Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-08-04
Cri,icising EnsIand's Policy.
SPEECH AT A BANQUET.
DR.. Noryin Green Responds Grace
fully 10 Toast and Tells His Eng.
Iish Friends About the GIOrtes In the
Land of Freedom.

Tovn"v, August ga dinner was given
to-. y honor OF DR.. Noryin Green by
-. ....an Of the directors Of the East
e. o.. graph and the Eastern Telegraph
Extension Companies at the Star and Gar
ter. Richmond, Mr.. John Fender Presi
dent. DR.. Green, in replying TO toast ac,
know!edged the distinguished honor 7 tid
him to night and the cordial hospitality ne
had received throughout his soJourn In
this country, and his indebtedness 10 Mr..
Pendcr and the entire telegraph fraternity
for constant attentions. de had seen
something OF the city and country, had
found our mother country kind and agree
able. and was lOath To leave her. He every
where saw culture thrift, progress, power,
and dominion Of land and sea, but the
sheet anchor OF strength was the
latent wealth of the people and their
money investments throughout the world.
Americans are n Past People.
nusbing on in the race for wealth. The
English are slow and thoughtful, snd are
never in a hurry. With US things move
so rapidly that if one is not in hurry ne
gets left. He pointed TO the great progress
during the last sixty years 10 the prdctica,
arts, useful inventions and improVementsl
nartIcularly in America. he was nat
rrsIIv the rroudes, Of his own country
for having given to the world the electric
TELEGRAPH, telephone AMI the electric light,
and what a wonderful revolution had the
TELEGRAPH caused in modes OF com munica-
tion The public had been slow with its
belief in il, and slower with It's patronage.
Ii now could not do without 1t It's great
est extension was within the last seventeen
wears. The cable companies extending
him this hos spitality tonight could
GirdIe the Earth
with the length OF the cables they had laid.
The Western Upion Company had increas:
ed its plant five fold. spanned third oi
the earth, and had sufficient wire 10 girdIe
II fifteen times. DR.. Green continued as
follows: And come 10 bid you CRATE
ful farewell. / haye enjoyed much OF your
hospitality and had many occasions
10 drink with you to the
health Of her Majesty, the Queen,
which | have uniformly done with hearty
good will. for if you must have queen
Won certainly have one that Engiishmen
have reason 10 be proud OF, as being hon
ored and respected all over the world alike
for Der wise and prudent rule, Tor her very
exemplary and for her noble aud generous
beneyolence. Ny criticism upon your form
of government is not that you have SOW
.reign, but that yeu have but one. We
have
Fifty Millions OF Soverefgas
in our country and are rather partial TO
them. The title may be less appreciated
because il is con- mon 10 all, but you knoE
we have no title below the rank OF Sover-
eign, still it is rather remarkable that with
forms Of government 81 essentially differ
enf. there should oe so mrch similarity in
the freedom OF the citrzSn and in the con
stsnt improvement oi the laws for the gen
srel promatioD NJ civii ard religions hh'-
~. and the prot. c,iDn "f life aud property
In these hi. her aims Of the government,
England .nd Americs sndthe Anglo Saxon
race everywhere march hand in hand
NAY they cUnIinUe - CO operate ID peace
and unity TIL the English tongue shall ne
come the court language in every ciyliIzsd
country. sud these advanced principles oi
the Eoriish speak ing people shall inptss;
Themselves everywhere"