New-York tribune., 1883-10-26
HONORs TO LORD COLERIDGE
A RECEPTION AT THE UNION LEAGUE :
SHORT SPEECHES BY THE LORD cHIEF-JUsTICE AND
MIR. EvARTS,

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panied by Elliott F. Shepard. A large company
had assembled in the club rooms and as Lord Cole
ridge came in they parted to allow him to pass,
while Bernstein's orchestra struck up God Save
the Queen" William NJ. Evarts, the president
of the club, and Joseph ii. Choate escorted
the distinguished Englishman through the
rooms OH the first floor, and then to the
art gallery where a number of paintings had been
hung for the occasion. As the trio moved through
the rooms the crowd surged after them, Lord Cole
ridge continually recognizing friends and reaching
out his hand as he passed. The guest
was soon escorted to the platform of the theatre,
around him being grouped Judge Noah Davis,
Thomas c. Acton, James G. Carter, Joseph II.
Choate, John Jay and Albion p. Man. The chairs
had been taken from the room, which was closely
packed with men, standing, who greeted Lord
Coleridge with hearty applause Mr.. Evarts's
humorous salies and Lord Coleridge's feeling re-
marks were keenly appreciated.
MR.. EvARTs's REMARKS.
Mr.. Evarts addressed his remarks to Lord
Coleridge and spoke as follows:
When the people In this country learned that you had
accepted an invitation TO visit this country they knew
that judiciary and the members OF the legal profession
might have special reasons to be gratfed but was I'M
tpt Of in SSd
only class OF the people. You may be expected here
Judgment which you may have formed OF ns dur
ing the two months you have spent in the
country. This Judgment may be a divided one.
IT, however you have formed unfavorable Judgment
we do not expect to hear of 1t tonight Our faults be
seen 5000 miles of; as modest retiring people our
public and private virtues need TO be closely inspected 10
be And yet when You return TO your country hope
that will have seen views OF this country and its Ie
which will wholesome and worthy TO be applauded
one thing that must have struck you is our Faculty OF
speech We nation of orators ard whoever happens
be speaking is for the time being the best orator In the
country hope you will regard this country as worthy
LORD COIFRIDGE'S RESPONSE.
Lord Coleridge was greeted with prolonged ap-
plause and spoke deliberately as follows:
A man who has spoken until he is himself tired OF
pea61g Tnagyf5 a ms n Inmate On vanity sa5 a5o 6e mIe
and about his country can be tne best form OF ahse
mept S0withstanding am not at all sorry iTy 'hal al
you upon the last occasion upon which 1t viii be
my ay good n5 rond r@Tncr perhaps adSs an
American audience. believe II Is high time that should
be gone and tell you why. If you to be kind TO
me own tnat after all have had at your hands should
begin to miss it. Laughterl II you continued TO be
kind to afraid you would spoil me altogether for
my own country, where a candid and impartial criticism
is not wholly unknown. hope indeed that old worn
aud his life behind him, hope IT Is not likely
that he would under any circumstances allow us
head to be turned but do say truly tha II me kindness
of my American friends was to go on much longer thG
danger of having it turned would be very great But
Englisbman and an English Judge; IApplaJsel.
get gone and VIII explain II by an anccdOle n 10
one part Gt Wm'h nob P'O'fIy yo Ssa.1crs
German German Musicians IL HAYDN and Mozart were
invited TO on entertainment Haydn said tna he would
he said those who once heard Mozart would after
ward listen TO Haydn. Now 1 am not fool enough to
pared to Haydn. Ru yOn have in this city an English
man with wnOn do honestly and 10 the best oi my udg
ceiye Mozaft 10 have been Hcis great actor and a
great artist ana hope VIII receive at your naii
Na git@w Arnold Il not only about Inc trcst dearest
in ne
at moment To be the most distnkul5hcu EhE7Lli
eguaI Taken altogether he has in my Judgment no equal
Applausc.l He Is now In Newly lOrk and You Will nave 20
listen TO him when am the sea Ana you nave goI
coming also, 80 have been told, John Bright. lL1ud
applause An say Is, hope It Is true becan.e
! II John Bright comes here you VIII emo" "Aal %
English speaking is, you will know what English oTt"y
is you Will know what great; nign,ihncI s'i1sro .
fore in ihc presence the horizon Of these FAR greater
uuinafic, il is nigh time, thina, that the ChlcI justice
TTerc Is another reason perhaps, way II is ntug that
lean audianrc should Dc addressed to this CLUB. A.
