New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-19

ths growth that your toast has maniiesea We ar T.,
&oo-wh ich perhaps has not been noticed III tns ye III
tss election 1Sst has ss st eeeO for
S Ss r Ss chosen Governor Cleveland so%e
applause completes in his term Of Office before him the
hnndred years under the the t o1cS,iop 'O in
j7sason Of Tresiaen, Washington. lApplausel
A. ibis President elected closes the first ccntur! III
thss ns SO the next election will launc under new
President whether it he reelection of Governor SeNe
land or the election Of somebody else ncNerlHelc
aunch of our Presidential career the first In the second
century o; the government Of this country
INFLUENCE OF WARS on THE COUNTRY
Well gentlemen will not fatigue you with statistics
Of cur growth will recall the boundaries oil our
fror,iers the of population the greatness o'
our wealth of enterprise, of our cultivation OF on
rel,gous deveelopment but now mo WI" to s soms
one OF sHs great SG% % '' %"f viii
Tor his Great growth II inseparabe from the
SY,s. nro,rsS of our race that should have been
80, ns,r,ments great influences great stages i'll its
progress. IL has hcena very fortunate theor! LOT IN VIZ,
with hat exceptions the wars that have contflpued
10 develop and Law the ample magniicence OF our
heritage and our rich possessions nave Dceh WAITS
tween other countries not wars oi our OWL. t n
smple possession of this country was the object aime
~ the cause. aud rowing ambition ana tne 1es. , ht
Insae thcsc great wars one OF the grca, wrs w' o
he;ween Great Britain and France while we were cor
nic OF England determine which OF these races snou
Iossess Ibis Northern continent Ahu you ~, ngand
that II the determination had been adverse 10 hng
and France had been left n possession oil the h9er
Sroutirrs This feeble community of ours would never
hssc Venturcd upon an independence or sel"i"''o"
from England. at tina, time at least T., this rroo,
conflict for the possession OF Canada ah1 'sr , -,
the triumph Of English arms, we were let Tree from az"
"srt =" !" maintain orr Independence, and France.
Their making revenge In history helped us lo p
inaepenient that England 10y winning Canada mght
d. qrrs wSrs with France and spain in the Napoleon
cg,aiots We had the strange result that tinnce
f,an could not defend it from England
A France then sold to NJ because france S"a cd
81 territory. then limiicdb this bank OF tle Msss
s1se ~ at those wars contests as they were Of alnb
t,ou ~ rivalry aud o race were al poured into the n
Of lhi. mfau, nation o onr, ina, rcarea '"o great %
sf their gisautic warfare lApplauSeI
now rnE NATION mas nffN GUIDED.
We'll, gentlemen. come now to some wars that were
in own umc' after inc Ro''
war that had established our indopcnd'
once. ON first war In lsls WIS TO establish the
great prnclnlc that the United Siaos was no longer
colonial Europe Ia sense anu that we were s9t 10
bs drawn into wars There nv the orders In council OF Ing
land or bv the DEGREES the Emperor Napocoli That
moi Ia be cnslNcd In our c0'ncnc NOV ~ our
srncn, and We ougnt that We might he sun i'd 10 no
brp ont oi European warfucs Tor the iunfc' anu we
were. Applause But then We came under an innu S
which one section oi I'm, country Nas NcrS i's 'ii
sn the other section of the country was very h"s,no
slcnt, and that was The war ior our Doqnes, ON, ~ I,
phase Texas anne Nci ana inc war givH w W al
egtatng this great Nation OF ours III me oonemdmR
nevertheless. ended in carrying our bounds TO the
Pacific Ocean and from that time forward Tha s,,
lated that ambition or thc particular h ' In
great TRANSACTION the enlargement of the boundaries
or this great Rcpnbc Its affairs we're to be committed
10 il And though this great struggle deemed war
10 extend slavery the final result shows that was an
extension of the United and that there was 10 be
slavery In the new or IN The Ola part Oh 'h' ''ou
And hat men in their notions as in Their own
person. seem sometimes to he driven ny me Eures'
somcmes by the Facs,an sometimes lea by the gentle,
g. ,rsc enough 10 look back upon, Divine Providence Is
thu energy OF all and at all limos L. Dood ana ap-
THE WAR or THE CONSTITUTION
Another very extraordinary estimate has made this
Nation great, aud kept this vast territory lor US; !
