Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1851-07-11
ADDENDA,

"A.
The copy of Mr. Websters address, at the laying OF the
Cornerstone of the addition the Capitol at Washington
was published by US from the New York Herald; and was
the original address out and, before delivery
handed 10 the printer the Republic Office and deposited In
the Corner.sto II did not however contain two passa
ge which Mr. Webster ertemporzed, and which ne alter
wards revised for the press. We supply them The
first comes after interesting statistics of the advance
of the country, and is as follows:
And now fellow. citizens, having stated TO you this nfa
be proof Of growth and prosperity OF the nation ask
you und would ask every whether the government
which U.s. has proved itself an attctlon or
curse 10 The country, any part OF II!
Ye men of the South OF all the original Southern States
what say you all ths Are you, any OF you ashamed
Of This gca, work Of your athets our fathers were no
they who stoned prophets and killed them IheY were
among the prophets; they Of the prophets they were
| themselves the prophets u,., "
81 Inc Sed and Where he died. and where his remain,
now rest! le many Of whom may see the domes Of
| the Capitol from your own hUnes-what do YOU say7
Ye OF James and the Bay, places cunsecrated bv
the early settlement Of your Cummunw what do You
say1 Do DESIRE from the so of your State or as you
travel the Nortn these halls vacated their beauty
and destroyed and their national usefulness clean
gune fureveI}
Ye men beyond the Blue RIDGE many thousands of whom
this Capitol Than the seat Ut government OF
your State what you think Of breaking TINS gcu
ciuton fragments States Of peopel know
Of you ana believe you would be almost much shocked
the announcement Of such CATASTROPHE as you were TO
from its base. Aud ye vi Western Virginia, wh" "ccu
py the slope FROM the OF The Allegheny to th- oo
and Kentucky what dn propose ~ yourselves BY
dlsunon II you "secede what do You secedc from and
what you "accede to Do you look for OF
the Ohio to chang and to bring you and your to
suppose you will remain part and parcel Of Virginia
month after Virginia should have ceased TO be part and
parcel of the United Sules2
The Virginia the secession Of Virginia. whe
alone company, is improbable the greatest of
al, nprobabilies Virginia. to her everlasting honor
She hath had her reward and her distinction Seven OF
nobIvs have each filled the Presidency and enjoyed
highest hunors OF the country DOlurous complaints
come up South that Virginia will head the
of secessun aud lead the other Southern States
vi the Union. This would be something of marvel
certainly considering how much pains Virginia took 10 lead
States into the Union and considering oo that
has paaken largely uf its benefits and Its
mlent any other State.
And We len o the other Southern States members OF
the old thcen; yes mem ers Of the old hrteeni that al
ways touches my regard my sympahies North Caro-
linu Georgia. South Carolina What page your history,
in the history OF any one OF YOU is brighter than those
which recorded since the Union tomejl Or
through what effect has your prosperity been greater or
and happiness better securedl What names even
has South Carolina much dissatisfied what
has she of which her intelligent proud than
those which have been connected with the Government Of
South Carolina! In revolutionary times and in the earliest
days of this constitutions there State more honored
deserving 10 be hunOred. Where is She now} And
what tall is there my countrymen!n But leave her
her Reflections commencing her, with all my heart,
the due consideration Of hor example in times
by.
Fellow citizens, there some diseases Of the mind as
well Of the body diseases of communities we'll dis
OF individuals that be left their cure;
least wise to leave them go until the last critical mo-
shall arrive.
hope is irreveren and certainly it is not intended
as reproach when saw that know stronger Expression
in language than that which describes the restoration Of
wayward son-ne came to himself" He had broken away
from all the ties Of love- family, and friendship He had
everything which he had regarded in his ia
theirs houee He had quilted his natural sympathes aec
IONS and habits md ,rken his Journey into far country
nlulr trfr IND nj htI1SpI Knit
misfortune overlook HIM, and famine threatened him with
starvation and DEATH No enrrealies from home followed
him beckon him back Ammunition from Others warned
him of his lae But the hour OF reflection had come and
conscience wrought within him. until a, length
"he to himself"
And now We men of the new States Of the South You
OF the origin thirteen The battle had been fought
and won the revolution achieved and the Constitution
tabshed before your States had any existence us
You into prepared banquet and had seats assigned
you table just honorable those which were filled by
older guests You huve been and singuary prosperous
und any should deny this you would at once contra
dict his assertion You huye bought vast quantities OF choice
and excellent land The lowest price; and It the public do
mun has not been avshed upon you you yourselves will
admit that II has been appropriated 10 your own uses by
very liberal hand And yet in of these Statesmen in
n-pesons found in favor OF dissolution OF the Uniun
Of secession from it, Such opinions are expressed even
where general prosperity of the community mas been The
most rapidly advanced In the ourshng md Interesting
State OF Mississippi for example, there Is large party
which insists that her grievances nolerabe that the
whole body polite is in OF suffering and all along
and through her whole extent the Mississippi loud
rings that her only remedy s"seccsson secession Now,
gentlemen what infection does the Snte OF Mississippi suf
fer under? What oppression prostralcs her strength de-
stroys happiness Before Judge OF the proper
remedy we mus know something of tho dseuse and for
pa confess that the evil existing in the appears
TO me certain nquieude or uneasness growing out
high degree of prosperity and consciousness OF wealth
and power which sometimes leads TO be ready for
changes and 10 push still higher elevation If this be
the ruth OF the natter the ducturs about right II the
complaint spring from orerwroughs prosperity, for that