New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-30

pom. Edwards Mr. Edwards IN responding to TINS
toast IN i6e short spo ch IN which he paid hlgh
tribute TO the personal and official character OF SIR
Edward Archibald. To the next toast nc
Port of New-York and the .Adjacent Cliies
the chairman called upon Justice Noah DAVIS 70
answer Justice DAVIS tbought that the port ~
New York had 10 aiacent clues. but comprised Su
the beacon of the statue of Liberty Enligbtenlng
the World. Tia. port was under the proteetion VI
this Government, he said, but was really me s prop
erty of the whole world and should be kept Iree 10
the commerce of ali nations,
Mr.. REDS ADDRESS,
The chairman then called upon Whtelaw held TO
respond to the toast "The Literature OF the English
Tongue from Chaucer to the Daily Newspapers;
two Nations which God has thus joined together,
no mar can put asunder." Mr.. Reid spoke as fol-
lows:
At This hour and after these speeches you want very
little OF Cnauccr and nothing at all OF the daily new"
You will please TO remember however; that
the toast distinctly represents them rs both Sun
bodying the Literature Of the English tonguo.
Tnore nave been sceptcs who denied any
literary quality the newspapers. but
rc su scePS tS a9o table 'n Every ssn %an
OF them believes that ia certain paragraph or 60 Oh me
reports in tomorrow mornings paper wlh be toana
StnaTeer In facs there are soma OF them who
think that II CHANGER Ilaugher lnasned Nc Was es,ns
the English tongue, h9 might gn great de Wy S"'ns
Irrcverenco like this has in iact gOn nScat 50
far sometimes TO point the finger at Cnsnc GERS
descendants We oil remember the YANKEE "o' ateoi
the kindly welcome Yankee always gee pt .S,r.
dee areI his home that he liked those brHses
great better than he expected 10; thatp
tn forget all about the trent ana tue Aia & he 1ied
otuer tnngs mat used To make no. GIoo1 1 foio@s
every nlng about them and Thought thein eloou55
peopie but he did TO all everasin tlaL no Nlse
they would learn 10 speak the EnSsh hns"so'
LLIagnter.l ,,,. l., ,bo, ,,,a bas
not. or late been freely recorded but tnsy lSs9
taken some pans to make u Sn" ,nou sn1
Ia facG ne 4. very ready to read
IL without SS paying for it. weHwe have done
our tS"fE Sa we've SS Esn
Your books than anybody eIse;-and ,0 we've
you have Away neglected tho example. You .oiu
i've copies Of our LOngioiow 10 Que o. your own ,n
sun IN inc rsnG little. ugIt little lsand'
aud didn't take any trouble to Ma'ry mn sh;
Lonsiellow'! pardoaoe . sIr2s srfs aS s o6o HDy
nave the paAsnts OK seeas their WORKS "a ~
volumes for most OF the railway ne"d-sIohus "a
tnr Ulited Kingdom; but they take their pay en1fey
By and by we shall get all that changed Alroady-
AID tnis 10 the serious word have 70 say
CONCERNING your toast-aiready Proposlu"n 40 40
scoule 10 authors OF ether country Lne rgas
10 arrange win any publisher thoy choose IN .ho
oicr Tor toe e1cusye mdluiacture aud sale Oh tner
support from mo Publishers Of tails country an tue
au.HOrs OF DJtI. Al some OF our irshds Ihe hs,n
s6elu,ye right mtHulaotu.e tho EhBnsn
book FOR both tae English aud tnc American marke. We
suggest that. Tree traders thoush tney sie ny
carrying froteconst doctrines TO an extreme we 1evI
dresmt o. lney actually ASA 70 os Pro''T,'" th"r
only against the foreign manu- s ,r1sct,srer
Own market, but also Against tle loIlyn nthu 10
N hs own m-rAet o.. MOI rathta tnsi 'tT
met ods OF literary robbery whilr tns authors o. u'e
viii continue ~ 10 cruesaed between the t"o ''o''
Luz ~ cannot be for long Tie English literature to
wAicu your toast does houor,-ihe Literature "noi 90"
groNu on sucn rodgA fae 10 enbOdy tue huest results %
hehltaiest human Thought slho tno 49, 49,.
our the protection you give industry Of every
ether kmd. A JUS International Copyrgat Is sure "
come believe viii -O0ni but soon VI IAte Au
slrs Il is aud vii nave support not only OF
Amencan authors Dut Of American publishers Jap
so much for the protection Of authors aud pno sheFs'
As for the editors. NOBODY seems % W.nt ~ pr pr
mem Nupnlcuu a puDu nor, uDWeNeI' anu
tie Governor OF hIsncbusrtis mas never ~
hanged edOr-S hich $40 tAst mere - 800 ~ o.
poiut al ,ifrrrucc between Napoleon ana BuIcr. VI
the other nand Buticr has damned editors stt' ueil
more taan sapouan dId. As that mas neYrs
dnne 10, m any narm IL shows that they nave
projection euou-h. We may dismiss the newspaper par
OF your coast therefore witnOut ceremony -.
