Daily American telegraph., 1852-07-14

the insignia of command by his constitutional
successor, and again the nation reposed in peace.
Standing here to-day upon the banks of Wash:
ingtons beloved Potomac, breathing the air that
has echoed his voice, and gaziag on scenes that
have gladdened his heart, amid the realization Of
brighter visions than ever burst on the mind OF
political eer-in the evil spirits that would rend
in twain the olden flag Of the free find legti-
mate subjects of application for Shakspeares
terrible maledction:
And even now, my burdened heart would break,
should not curse them. Poison be their drink;
Gall-worse than gall the daintiest that they taste
Ihe Ther sweetest shade, grove Of cypress trees
Ther % ehieest prospect numbering basilsksl
Ther aae soites touch % smart as lizards stingsi
Iheir music, frghtful the serpents hiss
And boding screechows make the concert full
All the foul terrors Of darkseated hell~
But we may congratulate ourselves, also, that
on trying occasions, the great men Of the nation
have proved themselves by their devotion to the
Union, worthy of monuments from their country
men.
From the political Pisgah on which we stand
to-day, cannot doubt but our country shall en-
dure forever If any of you who now hear me
shall be permitted, through the kindness Of Prov
idence, to come up here on the 4th of July 1900,
you shall find here devoted people, ready at all
times to build around the sepulchre of Washing
ton rampant of hearts. You shall find Presi-
dent responding to the language Of the present
luCumDcuI. 'OuT lDtTIleS, T6iRlOuS anu CIVIL,
have been maintained; the fountains Of knowl-
edge have all been kept open and means Of happi-
ness widely spread and generally enjoyed, greater
than have fallen to the lot Of any other nation
You shall hear the prediction of the Vice Presi-
dent, Mr.. King, used as the prophecy of the same
officer then: g That we are destined, if we can
avoid internal dissensions. to become the greatest
among the nations of the EARTH" Looking to the
Senate of the Union, you shall behold the Ian
90 &ha
banner of Kentucky: Here / am within the
Union, and here mean to stand and de-withn
it to protect myself, and to defy all power upon
earth to expel me or drive me from the situation
in which am placed" Y1.l#.u.
| You shall behold Michigan reafirming the
expression of her distinguished Senator, (Gen.
Cass, relative to Washington and disunon:
s That voice, which now comes to US from the
tomb, should speak in trumpet tones to every
American ear, and strike responsive chord in
every American heart" Then shall you find a
Secretary of the Treasury ready, in the hour of
discord, to echo the invocation Of the present
financial officer, (NIr. Corwin J Let us here, in
this temple consecrated to the Union, and on
these altars in the presence of that image of the
Father of his Country that looks down upon US,
swear to preserve honorable peace with all the
world, and eternal brotherhood with each other"
In command Of your country's conquering le-
8lOHS snail De lounu an OHlCeT VINO, altnOuRu He
may never have baptized bis country's plains
with his hearts young blood, or plucked laurels
amid the sprays of Niagara or shouted victory
from the walls of Vera Cruz, will yet lend
the full, shrill notes of his buge- blast to the
words of Gen. Scott; " The platform have ever
delighted to occupy, and on which am desirous
| to live or ready to die, is that Of the country,
| the whole country, and nothing but the country"
| Then, in the two hundred and eightieth year
Leo L.r ohallh al
the bloom of youth mantlng her cheek, and the
fire of youth coursing her veins, proud of her
Bunker Hill and Faneuil Hall, pouring hbations to
| the memory of Webster and the constitution, and
! publishing her creed in his world famed apos-
| trophe: "When my eyes shall be turned to be-
hold for the last time the sun in the heavens,
may not see him shining on the broken and dis
honored fragments of once glorious Union-on
States discovered, discordant, belligerent--on a
land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may
be- in fraternal blood Let their last feeble and
lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous en-
sign of the republic, now known and honored
throughout the earth, still full high advanced its
arms and trophies streaming in all their original
ustre not stripe erased or polluted, or a single
star obscured, bearing for its motto no such mis-
erable interrogatory as, What is all this worth
nor those other words Of delusion and folly,
Liberty first, and union afterwards; but every
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light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they font
over the sea and over the land and in every wind
under the whole heavens, that other sentiment,
dear to every true American heart, Liberty and
union, now and forever, one and inseparable."
Ladies and gentlemen, we, too, have an hum
BILE part to perform on the theatre Of time, in the
worlds eventful drama. And let Us be consoled
| to day that we amply able to perform our
duties WELL relative to the dearest interests Of
| al sr ..n1 % - L.
cultivation and practice of virtue, intelligence,
and brotherly love. The whole people Of this
country may reside in marble palaces sculpture
and painting may redeem from oblivion the illus
trious acts of their ancestors, adornng their tenn
Piles and illustrating their genius; ships and
steamers may cover their lakes and rivers in
commerce; railroads, stimulated by agriculture
and manufactures may reach every community,
and network Of telegraphs pass every door; but
unless, through brothery love, they know no
North, no East, no South, no West, the annihi-
lation of distance and perfection Of machinery
shall render more sanguiuary the struggle of
brothers, till the black flag of ruin shall wave
DER the nation.
But must not longer detain you. Washington
sends greeting to you to-day. His spirit passes
before us-his voice is heard from the tomb
Father Of our Country, we love thy precepts!
God Of creation, we thank thee for Washington!
Let us then live to teach aud practise the wisdom
of our early political fathers. would rather see
Congress make an appropriation for furnishing
every man, woman, and child in the land with
COPY of the Farewell Address, on which should 4
be exhausted, in its establishment all the skill
of American genius, than witness appropriations
for any and all other purposes. May the con-
aicts of brothers never disturb the repose of
Mount Vernon: but may our posterity, in all
coming time, renlize as we do the sentiment of
the inspired bard ..
How sleep tho brave who sink TO rest
With all their country's wishes biestl
When SPRING with dewy fingers cold,