Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-06-17

| asi'ase,ou VI peac5 anu friendship be
tween States, it is agreed to form thu
articles Of the proposed treaty on aucl
principles OF liberal equity and reci
procity, aa that partial advantage
tthoose seeds OF discord) being excluded
snen benetcial and satisfactory inter
course between the two countries ma,
DC established as to promise and secur.
10 Doth perpetual peace and harmony.
on EARTH PEACE, AMONG MEN COOL
',sf WILL.
These words were in substance re
peateu 10 the preamble to every subse
quent agreement we have made witt
1reat Britain down to the present day,
therefore, you will perceive that was,
and certainly am, endeavoripg always
10 he ths representative not of the mas.
sions, 1ealDusies and animosities oj
4 my countrymen. or of tho ambitions,
lfrre1uuioes or selfish interests OF individ
uals or classes, but, &C seeking agreement,
and not disagreement / have STEADILY
sought to accent the kindly courtesy,
the absolute international good faith,
and In all my dealings to he, in short,
| the representative OF the affections and
mutual interests, and not the passions.
| OF the people OF the great nations be.
tween whom such afiinities, sacred,
moral and intellectual, exist. You will
perceive, gentlemen, that such pur.
poses, and so pursued, must, II success.
fui. constitute an international tran
| guilty in which the personal fame and
renown OF the agent. heing wholly
secondary, disappears from public view
10 the calm sea of public safety, vel
| fare and content, and the wisdom of
the proverb is verified. that ''the ounce
OF prevention is worth ton of cure. -
Ii | have an ambition which may
here confess, it ia certainly to Tread
my history in uation'a eyes, (" and to
feel assured that my fame or notariety
has not been increased by the losses
and sutferings at the people with the
care Of whuse interests ! have been in
trusted. The last four years have been
interesting and important. The record
is made up. and in my humble share
OF public duty | am ready to abide all
disclosures and rest in the conviction
OF tnat sturdy apostle of American
Democracy. Andrew jackson, that
truth Ia oinDipotent and public Justice
certain" L have the right to cungrat-
uate all my countrymen and equally to
congratulate the people OF Great Brit
ain. her colonies aud deDender cies,
that not a question remains unsettled
to-day between the two nations for
which amicable solution ia not reasoua,
bly, and justly obtainable, and that our
affairs are to day IN an atmosphere of
friendly good will and uncloulied un-
derstandIng. am glad to state my be-
lief that although it has been unwisely
and outwurdly delayed and ohetructed,
yet the spirit Of Christian ciyilizati q
which inspired the treaty uf general
arbitration between the two great En-
glish-speaking nations, which stand in
the vanguard of the worlds progressive
civilization. has proclaimed its exist
ence and will soon lind expression in
the determined and united advocacy of
the true friends of humanity every
where.
CONTRAST BETWEEN EUROPE AND AMER
NrE t5taE ICA.
Events in Europe are, as you know,
in very critical state and the resources
OF craftsmanship and wise suburdinatiou
among the great powers are severely
taxed to prevent the conflagratiou of
war and confusion from bursting forth
in fame In which civilization may
receive terrible check and infinite
human misery may ensue. We may
we'll felicitate ourselves as nation that
the broad Atlantic lies between US and
the scenes of widespread suffering and
diuorder In Eastern Europe, and to be
most careful that indisereet and pas
sionate emotions should not sway our
public councils nor involve us where
we have no legal or moral RESPONSE
bility, and there has been no arbitra-
tion by our government or our.citizeps
Of evils that we justly deplore, bat which
are impossible for us TO control and citi-
zens for evils that We Justly deplore,
but manifest wisdom, guided by the
instinct OF uelf. preservation.
But. gentemen, let me say a word
concerning the condition of our own
country, to which return with heart
full of duty. aud affection, and whose
welfare has been the main study OF my
many years Of manhood. 1t has been
my fortune lately to visit the countries
bordering on the Mediterranean Sea,
which we're the earliest homes of art,
commerce, literature and wealth which
tesmed with the eading races who were
the rulers of mankind. Coming fresh
from the vigorous vitality of our coun-
try, and from the equal vigor and
vitality OF Great Britain. it is impossi-
bla for a visitor to the former centre of
the worlds civilization on the Metliter-
ranean's shores, all along the great
sweep Of that SEA and the vast waters
and countries adjacent not to feel the
contrast between the manifest growing,
extending and advancing pulsationF,
moral intellectual and fraternal, Of
Western Europe and the American
Hemisphere, riIalized as they are
by hope and the sense Of personal
freedom, illuminated BY the uiar
velous discoveries of modern science,
and glowing in the light of civil
and religious liberty. IL is i'm
possible not to feel the contrast be
tween these forces and the ghosts of
dead empires and slowly sinking dynas-
ties. OF which the melancholy pictur-
esqueness OF decay is the only attrac-
tion. Like causus produce like |
and while am not an aarmist |
nor an ungratefui or timorous pessi-
mist, nor, do | stand on the ashes Of
ambition, / cannot, in t
the causes of the decay and
decline of once powerful and leading
and then turning to what has |
lately occurred in our own land, and
con ntemplating what is passing 10 the
public councils OF our country, cannot
Escape u fee ling OF serious apprehen-
son at the evident growth OF forces
which have wracked other states, aud
which to day caet their shadow over
the prosperity of our own land. This ia
mn opcasiop for review of our late