Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-12-06
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8 Mr. CuAIRnAs AND GESrLIMEH:-.I assure YOU
- with no eneeia'ion OF embarrassment that rise
u adfress you. IL any thing cou IA decrease the
pleasures with which joined your festive board !,
= woald arise from the conviction that whilst the
country OF our honotcd guest Is so e'ouuently re.
presented, 1t has faeut omy humble lot to
mat other nation kindly remembered IN your
Rowing cups. Aud yet, Mr. Prcsident and Genlls-
,"en, ga glad TO unite with you in paying the tr-
butte OF honor and respect which YOU now offer 10
A your distinguished eountrym,n, and which is alike
cue 70 his private worth aud his public services
4 bui am more glad because can conceive that nm
oceason OF this kind laay have an eff ct dceper and
more abiding than the transient pleasure which
uo~S from the goblet and the festive board 1 be
neNe 'ha' TO know each other-to have tho good
~ communion OF ieiowship-Ihc interchange of
courtesy and Of kindness, will do more to strength.
en- the ties that bind the two countries together
than all the treaties OF the ablest diplonatists
lApplause.l L do love, gentleman, residents
OF England, TO meet with you o-nlsht Hear
near love TO meet you here at this festive
board, as at the iabled midnight fountain Of Old TO
reknd'e those torches OF kindness, respect and at
| lection which border troubles and arsry Oh,
| putes may Tor while have oxtngu;sbe,L m mud
! appIause.I Mr. President, am glad Tor our coun
tries that they have united in the way they have
done, IN rendering honor To your dstinsushed ,on,
/ uyman. few nights since, | was present at n
dinner given by the authorities OF our city To an H.
lustrlsus Prince. lie was one who came conr.,I
ei TO us, not only as the representative OF that ma.
uon which assisted US IN our hour vi trial and iron.
ble but he also came CONNIE nded 10 ts ax IN. OIL
Iani sailor who had descended from the steps Of IN,
throne, and IN the language Oi your honored guest
nad ADOPTED thai element, the ocean, his path to
'a'e "nAway 10 sloCy, aud we honored HIM such.
Al That same ahe, he whom we now delight 10 /
honor also sat-he too was remembered in our flow |
ing cups, and lac too thanked the constituted AN
ihoritles of this city for the honor done TO HIM I,
the one case, there the respect shown thai youth
ana royH,tv and gallluIry demanded nut II was a.
respect that history and memory cOmmendet TO our
feelings yet, when the other rose To ADDRESS rs
EHFaN oil s.sw A.
remember the magic tfeci ct our mother tonry.
lGteat applauseI IL WAS not the cold tesnect Tbat
Cuty cnlOined upon us that rendered 20 him, br.
the ieeinss that seemed 10 spring with, ADD nbound
from the heart, and found uuerance IN the s,n,r
tones IN which he addressed Us, and prucnin,.t n, |
HIM the fact thatwc were brothers ia strange land
lApplause.l Yes fellow citizens, that -nasic IN.
huenee was depicted 10 the faces who heard hin
ana all felt that common origin and common la
gIasc made US brothers, and every one knew tb,t
the hearty response tn hs speech IN tones of low and
SIacness, could not have been elected had the srrs
been touched by stranger hanS. fRerewed an |
plluSe But, tc low citizens: llaushte 4 gentlemen.
EnS,ishnen: excuse this mode OF uudreSS-I am an
much accustomed TO address my own "tcll,w cili.
zsns"-aud yet icel that, after all It is not so yerv
wrong; for are " not fellow citizens 7-r,bscr.I
fellow citizens oi the great RepuUc OF Liberty.
call II America, England, what YOU WILL
iChecrs But perhaps ought TO show NV graft.
Iude for the kindness and attention you hav be-
slowed upon me 10y no longer de'aIni.- you IN ,
no. go on.l Well, genticmcn, there is somethn, tn
the profession ~ winch have BELONGED that may
induce little more warmth IA favor of our u,otkcr
land than may seem TO be CCuseulal with native :
born Americans. lApplluse.l You will rcrcm
her, gentlemen, that from my earliest youth since
began those studies that were 10 prepare ne tor
after life, nave held communion IN MY closet with
the learned and the wise OF England Ere vet my
public life was commcUc-d, when | sought TO knov |
the boundaries OF right and wrong-how to deterd ,
the one or redress the Otner-wheu commenced H.,
study OF that profession which, IN It's theory EN-.
p.oYs the nob.est faculties OF the soul and exerts
N ITS practice the cardinal virtues OF the hear, II
found my rule and my guide. [Great cheering. l.
When nave seen our lag waited 10 distant lands
waving wherever the enterprise ct our covnlryn,n
could carry tt tet sure wherever Or ON Whatever
1t might be found, our commerce. and the r,ehrs
OF oil. that sailed under IT, would be protected and
guarded by the genius OF Mansfield and > Dwell |
HardwIck ana E!don. And even al another period |
and IN another position OF lie, when | have seen |
him who stood charged with violating the law OF
the landowner have seen him arraisned before IN.
bar OF justice, and all that he required was thai
judgment should be tempered wi,h mercy--I have |
seen the IN mister OF The .aW rot an armed exrcu-
TONER but converted into the mcr.cul Judge by the
bsnIgnunt precsp's and humane ma xims OF the pious
and excellent Hale. IL is natursl that shos'd We.
rera;e that fountain OF English learning and EGG
,Ish wlsdnin round when IN my uoyIsh DAYS nave
gambO' ed and played, and from the pure streams |
oil winch IN AT er life have mb bed all my cherish.
90 hoFcs Of happiness, prosperity, and rCnOwn.-
res gentlemen, DO tOvc England. lChecrsl-I
Win all ner faults Ove her still. | love Enyland
Tor that InJom''loe and old Saxon spirit OF liberty
which made Us free. IApp.ausel | love England
Tor uat enterprise and skIi. which has made her Is
and her "gardea Is.e,' when, when Irirspanled 10y
our PIsun father, here, has CveIed our forests
and peoFet our pains. .oye England Tor her IN
cs'mible right ana privilege VI IrIai by iury-
iCheers! | love England Tor her MagTat h9r,a
love her tor her glorious Common Llw-that
Common Law which Is the deep auI sure iound..
IL -Dl and |
Perty. love England because she speaks to me
IN tones that can understand. | love England be.
cause her Shakespeare IS our Shakespeare, and be-
cause her Milton Is our Milton; and love England
IS EnsaHd shoud!o love US, when she thinks that the
language once barely whispered that little speck
oil me ocean, Is now her trumpet tongue throughout
mighty continent. loud applause.J But, ger
usmen, though II is kindly meant in you to honor
me thus with your attention, IL would be unknd IN
me 10 uespass further on your time | therefore
give you as a toast, English Judges-hnn learn
ed, wise, and inconupubie." IGreat applausc.I