The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-06-24

should exist between nations depends not
upon the relations OF the governments. aud
is not to be brought about 10y diplomacy or
by treatisc; Il depends upon the person u
sympathy and feelings OF tbe people tliein-
selves. And ii may i've pcTsnitted to refer
to recent events / can assure YOU that when
il was perceived in America that the clouds
Of war which threatened TO settle down upon
your country began to be dIsSipatcd-1 hope
III the realization OF which | pray God we
may not be disappointed-and when IL he
gan 20 be seen that the sunshine of continued
peace was likely to fall unobstructed upon
the multiplied industries OF England, there
were no people in all the range of humanity
Icy whom that conclusion was received with
more sincere and complete satisfaction and
gratitude than by the people of the United
States. Especially. rs it seems 10 me. should
the fraternity between these two great na-
tons find expression on this occasion and in
this place, where YOU, my Lord Mayor, pre-
/. side IN your official capacity n Chief Magis-
trate OF the greatest city in the world-a city
whose commerce has more than put girdic
around the earth 1t is there exactly that
you touch US most nearly. America is en-
phaticaliy country Of industry and of bust
ness; in no country in the world do that class
called business men possess 50 large share
and influence in the affairs OF the govern
ment America is able TO offer a home 70 all.
simply because it offers work to all. II l.
prc-emincntly the home OF the worker and
not of the idler, and therefore here, more
than anywhere else. i il appropriate that eX-
preston should be given to the relations
which subsist between the two countries.
There is another reason why an Amer
lean representative and above all an
come here on this occasion, and
that is the common share which we claim
and the common admiration which we feel
for the distinguished men who are your
guests tO-night-the Judges of England. We
claim them as ours as brethren OF our pro-
fession in America, one and all. In hun
dreds of courts and among thousands OF law
yers and Judges who never saw and never
will see the faces of the English Judges their
names to-day are household words, and their
decisions are the subject of constant study
and of constant instruction. Americas
Judges have To- administer justice from the
Atlantic to the Pacific but although the
judgments of the English Judges do not pre-
rail there, they are seen and felt by both
bench and bar. One distinguished member
of the English bench, Lord Chief Justice
COlcridge, came to America a year ago.
He came as the guest of the Ameri-
can bar and was made the guest
w. all, and he went away, am glad TO think.
not altogether diSpleased with Us. | hope
that many of his distinguished brethren may
follow his example, and travel through what
| may call the second jurisdiction of the
British bench I'm no other thing are the
British people to he more largely congratu-
lated than on their judiciary. Never did the
judgments of the courts command higher re-
gard and more complete consideration than
they do to-day. 1t is the justice done i'm the
land that makes your commerce possible; it
is that justice which has built up British lib
e ties. The freedom OF England has been
fought for over many a field and contended
for in many parliament but, after ALL it is
to- the judges that yOu are most indebted for
the freedom you enjoy. Your poet laureate
has condensed the whole thing in the lines
When freedom slowly brOadens down
From precedent to precedent.