Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1851-07-11

we f5e their force II you now uttered them with
lie of flesh and blood Your example teaches us: your
aectonae addresses teach u; your public life teaches
m your OF the value ofthe blessings of the Union
lnose blessings fathers have tasted aud have tas.
ted, and still taste. Nor do intend that those who
come after us shall be denied the same high ruion Our
honor as wei as our happiness ls concerned. We
not, we dare not, will not betray sacred trust
We VIII not nlch from postery the treasure aced in
our hands 10 De transmitted TO other generations The
DOW that gds the clouds in the heavens the pillars that
uphold the flrmament may disappear and fall away
Ia the hour appointed BY the will of God but until that
gay comes or so long as our lives may last ruthless
hand shall undermine that bright arch of Union and Lii
California.
Fellow-cltizens, must sometimes be tolerant 10
folly, and patient the sight of the extreme wayward-
OF men; but confess that when reflect on tae
renown OF our past history, on our present prosperity
and greatness and on what the future hath yet
fod; and when see that there are men who can find
IN all this nothing good, nothing valuable, nothing truly
glorious ee that all their reason has fled away from
them, and lett the entire control over their judgment
and their actions to insane folly and fanaticism; and
more than ALL fellow citizens the purposes of fanatics
and disunionss should be accomplished the patriotic
and intelligent OF generation would seek to hide
themselves from the of the world and 20 about
to hnd dshonorable graves.
Fellow citizens, take courage; be of good cheer
We shall come to no such lgnobe end. We shall
live, and not die. During the period allotted to
several lives shall continue to rejoice in the return
OF this Anniversary. The l-omened sounds OF tanat
clsm will be hushed the ghasy spectres of Secession
and Disunion will disappear, and the enemies OF unit
ed constitutional liberty, their hatred cannot be APP
peased, may prepare to sere their eyebals they be-
hold the steady flight OF the American Eagle on his
ouTnlsneo wings toryears and years to come.
fresuent FILLMORE, it is your singularly good for
tune 10 perform an ac such that which the earliest OF
your predecessors performed ffyeght years ago. You
stand where he stood; you lay your hand on the
stone OF building designed greatly to extend that
WHOSE corner stone he laid. Changed changed every
thing round. The same sun, indeed, shone upon his
head which VII, now shines upon yours The same broad
river rolled at his ee and bathcs his last resting place.
that now rolls at yours But the site of this city was
then mainly an open field s Gets and avenues have
since been laid out and completed, squares and public
grounds enclosed and ornanened until the city which
bears MS name, although compare ively inconsiderabe
in numbers and wealth. has become quite fl be the
seat oil government OF great and united people.
olr, may the consequences OF the duty which you per-
form so auspciousy to-day equal those which flowed
from MS act Nor this only; may the principles OF your
administration and the wisdom of your political con-
duct be such as that the world of the present day. and
all history hereafter, may be loss perceive what
example you have made your study.
Feliow-cltzens, now bring this address to close,
by expressing to you the words of the great Roman
orator, the deepest wish OF my heart, aud which |
know deeply penetrates the hearts oal who hear
duo modo haze OPTIC; unum, ut moriens populum
Romanum liber,tm re .inquam; hoe mhi maius dis
immortalbus dar nihi potest alterum, ut ta cuique
eveniat, ut de republica, quisque mereatur.'
And now, elow-cltzens, with hearts void of hatred,
envy and malice towards counrymen or any
of them, towards the subjects or citizens OF other
Governments, or towards any member OF the great
family OF man, but exulling, nevertheless, in
ton OF the past and the glorious hopes of the future let
return to homes, and with all humility and devo-
ton offer thanks the Father OF all our ercies
POLITICAL social, and religious.