Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-06-15
GRAFTON BY wATTERs0N.
The Kentucky Journalist AT BAN
quet I'm London.

bONDON, May 0U. - lne thinner
given tonight by all of the United
States consuls in the United
Kingdom to Patrick Collins, the
United States consul. general here,
was a notable gathering. 1t was
considered a great compliment to
an efficient official, and all the
American consuls located in
Great Britain and Ireland attend
ed. Among those present were
Ambassador Bayard and Joseph
Pulitzer. An illuminated compli-
mentary address was presented to
the consul-general. To the toast
"The Guests of the Evening""
Mr.. Collins made fitting res
ponse.
The speech of the evening was
made by Henry Watterson, Of
Louisville, responding to a toast,
Memorial Day" In fact, it
created sensation. Mr.. Waiter
son began the main portion of his
address by replying to the state
ment by T. p. OConor, M. p, in
his paper, the Sun, at the time of
the Venezuela excitement. In his
statement, O'Conor asserted that
the South would have to be rec
koned with, in case the United
States engaged in a foreign war.
Mr.. Watterson repealed the as
sertions of Mr.. O'Conor, saying
that, among those who fought so
we'll and valiantly during the late
unpleasantness, as well as among
their descendants, there was but
one feeling-a feeling of thank
fulness that God had laid the
weight Of his hand upon the Con-
federacy and preserved the life
of the American Union. He
said:
II confess 1 am lingo, but
from England l learned the les.
son and got the cry, greatness
and glory for England 1t goes
without saying and should need
no self-seeking funky eager for
social recognition, no resonant lip
service delighted to have an au-
dience and rejoicing at the sound
of its own voice, to impress the
intelligent Englishman with the
truth that no true American de-
sires anything but the most cordi-
al relations of friendship. This
state of common institutions and
of common language is common
talk. More than this, it is, in
some respects, misleading. Talk
of common language did not pre-
vent the United States from going
to war with England on two oc.
casions. Talk Of common insti-
tutions, where conflicting inter-
ests were involved, is imaginary
rather than real. We are of a
common origin and of common
blood, without a doubt, and that
means we are good fighters who
may be counted each to stand by
his own. War would certainly
be a terrible alternative, but there
are yet greater evils that may
overwhelm mankind than war.
at was the spirit of the Anglo
Saxon race that placed England
where she is today. Her warriors
are no more forgotten in her
history then are her sages. To
the same martial spirit, the Ame-
rican union owes what it is today,
and upon that idea the United
States must rely to maintain her
position among the nations of the
globe.
eff in recalling the heroic deeds
of those whose memory we drink
tonight 1 take leave to hoist our
national bunting a little higher
than the Duke of York's column;
if l also trail it in pious homage
before that dome where lie the
remains of Wellington and Mel
son, L certainly do not mean to
beard the lion in his den, nor
twist his tail, when l remind
Englishmen that we, too, have in
Sherman, Lee, Farragut and
Stonewall Jackson Anglo-Saxon
soldiers and sailors, whom all Of
the Britons should delight to
honor"