Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-09-25

hey are bsf Dctlcr euie 70 express .them
for themselves. Permit me. however, to
cay that receive this testimony from the
city u Boston, and from the State Of Mas
sachusctts, not rs personal respect to N.Y.
SELF bat - an evidence Of devotion to our
Union and 70 our glorious Constitution,
and their dissemination to maintain them.
Loud and prolonged cheers.
As soon as'the President had concluded
his remarkSs Mr.. Webster was presented
TO the Governor by BENJAMIN Stevens.
Esq Sergeant-atAms. He was greeted
with great cheering by the audience, and
SPEECH OF HON. DANIEL WEBSTER.
The Hon. Secretary was received with
loud and repeated demonstrations OF ap-
piauss. Il he close of which he spoke as
follows
May it please your Excellcncy. this oc-
casion Is not mine. Its honors and its du-
ties arcnot due to or from me- The State,
the great State. the old State, the old patri-
oiic Bunker Hill and Faneuil Hall State
OF Massachusetts has invited the President
ofthe United States within her borders
To your honorcd person and to your hon.
ored office. may it please your Excellency,
this visit is paid. Sir, am good deal
touched with the kind. the too kind recep-
ton which you have given US.
As have said, sir. the occasion belongs
TO the President and to those of his Cabinet
who arc strangers. Thank God, l am no
stranger here. Applause. | am OF Mas
sachusctts, hear. hcarl bone Of her bone,
and flesh other flesh, [cheers, and would
rather rejoice in taking part with you,
may please your Excellency, as to the
Governor Of the State. and my fellow-ciii-
zens who surround you. irpaying honor to
the United States. cheers, than in acting
any part, or in demanding any part towards
myself.
And, 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 whosever hands those az
fairs fall, ifthey are fairly and imparliaIly
administered, those hands shall have my
hand in their support and mainteuancc.--
fSensation.
In the next place. wish to say that
dcvoutly wish that the great interest oflhe
Commonwealth may prosper. Our inter
ests are various. They are complex
We have million Of people living on a
very small surface. on sterile soil, and be
meath an nclemcnt sky; and yet we are full
of happiness, and all are. as we say in the
country "well-to-do in the world and en-
joying neighbours fare" [Chccrs. Now.
that must be owing to wise legislation. Ii
must be owing to great economy and pru-
dence among the people. 1t must be CIV
ing to a system of education. Ii must be
owing to something thati is no. in the earth
nor in the sky, but in tho soul and heart Of
man, and woman, and child. Renewed
cheers And these | hope will prosper.
hope, too. that every concern Of this
great Commonwealth under your admin
istration and those OF your SUCCESSORS may
prosper; and above all, abore all, scnti-
mcnt lean never repress, and hardly post
pone, my ardent prayer Is that this whole
country. bound together as il is by ties Of
interest. Of affinity, of ASSOCIATION. may con
tLue TO be bound together for ever, until
that thing shall happen Which know will
never happen, under Gods blessing-nntl
the Conslition of the country shall prove a
curse to it. Prolonged applause. Never!
Nerer, NEVER!
Why, what is it that supports all these
iutcrcstsl What is III Here is mass of
commerce. Who protects III Here is a
vast interests in manufactures. Who pro-
tects iii Here is a coas,ing trade running
from Ncwburyport round to California
Who protects III What lawsl What
H.. Lo.t al.
our eyes we see that-this State is not only
an agricultural State, but commercial
State. manufacturing Statc, n State mix
ed up with all the Interests that belong to
society, and beyond all the visible and de-
monsIrable interests, and a vast many Yam
kec notions besides, we live under the laws
OF the General Government, and should
perish if those laws were abrogatcd.-
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 other length of time. Bat with
every increasing year, and day. and hour
the more contemplate the history of this
country. the great destiny of this country
the more sec it and contemplate it. as
stretching from sea to sea, and from The ri
vers to the ends of the earth: the more
see 1t exhibit the American genius at home
and abroad, the more | see what cxLibi-
tons Of skill have astonished Europe in
this our day, and in this our summer, sen-
sation, the more | am surprised and graft
6. j
the most anti-Ameiican press in all Eu-
rope within fortnight has stated that I'm
every thing valuable, in everything that is
for human Improvement. exhibited at the
Worlds Fair, the United States goes so far
ahead of every body else as to leave no
body else in sight. It is ike the position
ofJove among the gods. Jove is first, and
there is none second. And in another pa
per influential in the councils of Great Bii-
aain. the editor says ''thc time is coming (he
snghralmost have said and now isl " hen
America shall comnpnd the ocean, and
both oceans, and all oceans" This re-
suits partly from the skill of individuals,
partly from the uutirng ingenuity of the
people, and partly from those great events
whichhave given US the ocean Of one world
on one side, and the ocean of the other world
on theother. They appear to have filed
the minds of the people with asionishment
And 1t brought to my mind story told of
u gentleman not now living. 1t was rcla-
ted to Mr.. John Lowell about thirty years
ago. Returning to Europe eater the peace
Of 1915, the gentleman to whom have re-
ferred was spoken to by some one of the
great pcrsonagcs of Europe, who. abiding
TO the naval power Of the United States.