Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-07-19

.,.-a-,, A., ..,, upon you, Union men, to svouoh
Ch'ra'n 10, !, was in h. darkest hour OF your trl
my asse'.p"' ~ .inrd VOW that "a fierce foe hung on
vu"r broksn rank insung"; that, ,,s.
"an onemy, attend. lutksd eo %, behind
"Thc radiance Of your planet;' cu,. States
which YOU had once possessed, little New hamPsnn.
was The only nne that was undoubtedly true 70 WV
csose But fofhear TO speak his enlogy YOU ~.
try Is monuments will one day tell u; mat county m
tory has already recordedit leave nun 70 a Ia The
~ 10 whose late but falling justice ne 'hs "au Wv
courage 10 appeal Fulfil thou noble spirit. .ne g'.a,,
The useful but The paiufu destiny winch my GENUS a
thy God have given thee nor complain .'as W.. 49,;
n,pasurelpss mind is thine, IN being oy '"e Wy 80
nsty of Inv piiuns aud the bnldness OF my
in a yre,, measure Isolated from the sympathy OF my
kind: with whom 1.-THE unc"mn"n ana sno,''e n'ue'
seem so be- like things OF every Gay e.' Wv"
make thy lofty hermitage, aH''os' 'ae "'N
ties of the shadowy iu'ore 900 ,b,, will
occnpv mo undisnguished position 10 his country ca
endaf Let vulgar prejudice and unreasontns Ah'pa.y
.ml. wbeu prs,it-Marun Van buren: uehteme',
il is known to many TO most OF y"u mere 'a'
most z,alo,sy Opposed the elevation OF ns ina'uua
I lad hen Taught To believe him tseacherous, non.
commi,tai and timiS pnlitican lis uue, was po'h'eo
ia bis speeches his Shocco Springs eter'
and numerous other DECLARATIONS OF nus "pnioms, 'o
SHE u, Snuhern and State Rights politics But these
wore s,,sr sl mere words. and did not trust them
", when the time TO redeem these pledges anu
/ Gund them. one and all TO the letter fulfilled, "aht
course pray YOU there left me to pursue! Cou'o
| longer deem him treacheInus' "nose yeal'y neass
rsne,,ed ba, hostility TO National Bank, which be had
bs C,,m.rv assured was only directed against the
Pent,sylvania institution. and wnula IN tne emu CIV
nlaceto one established al New York: CouH consee,
him non commiiial, who so frankly ana cary P'oca'eu
himself on the new anu denounced Sub.4Teasury =
Could | hold him timld who. though assaulted oy more
enemies placed in gr-atrr difficulties ana suDhh1'eu "
prcer ordeal than Administration eyer yet encooh'e
ed has calmly and firmly csrfsed out h,s Poncy, anu
smiled al the yndic al his foes! lhougn threat'
ensd Win committees Of ten thousand armed enemies;
though perceving in The hour OF ms necessil'eS squa
dons of his early friends wheeling ny states f"Ri mo
ranks-he dared hold the march, when ooih consS'
,-nce and country e.1oined Sir late and maiighlly
had scattered like the savage urdeas Of the oden su-
persttion burning ploughshsres IN his ra'h mat tne
darkness of caaues had obscured. tie has saieo'
i, was said this shiae piot hese many summers
on Of glory and when the vessel oil o'a'e was
"wcahering it's slormiest capes, loudly was II prophesi
ed that he would blanch and emhe in The untsed lem
pests Of the wild attitudes be had reached But d'd ne
iremble. |, Sir, / with no friendly view, casousiy
watched that solitary nl The he'sn (aotsafy rom
his own aud uGsha-ed responslblties ana ~hen
behed him amIdst the nprnar OF The elements ana me
noise and the menacpe Of distracted crew, calmly
gazing al the card and firmly directing the wheel!
could not withhold fom him the tribute OF any adslIra
ton, my esteem aud my applause VI humble parent
AGE prdoa ed with no transcendant elngueHce, wearing
no soldier ,auels-he has nothing where" i,ha TO dag
ze the multitude fon heir propriety aad The sustained
confidence Of bis cnunirymrn 10 no feeble evidence OF
the Justice Of his cause do not rxaggerae his ch'ms
lherefSre, when pronounce him the Erm, courteous
and sbIe s,aesman the very for the times The pure
impeTsonaton Of :priaciple.
And noy my Fellow Citizens, after most gratefully
thanking you for The attention you have yteided me- as
this is in all probability The last opportunity shall
enjoy Of addressing the inhabitants OF Greene, may
be excused for a brief auson 10 SO nconsdeIsoie
person as MYSELF Or The sincerity OF my beel IN The
truth Of the principles have This day urged, have
given most severe and convincing evidence IN lhei'
cause have expended in great degree The little say
nps Of life do not say inns vaunIingy or reproach'
fully. All ask in return for my ardent eSeftons IN
your behalf is that my humble iabors may not be en-
ely foreo ten thai my little characters may not prove
10 been traced in the sand TO be rendered faner
BY each successive tide of passion and Of pef Oh IT, in
after years foreign clmes, learn that the cause OF
The American constitution has heen surrendered the car
Of political improvement reverted the school OF cen-
tious construction predominant and The maxims OF Eu
ropean despoiism adopted shall no longer pride my
self upon che once naughty name OF Alabaman; n"
longer acknowledge my woned swell at Columbia
once loved Stare and Stripes But, however this may
be, and whatsoever Others may do; as for my single
SELF shall sR exclsim: hen | forget thee. . my
cause may this right hand furget it's cunning when
thee, Liberty! may, in my utmost need
my dearest friend iorsasp me!