New-York tribune., 1905-07-24
T1deDendence Day in London.
Given bv American July Speeches Of Lord
I,nsdowne and Ambassador Reid

praise now or before yOu. He served ~
country here as Ambassador: he has since sarvAs s
the world as Secretary OF State Of the TTn,,stt
States. (CheeTs) Things gained are gone 49,
great Things done endure" Talleyrand caIsS
himself a good European. With better right ras
we call John Hay good citizen Of the cigilI-.s
world. (Cheers.) But his fine. high spirit woTltt
not have US I'm our grief forget our glory ~.
might postpone. but for very love of him M
could not abandon. the time HOnored observares
of the great day which marks the birth os fbs
nation he passiOnately loved and 70 which ~
gave his life. (Cheers) The hand clasps on M
cOuntrynen and country women as they croUssl
this afternoon to greet the representatives os
their President. and government. and people
under the flag Of their country. and on Vhas' =
BY law American SOIL all told the same Old sfor-
Like the great Secretary. we are glad and prors
that we are Americans. (Cheers) Like him va
are glad and proud. too, that, when our blrsb
day overtakes us in the Old World we have a
home like this in which TO commemorate H. mn
der the kindly eyes OF a whole great nation .,
kindred and friends (Cheers) The aspect AZ
this room brings wildly to mind a recOlIecron
Of my youthful days. Standing in the shadow
OF the White House on a balmy spring evening
in 1865 heard the quaint sad, humorous tonss
OF Abraham Lincoln saying TO a serenadln-
crowd, THAT tune has been fairly Captured
now. and we must treat Away Down south In
Dixie hencefOrth as national air" (Cheersl
Well, ladies' and gentlemen, / met the con-
graduating throngs by means all American
at Dorchester House this afternoon. and IA
look at the distinguished company about tha.s
tables tonight, the fact dawnS upon me that the
Fourth OF July has been captured, too. Gaugn-
ter and cheersJ Like Dixie" though BON
in bitter strife IL no longer carries with u taa
slightest trace Of bitterness or regret. (Cheer11
IL marks now merely an historic event in an
other civil war, in what John Morley has called
the second English civil war; and in that as IN
our war Of secession, though they knew n nos
the moment, both sides gained in the haupv
result a great and world enduring victory
(Cheers.) And So our Fourth, which once seenst
only a beacon. perhaps a warning. has now b.
come matter Of serene contentment. sonetirna,
even of pride, to the free people OF this land
F-F-w liz
everywhere. In fact. it IS ceasing 70 be merely
a national holiday; IL begins TO give signs OF BE-
longing TO the world cannot exaggerate tina
pleasure with which we have listened this even-
ing to the distinguished head OF the Foreign
Office. who has done so much 70 promote
friendly relations between this country and on.
own (CheeTs) II Is a happy augUry for both
lands when his majesty's Secretary Of State for
Foreign Affairs is animated by such sentiments
toward the Chief Magistrate OF my country and
toward its people. as have been gracefully
and eloquently expressed tonight by the Mar.
quis of LansdOwne. (CheerS) 1t tenpts me 70
revive and reverse an old story OF more or
less diplomatic letter by the agent in London sf
the American Colonies. It was addressed 10 an.
other conspicuous British statesman. and II con-
cluded with substantially these words TT q
therefore clear that you are the enemy OF my
country and I am. yours. Benjamin Frankllnp
daughter and cheers) Well. il is clear 10 us
Lord Lansdowne. 20 all Of US that you are ths
friend Of our country, and we are, very sin
cerely. yours loud cheers)
THE POPULATIONS OF THE UNITED
STATES
1t is a great qualification to meet here on our
national day the official representatives Of 50
many countries with whom our relations grow
more intimate year by year. not merely through
travel and trade, but through the actual trans
fusion of their blood into our national veins.
(Cheers) His exceIlency Count Metternich
must know how large and valuable a portion
OF our citizenship his great country OF kindred
blood has contributed (cheers). though even he
may hardly realize some of the striking details
as, for example. that the city of New-York Is
with the single exception OF Berlin. larger
German city than any in the German Empire
daughter and Cheers.) There are others
Uaughter) Lord LansdOwne well knows thar
New-YOrk besides its English and Scotch con
tingent, IS also the Ia rgeSt Irish city In the
world. between two and three times as big as
Dublin. Gaughter.l II is not a bad italian
city. either. having an Italian population about
two-thirds that of Rome Oaughter); not bad
Russian city. having Russian population about
One-third that of St. Petersburg; not even
bad Greek city, and certainly not a bad Dutch
city. since from our oldest Dutch stock it has
reared a great Dutch-American President
cloud cheers) Our friends from the shores OF
the North Sea do not stop so much in big cities.
but they have fairly taken possession Of largs
regions IN the Northwest, much our profit
and satisfaction. They are all Americans now;
they came because they meant 70 be. and the
rapidtty with which they melt into the COM
posite mass of our citizenship is amazing But
they constitute a very definite and strong tie
between and their Old World homes and
they add to our sincere desire for the prosperity
or the countries from which they came and for
enduring friendship with them all. (Cheersl
We enter to-day the both year OF our
tional Independence. IL is a time for taking
stock. as the merchants say. Laughterl The
national problems which startled the country
rev years ago are working themselves out. with
no check 10 our prosperity. We shall profit by
our island possessions directly. and the indirect
profits have already been great and promise 20
be enormous Our immigration is increasing
more rapidly than at any previous period in our
h fG~T~ In -r
undesirable elements Our business shows in
ports OF 1901 100000 and exports of ST. 49,
OOOWO (Cheers) And. finally. debt which
under the stress of the Civil War rose 20 over
two billions is now down 10 q hundred mill
ions less than half that sum We are united
and harmonious throughout our borders never
Vtous period In our entire history. Our near
neighbors are enormously multiplied since
oceans no longer divide nations, but connect
them- We not only now touch our Canadian
friends on the north and our, MEXICAN friends
on the south. but from Manila we look into the
eyes OF other peoples. with whom we hope for
perpetual friendship. in Peking and Toxic.
(CheersO With all those thus nearest 20 Us
either IN geography or blood are on inCreas-
tngly good terms; and we are happily at peace.
with every hope OF remaining so. with al the
world (Cheers.)
THE KING AND THE PRESIDENT
On this day of all days and in this place OF all
places. IL would be ungracious not to remember
the constant hearty helpful friendship Of the
great European statesman and diDlOmatist VINO
Is also King OF Great Britain and Ireland. En-
peror or india cloud Cheers.) From the days
when as young prince. scarcely out OF nis
teens. he visited us. every American who has
had the honor OF approaching him or OF know
ing anything of his activities has known rs
frank and cordial good will 10 the United states
his appreciation of our people and his desire fcr
enduring good relations with US. (Cheersl u
IL his own inclination and native good viii;
Is also the hereditary good will which never
rail to recall as we pause to salute the august
shade Of his revered mother. (Checrs0 Iho
PRESIDENT of the United States has entered on
his second term. not only with the greatest pop
ular Endorsement our country has ever given
TO one OF its sons. but also as one OF the most