Hannibal journal and western union. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1851-1852, 1851-10-02

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hat they looked upon, not The Chief Magistrate
| Of Massachusetts,, but upon The Chief Magis-
trate Of this broad Confedefacy, extending al
most over this broad continent; wounl teach them
| 10 raise their eyes above the horizon of Massa-
chusetts; so as TO take in the interest, and the
honor, and the glory of this great Repnblic.
| (Cheers). Sir,my friend said 10 us here to-
day, that this was not day devoted TO him, that
it was devoted TO strangers. Sir, if he intended
to allude to me as a stranger, | deny the appi-
cation of the term. (Applause). Sir, it is true
l Fever before stood upon the soil of Massachu-
sets; but, sir, can Massachusetts be stranger
to Virginia? Enthusiastic applause) No,
sir, teel0that as Virginian, as san of that
old glorious Commonwealth which stood side by
side with Massachusetts in the darkest hour Of
| the Revolution, | am no stranger within her
borders. loud eheers). When Saw these
evidences OF prosperity, and Of your advance
ment in everything that promotes national hap
piness, felt not one sentiment of envy. No,
srpl felt, that while all these things belong to
Massachusetts,, they belonged, also, to the I'm
Ien-they belonged, also,eto me. (Sensation)
Sir, shall go back TO Virginia, as said before
instructed. ] shall be able to teach my venera-
ted old mother some lew lessons vf tle EzaIa-n-
mode Of growing into prosperity. / trust, sir,
that the few hours | have spent here have not
been uselessly spent. But | must acknowledge
that did feel something like humiliation when
l contrasted the condition of my own common
wealth with that of Massachusetts. Sir, she
| has climate superior to yours. She has ga
population, aye, many of their traits your equals,
(applause), but she has not understood the true
lessons Of practical economy. You have taught
her lesson. will be the bearer Of it to her,
when return TO my home. (Cheers). But
while ] acknowledge our inferiorty TO, your,
whole State in many things, there are others in
which feel she is your equal If you have
your Bunker Hill, we have our Yorktown?
/ cloud applause). II you have your Aaams,
we have our Jefferson and our Madison Gin
creased appause) If you have your Daniel
Webster, (relterqted appluese.) we have had
our Patrick Henry, (stirring oapplause) and
higher than all, wBh have our and your wash
lngton! (lrrepressible enthusiasm.) Sir, there
is one more thing in which | will not yield the
palm even to Massachusetts. Sir, in loyalty,
I'm true devotion to the Constitution and the I'm
ion, you may rely on it, that Virginia has no
/ superiOrs. (Hear, hear.l She will stand by
them tJ' the last hour Of her existence She
will neither ,repudiate the guarantees of the
Constitution, nor will she do aught to weaken
. the bonds of our glorious confederacy. Pardon
me, sir, for having detained you SO long, and ac-
cept the cincere expression Of my thanks
MR.. ooNRAD's SPEECH.
Mr.. Conrad, Secretary of War, spoke as fol-
/ lows: o
! Mr.. Governor, although he remarks, of my
friends and fellow-aborers who have lust adj
Dressed you, might seem to render it Superhu-
Gus. cannot, nevertheless resist the temptation
to offer also the feeble expression OF my ae-
acknowledgements for the cordial greeting which
have received from you, and from the citizens
OF the State of which you are the organ, fromthe
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sure your Excellency that have not the vanity
\ to impute this warm, and might almost say,
THIS enthusiastic, greeting at your hands, to any
personal merits Of my own, associated as am
fln the Cabinet with men far ADLER and far older
than myself, having at its head your illustrious
fellow-citizen, Cunning towards Daniel Web
/ ster ia man who combines the ologic of Aris-
totle with the eloquence of Tully-I feel that
while am ready to take my full share of all tn G
i responsibility that may attach 0to the static n
which have the honor to occupy, | can cai m
but very small portion ofany merit that belong
to it. IS
But, sir, view the manifestations as simply
demonstrations for the office (which | have til {
kpnor to hold. Viewed in that light-viewed
as an indication of the attachment of the people
OF this great commonwealth to the Union andto
the country, | assUrcoyou most sincerely that
they were far, very far more gratifying 10 me-,
than viewed manifestations of any regard to
myself. However gratifying that may have
been, Mr.. Governor, my friend who has thus
addressed you, dsclaimed for himself the title
of stranger. think may with equal right
dselam that title. (Applausss) l have not,
1t is true, the honor of coming from st ate
which, like Virginia, has been partner in the
perlls and dangers of our revolution; but, sir,
come from State that numbers among her best
and most yirtous, and enlightened citizens, many
who came from both OF these States. / think,
Y sir; that citizen Of New Orleans NAV well
claim some acquaintance with the citizens of
Boston, connected as they were, not only BY
the ties OF common kindred, but by the soci al
q intercourse and commercial relations that bind
us daily more and more together. cannot feel
when | tread the soil of Boston, that am on the
soil Of a foreign land. Neither is this my visit
to your city, or to your State. | have hereto
fore, on one or two occasions, as a privave indi
vidual, enjoyed the Inequalities Of her cit zens
4 and assure you that every visit that make .
your State, to her beautiful capital, is a sourc
OF pure pleasure and satisfaction. At eyerye
new visit that | make TO both l percievs new
! evidences OF that industry, that enterprise, that
public spirit, and that philanthropy which
may be said to be her peculiar characteristics.
| see, ALSO new indications of continued and in
creasing prosperity. need Dotsay to the citi-
gems of Massachusetts,, and above all, Mr.. Gov
ernor. need not say to you, and to the enlight-
oned audience which | now have The honor TO
address, how much of this prosperity is due to,
the preservation Of the Union which the Com
monwealth of Massachusetts, has contributed so
powerfully TO establish, and which / am sure
fshe will alsoeat all times, be as ready powerfully
oassst, to preserve, and maintain. (Applause.)
All that can now do, MIR. Governor, is to
express, as do, the sincere wish that this pros
perity may continue as long as the Union con-
| tinues, and that both NAV be Derpetnol 4