Litchfield enquirer., 1829-07-02

ment ana graglnAtl0n. ] am sure you will pardon me fohdding, that it enhances
 the pleasure with Aich son of New Eng
 land contemplatestt, to find that among
 those who have Aelled the numbers of
 this great family&whos have come not
 merely to share bur prosperity, but in
 former days to palkke the more doubtful
 fortunes Of the earl settlements, are not
 a few of the childr& cf that distant region.
 He rejoices that hdis able, in addition to
 the ties of commo language, government and laws, to trace lose of common orlgIn
 and kindred blood Nor does he rejoice
 GLcnc. The feelit 1 am sure, is mutual.
 This festive occakon, gentlemen, is pledge that you todare not less willing to
 seize an opportunity, however slight, ot promoting that mutIaIgood will which IS
 more important forthe perpetuity of the
 Union, than all the forms of the CoBstitu- stion.
 The beloved land of my birth, gentle
 men, compared with yours, is, generally
 speaking, barren regbn. Ourrocks and
 lands yield not those fch harvests which
 clothe your more fertile soil with plenty
 nor are we connected with our sister States
 by noble streams like yours, which pene- ftrate the country for thousands of miles,
 and bind the deepest interior to the marts
 on the coast. But l may venture to assure
 you, on behalf of my fellow citizens at
 home, that we behold, not with envy but
 with pride, your natural advantages and
 wonderful progress. When we are visited
 by strangers from Europe, after we have
 shown them what is most worthy of notice
 among ourselves. we habitually add, that
 this is little compared with the astonishing
 advancement of the West. We boast of
 your improvements rather than our own. We are in the habit of contrasting our
 comparatively tardy progress under for
 eign colonial system with your more rapid growth, beneath the cheering influence of American independence. We look to you to complete the great undertaking which was bnt begun by the fathers of the American people, who settled the Atlan- tic coast. Refecting men in that region never regarded the great work to be per- formed in America, as confined to the set- dement, of the strip along the shore. It was to open the whole western world as an abode ofcivilized freemen, and we wish you God-speed in accomplishing your share of the noble work. Two centuries have passed away since the first settlers of Ehe Atlantic coast were struggling with those hardships, which the generation im- nediately preceding you was here called 70 encounter, and we cordially rejoice, hat a period of thirty years has purchased for you that security and prosperity, which were with us the growth of a century and half. We feel happy in the belief, that n your further advanoomons you will uvt orget the cradles of the American race, md that you will bear in kindly remem- 'rance the men and the deeds which are 'mong the dearest titles of our glory. In tasting the eye over the map of your State, ve behold among the names of your coun- ies, those of our Lincoln, Greene, Knox, Warren and Perry. We feel that our 'earts are thus linked together by the tie of ommon devotion to the precious memory # our great and good men; and we conf- l lently rest in the assurance, that when the | present generation with us as with you, hall have passed away. our children will mite with yours in the tribute of gratitude Q those who, whether at the North or the South, the East or the West, have tri- imphed or bled, have stood or fallen in heir country's cause.
 Gentlemen, i; has been justly stated, that when the next census shall be taken, 1 Ehe valley of the Mississippi will probably be found to contain population larger than that with which the old thirteen States plunged into the revolutionary war, and when, after a period often years more, yet another enumeration shall be made, you will then probably outvote us in the coun- cils of the nation. The sceptre will then depart from Judah, never to return. We havea firm faith that our interests are mu- sually consistent; that if you prosper we shall prosper, if you suffer we shall suffer l that our strength will grow with the close ness of our Union, that our children's well fare, honor and prosperity. will not suffer In the preponderance which the next gen. eration in the West must possess in the balance of the country. One word more, Gentlemen, and I will relieve your patience. In the course of human events, it is certain that we who are now assembled, shall never 0N be as- sembled together again. It is probable, that when we shall part this evening, the most of us will do it to meet no more on earth. Allow me. with the seriousness in- l