The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-07-21


grave in appearance shat held tho ashss Of hu
man greatness, 4 made sketch over Il z,:Sa 1
81 enclose you little flower from q III OF /
VINES eaid TO have been planted BY Jefsr4l him. |
Ielf, beneath the window Of the room in which he
died. Thsy have spread I'll over The eide Of ths |
AAdsnAa % Mr. Wsbstsr's HeuFth 81 |
July Grafton.
The copy of MI. Websier's address, at the lay. |
Ing Of the Of the addtion to the Capi
tol at Washington, was published By us from the |
New York Herald and was The original sddress.
o. written out, and before delivery. handed to tho
printer At the Rspublc Office, and deposited in the
cornerstone, It did not, however, contain two
passages, which Mr., Wehsier ex,empoJzed. and
which be Afterwards revised for the press. We now
supply them. The irst comes In after some inter.
estng statistcs OF tho advance Of the country, and
i a. follows:
And now. fellow. citizens. having sisted to you
this infalibie proof of the growth and prosperity of
the nation, ask you, and would ask every man,
whe'hef the Governments which has been over %,
has proved itfef an sf1liction or curse 10 the
country. Or any part Of II! s.
Ys men Of the South, Of oil the original South.
ern States, whist say you 70 Ill this Are you, or
fathers! Your fathers were not they who stoned
tho prophets and killed them. They were among
the prophsis they were Of tho prophets; they
were themselves The pr0phsts.
Ys men Of the Potomac, dwelling along the shores
Of that river where Washington lived, and whefe
he died, and where his Femains now rest! Ye, 20
many of whom may see the domes Of the Capitol
from your own homss-what do you say
Ye men of James River and the Bay, places con-
secra,ed by the early settlement Of youf Common.
wealth, Whist do you say DO you desire, from the
soil OF your Stale, YOU travel to the North, to
see these halls vacated, and their national useful
ness clean gone for ever sgGs &@ ..N
Of whom are nearer to this Capitol than to the
seat of government Of yOnr own SAFE, what do
you think Of breaking this great association into
fragments Of States and Of peopies know some
shocked at the announcement Of such caiaslro-
phe, - IL you were 70 be informed taat the Blue
Ridge itself wond soon toiter from it, base. And
ye men Of Western Virginia, who occupy tho great
tlope from the top of the Allegheny To the Ohio
yourselves by disunioni il you .ssecede." what
do you "secede" from, and what do you" accede"
70 Do you look for the current of the Ohio TO
change, and TO bring you and your commerce 10
the tide waters of Eastern rivers What man in
his senses can suppose that you will remain part
and parcel of Visginia . month after Virginia
should have ceased TO be part and parcel of the
United Safest
The secession Of Virginia the secession of Vir-
gina, whether alone or in company, is most i'm
probable, the greatest of al improbabties. Vir-
ginia to her everlasting honor, acted great part
in framing and establishing the present constitu-
tion. She hath had her reward and her distinc-
ton. Seven of her nobest sons have each filled
the Presidency, and enjoyed the highest honors Of
the country. Dolorous complaints come up to US
from the South that Virgins will not head the
procession Of secession. and lead the other South
ern States out Of the Union. This would be some.
thing Of = MARVEL certainly, considering how much
pains Virginia took to lead these States into
the Union, and considering, too, that she has par
taken - largely OF is benefits and its government
~ any other State. slN
And ye men Of the other Southern States, men,
bers Of the old thirteen yes, members Of the old
thirteen; that always touches my regard and my
sympathies; North Caroline, Georgia, South Car
olina! What page in your history, or in the his
haze been recorded since the Union was formed I?
Or through what effect has your prosperity been
greater, or your peace and happiness better Sc
cured? What names even has South Carolina,
now much dissatisfied, what names has she of
which her intelligent sons are more proud than
those which have been connected with the Govern
ment Of South Carolina In revolutionary times,
and in the earliest days of this constitution, there
was no State more honored, or more deserving to
be honored. Where 10 she now? And "what a
fall 10 there, my countrymen But leave her
to her own reflections, commencing to her, with
ample in times gone by. ,s.4
| Fsllow-citizsns, there some diseases of the
mind az well as Of the body, diseases Of communi.
ties, well ~ diseases Of individuals, that must
be left to their own cure At least it is wise to
leave them 90, until the last critical moment sha
arrive.
hope it 10 not irreversnt and certainly il il moi
intended - reproach, when say that know nc
| stronger expression in our language than tha
which describes the restoration cf way ward som
"he came to himself" He had broken away from
all the ties Of love, family and friendship. He had
forsaken every thing which he had once REGARDED
in his fathers house. He had quilted his natura
sympathes, affections, and habits, and taken biz
journey into far country. He had gone away
from himself and out Of himself. But misfortun,
overlook HIM and famine threatened him will
starvation and DEATH No entrsates from hom,
followed him to beckon him back no admonitior
from others warned him Of his fate But the hou
Of reflection had come, and nature and conscienc,
wrought within him, until at length " he came 4
himself" Nfs%4s VI -Sst + -
Sou,h! You are not of the original thirteen. TIL,
battle had been fought and won, tho revolution
achieved, and the Constitution established, befor
your States had any existence a. States. Yo,
came In 10 prepared banquet, and had seats a.
signed you at table, just as honorable Is thoe
which were filled by older quests. You have bee,
and are singularlv prosperous and il any ON
should deny this, you would At once contradict hi
assertion You have bought vast quantities o
choice and excellent land At the lowest price an,
| If the public domain has not heen lavished upo
you. you yourselves will admit that il has been %
propriAted 70 your own uses by very liberal hand
And yet in some of these Ststes-not in all--peI
sons arc found in favor of dissolution of tn
Union, OF Of secession from it. Such opinions ar
expressed even where the general prosperity of tn
community has been the most rapidly advanced
In the 6ourishing and interestng State Of Missis
. eippi. for example. there 10 q large party whic