Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1844-05-24
Speech of RGVerdy j OhMSOR
On presenting The "Prize Banner"
to the DelaWGre DELEGATION.


name and al The request ol the young
Wigs Of Baltimore, ! have The honor
and pleasure Of presenting this Banner
10 you 1t 10 given, as all who hear me
know, in token Of that pre- eminence OF
zeal which has induced you to gather
here, in plumbers larger in proportion
than those Of your sister States, around
the altar where the fire Of victory has
been rekindIed. am proud, my fellow
citizens, Of the privilege Of addressing
you under such circumstances You
have come from your domestic pleasures
from your homes and friends, and from
your nesdful toll, to sWeIl the mighty
band Of brethren, who, with common
spirit, have rallied here, in behalf OF q
glorious, inVincible, aud common cause,
Among them all you stand conspicuous
best among the gOOd-most TO be hon
ored among those honored much. High
has bOen The stand of your noble State
among her fellows boldly, braveIy,
and truly as her Whigs have borne
themselves during years Of doubtful con
fiCt, TO dag you have flled up lhe meas
ure Of her renown To day you have
made ner lhe Banner Commonwealth ol
this Union. Honored be she with her
laureS!
"She won !hem wel--and may che
wear them long"
Look, sirs, upon the prize before you,
aS it waves in the breeze which 10 10
bear to every quarter Of the Union, the
tidingS Of this mighty gathering, and OF
your triumph. Gorgeous as are its
folds, we would that they were worthier
Of the true men over whom it is their
destiny to float! Yet is there on them
that which far transcends all that the
painters skill could lavish or the artists
taste conceive. Upon the one eide,
wreathed in bright garland, are the
insignia Of the States Of your conte6ers =
cy-shining, the richest chaplet that
Freedom ever boro upon her brow
Learn, sirs-if good Wings like you can
need the teachng-'earn from that
wreath, that all your couuIry's desIl'
mics, her honor, hope, and welfare, are
centered in tho Union which your faith
ere formed for you. Learn that, in the
season OF domestic trial, when the storm
gathers and the blasts are pitiIess, the
Urion 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 it to your homes! Write il on your
hearts! Teach your children to love as
YOU have loved 10 defend as you defend
your 'impregnabe'an and priceless Union
Upon the other side, there is the por
traiture oil one whose name and lame
are deeply dear 10 all of US; whose his
tory is the history Of your country
greatness; whose triumph now will be
your triumph the victory Of the Con-
stitution snd the people. Read, in the
story ofthe lie Of Henry Clay, the beau
tiful illustration of your country's lnsll
Iutions, Learn here, and prize The truth
that from The humbesI station there II
a road for genius and for virtue lc
Fame's loItest steep Remember, too
that OF that great citizens most elevated
titles 10 his counlry's admiration, the
very proudsst is his ardent, honest, unfa
IerinR devotion 10 the cause OF the on'
undivided Union The emblsms tha
surround his image will bring ever tt
your minds the mighty interests OF Gg
ricnlture, commerce, & domestic industry
over which bis jealous patriotism has
without failing. hung, And when, nov
and in the times TO come, you shall b.
vurroun unded by the blessings Of polio.
whose spirit his wisdom has breathed II
10 your laws, remember, fellow ciIlzen'
that man will besl deserve his country
love, and will mos. surely earn her lau
rels, who tolls with head and heart an
nerve 10 give that country genuine in
dependence protection TO her IGbOr-
10 heT peopIe' 0red0'
Above that honored head. you vii
perceive the painters skill has placed
as 'twero thing fife, the bird Of you
counIry's arms Lot that, too, teac
YOU ,ha, lhs cause to which you, and
and all Of US, this day pledge ourselve
all together. Ioars, like the eagle luI
in the sun'igbt-askIng no darkness
hide iu--seekng the upper oir' with tn
worlds asze on it--msds for TRUMP
hs Il, nature. Let il be 10 you as 'n'P
,s,ion-ns an emblem Of perseverance
and upward hope. Find, in the prov
bird Of your native forests, 'To's y. :" VI
dSuntless galIAnlry which marks you
champion, and which should go svsl
with men who, like you, and all oI Jot