The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-05-28

could be insensble fatality 50 striking, il would be
most ungracious 10 me Tor moment 10 imply.
You have not forgotten Washington, Warren, nor
Montgomery, nor Jackson. Thai scene upon Breeds
HiI-hat cd Fort Mouitrie---hat upon the Delaware
thai upon tie snow piled basons OF Quebecihal al the
Bayou Beneyue, where the English columns were
swamped before The fe which opened them IRON The
cotton bales OF Lousianathose scenes no less vis
Bile to the memory OF the republic than TO the eye OF the
stranger those paintings which, IN such noble pro
portions. decorate the halls OF Congress.
Which being SO. you will not forget The men who,
commissioned OF non-eoinnlssoned, win or whhou'
epauels, in the conhads aud marshes al Los Poales
and at the of Nueva Rance, and along the burning
rocks and through the woods and ravnes that lay be-
tween them and their golden prize gave proof that the
spirit which broke The sword IN The hands OF Bugoyne
and CORVALLIS not laid TO rest IN the grave thai
overooks the Polomae-and passing which, oy night OF
day. no craft fails 10 strike the minute bebut that II
walks the earth, and shall be with the republic all days.
even TO The end OF time.
Would that il my fortune 10 speak thus. IN the
land of my fathers home for men who like those be-
fore me- wore scars in evidence of their courage and the
blood poured out by them that so their country might be
saved, and all the stains upon her ancient map aud fame
mic ht be eiaced
But since this privilege is denied me-snce the foreign
sentinel still keeps watch upon her wall, and the nag,
with the blood OF Fitzgerald, Wolfe Tone, and En-
met lies buried in the ivy OF Bodensown church yard
and no favoring breeze lifts the dropping fods-hen
glad am TO plead for those who to the brothers OF my
native land next akin and whose blood with ours IN
a thousand channels is inseparably mingled
And SINCE also, it is denied me to kiss the flag wet
with the blood OF those young NOTES.-The Shadrach,
Meschach, and Abednego OF freedom then let me em-
brace this. The symbol oil that citizenship which, IN The
words uttered the steps Of the Capitol the morning OF
the 4h OF March, shall be an nvloate panopy for Amer
rights and invested with which the poorest laborer
Soldiers OF Cerro Gordo Soldiers OF Conreras and
Churubusco! Far from your homes-irom The Hud' on
10 Lake Tezuco-you have borne this flag with honor.
shattered and parted with only when death struck IT
from his grasp Lake seized it, and, waving 1t, was
sho, down and then another, and then another until
II InIpI he uTpI Npht he
straits you have brought il back unnjured, by those
rents which have rendered il sacred rec and Is due
strength. You should enjoy that peace which, in the
words of the sacred book, is like clear heat upon
herbs, and cloud of dew in the heat Of the harvest
and spend sereney The remainder Of the days spared
you in the great storm that swept The base and summit
OF the Sierra Made.
May that flag never fail 10 find less eager champions
than you have been shield from Disgrace and
it, like charmed robe, unhurt through the flames Of war.
May that flag never lose star but the Old Thr
teen have multiplied in time, may Others no less bIi
liant be added ihereo and may constellation which
first shone through the tempest and the ghtnngs
and has now become fixed in the blue expanse of peace
on every sea be seen and may the nations jouTneyIng
like the kings OF old, noble worship be led to
faith and destiny by The light gives May II mount 10
where the Amazon leaps forth from its cradle in the
Andes; may be seen upon the rivers that wash the
hidden treasures OF Japan and tine efulgence which
it sheds side by side with The Tuder structures OF your
making, may the graces OF life spring up may literature
and the arts flourish may the canvass become neHace-
ably impressed with the great conceptions OF your
and may the chise and The furnace contribute 10 the
genius OF America the fame of Phidas and Canoya as
we have that genius Undertaking the beauty OF
Greece in her nakedness and chains and, later STILL
yelling that famous production which fronts the White
House, in which the features of nature not only
copied but The laws oil nature by the dumb charger are
obeyed
To this republic-renouncns all foreign powers and
potentaieshave taken the oath OF allegiance and IN
The new sphere and citizenship which Is opened 10 me
here, do trust TO prove the sincerity with which that
oath was taken, and my deep OF the duties which
! by that act deVolyes upon me.
Faithful 10 the principles on which this community is
framed faithful the laws on which il proceeds and
operates faithful TO The institutions which distribute the
vitality whilst they The unity OF the whole faith
tul, above all TO that noble system oil public schools
which, IN the ILLUMINATION OF the public mind insure the
Perpetui,y OF coalition OF government and society.
based upon intelligence and good sense, qualifying, IN
each succeeding generation, the entire body OF citizens
the yet wisely TO exercise their great faculties d.
mnshng the chances OF the iDposto and, in the end,
ee waiting the democracy TO the hgbes, level instead of
keeping 1t TO the loweslthe foe OF bgoy from what
ever pulpit il may descend 10 whatever gaIb IL may
riot play It's maddening panks-ihe foe OF tyranny IN
every cline, whatever be the motto or the mask under
which IL marches or whatever be the ceremonies with
which IT is ins,aed-acing as you have aced-rue as
you have been true, brave soldiers liberia OF my ser
10 the republic you have beenf that be
sary liberal OF my blood in the cause OF the republic
you have been- trust that If il be the will OF Heaven
10 with the white lilies and The silver crown
OF age looking back upon life well SPENT shall be
able to say with the great foe of Catne the consprator
against the Roman Commonwealth
"Rpu5'ieam dtfensi ddoteseen', deseyam sensr"
And why should not stand with proud love and
courage 10 this republic her interests, her laws and IN
stutons! There is more than good reason Tor so
dong IL is not alone that ! grateful for the proec
ton and the citizenship insured to met is not alone
that regard this form OF government and this condition
OF society The finest and most truthful expression OF
the national will, necessities, intellect and ambiuon,
which anywhere on this earth exists but that | recog
Mise in the stability OF the republic source OF strength
10 other nations, and IN her success, an incentive with
them TO courageous emulation.
While this republic stands, augments her fortune, pro-
ceeds upon her high career there is hope Tor the most
ablect, decTepd, and disabled of mankind. As the
thoughts OF the great poet whether in words marble
OF the great artist-somemes waken the most drowsy
souls into raplurous activity shall the example, the
written, the spoken and the living word OF this great
nation rouse the spirit OF those who now lie dumb and
torpid IN The shadow of the thrones that moored IN
the full tide OF massacre, and in which. II in the hold
Of the pirate ship, the pundered liberties OF the people,
bound and bleeding, are battered down.
Austria, the whole Germanic famly-tongue-tied The
Rbine-slsgnan, in her bed PoIand-still the Nobc Of
nations, and her estate and children cut up and pareeed
out among The robbers; Hungary-wh the knife al her
proud aud beauleous neck ltaly-locked within her
sculptured sepuchre, and profane soldery keeping
watch upon II Ffance-grimacng IN masquerade the
glare OF which blinds to the crimes OF which II ~
the senseless and the reckless carnival; Ireand-her
people decayng and disappearing faster than The ruins
even, which ruthless civilization has yet left standing
on the soil ;-wbere-where can the eye that scans the
history of this day turn with Joy without grief, without
vengeance, without despair unless II be TO this great
Commonwealth, the power, the progress, the immens W
OF which mapped out in those mighty waters OF the
West from which came but yesterday.
Here, here-gory be TO Him on high here freedom
sards, upon pedestal higher than the Alps her spear
tpl the that flash from shall de-