Evening journal., 1915-02-18

this country was engaged, Bayard de- |
clined, except that he agreed to as
sist in the formation of a commercial |
treaty with Great Britain However, |
during the early winter he was strick-
en- with a fatal disease and after
much delay finally arrived here at his
home in Delaware in the first days of
August. where on the fifteenth of that
month he passed away
Died at Age of As.
'7rhe man in whose honor this tab
let is placed here today was only Tor
ty-eight years Of age when he died,
and yet, within the short period of
twenty-eight years. during which he
was a citizen of our State, he had not
only represented her in both Houses of
Congress, but had represented the
nation as well in effecting a really re-
markable treaty. II has been the GUS
tom until very recent months to de-
cry the Treaty of Client and to say
that we accomplished nothing by en-
tering into IL. Yet. as a matter Of fact,
everything we fought for in that war
was accomplished. although the terms
Of the treaty did not expressly say so.
Time is surely the best test of all
man or between nation and nation,
and today is the one hundredth ami
versary Of the PRONUNCIATION of this
treaty, which has remained during
that whole period unbroken. And in
this connection it is well to quote from
the note of the American Commission
ers on September 8, 1914, wherein they
say the best security for the posses
sions OF both countries, will, however,
be found in an equal and solid peace;
in a mutual respect for the rights of
each nation, and in the cultivation Of
friendly understanding between
! them. But for the terrible strife now
going on in Europe. there would have
been today throughout this and all
English speaking countries cele-
bration of the achievements of peace
and not of war. Because of the pres
ent circumstances the parties to this
treaty deem Il unwise to make any
great demonstration of a celebrat on
Of this fact, but we here, who have
received as a legacy the results Of
this treaty surely have and ought to
have an opportunity to pay homage
to our representatives who did 50
much to accomplish it.
Your Excellency: The Delaware
Society of the National Society OF
United States Daughters of 1872 has
assigned to me the very pleasant duty
of formally presenting this tablet 10
you as representing the State of Del
aware and in the name Of this so
ciety to ask that you and your success
sors in office will see to it that It is
kept in evidence in the halls of this
building, so that it may bring to the
minds of all those who pass by and
see it the record of James Asheton
Bayard, a man. a Delaware man, who
believed and acted up to his belief that
his country's welfare was higher than
his own personal advancement. and
that in his cOuntry's safety lay his
own best personal safety"
The concluding address was then
} made by United States Senator Viii
lard Salisbury, who said in part:
, Senator Salisbury Lauds Heroes.
J "The gracious invitation of the So
ciety of Daughters of the War Of 1S1.
has afforded me great qualification
. There is the greatest justification fol
3 branch of this society in Delaware
, for We Delawareans nobly bore oui
y part in that war and we are more
1 than pleased that this society is use
p fully preserving on each appropriate
occasion the memories of that time
Z I'VE are met to erect a memoria
b tablet to a great Delawarean, the pro
( genitor of an illustrious family of oui
t State. His patriotic services were
E not confined to the closing chapter o
- that war but began long prior to il
Y commencement and continued unit
! the Treaty of Peace he signed at Chen
! was ratified by his government A.
- most Immediately thereafter he died
D honored and lamented by his State
S leaving to succeed him descendant
who, for generations after, became il
+ lustrious in its pubic service and tn
- service of the Federal Government
l. "This war sometimes is rightfull,
= spoken of as our second war of inde
= pendence for while the treaty of peac
l. we celebrate here today seemed at tn
d time in some respects an unsatisfact
d ory conclusion of that war IL ended tn
It last attempt of Great Britain to trea
y this then rising nation with contemp
o to patrOnize or bully us, when tn
E. British people deemed questions near
l. er home of greater importance tha
= regard for our rights as an indepen
If dent. self-governing nation. Interna
" tional conditions at the end Of tn
Il Eighteenth century and early in th
le nineteenth were in some respects nc
3 dissimilar to those of today. Tn
G. whole world, save ourselves, SCENE
S. to he at war and neutral rights, es
n pecially of weak nations, had scar
"A / .opufTnraffor, from ha1Ifuorcntq
le "It is hardly conceivable to tn
lg mind of the present day American no
at our merchants and fellow-countryme
g of sea-faring life we're subjected
rs wrong and insult by the British an
De French Governments. American Sc;
Z men we're continually impressed
Of British captains, and a decree of II
tn French Government in 1897 declare
c. that any American found on board
Of hostile ship should be hanged as
c. pirate President Adams had callt
Of upon Congress in March of 1898.
)r make provisions for hostilities. Anne
III lean ships we're captured py q
II French. American ships were lie
)n up by the British and men taken fro
n them and impressed into the Britis
g. service. France had ravaged and q
lis stroyed our commerce. Great Brita
rs in self-defence and to prevent ol
Sc trade with France. by her Orders
In Council had ruthlessly Disregard
IL our rights as neutral and, for Il
s. increase of her sea power. assertl
n and enforced her claim of right
lis seize and search our ships and tai
lt. from them any one claimed by q
no oonfafpc of l,ar NpcQpIc IN ne En oliq