The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-10-19
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| the whole doctrine.
| NIX BAYARD IN THE ENGLIsh"hN'
Our ambassador to England, Mr.. Thom-
| as f. Bayard. has left his post OF uu'y
for a short visit to his home. ana on
Tuesday last ne was given a reception
bv the citizens Of Wilmington, Delaware.
We quote the following from the speech
which he made at that reception:
From one and all IN the country 10
which ! have been accfedlteu mas DG'I -
me nothing but the most uhpouhdGu toui
tesv and kindness Everywhere louHd
the name Of an American was IeoJi'o re- u
with honor, such as ] believe mas pes"
extended to no other people thah oui
selves. ApplauseJ From the tenement
me benign the venerable lady, whose
virtue so illustrates the happy reign over
cOntented people. to the OlhclalS, ana
down to the very heart OF the people
have found nothing but friendly "Ofds
and offers of good service.
/ went as a friend | have been re
ceiyed as a friend. Had ! not been a
friend, / would have been dlsquaIlhed lor
my place, but ] went as friend, 10 clear
up all misunderstanding, and to bring TO-
gether the hearts and the feelings OF two
nations bound by ties such as exist be
| tween no other two nations on The gioDe.
Great applauseD
| would say that there rhas been so
much that | have seen to create great
respect for the temper of the people ana
their Government 1t Is but Just 10 say
so Il is but Just, my COuntrYmen, mat
] should testify TO you of the law-abdlhS
spirit of that people not simply among
the accomplished men who deliver their
judgments upon the intricate cases OF
property and personal rights In their
courts of iustiCe-nOt among them alone,
but among the humber classes of those
other officials who mingle with the body
of the people at large. There is a con-
sideTatiOn by the officials for the FEELINGS
Of the people, there Is an obedience by
the people to the spirit Of law incarnated
into the humber officials. In year and
q halls residence in England, ana most
of the time in the city OF London, nave
never seen policeman with baton or
stick in his hand; ! have not seen blow
struck by one; have never heard violent
language from one: | have not even seen
violence or jest from one.
| came back to America only loving my
country the more | am glad to bear tes-
timOny to-day to the good feeling every
where existing throughout Great Britain
for the American people, ana to say mat
/ hope there never VIII be an honest
British hand stretched out that there Will
not be an honest American hand to grasp
il. ApplauseD What ! say tonight mas
no reference whatever to the parties that
divide American people. ] speak just as
much to my Republican brother as ! DO !
to my Democratic brother. l am ask |
ing that this Gear land OF ours shall have
a high and noble career among the ma |
tions of the earth: that we shall begin 1t |
at home and we shall continue it
abroad.
Rightly did Mr.. Bayard say that Eng
land and this country are bound together
by ties such as exist between no other
two nations on the globe OF common
ancestry, a common tongue, and free In
situations founded on common models, 1t
would have been strange indeed If there
had not been such interchange of COM
municatons as has made the network |
of joint interests that bind us to each !
other. Yet it is the habit Of some Ameri- !
cans. wholly unappreciative of the fact !
that the interests Of the two countries |
are so interiaced as to make them almost !
like one TO omit no opportunity 10 dis
parage England. and endeavor to excite |
Prejudices against her and her people IA |
the minds of the people OF this country. |
We saw that bigot Benjamin Harrison ana !
his Secretary Of State, Blaine, rush this !
country along two or three years ago to |
the very verge of war with Great Britain |
in a cause in which a judge of the SUI
premc Court of the United States, APP |
pointed TO arbitrate the quarrel, decided
that the Unied States was all wrong, and
England was all right We knew per-
fectly well at the time that all sensible
men would say we were wrong in that
wrangle, and we said so then, and we now
add that. in our opinion the very greatest
calamity which could befan the human
race would be war between this coun-
try and England.
What Mr.. Bayard says OF the reverence
OF all Englshmen for the law Is very no.
ticeable to the most casual traveller in
England, and II impresses all men who
see it with the most profound respect for
their national character. The braves,
the hardest, the most obstinate men on
earth. they yet defer 10 the constable's
stan as soon as ii makes its appear
ance on any scene with all the Difference
which the most ooedient son could yield
to the most beloved parent. This is not
nor servile adulation for
authority. 1t is that robust devotion TO
liberty, regulated by law, which made
the Englishman the dominating race OF
all this earth until his child upon this
side of the water grew up, and which
makes the two together now Gods chosen
people, II one may. without sacrilege.
claim that position for any of the human
family
We rejoice in the fact that our repre-
sentative in London is penetrated with the
broad, catholic spirit that inspires the
mind of Mr.. Bayard. That spirit will
draw England and the United States even
closer together than they already are. and
as the bonds between them tighten IL is
not only better for America-it is better
for man, wherever he dwelIs.
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