Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-11-30

State paper that issued from the mind or pen of mortal
i That was prepared in cherished city.
Shall not send forth thanks upon this great occa
sion for the amazing prosperity that this Union has produced
all that il has brought to county-a that th.
judgment would have anticipated all that the heart cou
wshf all that should fail 10 rally us aro~nd our noble con
sution with seconae zeal and determined fidelity let ths
views Of that immortal man rally Us to ts support
You all know mat the most important passage of that
paper counses us to pepeuae the maintenance of the
Union; and fellow-czen may this spirit be saving
angel
am sensible that even now trespassing upon YOU
time and patience did not expect speak, but could
resist the call. But my fellow citizens permit
something else within my personal recollection.
those, and there are very few remainng-hee be
none indeed Of that description here unless like myself be
born in Phladephiawho witnessed the grand Federal
procession in 1888 10 celebrate the adoption of our noble
| glorious constitution Well do I remember it. Il was
enough make Union of every body II passed along
the whole extent Of our streets Il from the
south along Third street, until arrived the extreme NORTH
and then Bush Hill then the estate Of Mr. Hamilton
and upon his extensive and beautiful lawn were concluded
the festivities Of that glorious dayf not too strong an
expression, should say The sublime and poeica festivities Of
/ that day.
/ Well, Let mention you what In my boysh eve swas
the impressive and singular object In that grand and
procession; it was ship, rugged as navy vessel with
eutenanls and midshiPmen board, with the and
stripes flying from her masthead Oh felow-ciizens how
embamac, how prophetic those stars and stripes and
especially Of the extentto which the
nation grow under the Union, you have heard from
the first distinguished speaker. How prophetic, how
bemac OF the glory that TO be acquired for Unon
Blu. let mention you what, after ALL the mpor-
tant emin this Ship and which Immediately applicable
to our purpose II was her name, the Union" [Applause
The Union flew from her masthead. She had other
That enough to impress that great belief upon
boyish heart Il has grown stronger with my manhood
has continued in my ripper years. At all times under all
circumstances, at home abroad in peace in under
all Administrations of the Federal Republic, Democratic
fnF tha I.etu fort he v1nnu An
plause And, ow-cizens close my few and imperfect
remarks to you by saying what sincerely fse-msy
live see the destruction Of this glorious Unon Applause
The Hon. JOSEPH r. INoERsoLL being loudly
called for said It might fairly be questioned I'M
der circumstances different from those which ac-
ualy surround U.S. whether this part Of the country would
require any public demonstration prove its integrity Our
good old Commonwealth has lived in vain if it has not lived
down all doubts Of its loyalty to the Union. Pennsylvania
is we may trust in principle and practice, not less than in
position, the keystone Of the great federal arch This State
has sustained itself in that eminent and responsible station,
and it can fail to do only when the massive pillars which it
to hold together shall crpmble into ruins twill them
in that evil and far distant day, among the earliest
to contribute cheeuy its undivided strength general pros
pety, fall reluctantly and the last in the universal dissou-
lion. Yet however firm may feel in the consciousness
Of fidelity, there good for exchanging ratf
cation Of it at this agated moment and in the face of an
anxious and inqurng world Distant friends desire co-ope-
ration and support in their allegiance which is tried by diff
culies and dangers They exposed to temptations by
which devotion to the country is made heroic virtue Dis
tant enemies may not be unwilling to draw differences from
silence unfavorable to the great Of United America
and rejoice in the anticipated downfall of the power and
permanehce Of Government Of the people, occasoned
they might be willing believe, by abandonment Of it,
It will at least cost nothing here, in the abode Of the still
blooming vesges Of the Independence and the Constitution
to mutual pledges to sustain in their purity and
unbroken perfection institutions which our fathers establish
ed and defended with their lives Applause
Let us rejoice that this self creating spontaneous movement
Of patriotism stirred up only by innate love Of the UnoD
by attachment to the principles and establishments by
which it is sustained, promises speak with equvoca
voice, and in terms too explicit be liable be msunder
stood Individual preferences and sectional peudces bend
their stern and stubborn sinews at the call Party content
ed to veil its face before the altar Of the country Applause
The country ITSELF represented by assemblies of enthusiastic
citizens, who willing to forget their authority in the
still higher authority which, sprnging from themselves,
mands the utmost reverence bows down TO the sovereignty of
the law.
All Of prompted by common motives embrace
opportunity favorable in itself and happily construct
ed to ward off threatened difficulties and calames and to
purify the political atmosphere if it needs it, from all
rupton. The bright inheritance possess is wei! worth
the struggle to maintain it unimpaired the duty of pro-
tecng sacred the object to be preserved nes
mable. condition scarcely be imagined in which
nation would be eer from evil fuller Of advantages than
own. From the moment when perfect union
compshed Heaven has smiled upon the bold and perhaps
novel undertaking. and every Thing has prospered Evils
which had bese dsioined yet confedeated republic
done away independence established on plat
form easily be shaken and the people, for whom and
by whom the constitution framed, have continued with
out substantial Interruption be the happes well the
freest under the Great Applause Their prosperity
has been uniform their progress in wealth. extent popula
on influence and power has been rapid than history
in its brightest pages parallel fable in its widest dreams
has fancied Their skies not bright than their
ca atmosphere has been uncouded They have every thing
hand that gives reality desire Their horn Of plenty
full The future and the past rival each other in their
promises and possessions and prospective and uon
like the cups of the gods the heathen sparkle with
the light Of hope and overflow with the eIubeance Of
joyment Il is not eItravagsnt to believe that full
Of prosperity in their hands compatible with the
unresrained exercise popular privileges and rights.
Yes, in this peoples paradise, where every thing is be-
slowed and tree bearing fruit denied to the hand Of
before its uerance evil and discomfort have found
here. The fatal curse is among and the principle
which ought to have exhibited exception proves itself Of
universal application.
Though flowers of Eden still inherit,
The trail of the Serpent is them all"
[Applause.l
This demon Of strife among the white robes of
peace and good will. 1t Processes humanity, and
scatters dscord It sails under coos that beoken friendship
and philanthropy while is ready hoist the bloody flag Of
piracy and TO fight under that crimson banner elias
tic and capscous web of mischief could scarcely have been
by the emssses of Satan upon earh by the great
father Of evil himself in the confines which he is said in
habit below This not characerzng too strongly when