Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-10-16

ing any Of those subjects which more ap-
propratcly belong TO another sphere.
The cloqieu, gentleman who WELDON
cd me at the cars this morning. was kind
enough TO say, lha, in this vas. assembly, |
there was no political party-ibcre was
general attachment TO the Union. | be-
Iievc i'll do not believe that the soil OF
New Hampshire can produce any ofihe
opposite poison our plant. 1t is as free
from all the noxious weeds of that de-
sciipiion, as any part Of the country. / am
glad oft. for the barrenness on the naked
tops of the Goiiisiown Hills or the White
Mountains. is far to be preferred to the
richest soils which produce nothing Blu;
plants of mischievous, poisonous growth.
Gen,Icmen-I delight to dwell upon the
consideration that am New Hampshire
ma1uend now among New Hampshire
men,. delight to feel that stand on my
native SOIL in the ncighborhood Of those
whom ! have regarded from my infancy.
! am able to rccollect that the tomb Of the
great hero of Bennington is near, as am
proud 10 remember that many ofmy friends
and especially my own father, was with
him on that occasion, and know that on
these hills in early life have seen his com
radcs, have often seen him, and now,
gentlemen, If we turn back 10 our New
Hampshire pcople-if we remember the
men who shed their blood, and employed
their counscls for the liberty Of this coun-
try-if we think of Bartlett and Whipple
and Thornton,--of the Gilmans, the Lang
,lons, and all those prtriots of two or three
generations. and who founded our New
Hampshire Government-who connected
us with the great Government of the I'm
ion-who fought with all their hearts, and
recommended with all their powers as far
as was proper, 10 lead the people 10 its a
doption, and if we could to-day see them
all here-Josiah Bartlett, William Whip
pie, John, Gilman, and the rest, and ask
them how we should deport ourselves in
the present crisis of our eountry-what
wouljthcy say, if any should say wa
were FOR broaking OF f.som this Union
were for cutting loose ties that arr binl ling
us together. Would they not say we We're
stark mad-depariing from every thing
they had taught us.
Genilemcn--lct nc assyrc you that in
my conviction the the thunlerbolt that
rives the hardy oak and splints it from its
stock TO the ground in ten thousand pieces,
and scat,crs those pieces over the earth, it
may be more sudden mode Of destruction
but it is not a surer mode Of destruction
than the spirit Of disiinion will show, fifth
let forth to angry zeal upon this united
government under which we live. lis
fragments will cover the Garth, and we
shall feel the smoke Of its sulphur as long
as we live.
Now, gentlemen, let us stand where our
fathers stood. Letus say we are Ameri-
cans, and all that we 80 for is the general
liberty-thc general frceJom--the gener-
al security Of the whole American Rcpub-
| lie. That we know where we are, who
we are, and that we know who is looking
at us from ever part of the carth-anxious
to see whether we shall faltcr and fall,
and come 10 nothing-and anxious TO see
whether we will go on and adhere to our
fathers principles and our own principles,
and build up to the end of time the most
glorious government the world ever saw.
My choice is made, and | know that is
your choice, You DO not mean that any
stigma of departing from the good princi
Piles of your fathers shall rest on you
not one.
Gentlemen, again say that it would be
pleasing for me to pass days with you
but as this day is rather passing away, l
must take my leave of you.
Garry my afectonate regards-cvery
one of you-to your own famllies-your
own frcsides, and say tina, to-day you have
seen one son of New Hampshire, whom
circumstance has led away from his native
State for years; come back full of New
Hampshire sentiments-full of the scnt-
men,s of his fathcrs-and your fathers
and that &c has left them in your charge,
and prayed you to give them in charge to
your chidrhn forever and ever.
Mr.. Webster then retired amidst the
enthusiastic cheering.
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