The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1843-11-06


be escaped BY Ringing IL back. ho~sysr jusily, At
| those who hurl il at us. However much we may
differ in our oonsruciic Of the Constitution aud upon
questions Of expediency upon this broad plat
form all honest men and true patriots may and must
| meet. The noble sentiments Of MIR. Webster, IN his
Rochester speech, with regard to the payment of
State debts, must meet with response from every
clear head and sound heart in the country. What
ever dogmas may be started heresies embraced
whatever schemes may be adopted by public men
for their promotion paradones approved by the
People for the Advancement OF party whenever
the fell monster Of Reputation shall show hls hydra
head, and shake his horrid hair within the limits Of
Kentucky, let the demon be pursued beyond our
borders by the united zeal the comb ed energy, and
well. directed blows of all friends to eir country's
| freedom, and their country's honor.
Gentlemen side by side with public credit stands her
sister, public instruction. The bonds which we have
issued for the purposes of popular education, const
tute part of the actual debt Of the Commonwealth.
They were placed by the State in the hands of the
Board OF Education, to be held in sacred trust for the
diffusion of popular knowledge. They constitute a
debt which we owe TO the uneducated children Of
this Commonwealth and to future generations Can
| an individual revoke trust which he himself has
| created Will this Commonwealth assert power
which in similar court of chancery would
grant 10 a citizen3 Shall brokers and bankers be
punctually paid, and unborn millions be stripped of
the only pittance upon which they could hope to rely
for the slightest insight into the rudments of know
ledge Is this the pghted faith and boosted honor
of Kentucky Does any man fancy that the charac-
ter of Kentucky maintained by preserving her
dit only in Wall street or the Merchants Exchange
Let him look at home, aud remember the thousands
who unable either to read or write. Is the debt
which to them, and 10 the ignorant and I'M
fortunate in all time to come, to be forgotten Shall
a sacred fund.- set apart for their enlightenment and
to the benefits of which they in justice and equity
entitled, be swept away at one fell blow, and igno-
rance be allowed still to stalk through the land p |
Shall the Representatives Of the People, like many
Cloths and andals, enter upon the unholy work of
destruction and take forever from the poor aud igno-
rant children of this Commonwealth all hope of a
sound and useful education' The glory of a nation
consists hot in the fertility of its SOIL the salubry Of
its climate, the magnfcence of its improvements,
the spendor of its cities, the gorgeousness Of its |
palaces but in the stern morality, the sturdy integrity
and general enlightenment Of its uniettered freemen.
And great is the Of kentucky in the forum,
and brilliant have been her achievements in the !
field she will never fill the Of her glory long
as there is a single citizen within her limits who is I'M
able to read the constitution of his country, and write
his protest against oppression and misrule.
Gentlemen-Strapge and confused as our form of
Government may appear to the foreign eye, it is the
most beautiful and harmonious -ystem of consiitu-
total freedom which human wisdom has con
tryei Its vital principle is concession, harmony,
| "A A. |, Con.
federated Republic long that glorious Union
which was purchased with much blood and trea-
sure, shall flourish in all its original purity and
strength, this country will maintain its rank among
the proudest nations of the earth. To establish that
Union, local interests and sectional prejudices were
generously sacrificed by the Founders Of the Repub
lie. Severe have been the tests and stormy as have
been the trials through which this country has passed
whatever have been our disasters abroad or our dis
sensions at home the People have thus far at least
remained true and faithful 10 the Union of the States
II is that Uuion which 10 US peace, prosperity
and happiness at home-respect aud greatness abroad
Beneath the and stripes of its flag navy rides
on every sea, and commerce sails into every port
Situated Kentucky is, in the heart of the Repub-
| lie, with trade aud intercourse extending to the
very extremes Of the Confederacy, thu Union is at
once the palladium of her peace, prosperity and
liberty. Whenever that Union may lie asssiled,
whether by foreign domestic foe let us, at least,
! in serrcd columns rush to its defence. On the top
of the Allegheny mountains there is beautiful spring,
whose limpd streams in equal volume into the
Potomac and the Ohio. Like the pure waters of that
gushing fountain, let the feelings and affections of
our hearts flow with equal warmth towards the East
and the Western sections Of this Model Republic.
IT, in day and generation, shall be able to do
nothing of the fame Of ancestors the admira-
ton Of posterity, there IS one proud boat which
the humblest citizen of this Commonwealth can |
make and that is, that the Union of the States which
was handed down by his fathers, as the noblest
birth-rght that transmitted from sire to son.
so far as he is concerned will be handed down, un
impaired, to his children and his chdrens' children
But gentlemen, time admonishes that should |
bring these desuory remarks TO close. For the
generous confidence and friendship which ! have
upon this and many previous occasions, received from
my fellow citizens, shall continue TO feel the
deepest obligations Of gratitude Though separated
by space will still be connected with you in feeling
and in spirit. Whether in prosperity or adversely, |
shall take the lyeest interest in your individual
welfare and the honor Of our gallant State The |
! Persian monarch, when he reviewed his gorgeous
million, the plains Of Greece, is said 10 have shed
tears when he reflected that within hundred years
from that time not Of the countless throng would
be alive. few years may produce great changes
in our own little circle Fortune may desert those
upon whom she layisbes her most favored smiles
and even DEATH with nsatiate jaws, may snatch away
those who now bloom in youth and riot in manhood. /
Neither the gaiey of foreign captoIs the splendor Of
foreign courts, the trappings Of foreign royalty
will abste the warmth Of my feelings for my friends
or my zeal for the glory Of beloved State Fare