Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-12-17


piration of the poet Gray ito scatter plenty
over n smiling land, and read his history
in the nations eyes" And yet coming here
to England L not only realize the
force of that aspiration hut I feel inclined
to go beyond it. / came here to represent
my country as friend to this. Another
aspiration WINS to scatter plenty DER both
lands, and that the people may read in
each others eyes the expression Of friend
ship. (Appause.) From all that have
been able to learn of the history of my
country and the history Of this, charged
AS have, been with the conduct of the
affairs of my country with foreign M
tions, when held office lately in the
United States, and charged as l. have been
for the last four years to represent my
country as her envoy to Great Britain, If
there was any cause of difference, II there
was any genuine and real cause of differ
ence, surely l ought by this time to have
found it out, And yet declare to you, us
l would declare to my own countrymen--
and l speak with the same voice on both |
sides of the Atlantic-there is no imagina- |
be cause, just and reasonable, for differ |
ence between the people of Great Britain |
and those Of the United States. (Cheers.) |
/ apprehend that In human history and In |
the condition of the world at this time |
there are no two distinct nations having |
the same relations Of mutual confidence
and good understanding as the people Of
this country and the people Of mine. II is
not difficult to find the renson for it. The
basis of our government, the principles
upon which 1t is founded, IRE the same on
either side of the Atlantic. / was bred to
a study of the law, and after, wisely or
otherwisely, l became legislator, and
more lately an envoy; still It is the philo-
sophy of the law that has been the pro-
fession of my life. Looking at it broadly,
| and thinking of the two peoples over
whom the law extends, / would say that
| the principles that are embedded in the
| English constitution are those which had
been extracted or are in force on the other
side of the Atlantic among those who are
the descendants of the English colonists.
This institution--such meeting as this
what does it mean? Where else would il
occur except in country that had ac-
copied from the Saxon Alfred the princi-
| pie of local self-government that is the
foundation stone of the American repub-
lie. Passing along in the history of the ma
ton you have Magma Charta, the great
charter of personal liberty, gained from
an unwilling king; gained by free men, not
for one class but for every man to whom
the phrase applied liber homo. That char
ter made the truth that every English
mans house was his castle, that the rain
might come in and the winds might sweep
through but that the King of England
could not enter except with the consent of
the owner. (Cheers.) Where is Magma
Charta to-day? 1t lives in England; il is
crystalized in the constitution of the
United States. (Applause.) There is not
one principle of liberty for which English
| hos fnI tn hn;r ht,u ia,
that is not to-day cherished as an equal
principle in the minds of the people of the
United States and repeated in their writ
ten charter of government. Was 1t not n
strong unconscious proof of the sympathy
of thought between the people of the two
countries when the Lord Chief Justice of
this Realm, not by order of Parliament,
or Queen. or government, not at the invi-
tation of the United States, but by the
spontaneous courtesy of the bar and legal
profession of the United States, passed
across the Atlantic to be their guest and
to speak there freely the things that he
would speak here freely. (Applause.)
There are relations between the two coun-
tries such MS exist between no two other
separate countries on the face of the
globe. The subject is most seductive
one; it is one upon which an American or
, , an Englishman could enlarge until the
morning came, but have something else
to say more contracted, but equally true
in respect of the present occasion, on
: which it has been my privilege to appear
here tonight. Therefore, Mr.. Mayor, |
, thank YOU and l thank, as say, those
! whom you so honorably represent, for the
gracious courtesy of my welcome / feel
: it now; shall not forget it, and trust the
country whose spokesman am tonight
l Go, &c IL.
side of the Atlantic-will feel that in do.
ing courtesy to their envoy you have done
:, courtesy to them. loud cheers.)
Sir UGhtred Kay -Shuttleworth congrat.
ulated the Mayor and his colleagues on the
l welcome they had given to the represents
tive of our sister country across the At
i lantic. That event would long he remem
y bered in the annals, not only of that insti
I tuition, but In the annals of Burnley for d
a long time to come. He regretted that Il
a had not been the lot, through illness. o
a the late Mayor, Mr.. Collinge, to be pres
!, ent, as he had been so much concerned il
a the preliminary arrangements for the
event. He must make one remark upor
the work of technical education. and that
: was DO not let good he the enemy of tn,
II best" They ought to pride themselves
upon the good work they We're doing in tn,
y y they were doing good work they must no
u rest content until they did the very hes
u work all round, both in the technica
schools and the library. He didn't know
whether they might look forward to til
J, day when they might see arising a build
y ing worthy of the town for the purpose o
u library and technical school, He wishe
u to offer his congratulations to the Boroug
: of Burnley upon the acquisition of til
y ancient hall of Towneey. 1t was unneces
!, sary for him to dwell upon the noble an
y: patriotic spirit of Lady O'Hagan, but h
u rejOiced with the people of Burnley in til
:. possession of what would he featur
T. which would distinguish Burnley from u
~ other great towns in the neighborhOot
ic He must also be allowed to have his shar
% in the welcome of their ilustrious CUES
\, For two generations his family had hn
~ their state in the Senate of America. Du
:, ing the first Presidency of Mr.. CLEVELAND
ie their guest had occupied Il most respons
~ BILE position as Secretary Of State. an
~ now he occupied the illustrious and hie
~ position of Ambassador of the Unite
~ States of America to the court of our gri
cious Queen. For the part he had so yea
A, ously and successfully taken to promot
~ the best understanding between us an
re his own people, he had earned our nndyir
iu gratitude. tApplausc.) Blessed were Il
" peacemakers. -'applause)-and he hd
~ been true acknowledgement
- cordial friend of this nation, and a Iii
ur tinguished, gifted. charming represent