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POLITICAL SCIENCE;
 ..o m the questions, ssWhat is the seat of o;ntv in the United States, and what the re- tea of fine People of those States to the uIm uaor,l and State Governments respectively ?'' oS before the Petersburg Lyceum on the 18th .f Nav. 1889. By Judge BEVERLY FUCKER, oi |SiIGam and Mary College.
 lemen of the Lyceum-
 When accepted the courtesy which invi- me to lay before you my thoughts on subject as nigh; select, 1t became my ' to fix on one rot unworthy of the oc- on owed it to you to choose theme hare announcement of which might awak- important reflections in your minds, and supply those deficiencies in myself, ich it may, at the same time, render more spicuous. Ithappens fortunately that the re of our institutions suggests innumera- topics of this character; and the page ol history is resplendent with events wor- to be commemorated in loftier strains and be illustrated by profounder reflections any which l can offer.
 H his day, gentlemen, is the anniversary oi h an event. Sixty-three years have now ' led away since, in the ancient capital of rnia, deed was done worthy to live for n in the memory and in the hearts of Fir- &a's sons. Yetmay l ask, without offence, many of those who hear these words aware of the event to which they allude? w many are aware that this day is at all tnguishable from other days, when the in his progress round the earth, looks Ty where upon the same events, monstrous eed when contemplated singly, but, to o eye that beholds all things, stale and mo- |onous ill their ever recurring atrocity? In region indeed he views a scene, where Epoism, with his iron grasp, crushes the hits and hopes of prostrate nations. In bther the infuriate shout or lawless anar- rises from tumultuous millions just es- 8d from chains, wreaking their boarded geance on the heads of tyrants, and then ping their thirsty weapons on each others ls In these two extremes is summa- f the everyday history of man. Here the OK bears not more tamely the masters Re- than he submits to the exactions, the fices, the atrocious cruelties of tyranny. ETC, the tiger roars not fer his prey, with e eager ferocity than that which whets sword against his brothers life, and pro- ms "war to the kniie," against him who s with him at the same breast.
 low refreshing, how censoIing to the ja- spirit, to turn from the contemplation of nes like these, to the calm, yet grand and oslng spectacle of a people but just eman- pted from degrading thraldom, and in CT wisdom and quiet dignity, addressing nselves as to the performance of sacred to the solemn and responsible task of F GOVERNMENT!
 hat spectacle, on this day sixty-three Is, Virginia exhibited to the world, and memory of that majestic scene 1t is
 my task to rescue from oblivion. It on that day that she renounced her CO., al dependence on Great Britain, and se- Rted herself forever from that kingdom.- Fn 1t was, that, bursting the manacles of |relgn tyranny, she, in the same moment, osed upon herself the salutary restraints lw and order. In that moment she com fcea the work of forming government Pplete within itself, and, having perfected work, she, on the 29th of June, in the e year, performed the highest function of fpendentsovereignty, by adopting, ordain- and establishing the constitution under en all ofus were born. Then it was that, pcient to herself for all the purposes of emment, she prescribed that oath of feal- nu aleglance to her sole and separate erelgnty, which all of us, who have held olilce under her authority have solemnly Cd upon the searcher of hearts to witness record. In that hour, gentlemen, it could Op certainly known, that the other colo would take the decisive step. ltwas in expected. In the same breath in which a1olafed a1. her own independence, Virginia 1u.isea It. She had instructed her del ss 'e II III 'he general Congress to urge it; and oa as oy the voice of of one of her sons,
 v ,h uaine Will ever proudly live in her his- eh '',a' a 'le word of power was spoken, at ua aa 'ie chain that bound the colonies to I. parent kingdom fell asunder, Gas flax that ,s ,,, a, u 'he touch of fire.o But even then, of;ns iae 'he terms of the general declara- sl.a naependence were yet unsettled, hers .na aaeaoy gone forth. The voice of her
 l,e Se., was already ringing in the tyrant's Iba AeIs :. was the cry that summoned him [se se slrlie, hers was the shout that invited rum ms ,, .adsum, gut tsci. Ia me consertite fer nna;I's % persuaded, gentlemen, that should eIs fRon' II. your just wishes, should permit a dao,o 'o De led away by this glorious theme evas. vass..iainatory celebration of this impor- py;,n s;sn.. It becomes me to suppose, that, Eed tbss. ne to appear before you, you ex- psb.a Nd 'hat l should submit to you sober and e sn5''l upon some subject of deep practi- aa 'aso enduring interest. I was bound to t,st; t 'lia1 you wished me to select topic E,u,;' a;'se Of some important point in the H4 NNio OI OIlr oDrx..x