Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-10-10

ShScfs A~N Aos
century of experience
has shown how useful,
how valuable in oar COM
mon history, how pre-
ductive Of our common
renown and glory, is the
common bond by which
we are bound together.
loud eheeringl Aad l
desire 10 be thankful Ia
my God, and 20 pay due
homage to the memory OF
those iliustrious men,
who made all If us the
children Of those who
bled at Bunker $ Hill;
who made all Of Us the
children Of those who
fell at Yorktown. Loud
and continued cheering.l
We are all members of
the same great political
family; we have all one
common destiny, and we
ali have one common ad.
versity and one common
prosperity and God grant
it may be SO for all time
to come Tremendous
cheering, which lasted
for several minutes.l
Ii is an extraordinary
characteristic Of the
times, that with an act Of
great public duty, ! have
been enabled to unite the
long cherished desire to
visit the beautiful metro
pills of your noble state;
and this has given me a
tenfold pleasure in APP
pearing before you today
[Cheers.l
But, my friends, ! come
with q desire Of hearing
rather than speaking
with a desire to mingle
with you in common
communion ; To learn
your sentiments upon the
great topics which now
agitate the country--to
listen to the words OF the
many wise end eloquent
men which Virginia num-
bers ameng he- sons;-
and TO encourage nv ows
patriotic feelings and nv
own hope Of the future
prosperity Of our CON-
mon country, by com
mingling with the chival-
~ and the glorious spi-
rits of tn Ancient Do
m,nioa Enthusiastic
and long continued cheer
ing.l
My friends, my fellow
citizens, il is an era,-a
proud, a pleasant era
in my life, for the first
time, to set my faot upon
the soil Of noble old Nir-
ginia, fchsers,l and TO
address such an assem-
bly, of its noble sons, up.
on political subjects. as
Inow see before me HIM
nen,e cheering.l | deep
w aud proudly feel IL 10
be such. ICheers ! feel
the responsibility OF the
par, thrown on inc 20 per-
forn &c be a'rfui. cheers
And so, my friends, it
will be in the matter Of
the Presidential election.
tCheers ! The farmer Of
North Bend will come
into the Presidential
chair, with a perfect rush
-[cheersl-sndy yet you
will find that the entire
democracy will ne class
I'D as being on the side
Of Mr.. Van Buren. Long
and continued cheering
and laughter
Still !, stirs the blood,
and rgii,es the soul 80 see
men, who have not been
any very great bonsfac-
tors 10 the human race,
attempt to stamp re-
proach and igno'ninious
motives upon the great
men fourcountry,whom
all the world have hi
therto delighted TO ho-
nor. whom all the world
in all time % GENE viii
stilI delight TO honor
when the miserable i'm
pugne,s shall be rsmem
berci NO more ;and whom
all the world have agreed
and do agree, and viii
continue 70 agree, ought
to be ranked az the very
greatest men that grace
the annals Of human his
tory
And how shall I ey-
press my sense IL the
obligations which are
due this generation for
their holy cnicavors 10
preserve IN their parity
these nnhle instituti-n-,
the purchase ofthc blood
Of our fathers ILonR
and enthusiastic cheer
ing.l Who, then, shall
sprca ! dissensions amoai
usi tCheers DO W
not possess a con ssi'u'
ton and a form 81 cavern.
ment not surpassed. and
not equalled by snrht be-
meath the sun TChcersl
DO not all ls,c thaI
liberty for watch tn
blood n our 'aihers, M
fricnds,was poured joint
". 20 prosurcl fcheers
Does history show VI
any thing that we oouls
for a moment desire 4
substitute Tor that whicl
we enjoyl tCheers l.
Does Imagination. wit
all its strongest flights
does the holy spirit r
bencvolcnce, overflow
ing with the love Of nv
man kin !, shsw auythin
possessing the form o
political Institutions, =
which we would for
single moment exchsng
mr our proud inheri
lance, so dearly boogh
by the blood OF our an
ccstors 7 tTrcmendou
cheering, which lsstet
for several minutes