Du Buque visitor. [volume] (Dubuque, Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1836-1837, 1836-09-14
ELOQUENT EXTRACT.

Mr.. Gushing, young member of
the house Of Representatives from Mass.
has proved himself a worthy represen-
tative of that great state. The follow
ingsplendid extract from recent speech
does equal honor to his head and heart.
Our country, with all its sectional
diversity of views and feelings, is one.
It is one, in the rich, manly, vigorous,
expressive language we speak, which
lis become the venacular tongue, as it
were, of parliamentary eloquence, the
very dialect of constitutional freedom.
It is one in the fame of our fathers, and
in the historical "reminiscences which
belong to us as nation. 1t is one in
the political princip pies Of Republican
ism, which we feel and profess in COM
mon, no matter in what,spot Of earth
our portion be cast. 1t is one in the
substantial basis Of our manners, in the
warp at least Of which the web is wo-
ven. 1t is one in the ties of friendship,
affinity, and blood, binding us togeth-
err throughout the whole extent Of the
land, in the associations of trade, of
emigration, and Of marriage. tits one
/, in the general balance of interests and
of business, arising from our mutual
wants and the reciprocal intercc!!,.aa;; i Esss
Of the products Of our industry. It is
one, in the exterior relations, protect
ed as these are by the honored flag of
the Union. 1t is one in that glorious
constitution, the best inheritance trans
mitted to us by our fathers, the monu-
ment Of their wisdom and their virtue,
under whose shelter we live and -four
ish as people.
One we are in fact, one should we be
in sentiment. To this great republic,
union is peace, union is grandeur, union
is power, union is honor, union is eve
ry thing which free spirit and a nigh
ty nation should glory to possess. To
us all, next to independence, next to IL
berty, next to honor, be we persuaded
that cordial and abiding confederacy
Of the American people is the greatest
Of earthly goods. We, the several
states which compose it, entered into
lit with Cancellation to the people Of our
sister states in our hearts, and compro-
mise of all secondary interests in our
acts. Thus let us persevere: with the
same emotions, fresh, and bright as in
| the first conception, and swelling forth
in exEaustlcss abundance from our DO.
som; feeling that, like the tabled foun.
tains of Florida, they are capable to
communicate matchless beauty and cy.
erlasting youth to this our beloved re.
public.
! That, unlike other political societies
this will endure Interchangeable forever
/ cannot hope, but pray to God, if IN
the DEGREES Of his providence, he have
any mercy in store for me, not to suffa,
me tobehold the hour of itsdissolution
its glory extinct; the banner of its pride
rent and trampled in the dust; its ma
tionality moral ofhistory, its grandeur
lustrous vision of morning slumber
vanished; its liberty, disembodiee
spirit, brooding, like the genius OF the
past, amid the PROSTATE monuments 9
its old magniicence.
And there is in the burning chambe1
Of the dread hereafter, no infinite 0
wrath vast enough, for him, who, Era
, tostratus like, to be remembered onl.
) for infamy, shall apply the torch 9
destructionsfo this fair Ephesian TEN
ple Of our union. That time in som
-liong, long future age, and that perso'
may come for the overthrow Of on