and in the last offices, chivalrous and valiant in public defence. As we recognize by this public festivity the character and services of a statesman, it is a grateful thought that we are also doing justice and honor to Sumner's faithful friend.
The Chairman. Gentlemen, the English race from
which we are sprung is the result of a mixture of races,—the
Briton, the Saxon, the Dane, and the Norman. The
English race transplanted to this country has had a still
greater admixture,—an admixture which will give it
strength, and which will make America the greater England.
We have a representative to-night, in our honored
guest, of that great German family which is becoming so
prominent in the politics of our country. I ask you now
to give your attention to another gentleman, German by
birth and American by adoption,—a gentlemean
well known
in this city for his professional skill and manly character.
I introduce to you Dr. de Gersdorff.
ADDRESS BY DR. E. B. DE GERSDORFF.
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,—I am thankful for the privilege of welcoming our distinguished guest in behalf of his German countrymen. We recognize him as a statesman superior to many, inasmuch as he has always endeavored to keep himself in a position above party politics. This, at least, is what the Germans especially honor in the character and the public career of Mr. Schurz; and
