Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1844-06-01

lspiouaua best among lhV goo" NUS vi
be bonofed among those bonored nuoh
IIlipb, M has been The stand OF your no
lbls State, among her fellows bold y,l
lbfayoly AID truly ~ her Wing sons have
borne themselves, during years OF DOUBT
fu conflict, today you have lllloi up Inc
measure of her fenownl To-day you
haze made her the Banner Commonwealth
of1his Unonl llonofed be she, with hor
laurolsl
"shs won them Welt and may she wear them
long!'
Look, Sirs, upsn the prize before yovu
as ii waves in the breeze, which is VI
bear 10 every quarter Of our Union, the
tdings of this mi ghty gathering and oil
your triumph! Gorgeous as arc Its
folds, we would that they wero worther
of the true men over whom II is their des.
tiny 10 float! Yet, is there on them, that
which transcends all that The painters
skill could lavish, or the artists taste CON
ceivo! Upon the one side wrealhed III al
bright garland, are the insignia OF the
States of your conIederacy shining, the
richest chuplet that Freedom ever bore
upon her brow! Learn that, in the sea
son of domestic trial-when the storm
gathers, and the blasts are plIless--the
Union is the ark Of your only refuge!
Forget not, that when the tempest comes
surging from abroad, the Union is the one
thing, upon which hang your honor and
salvation! Prize then, pray you, the
moral which your flag impresses. Bear
ii to your homes Write it on your
hearts! Teach your children 10 love, as
you have loved, TO defend, your "impreg
nable and "priceless" Union.
Upon the other side, there is the por,
traiture of one, whose name and fame
are deeply dear to all OF us-whose history
is the history of your country's great
Fl ness--whose triumph now, will be yoW
trumph--the victory Of the Constitution
and the people! Read, in the story of
the life OF HENRY CLAY, the beautiful H.
r ustration Of your country's institutions!
/, Learn there, and prize the truth, that from
t the humblest station, there is a road Tor
!. genius and for virtue, to Fame's lolues:
}, step. Remember, too, that of the great
d citizens most elevated titles 10 his coun
0 try's admiration, the very proudest is, his
ardent, honest and unlaltering devotion to
the cause of the ONE UNDIVIDED UNION!
The emblems that surround his image,
will brlngever to your minds, the mighty
interests of agriculture, commerce, and DO
MEsTIc INDUsTRY--over which his jealous
patriotism has, without failing, hung
And when, now, ard in the times 10 come
you shall be surrounded by the blessings
of u policy, whose spirit his wisdom ha'
breathed into your laws, remember, Eel
low. citizens! that man will best deserve
I. his country's love, and will most sureI,
earn her laurels, who tolls, with head
and heart and nerve, to give that country
genuine OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to he
LABoR-to her people, BREAD!
Above that honored head, you will per
ceive, the painters skill has placed, a
'twere thing Of lite, the bird of GU
country's arms! Let that, too, teach yo
the cause TO which you, and |, ana all c
US this day pledge ourselves altogether
scars, like The eagle, full in the sun-ligh
asking no darkness to hide in--seeklnj
the upper air, with the worlds gaze OF
it--made for triumph, by its nature! lie
it be to you as inspiration AS al embIer
Of perseverance and upward hope! Fin
in the proud bird OF your native forest:
Y. traits OF the daun,less gallantry whic
marks your champion, and which shout
go, ever, with men who, like you, and a
I. Of you, have pledged heart and soul to
righteous cause!
Take then, my fellow Wings of Della
n ware, this trophe of your enthusiasm an
devotion. The s!aE which bears i, wa
nd cut from Ashland, by the hand Of our lea
on der. Plant it deep and let it find root,
les the soil Of your Commonwealth! 70
He have won it nobly-and with all the en-
"a blems which it bears--with the assocl'
he tons which cluster around it, i, is your
on yours only! But, bear in mind that 1t
]. but the pledge Of your future exertloI
W. in the same glorious behalf! You ha'
done pslt, hitherto! BETTER Now--tt
re: BEST is yet before you! You will not
The wanting to the duties which devovo upc
the you, as the right ofthe Wing Line! VI
his tors here, to-day, in the friendly STRIFE
no brethren-you will be victors hereafter
in when the contest is hot, with the 10
10 The banner which floats over you, IN tn
or brilliant pageant, will float, we know,
es, equal triumph, whenever your PATRIOTS
Try lstasked or your energy called to the re
my cue! Take it then, with you! We col
ad nit it, with pride, to the hands like your
es? And when, in strife, it shall cheer yo
site and in victory it shall glisten over you
ids. remember that the WHIGs OF THE WIZ
the Cry OF BALTIMoR shall be with you
spirit-yJur cause their cause-your t
be. umph their triumph!
non When Mr.. JOHNSON concluded N
ON. THOMPSON, of Delaware, on behalf of I