The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-10-06
The Daily Bulletin.
Lord Ooleridpe.

Lord Uoleridge.
Lord Chief Justice Colerdgc closed
MS speech at the dinner in Boston, as
follows.
"GENTLEMEN Passing away from
the kindness, and cordially, and gener.
osity of Gen. Butler, how am TO rise to
the heights which the recollcctiops OF
Massachusetts and Of Boston would fain
invite me to aspire TOP speak in the
nelghborhood Of Bunker hill; in the
nelghborhood Of + wharf, which n friend
OF mine has told me since | came into
TINS room has nothing to do with the
boston tea fight scorn such strictly
historic accuracy. | believe faithfully
that that admirable beverage which you
have brewed ever since, has been i'm
proved since the fight at + wharf.
have seen your old state-house, with the
lion and unicorn upon ii. have seen
your noble building in which your two
houses assemble, with Gen. Burgoyne's
cannon in the ante-chamber | have
seen taneuil hall, plain but magnif-
cent building. have seen that most
magnificent building within few miles
OF this place-the Memorial ball of EIar-
ward university. Gentlemen, these
things are full of interest and history !;
and don't believe men who tell me YOU
have no history. 1t may be you have
short history, because you can not help
1t but you have great history.
You have history Of which any
commonwealth may justly and rightly
be proud. You know--forgiye my van.
ity il | say know, too-that YOU bred
Benjamin Franklin, and Daniel Web
ster and Joseph Story, and Theodore
Parker. Daniel Webster. whose hand |
was privileged ~ a boy at Eton to press
when he was in England as your repre-
sentative, and whose eloquence have
humbly studied ever since: Story, a
household word with every English law
yer Parker perhaps one Of your high
est and greatest souls Hawthorne, if
you will forgive the expression Of
foreigner is perhaps, taken altogether.
almost your foremost man OF letters:
Longfellow, the delight and darling OF
two hemispheres Holmes, the Autocrat
OF the Breakfast Table the autocrat. if
he chose, Of every dinner table. too
but there ! am told he is content 20 play
the part Of constitutional sovereign.
Emerson, as broad. as strong as one of
your long rivers, and as pure; Lowell,
! am proud to say, my own honest
friend, your representative at this mo-
ment IN my own country Like Car
rick in Joseph Reynolds picture, he
excels either in tragedy or comedy, and
is delightful whether rs Hosea Blgelow
or James Russell Lowell, skilled with
equal genius to move the hearts Of his
readers whether 10 smiles or tears.
And Howells, the last Of your American
invaders who have taken Eneland by
storm. These are your glories. these
are the men who make your history.
These are the men--forgiye me for say
Ing it-of whom you ought TO be proud,
II you are not heartily proud
Gentlemen in the person Of every
humble Englishman on one side, and
of this great company on the other, let
me think that England and America
have met together Gentlemen, we are
one, as Washington Allston said. and
most truly said-the great painter and
the poet who worked in this city, and
who lies not far off in the Cambridge
church yard are one in blood, We
are one in language, we are one in law,
we are one in hatred of oppression and
love of liberty We are bound together,
il | may reyerently say so, by God him
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and mutual respect, and two nations so
joined together, | am firmly convinced
man will never put asunder