Il oalt remaios f0r mo Mr.. President, 70 say-what
alone gave ne any excuse Tor rs NJ Al -'i-aO" "a.
a All s uf this opportunity 10 tentify our rrsItd loL
v,u,- dI,uugnshed guest. FOr great many
years no nas combined. In TINS Guy, tnv
srvise Of hls own country with sucn cordial goodwill
aud Justice ours mat he has male us an Nc ,,
s o. men Yet all my life In THIS city, AMID plenty
of ab.se ~ English requirements, E1Shsh Ecu s.poi
syr OF Kindness % aaec tomato ros Pcct lor INC s'
Consul General loud appausel he - thas no ionsi,
but We are glhd and proud that SIR EJ"afu reuain'
among u.s. neignDor-i bad almost sslu our le"o"
Hs viii find during hIs continued residence nothing
bn' y sroWing re.ard Tor OWL Land Not merely by
nryygapcls-tc which your toast att1hu es i''pnt "
| - thousand other nteriacing tes Goa ms n ~
/ i,lned these countries together tHa.
MAJ can put them Gsunder ~ Last %, Of .rr s
will there ever be any open ore1en' We ng ISst sj
| y.fa with our klurmou-ln l1'O ISL "hu l'oA.O'
We ana they havs AL mad enough Its astohisnIh-,
says the old Colonel In play after ne mas lowered
ns sword before, Prince OF Como 10"
| wei IKE A man after I've fought with MAI. Tue neA 4.
70 nm win ont side tho family IL was an AnleIie1a
| poet SIR EdSard, who said, WHAT all aOou' ~" WI"
| cordially say
God bless Fathers Land;
Keep ner tn ueaTl and haud
Que with our own
From AL her Toes defend
lie her brave Peoples Friend,
On all her realms descend
WHAT Dr.. TAYLOR SAID.
| Mr. Tyarts asked The Rev. Dr.. Taylor TO speak
further mon this toast DR.. Taylor rose amid long
continued appl 4use AMI spoke briefly rs follows;
Your chairman. gentlemen, has been 80 much ac-
t''ncS 10 lane Instructions foreign Minst, r.
aughc that h. vent lre1 to issuo lls coh'n".is
to no aud must onry' ~ pheA gyns me the
summons ~ lAppl'us''I III EWS' tn o thc
greatest pleasure TO contribute 70 TO- ,,y .ro
i1t 70 tr guest OF the evening During AL tue years
| I'm ch he been among rs ho ma, led sich ne a'
trnil Mucn been said here about tno arbitrat"ns
between two countries aud aDoat inc treaty ~
was made possible by te common tsrtturs OF tae TWO
mcrailre Wno can condense the Atlantic Ocean into
| teacnpi tAppause.I Chaucer aud hls contemporary
or "a some say friend, wlekdne who TRANSLATED our
B,be we're lao first to give h1cdncss and permAnency
| Ia our common tongue Then VINO can WOttAly
| sneak tbe praises OF the great El2aOetban ago,
oI snaErspeare Jonson Milton and the great most OF
mo Purana and all tho later writers VINO nave nnuu
now natre 20 Language OF tue earlier neroes o. OUT
Ltei ature (Appauee THAT literature DSIShSs AS hHo
| 10 k,ncrca as 10 England Applause Inc uile haT
as forever gh1na writer Ike Sydney 7Ihtn may ohori
m 1incrtca ma a and without literature. when tue page
OF our History contains such names rs Prescott Motley
| and B,ncruit IA historians; IRVING Emerson anu
| U0lmes as prose writer's ami Bryant LongelOw anu
Whittier M poets Long applausel 80 long ~ We nave
mi. common heritage between us-a hsft1g'
| which no power can take from us-Ho VIII nav,
| "A common love and comnon respect which no oshel
nations of the earth had before lApplalse.l -
long nH that common exists between the Two lu
so long az the cable carries bet ween them esX
OF friendship and mutual regard and 40 long as We ma
"a common BIBLE aud common reverence lor WY 80 TO-
who rules all affairs of men, ionP VIII II DC
impossible To rend asunder Continued eppihuse'I