Mr. Davis, the new American Ambassador, made his first speech
in this country to the Pilgrims on Friday week, and showed that he could maintain the high standard of eloquence set by his predecessors in office. He paid this country a very warm tribute, and, paraphrasing Pitt, said that " England has saved herself by her exertions and may well have saved the world by her example." Mr. Davis touched on vital issues in Baying that he would repeat to every American and every Briton " These -ere indeed your kinsmen of the blood ; study them ; understand them ; learn to give and take with them ; and guard their friendship as a sacred thing." These are golden words. Mr. Davis will be justified in his belief that the two English-speaking nations, having agreed on the broad outlines of the Peace settlement, will be in equal harmony as to the details, if the statesmen engaged and the public here and in America remember always that the maintenance of our good relations is the most important thing of all.
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