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Show tiiiii I'liiim ns fleualor )luricnn SluUe. u ri,ieeela on His hi lurli Niw Voitic, leu, i.0 In honor of Henator Morgan, who talloJ on tho City of New Vork )esterday, a com. mllleeof well known merchants uud others gatherej upon thu dick of thu American liner to wlah the senator gojttcid. Jleplylug to nu nddrita mnde by the chairman of the commit, lee, Mr. Morgan rpokulUart at follows) fol-lows) 'It Is singular that nt this tlmu there should be giuued together threu liu memo 1 rojiosiilons relttlng to that great body of water, Ihu I'eolrlu the Hiring mi arbitration, whlili nny be said to Involve thu whole iioilh l'Ac'Iflc, Ihu Nicaragua c.insl uud then thu Hawaiian lopoilllon. Thu three tugcthcr must coiivliiio all thlnalng men that there never was n moment lu the history of the con rnnieut, sate thu pcrlol ol our civil war, when bo much wisdom, courage, manhood nnd Intrepldlt), foreilght uud American pluck was ueceesary aa Just tiow. Wu navu cciuu to u Ivotal point In America's Amer-ica's destiny, Aiolnt when wo mutt go back or lorward. We cannot take middle ground "In IhlLkliinof thn l'aolllo Ocean and our duty In connection wltu it, I don't want to teu rcwuic I what was I ari ilrulo J upon us ut thu lime wo iu Hill rod our In leirn lonce. though It nice was at our back Wudldnot liavo thu foresight lo acquire, nil timt I eluuged to ur, We did nut lake Nuu. fciinillanJ, thu llalmmci. llermuja, thu Windward Isliuds, Juiiialeii and all thu lerntor) known lo Vuc.iUu. Why should a p lo of o.DUO.uou hold against A people ul tn,U W.inlil nil thnso lsiunu7 1 um not irltlulslug them, I admlrutliuiu. 1 wish Americans to bu as muoli IIUu them us posilble, only morn so. (Jrent llritulu bus ulreaii) plautol lienelflu Austiulla unj New Zealand, and Is now ni roarhlug thu dsiidwluh lsUuds, IhiiUibralUr ul the 1'ftcltlc. Only receiitly thu hut raised her lligou one oi tliu lsUmls. At thn present tluio thu HaAallun Ljovernnieiilniiilour wu uro iirotest. tut; ngulntt that occupation Let nie ask ) on a lieu they uul Iheru nnd com. plotu the chain, Including Yauucuvtr Viacri. lliwall, Ilongk i f, eH ' Zilinl bill Aualrslls, vt I sr nut I hi iiturepinliel In the Fa fl tlut ojbcrabli', clfiiiiikbl" ollcy wi i i, w rurpeirated In tin Atlsnttu wl en u eIn wit nolhint; llt hit far us Ii pi tin, astern la'imls Int) Ibu bill 1 1 me lnty. "With thoset thrco urctt ipu. tiom nonlronttiu us, thu McirAjut cuu I, the Ilehrlnu Bin nrbllratlim ami Hawaii, tlio Imt rci ly to drop Into our laps like n ripe car, we have nil of (bat spirit of nianhoei), cnerg) and uliitulnni'e vvliloh hm huimIhj Uovelopsul when wn wera light nt one another with n million man In trie lletJ, riieii we shnll feu Ihe i iiiouiuu r.t piwirnul tho spirit of u great ico pie on airre it ooo.nl )li, I,,tu iuve to Ihu front," |