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LATHAsI AND MS ENTHUSIASTS.


\ Latham The grea, Banker al VI ashinEton, IS .
sraregrnias! Amid the perplexiies ofhiS immense
Smoney transactions he keeps up with theIi,-ra,urs
of the Eay and when be meets with production that
excies. him with pleasure, il is bis. custom 10 ~
lplaadifs author che Turk or Christian Wing ii
YDemorFai, with all the enthusiasm for which he IS
50 remarkable. Happeningin Washington recent
lFy we ascogered the copy Of ia Congratulate LIT
y which be had addressed to the able Editor Of the
Richrnond Republican,, upon the eloqneIce OF his
7 Eulsgy On General Taylor.a We hope our friend
Mr. Baldwin. win excuse Us for surprising him id
aprint with these !" blusbing hogoss
WAsHiSsfos, Sept 2a,,as5a. i.
no. p BALDWIN, Esq,
Editor of The Richmond Republican.
lpEAE SIR Your eulogy upon the death
lfoH the late lamentcd Gen; Taylor, / have
N rsad VILE great care and attention, ana frank
h y confess that | am incapable of describias
VI the Pleasure and delight which / have expei
H rleneed from it. heard when youth that
A encouragement was the promoter Of inges
n neous performances and the apology which
now otfcr for writing you upon tho subject
|. Is, that II may encourage aud stimulate you.
70 take your stand among the wisest states.
\ men, the purest patriots, and the most elo-
quent orators, which have adorned this Land
| OF the brave, and the home of the free.
Your culogy ! pronounce, unhesitatingly,
one cf the richest intellectual deserts, upon
which my mind haseye Toasted. Ii is radf
ant with sparkling genius, shining talents,
thrilling eloquenee and pure patriotism
ne mind from which SUCK production,
could emanate, can attain to anything; and
I II you choose, you are destined to gain the
\ loftiest summit upon tile Mount Of Fame
/ The production, from the commencement
\ to.the conclusion, rises in majestic grandeur.
until it reaches the meridian Of its sblendor
and then, in one full blaze on all around
pours the vivifying rays of genius, talents
1 eloquenee and patriotism, stirring up in eF-
cry generous bosomthe fountain Of enthusiI
asm, and exerting to the highest degree, cYl
Rery particle of admiration, until the oonclu-
l sion is arrived at, that you must have been
wrapped in the mantle of DsRostheIes, and
that the spirit of Patrick Hurry haa fallen
upon you.
III. iii we're permitted to give you word of
advice, | would say, " give to the Winds all
trembling, fear and timidity all undue, mod
esty and bashfulness, and with the strength
of hiIA who carried away the gates Of GAIA,
march forward, and you will soon discover
that the lions in the way are chain ed the
deep and fearful ravines, are pleasant val
leys, and the impossible mountains as you
approach will dwindle into molehillsI Your
rise and progress will be so rapid, your
flight so bold and onward, that you will as-
tonish the civil, as did Gen! Taylor the mill.
tary world by the srleudor of his achieve
ments and then will await yer = civic,
wn1ch' cucrrcTG tire prov of the immortal
Taylor
most cheerfully unite with you in the ar
dent desire and fervc mt prayer, that this land
may ever be an asylum for the oppressed-A
city of refuge for the outcast and, down trod
den Of all the nations of the earth--that here
theltree Of Liberty, whose nxurapG growth
in this congenial soifwill ever afford them "a
shelter from the tempest and covert from the
storin"-that here the froYn of the oppressof
shall never be seen--that here the iron heel
of the tyrant shall never be felt-that the
wing of the American eagle may never weary
and his eye never grow dim-that the star
spangled banner may ever float in triumph
over this prosperous and happy LAIRD
the eye prophesy may never see ihe over
throw of our Institutions, and the aanals of
history never record their dissoldtian- and
that, as our forefathers have handedtit down
to us, SO may this glorious Union remain as
firm as the everlasting hills" until g final
ruin fercely drives her plough share Ger
creation amidst the war Of elements, the
wreck of matter, and the crush of W orlds."
With the highest regard and esteem,
Your friend and ob't serv't, j
r. W. LATHAM