Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-03-27
S.o.nh of e.oy. Mcdowell,

aHother under The a. rceness OF iS apo'. ::
Excited for ignoble objects, but po"ei'ut "D"
dependent States constituted mt ons -, a,a,a
great ends OF mutual protection ana ".sn".aSe;
and hound therefore upon the first great law Vi
governments as well as o; peIsons-'ne ldw "
Se,f-prcseryalion-So 10 adminiS'eI that c"hon'h
government as never to endang.r or oVet~ee'm
i,-when consider, Sir, who Tie pd.'es d'e
ahat their relative oblisations-whai thelf iec'P-
roeal observation-disclosures infinitely exceeding eve
rything else is the interest OF eAcn IN the 'hlsua'
Justice and fidelity OF all-how amazing 'he"
prosperty-how exalted their Ienowh INV ~.
ovatlng their example upon The hopes anu 10,
ties OF the world-how inspiring the 'nousui ..a'
, their republican banner not only waves w, a.
empirr nm paralleied m all It's elements OF happi-
ness and freedom and power, but IS yei no ~"se
by its influence over The llliinitaole e'nPtc u
reborn aud seil-governins man; "heu eu"s'ue .
ali his cir | cannot be otherwise tnan cheereu
with lbe conviction that all will be well tnat par
ties so situated will never profane their story
nof their honor, through an act OF ueiioeia '
wrong by either on the other; and tnat ''ne
soirj, OF amiIy and OF mutual difference anu eou'
cession" which united them al first, VIII triumph
over all troubles, dispose Alright OF all contests
md thus continue 10 harmonic and unile theih
forever In SUCH brotherhood OF parties, wnen
difficulties arise, there is no expectancy uPoh
which TO settle them but that oil Iusticei no u7n.
eff 10 be sought in the settlement pot lhc oe"e -
OF all. So thinking and feeling haoiiuaiS,
almost hesitate 10 ask oil any possible aGlu>''en
OF the difficulty before Us what Will ont part oo'
southern part, OF us history oef WIN II DC
history of disappointment morlihcation, lndiSh''
~ ann wrons2 And your paIt OF twill II be Inc
short and The stern one OF poWer-power, ancar,
inc and unrelenling power7 1t is said OF one OF
Ire y.ry worst Of The Roman emperofs lhd' nc
lameplrd with great bitterness that his TeiSu hdu
never been Distinguished by the occurrence "
any remarkable calamity, aud had no o'ue' "
better record by which 10 be transmilteo 10 pos-
terity than the dull ant moncionous one oi ~
prosperity and peace. he dreaded lest u shouia
Jade fro n the history ot the world, and % ios' ~
the gaze and the ahimadversio0 OF man. Oh, y
won will only push on the controversy winch
now di,ulb, US from austier 10 ahSficr zone, Il
van will only settle here with deliberate iDcis
nity and wrong to one Of the parties II involves
YOU will soon irierGeave win The richest anu
purest national happiness which II was ever al
lowed any people on earth TO ENJOY, memorial
nj national su:row. whitening and crushing
enough 10 have sali,fst the monster wish anG
the monster heart ui Caliguia himself
But, Mr.. Chairman, Nnen pass oy Inc col
lcc,,ve parties in This Gaze, and recall lhr par
ticular ones; when see thar my own State IS "a
deeply implicated in the rTouhe and The danger OF
il as apy olher and shares, 10 the full, with all OF
her Southern colleagues, in the most painful ap-
prehensions OF lis issue; when | see nus, turn
iovoluniarly and win unaffected difference oil
spirit, aad ask What, IN his exisent moment To
Virginia, will Massachusetts do i-ihat Mdssa-
cnusetts which, in The designations oil orr early
colonia! history was known AS Northern Virs'-
mia. What will Northern Virginia do 10 the
matter before u.s. tor her Southern namesake and
sister, Will you TOO Q speak 10 her as PreseD,
pSN-
all The past. put iorlh a hand 10 smile her isno-
miniously upon The checs2 In your own early
day of deepest extremity and distress-the day
Of the b sion Port Bill-When your beautiful
capital was threatened with extinction and Eng
laud was collecting her gigantic power 10 sweep
your liberties away, Virginia. caring for no odds,
and counting no cost, bravey, generously, IN
stanty stepped forth for your deliverance. She
made the day on which this bill was 10 be exc
culed. the lat oil June, liza day OF hunIlla-
ton, fasting and prayef--tnus implorins, win
one voice. Inc protection and blessing oil Heaven
upon YOU. and thus through religious ACT, The
ultimate one of national distress, rouslns up her
people 10 the fullest aud most startling sense OF he
outrage and the peril which awaited you. She
called on you 10 stand up for your cause, thai u
was the true cause.-The cause oil risht, and ifee-
dom and Justice; lhai, as such, she made Il her
own, ami would fight il out with you, hioW by
blow, and live or die, would give every faculty
that belonged 10 her OF soul and body and estate,
10 make ii good. Addressing her through he
iustice of YOUR cause and the agoueS OF your
Condition. you asked her for her heart. She gave
IL. with scarce the reservation Of a lhrob, SHE
gave II freely and gave il all. You called upon
her Tor her blood. She took her children from
her bosom and offered them to supply II. WIN
her spirirrwilh her appreciation 81 the great pnn-
ciples of representative and OF popular govern
men, which your cduse involved. and with hef
holy enthusiasm in their supper, Virginia Wont
have been utterly IecreGnt 70 herself II she had
done anything else, or anything less, Than she dd.
But in all this she felt and knew that she was
more than your political aliy-moIe ihan your
political friend. She ielt and knew that she was
YOUR near, natural born relalion-such IN virtue
OF your common descent, but such lar more s'h!,
in Virtue as The higher attributes OF a congen'al
and kindred nature Do not be startled al the
idea of common qualities between the American
cavalier and the American roundhead
INoTE-A, this point, Mr.. McDowell's hour
having expired he was about to close his re-
marks, when he was called upon from all
paris OF the hal, win strong emphasis, TO "so.
on" go on" To this request, the committee
giving It's unanimous consect, ne proceeded
Do not be startled Mr.. Chairman, al the idea
OF close aud near relationship between the IN
petuous and hau2hy but courteous colonlst oi
jamestown, with his intense point oil PERSONAL
honor, and his devotion = al that is surin. III
the incidents u life; aud IN. scin solemn, sell
denying, almost asceiic pilgrim OF Plymou'h.
proud bu, misguided legality drives the defend
ers OF the Suafis L. iii, shores ut The chesapeake,
that there, III pTivalion and in poverty, u need
BE-, they mi2h, follow out The impulses o, l''''
own honor apt ihtlf own Tree VII without les
or hin,.rdLcc rom human aulhc!hy y pure
exclusive uGcompiomi>IEe spliit OF religion, that
could moi mlugie w,th and iha, would nut ne con
troiled os The coifupiions Of earth, drives per-
secuted but peciDus people 10 the rocks ~
Massachusetts bay, mat there, wha'e"ef else
NIGH belie them, they cou'd pour ou' th.ii
hears as they pleased Ia him Wno'h u va 'ns
richest OF all their delights 10 worship aud t.
serve A heroic and unconquelable viii, dii-
fefenty direc I'd, is ne pefvasive and master &C.
ment IN The ch4iatier ui tolD. Secondary differ
ences-the differences OF cultural culture
which IN the oue case, was direced 10 ram the
heat Tor All mat was say. ani glad, anC ANNA
ting in LIE, Ani m the ut1cs, 70 Train II ior SUB
dued cnastened, concentrated spnitualiiy-ihese
have tnroan around our ancestors various cos
tune, and have long exhibited thsm 10 one an
other and 10 the word, in all the glare OF pic
lured aud dramatic contrast. But IN that proud
and lofty spirit which claus me hum"a "iii iut
itself, winch Indignantly Ispalses every desire OF
effort 10 control H. "a an nnwarran'able ana I'M
p,ous wrous-in lnal lney were thoroughly and
indi.souby one. The same in this master qua
iy 50 controlling in itself OF all Others, II was
impossible for them 10 be otherwise than
blended by i, promptly, haImoniousy,
gonously, al the very dawn OF oar national
day. They were the first, as Consequence, 10
proclaim and TO resist IN. aggfes>ions OF Eng
land, and never al er, even in he tanning honrs
of me struggle lnat followed, were taey absent
from Inc duly or the spo where tbrif Valor
OF their counseis were required. Noufish-
ed by the same spifi', sharing as t~in-s's-
tiers IN the Struggle OF the heritage oil the same
revolution, VIVA; Is there in any demand oil na-
tional lam, or Of cons,uuuonal duly ot OF pub
lie morals, wnicn shoaid separate them nowi-
WHAT is tnere 10 these Sruunds-the sound anl
the true grounds oil national conduci-thai should
indnce Massachusetts 10 .lSavOW the rlghls, DIS