mean that extraordinary fact In The government OF ue
world that when the energetic iieht OF Enghsn nncrg
The brak coast Of England the rst savc-ship
on the ocean the time that brought IRON. Arch
u the softcrcmcs country hc thce ana t 0uos
condition slavery do not seek now To speak about
Institution in any of the aggryatons or 81 inc con
ordinary power by which that institution ~ ihc snun
kept the Norern re"o and S s@cn e' the mGcr
climate aud the softer influences OF the Atanuc ,out
Ills wall his bnrror~ was raised between thcsc two
sections OF the country. IN the energetic N3rim re-
inorccd by It's immense mgralions of the same aInh,'
aud with the same love Of freedom amd INC sane fcpng
nance of ss ayy tcr s%Gs rs"rEsIrs to the
Mississippi then beyond. and finally ~ ne lnst ncg9s
looked ont Upon the Atlantic from me Windows OF tne1
habitatons Applause An1 ,.en this land secured
and no disparaccmcut came finally to the last
war TO which sh i ,,, a inr"ar and " "I
traoriinay division of this country an example IN thc
history of The world "a border war Ana where were ERE
cnntry IRON, here TO the Pacific Ocean and under this
wall OF the Constitution the unity of the Nation was ae
oulre nj great cost no end Of treasure and OF blood
but the border lines eiaced forever Great
spplansel What nation shall seek war with us !
What nation seeks with us on the borders OF tns
great land of that now borders on foreign naons
And. gentlemen these great wars seemingly not alto
result our territory united and lndissouoie' our IA
tioe is united aud indssouhle Yet when | give the
toast United Territory and United Nation" LET me
add to this but neither OF these invincble unless
there unity in the sober thought and manhood OF the
people all the countrya unity or heart ana mhu
IL the love Of this great land. Loud Applausel
CONGRESSMAN COXS SPEECH.
SIS. Cox wad introduced as the Chairman of the
Committee on Naval Affairs, and therefore well
qualified 10 respond TO the toast, The Navy
Guardian of Commerce. There was much hearty
applause aud some, attempts at cheeringlas Mr.
Cox rose. lie said
Mn cu,tnu,S ASH GrNurNtN: Perhaps nv proN-
imity lo the clerical gentleman on my lel m"hStnoi
thier htnds-thc Na,y guardian aud commerce may
he allowed tu mdnleein little harmless alnleiaUm
,neh sat that commerce means cotton corn ana th'e
AMI that he navy means conase calnlc ava cannon ~
We cnnut separate me tUo wng dergna1 HpSa ne e
Two ~ n luuks Us the navy Tor lf9tecioh
i,rnse we have ships un The hruad Qcean II does not
tlnt that We have MOI commerce to large extent but
tnnnptr ,aiirl unipt uhef rass. am ashamed sat
lAppiansp Ne have iutegn commerce etnal - 'oou
ninn 49, n Is ,ati,d w. uihr hottOins than uni ow
,lnit un sixteenth al the anunni ~ our hnegn roh
.l,lee ui aasi,s t,paln fot e,e,i lblns Vol iesl
.g 900 saa s w. SI "a VIA Ss1" s,ae gSe
iiirni 80 hinr iiun lthnr7s'n one lniu' npn re
we wv, 49, "''' ~, w MA N,,nfiran uas am
ra, vt ,his ,iduion, We should have Navy ihsl
fni rnmrie WIN 'he haNlts 81 we W"if
ihnl oi tho eAtent Of oar sea eoasl, OF enl
rivers aud oar glif, aud all Unparalleled We
sanI ~ forth a. David Tho sou al Jesse, dih WIN
ls SLING o. do battle agtns The Gnliahs oi the stas We
have Iallaonsa winch goes down when II Is struck a.
II hit hy soo sIugger nom Maine. She is laid up
Tor r. as aud NY constituents are trying 10 clean tl
AS chairman Of The Committee On Naval Anas OuRht
10 know something about Navy IL consists or thr
u ships. There are IN commission 90 uHotrs or
one officer u i've men, There enough olcers IN our
service To man seventy English meirof,waf' ana oi
what Kind are our ships There l. too much dead wood
IN our Navy We will have to either en down the roster
Of o0c.rs or Increase The number ships In Navy
We have 81 tophcayy Navy and something
should be done TO remedy tne evil