Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-22


floating about in the upper strata of SO.
ciety Mary Anderson and Mr.. Lowell
have been absorbing what little attention
the English people could spare from Egypt
and India, for a year or two, and even
with so many Americans in England as
have been in that country for the few years
"last past the people were so ravcnous
that they had to come over here in swarms
to see more of the Yankees And TO
crown ALL Mr. Cyrus w. Field, the most
distinguished member of the most distin-
guished American fsmily--the father Of
ocean telegraphc cables ard the owner of
fine evening newspaper the New York
Mail and Express--goes over the brine to
show the English how to celebrate the fact
of American Independence, and to make
them participate in the proceedings. SO
on the fourth Of Jnly, Mr.. Field gave
dinner to U. S. Minister Phelps and 9TH
ers, at the Buckingham Palace Hotel,
| (near the Westminster Abbey and the Par
Lament buildings, and besides Mr.. Phelps
there were present the Duke of Argyll
the head of the Campbell clan; Lord
North and Lord Haughton; Hon.
George F. Edmunds, U. S. Senator
from Vermont Mr.. John Bright, NJ. p,
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Sir Daniel
Gooch. NJ. p, Sir George Elliot, M. p,
Prof Sir William Thomson, Sit James
Anderson, Mr.. Henry NJ. STANLEY Mr.
Waller american Consul GenoraD DR..
Russell Reynolds, Mr.. Potter, NJ. p, Mr..
p. Hugh, Mr.. Henry White United States
Legation), Mr.. W. II. Preece, and DR..
Henry D. Noyes New York;.
After grace had been said by Archdea-
con Farrar, Mr. Field rose and said that
he had that day sent message to be
transmitted by friend of his to General
Grant, and had received the following re-
ply by telegraph: II have delivered your
telegram to General Grant, who was some
what affected by the kind remembrance
Of him by yourself and your distinguished
friends Mrs. Grant was also delighted
that you should have sent the message
The statement that the general endeavors
to disguise his weakness from his family
and friends is simply erroneous"
Mr.. Field then proposed THE President
Of the United States" which was drunk
with all the honors, after which he dis
patched a cougratulatory telegram to the
President
Mr.. Field then proposed "The Queen"
adding: "Of her Majesty need only say
that she is as much beloved in the United
States as in the British Empire" The
toast was drunk with enthusiasm.
The chairman then proposed Pros
perity to the United States of America and
to the United Kingdom of Great Britain"
1t was, he said, gratifying to know that
the Declaration OF American Independ.
ence was now regarded by the entire
British nation, no less than by the Ameri-
can people, as one of the happiest events
in the history of the human race He had
the honor to couple with the toast the
names of Mr.. Phelps, the American Min
lister, and Of the Duke Of Argyll.
From ample reports of the proceedings
in the London Daily News the Standard,
the Morning Post, and the Observer (Lon-
don's Sunday paper), we find that Mr..
Phelps made happy response, after which
the Duke of Argyll spoke, confessing that
Great Britain was in the wrong in
its attitude during the. Revolution
ary war, and expressing his great ad
mration for George Washington, and
closed by giving voice to his feelings Of
| qualification over the fact that the war of
twenty years ago had destroyed slavery
! and showed that it was not the corner
! stone of our Republic.
Mr.. John Bright followed, eloqueutly no
doubt, as it would be impossible for him not
to be eloquent, but he sang, nevertheless, the
same old song Of Free Trade, and lectured
Americans because they persisted in fixing
a tariff on articles of import in such a way
as to promote and protect their own in
terests-precisely as Great Britain always
has done and now does Mr.. Bright al
ways has the bad taste to do this.
Some years ago he was visited at his house
by our Mr.. Shellabarger, (whom he had
invited and at once began to "fll him
up" with free trade, in the usual way.
At the close Mr.. Field read the follow
ing telegram from President Cleveland
have received with heartfelt gratitude the
kind sentiments expressed by you and your
assembled guests. | am exceedingly pleased
| to know that the hearts OF our citizens now
in your company turn homeward with pa
triotic warmth while they celebrate the an
niverssry of American independence, and
that, as they return thanks tor all that God
has done for us they are joined by kind
friends, who, though illustrating the great