The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-06-14

che vito honcfs hin more thar and especially
Dc honor hln for whatever par. he bore In an
enterprise. having any tendency, however remote,
to free his country from tlraldom TO foreign
power. .What portion have you in David!
What Inheritance in the son of Jesse !" that has
not been bartered away for Texas script. ! ac-
eept your invitation it is meant; as an invita-
ton to be with you in heart; and as indicative
OF the belief that, in heart, will be with you.
You are not mistaken, gentlemen. will be
with you on that day in spirit; for on that day
shall not forget that the next day, (May bth,)
will be the anniversary Of the day on which
Virginia standing alone in her own strength,
took her own independent place among the ma
tions of the earth, as a free sovereign and indie
pendent State. On that day, gentlemen, shall
think Of you, and wherever may be, will fill
a glass in honor of General Quiman, to the
most invaluable of all human rghts--the last
that brave man will surrender, and without
which all other rights are worthless, and no
more than shadows--"The right 10 fight"
should be glad to believe, gentlemen, at the
moment, that you were in the act Of p'edging
me. But the time though near at hand, is not
come, when men feel the full value of the right
The present is but the season of portents
When the best men of England put on mourn
ing for Lord Russell, and the populace followed
the hurdle that bore him to the scaffold, as II II
had been a conquerors car, what did It forbode!
When James the III. heard shout on Houston
Heath, and, having asked its meaning was told
it was nothing but rejoicngs at the acqaittal
of the seven bishops" 3Call you that TO-
thingw said he. But" added tie sullen ty-
rant, :. 80 much the worse for them" Aye was
it 90 So much the worse indeed for cravens
and dastards, who put forth great swelling words
of vanity, and straightway retract them. But
not for them, for they we're brave and true, and
valued freedom at its full worth, and fell for
highlands honor as Engishmen should. Alas,
for Virginia! It is indeed so much the worse
for her-Shall it be 40 much the worse for Mis-
sssippi too? Yes, if she suffers South Carolina
to be trampled down in the breach to which
Mississippi herself summoned her.
| Gentlemen, it is in bad taste to mingle the
memory of the dead with the festivities Of the
| living. But when men meet together TO COM
pare the evils of the present with the glories OF
| the past and the hopes of the future, no time
can be more appropriate for recalling names H.
lustrious for doing and suffering in the cause Of
right and liberty. beg you, therefore, to ac-
cept the following tribute to departed greatness,
which beg may be drank standing and in ST.
lence, and with all the tokens of respect we
are in the habit of awarding the mighty dead;
@The memory of the ancient and illustrious
commonwealth Of Virginia"
| Yes, she was illustrious. Fnit Hum, Fui-
mas Trois" What is she now, and what are
we! Hosts habet muros, Ruit allie a culmine
Irga."
Gentlemen, | thank you for having afforded
me an opportunity to utter some of the thoughts
which burn in my heart, to those whose hearts,
| (not their cheeks,) will burn at hearing them. ]
rejoice that the sons of Virginia have found a
home In distant land, where they may show
that though she is dead, her spirit still lives in
| them
With high respect and entire sympathy, am,
| gentlemen, yours, &C., b. TUCKER.
To Messrs c. s. Ia pley, Geo. Sasann, ID.
~ Barrotos, E. Barksdale, c. =. Green
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