forget the prompt response OF sou'h
Carolina on the very night when she heard the war note
from Lexington. The other speakers were the orator
Of the day, the Hon. X. H. Dana, Jr, Chiei
Justice Gray, Gov. Gaston Gen. W.
F. Bartlett, President Chamberlain OF Bowdon
College Mr.. Elliot c. Cowdin Of NewYork, and the Rev.
Edward Everett Mr. T. NJ stetson presided at the
dinner and feictous Introductory REMARKS
The speech OF Gen. W. +. Bartlett, Union
soldier formerly OF Massachusetts, but now resident OF
Richmond, Va in response to sentiment on "Ihe hela
tons Of the North the South" received with gen
cra favor He said that when he obyed the letter from
the Committee, inviting him to come 200 miles
be impossible TO accept the invitation -, put put
statement that what he might say nnprejudieed
observer would help restore fraerna relations between
the great sections OF country Inclination anu
business yielded To tho voice OF duty, and he came ~
Gen. Bartlett then said: think may safely say tnas
country raterna relations were established long ago: i
aNT S iITThe or Ward the PROSPERITY and progress the
nation whose corncrstone was laid In TIC oood OF our
IA years ago opposed the who preferred disnnon TO
death true this prejudice to-day despise me men
way OF reconciliation and united country The distnl
guished soldier who Is your cnei guess n @uIy
I ,Sss W Vdpe he said Ie us have peace !"
and Sir only really boigerrnt people in the country
lasted followed carefully the paths OF peace Do not
believe that the light aud dirty froth when Is blown
malicious purposes represents the true current OF public
their ordons their Lees their Johnscns Lamar Ransom
and Ripley, and tell me If you md in their uteranees
country These are the mcn-as our great and good
Gov. Andrew told you at the close OF the war-the
must restore the south instead Of the meaner men
for whom power ia only synonym Tor pnlndsr. As 1
begged you last summer enreat you again do not re-
Del the returning OF these by suspicion on dif
ference you in forgiveness XII the fatted cali
Regiment made it, gallant attack on Fort
Wagner in July 1858 it lost with hundreds OF It's
ago that flag gracefully returned TO me Governor OF
by the officer S9o Sos y n soldier
how he would cling to trophy that ne mad taken IN
honorable battle. No one but O soldier knows what
it would cost to give up unless compelled by the ofter
motives OF chivarous patriotism and when Gen. nlpey
olIns nor OF Massachusetts, but Of restored and
united country and his heart embraced continent
der Capitol around which, in the shock Of
battle have seen dear ro ara Tso " there ot tbsf
cannot look upon without tears Of pride and sorrow
but there is no nag there which has to-day Tor vs.
brighter omen Of Peace on EARTH good will
restored by son OF South Carolina, whom here In the
name the soldiers of Massachusetts, thank aud greet
a. brother proud that he was an American soldier
A. Am Ia
80 brsvey with Plcketts Division on our lines
S SSySFs ana re & them there %n
cannot always choose the right sanse put having
ready to die for it, If they justify not their heir
cause, they at least ennoble themselves ,o aia
the men who for conscience sake fought
a~pst their Government at Gettysburg ought easily to
he forgiven by the OF men who Tor conscience sahe
fought against their Government at Lexington ana Bun
ker Hill.
Mr.. Elliot c. Cowd!n made the following speech in
Spouse to tho toast, The Commerce OF Ncw-fork:
SPEECH OF ELLIOT c. CowDIN.
Mr.. PRESIDENT AND FELLOw-CITIZENs beg
you TO accept my thanks for the invitation extended
to me to be present to-day and only wish that the duty
of acknowledging the tribute you have just paid to the
Chamber of Commerce of the State OF NewI0rk had DE-
yolyed upon ADLER representative Delegated by that
body you its congratulations on this occasion,
my colleagues aud myself proud to take part in the
commemoration Of this memorable anniversary.
COMMERCE OF THE COLONIES.
III,
mo TO speak for the NewYOrk Chamber OF Commerce.
That association instituted In the year 176S by
voluntary agreement Of the leading merchants Of the
city, IL was period OF profound excitement. The
traders Of what was then the Colony OK NewIork had
suffered under heavy burdens The Navigation acts OF
the British Parliament tended to destroy tho commerce
of the colonies They not allowed TO trade with any
foreign country, export To England Their own mer-
chandise except British vessels Iron abOunded in the
colopies but article could be manufactured by
the peope-all must be imported. Wool was abundant;
but no cloth could be manufactured except for private
usc pound OF the raw material could he sold from
town to town, but all must be sent TO England, to
be ultimately returned as manufactured Cloths bur
dened with heavy duties. Beaver was thcn plenty all
along tho streams bat halter permitted TO have
than two apprentices, and not hat could be sold
from one colony another These but specimens OF
that vast network Of restrictions trade and
In which Great Britain encrcled the thirteen col
onies-eyampes selected at random tO illustrate that
policy which regarded the coloiss barbarians rolling
In wealth, the chief end OF whose existence was To be
heavily taxed for the beue Of the arisocracy at home
The Parliament added humiliation to eStott0n. Naval
officers acting under the law insolent toward CO.
lonal vessels. They compelled them To lower their ags
In token OF homage fired them at the slightest provo
cation and impressed their whenever they chose
The Muny Act called required the inhabitants
OF the colonies 10 furnish quarters ati 10 some extent
supplies all the soldiers that might be sent over from
England 10 Cypress them.
The passage of Stamp act In 1885, though less In