Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-05-01

speech Oh Hon. DunleI W eDSler,
To his iellow-ci,izens, on Tuesday
morning, in Bowdoin Square, Boston.
The grea, thoroughfare was filled
with thousands of the good people OF
Boston and vicinity, who had come up,
without distinction OF purity or sect, TO
greet the great AMERICAN STATESMAN
the DrpEspEa OF THE CONSTITUTION
Me ADVOCATE or THE UNION.
sFeiIor- Citizens Of Boston You
rather take me by surprise this morn
ing but IL is a very agreeable surprise.
am as much pleased to see yonr cheer
ful and satisfied faces, as | am TO see
again the face OF that luminary which
shines out from the heavens above us !;
and il, gentlemen, you are half as glad
10 see me as | am To meet you, there is
at this moment a great quantity Of hap
piness and good feeling in Bowdoin
Square. (Applause)
Gentlemen, a long and violent convul.
sion OF the elemt nts has passed away.
and the heavens and the skies smile up
on US. There is often an analogy be-
tween occ lrrcnces in the natural word
and occurrences in the moral and Ioliti-
cal world, and sometimes political ngi-
tations pass away, bringing after them
sunshine, joy and gIadness. May it be
30 now. greet you as citizens OF Bus
ton | welcome you, offer you my
heart and hand with the deepest grai,-
iude for what you and your fathers have
done tor me. from the days Of my early
manhood. when came from the North
10 throw myself among you, TO partake
0fyour fortunes, for good or for evil, 10
the end OF my life. am not vain
enough 10 suppose, fellow-citiZcus, thai
have done any essential service to
my country in my day. II have 70
done, however little, or however much II
be, ! owe it mainly.to the Constant H.,
warm, the unwaverlng friendship aud
support Of the people Of Boston. am
>ound the way of all the earth. ] shalt
ere long follow your fathers and my
fathers to my last home. But while
live and breathe while have the p wer
sf language, or Of thought, ehie my
heart beats or my tongue moves, shall
tcel and shall speak OF Boston, as the
cherished object Of my public, political
l may say, friendly regard.
Gentlemen, you do not expect TO hear
from ne to-day any discourse. Icon,
to see you, and you come to see mt
Il is not an occasion for the discussion
Of any political topics. You do not eX-
pect me to detan you from your affairs.
while rehcarse any opinions Oi ny
own, or stale the ground ol those OPP
ions. Blu, let me congratulate you, and
let me ask you 10 congratulate me, that
the events Of the last ear or two have
placed us under better ausriccs. We
see clearer, we breathe ire.r, we feel
new assurance that our political instl-
tutions, the rich blessings ard inhcrI-
tancc which we derive from our fathers,
will endure, be perpetual, he immortal.
if any institution OF man Oh earth can be-
immortal
Yes, fellow -citizens, the youngest Of
your children, the youngest OF your
grand children will grow up to man
hood, in the proud feeling that they are
horn to an inheritance OF imperishabIe
liberty in these United States OF North
America, and in this ancient and brluv.
ed say beloved, and to be always
venerated, under all circumstance
beloved and venerated Commonw ealth
OF Massachusetts.
Why, ielow-citZcns, we need not be
vain, we need not be too much scli-salls-
ied but after all who is there among
you at this moment that would exchange
his political and social condition for that
which beials the inhabilant or the resi-
dent ofany other country under the wide
scope Of the canopy which is over us Z
Where would you 90 with satisfaction y?
You would stay under the institutions
of your country with sarisiaclio you
would enjoy that political power which
isso universally disseminated on populi
principles, with satisfaction aud grd l.
fcation. For here every citizen le,ls
he is a man. II he is one of the gov
erned, he is also one of the governors,
and he has voice IN every transaction
Of public policy and national concern
Let others say what they vii! let others
commend what they please let them
like either more royal, more despotc
or more democratic form OF govern
ment; for myself, and believe | may
speak for you, we are satisfied with our
condition, as people oithe United States
nnd citizens oil MISUNDERSTANDING
under free, popular, aud glorious re-
presentative government, which makes
us known iavorably al! over The world
Gentlemen, let us despair OF LOthlng
in bahali Of our country. We rec 1t
growing in prosperity. We shall see
that the returning sense Of the commu-
nifty, the great principle OF love oi liber-
iy-and, we might add, and | would
add, with all the emphasis that ! eau
pour out Of my heart-ihe love oi Union
will keep US together. Applause -
If had ten thousand voices II | could
speak 30 as to be- heard on the shores ol
the Pacific, il could gather around
me the whole OF this vast nation, |
would say. fellow citizens, union, UNION,
UNION, now aud forever! (Grcat
cheering) What are all these petty
distinctions what ar. all tncse cavllr,
and questions. aud sectional quarrcls.-
They are not the dubt in the balance -
They are not g. to inherit the heart OF
true American, for the heart OF u true
American embraces his whole country.
and II tits not big enough Tor that he
had letter tear 1t out aud throw It from
LIE to,cu tApplause) have ,oid