Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1844-10-19
The Result and the Prospec,.

icIorv upon victory pcrches on the Wing ban.
ner. Everywhere friends have me. the op-
position with .riumphan: f:-mness, so that even
whero in Pennsylvania, it has partially sue.
ccedod its success, amounts TO unqualified defeat!
The day is ours. Our opponents arc figuring
over returns, and calculating gains, and talking
Of victories. This reminds one, says a co.cnpo-
rary, Of ron,rk m,do BY tho old historian of
tho famous expedition of Charles the Eighth,
that the French conquered Italy, no, with steel,
but with chalk" Thoy chalking State.
which they have already lost. and which ,hoy will
mover win, and thus will begin and end, We think
their great achievements.
Thoro is certainly cvory cause to gladden. the
heart and animate the spirit of evcry truo Wing.
Indiana, Maryland, Ohio, New Jersey, in tie
contests just passed, stand erect: Pennsylvania,
too, is 30 by to make her outcom
Ing in November! Need more be said9 Could
moro be as!od9 And yet looking back over tho
year we may coun. rs great victories achieved by
the pooplo in other States. Virginia, Louisiana,
Connecticut, Vormont, \. Caro.ina. Georgia,
wheeled rer in tho conflict, into tho Wing coll
unin. We could boast over such triumphs a,
thoso bus we WIN not. We do rcloce oyor them;
for they give promis, of good-of pcrmsnon,
happinoss-to the land,
So much for tho past. Now for tho rUruaE.-
And tho frs, pirpos, Of every man should b. to
knit tog othor this wing array, to ron ,r it
unbrohcn-unconquorable All to it, va can;
add to it E,s., West, North, South, wo WILL; bat
mover. hcro elsewhere, in Ohio or any other
wing Stats, shall it b. weakened bro'en. The
gravcst matters Of public or private concern; tho
spirit Of freedom opposed to the spirit of sla-
very; foreign war; faithful or faithlcss al
ninis,ration of the powers Of govornmans, intcs-
tine commoton; civil broils; disunion; these ara
some Of the monsntous issues and evils which
Won, friends of humanity and of the country,
have meet. Looking at tho subjoct II this light
JoHS QUIScY ADAMS, with an earnest and oio-
quont soiomnisy, in addressing tho Boston Young
Mems Wing Club, last weok, the lst of Oc-
| tobor thus spoke:
| Young Men Of Ros.on-On tho 18th OF Juiv.
one thousand seven hundred and ninoiv-tire2,
! then myself young man. addressing. at their IN
vit1tion, the nhabit1nts of this town, my fellow
citizens your fathers ana forc-ftthers Of that da
| speaking III tho name Of my cotcmporarcs, tho
other young mon then present. TO their aged slras
also present, among whom Samuel Adams
then acting as Chief Magistrate Of this Common
wealth. was led to mark tho contrast between
tho burning patriotism and heroic s3lf-devo.on OF
| the revolutionary ordeals through which they had
! passed. and the calm tranquility and soonng mp
thy Of the period Of which was speaking. VIII
YOU forgive me- for nov repeating few words
of the pledge wh;ch tIou g,ro. in tho nrmo OF
the youth OF Boston. OF whom was ono. to their
seniors. the survivors of Tho war of Independence!
CHOSE of you, my countrymen. who wore &C
tors IN these interesting scenes. will best know,
| how fecbo and lmpotcnt IS the language of tins
description to express the imprisoned emotions
| Of the soul with which Won wore then agtated:
vet. it wcro injustice to conclude from thcncc, or
1 from tho greater prevalence Of private and per-
! sonal motives in those DAYS of calm serenity,
that YOUR sons havo d,,r,nsrateI from the virtues
of their fathers. Let IT, rather be 4 subject OF
pleasing refac.lon to you. that tao generous ani
| DISTINGUISHED energies which Won were 81 nmo1od
10 display. aro permitted, by III, bountifu indn!-
canco of Hcaven, to remain latent in the bosoms
! of YOUR children. From tho present prospo rous
! appearance Of our public affairs, VIC my admit
a rational hope, that our country will havo no oc-
casion to require of Us those extraordinary and
heroic oxcrtions which It IS your fortune 10 exhb.
il. Blu: from tho common versatility of all hui
man destiny should tho prospect here1ftcr dark
on. and tho clouds Of public misfortune thckcn TO
q tempest: should the voice of our countrys ca
lan,ity ever cali Us 70 her relief "o swear, by thu
precious memory Of ito snges who tolcd. and OF
tho heroes who bed in her dofencc that wo will
provo ourselves not unworthy of the prize which
ih,v 80 dearly purchased, that VIC Will act Is the
faithful disciple of ihosa who 50 magma ninously
taught tho instructive lesson OF republican vir'
tue"
Young mon of Bos:on-The generation of
men to whom, now hfty-one vo7rs bp-gone g1vo
this soimn plelgo. havo passed entirely away
Tha, in whose name gave it. are, like him who
addresses you. dropping into the grave, But they
have redeemed ,helr and my pledge. They were
your fathers and they have maintained tho free
dom transmitted to ,hem by the sres of the War
of Independence. They have transnot,cd that
4 freedom to YOU. and upon you devovcs the duty
OF transmitting i, unmpaircd to vour postcritv.
Your trial is approaching. The spirit Of freedom
and the spirit Of slavery. arc drawing together
for tie d,adlv conflict OF arms. The annexation