The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-27
country. Lord George Hamilton, In pro-
posing the toast to the on''eu o'a'e''
said:

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said:
| ..rheae convivial gatherings form bu'
ANAL mart OF the current OF our socia
| i,se hut they do infinite and far-reacn
| inc good in leaguing the two nations IL
thoae bonds OK mutual respect wnicn
| alone bind in amity and good fellowship
| frheers) We see opposite us the sooo
| ola words Blood IL thicker than water
Nobody who has had the privilege OF oe,
ing on the other side OF the water ana
participating IN the hospitality OF the
United States can come TO any ol"e'
conclusion than that this sentiment =.
true loud cheers.1 Although the si."'
ocean divides us. there exist pew,
Engishmen and the great mass OF 20, -,
zens of the United States connluii a =
OF origin. an identity OF language anu
similarity OF ideas and pursuits SUI" -.
exist between no two other nations ~
the face Of the globe. Goud cnee,so
The longer the history OF theSe =. "a
countries develops, the more cieai'S
proved that Providence ana h"' .e.,ai
either to maintain the position OF ,i g.,
strength which both had rea 0n. ..,eas
order that they might qusrreI ~ .t,osa
(Cheers) Their destiny Is 10 raise tnoSe
WITHIN tn>lT UpTNtiH ="
~ nroerexfv and comfort and 10 carry
20 ,be dari, nlaces outside their territories
tho inestInable privileges OF CIVILIZATION
! connect this toast with the sentiment
~ c-eat Englishman. now departed
80 eaid. England and the United states
arc NOT two nations. but one. Tor they are
hound together by Heavens act OF par
uanont and the everlasting law OF ma
ture and fact loud cheers)
And Lord Brassey, replying to the toast
20 the English navy, said:
..Tbe banouet was not merely a return
If the courtesy extended the British In
New York last year. The promoters had
aimed especially TO express the feeling OF
affection prevalent throughout great
Britain for their kin beyond the sea-
How different are these sentiments
from the base sordid utterances that we
have had for the past twenty years from
public men like Blaine and HARRISON
whose whole object in life has seemed
IN he TO inaame our people against
the English by lies as to how they had
bribed our Congress to denlonetize silver
and were still bribing IT to pass free
trade measures. the whole business OF
the thing being to keep English goods
away from here that we might be COM
peUed to buy theirs at two and three
prices After they were Though siander-
ing the South their whole stock III trade
has been rubbish Of this sort Joined on
70 every possible Islander Of England TO
conclliate the Irish vote Of New York
CITY. by which they hoped to carry the
state Of New York for the Republican
party in a presidential campaign
The well-nformcd and the generous
American gives no heed to base state
mepts and insinuadons Of this sort. Too
we'll does he know what America and
the whole world owes to that little
island. The virtues Of our race were
Graded there. There is the parent stock
whence came our own honesty, hardi-
hood courage and patriotism. English
men have carried those qualities into
every quarter Of the habitable globe, have
grated them on the stock that they nave
found in each place and, in doing IT,
have elevated mankind mt all points
touched. and have thus exercised an en-
nobing influence upon the whole human
race
In America we are proud Of our KIN
shin 10 Englishmen. While we have in
herited from them the best elements or
our character. we have taken from Eng
land all that is valuable in our institu-
lions. The hardy Engishmen Of the past
asserted these principles as of the nat
ural rights Of man; they contended cease
lessly for them against arbitrary power
in every form; they starved for them
in dungeons, they died for them on the
battlefield. on the scaffold and at the
stake; they rescued and consecrated
them. and have compelled their acknowl-
edgement for mans benefit all over the
face of the earth.
This We in common with MANKIND
owe IN England. and, instead Of seeking to
escape Acknowledgement Of our DEBT 10
her. right thinking Americans are giau
and proud Of the opportunity to make
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT She is our mother
country; her people are our kin; her men
are of the bravest, if not the bravest'
amongst men; her women are patterns
If mothers and wives and the closer the
union between America and England the
better it is for America and mankind.