New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-06

tApplause.l
THE MARQUIS DE RocHAMBEAUs hhmAhAo.
The president then read the following sch'i-
ment:
pbambeaI De Grasse Lafayette, and OF the oncers
OF the Army and Navy OF France VINO Sei'0 "
during the War Of Independence. =, .;.b
The Marauis uf Rochambeau was receiVeu WIN
hearty cheering and spoke in French saving:
Gentlemen: My companions and myself VINO Of na tSe
at the yonT Hfohers in Of ISL
desire TO thank you most earnestly or Tue ha iour1ev
cordial lust finished so but crowded with
eyneTisnces we have been deeply impressed py 'ne t
narveis of your industry and the enormous exteh vi
nnT Commerce and we happy to recognize the fact
that your fathers did not presume TOO mn9n upon ,e
resources in taking the first step toward becoming
great nation
The next toast was:
The REPRESENTATIVES OF the Family OF Baron steuben--
always been recognized by our people; IN welcoming
Them to this country, desire to renew the
OF the esteem In which we holu INC meinoiJ "a W
renowned ancestor .
This was responded to by Colonel Arndt
von Steuben. who was warmly greeted
by applause. He spoke briefly, saying
that. ia behalf of the Steuben family, he de-
sired to thank American citizens 1Or tue e'e"'
courtesy which they had shown 70 him ana those
with him as the representatives of the family lie
added that when he returned to Germany ne shouid'
with great pleasure, tell his country OF the nos
nitoble treatment which he had received here.
To the sentiment. "The Victory at Yorktown"
the Rev. Dr. Storrs was called upon to reply. lie
smoke first of the number of times he bad been pres
ent at Chamber of Commerce dinners, ana SAID that
now. when he received all invitation TO attend one
Of them IL always reminded him of the port who
was invited many times by lady OF
high rank to dinner. The poets answer
to the invitation was Wont
He felt tie same way when asked to partaHe
of the Inequalities of the Chamber oil commerce.
He continued, in part as follows:
don't know whether you know " or not o u III ' Se
better part OF great metropolis In When , WE W
going TO shS ssc 9n1 one Of IT'S younger
beers, the son Of one or H is ve oVo' pleasant
ssr' r SsF M hsre to pSdhs4sfdate
victory WHEEL Cd esteem Of the gallant who stood
our tSe very significant thing that the Rey
% E S"T Drew You re@eSer R
testified the people in ENGLAND sided %n ns t
war Poland sent US Kosciusko. Germany sent us Won
f4a@ss ssnt use S4S saSn
Japplsusel man who haG every tos heIU
keep .tr n@ 9! country Ills purpose this was
born in moment and carried out against every 3D
staclc His name will be joined with that OF washington
as long as there history. Applause ,.roor tho
What contrast there must have been between dfs
French and Colonial troops at Yorktown me one VIII
torn and tattered uniforms and as the other I'LL
equipped for war ov and T as s Who
II was contrast that pervaded everything lew
hafOr
year. CIV merchants with no idea of They looked
back upon few victories, but numerous dejen,s
for Thousand years and they facing nation they
had fought centuries But the principal bcb lad
been at work in the whole universe, Ga ana
which found channel in r, our tsis spipit
of sa aid
what ' to do with them 1t culTnated in inc
victory at Yorktown tApplause The lin impetus pc us
sstnsfsd 1t eliminated in q Republic which is bound
to endure on this continent foFeySr we rtcf sa,ne
fired to our mother country lgreat applapsel at
Ops onmositics shall be forgotten We rejoice
than all in the advance given to liberal IDEAS ny me vac
ISTy in Germany mere than our friend schur,
with his marvellous mastery of our hard Ss tohgHe,
peS Who SPEAK it The victory France well
prepared for osT Sns a we 5Icg m "f
lAppause We rejoice that she is to De leaaer he[t,
nnder republican institutions. and the advancement
which WIN follow their establishment | look forward
standing shoulder to shoulder they did at Yorktown
lApplausel
SECRETARY EvARTss SPEECH.
To the toast The French Alliance" William NJ
Evarts responded He said in part:
MIR CH>IKMAS AND GENTLEMEN OF THE CHAMBER or
CoMMEEcE 1t with great Prde as we az o T tba sre e
pleasure that respond to ths ca IN oehai, 81 'T lSr
sented by the merchants Of th a,ce gte @Ird
city e the United Sate ans ey TO pay ba E
honor and applause TO the French Nation
ard il here a:an to-day by its representatives, and to
the great Fenchmen who were present with their great
ndants to-day receive from US respectful greet
ingi and to the Germans Y who S SEn a mot
also present by their descendants enjoy the fruits
the Observation-Disclosures however whether ought resrond
toast in the French or the Geinan languaEe i0r
Wei great aughterl; but PERHAPS the Frenchmen and
the would prefer to have speak to them in
Sh fOr
The French alliance is of the noblcst transactions
in history The 9th of February, 1878, wit
messed the creation of the Treaty OF Anty and Com
merce which hed ont our Declaration OF independence
and made that which was only heroic strlggie on
part We have not eebdea the c baTd dne a m
my power to show homage TO that day, or on that day
have e"S remembered that the French and the
Germans were with US at Yorktown, but we ought not
out them the affair wouldn't have amounted to much
sG Ree y Who Rt there was no need
being hurry nothing important could happen I'M
In t6is vas. victory OF Yorktown we recognize not
question personal modification or OF personal tri-
but one Of the great battles OF the world in which all The
nations of the world had an interest and from which
they were to reap everlasting good.
The French people have great advantage over rs In
them except in superior opinion OF ourselves
Great FOR French and German names and
the greatest nations of the world. so With
all the bonds of unity between u.s. we must admit that
the history the past aud they to intend to Oc-
py more in the hure. With regard to their relations
to our country there is noticeable difference
between them, namely. that while III f0rktOwns
day many more frenchmen came over here
than Germans, many more Germans come over than
Frenchnen and We are thus reduced to an equilibrium
and 10 placed somewhat in the position OF Linn VINO
was forced to say:
How happy couid be with either.
Were 'tother dear charmer
The French were great people In their
relations with in this respect that all the aid
and sympathy and support have been one side They
every thing for have always been strong
enough not to need anything from To gty
the lines of Canning
The forte Of the French, unlike the Dutch,
Is asking too little and giving too much.