! / understand it, 1t founded At time when the
founded 10 preserve tnut unity and to help TO ward OF
! tnat great danger. and It remains To-Day a
gSnr slTs unity uing has been indc-tc6y established
/ do pretend 10 give any opinions OF Things that
after All that has come and gone, every
true patriot must Do heartily gaa ot.ta,.5r5 thI, 5r5'
Because IL il plain that If you had been broken mp into
eScaiapcd against one another along hos
tilc fiOntier perhaps more than two thousand
mile. long, you would halead 50 much to do between
Won at home nat far foreign nations are concerned
yon might as well have been plotted out Of IN" map
dIyzaien fHft22iG "a and the 6crng and strcnshcnng
OF those ideas III the world oi "hch lhc American ItpD
lie is the chief living HynDolItheieIoLe Is hdl re-
olce that unity was pre5erled lApplausc Iheie Is
certain popGey, therefore In my thanks beng rendered
10 you the representatives, III ceIh sesc VI ~ ~.
whole country To you tender my earnest heaitleIl
thanks for the gracious and cordial kindness which for
more than two have met In every portion Oi the
Rcpublic know did not deserve it, but believe me,
There l. bat one word more TO say That loath to
say II is the word goodbye. / could say much more
epd he simple but noble words when Sir Henry Taylor
uses: Enough, enough full heart iew words"
TIE PICTURES AND GUESTS.
After the speeches the company repaired to the
library. where Mr. EYarts introduced large num-
her of those present to the Lord Chief-Justice
At Ii D. III. tho supper room was opened and dis
closed handsome tables Ornamented with flowers par
tridgcs huge salmon and bOn-bOns set by CamuyitO
the clubs steward.
Among the pictures exhibited were " Mondays
Rest " by Iuciau GrOs; "On the st. Lawrence"
4 G. Nicoll; "The Awakening" Henry A. Loop;
"Exfremcs Meet" w. Satterlee; Lago Maggiore,"
+ f.. Cropsey Coming into Harbor," Arthur
Ouarfley; November" j. McEntee; Sunset
Carrot: Rosebud Among the Daisies J. Wells
Cbomnncy: Scene on the Delaware" +. Addison
Richards; sunset on the Prairie" and Old
Fauthfu! GeyscT, Yellowstone Park A. Bierstadt.
Among those present were Lord CaTrlngtOn, judge
SrdgwiCk Judge George j.. lngraham, Judge John
r Brady. Judge Billings, of New-Orlcans Judge
Nan Brrint, Judge OGorman, Ex-Governor Phelps,
of Vermont; WIliam Dowd, Judge Charles i. DAILY,
! GeueraI Horace Porter, A. :. Hatch the Rev. Di.
.J0hn Hall David Dudley Field Is. II. Brist0w, w.
Lane Booker sir x. McCoTmack, Constant Mayer
the Gy' pr NS1@y1 S1carns y William Allen Bmtdr A. ".
HmmphIcys, George DeForest Lord. samuel ID.
babcock. ex-JudRe Horace Russell Monslg-
nor Do9nc j. ". Harper l.. {. Stcdman,
cyIudge Ariioux, Captain Beach, Major Arthur,
Clinton b. Fisk, Roswell smith, William D9rs-
heimer W. b. DinsInore, l.. X. Bacon, W. l. Schley,
Zones Zones Richard Arnold, stephen A. Walker
the kew. Dr. Van Dyke, Judge Joseph F. Daly the
Rev. Dr. Thomas Armlltgc, the Rey; Dr; Matkins'
J. +. Cropsey y. Millikcn, jr., r. Is.