Evening journal., 1894-10-17

/ dinners and into their assemblies H.
would not be fair or just or right TO
come back home and not render srne
testimony IN regard to that which ! bad
seen
81 say it for this reason. say 1t be-.
cauee | am most sincerely DESTROYS Of
becoming en- assistant to the promoter OF
Peace on earth and good will among
men Applause
The terrors OF wars. the ambition Of
mercenary wars or any war that Is not
foIce upon the people for the preser
walton Of honor, their self respect aud
their rights. grow apsce
Il look into my own country at what
Is to take their place, and | sec ~ is the
ltw-a abiding spirit Of an honest, self
respecting pc pie.
My friends ard my neiehbors. the
foundations OF this government OF ours
we not laid in craft, in cunning or
corruption They were laid in self.respect
aud honor They were laid by men who.
when they made a law. meant 70 obey IL
and not TO evade It. They arc toverened
by laws Of their own creation. IL that
spirit Of justice TO your nsighbor. OF
dealing fairly and car dldly By him. that
makes i all the more stronger and
necessary that he shall deal so by YOU
II is so in respect to foreign relations Il
will be SO in respect to our home
81 came back TO America only loving
my country the more Applause /
come back TO America endeavorino 10
transplant, as far as | can Ia good
language, that which / saw IN foreign
countries that may be help to nv
countrymen | am glad to bear Testimony
to day 70 the good feeling every here
exhibited throughout Great Beitain for
the American people, aud to say that
hope there never will be an honest British
hand stretched out that there will not be
an honest American hand TO grasp IL
Applause. This has been my duty
unto these subjects, and / have applied
my time
What say tonight has no reference
whatever to the parties that divide
American people. l speak just as much
to my Republican brotherlas do to mp
Democratic brother. / an asking that
this dear land Of ours shall have a high
and noble career among the nations OF
the earth that we shall begin IL at home
and that We shall continue It abroad
have been sent abroad TO represent no
party. | went 10 repr, sent my whole
country | went TO represent the honor
OF the nation Of which / was proud to be
citizen, and | tell you l wish to say.
therefore, how have been received. and
wish TO tell you that | believe nv
Efforts have been appreciated and under
stood and that very large part of the
great share Of kindness that l have
received was due because they thought
| came as the peacemaker and friend
from my country.
No conceslment. did none Of that
In which the diplomacy Of the past period
consists-in using language to conceal
thoughts; but using language, aud using
the mother tongue, the tongue OF Eng
land and the tongue Of the United
States using that TO make the meaning
clear, to prevent equiyocation, to prevent
misunderstandlng-say the thing that
you thought and to think the thing that
you say.
4 do believe that there has been sue
So in that, and that It may bear It's
fruits. l believe It will, and what have
said TO you has been, perhaps, said more
strsnuously than anything | have said
there; but l have been very DESTROYS 70
appear IN my true colors, as paacemaker
and friend 70 the welfare ard honor OF
the nation. a plause
Gentleu Ell, you will say, perhaps,
that you are suffering the penalty OF a
refusal Of mine to give in advance notice
of something that might say tonight
to my good friends who represent the
press. l was most anxious to oblige
them I was most anxious to save myself
trouble by sitting down for a short time
End writing out some tame words that
might answer. But it would not do. It
was no such occasion like this for a man
in cold blood to be so clever or attempt
70 say clever things II seems TO NE
that have answered the occasion when
spoke to you from my heart when
thanked you for your ndness, when
told you that | am just the same friend
and lover Of Delaware and her people,
and Of the country, that always have
been Applause
Then l think you have nothing fur
Their to ask Of me, and | shall only repeat
what l have known now for sixty Eve
years, that Delaware is my natural home
and that here / stand amung NV frfendq %