The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1851-08-06


rominsi iei he earliest liEhl a llle nom
ing gid il. and parting day lingeI and PlaJ
On rs summit
Fellou-eIlizrns. Hhsi contemplation
are awakened IN nur maids a. sc Assem-
bic here 10 &c fnaei srene Ike that PER
formed BIZ Washington Melhinks see
hrs venerable Form now before me. "a pre-.
scented 10 the glorious Statue by Hoodon
nov in lhe capitol of Virginia. He is dig
nifed and grave; BAT roBcfm and anxiety
serm ~ soften lhr lineamenls Of his coun-
fcRznce. The Government orcr which
he presidrs is YET in the crisis Of erp<ri-
meni. Not free from troubles Al home,
he sees the world In enmmoiion and ia
arms sll around him. He SECS that i'm
passing foreign Powers are half disposed
In Try Inc strength oflhe recently establish.
ed American Government. We perceive
that mighty thoughts. mingled with fears
as well as with hopes. are struggling with.
in him. lie heads short procession over
these then naked fields; he crosses yendrr
stream on fallen Tree; he sscenils io the
top Of this eminenre. hose original oaks
az The lnresi stand as Ihirk around him as
if the spot had been slevoled 10 Dmidiral
worship, and here he performs The ap-
pointed duty of The day.
And now, lellow -eilizens. IL this vision
were a reality; if Washington actually
were now amongst us. and IL he could
draw around him The shades Of the great
public men Of his own days. patriots and
warriors. orators and statesmen. and were
10 address us in their presence. would he
not say 10 us. :. We men of This genera
lion. rejoirc and thank God Cor being
able Ia see that our. labors and tolls and
sacrifices were not in vain. You are pros.
porous. you are happy. You are grateful;
the fire Of liberty burns brightly and siea-
Oily in your hearts, while duty and The
ta,c restrain il from bursting forth in " i'd
and destructive ronaagrsiion. Cherish
liberty. as you love 10; cherish lis seruri-
lies. as you wish TO preserve il. Maintain
the Constitution which we labored so pain
fully To establish, and which has been 10
you snch source Of incslimable blessings.
Preserve the union Of the States, cemen.
ted as il was BY our prayers. our tears.
and our blood. BE true 10 God, 20 your
country. and TO your dniy. So shall the
whole Eastern Worki follow the morning
sun 10 contemplate you as a nation; so
shall all succeeding generations honor
you. as they honor us; and so shall that
Almighty Power which SD graciously pro-
iecied us. and which now proiecis You,
shower its ever. LASTING blessings upon You
and your posieriiy."
Great father Of your country we heed
your words; we feel their force as Il you
now uttered them with lips of flesh and
blood. Your example teaches ms; your
aiIeclionaie addresses teach us; your pub
lie life teaches us your sense of The value
Of The blessings Of the Union. Those
blessings our fathers have tasted. and we
have tasted, and still taste. MOI do we in.
ien,lihat Ihose who come after us shall be
denied The same high fruiiion. Our honor
as well ms our happiness is concerned.
We cannot. we dare NOT, we will NOT be-
tray Our sacred trust. We will moi iiIeh
from po.ierily the treasure placed in our
hands 10 be transmitted 10 other genera
iions. III. bow thai gilds the clouds in
the heavens. the pillars thai upl,old tie
armament. may disappear and fall away
in the honr appointed by the will ol God;
hui until ,la, day comes. or So long as onr
lives may last. no ruthless hand shall nm
delmiDe that bright arch al Union and
Liberty whirh spans- The continent from
Washington 10 California.
Fellow-ciiizens VIC must sometimes I've
ioleran, to fully, and patient al the sigh,
oi The extreme waywardness of men; hut
confess that when l reflect ON the re-
nown 81 our pas, history, on our present
prosperity and greatness. and on what
the future hath We, To unfold; and when
| see that there are men who can find in
all this nolhing good, nothing valuable.
nothing truly glorious. feel that all their
reason has fled away from them. and left
the entire control over their judgment aud
Their actions 10 insane fully and fanalicism:
and, more Than AL, fellow citizens, if the
purposes Of fanatics and ,lisunionisis
should be accomplished. the patriotic and
InicliIgen, Of nnr generation would seek
10 hide themselves from the scorn Of The
world, aud go about 10 find dishonorabIe
graves.
Fellow citizens. take courage; be of
good cheer. We shall come ID no such
lgnoble end. We shall live. and moi die.
Duiing the period allotted to our several
lives we shall continue TO rei6ice in the
return of This Anniversary. The iIl-omen.
Ell sounds Of fanalicis.n will be hushe,l;
The ghasily speclres OF Secession and |
D'su,,on will disappear. aud the enemies
d united constitutional liberty. il their !
hatred cannot be appease,l. may prepare
% sere their eyeballs as they behold the
steady flight Of The American Eagle, on
BIS FURNISHED wings, for years and years
20 come.
President Fillmore. il is Your singularlv
good fortune 10 perform an act such as that
Which the earliest of your preelerpssors