Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-08-14

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To Messrs .s,ss j. H. McClung and m. Burton.
ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS IS 1916
D.,;rered al Madison {. Iniy ftA' io1''
BY JAMES T. SHIP
Eel,ow-Cizens: By the courtesy . ana n,@'
ness of portion OF The ci'izehs " INC The
10 heen invited to address you on ','S, l
..rsn,;eh Anniversary OF our Na!sonai ~ ~
.I.ncs Eondly could have wisneo 'ha' ''",e
P1o;,cnms,ances had allowed me Inc oPPol'u.,.
o;,r of eouallng that measure oil expecla'.on - -
nny has been awakened in yonr minus, do " VA.
character Of the offering | should PING 20 ny
conntrys altar on this occasion; nusieu r IVA
The pnrsui,s Of professional me, nav "O.
,he annortuuty Of investigating any new P'iMHe M:
.le oppho ,rh;cS N entertain you on 10 day Mel
her can hope TO address you in glowing s1a.n,
81 massive declamation-"W With Thoughts ina.
Sr..,hs and words that bum" But. under aaeeP
sense of the importance of period'cal lecut
yence 10 original principles, permit me 70 ash
yonr atention briefly 10 The InciPiehs Stages u
onr colonial hislory-o The stirring ana ploSiIIs-
Give incidents which produced our poii,ical W
vorcement from the mother country, anu eons. .,
,u,ed us "brigh:, particular star ~ "ie OH,
liam, galaxy Of nations: theme wnien' 'noas :,
oft-reneated, can never fail to excite aeep dle
.,r,a,;c fseino appropriate 10 the day and deeds
we celebrate. ,rs al, come
nv
.ronnd onr fathers graves and our country 5 d.
,.r ,ve all offer the same thanksgiving dnu
nha,;on 10 Almighty God, for the blessings Sc
cnred TO us by the Declaration OF our Ooon.iJ
Independence. An offering we orios not Do
Wings, not as Democrats, not as partzahs'-ou'
as patriots, as Virgnians, as members VI que
GREAT family Party strife is hushed, party leei-
2;na cannot interrupt or in,crmnge with our re-
ioicinss to-day Its cause oil conSralulalQh 'i'a'
there Is one day in every year-the 4thol July
in which we are all brethren, and uinsie our
n,rans of praise as united people. inns day
awakens memories which excite deep and Ter
ven, enthusiasm in the common SOUL Inventories
AS dear 10 every American heart as the graves
and ashes OF our ioreia;hers. Yes, Throughout
This vast and peopled land there is feit the mov-
ing of one common impulse as we celebrate 'nls
the nations day-an impulse that makes Us
realize we are all embarked upon common
and wave. hurricane and breaker, and commilea
to the same ultimate destiny OF Wlech duo iuin' VI
safety and success.
When. then. the farmer has laid down ms reap
hook and his ploughshare; when The merchant
and the artizan have closed their doors; wneh
the professional man has left his study; when
The old teel the lie.blood warming around their
hearts; when patriotism, talent, beauty lena Inc
tribute of their presence 10 honor Inc DAY; whsh
Freedoms Memnon music (ouf morning guns
have pealcd on continuously from our Eastern
shores, rolling among distant mus ana vat
leys. thrilling heart after heart, and awaken
ing shout aile. shout, until sea has answer
ed back 10 sea- can we hesitate 10 accredi,
the idea, that chord is auuned in every Ameri
can heart, which beats responsive thrill al the
sound of the simple words, my Country
Can we hesitate TO accredi, the idea, that Ameri-
can differences, OF political sentiment, reach not
beyond the ballot box, and that the cartridge box
OF Wings and Democrats is filled from The same
powder mills and lead mines, 10 be used on the
same field, and on The same side IN the hour OF
battle2 II was the magic sound, in the simple
words "My Country" that mingled the sons OF
the South with those Of the North, as shoulder 10
shoulder they stood in The last war; in defence oil
our common country. Ii was the magic in The
sound of the simple words, "Ny Country" that
hurried the iree-born sons OF America across the
track OF the Lone Star 10 the plains oil the Mon.
