New-York tribune., 1880-02-29

that made SdS,, reality feel Ast
q1ately exrress what 'Te'O' Re has s0"Ia achieved.
It IS impossible TO realize In their uness what the
meuced; He stood almost alone. without the
sympathy OF any nation except France He bad
Of the greatest commercial Nation OF the world. lie had
| the Judgment OF the most distinguished engineers Of
his time belonging TO that Nation hat the construction
OF the work impossible. He had the report OF the
| engineers of NapOleen-men Of marked scieuthc
much beyond that Of the Red Sea that the free crcHt
of the OF the world through the passage be pro-
| posed to open was practically impossible. lie had
all the opposition 10 encounters and must therefore
only appreciate what he has done Imagine the state Of
feeling az this ne and conceive how great the resOlu
tion, and ndOmitabe the perseverance, that could force
such obstacles, pass over hem aud triumph In s sub
tits lot ior TO speak Of his proposed further enter
prise, except IN geographical the repre-
sentative OF the Geographca Society. only say
that when he has succeeded changing the state OF
ons which existed at leas fourteen centuries from
the tlne ~hen the Cape OF Good Hope was crcunnav
gated and the Continent OF America discovered by
the Che further discovery Of the passage or the Pa
| ne opening OF this way made to connect
merce or Europe. say that when ne ehecten TINS
change by bringing back commerce which had passed
trn countries OF Europe the great commercial countries
OF the world, II would be the cOnsuminstlOD o. that
waters around the central part Of the globe which un
derstend s the work he proposes how TO achieve aud
which he may possibly accomplish loud applausel
In geographical sensefOr leave out all other
sideratOns-there could be doubt OF the mag
hh'uto anu tAc Ndho VI iuiS uNhitNfufhNs ~
requires argument from me show how
important II is to the prosperity OF the whole word.
worlds 20 conquer by this achievement but other worlds
ana greater Nations 10 create. lApplause.l
LEVI p. MoRToS's REMARKS.
The Hon. Levi p Morton said join IN the tributes
and respect which you pay the IllustrOus citizen Of
the French Republic. Ard It gives me great pleas
Join with you in the tribute which you paying
to gentleman who has rendered such great service TO
the commercial world aud has made his name Immortal
in that connection
SPEECH BY THOMAS W. KNOX.
Thomas W. Knox was then Introduced, aud said
FELLOW MEMBERS AND GUESTS or The LOrcs CLUB:
When our president sent AN utimaon that he should
Ga on ng TO say SoS th"s' ne also ihii ,.is
abont the suez Canal Evidently be thoUght The Canal
'' 81 the deepest draas6t and the water Sf
GENTLY deep to oa it, There is limit the carrying
capacity of canal there s to that Of railway or an
has found that there is limit 10 the capacity OF ain
problem Of fitting 3i2 gentlemen INTO 100 seats m such
q wa. as TO- make ever, body happy and giye each
20 occasion when the eiuo has gwen dinner
as on this; the Directory has never received
many mp0ring appeals for seats n0rl listened 10 30
disappointed. One gentleman went far suggest
found he could not have place az the table he was
reminded that NJ. De Lesseps constructed the caua
without locks and therefore tie dam quite sup
nuous
Mr. Knox then spoke I'm cOmpl
mentary manner or The great work
for commerce and civilization which Count de Lesseps
has accom- plishcd.
Speeches then made by Herr J. Derks
Francis Marburg, NJ DanZat-t Noah Brooks
Colonel Richard Lathcrs md Dr. A. +. Mcdonald.
Count de Lcsseps ana said d" wish 10 re-
ply to the generous aud broad views ~ the
speaker Tho only enemy j have had has
not been the people. out the isthmus. One OF
these have conquered, and for the other,
will fight long as live. in the interest
OF commerce OF progress and OF civilization. Loud ap-
pause greeted tins response.