Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-03-05

paper with Of the doings tie luxurious dinner
provided for The occasion Annexed wi be found de-
tails not heretofore published in the Enquirer
REGULAR roAs-s.
/. Tie Union efhe States: A, home our shield and de-
fence abroad strength and glory Whom God hah Join
ed together let man put asunder"
.. The North VERY pleasant hast thou been to me, my
brother Jonathan "e, there be no strife pray thee be-
tween me and thee between thy people and my people,
for bclhrcn Even in death let US not be "dvi.
ded."
3 The Southern Question We are all Wings; We all
Democrats Laisst: fare.
l. OR Hoaored Guest Palo Alto, Resaca Monterey and
Bucna Vista records of his military fame The of the
statesman will preserve the Union which the sword % the
warrior has rendered ustgious
s. The Federal Constitution: The igature that binds
gehe Glorious Con!ederacy Pals'ed or the hand that
would its slightest thread!
g. The MmOrycf Washington. Drank standing and in
: Iae Battle Of Buena Vista The world stood amazed
its glorious result May this its anniversary ever bea
gala day in national calendar
S Genera! Winfield Scott: The hero OF Vera Cruz Ceo
Ciordo md Chapultepec His triumphant march 10 the
rates of Mexico will be reckoned as one OF The most
brilliant achievements Of American warfare
8 Orange county Tirgail: The birth OF TAYLOR.
Like the Roman mntron when asked for her brightest Jewel
she points 10 her illustrious
To- Firgaa The North and the South arc alike bound
her b. ia ties Let none Of her children o:sake her
H. Tie Governor NJ Ii-gaid JoaS b. FLOYD Sprung
from stock that fails yield the State large alvi.
dcnd 70, her Investment the shape Of good governor
u. The Ladies;
Are the light and the life of each spell! we pursue;
Whether summed in the tropics or chilled nj me pole
If woman be there, there is happiness too
The following were amongst the volunteer foasts
By r. B. Semple, Mayor oil Fredericksburg; lac no1
be preserved not By the bayone but rather by me
weapons OF kindness concilton and compromise win
which our fathers established H.
Nv Mr. Marye, OF the Fredericksburg committee,
(prciaced BY recital of Jeierson MAXIM error may al
ways be safely tolerated long truth Is leit tree 10 com
bat IL and remarks the eec, that II our Union was IN
nnv danger il rom arising from the ignoranee OF
each other of the people Tits different sections Hanaa,
Armies May have from the South {" invade and
conquer the Forth and from the North 10 recocae
the By invading ana conquerng thr south I'm The
strife Of reciprocal hospiaies couesieS ana Kind
By Robert G Scott, Esq. Of Richmond orr Country,
whole country, and lis every part WIN 's constitution
fathers made H. end with no w mot oSso III nea
upon il.
By Lewis +. Harvr Esq. Of the House OF Delegates
"The Union %; the South for the sake OF the Mon
By VIM Kinney Esd nj the State Senate ana chairman
of the State Committee of Reception. General Taylor: Tie
who suriendrrs' 10 foreign enemy Viii never sun
render 10 any other.
Governor FLOYD acknow edged The compliment himself
in the regular highly eloquent speech, IN the
course of which he remarked substantially ns follows
lirgnia has done much or our Mon too much Tor
the American people and thu human race b. suspected al
disloyaty hc Union now. say this, standing here On
this spot nigh where Washington born where he passed
his YOUTH and whence he went forth with Mercer 10 battle
his country Can the land III Washington and Mercer
can the land oil Henry whose inspired eoquencc electrified
and aroused his country the great contest for liberty and
pcaed across the Atlantic and shook the throne of Brh
,yrannycan the State which did much 10 redeem the
country and the Cnon prove dsloya-to the
destruction uf the work OF her hands
Look what Virginia has done for country and Mon
She gave empires her beqnest d" her magnificent domains
of the Northwest She gave OF her treasure TO the utmost
NJ her ability for the war for independence She gave her
wise men the council md hosts of her herioc sons Ia
strife and 10 death She gave her WAsnSdToS. All these
she gave that tine country might be- secured by bond at
Union which dcspotism could nesr She Is still e
that Union IL is heresy which wrongs her. the belief
that prevails in sections that she is degenerate and dis
loyal 10 H. Ar consequence of this heresy, we have In
quarters calls for power 10 hold itself in readiness Ia
reprcss her disDyalty.
'Imaane an array of n sisleriaod of thirty beautiful
rons the eldest leaning with hand upon the shoulder of
one OF her eminent sols the Hero of Buena Vista Chief
Magistrate, welding the supreme power oil the Republic
with the other upon the shoulder of another usirions
the Hero OF Cerro Gordo and Commander n the Army al
the Republic She is looking sl another eminent son. TO
him whose eoquence has rung amidst the temples Of Greece
and the gorgcs Andes, the gifted Of Heaven 10
advocate her And what small be said of the fana
cs of that sister those sisters who for her remonstran
against what shc may deem WRONGS shall call upon her
CLAY TO assa her with the thunder shafts of his coquence
and her TAYLOR and her ScoTT their bayonets upon
her bosom
let hope thar uster sentiments and kindier counsel.
may preynii happy 10 hear lnslrions guest and
friend says tina; he "wonld stand by the Constitution and
Union long they worth preserving and what he
says he will surely do That will be standing by them long
enough II will be standing BY them long Wisconsin
is equal long Delaware is equal and only equal in the
Conlrderlcy 10 Virginia And that equality Is all that Viz
gina desires
Commodore Warrington and Col Eaton, Of Gen
Tayors distinguished aids Buena VISTA appropriately az
knowcdged sentiments complimentary 10 themselves and IN
honor 10 the branches of service 10 which they respectively
belong And T.. d. Baker Esq, member of Congress som
Illinois, responded toast and call by the COMPANY IN
speech Of some length chiefly in advocacy of the mainen-
OF the Union and spirit of brotherhood amongst the
citizens of its different sections and r"pletr with argument
wit and fine flights of coquencc.
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