Show MINISTER LOTimOPS FAREWELL Full Text of Mis Patriotic Speech Bcfeore the Michigan Legis lature DETEOIT June 5rhe following is a full report of the speech of Minister Lothrop addressed to the Legislature in joint session yesterday afternoon Leaving the State which is so dear tome of which I have so many pleasant recollections recollec-tions in which I have unbounded pride I am turning my face away at the command of the President of the United States to go to a distant people It is one of the rules of the United States that those in its diplomatic diplo-matic service shall not discuss the matters of the Government to which they are accredited ac-credited While I remember that instruc tion I think I shall not violate it if I refer in a general way to those matters of interest which pertain to that Government It might well be expected that this great Government I Gov-ernment which dominates the North American Amer-ican continent should bear some relation to that other Government which is developing I itself in so large a portion of Europe and of Asia It is true the policy of that Government I Gov-ernment is WIDELY DIFFERENT TBOJI OURS I But this intelligent audience need not be told that the world is becoming no longer a j community of isolated governments but is i sweeping together as a whole and every part I of it feels the pulse and force of the great stream of events Russia as well as the I United States feels the impulse of civilization civiliza-tion and they as well as we are moving directly forward to the great common glory of humanity Applause One hundred I years is now pressed into a single day their children may live to see institutions not unlike un-like those which prevail hi both these grand empires We have in our own time seen THE EMANCIPATION OF SERFS Which is a great step towards liberty There are institutions lying at the bottom of the I Government of Russia which assimilate very strongly toward democracy Besides that Russia is closely connected with the same I commerce world that we feel in our pursuits The products of the great steppes of Russia with the products of your own great prairies I of Dakota are felt in the common centre of Mark Lane It cannot be far away nor I remain far away where interests are thus associated with ours In the very matter of I currency her 15000000 of gold annually the third productive power of the world is I poured into and steadies our currency and is the great life blood of our commerce But I more than that there is one thing about this great Government which above all things interests you Almost from the beginning of our intercourse the Empire of Russia has been A Finil AND FAST FRIEND OF THE REPUBLIC Of the United States and ho who goes from I here there or who comes from there here should feel it his first duty to maintain and I further that friendship Applause When I was in Washington one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States told me an anecdote which I found to be known by others but new to me which I will relate You remember at the very critical moment in our rebellion the face of all western Europe was cold if not hostile There was a time when in this most critical period that THE CZAR SENT AN IMMENSE FLEET I With sealed orders into American waters Fortunately it turned out that there was no occasion for the Russian fleet to act but when those sealed orders were opened they commanded that with the first hostile gun fired against the Union they should open their batteries in support of the Union Loud and continued applause Friendship Friend-ship like that is not to be discarded Applause Ap-plause Friendship like that is to be encouraged I en-couraged Applause And if it shall I please God to give me an opportunity to I further strengthen that friendship in the name of the people of the State of Michigan and the name of the good people of this Union I shall do all that lies in my power toward that end After again expressing his thanks Mr Lothrop adjourned to the executive parlors where an informal reception was held I mo |