Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-08-22

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notice that whenever Englishmen
got away from the tradition, from
the prejudice of the country, they |
could not set up monarchy, nor |
an established church, nor bishop. |
Those we're things that would not
grow if they. cut them from their
root. Splendid flowers they were,
but they were like gathered flow
ers; take them away from their
root and they quickly perished.
But the tree Of America was nee
essary, because it was Republican.
That it was necessarily freer
country was all moonshine. Public
opinion acted with more speed OH
the Government in this country
that it did in America. Therefore,
no American would thank them for
raising them higher than the old
country; they knew better. The
way for these two great countries
to be friends was neither to be sub
servient to one another nor sent-
mental, but to stand always firmly
by what they thought right, and to
do what was honorable-always to
give way when they knew them
selves to be wrong. The more they
conducted themselves as kinsiolk,
whose interest must sometimes
differ, and argued out those differ
ences, the better it would be
for the peace of the two coun-
tries. He found the Americans
to be kinsfolk, not only by speech
and laws, but by their amazing hos
pltality; more hospitable man
! than an American he had never
seen. His hand was still warm
with the pressure of an American
hand. He had never known larger
courtesy, more considerate atten-
ton, more kindly simplicity OF
courtesy, than he had found in that
country. He found they were kins-
folk in many other ways. He
found, alas they were kinsfolk in
the iniquity they inherited from us
We bestowed the slave trade upon
America, and it became us to be
the first to wipe out that fearful
disgrace. He knew them to be o.
us, because they did destroy it at 9
great sacrifice. He expressed be,
lief that dislike and hostility OF
Americans. and Englishmen was or
the decline. He thought there
was not so much spreadeagleism'
. as there used to be. He hoped the
|. day would come when American
would see clearly that annexation
: was not their policy. To find
refuge for the destitute, and to Civ
: the poor a better innings than the
had ever had in this world, ha,
4 4 been the glorious destiny of Amer
!. lea. When he heard people tall
! about Americanizing their institu
! tions, and talk Of America a
, though it we're a sort Of backyard
, into which the worlds rubbish ha
= been shot, he thought that God ha
kept America until the poor O
Europe were ready, and then Eu
y rope had poured its hungry chill
dren into that great land of plenty
His love for the Americans wa
! great. To him they were alto
y gether kindly, tolerant, courteou
y and hospitable. He thought
y meeting like that showed that the
u we're entirely one with them i
!, heart, and, if it should be necei
Il Il sary, in arms also, and that Enl
: land and America were united;
u the world did not like it, it was
y pity, but if the world thought
- " could prevent it, it couldn'
- : Laughter. He gloried in tn
. greatness of the Americans, an
= should never be angry about thei
4 = revolution. In conclusion, he IT
y ioiced in the centenary of Amer
II can independence, because he bC
/ lieyed it to be one Of the glorior
: days of English liberty. LAl
u plause,