The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-04-10

gentleman whose letter YOU have lust read, ruling
an infant colony in savage wilderness, and hi
not very remote descendant presiding over the Re
personalities of twenty millions of free citizens
popping thirty sovereign States.
but, SIR, the gentleman referred to has merit be-
yond an honorable descent Trusting TO no heredi-
the walks OF elegant iterature-in the indulgence
OF pure classical tastes and in the public service
he has won for himself high position; and beg,
sir, TO offer you this sentiment:
"RoBERT e. WINTHROP. The latest fruit OF the
Pilgrim stock. He proves to US, that in the lustre
OF refined and ripe scholarship, the stern patriot
ism OF a Puritan ancestry may gain new attraction
without losing any of its virtue"
| Sir HENRY BuLwER rose and took his leave,
retiring amid much applause, expressive Of the re-
| spect of the society.
| n. COLLINS LEE, esq, proposed the following
toast, which was received with much applause
and most happily responded to by JOHN G. BRuNE,
ESQ.,:
The Ameriean Merchants-In war they furnish
their country its sinews-in peace, its highest
credit.
At this point of the proceedings Mr.. BARNEY
arose and expressed himself as follows:
Mr.. President II becomes my duty for a briei
moment to arrest festivities by tribute to the
memory of one whom, but little week since-de-
luded by the reports of his convalescence-we had
numbered among our expected guests; but JOHN
G. CALHOUN is no longer OF this world.
In the nineteenth Congress learned to appre-
ciate his worth Associated with Clay, Webster,
Davis, Everett, Storrs, McDuffe, Randolph, For
syth, Buchanan, Livingston, Hamilton, Rives, the
two McLanes, and Barbour-a galaxy of distin-
guished statesmen among whom he stood proud
ly pre- eminent.
In gracefulness of manner, impressive delivery,
vigorous conceptions, and condensation of thought,
few were his equals.
Most exemplary in all the domestic relations of
life--embalmed in the affections of a large social
circle--he has Wi 0ed he NJ
bliss, there to repose forever in the bosom of his
God, whom he had sought to propitiate by every
act which could adorn statesman or exalt Chris
tidn. All that remains for US is
The memory Of John C. Calhoun.
The following volunteer toasts were also an
nounced and drank with much applause.
By the Hon, J. p. Kennedy. England and Ameri-
cd-The blood that nourishes their common stock
retains its distinctive Anglo Saxon temperature in
the veins of each. Cel,m animtnm mutant qui
trans mare currunt
By o. c. Tiffany, esq. The stormy period Of 1850
In the history of our national Constitution day
ofits severest trial and of its proudest triumphs
BY VIM. A. Talbot, esq.-IHe Union and its
miles, For they cast down every man his rod and
they became serPents. But Aaron's rod swallowed
up their rods"
BY Coleman Yellott, esq. The May it
extend for many generations as the name and
fame of Daniel Webster
The reading of this toast drew from the Hon.
Judge LEGRAND some remarks, in which he highly
eulogized the scholastic attainments of Mr.. Web
ster, whom he said he had always presented to him
self as a model in the use, in all its elegance and
purity, of the English language.
By S. F. Streeter. esq. The Fair of the United
!States-They are all queens, and the fair of Mary
land the fairest of the fair
By Brantz Mayer, esq. George Tickn0r-The
workman III the Spanish mines, where he has dug
up treasures more precious than gold.
By Hon. j. p. Kennedy Wiliam II. Prescott
The student whose silent labor in building up a
monument TO his fame has completed one
equally glorious for his country.
By 5. +. Streeter, esq. The Public School and the
Public Press-Itco levers instead of one, to move
the moral, intellectual, and political world they
should have Archimedian hands to move them
By Charles F. Mayer, esq. The Temple Of the
Union-Not built Of temporary expedients, but
eternal in the peoples affections. Let the sugges-
ton of disunion be scorned sacrilege of the
tuary.
By Brantz Mayer. Merico-Associated in her
history with the chivalry Of the old world and the
heroism of the new.
As the hour Of midnight approached, the health
of "mine host was proposed by the President OF
the board and duly honored, and the company sep
arated with expressions of mutual satisfaction with
the enjoyment of which the occasion has been 30
prolific