The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-03

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than tbs hating politician. ferssHal 4 prncpis with
ssass q his hss,s." lE.tha.i..ss SppI.u:sj
comes Il tones which cannot mistake catch iE
words Of noble chssr:-
New occasions teach dstss; Time makes sasas s.sA
They %r. asy sn.,, It'll, and onv.r Who would
La, before CLEAN her camp srosi we ourselves mus.
Launch .yaowsr and boldly through dssps
The PRESIDENT announced the following toast
"Sou h Carolir a-We welcome her sons 70 the birth
place Of New England"
Mr.. RICHARD YEApoN Of the Charleston, g. CO.
Courier, responded a. follows:--
SPEECH OF MR.. YEADoN.
DEscENDANn OF THB PnGMx FArHKas-The dsttn.
gun he'd and geseous omplmsnt just paid ths STATE
Of South Caroline, and the in which
II has been received BY this vast and uiotc throng
dsvolves in the opinion of my fellow South Caro-
niAnb here present the Office aud the duty OF attempt
ing TO make . suitable response 10 recent memory,
hoseer Of the noble and classic str.ins OF eoqusnes
which have rolled from ctiDg ushsd New England lips,
and ravishsd New England and hearts, this dsy-
strains (pointrg to Mr. Everett) which only
thosef the prophets Of old may justly be- STYLED ss Of
IeI almost sh In appalled, from the task aud dread
to mpge the feeble and dscordant notes Of my peany
whistle with the trum pet tones ard rich hsrmoniss
OF ilustli0us speakers worthy OF ~ Atheniaa
trum OF the Roman Senate In their palSsat days. Zap
psuts But never shall 1t be said that the Palmetto
Fort failed resp md to Bunker Hi either inter
charge of the friendly salute in the dischsge of vol
lied thunder iron hail the common foes OF our
common country. Like the gallant and ameptsd Butler.
the commander and the hero Of the glorious Pal
the picture though be the flashing Of the guns
sons Of the Pilgrim srss-I feel honorsd in
my association with you this day, in the festive
although temperate, celebration OF event, than
which none more important In It's bearings
on human destny IL chroncled the historic page t
is the departure Of your pilgrim fathers aud pilgrim
mothers from Delft Haven the LIST August 1922 in
that frau and often ~psri.d bark the Ma, ger under
lgious ard essabsh civil liberty Ia tho wilderness Of
Americato found eternal rock the rock Of truta
ally ymboed By the Plymouth Rock, near which
We rsvsrsptislIy ana joyousy stands empire
Of freedom destined to solve successfully the problem Of
popular self government and to surpsss in extent OF
territorial domain, in greatness and glory ana in the
production OF the greatest good to the geatesr nber
all other empires, ancsntor modern, which history re-
cords In her nsru ,tva AnnAs which yet play their
parts the grand theatre Of national existence De-
scerded am materially, end numbers OF my fell
Daily from Hugusaot ancestors, Who fled from even
greater pe ecuOns tn did your Puritan fathers, aud
equal peris and made equal sacrifices with
them, for religion and liberty can fully sym athze
ard fIaernizs in feeling. In principle, aud in hope,
with this multitudiDous concourss Of worthy soos
| assembled to do honor and reverence to worthy
sres-decked and crowned IS 1t is with the beauing
presence Of the lovely daushters Of the Pilgrim
n. Permit me, fellow citizens Of Mssss-
ing comm on garland in honor Of the ilustrous and
now immortal trio, who after serving their common
| made them and her glorious have gone successive
~ and at .hort intervals to tho grave to be moarn
cd BY their mother States with u domestic and
hearthstone gris-s that refuses be comfort
co. by sister States alo with sympathy, aud
by the nation 1T large bcreft at of
and most cherished jewels and her sron asd nobsst
pillars Clay, Webster, AID Calhoun we're beyond all
etm arson ths thr<e men Of America and long ever.
will 1t be three ttars equal In msgui,uds aud u
a u i'm OS m
national meridian The siutudss and intes Ia their
gfts, history aud career are numerous and striking
They not fer removed from each other 10 age and
they nearly at the tune the Of
pubic and political life Each, ia the very iacipsncy
ioiiisss emins.cs. Each. While living, was the
and row that ali Of them are ten ants q the grave nst
Their Of their mother States would exchange her de ID
Off prng for any living sou in Chrstsndom Each In his
section, stood without ccmpesr greatness and in
the popular affections; yet each was regarded the
common property Of the republic rendering her u tri
Gus service Sepae Cabin t the field Of
diplomacy, influencing her aud her dsstny oy
their sage counss in Pssoe aad in identified With
her h.: s., !,
alike lowered above the Of their country and Of their
time moral and intellectual pyramids In toe midst Of
and Isd in ,0sS
Hill. his elegant aud we'll ordered mountain farm Clay
amid the shades and rural wealth Of his beautiful and
romantic Aehlsnd aud Webster at his Aarshdsld eueir.
elegant sspied t. the oasf
and with motives that make ambition virtus'' ana
each alike failed to win the noble and gilt
though not commanding success. There was, per
haps, tso similarity in the reasons or causes Of
S Ss ss.s ss % @ Th.1 about to make
asss Hon. william Prsstonsa.s tow, With SA r..
we'll known opinions tbs question Of slavery, and 10
view Of his aspirations for the Presidency it would
well not unnecessarily to offend tho aboitionsts bat
and pa,rioio American was"I would rather be right
than be Pssdent and the sboliaonisss became theuce
forth hi. biterest foes and in all probability prevented
his election to the Presdensy the subsequent contest
with Mr. Polk. We learn from the eloquent and classical
eulogy Of she pshsd Choats worthy to take its
Of English oratory and English Literature that similar
incident adorns the history and illustrates the character
trioue and constitutional the oompromiss Of
1850, would endauger HIS prospects to the chief magis
tracy Of the nation with his great eyes glo wing and
the very lightning flashing froa his face his an 'wer
wAs-I would not swervs hair for the Presi isnsy"
3d. too, Calhoun By the stiffness Of hts unpop liar
the Roman armness Of his opinions the great and
absss bling question Of Southern rights were the lief
But although thsy all stood Alike excluded By their
very greatness, from the Presidential chair every
agrees that they nothing earthly 70 complete their
fame that they would have been more ho1Ored than
hon srug wearing the Presidential laurel and That
Senators in the senate HOUSE, they 10 the
the that have twnSled thsr feeble rAdAaes
from the highest place OF the republic That there
dvsrstes between them IL the structure OF their mads
in the character Of their intellectual sndowments In
their mental hsbitudss Ia their range Of knsWsge And
In their o-dsr AID style Of speaking and Of
eloquenss, cannot be doubted but wherever they
differed, Il WAS - ono star difsreth from another
star In glory. Similar they In their lives
Ia death they not Ear divided and thoy met the FINAL
doom Of mortality in very similar circumstances leach
dying the post OF duty and in the harness Of the
publs-two Of them At the national capital and the
kg-A ,~%nv Al IL
10 recorded In Holy Writ that The glory t1s terrss
trial oHs and the glory Of the Celestial " anotner
and these niustrous composers having % equally par
tepatsd In the one, may not piousy, in tnis mum
sphere indulge the hope that they rejoicing
and eaed participants in the other one-ths heavenly
courts the empyreAa realms aooveY
Before closing my remArhs ina'equats to this great
and interesting occeon cannot forbesr doing
70 The names and the shade OF the Wooster
for his constitutional fidelity to the South IL sprang
from prr cipls well feelings mo.bed from parental