Washington telegraph., 1852-03-03


: cheered by the smiles of myriads such as
Y those who honor us with their presence in
. the galleries tonight; these-thcse SIR, con
, stitute the State Give-giue me such =
State as this sir, and your cities may 90
: and whistle to the winds. For such State
as THE, SIR, We have material in abundance.
Let us foster, and improve it. With an
extent and fertility of arabic land, unsur-
passed by any State in the Union, fine
climate, a mineral wealth when fully devel-
oped superior to any State, consisting of
COAL lead, iron varieties OF marble, granite,
slate, manganese, &c, even your sterile hills
constituting future fields for the olive and
the vine; and the finest water power,
for machinery. provided everywhere; we are
yet far behind our brethren: but we have
nothing to do but to put our shoulders TO
the wheel, and the team will 90 through 10
a moral certainty,
This beautiful country OF ours which has
been and is partially still wilderness, will
present a continuation of well cultivated
fields and teaming harvests: and your rail
roads will carry off all your surplus produce
and return with the comforts and enjoy
ments OF other climes-without let or him
drance by ice or rivers dried up. | fatter
myself, that neither the gentleman from
Saline, or any other member of this body,
| Mr. President, would more gladly cherish
and encourage just ,State 22ridc, than your
poor speaker: but let us do something, as u
STATE, to be proud Of This cannot be
done by lending all our energies to build
up a city, regardless of natures laws, of
the currents OF trade and the higher inter-
ests of our citizens. When the character,
the honor, of our State is concerned, hum
bic as | may be, you will always find me,
sir, among the foremost to sustain it
Though | may speak plain and homely
truths to you, as Arkanslans, l claim the
right to do it, and without giving offence,
| because L am one of you-a part of your
selves-and have been 50 for nearly quar-
ter of a century; though a child of the
clark and bloody ground" and nurtured in
boyhood in the midst of the clear fountains
of Tennessee, yet all the broad acres of the
Union constitute my home--it is my coun-
try--and Arkansas-yes sir, this-''this is
my Otcn, my natiUc la'1d.''
Sir, the gentleman from Memphis has
alluded, in thrilling strains, to our choice
specimens OF mental greatness, as emerg-
ing from the great foundations of society
selt-made men, who in spite Of humble birth,
and all obstacles, have lowered above their
fellows, and attained the topmost step at
flames proud temple" amongst them
the "Mlll-boy Of the Slashes'-and "Oid
Hickory of the iron Withholding them
Ill ac tb,-n Of
all imitation, to humble beginners as we
are Kentucky and Tennessee have stable
foundations for their .State-pride. The
achievements of their sons; their eXertions
in the race of progress and Improvements;
their great names; their CLAYs, and their
JACKsoNs, who have walked among their
fellows "a head and shoulders" taller than
the proudest and the best; and such names,
when the chickering's OF party strife shall
have been stilled by time-when the ran
cour of selishnesS and demagoguism, of
partizan rivalry, shall have gone down to
the ''tomb Of the Capulets' will have am
pie justice done to them. The storm
cloud will pass away, and eternal sunshine
settle on their heads" Let us then, sir,
emulate their example, even here in Ar
kansas. Let us strive for the advancement
Of the interests and happiness of our peo-
ple-for the improvement Of our Statc-for
the glory of our common country. And,
Mr.. President, though your sons and mine
may not after Us mlngle in this friendly
rivalry, yet, sir, in this crowd may now
be the boy, or the fathers and mothers OF
sons, who may inscribe Arka12Sas on the
rolls of fame-who may be ANDREW JACK
SONS. HENRY CLAYs to their country. We
should be careful, sir, to remove all impedi-
ments out of their way, and by our railroads
and other improvement leave them an un-
dying legacy to build upon. There will be
! found energy and intellect here sufficient to
rear their temple upon our honor, sir, to
| lay deep and broad the basis for just and
reasonable State -pride-for monuments
more lasting than marble: not such as the
blood-stained monuments OF antiquity, which
though splendid in art, subserve no useful
purpose, piles accumulated at the expense
of human nerves under the despot's rule,
wealth drawn by human monsters from the
wreck of plundered nations. Look at the
Pyramids, which for fifty centuries have
looked sullenly down upon the barren
wastes of Egypt, without subscribing any
wise or beneficial purpose; Babylon; Per-
sepolis; Palmyra; Thebes, with her hun
dred gates, and her thrice three hundred
thousand warriors; their stately columns
all monuments Of human folly, have crum-
bled into DUST and the names of their
builders consigned to oblivion. Away with
such mementos Let our monuments, in
this great constellation Of States-here in
the valley of the Mississippi--even here in
Arkansas, be temples for education, tenn
pies to the living God; net work of rail
) roads, and other permanent improvements