The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-28

trace, My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen
It rs who have reason TO be grateful FOR
The opportunity OF meeting so many O.;
my own countrymen and those Who are
so like my COuntrymen that ] cannOC
looking down the tables tell which Is
which. 1 am not surprised 90 lind that
the ladies' Of England are so handsome
as TO be taken for Americans, for / nave
found the ladies everywhere handsome
enough for the men. but 4 have been 4
little surprised to find that ] could not
tell an Englishman from an American on
the street here. And as I have q high
opinion Of the American, I cannot have
(CheerS.) 1t is proper that l should eX-
press my gratitude tonight for several
things. ] am grateful TO our distinguished
ambassador for the cOurtesies he has
him in one respect. have seen and heard
him before. once when I was i'm WASH
ington, young man then. 7 went into
the supreme court of the United States,
and heard n lawyer arguing a ease. I was
so imp essed with the appearance OF the
man and with the manner of his speech
be, and was told that 1t was Mr.. ChOate
or New York. From that time 10 TINS +
have looked back to that occasion. and
have never found in my country "a law
yer who measured higher than he dld.
(Cneers) am grateful to him Tor his
KIND words. although In doing me what
he intended for a kindness he has some
Waat embarrassed me, and ~ I were TO
give full credit to what he has SAID J.
am afraid / might soon be like the young
lady whose sweetheart praised her untu
speak 20 him Laughter) This society,
/ am informed. celebrates two occasions,
the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving day.
ON the Fourth of July we celebrate our
acknowledge our dependence. And IL is
proper that Mr.. ChOate should be a con-
spicuous figure ON both occasions, De
cause on the Fourth Of July we boast 1T
what we have. and on Thanksgiving day
we feel grateful Tor what we have re-
ceived. and we are both proud and CRATE
tul for Ambassador Choate daughter
and chccrs) ON the Fourth OF July the
eagle seems little larger than it does
on any other day and its scream may
CRATE more harshly on tho foreign ear
than il does at any other time But or
this day we cultivate reverence and eX-
press our appreciation Of those blessings
that have come TO our country without
the thought or aid of Americans. we
have reason to look with some degree OF
pr'de upon the achievement of the United
States. we contemplate the present win
nope; ana vet on this occasion We may
wei remember that we are but building
upon the foundations that have been iald
lOr uS. We did not create the fertile SOIL
that is the basis of our AGRICULTURAL
greatness; the streams that drain and
iced our valleys were not channeiled by
human hands. We did not fashion the
climate that gives as the white cotton
peIt OF the south the yellow wheat belt
or the north and the central corn. belt
that joins the two and overlaps Them
both We do not gather Gp the moisture
and Tx the date Of the early and later
rams; we did not hide away i'm the noun
talnS the gold and the silver. we did not
store IN the earth the deposits of copper
ana or zinc; we did not create the meas
ures or coal and the beds OF iron All
these natural resources. which we have
nut commenced 60 develop. are tho gift
or him before whom We bow in gratitude
tolshI loud cheers.) Nor are we In
uepteu 10 the Heavenly Father alone for
We nave received much from those who
are separated from uS by the Atlantic
~ we have great and Furnishing indus
tries we must not forget that every MAJ
s.tu sAiIe9 artisans. II we have made
intellectual progress. We must remember.
euaL nose who crossed the ocean as pIO-
neers brought with them their intelIi-
gencc and their desire for learn
ing Even our religion is not of
American origin Like YOU. we laid the
1uuudatleas OF our church in the Holy
t-eho. ana those who came i'm the May
IioWer and in other ships brought q love
or religious lbert-. Free speech which
Ass Deeh developed in our country. and
ic5n origin since u have been here 7
nave been profoundly impressed with the
part that Englishmen have taken in es-
tablisning tine right Of free sneerh.
(Cheers) And I may sIy that before T
came 70 Iuis country the thinE that m0sr
cnallenEed my admiration in the English
man was bis determination TO make his
opinion known Hhen he had an opinion
that he thought should. be given To the
world. tCheers) Passing through the
Bank Of England. to which my friend
ton was called to a protest that Admiral
Cochr0ne wrote upon the banknote with
which he paid the thousand pounds fine
lhaL mad been assessed against him
was interested I'm that protest because il
showed a fearlessness that indicates the
possibilities OF the race. Let me read
What % SAID: Ny health having suffered
~ loHs ana close confinement. and my
oplfessors having resolved 10 deprive me
or property or life. / submit 10 ribberlr
70 protect myself from murder daughter
IN the hone that t shall live TO bring the
Gehnquents TO justice" (Rencwed Iaugh-
tef.l Ihat is The spirit that moves the
world There was man IN prison. ae
must pay his fine I'm order to gain his
liberty. lie believed the action Of tho
court unjust. He knew that III hc starved
there ne would lose his life and lose tho
was Eolus lortu irom the prison doors.
Inc did not $50 with bowed head or cring-
lng- DuL hung his protest iu the face OF
hts oppressors, and told them BE submit
ted to robbery TO protect his life JIM the
hope that. having escaped from their
ndnos ne might bring them TO Justice.
llhe that IN the EnEilShmaD. auG during
nay SNORT khoWicuee OF public affairs [
have looked across tile ocean and ad-
mire0 tne moral courage and the wanli-
ness Of those Engliehmen who have dared
and assert their opinions before me
world. We sometimes feel that We have
@ sort of proprietary interest ia the brfn-
clpleS OF government set forth in the
Declaration OF Independence. That he a
document which we have given 10 the
world. and yet the principles set forth
therein --erc not invented by an Amer
ican. Thomas Jefferson expressed them
in felicitous language and put them into
permanent form but the principles had
been known before The doctrine tbat
rr q
endowed with inaNerable rights that
governments We're Instituted among men
90 secure these rights. and that they de-
rive their just power from the consent az
the goVerncd-this doctrine which stands
four square with an the world waEnat
conceived in the niteQ States. 10 did not
spring from the American mind-avc Ed
Qi0 not come SO mucn from any mind as
Il was an emanation from the heart and
q had been in the hearts Of men for ages
Whcerst Before Columbus turned the