Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-07-03
SPEECH OF THE HON. EDWARD EVERETT,
AT a Public Dinner giuen 10 him al Lexington

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and D, oprle; v forbid me- to remain silent; but
hope it would be SUPP, huous, as am sure IL
would be unavailing, t"1s,tempt TO TX 2rr>s my
feelings, on receiving The kind alterations OF Ills
company. No gentleman who has himself had
o. casion, while absent from home, to expe>
rirnce the value of acts Of private or pub hos
pi,ali,y will doubt the sentiment excited IN me,
bv those testimonials Of your favorable opinion
If the voice Of leone, that awaits him oenea.n
his own roof, on his return home, make the
most direct appeal to the sensibilIies OF Inc
traveller, il is with a Satisfaction scarcely inie
rior, heightened by sense OF obligation, 'na' ne
receives, in distant region, those proofs OF
kindness and assurances of good wills In which
be seems 10 recover some Of the best tno'ar
! menis Of home in the land OF strangers. :
would spare you, gentIemen-l would spare
myself the effort to describe, in set phrases
what, ii felt, needs no explanation, what, II 1t oe
no, felt canno, Dr. explained; and beg you. WIN
the plainness Of a sincere and giea,lu' hra'', 70
believe, that place the proper value on t"i'
public and cordial NANTES ation OF your lrienu-
ly f. ceiling; and hat, while take to myseh-a"d
feel honored in doing $3.50 much oil II as ho"s
from ynur hospi,able regard towards stronger,
rejoice more specially in this festive meeting,
as pledge Of good will between the distant
sections Of the Union, 10 which we respectively
belong. That Union, gentlemen, res ing as l:
does on a poi,icrl basis, must derive murh OF
it's strength and value, from harmony ana cor
diality he W. en- The distant members. In ueS-
pn,ic government, resting OIL the princ'Pie OIL
the immediate subordination OF all the part IS 10
one head, this harmony among the suhJrc's Is
not necessary. j. may wen De thr in'ersS' VI
The sovereign 10 play off the Jeaions'ts oi the
different parts of the state against ea'h o'"er'
thus preventing Them from combining asai"s'
himself Bui in a popular govr'hrn' h'' w"e'
every thing is ultimately tered 10 'he VIII vi
| h. ci,zrns, mutual good will between 'he'" 10
al important 1t is therefore mos, fortuna"
for US, ,ha. the basis, on which OUT Union 'eS'''
IS natural, broad and sable. / he several Pa'',
Of whlc i, is composed, have not oeeh "o'"u
10 each other, ny the measures OF p'ep""'.
rating polite al power. exer,rd oy me 'ronse'
members 10 attach the weaker TO 'neir soVer
epr,v We do no, owe our gathering togeth ;.
rr INTO ,hi family If statss to he n'ermarriage
If northern Ferdin nds with southern lsah"ilas
Onr Union was not cemtn'ed by the seai'he
wax If Diplomatic congrt ssrs, (where foreign
STA esmen 81, in judem"n', In parcel Out reinc-
ran, province samong rival empi s. hor oy 'he
h,o,d of di,as rous BATH fields Had sueh oreh
he origin of our association. we migh' nav :
.xnected. that ineurahle an,ipa'hies uiu FA'
j., between tive d,sco,d mt mfmpcrs, AMI nat
II ion. commenced IN power, violence, OF 'n'
tripur would continue in disgust whiieh ias''",
aud end in civil war. On The contrary, a.
morp rumerous instructive aspects, /" w2'e"
our u .liraI <yS'rm Dres'n's rseil 10 'hf 'o"'
tempia,ion f he fir' ds II L"er y, nom IS
more inportan' than 'Ns'' "I,,n M.
m, a.,,;sions mole at x ending Po
pul,r government, over va, region Oh C"u
try. flied bv rapidly Increasing popu ai"h'
bv means nf conrcder alton oi s'a'e'. he SUI
peri ia observer, not merely abroad nut d.
home, may regard the mui lpl,cat,on 81 afs,
wi, their diffrren, local interests as an alarm
ing source Of discussion, lhrfa'rning eVe"'"'i
destruction 20 The public. Bat had n sS''
civ oF,he mos profound politician been TX +
c;sed IN contrjye a mode, in which the conti-
n, n, Of North America should become one
broad he.tre, 70, the t4trcise Of the rights and
The ?, ;cv.,,ot md perpe,uaion OF the prN-
leyes Off .ub an COVE nmeut and rational II =
sr,v !. nav. we'll W doub ed, whether any 9th
pr 50 IF r,uaI. so prompt, and at the same time
en- si,,nle could have heen devils d by him. as the
creation Of a number OF separate s'a'rs, success
,;v,Iv f,rm d. a. a population becoming dens"
IN ,h,. elder settlements, had poured uscl' OFT
into he ne wer fields Of adventure and promise;
u,i,ed by a conf deracy IN the pursuit nj all %
ject, Of common end general interest; ana 81,
D rae, independent, and SOVEREIGN as t" all OF
Individual concern Il is thus, tina, ONT Unl"n
is *. ni,ug itself, not as a mrre mailer OF pc,
,inc al arrangement, still less by compuls'on and
mower, bu by the choice and act OF the iaui
ydual II liens
VIVA, have we seen in all the newly settled
,or,,ons of he Union? he hardy and enter>
prizine youth finds socie'y in the older settle
m.n,s comparatively filled up. His portion OF
III, I'D family farm is 100 narrow satisfy his
want, or his desires and he gees forth, with
The pa,ernal blessing, and often wtilin'r else to
take uph, share of the rich heri as',whi h the
God Of nature has spread b' tor him IN this wrs-
tern world. He qui's ,hr land Of his fa'h'rs' the
scene, Of bis early DAYS, with tender regret CHS
rening in his eye. though hope ma'.lts on III,
cheek. H, does not, as he depars, shake on
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