Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-11

troubles in the national nursey have been
forgotten. The Gsrmsn "Fsther Land"
will not envy the claim since many mil
lions Ct her cwn children have found
homes under our fsg. France who sends
but few IT her sons to other lands
will Din in the verdict,-and will
continue to do so until the memory Of
Lafayette (the [ 1ster son CT Washington,
, whose arms came TO cur relief in the rev.
| olution Ct '76) is forgotten. And as to
Ireland, the land # tie "Green Sham
rock" with 1000 900 OF her sons already
domiciled among ~, that green Isle, SO
full tf the psthos of history ana romance,
whose pe op'e are brave in war aud gener
GUS to q fsult, and as careless q the
morrow, will lutte in the accl.mstion and
enforce 1t, If necessary, with either 8
shout or 8 shilelah! Applause and
laughter
But you will fad Us once more and for
ever, united people. We had trCubles
with other people in 177s and in 1919;
and afterwards. for want of some one to
knock the traditional chip from our
shoulders, We took whack at one an
OF er, and in the saddest hour Ct all cur
history. 1 hardly need tell you, my
frisrda, that being now gladly recon
sructed Confederate, and on the losing
side IN that great struggle, that
an henceforth, to the end
of time, 3 Union man in letter and spirit,
and evsrlastingly opposed to the next
war Applause ]. It's ali over, and
in the graves OF the boys who
wore the gray and the blue, lie buried
the bitter and bloody memories of the
war7 The south, no longer weeping in
graveyards and BY ruined shrines, is dig
ging into rich mines OF iron, OF gold, and
Of silver, and is setting the wheels of the
factory and mill to make better music
than the shrieks Ct shot and shell! Low
ellis and Manchesters aud Pittsburgs are
coming down to Georgia and to Carolina
and Alabsma and Tennessee and to Texas;
and thus the New South will raise her
Ebenezer! The old blood is getting
warm sgaiu, the blood of kirship
and common sacrifice of our
early life, and the traditional
"blody shirt" in our political contests OF
the future will be waved only by those
who never had any blood on their shirts
In the unfortunate struggle spplausel.
Whether Democrat or R~puoicsn win,
so be It, the ship will right herself to the
wind and wave, aud the seas will be
Gained as of old? Yes, sir, you will
find them united Fa0ple whenever the
integrity Of union sad devotion to coun-
try are at stake!
But the Consul General has kindly and
discreetly alluded TO our trade relations
Now that is business my friend, and we
did not come TO this banquet all the way
from the capital as some Of US have done, to
discuss questions Of commerce. But he
wss happy In what be said and in the
manner in which he said it,andlbefore sit
ting down pardon me II add to what has
so well neen said that Japan and the
United States are getting to be very USE
full If not necessary to each other. !
speak, of course, commercially. The
last snnusl trade returns show our sggre
gate import and export trade to be
over S24. 900, 600. The Consul Gen
eral has already told you that
we buy from you sne-third OF all
your exports to foreign countries;
Trade Is wholly independent OF language
and blood and traditions. 1t Is As cold
as steel, and IS ungrateful IS thankless
sinner always is. All people under the
sun buy where they get the best goods at
the lowest prices and sell where they can
get the most. 1t has been so since the
MERCHANT of Venice" demanded the !
foreclosure Of the bond or the "pound Of
flesh" But l must close with hope for
q better time coming to our trade, and 8
contin uance of our olden friendship, let
me bid you agsin, sir, bon voyage, to our
native land. APPLAUSE
A toast was also proposed by Mr..
Walsh to b. &. Count Okums, which WAS
happily replied to by His Erceuency in
japanese.
Surgeon General McMurtrie. U. 8. n,
then offered toast in brief but fitting
language to the American merchants Of
Yokohama, which, after loud calls for Mr.. |
Walsh, WAS acknowledged by that gentle
man and Mr.. Middleton.
Mr.. Storrs then gave the health OF Mr.
Greenhouse, United States Consul-G Gen
erel, which WAS suitably replied to, after |
which, the party broke up, The evening |
having been most pleasant one in every |
respect.