Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1836-09-29

pinion, and to ponr forth lavlshly the riches
Of his well.fraught mind. We attempt no
sketch OF his discourse alike in justice TO the
speaker and 10 ourselves. When, after an-
houncng the first toast he resumed his seat,
long and loud wns the applause that testified
how well he had spoken. Toast now follow
ed toast-and each drew forth from the Sto.
rys, the Palfrcys, the Klrklands,th Lncolns,
the Davses,the Armstrong; speeches in har-
moDy with the occasion. To toast making
special nlluslon to South Carolina and Massa-
chusetts, as having so conspicuously and
faithfully stood by each other in the war of
Independence, and uttering the hope that
they might never be separated in their com
mon attachment to, and defence of, the Con-
stitution, Mr.. Legdre, Of Charleston, South
Carolina, recently returned from Belgium,
where he was our Charge d'Affairs, made an
unpremcditatcd and happy reply. In the
course Of his remarks, after joining in the
praises of the Constitution, an instrument
which nothing but the grossest folly could
ever seek to overthrow, he took occasion to
express the admiration with which, on his re-
turn from foreign country, he bcheld the
mighty progressive movements in our own,
the boundess prosperity, the unccasing III
dustry, of all around him. The spectacle had
forced on him the question how and whence
is it that this people, this New England pco-
pie, accomplish 50 much? The answer was
to be Kund in what we had that day heard so
well delrneated in the Address Of President
Qnincy-it was to be gathered from the scene
before hint was that the provideDt found
crs of this people had sought Wisdom first
and before all things, and with wisdom came
all other blessings. Subsequently, .Hr. Wsb-
sier, called up by n sentiment alluding to his
great services in defence Of the Constitution,
took occasion, in the course Of the breathing
thoughts and burning words which he poured
ont, to express his delight at the sentiment
expressed by Mr.. Lcgare, respecting the
Constitution, and to compliment that gentle
man and those who with him
- iari nantes in gurste vasto,
stood forth at Il season of imminent peril to-
that Constitution, and manifested their firm
resolve to abide by it, or to die by it. Mr.. w.
then enlarged upon the inseparable conrec-
ton between Education and Free edom-and
citing the ilustrious revolutionary names of
Massachusetts, showed that a large propor-
ton Of them were alumni Of Harvard. With
in her walls it was they learned their duty
and their rights as freemen-she it was who,
from the beginning, had trained her sons to
6sdain oppression in whatever form, who
still stood foremost to do battle in the name
of Human Rights and Human Liberty, to re-
ceive the hardest blows, and to exclam to all
assailants,
.adsum qui feel, me in me conrertiie iela.
Loud and enthusiastic were the plaudits
which followed Mr.. Websters address.
New York was kindly remember ed, and
Mr.. ChiefJustice Jones among the guests re-
turned thanks, but in voice so inaudible
that we were unable to catch what fell from
him. Mr.. Plummer, Of New Hampshire.
spoke III reply to Il complimentary toast to
his State. The Mayor Of Boston, Mr.. Arm
strong, made capital speech in bebalfof his
fine city and in his own behalf Graduated
at no College--bnt brought up to labor with
his own hands, he had nevertheless felt and
seen the great though indirect benefits to all
classes of society Of such a University as
Harvard. In the aid and encouragement il
afforded to common sclools-in the capabeI
instructors it formed-in the enlightened citi-
Zcns it turned out, and IN the high standard
of excellence, moral and intellectual, it bore
aloft-the whole population had deep in
terest. He gave in his adhesion cordially to
Harvard.
The Mayor Of Salem, Mr.. Saltonstall-a
4
Knight" whose early bOunties to the Univer-
sity, President Quincy had complacently
dwell upon in the morning took the floor to
say few words of thanks for compliment
to his town. It was late, he said and be would
not make speeeh-thoueh many were the
throngng topics that on such an occasion
presented themselves to him. But attention.
he was sure, was wearicd; and moreover,t r,thcy |
EaI rI ,1,,; A., 4 f.,
would not detain ,hem--yet an overfowing
heart and eloquent nature prevailed, and he
went on delightfully."-. from one "reminiscences
to another. making a speech in spite of HIM
self aud his resoutiuu,and to the qualification
Of every one. |.
In the course Of The evening, DR.. Holmes.
Jr sang, with great humor, song composed
by himsclt-relrrrng to the infant state both
of the colony and the college. The choir,
which had so well executed the Ode in the
church, also sang the following "Auld Lang
Syne"-,hc whole assembly joining in the
chorus, as they subsequently did in that Of
the Carmen .Secaare, sung to the tune of
Yankee Doodle! /.
In the evening all the college buildings,
and some others in the town, were brilliantly
The names of Dunster, Chaun-
cey, Harvard, Hollis, Quincy, Dane, and 9TH
ers, were conspicuous, amid lights and gar
lands, and the whole effect was very striking.
Cambridge-quiet, academic Cambridge
was crowded with thousands and tens Of !
thousands, from the neiglboring city of Bos-
ton, and from the country round. Yet was
here no disturbancc-no rudcness--no in
no brutality. Instead of drunken
md riotous hackmcn, as elsewhere arc some
imcs seen on public occasions, the orderly |
lrivcrs the numerous vehicles that crowd
I'd every avenue, went slowly and cautiously Il