The southern press., 1851-04-30

rortbarn avtrem;ties that long line which en-
.losss' the Immense territory which bears the
Rr;,;sh name the exutation which fills my heart
a verv. ANAL To that entertain when on inquir-
inc into the laws and conditions OF our colonies
therein situated, find that there is not people
ON the face of the globe more hghtiy taxed,
more literally governed, or who can, though
saw it, be more powerfully protected, than our
brave. dearly loved and loyal brethren, who
there acknowledge the beniicent sceptre OF
Queen Victoria.
would not willingly consent that Great Britain
should lose an inch of her present wide domain
--one particle OF her present mighty power OF
rendering justice and doing good.
Would that it had been ever thus
Those who have studied the fortunes OF THESE
countries where we now are, know that they
were built up by our hardy character, out OF our
own free laws but when we bad raised them
"a that HEIGHT in which they furnished forth
mood and noble edifce to inhabit, we unfortu-
nnatelv nulled down the fabric about our ears,
and were not altogether undeservedly stoned
from the ruins of our own work. Great ap-
nlause.l Yes, gentlemen, and In proportion 10
tthe hardness OF the materials which we had put
into that work WINS the hardness OF the blows
which we received. Laughterl
| will not say that rejoice at that event. !
know that there are ocuists who tell you that
if one eve is put out, the other sees the clearer
for the loss but wouldn't try myself, and
would'nt recommend any very intimate friend
Of mine to try this Polyphemian operation. APP
plause and laughter
I will not say, therefore, that rejoice at this
event. II would be humbug and affectaton IN
me to do 40, and above all things, detest
bnmbuo and afiectation. But since 1t took place
so Iong ago, and was in part the consequence OF
our own faults, 10 say, without any humbug
and affactation, that do rejoice at the power
and prosperity which this independent country
now enjoys! Applause.
7 can saw that | feel pride AMI pleasure at see
inc a separate tribe of our great family, raising
;is tent 80 high, ard extending it out 80 broadly
and SO proudly by the side of the tent OF It's great
forefarthcr! [Applause.] And = not the time
now come, in which these two KINDRED people
would do we'll to forget that they had ever $1,000
toward each other in the fratricidal atiitude OF
Cain and Abel; but only recollect that they are
children Of the same parents, and their earliest
and hottest recolections gather round the same
Edeni [Applausel Az, gentlemen, let US bury
our fathers quarrels in our fathers graves y
Iapnlausel-and we shall then find that English
men and Americans are not only Anglo Saxon
brothers. but even Siamese twins-lgreat laugh
terl--or. at all events, twins after the manner
of Siam, for the same current OF blood runs
through their veins, tho same current OF thought
animates their mindy. and are they not bound
together by the same strongest tie that can
mite two human bengs-the same interest -
Applause and laughter
What are the facts known to Us all! Are
not more than two-thirds Of the staple produce
of this country exported TO England; nearly all
the staple products of the great West go IN the
same direction, and when we look at the general
exports from thiscountry, out OF the l45OoO.ooo
worth of dollars thus exported, $93,000,00O are
sent to the British market Applause When
the lgament which unites Great Britain and the
United States together, is of such solid and sub
stantial material, are we to fear that any rusty
old weapon taken from the armory OF hy-gone
auarrels, will cut such ligament asunder! No !!
never There may be, to-be-sure, now and then
an Enplishman who will say that America crows
little too much over John Bull, but shall
take the liberty Of telling him that such tales
are mere cock and bull stories. (Great laugh
teri And would advise my American friend
there, whenever he hears any companion OF his
speak of John Bull being DESTROYS of trampling
America under his feet, to assure him If there
be any bull in the case il Is an Irish buli-lgreat
laughierl--the head and tail of which are mis-
take! Renewed laughter. am sure, gen.
tlemen, that the sentiments which thus express,
are those of nine-tenths of the American peo-
pie and though there may be some few who
dissent from item, that these few will ere long
bexuided by their good sense and reason, and
come round to them. think, indeed, there are
ali eady signs of a considerable change-when
people mean to be really vicious, they either bark
or bite. whereas, observe that those who now
show this evil propensity, instead of barking or
biting, have adopted sort of ventriloquistic
soueal-llond laughterl-by which they mean
30 have IL believed that am speaking when they
move their own lips and utter their own sent-
ments.
/ will say word or two on this matter, gen.
tlemen. Do you happen TO have any good ma
tured friends [Laughter.] IL so you can UNI
derstard how my good natured friends gathered
round me the other day on my return from Rich
mond, TO tell me how most infamous publica-
on had appeared in some journal, believe,
called the Boston Celt," purt orting TO be an
intercepted despatchsfrom me to the English
secretary for foreign affairs Now, people usual
" advertise when they have lost their property,
but wish now TO advertise that | have lost no
property at all, [laughter,l and although it is
natural to conjecture from the semi-barbarous,
sem-clad, and Celtic origin Of my Boston friend,
that he had been guilty Of the crime OF which
he boosted, viz: Theft he has in reality been
guilty Of an offence, which more appropriately
belongs to further advanced stage of panta-
looms and refinement, laughter II mean for
gerry; another example, by the way, Of the
general maxim that all savages, whether Celtic
or otherwise, when they take to inhabting
cities, even such moral cities as Boston, adopt
the vices, without acquiring the virtues or the
graces of civilized life. And here should leave
the subject but that am rather inclined to sus-
pect (eyery thing that Is at all Yankee, has such
odd notions !)-[ laughter that the unkind
barbarian of Massachusetts, intending more Sc
rious effect, has merely been perpetrating bad
joke.-[laughterl- the shape Of a political
squib, which is meant 10 favor the Presidential
claims of an excellent friend of mine, by having
il appear that he is particular enemy of Eng
land. Now should be sorry to do my friend
any disservice, but do not believe that shall
be doing him any disservice by stating that ]
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