Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1853-05-30

Ot your worth; that you could he fnsS0Sibe to
fatality so striking, it would be most ungracious
in me tor moment Ia imply.
You have not forgotten Washington. nor War.
rem, Montgomery, nor jackson. That scene
upon Breeds Hill, that of Fort Moultrie, that
| upon the Delaware, that upon the snow piled
bastions of Quebec, that at the bayou Benvenure
where the English columns were swamped before
| the fire which opened on them from the cotton
bales of Louisiana tremendous applausel-
those no less visible to the memory
of the Republic, than to the eye of the stranger
are those paintings which, in such noble proper
TONS decorated the halls of your Congress
Which being so, you will not forget the n en-
who, commissioned or non-commissioned-with
without epaulettes, in the eornfelds and marsh
| es at Los Portales, and at the tower of Nueva
| Rancho, and along the burning rocks and through
the woods and ravnes, that lay between them
aud their golden prize gave proof thut the spirit,
which broke the sword in the hands of Burgeyne
| and CORVALLIS, was not laid TO rest in the grave
that overlooks the Potomac-passiug which,
by night or day, craft fails to strike the minute
| bell applause but that it walks the earth,
and shall be with the republic all days, even to
the end of time, (Applause)
| But since this privilege ia denied me-snce
the foreign sentinel keeps watch upon her wall,
ind the flag, wet with the blood of Fitzgerald,
Wolf Tone and Robert Emmett, cloud appause)
| lies buried in the ivy of Bodkenstown church.
| yard and no favorug breeze lifts the dropping
| folds-then glad am | to plead for those who. to
| the brothers of my native land are next akin, and
whose blood with ours, in thousand channels,
| is inseparably mingled.
And since, also, it is denied me to kiss the flag
wet with the Flood of those young NOTES.-THE
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego of freedom
then let me embrace this, Here he embraced
the tattered and shot -riddled flag of the Vsun-
teers. which they had bravey borne at the
storming of Cheputepec,1 the symbol Of that
citizenship wilhelm the words uttered on the
steps of the Capitol on the morning of 4h March
| shall be az inyiolable panoply for American,
rights, and invested with which the poorest la..s
borer shall stand unabashed even in the presence
of kings. (Vociferous and prolonged applause,
aud waving of hats and handkerchiefs.)
Soldiers of Cerro Gordo So diers of Contreras and
| Cherubusco. Far from your homes, from the Hudson
to Lake Tezueo have borne this flag with honor. no
maine carried in the left hand when his righ was shat
tered and parted with it ony when death struck it from
his grasp. Applause Lake seized it. and, waving it,
was shot down. And then another, and then another
until you struck itinto the captured field Hi hit and
| long applause. From the stormest straits you have
brought back uninured to your homes beside the Hud
save by those rents ch have rendered it sacred
relic and is due to you that beneath it, you should
your falling strength You should enjoy that peace
which, in the words of of the sacred book is "like clear
heat upon herbs and Cloud of dew in the heat of the
harvest and SPEED sereney the remainder othe days
spared the great storm hat swept the base and
summit of the Sierra Madre.
May that flag fail to find less eager champions
| than you have been to shield 1t from disgrace and
bear like charmed robe, unhu through the flames
Of war Long and loud appduse.l May that flag never
lose star applause but the Old Thirt, en- have
multiplied in time. may Others, less brilliant, be
| added thereto; and may the constellation which first
shone through The tempest and the lghtnings, and
has become fixed in the blue expanse OF peace,
every sea be seem and may the nations, joufneyng.
like the Kings Of old, to nober worship, be led to
new faith and destiny by the light 1t gives. Ap-
plause. May it mount to where the Amazon leads
forth from its cradle in the Ande may be upon
The rivers that wash the hidden treasures OF JAPAN and
in the etfulgence which it Sheds side by side with the
ruder structures OF your max may the graces of life
spring up may literature and the arts hvursh may the
canvass become ineffaceably impressed with the great
conceptions of your and may thu chise and the
furnace contribute to the genius of America the fam Of
Phdlas and Canova, as we have seen that genius i'm
nortazing the beauty of Greece her nakedness aud
chains, and later still. unwilling that famous produce
ton which fronts the White House in which the fea
lures OF nature not ouy copied, but the laws of
ture, by the dumb charger are o5eyed. Loud ap-
'plarsc.
General Hall, officers and soldiers of the war ladies
and gentlemen OF New York 10 this republic-fe.
nouncing all foreign powers and potenates-have
ken the oath OF alifgiance; and in the new sphere and
citizenship which Is opened to me here do trust to
prove the sincerity with which that oath taken and
my deep sense of the duties which, by this act devol
we'd upon m-. [Applause.]
Faithful to the principles on which this community
is framed faithful to the laws which it proceeds and
operates faithful the institutions which distribute the
vitality while they the unity of the whole; faith
full above ALL to that noble system of public schools tire.
mendous appause which in the illumination of the pub
ment and society," based intelligence and good sense
qualifying in each succeeding generation the entire body
of citizens yet the wisely exercise their great
faculties diminishing the chances othe mposter and in
the end, eevatng the democracy the highest level in
stead ofkeeping it to the lowest Applause the foe of
bgotry from whatever pu pit it may descend appause
or in Whatever gail it may play its maddening
pranks-the foe oftyranny in every c'me whatever be
the motto the mask under which ii marches or wbst.
ever be the ceremonies with which it is installed [ap.
pause acting you have acted-true you have been
true brave soldiers bera CT nv services to the Rennb
he ha,ol oFn
blood in the cause Of the Republic you have been Zap
pae sell trust that it be the will of Heaven to crown
me with the white lilies and the silver crown of age
looking back upon life vel spent shall be able say
with the great foe ofCatne the consprator gainst the
Roman Commonwealth
"Rempublican detensi adoesceas non deseram senern
[Applause.l
And why should not stand with proud love and
courage, to this Republic, her interests her laws and
Is not alone that am grateful for the protection and
the citizenship insured to me; is not alone that re.
gard this form of government and this cond ton of
cley as the nes and mot truthful expression of the
tlonal WILL necesstes intellect and ambition, which
anywhere on this earta exists; but that gnze in
the stability of the Relublic source of stIenofh to
other ions, and in her incentive with them
to az, courageous emulation [AppAuse.l
VINE this republic stands-aug1'enls. her fortune
proceeds upon her high careerthere is hone for the
most AFFECT decrePd and disabled of mankind. AS the
thoughts of The great poet-wheher in words marble
OF the great artlst-somenes awaken the most
drowsy souls into rapturous activity, shall the exam
pie, the writer, the spoken and the living word of This
grand ma on rouse The pint OF those who lie dumb
and torpid IN the shadow OF the thrones that moored
m the full tide of massacre applause and in which as
IN The hold OF the pirate ship, the plundpred liberties
OF the people. bouud and bleeding battered down.
| Applause.
Ausia--the whole Germanic fany-tongue tied
the Rhine stagnant in her bed; Poland. still the Niobe
OF ma ions, and nsr estate and children cut up and par
celled out among the robbers. [Applalse.l Hupgary
with the knife at her proud and eeau,eous neck; Italy
locked within her scu plured sepulchre, and roane
s"idlery Keeping watch upon it. Applaue.] France
g-lmacIng In masquerade, the Of which blinds
reckless carnival Ireland her people decaying and dis
app, airing faster Than the uins even, which ruthless
civilization has yet left standing the SOIL where
where can the eve that history of this day
turn with oY-Mithout QIief without yenoe auca wifi