Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-09-20
SPEECH OF HON. DANIEL WEBSTER.

close Of which he spoke as follows:
May please your ExceIsncy this occasion l. not nina
lie honors and it, duties due to or from ma tn.
State. the great State the old State the old patriotic Bunker
Hill and Fsneu Hall State of Massachusetts, has invited ~,
President of the United States within her boder To you
honod person and your honoed Office may il please YOU
Excelency, this visit s paid Sir, good deal touched
with the kind, the too kind reception which you have
| given
As have said sir the occasion belongs to the President
and to those of his Cabinet who strangers Thank God,
am stranger here. [Applause am Of Massachusetts,,
hear, hear bone of her bone, and flesh Of her flesh,
cheersl and would rather rejoice in taking part with
you. may please yosr Exceency, the Governor Of the
State, and my citizens who surround you in paying
honor to the United Sates chee than in acting any part
or in demanding any part towards myself.
And, may please your Excelency, wish, in the first
place, say that from the bottom Of my heart wish entire
your administration of the great affairs of this
State. la whosever hands those affairs fall they fairly
and mparially administered those hands shall have my
hand in their support and maintenance. [Ssnsaonl
In the next place, wish say that devoutly wish that
the great interests Of the Commonwealth may prosper Our
interests various. They complex. We have mil
lion Of people living very small surface, a sterile
soil, and beneath nclement sky and yet full Of
happiness, and all are, we say in the country weto
do in the world. and enjoying neighbors fare" [Cheers
Now, that must be owing to wise legislation. It must be
owing 10 great economy and prudence among the people,
must be owing system Of education. It be owing
to something that not in the earth, in the sky but in
the soul and heart Of man, and woman. and child. IRE
nswed cheers. And these hope will prosper.
hope, too. that every concern Of this great Common
wealth under your administration and those Of your success
may prosper and above ALL abope a sentiment can
never epres and hardly postpone my ardent prayer is that
this whole country, bound together is by ties Of interest
Of affinity Of association may continue be bound together
for ever, until that thing shall happen which know will
never happen, under Gods bIessngunt the Constitution
Of the country shall prove to it. prolonged sp
plause. Never Ncper! NgvER!
Why, what is it that supports all these interests What
is It Here Is of Who protects Here
Is interest in manufactures. Who protects it! Here
is coasting trade running from Newburypo round Cali
fornia Who protects it What laws What government
In short, wherever eyes that this State
not only agricultural State, but commercial State
manufacturing State, State mixed up with all the interests
that belong to society and beyond all these visible and de-
monstrabe interests and many Yankee notions BESIDES
live under the laws Of the General Government and
should perish if those LAWS abrogaed. Applause]
Sir you have alluded the period in which have passed
part of my life in the administration of the affairs Of the
country. The years Of human life away, shall
perform such services for such other length Of time But
with every increasing year, and day, and hour the
contemplate the history Of this country the great destiny of
this countryside it and contemplate il, stretch
ing from sea- and from the rivers the ends of the
earth the exhibit the American genius home
and abroad the what exhibitions Of skill have
asonhed Europe in this day, and in this SUMNER
[sensation the more am surprised and gratifed Why sir
IL
Europe within fortnight has stated that Sin every thing
valuable in every thing that is for human Improvement,
hbited the Worlds Fair the United States goes far
ahead of every body else leave nobody else n sight
like the position Of Jove among the gods Jove is first
and there second And in another paper influential
in the councils Of Great Britain, the editor says the time is
coming Che might almost have said and is) when Ame
yica shall command the ocean, and both oceans, and all
oceans. This results partly from the skill of individuals
partly from the untrng ingenuity Of the people, and partly
from those great events which have given the Of
world side and the Of the other world the
other They appear have filled the minds Of the people
with establishment And brought to my mind story told
Of gentleman not living II related to Mr.. John
Lowell about thirty years ago. Returning to Europe after
the peace Of 1875 the gentleman to whom have referred
spoken by of the great pesonsges of Eu
rope who abiding to the naval power of the United States
sd that ne hoped the European TOWers WOuu now DC pei
mted the quietly; and the response was
eyes, with leave !" (Applause.
May please your Erceency, hope that all health hap
pnes and prosperity will attend you henceorward through
life. Enthusiastic cheers
Hon. G. T. RUSSELL then presented to the CO.
vernon Mr.. STUART, the Secretary of the Interior.
He was warmly received and made the following
remarks:
SPEECH OF THE HON. A. H. H. STUART OF VIRGINIA,
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.
Mar 1T PLEASE TouR ExcKLLEscr, the very compli-
menary in which you have been pleased to aude to
my friend on my left and myself to demand word
Of response and thanks. tender to you, sir, my
dial acknowledgements for the welcome you have given
This sir the first time that my foot has rested upon
the soil Of New England Hear, hear But trust, sir,
will not be the last. [Applause
have seem sir many things to ADMIRE and which have
afforded me instruction have the network of rail-
roads which you have alluded, which penetrating
70 the parts Of country have to-day,
sir aversed your territory, the hardy yeomanry Of this
country And here, sir, permit to say that, in all my
travels throughout this broad Conederacy have yet
the evidences Of intelligence Of prosperity of in
dusy and Of every thing that renders the condition Of man
delightful in this life. [Appause.]
have SEEM sir bands Of children who have seemed to me
line the way for miles, and who had from your glo
rous schools tender their welcome the Pres
dent Of the United States GCheers felt air that was