i86 WITH MR. CHAMBERLAIN IN THE 



other shoulders. It rests in the first place, no 

 doubt, upon the people of the United States, a 

 country where public opinion is all-powerful. It 

 rests upon the Senate of the United States, upon 

 that great legislative and executive body, which in 

 the past history of the country has played so dis- 

 tinguished a role. And for my part I cannot 

 bring myself to doubt that they will rise to the 

 height of this great occasion ; that they will not 

 suffer party lines or party interest to influence 

 them in a matter of international interest ; that 

 they will do all in their power to aid our efforts in 

 promoting a concord upon which the peace and 

 the civilisation of the world may depend. (Loud 

 applause.) 



I trust that they will remember the words of 

 General Grant, written by him when he was almost 

 on his deathbed, and which may be considered, 

 therefore, as his last legacy to the American people. 

 In the closing chapter of his Memoirs^ he says : 

 ** England and the United States of America are 

 natural allies (applause), and ought always to be the 

 best of friends." (Loud applause.) 



That great warrior, who had fought more battles 

 and won more victories than any man in history, did 

 not look upon war with the complacency with which 

 it is regarded by irresponsible politicians and 

 editors of newspapers, and he thought he saw the 

 best guarantee of peace in the friendship which he 

 regarded it as his duty to promote. That friend- 

 ship, believe me, is important to the interests of both 

 our nations. It is dictated by our common origin ; 



