The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-07-31

who is.this day amongst you, when asked
again and again what IS most essential at this
moment to the welfare Of he country, has
said, with that earnestness which his prede-
cessor, described, again and again "union"
GGreat applause. Gentlemen, am the
citizen of an extensive empire, the subject
OF sovereign whose dominions stretch out
far and wide over the surface of the globe,
and can we'll comprehend and sympathise
with the statesman who, proud of the au-
thority and majesty of this vast Republic,
shrinks with horror from the thought Of its
being split up into petty commemorative,
comparatively insignificant in power and
small in extent.
! DO not however, agree with some prscee-
ding speakers, that it is altogether unnatural
lor uncoinnton TO find in great States men
who speak with Indifference Of the possible
ty ofthose great States becoming small ones.
[Sensation.
There are such men in my own country.
t and am not astonished at it. IF YOU want
to know the value of health. YOU must not
lexpect to ascertain it from inquiry of the
strong and robust. 1t is the invalid who
: will tell it to you-and thus it is with ma
: tons. If you wish to learn the value of ma
r tional power and national greatness, You
a must ask the question of the Pole. the We
nitian, the Genoese-of the people who. ow-
, ing to their weakness, have lost a national
existence; or you must direct your inquiry
b to the people of those small States in Europe
: or America which still exist, but, while they
enjoy the name Of independence, are alter
nately under the dictatorship Of domestic
c factions or foreign force. Applause Hon
, or, then, to the man who collects from the
J. aggregate wisdom of a great community a
e sufficient moral power to assuage local pas
sions and keep within appropriate limits par
ty discOntents. Applause
'e But, gentlemen, if it be great and noble
d task thus to unite and keep united the yari-
J. Gus elements which constitute the character
and greatness of one nation, it is surely a
:, task as noble and as great to unite together
ID and keep united two mighty nations, who
ee by their joint authority as the representa-
w tives Of that admirable combination Of liber-
ID ty and order which is every where the sign
and symbol of the Anglo Saxon race, may
~ y, exercise beneficial and universal influence
al over the happiness and destinies of mankind
ne Loud and long Applause.
X Gentlemen, with this idea now present 10
n my thoughts, 7, as an Englishman, say to
you as Americans, s'union, union, union. y
nc Applause Aye, let there not only be
he peace between US, let there be union also
to Continued applause The word resound;
De- through these halls appropriately, let it reach
bo the ears of Mr.. Richards! Is he not, gen
tlemen, himself the type of union2 Fol
OK has he not united all the charms of seener
and Of wine, of health and amusement, i
wi. this lovely spot? Applause. And as
ess look around me and see the animated look
- and admiring eyes to my left, and the gentl
glances and graceful smiles of the fairer Dol
sht ton of my audience to my right, can I b
18th wrong in conjecturing that there's favora
hat bic disposition on all sides of me towards
ont united state? Much laughter and applause.
~ For my own part, gentlemen, whether q
regards the union between the diferer
net States of this Federal Republic, or Ehethe
be as regards the union between US Englishme
las and you Americans, or whether as regard
the union between woodland and waterfall
and good cheer and good company, OF whetl
on- er asregards the best and closest Of al DO!
clal sible unions, viz, that between warn hear
so, and willing hands, Imuch laughter and al
ide plause, declare myself professedly and en-
phatically union man, renewed laughtt
-' and applause and as such have enioye
your festivity, partaken of your sentiment
and now beg to leave amongst you my kint
est thanks and most hearty good wishes.
The honorable gentleman sat down amidi
ech loud and prolonged cheering, to which 70
IA lowed three cheers for Bulwer.