Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-06-04
AN ADDRESS BY MR.. BAyARD.
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thp DplH anniversary ulnDer OF tllo ioHY-
age Club, held on Saturday night in
tho Kings Hall, Holborn Restaurant
under the presidency of Lord Charles
Beresford. Among those present were
Mr. L. II. Bayard Omitted States Am
bnssador), Lord Monkswell, the Earl
Of Ava, tho Lord Mayor Of Belfast, the
Lord Justice General Of Scotland, Col.
Sir John Z. Ardagh, Sir Owen Roberts,
Sir Samuel Black, Mr.. Henniker Hoa
ton, NJ. p, Capt. lounghushand, Prof.
i. Elgar, Messrs j. Fletcher Moulton,
q. o., W. S. Gilbert, Christopher Heath
president Royal College of Surgeons),
&c.
Tho toast of 1.-The Savage Club"
was proposed from tho chair. and ac.
knowledged by Mr.. Hume Williams.
Mr.. Charles Collette gave "Tho Visi.
TORS" coupled with. tho name of tho
American Ambassador.
Mr.. Bayard, who was welcomed with
quite an ovation, was deeply affected.
He said; l will not say that you do not
know, because am sure you do know
how much gratifled am al the manner
in which this toast has been received.
IL is trite saying, and an old one,
that history repeats itself. 1t is part
OF history, or that which is called
history, that when the settlers from
this country landed in America after a
rough voyage they fell first upon their
knees and then they fell upon the saw
ages Laughter land here am j,
having nothing but a pleasant voyage,
come buck from America, and | am
indeed glad to fall again upon the Saw
ages. Cheers. There is one common
ground that we meet upon. like the
kingdom of Bohemia. Cheers.
Thoro Ia a fino atmosphere in that
kingdom. | believe that il records the
only geographical mistake that William
Shakespeare evor made and ! think,
therefore, the exception proves the rule
of his correctness. | think he ehtab-
lished u seashoro in bohemia. Laugh
tor Well, perhaps he was thinking
of the Importance of the sea, and per.
haps he was imagining your chairman
OF to.night-a son of the sea, real
sailor. Cheers.
All that when language slow the thought
imparts,
Comes with that one word sailor to our
hearts
Cheers. believe sincerely in these
intolligible hearts. ithd have written
some thoughts down, but they are no
use on earth. The fact 10 there Ia
something much better, and it is an
answer to the question. WHY do you
welcome me hore? What is it | typify
tn you? 1t is the common manhood of
our race something that needs no
translation. something that il under
stood in tho common mother tongue OF,
it's children. Cheers. There arc
many and troublesome questions around
us. There are points Of differences
| there are questions that call for states
/. manship or philosophy, butl believe that
\ they are all TO be solved by tho amount
of manhood that our people shall present
TO meet them. [Cheers. You have
plenty Of it here, God be thanked.
We have plenty Of il in tho country
come from, and l have tried to repre-
sent in this country simple, straight
forward, unvarying, outspoAon man
hood. Cheers 1t requires no cour-
ase for that Cheers A while ago,
in a very remote pert Of the world from
who're we stand, there was a great ca.
tasrophe. Away down in Polynesia
there came u hurricane and a tornado
in tho little group Of islands with a
very simple and very innocent class
of inhabitants--the group of Navigator
ISLANDS, namnd by an English sailor,
Capt. Cook. The force Of political
controversy or political rivalry, drove
three important nations of the world
to he represented there--Grrmuny
Great britain and the United States,
and they had their armed veHaels in
water IF a country that never owned an
armed vessel. Still there was ques-
tion that they thought they were bound
tf. NkNss ~
and while they wore debating how they
should settle it there came great
power Of nature, and cyclone arose
that swept the armed ships of those
three nations into destruction. The
American were lost, part of the British
We're lost, and tho German was stranded
but one ship and ono ship alone, sur
vived II was tho British ship the
Callinupn, commanded by an honest,
brave, British seaman, Capt. Kane
cheers who fought the tempest, and
inch by inch he gained his way against
IT, In his course TO safety ne passed
tho American ship, the Trenton, drift
ing to her certain destruction; and
whom tho American captain saw the
British man forging his way from
danger into safety no forgot his own
peril, and the American crow manned
The rigging, and they chcerod the
British ship on her way to safety.
Cheers. That was a fine English
man, now dead, Matthew Arnold, who
said that that cheer from American
throatH for British safety was heard
round the world. Gentlemen lot us
take care that the echo of that cheer
shall not cease Cheers. There will
be guarrols, there will be difficulties.
but arc they not petty quarrels and
small difficulties compared with what
was meant and carried in those Amer.
lean throats to tho hearts of the British
sailors as they forged their way from
danger into safctyY Ii there not some
thing to instruct us in the time in
which we live-that there is something
high, noble and manly on the common
ground upon which we can all stand
stand looking in each others faces,
stand touching each others hands.
Putting his hand on the chairman L
shoulder Mr.. Bayard proceeded. And
SO tonight | was glad TO come among
such men as you, liberal, enthusiastic,
kindly, unconventional perhaps that
was my thought more than yours; but
was especially brought here by the
name and fame and character of thu
man on whose shoulder ! put my hand.
Choors believe that we are az
much concerned to preserve and defend
this sentiment in America as you car
be in England. There can be nc
thought Of manhood, no thought III
courage, no thought of DISTINGUISHED
public service, that is not re-echoed IL
my country rs you could wish. Lot
us pass away from all petty, small, un.
manly differences; let us feel to- night 1
tiiIrh in cnInmnn of tho MAINLAND nl