tezumas in defence OF our counry's rights and
in.ulled honor. We are all OF one blood and
lineage-whether we dwell inthc North, The South
the Eas, or the West-whether we dwell IN Inc
mountains, or on the ocean s,reams-ihe iano we
dwell in is s.;ll our country-low land ami high
lands, tide wafer and mountains, one and indi
visible. Yes, my counlrymen, we must separate
Yorktown from Bunkerhill-we mus; dig up the
bleached bones of ancient battles and say, which
belongs 10 the South, which to the North, as side
by side in brotherhood they lie, in the soil foI
which they fought and ded-we must oeno!d Inc
thick mist Of Ignorance gather ana darker
around US ere We shall see pass away me coios
sal structure OF our Government, reared by iht
yalor and patriotism ofour loreiathers, in defence
of lha civil and religious freedom we ENJOY.
But, returning from my depression, TO Inc mrs
planting Of colonies at jamestown and Fly
mouth, | need not dwell upon topics which TN
pen OF the annalist has made familiar 70 every
miud, farther than TO remark, that The three Sal
OF vessels which departed England's strand thu
l9h of December 1906, psrilIing their crews OF
the vast and furious ocean, bore the germ OF
new and mighty nation, destined to lit the stand
ard Of Liberty beyond the oceans foam, and rea
institutions that should cast their shadows upoT
the civilized world. Yes, This little sail Of fragile
baroues, sea-worn and storm-rven BY long ant
perious voyage entered the bosom OF the "molhe
Of waters" (Chesa peake,) bearing in them TN
scion and desinies of his proud Old Dominion
sprineing from this little band oil advenlnrerS
widening selfinlo mighty State, and embracln:
all The elements OF independent and national exist
ence, Virginia was among The foremost TO seiz'
the trump of Liberty, and proclaim the jubilee
of Freedom throughout the land-to lift its broat
banner, its ".Sic Ssmpcr Twannis," bazIns
through the storm OF baule-Virginia, whose
homes have given birth 10 heroes, whose coun
ell chambers have echoed the strains OF mmorta
elooaence, aud whose soil bears up the homestead
and inurns the ashes of Washington.
Ofthe liule hand embarked ON the Speedwel
and the MayAower, Augustine 5h ,62o, need bu
remark they bore he hopes AMI desln'es OF In
Pilgrim Fa,hers-men who cherished The loiiies
elements OF true and living freetom-who, tlre'
ofslavery and oppression at home, lonsed for in
dependence abroad-and boldly determined, in a
unknown country, 10 seek for that among bar
barians, which could moi he found among the civil
ICED states of Europe. Yes, The spreading sails o
the Speedwell and the Mayfower, bending befor
the stormy blast, through unknown waters OF In
heaving deep, through tempest and rushing mis-
were Freedoms new 1sdsed wings that bore he
away from "hoary institutions and crumbin
lhrones"-yes, that bore our Freedom ava
across the deep to her American home. Tn
winds that shook them in their course, the ice tina
able 10 the tyranny of Eneland's iucesluous an
monstrous connection ofChurch and State, whic
demanded the enslaving of their spirit and III
crushing Of their sense OF right and wrong. Thes
pious men, despised of The rich and powerful 10
their insignifcancc, and prosecuted for their in
tegrity, hesiia,ed not 10 encounter privation:
even death itself, when death was demanded
the rrice of freedom; and they esteemed them
selves happy, if in fulfilling The great end ofthei
enterprise, they should hand it down unsullied
posterity.
Such was the beginning of these Colonie:
whose foundations were laid in weakness an
peril, by men, before whom The primeval flores
has receded, and the fires of the red man gon
ont. Men, whose principles equality OF rights
civil and religious freedom, have been nurture
in blood and tears, whose principles have le
their testimony at Saratoga, at Yorktown and a
hundred other fields made illustrous by our arms
AS then we contemplate our wide. spread conn