n the God ye feared so well, though they have modified your
creed. Gentlemen, I cannot think that the blood has run out. Exchange
your evening dress for the belted tunic and cloak; take off the silk hat
and put on the wide brim and the steeple crown, and lo! I see the
Puritan. And twenty years ago I heard him speak and saw him act. "If any
man hauls down the American flag, shoot him on the spot." Why, Warren in
old Boston did not act more promptly or do a finer thing. Well, what
moved in your splendid Dix when he gave that order? The spirit of the
old Puritan. And I saw the sons of the sires act. Who reddened the
streets of Baltimore with the first Union blood?--Massachusetts. [Loud
applause.] Who to-day are the first to rally to the side of a good
cause, on trial in the community? Who are Still first in colleges and
letters in this land? Who, east or west, advocate justice, redress
wrongs, maintain equal rights, support churches, love liberty, and
thrive where others starve? Why, these ubiquitous sons of the Puritans,
of course, who dine me to-night. Gentlemen, I salute you. "If I were not
Miltiades I would be Themistocles;" if I were not a Scotch-Irishman I
would be a Puritan. [Continued applause.]

EDWARD JOHN PHELPS

FAREWELL ADDRESS

[Speech of Edward J. Phelps, Minister to England, on the occasion
of the farewell banquet given to him by the Lord Mayor of London,
James Whitehead, at the Mansion House, London, January 24, 1889.
The Lord Mayor, in proposing the toast of the evening, said, in the
course of his introductory remarks: "It now becomes my pride and
privilege to ask you to join with me in drinking the health of my
distinguished guest, Mr. Phelps. I have invited you here this
evening because I felt it was my duty as Chief Magistrate of the
City of London to take the initiative in giving you an opportunity
to testify to the very high esteem in which Mr. Phelps is held by
all classes of society. It is to me a very sincere satisfaction
that I am able to be the medium of conveying to him, on the eve of
his departure, the fact that his presence here in this country has
been appreciated by the whole British nation. If anything were
required to give force to what I have said, it is the fact that on
this occasion we are honored by the presence of members of
governments past and present, of statesmen without distinction of