The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1852-01-17
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the Senate by Mr.. Done, and TO the
House by Mr.. Ware, the Speaker, to
both of whom he responded eloquently.
The following is his speech in the SEN
ate:
Mr.. Presidcnt-The stormy current
ofmy life has offered several moments
to me when the importance ofthe occa-
sion, connected with associations of his
torcal interest, impressed deep emo
ton upon my mind.
But perhaps never yet in my life has
the memory of the past made such
gloomy impression upon me as here.
bow with revcrential awe before
history in bowling before you, Senators
of Maryland, in this glorious Hall, the
sanctuary of Immortal deeds, halowed
by the memory ofimmortal names.
Before thank the living let me look
to those dead whose immortal spirits
dwell within these walls. docking at
the portraits that adorn the wallis living
an unimp"rshabie life in the glory,
freedom and happiness Of your great
united Republic, destined, as | conf
IDENTIFY hope, to become the corner stone
Of the future of humanity.
Yes, there they are-the glorious ar
chtrctS Of the Independence ofthis Re-
p"hlic, grown up to such Il giant in such
short time.
There is Thomas Stone; there, your
DemoStIirnes, Samuel Chasr; there,
Cla"lrS CARROLL of Carrollton, who de-
signedly added that epithet TO the sig
nil;cance OF his name, that nobody
should he mistaken about who was the
Carroll who dared the noble deed, and
was rewarded by being the last his il.
lustrious companions whom God called
TO the Heavenly Paradise after he had
long enjoyed the paradise oflreedom
on earth; and here, William Paca-all
Of them signers Of the declaration of
American Independence, that nobIest,
tina, happies, page in nan>ind's histor y.
How happy the man must have been
Cunning to The ortrait Of Governor
Paca} having to govern this sovereign
State on that happy day, when within
these very walls was ratified the act
which by the recognition Of your very
army, raised your country to the seat Of
an independent nation on earth.
! le spirits of the departed cast ray
OF consolation by the laundering voice
OF your nation ovcl that doWntrodden
laad whose elect chief, wandering ex-
lie, for having dared to initiate the in
SEPARATION Of your manly your manly
hearts, lays the trembling hopes ola
oppressed continent before tie gen"r-
Gus hearts of your peoplc-noH not on
~ an independent nation, but, also Il
mighty, loriouS power on earth
Alas what difference IN the sue
cess of two like deeds! Have not
done what We did Yes, have. Was
the cause for which did it not alike sa-
cred and ust as yours 1t was. Or
have we nos fought to sustain it with
equal resolution as your brethren did.
Bold though it be to claim glory such
as America has, / am bold to claim it,
and say, YES we did. And vet what a
difference in the result And where
this difference Only out Of that sin
gle circumstance, that while YOU in
your struggle met with assistance. we
IN ours met not even "fair play" be-
cause when We fought there was no
body on earth to maintain the laws of
natures God. America was silent, and
England did not stir, and while you We're
assisted by French ktng, we were for
Sakcn by the French Rep0Llic-itSelf
now trodden down because it has for.
sakcn llS.
Well, we arc not broken vet. There
is hope for lis because there is Sod in
Heaven. and an America on earth. APP
r!ause. May be that our nameIcss
woes were necessary, that the glorious
destiny of America be fultilied-that af-
ter't was an asylum for the oppressed,
1t became, by regenerating Europe, the
pillar of manhood's liberty.
On it is not a mere caplicous chance
OF fate, that the cxiled Governor of that
land whose name, four years ago, was
scarcely known on your glorious shores,
and which now, Ooh, allow me to have
the blessings Of this glorious fate, } is near
to the generous heart of Amcrica-it is
not a mere chance that Hungary's ex-
He'd chief thanks the Senators of Mary
land for the thigh honor of public wei
come in that very Hall where the first
Continental Congress met, where your
great Republics glorious Constitution
was framed, where the treaty OF ac-
knowledged Independence was ratified,
and where you, Senators, guard with
steady hand, the sovereign States rights
of your own State, united to thirty 9TH
ers. not to make you less free, but to
make you more mighty, to make you a
power on earth.
believe there is the hand of God in
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