The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-04-28


aud tflrAsrlua* n.is.n,. who din6itss. With
the permission Or @ ,een vrt.ria "nd AT Your
'ni.-rcrs>i"n j. psc,c..t at Festival This
Ing. speak IN 0n"r, III, III no ~ira' ger H. tho
. brit'xh laMly The IilnstrIons gur>t 10 whom
J a'i"ir was, often, may by rci.nt
e'r""e'"~ t"u'si leading as Ia the charge ia our
earliest battles. and alt. ~ to lungrrviSble
~ ~ on tn, =. "cca~iot~, r,"iaLi, b.. Au~e our
evr~ ARE SOMEWHAT d,n,n d b, lie iIy III lie
times We we 'iv in yet ,lr II j. Vel known 10
ev ~ school boy thai hc w.s Ivy The s.d~ Of
!, Wolfe when hat galtan' general slorned us
heights of Abraham. fl,.t he stood shoutu.r
~ Shoulder with Ntlroi,, when it.al brave CON.
mtn3rr cover wi h stars and s4.afs tr.,d III ,hs
list time 'hr dee Ut ne Victory x,d locked
down with Well n,foIs ffom the l,rigtis ot W.-
ter'"", when the ioIteritg Empire :, Napoleon
made it, ut nd fata cl,a'gr (Grsat NJ plan !.
! Ay, and throughout the hole Vi that vo,. Hict
''y ~h'ch, t"r >" many se.rs, Europe was xA..
vnl-ei. when the band vi f.ucI.n NV der tore
down the n.tional colHrs from every sus,x,.t
establishment, II Was he. VII" on lt.r tupaao~t
height Of the old and venerable fabric ~ ai.s
British constitution, kept fast and a ing, yUider
red cr ~ OF England -(pointing u the q g(-
mn emblem Of hope To tie oIpre-srd, ana d trkpn
Of defiance the prpres-or! Cloud aud long
applalisr) You know already whVm | mean
badge, AR. President, is on Year breast. his
image il in all your hearts,! Hursah for st,
George of merry England! [DeAf,my shoust
Of applause
| And now gentlemen, since you have been 30
kind in your reception Of the nnme ! lust Ut.
tered, will you a low me to propose the health
of near and dear relative Of our patron Saint.
| mean st. Jonatllanl l have seen this .ume
gentleman in many guiSes. l have Just come
from visiting him % Virginia planter, / have
shaken.h hands with him as u Western farmer. I
have been Toasted by him in tn very hall as a
New England pilgrim, daughter have dined
with him socially AZ a New YORK merchant, and
known him well as an American statesrn m. both
in aud out Of Office, applause. aud will tell YOU
that mt believe that there is moro generous
or honest hearted saint in the whole eaieudar.
| [Applause.] One who is more whiting to give
his best bottle of wine to friend, or to drink
his friends best bottle Of wine ii he gives il
him, laughter, who i. more skilled to turn
penny or more splendid to spend guinea-
[Applause.] But St Jon than though not solely
is especially vessel on the ocean, about which
he Is somewhat anxious, though it il in reality
in no sort Of danger. | think / see flying from
its topmast the Union Jack, loud app,ause,l
think hear acry of"long pull, a ttrong pull, a
pull altoselher' from the lips OF the ere y, Hong
and loud applause. That yes, el is calIu1 the
United State renewed applause and II carries
code of Blackstone and the creed or Christ ~
Great applause Let US drink gentlemen to
its long and prosperous voyage, ana let no wind
from t North or from the South impede lis
progress or peril its precious cargo Loud APP
pause
There is French proverb, gentlemen, /. Fan.
petl rient en- maRgeani, which translated inlo
English means one shoulder. y [iaugher] mat.
ton dries dozen another I" there is a peculiar
value also, AS all philosophers agree, in The
:" rule Of hiree," and as have already proposed
to you ST George and st. Jonathan, viii YOU
let me now propose to you the health vi an
other saint, the patron saint OF The place we are
met in. mean ~. Nicherbncke, Applause
and laughter] and don't lot lne uak. uLy mis-.
take! "a
say This because there were formerly rer.
sons who did coniound the Flying Dutcnman
with the Deuik [Ladshter.] Nov, there is no
sort II affinity between Oh N,cterb.cker uld
Cd Mex laughter and il you ~ish 10 have
the difieretice Il ong,y marked, You have only
20 remember = a. ~ietc.,s the one, according 10
G besi inf,'rna ion we have been able ~ re-
crive, always keeps his visitors purched aud
thirsty, laughter the other you viii have
erceived this evening gives them plenty Ot ex-
crllent wine, and has taNen the greatest posi- le
pains to procure for them nn abundant supply Of
capitol wafer. Great applause aud laughter
have thus linked together, gent, msl., 81.
George" I" 81. Jonathan" apd "ol. X cser-
hacker" because this < ,od city of New York
may, believe, be sad to have been b.ilt by
these three greahj FIRE m,sons au.ht~,] cay
which well deserves the tile oI The = f1mpns
City in the New World, as our own city Of
London, will presume TO say merits the sauio
imperial denomination in the Cd World!
You SEE, gentlemen, that ] have thus con-
tived To lead y"n from the stated, banks vi The
Potomac, and the nagnifceut scenery OF the
Hudson, 10 our smIl but not altogether iguo-
bic Thames tApplause] Are you surprised
at this No
Breaches here with soul so dead,
Who 10 himself has never saIt-
inns is nv own, my native lahd
whose heart he's not within HIM burned,
As home bis inolsrers he hrs tur ed,
From wandering on a foreign strand - (Appa.l
II such there BEL am sure he is not IN tbs
company! l. nghcr
Fer u 'hI, love OF country is so univ, rsal
throughout the human ract, chat it thrills the
lndl N hunter amidst the irackle~s aud dos ate
foresls, and is felt even hy The slave. wIlo las
often been known, when proffer, d fl CHI and
freedom, to cling to the rcollectons round his
masters door, how much more nnst ii be felt
10y every British breast! [Great applause | ut,
gentlemen, if feel peculiar pride in Il lind
of our common birth, it is not merely on ac-
count of
---" The natural bravery Of that isle
Which sands, like Neptune's hook ribbed and
pa'ed in
BY rocks unscaleable, and roaring waters.''
Nor is it merely because that small spcck in
the measureless sea has extended out Tie yipor.
ous arms Of it's ocean empire
----------'' As far as the breeze can bear.
or pillows ioam. lAppIause.]
No. it is because | see in that brave little
island the sanctuary OF liberty and law--it is
because marked that throughout that mighty