Washington telegraph., 1851-10-22

clated with you, live to enjoy this rich
blessing. You have taught your sister
States. although you may not possess tie
power OF inviting commerce by cana,s,
vet that there is another mode by which
you can stretch forth your Briaran arms,
and reach the furthess cities of the Uni
ted States, and bring thence their
wealth and products.
"Sir, it does not become me to express
the emotions of those who accompany
me- They are far better able to express
it for themselves Permit me, however,
to saw, that | receive this testimony from
the city of Boston, and from the State Of
Massachusetts, not as personal respect
to myself, but as an evidence of devotion
to our Union, and to our glorious Con-
sttution, and their determination to
maintain them" Loud and prolonged
cheers.
AS soon as the President had concluded
his remarks. MIR. Webster was presented
to the Governor by Benjamin Stevens,
Esq, Sergeant-at-Arms. lie was greet
ed with great cheering by the audience,
and spoke as follows:
May ii please yow E1cellency.
This occasion is not mine. Its hOnors
and its duties are not due 10 on from me.
The State, the great State, the old State,
the old, patriotic Bunker Hill and Fam
euil Hall State of Massachusetts, has in
vted ,he President of the United States
within her borders. To your honored
person. and to your honored office. may
II please your eXcellency. this visi: is
paid. Sir. | am good deal touched
with the kind, the too kind reception,
which you have given is.
las have said. sir, the occasion be
longs 10 the President, aud to those of
his Cabinet who are strangers. Thank
God, | am no stranger here applause
| am of Massachusetts, hear, hear.I bone
of her bone, and flesh of her flesh,
[cheers; aud | would rather rejoice in
taking part with you, may 1t please
your eXceliency. as the Governor OF the
State, and my fellow-citizens who sur
round you. i'll paying honor to the United
States, [cheers, than in acting i'll any
part, or IN demanding any part towards
myself.
Aud. may it please your excellency, /
wish. IN the first place, TO say that from
the bottom of my heart | wish entire
success to your administration of the
great affairs of this State. In wl4O-oever
hands those affairs fall. if they are fairly
aud impaTtially administered, those hands
shall have my hand III their support and
maintenance. Sensation.
"In the next place, l wish to say that
l devoutIy wish that the great interests
of the Commonwealth may prosper
Our interests are various. They are
complex. We have million of people
living on very small surface, on a ster-
lie SOIL and beneath al inclement sky;
and yet we are fall of happiness and all
are, AS We say i'll the county, "well-to-do
in the world. aud enjoy ueiyhbor's fare. !"
[Cheers Now, that must be owing to
wise legislation. 1t must be owing to
great economy and prudence among the
people. Ii must be owing to system of
education. 1t must be owing to some
thing that is not in earth, nor i'll the sky.
bur in the soul and heart of man, and
womsn. and child Renewed cheers.
Aud these | hope viii prosper
IL hope, too, that every concern Of
this great Commonwealth, under your
administration and those of your success
sors, may prosper. and, above all. aboOe
all, sentiment [ can nevsr repress, and
hardly postpone, my ardent prayer is,
that this whole country, bound together
as it is by ties of interest, Of affinity, Of
association, may continue TO be bound to-
gether forever, until that thing shall hap
pen which | know shall never happen,
under Gods blessing, until the Cohstisu-
ton of the country shall prove curse to
it. Prolonged applause. Never! Never!
NEVER!
"Why, what is it that supports all
these interests! What is it! Here is a
mass Of commerce. Who protects it?
Here is a vast interest in manufactures.
What protects it! Here is a coasting
trade running from Newburyport round
to California. Who protects it? What
laws! What government! In short.
wherever we turn our eyes, we see that
this State is not only an agricultural
State, but a commercial State. manuiac-
turing State, State mixed up with all
the Interests that belong 10 society; and
beyond all these visible and demonstra-
BILE Interests, and vast many Yankee
notions besides, we live under the laws
of the General Government, and should
perish if those laws were abrogated.-
Applause.
.Sir, you have alluded to the period
in which have passed some part of my
life in the administration of the affairs
of The country. The years of human
life wear away, sir. [ shall perform
such services for no such oIher leuyth OF
time. But, with every increasing year,
and day, and hour. the mere contemp-
late the history of this country. the great
destiny of this country, the more see II