Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-07-09

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dwell. aud ~ithou, any impeachment Of The
| prosperous operation of our system. pref idices
may arise between the d,6 ioni sections .f the
country. calculated To disturb lhai harmony
for which deep foundation is aid ia nalurs.
/ Ind which II is all importau, 10 preserve, aud
| IL possible 10 Increase 10 remove those ptr.
jud ices, TO establish kind feelings. 10 perfect
| good will between the different members ~ the
| political family appears Ia me, without rACcp.
| ton the most important object nj which pa
tintic citizen IN any portion Of the couHt Try ran
aim. Oar Union Is our strength aud oar WE n.
ness too /: Our strength. 80 lorg ms q exits,
unlmpaired aud cherished Our week.-mrs.
whenever disoord shall expose "a vulnetsoir
point, 10 hostile art or power Eycn 'he sep
arate prosperity of the states supposing roy
could prospe, separately which tn, ctnnot--
is not enough Il had almost sid IS To be de.
precated. They ngnt ioi their perfect snlcty,
Ia owe thor prosperity in some d ~ IL ,ee1ch
othet 10 mutual dopendooe to common 10.
tercst and the common feeling derived from II,
or strengthened by II.
IL is with these sentiments, OH may be ger
mtied o allude 10 my own public conduc', be.
fore company OF gentlemen OF op este polii'
zeal opinions, aud on an occasion consecraicd
10 the oblivlen OF every topic OF pary 4 iie)
TINT, SINCE have hpen n member ( Co gtcss
have supported the policy, viii aims 60 opea
or 10 perfect the communication between the
distant sec ions of the country, particularly by
the extension aud pr sersatlon OF the National
Road. The state Of which am ~ CITIZEN has
ALREADY paid between onc and twe hundred
thousand dollars, toward the construction aud
repair Of that road aud doubt moi she Is pre-.
pared TO contribute her proportion towards It's
extension 10 the place OF It's destination, NJ
"a oil a. IN a. Ia nl fail
sign. by constructing n lateral branch. through
this state, aud the states south of Kentucky TO
The Gulf Of Mexico. The friends Of Internal
Improvement, IN the Atlantic states, do not
pretend 10 be indifferent 10 their own interest.
They know that the national Road IL a high
way for the products OF their factories ihcii
fisheries and their commerce. But trust also
they acl upon higher principles---n regard 10
the national union thai they perceive, what
Washington perceived. and begun TO inculcnte
in the very moment of cessation from war;
almost before he had put of his harneSs--ihat
nothing is more essential 10 the strengthening
this union. than an easy communication from
East TO West.
Subsidiary 10 this and every other MEASURE
| of legislative enactment aiming M the same
end. Is that Interchange of the courtesrs Of So.
clal life, by which kind feeling is to be nwn.
| kened or fostcred. As between individuals.
so between states which are composed of IN.
| dviduals, there Is n temper and n feeling as
important 10 be rightly directed as the course
| of legislation or the public policy On this
| topic. although perhaps more appropriate to
| the occasion. could moi, within any Tensona-
bile limits, nor without going heyond the bound
| of delicacy toward the audience address ex
press all that feel; all that has been insp red
| in my bosom, by what have witnessed OF the
| courtesy, the cordially, the hospitality OF The
| West. | would moi TO be sure, be thought "a
have been so uniformed of any par, of tho
country MS TO be wholly ignoran, oi the state
OF public sentiment prevailing IN Il on any in
portant point. But IL will not, ! hope, b.
| thought impairment, III say. that IL Inns been
| not without some surprise Ms we'll ms The high
| est qualification, that have made journe Y
| of between three and four thousand miles ia
| the West, IN the public SonyeyRnces by laod
| and water, always without n communion. of en-
unknown and without having heard sylia-
| bile, which could give pam To the feelings ol
| (whal, ! trust shall ever show MYSELF dnti
| inl son OF New England ] cannot bet cher Nh
the hope, that improving means Of commuUi
cation between the states, will pn, u in lhe pow
rr OF increasing numbers III our brethren IN
other parts OF the Union, TO give ~ good an nc
count OF that portion of II, TO which belong
nd from an experience as agreeable.
| Gentlemen, there is no place IN he West.
| hive taken a greater interest IN visiting, than
| your hospitable town an interest streng hencd
| by the former residence of a beloved and Ia
| mented brother among you, and his conpec
| ton with the University here established which
| has already done so much and is destined, an
sure 10 do SO much more, for the public good
| in his part OF the county. Every patriot. eve
| ry rejoicing man, who considers that nseiul
knowledge, widely dauseJ, is the only sur,
basis OF enlightened freedom. sympa,hizes with
| YOU in your regret for that disaster, which has
reduced its well provided apartments aud state
" walls to melancholy rains The public spin.
! il, which raised. will, doubt moi. speedily re-
| store those walls, and muse new energy into
an institution. justly ranked among the most
| respectable in the country, an honour TO this
| town and to the state. and n public benefit 10
| the West. Indeed in tho early care, which IN
this and some of the neghboring states has
been had for the establishment OF places oil
| education though much is naturally still 20 be
done, recognise the spirit, which animated
the pilgrim fathers of New England, never TO
be mentioned by their defendants without
| praise) in The same cause. You have had your
| Morrison as we had our Harvard. Asa com
munity. you have already given pledges, that
| YOU are determined your poJerity shal have
cause 10 bless your memory, rs we have to
bless the memory of our ancestors. Let but
thp foundations be deeply laid in liberal pub
| lie and private patronage, and the tellecinal
edifce--ihe solid fabric Of an enlightened com
muny-will stand firm, though the brick and
the marble may, for a time, sink beneath the
deveurng flames, and the scieutfc treasure
they contained, be reduced 10 dust aud ashes.
| There is one association recalled 10 my mind
-, b,U IN ,xh N lac an
pardonable were insensible; an association
which has perpeiuated, in the name OF our city,
that of an ever-memorable village IN The county
inhabit, aud in the near neghborhood OF my
residence. When the news OF the battle of
Lexington, on the 18Th OF April. 1776, reached
n party Of hunters. assembled at the PriDg in
this place, they resolved, in prophetic commem-
Grafton of that event, 10 give the name OF Lex
ingiou to the place of their encompnent, and
The town that should thare be founded. Not
more than fifty years, believe, have Passed
.,..y eaea tha arfuaI Ia Y lnp out of this town 7: