Weekly national intelligencer., 1850-03-02
THE PRESIDENT AT FREDERICKSBURG.
Correspondence ofMe Natiaaal. IafeMgencer.,


SATURDAY EvEsIsG, FEB. %, 1850.
The proceedings in honor Of the PRESIDENT, al
Fredericksburg were concluded by variety of
toass and speeches, following the luxurious dinner
provided for the occasion. Of these give and
notice the principal portion, including those more
particularly significant Of feeling on the great qaes-
lions occupying the national mind, and complimen-
tary to distinguished public men, SO far as time and
limits will allow:
.". REGULAR TOAsTs.
The Union Of the States: Al home shield and defence
abroad strength and glory. Whom God hath joined
together let not man put asupder."
The North: 'very pleasant hast thou been TO me, my
brother Jonathan !" "Le there be strife pray thee,
between and hee between thy people and my peo
PIE for brethren" Even in death" let us not be
e'dvided." ~
Tie Southern Question We are all Wings we are all
Democrats Lassez faire. 49,. .. r.
Our Honored Guest: Pao Al,o Resaca. Monterey, and
Buena Vista recods of his military fame. The pen of the
statesman will preserve the Union which the sword of the
warrior has rendered illusrous.
After the applause with which this sentiment
was received had subsidized the PRESIDENT briefly
responded 10 it, remarking that the battles to which
alluson had been made Were won by the courage
| and prowess of the soldiers whom he had been
enabled 10 lead to victory in them I; that we were
nation Of soldiers that those whom he had the
honor to command in those battles were from al
most every State, from Maine to Texas that in all
the battles, upon both lines of invasion in Mexico,
sons Of Virginia had been amongst the most distin-
guished and that, as President he woIld stand by
the Constitution and Union long as they were
worth preserving, which he trusted they would be
found to be for long time to come.
The Federal Constitution: The lgaure that binds toge-
,Io II N
would sever its slightest thread
The Memory Of Washington Drank standing and in
silence
The Battle of Buena Vista: The world stood amazed at
its glorious result. May this It's anniversary, be gala
day in our rational calendar
General UGnfeld Scott. The hero of Vera Cruz, Cero
Gordo and Chapultepec His rumphan. march The gates
Of Mexico will be reckoned of the brilliant
achievements of American warfare.
Orange county, Virginia The birth place Of TAYLoR
Like the Roman matron, when asked for her brightest Jewell
she points to her ilustrious son.
Virginia The North and the South alike bound to her
by flial ties. Let none of her chdten forsake her
The Goreraor Of Virginia. JoHs B FIorp: Sprung from
stock that fails 10 yield the State large dividend
for her investment, in the shape of good Governor
Tie Ladies. f..
" Oh, woman dear woman, whose form and whose soul
Are the light and the life Of each spell we pursue;
Whether summed in the tropics chilled at the pole,
If woman be there, there is happiness too
The following were amongst the volunteer toasts:
By General TAYLOR The Memory Of the late President
MADISON who had conspicuous share in framing our
glorious Constitution and Union, and putting them in ope
ration.
By Hon. r. B. SEMrLE Mayor Of Fredericksburg The
no must be preserved y by the bayone, but rather
by the weapons Of kindness concilation and compromise
with which our fathers established it.
By Mr. MARIE, Of the Fredericksburg committee (pre-
faced by recital of Jetrsons MAXIM "error may always
be safely tolerated long truth be left free to combat it.
and remarks TO the effect that, if Union any dan
GER it from arising from the ignorance Of each
other Of the people fits different sections y Standing Armies
May have from the South invade and CONQUER the
North and one from the North ecpocate the favor by
vadng and conquerpg the Souhin the strife of recp
rocal hospitaities, courtesies, and kindness.
By ROBERT G. scorr Esq, of Richmond Our Coua.
try, whole country, and its every part, with its Consu-
ton fathers made it. and with Wimo proviso as-
tened upon it, '@ ........ H.. ,...s
By Hon LEWIS E. HARv1E of the House of Delegates
The Union of the South for the sake of the Union"
By Hon WIN. KINNEY of the State Senate and chairman
of the State Committee Of Reception General TAYLOR He
who never surenders' to foreign enemy will
render to any other. r.. *.+
Governor FLOYD acknowledged the compliment
to himself in the regular toasts, in highly eloquent
speech in the course of which he remarked sub.
stanally as follows:
"Vgnia has done much for our Union too much for the
American people and the human race suspected of dsoy
atty to the Union say this standing here on this spot
nigh where WASHINGTON born, where he passed his
youth, and whence be went forth with MERCER battle for his
country Can the land Of Washington and Mercer can the
land Of Henry whose inspired eoquence electrified and
ed his country to the great contest for liberty and pealed
the Atlantic and shock the throne of British the
State which did much redeem the country and create the
Union prove dslcya the destruction Of the work
her own hands
Look at what Virginia has done for country and Uno
She gave empires her bequest Of her magnificent domains
of the Northwest She gave of her TO the utmost of
her ability for the for independence She gave her wise
to the council and hosts of her heroic strife and
to death She gave her WASHINGTON All these she gave
that the country might be secured by bond Of Union which
despoism could She is still that Union
1t is keresy which wrongs her. the belief that prevails in
sections that she degenerate and doya to it. As
consequence OF this herey have quarters calls for
power to hold ts in readiness repress her doyay
Imagine array of sisterhood Of thirty beautiful
irons the eldest leaning with hand upon the shoulder of
Of her eminent sos the Hero Of Buena Vista-he Chief
Magistrate, welding the supreme power Of the Republic;
with the other upon the shoulder OF another ustrous son.
the Hero Of Cerro Godo and Commander of the Army Of
the Republic. She looking still another eminent son. to
him whose eoquence has rung amidst the temples of Greece
and the gorses of the Andes gifted of Heaven to all
vocate her And what shall be said CT tie fana
of that sister those sisters who, for her
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