Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-06-11
CONSTITUTIONAL POLLS.
ADDITIONAL-OFFI RETURNS.
" OUR FEDERAL UNIoN-it must be preserrea."-
President Jdcksons Toast.

Boroughs.
f" Our FEDERAL UNIoN-it must be preserped"-
President Jackson's Toast.
TO THE EDITORS OF THE ENQUIRER
There are some truths, which, when understood,
ry mind acknowledges and, tn re some great
principles in which all elevated minds will ever agree
This remark is singulsrly illustrated by the coinc
dence between the above excellent sentiment OF our
Chief Magistrate, and the subioned extracts from Mr.
Webster's Speech of last February, in reply TO Mr.
Hayne. From the lati,udnarian doctrines asserted i'm
That Speech differ and have differed, toto cGlo
but these particular passages tend TO so),he sectional
anmosies, and to kndle glow Of kindly feeling be-
tween opposite extremes Of our confederacy There.
lore ndepe njently of their uncommon eloqu nce they
seem worthy to be presented prominently, and apart
from their context, TO the eyes Of every Virginan-of
every american pray you to give them place in
your columns. MEDIATOR
"The eulsgium pronounce ed on the character of
the State of South Car oina by the honorable gentle
man Tor her revolutionary and other merits meets my
ei'ty concurrence shall not acknowledge that the
honorable member goes before in regard for what
ever OF distinguished tall mt, distinguished character
SCUM Carolina has produced claim part of the hon
or, parake in the pride of her great names | claim
them Tor conntrymen. one and all The Laurenses the
huuedges, the Pncknsys, the Sumpters the Marions-
Americans all-whose fame H. no more TO be hemmed
IN oy state lines tan their talents ard patriotism
capaoi" OF being circumscrted within the same ar
row limits. In their day and generation they served
and honored the country, and tie wi ole country; and
neir renown sol the treasures of the whole country
fiim' whose honored meme the gentleman himself
beaIs-does he suppose less capable of gratitude
Tor his patriotism or sympathy for his sue rngs than
MS eyes had brat opened upon the light in Mas.achu.
seus, instead OF South Carolina? Sir, does he suppose
IL IN his power 10 produce Carolina so bright as
to ptoluce envy ia my bosom? No, S;r,-increased
graufcaton and delight rather. Sir, thank God TIA,
u am gifted with little OF the spirit which i. .did 10
he able to raise mortals TO the skies have yet none
as trust, of that other spirit which would drag An
gels down. When shall be found, Sir, in my place
here, in the Senate, elsewhere to sheer al public
merit, because il happened spring up beyond the lit
tie limits of my own State. neightorhood; when
refuse Tor any such cause, for any cause the hon.
age due to American talent elevated patriotism 10
sincere devotion to brty and the country; or if zee
an uncommon endowment of Heaven-if see extra.
ordinary capacity and virtue in any son of the South
and ~ moved by local pr judce or gangrened bv State
jealousy get up here 10 ahae the the of hair from
his Just character aud just fame may my tongue cIrave
10 me root OF my mouth Sir, let 10 pleasing
rreoliec'ion'-Iet me indulge in refreshing remem-
brance oil the past-lst mo remind you. that in early
times no States cherished greater harmony both Of
principle and OF feeling, tia Massachusetts and Sou,b
Caro,na would to God, that harmony might again
turn Shoulder TO shoulder they went ihroue. the
kevoluhon-hand in hand they stood round the Admin
,@'raon oil Washington, and felt his own great arm
lean on them for ssHOr Unkind feeling, II it exist
alienation and diStrust, the growth unp atural 10
such soils, OF false principles since sown They are
weeds the seeds of which that same great arm never
| scattered.
"Mr. President, shall enter on no enromium uron
Observation-Disclosures needs nome The re che i.-behoId
her. and judge for Yourselves There is her history
the world knows by heart The past at least il Sc
cure There is Boston, and Concord and Lexington
and Bunker Hil-and there they will remain forever
IN. bones OF her sons, falling in the great struggle
Tor independence, now lie mingled with the soil of
every state, from New England TO Georgia and there
mey VIII lie forever. And, Sir, where American lib
ery raised its fret voice, and where ito youth
was nurtured and sustained, there il still lives in
the strength Of its manhood and full of lie origin al
spirit II discord and disunon .ha wound it-if psrtv
strife ana blind ambition shall hawk at il and tear tiff
Io'y ahu hauhess; II uneasne's under sslutary and
necessary restraint shall succeed separate il from
Wa union by which alone s existence is made sure il
WIZ stand IN the end, by the eide of that cradle in
winch It's infancy was rocked; it will stretch forth its
arm WIN whatever OF vigor it m,y still retain. over
the m ends who gather round il: and il will fall at last If
a II must, amidst The proudest monuments Of its own
glory and on the very spot Of s origin"
line following is the conclusion OF The Speech:1
profess, Sir, in my career hitherto, to have kept
'"aui'y ~ view the prosperity and honor Of the whole
country. and The preservation of Federal Union
IL so hat Unon our safety a, home and orr
COMMUNICATION and dignity abroad. 1t is TO that Union
ere chiefly indebted for whatever makes us m ost proud
Of our Country. That Union we reached, only by the
discipline OF our virtues in The school Of adver-
IVY IL had ITS origin in the necessities Of disorIered
hnance, PROSTATE commerce, and ruined credit Under
us benign lnnueDces these great interests Immediately
awoke az om the dead and sprung forth with newness
OF NE Every year OF its ration has tee med with
lresh proof OF its utility and its blessings: and ahauoh
our Territory has stretched out wider and her and
our population spread farther and farther they have NOT
ouuun tie protection or it, ben.I has been to all
eopus fountain OF national, social and personal hap
Whess' have rot allowed myself, Sir to look beyond
me Onon,to see what might lie hidden in the dark re-
cess behind have not cooy weighed the chances
o. preserving liberty, when the bonds that unite u.s.
snail be broken asunder. l have not accustomed nv.
sell TO hang over the pfecipce Of dsunion, TO see
whether, with my short sight, can fahom the depth
Of The abyss below; nor could regard him as safe
councillor in the affairs Of this Government whose
THOUGHTS should be mainly bent considering not how
the Union should be best preserved, but how olerable
might he the condition Of the people, when II shall be
broken up and destroyed. While the Union last we
nave high, exciting, gratifying prospect spread out be-
lore VS. Tor us and our children. Beyond that, seek
not TO penetrate the veil. God grant that, in my day
at least that curtain may not rise. God grant that on
my vision, may never be opened what lies behind
when my fyc' shall be turned to behold for the Ia s
l,ms' me SUM Heaven, may not see him shining on
The broken and dishonored fragments Of once glorious
Union; on States discovered dscordsni belgerent on
land rent with civil feuds, dfenchsJ, II may be