Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-01-21
ELOOUENcE

'u' !" session at Annapolis when he n.ssoI NARY
!"a' pace on his way North and his reDv through
ureSs OF welcome on the part of the SeDa,o ead'
| Impressive and splendid specimen If o,oo1 most
opens follows: O4uence He
"Mr. President: The stormy curron.oe
oreieo several moments to me when rho my 'ehas
VI ''e occasion, connected with associa,n"P orance
mind. P e'Ho'lon upon M
but perhaps never YET in nv life b.su
as here. impression uponms
bow with reverential awe before his,o,u
Ing before you, Senators of MARYLAND ~ y IN bow.
Gus hall. the sanctuary of immortal DEAN a. 'hs go.
by the memory of immortal names. nn,I"dllowed
Before thank the living, let me look tn rhe
whose spirits dwell within these walls GoO dead
the portraits that hung upon the walls viD"Hg
lnPerishah'y lie IN the glory freedom and bana; un'
OF your great United Republic, destined as Pplness
IDENTIFY hope, to become the cornerstone of % conf.
of Humanity. VI The future
| Yes. there they are, the glorious arcbi,e,o
Independence of this Republic, grown up 70 q, The
| giant in such short time. " SGcha
| There is Thomas Stone there, your DAM
Samuel Chase; (pointng to the portrait OT
named J there. Charles Carroll of CarroIpoae as
deslgnediy added that epithet to the siqnsC Who
his name, that nobody should be mistakeo"Sse Of
who was the Carroll who dared the noble doal dOOut
rewarded by being the last of his iIlnS,.u and
nIu D.
after he had long enjoyed the paradise of f.ause
earth and here, William Pnca all of then wi: On
of the Declaration Of American IndependeD,o SnPts
noblest, that happiest page in mankinds bis,.'nat
| [Applause.l '''Ofy."
| After few words in relation 10 Gov. p,
breaks forth as follows: u0
Eye spirits of the departed cast raw of co..,
latlon by the laundering voice of your natioU o'
that downtrodden land, whose elect chief NV" over
TN hav
of your manly hearts, lays the trembling homes os
| oppressed continent before the generous be,, t
| your people-now not only an Independent, u,i,o
but also mighty and glorious power on earth. TSn'
| plause. lap
| Alas! what difference in the success Of tron
deeds! Have not done what We did Yes, Ib,v"
Was the cause for which did it not alike sacred i
just yours! 1t was. Or have We not fon1b,,
sustain it with equal resolution as your brethren d
Bold though it be to claim glory such as Anerc,
has, am bold to claim, and say-yes, we did. And
yet what difference to the result! And where HI;
difference! Only out of that single circumsrancs
that, while you, in your struggle met with assistance
we In ours, met not even with fair play "-becau
when we fought there was nobody on earth to main
| tain the laws of natures God.
America was silent and England did not stir: and
while you were assisted by French King we were
| forsaken by French RepubHc-itsef now uodden
down, because it has forsaken us!''
He concludes as follows
ooh it is capricious change of fate
| that the exiled governor of that land whose name
four years ago, was scarcely known your glorious
shores, and which (oh, let have the blessings
of this fah) is dear to the generous heart of Amer.
lea 1t IS not mere chance that HungaryS exd
chiefs thanks the Senators of Maryland for the high
honor of public welcome in that very Hall where tie
first Continental Congress met; where your great
Republics glorious constitution framed where
the treaty of acknowledged independence ratified
ool I'd hon al,
sovereign States rights of your State, united
thirty else, not to make you less free, but TO make
you more mighty-to make you power on earth.
believe there is the hand Of God in history. You
assigned place in this hall of freedom to the
DRY of Chatham, for having been just TO America,
by opposing the stamp act, which awoke your nation
10 resistance.
Now, the people of England think, as once Pitt
the elder thought, and honors with deep reverence
the memory of your Washington.
But suppose the England of Lord Chatham time
had thought Chatham did, and his burning words
had moved the English arisocracy to be just towards
the colonies those four men there Cunning 10 the
portrais) had not signed your conntrys independence;
Washington were perhaps a name s. unknown IN.
honored and unsung," and this proud constellation
of your glorious stars had perhaps not yet risen
mankind's sky-instead of being now about to be-
come the of freedom. [APplause.] Its thus
Providence acts.
Let me hope, sir, that Hungary's unmered fate
was necessary, IN order that your stars should Oe'
come such sun.
Sirs. stand, perhaps, upon the very spot where
your Washington stood, second Cincinnatus. con-
summating the greatest act of his life. The walls
which now listen TO my humble words. listened 10
the words of his republican virtue, immortal by Their
very modesty. Let me, upon this sacred spot, eI
press my confident belief that if he stood here now
he would tell you that his prophecy is fulfilled; thai
you mighty enough to defy any power on earth
in just and he would tell you that there never
was and never will be a more just than the
cause of Hungary. being, it is. the cause OF o.
pressed humanity"
During the delivery of this eloquent Speech, says
the Baltimore Sun, the greatest enthusiasm prevailed
and in the midst of congratulations and greetings The
Senate adjourned.
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