Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-07-28
CQmR'nnicaici for III mag.
GRAFTON
and Prosperl'

Delivert! by Mr.. Jyo. NJ. WINSTON ., = d;,ror 81, H..
J"nior DcJrtng Soce,y. on Mayo's Island. Inc A.n "t
July, 1926.
Gentlemen: When We contrast our present s;,,a,;,, r,;,h
"i"I II was previously to tie pr0mulga ton of that sarrsd
summary o! human rights which we have lust hea,d ,ent.
"heh we take a retrospective glance at the dark and disas.
if"uS day, when oar dearest and most valued urivirso.s
were if!e!IGifisIy and audaciOusiy invaded aud trampI,d
cf; when we look back upon that period when Inc o,l.,
ana Tranquility OF oar government was cruelty ard reck.
lcss!y disturbed, and when we bore those accu,,uI, ,oI MI
Va'I"hS winch that paper Cnumcratts-I say. uuoo a cam
paTison OF our situation during that day OF wrong win the
P.tS'n'--WhriF IS The American bosom which does NOT thrill
WIN mingled emotions of gratitude and i,v at raeir wide
"SS'"!"l"y-th striking eligibility OF the Latter: Where
Is the in"IvIHua' in this land, who has ever tasted tire d,,;-
"'S runs Which spring IascIv!nuSly from 4 free consfitu-
non whose heart does not expand aud thr0b with ,rrartu-
Oh I''O' he casts his eve upon the bright and bioon,;ra
prospect of 26-whcn i've bsi,olis nc. nro ,i. ura.Hs5
S'"vts o' an impe .'ons monarch, free, eouii snirr, con,ented
""' "apPy inc governments of our choice regularly admin
isieTcd-Justice impaitially executed, and our irc,easin,
population aud growing navy even now extortinr from,
''"Se VINO were once our proud opprcssors the reluctant
confession Of Americas iuvincibiity3 And IN. nI.,su. -,
'hese emotions, general and cxtatic as it must he's is no, -
I'''e "r's"'eIG" by the enhancing reflection that however
great nose blessings which have resulted to us from tine
termination OF that struggle to which this day gave COM
mencement, they are not peculiar. I, is an orc, y.,;n,
YET 'ruer 'han tr'ic' that the undertaking aud completion of
any enterprise greatly depends upon an opinion Of a nm
babIIIiy of success; and that this opinion is cauahIc oe avn
sing and stimulating to action men other,isa H.. 80;
inOrouS aud iuesolute. Our fi,hrrs !, clo.rim-
'N"S W P''tlSI hOUll1dll'n, ana In MOVING hv fieiy
subsequent example the absurdty of than frt;Ho dor'.,
Whlch surpoSes man incapable Of sclfroycrnr,c,t l,,,c
'"Iai'heH' Visibiy furnished to two other nations This ur;-
mum mobile, TINS essential requisite to the att,intrept of
men Ssdita and glorious objrct-thCir udppeudcrcc-fc
hanohs Sfoanirg under similar oppression 10 that which ve
once endured, aud writing beneath the r,g;,, ar:no.r
lespots yet more ruthless aud relentless than Geo[re' tho
lhIr'. Not !sat would be understood as i,sjr,atir,
that tme revolution which has lately shaken tine Soufb, and
me revolution winch now shakes the East. are 10 be ascri-
od exclusively TO us. Other causes, no doubf. -nuc,rrcd
20 'heIT Organizations. Nor do | believe that revolutions ara
~ t''tl'" oi,crwi'e than by a concurrence ofcau@rs.-
ou' '"'' 'ht bnIilaut conclusion of oar arduous conflict had
4 powerful agency in their productions. Is \ nro,osi,ior ,n
pam 10 admit ob dlsputatiou. How could il uossiblv ~
pen '''t me reiugcut sun Of American ffcdnu, eb,,,d =
''a'''e ana ilGmIne this Union withoui Its bcap,e b.;r,
rejected by the b%euighted laud Of The Grrr;,, nj ,Lss
So"'' ""'e' lcaU How could those reflected beams f,il 10
of'ng nome IN the recollection of the former. tto rl.,,t,r
but melancholy remembrance of tboes 5.r', -
Hcu!t' OF Nor opulence and glory she stood forth among tic
n'l'"n' OF INC carth--bcaTiug in her hand the src,,rc Of nm
u"""ue" soveTeignty--her brow cnlaurcIIcd win, tbe p,iii-
'"'y "'satn' ana her bosom pregnant with the FIRE Of ce-
''S 'H 'te resPiendency Of talcrt-tbOse DAYS, when en-
w" W inc arms Of liberty, her Homer sang, her Demos
"t"eS numbered, her Pericles flowed. How fail 10 ava
zen ner 70 a deep and lively sense Of her present conlara-
'''e'y PROSTATE fallen and degraded CONDITION; and ~ in
spur HeI win an ardent desire for the rCitrration Of tb,er
VANISHED scenes Of bliss, and the return Of that dsna,tod
2oTy' 10 hhc, how could they avoid e~rkindliu- Il, lin,
'f''er' ~ the bosom of every South American, that inherent
IcltStaton Of sldycrv-'hat dCrp-rOofed love Of iss ma
s'Ic' winch turks IN every human bosom. and which o,ly r,-
cures the fostering in1ueute Of favorable circuu,s,srCe 10
envelope and enfawe II? They could not fail. Animated
- dC''on ~ tupn' a prosperous close we all know bae
n'Wncd upon South American excrtion. And ,bcrs IN
th9se daik and drcary dungeons, where uourbi vac ,t
now heaTd but the so~ul-hauowing CIV of tho u;sersblo
s'E"''' az: f"s hollow c.ankiag C ;ha: c.a!a vile. -.