Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-10-06

dictiOn of Great Britain and that OF the
Juiied States, and in those 80 years
there never had heen heard the sound
of hostile gun, there never had been
found in thes great seas the presence /,
of n single armed ship worthy of the
tame. nor did n single garrison fortres
exist. What about the necessity of ex-
aeserated military armamentsf Surely
between these two countries there stood
an example that here was something
better even than arms? He did not say
that other nations might learn anything
from it, but he did say that between Great
Britain and the United States everything
was to be learned from it. So, coming
to their country and 10 their homess he
had only been the more and more i'm
pressed with the fact, that there was
nothing needed between them hut kind,
frank. open, honorable good understand
ing. (CLeere.) NOW his four years of SER
vice here were about to close more op-
portunely. If clouds there were surely
those clouds had been dispersed. Hear,
hear.) If doubts there were, he did not
say that they had been concluded, but
surely they had been lightened. and
surely there was much to make them
less doubtful. Was it nothing that the
other day the British Ambassador in
Paris. Sir Edward Monson, should make
the name and fame of his great country
man, George Washington, the subject of a
generous and appreciatiye euology? Was
it nothing that treaty of arbitration was
proposed by the llustrious statesman who
honored them with his presence that
| night-(cheers)- which should Join Great
! Britain and the United States together in
| lifting questions of controversy above
the heat of passion and placing them in
| the realm of reason and of justice? That
treaty, largely proposed by Lord Sails
bury, might not be perfect scheme,
but it laid down the ground work and
the lines for future proceeding that
should postpone war between these two
countries and conduct their antagonisms,
whenever they should arise, into the at
4 mosphere, the realm o. reason, of justice,
of mutual consideration. tCheers.) The
year Of. that treaty would be forever
marked with a white stone. It was a
1 year which marked the long biography Of,
an illustrious monarch, upon whose ca
reer and life We're strung all those virtues
that make human life admirable, desir-
able and happy. tCheers.) One word
more must he said. IT had been hanging
over him ever since he entered the hall
1 II WIS AultNtH anu WHICH I've SHlu ldEe-
well he meant welfare. tCheers.) He
only asked that that>which he had in an
obscure why endeavored to suggest that
night might remain with them and af-
feet them in strengthening the relations
between their people and his own. He
would only ask that in the times to come
they would keep one little corner of good
will to the man who then said farewell to
them. Cheers.) He could not close with
out asking them to accept line that had
long dwelt with him:
When earth as on an evil dream,
Looks back upon her wars,
And the white light of Christ outsprings
From the red disc of Mars,
His fame who led the stormy van
OF battle well may cease.
Il But never that which crowns the man
Whose victory was peace
Viscount Peel proposed the toast Of
the English-speaking races. He said,
however, they might differ, upon one
: thing they agreed. aud those whose main
object was the preservation of interna.
tional peace looked with regret upon the
! departure from our shores of that great
ambassador of peace.
The toast having been duly pros
nounced, the Marquis of Salisbury, o.
rising to respond, was loudly cheered.
, Having cordially acknowledged the
i warmth of his reception, his lordship
, proceeded: ''We are here--I am here to
+ express the admiration which my
/ official connection with him has left
Ill upon my mind, and that deep feeling
: have of the debt which both coun-
/ tries owe to him for his deep love of
{. peace and his enlightened patriotism.
: (Cheers.) We have listened with deep
q sympathy and emotion to his own ex-
/ position of the feelings which have
= guided him in accepting the office that
4 he has performed so well. tCheers.)
i In his estimate OF the position of the
n two countries we can all of us heartily
4 concur. believe TINT there is not l
4 doubt If there ever has been, any sub
e ject which would seriously separate
s them; but of this l feel certain, that Il
d you will keep the unofficial people in order
! can promise you the official people will
D never make n war. daughter and
G checrs.) But that brings me back to the
toast proposed by Lord Peel. While we
: are discussing and diplomatising, by the
b steady operation of natural causes, and
r of the superiority of the English-speak-
o ing races. that language is becoming dom
it inant in the world. tHear, hear.) 1t is
oHly III tne D0ltSu states
Il OF America and in Europe, but over vast
Ii territories in Asia. Africa, and Australia
e Here is great stumbling block and a
lie great opportunity. The progress of the
n English-speaking races is the most mar.
= yellous phenomenon of our time. il
h. means great machinery for the manu-,
e facture of pubic opinion that is to
is guide the world (Hear, hear) Iu our
r lime the organized government is dis
!, tlnctly losing force, and the public
/ opinion is distinctly gaining in power
If and as that process goes on more and
5, more important does it become that pub.
is lie opinion should he rightly guided
,e Those whose voices are heard by the
lie English speaking nation have tremer.
IS dous power and hear terrible responsi.
10 hility. And, if | look back with admira.
ir ton in the official life in this country Of
lie the distinguished ambassador who sits
s. here tonight, it is not mainly, though il
is would be greatly for bis distinction. ana
N for the work which he has done in his
Is oihce; but in this country he has thrown
At himself with great zeal and power and
ID interchangeable effort into the duty of pre-
De senting American and English opinion &c
d. each other, and moulding them in n com
at mon and blessed form. tCheers.) III
lie that he appears to me to have deserved
in nigh, not only of this country and of his
he own, but of the English-speaking races ALI
ne, over the world that is to be- Ii the high
I'd standard which no hne ba rarth AZ