Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-07-27

you will crafty them and US by placing copy
OF the same tour disposal, in order thai We may
have il published.
SAM'L J. WALKER
REM. H. NOWLlN, roun;,,ss
HENRY D. FLOOD, oo"'Dss'
SD. McDEARMON,
Rev. ]. Ii. BoooCK.
Gentlemen: seriously question whether any
address apnronr;alc 10 our civil anniversaries is
worth publishing nowhere have been SO many
of them. and they are necessarily 50 unsubsIan-
rial. But | will place copy OF my address al
your disposal, and leave youto settle as you may
think proper The question Of good taste as TO its
publication.
thank you, gentlemen, for The courtesy WIN
which you have communicated the request OF Inc
meeting which you represent
J. II. BoCoCK.
Messrs. S. ]. Walker, B. H. Nowlin H. d.
Flood ard S. d. McDearmon-CommlIee.
ADDRESS.
Ladies and Gentlemen | do not perform an
unpleasant office when present The saluta'ions
of the season, and OF this day in particular, 10
you and 10 each OF YOU 10 ladies and 10 gem
llemen; 10 those who are rpenins with mature
or advancing years, and those who are Just
blooming into life; 10 the married and The single
tc all Good morning, and happy may you be
today.
This anniversary occurs al a pleasant sea-
son Of the year; il is Tie midsummer period,
when The farmers fields look like pictures, rs
they lie spotted with the produce OF The recent
harvest, or as The Ieapers are still singing, and
the scylhe ringing within them. il is mid-sum-
mer. when our dreams have the authority oil
Shakespeare for being specially wild and en-
chaned; and when there is generally such Cal m.
ness in The woods and fields around US; and yet
such evidences OF deep life, that ii looks as II we
were still in bright dream in The day lime. IL IS
midsummer, when The a-patches. and gardens,
and fruit-lrees begin 10 spread The tables WIN
things excellent 10 cal, and allow us not only 10 see
hut 10 TASTE, some OF the beauties oil Nature
| give yon The salulaons Of The midsummer
season. and OF the Fourth Of July.
For the present, we propose 10 inoulge IN a
lille innocent rhetoric, and in lew minutes o.
the best kind of discussion OF the great ola
high things which belong 10 this day, mat we
can command and suspect It will mol De long
afterwards ill you are invited 10 some OF such
beauties Of nature.
There can never be wanting abundance OF
things to think of and 10 speak OF, appropriate
10 this day, because we shall always have The
history Of The golden age of our Revolutionary
War, as rich as The treasury oil an Empire, IN
materials and, in addition 10 that, we shall al
WAYS have one year OF new history 10 draw upon
which never was drawn upon before; anc ma
one new year. when il is as rlcn as that winch
has Jus, IA ssed, will be no iIconsideTable ad
dilion, oil even outward events
Blu, much more will there be always room
for sufficient variety in relation 10 The cnarac'
ter, the capacity, The energy and The spIh o.
our people, because circumstances will be al
WAYS occurring 10 vary these or 10 display
Them more fully 10 view. So that propose 'e
speak today OF The SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE, so
cial, military and civil, as developed by 'heIl
external history
|. To Judge fairly of these things we mus
begin by taking notice OF the sentiments whicf
exist towards ms in other nations, ana o. ou
| influence on people abroad; ana one oil INC
most remarkable features in The picture OF M
COUNTY, as il is al present. VIII De lcuhd 10 b'
the envy with which wn are reg a!.ed nv mess
nxst most to DO, The French and The Enslish
The time was when those TWO nations were Sc
piued against each other, that they had but I'LL,
10 spare 10 us, except their contempt and lher
The scribbling and hiIeling travellers oil England
spread over France and nothing was goo,
enough for them: neither The tage-coaches hi
holes, The eating tables, the lodgngrcoms, th'
architecture, laws nor government; all were
wrelchedy bad in the eyes Of Enslishmen. Tha
was when England dreaded France.
But recently there is no country under The SUI
which the English wish 10 see so much as ours
mean as they think every thing in il. They come
here by scores, with brides in their pockets or IL
their hea rls 10 gather materials, mol 10 know us
but 10 SANDER us. They can allow US credit fol
no coed quality, except il may be those which
they hope they can claim in much larger
share. There is no act Of our Government which
they can comprehend or admire, except II may
be one which lavors their own interest on l.
S. D. Every new invention made here; every
step we take in advance, in science or in The arts
seems 10 wound the feelings OF The English;
every sprig of laurel, added 10 The honors of our
military men, by The achievements OF The arms
OF The Union, whether in wicked war, as they
and holy, il possible, as their own Immaculate
wars against the Eas, Indies and China; every
sprig OF such laurel gives an Enelishman pain
in his heart, his memory, and in his anticiPaiions
be il wen how and where it may. They have,
indeed, almost ceased 10 conceal, either from us
or from the rest of The world, that their real OBJ
ject in The histories, novels, books Of travels,
and periodical journals, in which they emit
such tides Of SANDER upon us, is mol 10 dis
seminate correct knowledge Of our affairs
among their people al home-ior that, like JUS
tice 10 The Irsiman, is what they most dread
but 10 counleract The force ot our example there,
10 sliae if they can, al all hazards, the deep, low
murmnr for constitutional freedom, which The
light of our progress is causing TO sound las the
SUNRISE is said 10 have made music Of old in The
stone sla'ues OF EsypD around the throne and tie
palace OF almost every despo! oil them all.
T.. x.t..,, IL IL
gate of England. Her people have The friendship
Europe-,i ey have Canada and tie West Indies
rh-y boast of an Empire on which The sun never
ses-they have fought, conquered, and plundered
The East Indies-in China they have priced open
with The point of The bayonet, market ior their
opium vet all this avaiis Them nothing so long as
we are here. The only offence they can neither
forgive nor forget is that We ale independent, pros
porous and strong, and no, unready or unhandy
10 maintain our position even against lhem-
selves. II is OF no avail that VIC may throw
wide open 10 Them the ports of our trade, and thus
place within the mutual reach OF the TWO nations
the treasures Of a commercial wealth which pro.
misses far TO surpass The most golden dreams con.
corning The gorgeous riches OF The New World
thai ever fred The fancy OF Sir walter Raleigh OF
fernando de Solo; il is no matter mat immense
stores Of our bread 90 10 the mlseiao!e lrish when
starvation is upon Them; il is no mailer hat we
are of kindred race ard speak The same lam
guage- no matter for all these things, about which
she signs and whines So softly. when she wishes
TO cajole us into good bargain-they all avail
her nothing in reality She can ne.lher forgive
nor forget the splendor Of our prosperity or The
spreading and contagious influence of our exam
pie II is 10 check that influence mat her news
paper-wrers are content 10 sclib5le away, her
grave historians 10 practice The ar! OF deIerous-
~ twisting The truth and her vagaoond travellers
10 creep through The country with nos!Ii's keen
upon the scent OF spiulc, Of SANDER and of deta-
nation.
We read in The school books OF history that
when The cities OF Rome and Carthage were en-.
gagged of old, in deadly struggle with each other,
there was one old Senator Of Rene so deeply
impressed with The growing power Of Carthage
Thai he used uniformly 10 close his speeches on
The subIecI, with the solemn declarations, "if
Rome is 10 STAND, then Carthage must fall."-
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