Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-06-25
DOMESTIC.
SPEECH OF MIR. EVERETT

u AZ Nashville, on The occasion Of a Public Dir
i,er giten 10 h'm by the titiues Of thai place on
The I'd If June 1929.
I Our Guest he Hon. Edward Ere,eH dis
tinguished representative. of The learn,ng
| TASTE, liberaliiy aud refinement of the Eastern
/ section Of our country.
The drinking ofthis toast was followed by
! long and continued tokens Of appreciation
!, when these had subsidized, Mr. Everett rose
+ snd said
| Mr. Presidenf and Conference.-The snnti-
ment which has just been announced, aud the
Kind attention, of whleh | hnd myself. on this
occasion thu object, demand my particular
! Acknowledgements. Coming among you fiom
sremote district of thu country personally
acquainted ON my arrival with but n single in
diyidoai, besides your distinguished repiesen.
{ 'stiye In Conrrres nossrssfnB nnne of fhos.
, public and political claims on your notice
which are usually acknowledged by courtesics
of this hind, find myself the honored CUES,
of this day; cordially greeted by so large
r company, where could have expected only
, to form a few acquaintance aud made TO
I feel myself ut home IN the land oi strangers
l should feel that sense OF oppress,oo, which
unmerited honor ought always 10 produce,
did look within myself for the reason of this
l
men, that look for it. know that II flows
from II much higher source from your ready
+ DISQUALIFICATION your liberal FEELING which is
bile 10 take in those parts OF the republic which
arc the most remote from you; aud which
/ | disposes you even toward the person OF nm in.
dyidual stranger, 10 strengthen the bonds OF
good will between oil the brethren oithe great
. American family. II Is In this view Of the
. subject alone, that could reconcile my accept
!. ing this kipd prefer OF your pnblc stirn lous,
with the inonensive privacy which II Is my
|, study TO preserve IN my present Journey; for
The sake OF which have been led, On more
than one occasion since | left home, to en-
!, press a wish 10 be excused from similar aiien
tons ON the part of political friends attention,
, which would have implied public standing
I. which do moi pos ess and would have eans
| ed my excursion 10 be ascribed 20 another thai
, ITS real motive.
That motive, gentlemen. is the long cherish
| ed wish 20 behold, with nv own eyes, th
:, western world, not of promise merely, but o
:. most astonishing and glorious tuhlment, Tn,
wonders. as they may Justly be called. oil 'h'
n | West the prodigious extent oil the territory
the magnitude OF the streams, that unite int
;, one great system the remoiest parts OF THU
| boundless region,--ihe fertility offs soil. %
which thu accounts, I'LL they are verified by a.
a
:, romance than sober narrative, W, re among III
earliest objects. tba, attracted my youthful Gu
| riosy While visiting some oil the most an
Gent abodes Of civzaton In the elder world
I had frequently occasion 10 Observe land
have no dobbt. Mr.. President, that your obse'
!" | walton confirmed the fscD that the curiosity q
Is he intelligent men of Europe was more awak
10 OIL the subject OF this than any other porto
= | OF our country. Of the Atlantic coast The
', i have some general knowledge, ssiaing fro,
~ the length OF time since IL was settled, aud III
H. political events Of which II has been the thea
ire blu, the valley ofihe Mississippi SCENE
= to have presented itself, a. II were sudienl
T. | to their imaginations, as most peculiar, IN
'e portani, md hitherto comparatively unknow
ID | region. But from the time that have bee
D. led more particularly 10 reflect on the Wes,er'
V country, in It's social relations TO the rest q
, the Union. lhaye felt an irresistible desire
~ | endeavor 10 understand from personal obscfv'
D, ton, the stupendous work OF human advance
~ men,, which Is here going on. and Of who
" the history of mankind certainly Affords no 4,
10 ibcr example, cannot but think Is the mo-
interesting subject OF contemplation, wh'c
the world q, present affords Apart from Il,
grand natu nj features Of the scene, the aspe,
ofpopulous towns sprnging like an cnhalaiio
nc from the soil ,--ofa vacant or savage wilde
n ness Transmitted in one generation into ibieI
e | = inhabited territory--must certainly Hppcs
es as strongly 10 The inquissive mind, as the sig
Id Of ctumbling towers OF PROSTATE columns,
If cities once renowned aud powerful reduced I
e miserable ruins, and crowded provinces turi
ID ed into deserts. While these latter objects ar
S bought sufficient TO reward the traveller for
Instant pilgrimage TO foreign countries, he ma
v well be pardoned for feeling himself aluacir
rs by the opposite spectacle which is piescnis
IN 10 him AT home F; a scene mol OF decay. but
h. ieeming life OF Improvement almost too rapi
IL 10 seem the result OF human means.
II isa remark often quoted ola celebrate
o. oreign statesman " Tallryrand." that Amer
d. ~ presents as you travel westward IN poii
~ Of space. the same succession of appearance
u which mny be traced in Europe, MS you
e, back in poin, Of time ;---lhai ms you move iro
IT. the coast toward the interior on this coniinc,
IN you pass through those stages OF ciyilIzaiio
r. which are fonndin Europe rs you follow D
~ STORY back 10 the primitive ages. II we isk
IN he aboriginal tribes Of our continent into u
ny survey, there is some foundation Tor tue remar
RI bot applied 10 our own population, II IS raihf
~ ingenious than solid TLe scene presented
IS by our western country, is not that Of ba
OF barous race growing up like the primlti'
10 tribes Of Europe, Into civilized nations; b'
,h it is the lar more interesting, because III
Nv more Tapid ana inte,bBen' pIoBiess " s""
49, aed people, extending itself through ruh
ne wilderness, and trausplan,ing the mature ar
H. of life into the hidden recesses of the fores
u The traveller who peneiraies thousand Q
ne Two thousand miles from the coast the interio
NJ may find, IL 10 true the log hut of the flfsi SCI
ne ieps, as he msy find within the limits OF Phil'
~ delphia and New York, say Of Paris or LoI
don. many a ~re,ched hoyel tar lees CONNIE
w dious but he will also find here subs'snt'i
o dwellings spacious and even magnihcer
nd mansions--the abodes of competence and I
al abundance, surrounded by all the INDIGESTION
o. of the improved arts Of life have learne'
e. to nv asionishmeni. that within twenty veal
OF the city OF Nashville has grown up, from nj
he exceeding four or five brick houses, TO its pr
p, sent condition. as large, populons, and thru
b. ing capitol the mart Of great and increa
es ing commerce exhibiting for the number
i'm its inhabitants, as many costly ed'tices as an
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