Southern standard., 1851-08-23

.of Iowndes. with anxious hopes of great graft
80 ond delight And in the name of the
county, welcome you
Aha councils of the state. In the one sphere, you
have yanouished the minions of despotlsm and the
,,,,blc enemies of the Federal Union in the 9TH
ar YOU have striven to drive back the tide of
nortbern fanatcism, which threatens to deluge
your own favorite South.
And in the name of the South, welcome you.
II is useless to speak in commendatory terms OF
your military triumphs The attempt is to vivify
fbe sunbeam. The history of your country is
resplendent with your deeds-deeds not attracting
bv their bloody iniquity, but by their bold and
daring execution You lead the squadrons OF
American chivalry around the embattlemen's ol
Monterey; you rebuke the presumption OF '1;s Iol1
assailment at Vera Cruz; you storm 'h1
heights of Chepultepec and hear the glauuen1Hs 1H
cry, ''the victory's ours" you aoFan0e uPon ~ a
leno del Rev. you enter the city OF 'ne 90
there. when the battles fought anu 'ue
won xo, refuse to unfurl sectional Dahner' Dus
;oT,oSly, seze tbe FLAG of the Federal O"'om' and
JJ!t;t'; -! +riuuph upon the Halls OF the Monte
Frr naas ON that day, that flag bore upon Its am
20 folds thirty Stars, embematlc OF the equality
Pf H. states And in the name of that equality,
l welcome you
Then, YOU defended it against foreign enemy;
now, YOU wish to prevent its assallment, by do
nestle foes the abolitionists of the North.
You desire the Constitution IN It's original purl-
tv. And in the name of that Constitution, well
come you,
You cling to the rights springing from the rela-
ton of the states to the Federal Government
And in the name of those rights, welcome you
You speak of the love you bear to the Contede-
racv of our fathers. And in the name of that
Confederacy, | welcome you.
Some have been seduced, by the filthy adula
tious of power to surrender the peculiar interest
of their own section of country and grasp at the
benefits accrung from national reputation. You
have kept your loyalty, your love, your zeal for
the former and by it, have forfeited the latter
Some have pursued their own personal aggrandize-
ment: YOU have sought what, to your own mind,
Justice prescribed and duty sanctioned. Like a
Frabrcuis of Roman story, convinced of justice and
of duty you pursue their track, steadily and on
wardly, as the sun, in his ever fixed, unalterable
course.
WELCOME you! equal to any station your country
men may assign, but never above 1t.
l welcome you, whose name base dishonor has
never dared to blur.
welcome you, whose plume possesses such
magic power over the minds and affections of your
soldiery, that wherever it is waving in the
dreadful conflict of battle there is a concentration
Of all the energies of an encouraged and devoted
army.
l welcome you, whose social and mental quail
tiles do not dazzle for the moment and disappear
as Meteor, but shine steadily and brilliantly as
the sun in his meridian glory.
l welcome you, in the name of these, your
companions in arms, you led to victory and to glo
rY on the ensanguined plains of Mexico,
l welcome you in the name of the fair daughters
of the land who join in your praise and would
draw you by their smiles over rose paved way.
In the name of all these, welcome, thrice welcome,
the patriot, the statesman, the hero of Chapulte-
pee.