The sun., 1896-06-24
AMERICA ABROAD.
Speech ortho Hon. Henry yntterson at the
I.ondon Celehratlop of Memorial Day.

from the CObrter~JOuTnhI
On the evening OF the 30th OF May, In the
Prince OF Wales's Room Of the new Hotel
Cecil In London. Memorial Day was celebrated
by q grand banquet tendered to the Hon.
Patrick A. Collins, Consul General to London,
by his colleagues tho other Consuis OF the
United States 70 the United Kingdom. The
Hon. James f.. Neal, Consul to Liverpool, pre-
sided. On his right sat Mr.. Bayard, the
American Ambassador. The company was very
large and distinguished, including Mr.. Hannis
Taylor, Minister to Spain; the Hon. George F.
S@r of Mr. Jp'eRs onPy PStSef Ws
tcrson responded to the toast to Memorial
Day. The following is the full text of his re-
"a distinguished journalist OF London, hold
Ing a seat In the Imperial Parliament, was
United States venture upon a war with Eng
land, or any foreign power, the southern sec,
tion of the Union would have TO- be roekon"d SS,i,
tion OF affairs, and the state Of public senti;;
msnt. in America; II uoon this i,, Memorial InI
one army the fallen heroes OF both armies
who fought In that stubborn contention could
complete ,obllteration, OF every sign, token. and
issue OF domestic strife, and realize. as the Iiv-
ing do. the full meaning OF the conclusive re.
suit reached thirty-one years ago, IT may DO
doubted whether the exultation of the one
side would, in sincerity and universality; ex.
satisfaction advisedly, for; since man oan
be- expected to exult In his own defeat. a
stronger expression might not precisely fit tho
case. But. / do declare that. among the sur
Yivors of those who fought 80 we'll from Big
Bethel in 1851 to Appomattox in 1900 and and
ing, and that of thankfulness TO God that He
Lid the Of His hand The the
of the American Union.
ri was over here just after, that dreadful
was not long discovering that such trivial dis
tinctions as Federal and Confederate We're
Greek to the average EUROPEAN mind: Az Of Of
US were Yankees, took the hint and with 1t
the shortest cut could back to the protecting
found there the shelter so ample and restful,
80 comforting and so comfortable. that | clung
to It. froze to 1t, and haye ever since been ad-
vising the boys. old and young. to follow my
with all Difference to my very old and
ments uttered by tho eminent Senator from
Massachusetts, confess that am jingo but
to those of our English friends who have hon.
ored US by their presence when 1 tell you and
son and got the cue. Let me hasten to add
that there is no possession which England has
for bo az IS
70 either by seek king to conceal the fact that be-
hind Il Q party leaders and the public journals,
here to-day and gone to- morrow. there are mil
lions of people who may not with eafety be ig-
nored, and vast interests which can only 6e
assertion, equally plain spoken on both sides
The greatness and glory OF England go
INK tiunkeyism eager AZ InH for social % re recoanition.
nor any resonant lip-service delighted to have
an audience and rejoicing In the sound OF Its
ltshmen the truth. that no Intelligent Ameri-
can desires any other than the most constant.
England. There are indeed shrines here
whete we. worship founts whence We have
d and poetry and law. But the talk about COM
mon institutions and common language is
ap & nd in sspe.
US from going TO war on two occasions. and
enables us on every occasion when we happen
10 bo out or temper TO express ourselves the
more volublv and the more extensively. The
common Institutions. where they do not expose
nary than real. We are OF common origin and
blood un iou6tedly, and that means that we
each to stand BY his own; I1 and consea uentiy. .
This circumstance has come to be tolerably
well Understood on both sides of he Atlantic.
we are hearing a good deal about new prin-
ciple of international ethics, or jurisprudence.
Or what you will. which they call arbitration.
bitration Just as am for religion and moral
ify and justice. and all other good things that
heard OF religion or morality or Justice inter
posing to prevent the church-your church or
MY aons Mas as wDsns II
than churches; and: while arbitraSSn may
the disorder has struck In or become chronic.
prove Intellectual as cure. Then 1t is that
the body polite. the body corporate. requires
blood letting; and blood.lettin. 1t will surely
have:
to fight. When courts of law are abolished
and lawyers are turned into darning needles;
when, Journalists exchange their functions As
when rival merchants will not permit one
another TO undcrsell his wares: in short. when
the lion and the lamb have concluded To pool
their issues and TO lie down to pleasant dreams.
we shall have thst peace on earth, good will TO
mr. rE nGiuGns t of free s trade ard sail"
the ocean by Mr.; C"mlen and Mr.. Bright. and
on our side bv Mr.. Cleveland. To be 2plauded
s snd denied, denied, Iwhcn, Opportunity has offered, on
both sides: War is certainly dreadful alter
native. He who has it. and who knows
what It actually means, can look upon it only
with horror. But there are yet gre. ter evils
I" mankind than war. whose elimination from
human experience makes the rmascuation of
the human species simply n question OF time It
was the heroic spirit OF the AEglo-Saxon race
which placed England where England is To-
gotten than her sages. forgotten il al all at
her peril 1t is to this same martial spirit
and on which it must rely TO maintain all that
II has. IL Is certainly true that these two
10 rule the dostinies OH Of the world; hut
they arc not likely to agree upon the terms un.
III Englishmen fna as much To thrill and exat
thrill and exait them Mt ordon-Avom.
TIL then. thanking God that am an Anglo.
my race. visible everywhere IA this wondrous
land. / must rest upon tho answer made hy
John Adams TO George the Third, when tho
King reminded him that, having been born an
English subject he ought to love England;
sire said tho sturdy old republican. Sire,
love no country except my own
Il beg that you will forgive me IL ! overstep
the Limitations as to belligerency--in my case
purely abstract, officially fixed upon an asso.
siai'on s,n dedcT,ed @ to The noble arts Of avarce
certain pccularltes, Of the occasion. Your
guest this evening is a General |. myself,
being, q kentuckian. have sometimes been
called Colonel.
III, inspired by the heroic dead, to whose
memory We have drunk, take leave to hoist
me national bunting little higher than tho
Duke OF York 5 co umn. | trail II also In pious
homage toward thar dome yonder where lie
the mortal remains OF Wellington and Nelson
! certainly do not mean TO beard the lion in
has den, nor to twist the mnno or the tail OF
! he noble beast, when remind you that We.
too, have In Grant and sherman and Lee. in
farragut and Stonewall jackson, Anglo.
Saxon soldiers whom Englishmen should do
Hght 10 honor. Upon tho basis OF that honor
mutual, reciprocal. spontaneous. aud sincere,
nay England nnc America always he, what
they or right are and ought to be, bono OF one
bone and flesh OF one flesh"
MIR. Parker's Hasty Departure