Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-07-22
RICHMOND ENQliikER.
THIIRSDAY MORNING, JULY 2I, 1858.

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Ii is refreshing, in these days of national progress a
greatness when all eyes dazzled by The spena"' u
central government 10 recur 10 the principles i'o'
the national prosperity has sprung.
Il Itwas happy occasion that MIR Cushing se'@eu N
other day. at Wilmington in the little State oil Dea~ae'
remind the world that sho coeqnal WIN 'e o'nt1 o'
eregn,es OF this Union and cl 10 The origin OF Tue I'D
,ona government and The secret OF the natoha pros
pety. ~
| What woud Delaware be- or what honor would cllize
4 Of Delaware command, II that Stale 500" u'ooi 'o "
Federal Union or belonging TO il did not sustain unaei
written constitution the dignifed relation OF so'ee'S
Siatel -
h. a., associate as Delaware BY transgrcsslns the proHl
sIon, of the common compact. Yet, how suddenly wou
suc, an ret convert the government now SO powerful an
now posssssug ptuwess which commands the respect
the greatest powers Of the EARTH into nanimaic statue
Of clumbling clay.
Lei il bu be known that sp, aggression aid oppies
sion actuates larger States towards the smaller lei II nu
be understood that the mutual cundence Secon ana GOO
will in which the compact conedeacy originated are c'
tnct; and how suddenly would the naonal STATE anu To-
dvduul prosperity which makes The whole und rejoice
vans and how quickly would the government, which the
whole people have jus, shown Themselves 50 ready TO honor
h.come the subject Of universal execraon and haired
stability 10 the national government is those principles OF
The constitution which recognize the distinct sovereign"
OF the States and the invioahy OF the institutions OF
-S. -. uy the people OF the others.
Il, Is much to be regretted ha .ho u.ry occasion
did 40. permit Mir cushing TO Indulge extended ex.
preasion OF the sound naions sentiments of his speech nj
Wilmington, which we reproduce
SPEECH CUSHING AT wltMlSGToS "E.AwAa-
Hon. Caleb Gushing ae.t hod0ced 70 the csens,
aid apoea a. follows
Fellow citi2rns v, 10 yoar RI uos, that should now
ss Won with the less reluctance tor The reason ii'.
mi. Satc of Delaware with other OF &c Sait {" ING
Inon-vi4: Rhode slandaords the most per1ec' anu a'
mivable illustration o. the moa oeauu' feature 10 o
slituion Of the United States upon which Inc n'egty "a
upon which, in my Judgment The safa1oh a' -
| the Union depend :. o
! ment under which live, were wise, good men, lhcy
were the OF countrys heroic age ihey as
seubed amid burning towns the roar OF the cannon OF ~
yudino enemesthcy, feeble people, not even yc IN Inc
sristle Of manhood hemseves against the greatest
and most powerful o the governments OF Chscndom; ana
then and there in the presence Of danger rnaaf .. apn"fsh
propIe.lc Vision OF the iu'uro INA
seemed rather an asp tion from Heaven than The sugses-
i op of human heartI say then and there TO iound hls
mighty fabric of the United States they assembled thirteen
independent colonies aud bY te bleasiae oi Iou pro
nounced The declaration OF separation from England -racl
ndrpenden. moi only of 6real Bitan but Of each other
These thirteen independent Sates convened, nor In ,e
a,ive pody but in conorcss of the diplomatic !aoEesan
OF rovefein oiGd tnel separate power shd
strength TO agh; that g:es wa OF Independence 10 que
cessiu isaue They did each continuing an indepenasn
Stale allied c3nederaltd, merged taG one cr'a E"E
crnmen but confedsra;ed and Represented oi Ilsi' 'se
in that confederation We oot around ufion me spanish
American republics upon Mexico and te es, VIVA "upu,
hal their history but history OF civil war mat IN a
a genera Of liberty they seem 10 nave dsco'ec" o'
but perpe,uate disorders that they live as were ~
a chronic dseinper Of revolution; thai thelr government"
are bnt constituted anarchy tnGt e4e a hS IL re-
vo!ves Drnss afounl ncH mtaTI inSnFte"n ana ne :"
7rcnu1cameo add TO the iohg Toll o! at'io" aad c'
carnage :, n.
marvellous presented in the s3rcuce o: oai ON
peace cur oG orde!, oHa steadily advancing power
and prosperity universally ditused liberty our own
possession that spirit OF manhood ncanale In he breast
of every CITIZEN in virtue and by mpulson OF which our
institutions their rhar"r "o"rayhr The X'r,
tue and patriotism Of men, not b. re Hs'on OF me st' :"
government No, !entienea that government "Hlca let'e
.ns your greatness whcn s The agent OIL your po"ef haS
her GRABBED through long years Of prosperity 10 conhncl
,ha country from triumph to tirmph mounng aa - were
day after days !oward7 thosa he'a; eghs q greatness
which we destined TO attain.
sav Thai government tua done irs because is bul
The embodiment Of your spontaneous 'acths Wits
and secondly 20 back the idea desire 10 presenl 10
you Of that wise provision OF the trainers OF e
which gave the thirteen States coe9na rep
in the Senate OF the United States. na' Sen
,lenen-that much abused and much misunderstood n"c
ue of the rights Of the States that sorlous grand al
sublime conception Of ,he co-e4uai rght1 oil the a'es
one in @ pfesence of e other which to day IS calico Sc
o. sson and 10 morrow disunon by whatever of re.
poach se man may fl TO sande ii, that which s IN
truth the original cardinal spif, OF the cohsrtrH c he
| United States.
II gentlemen viii 90 back oace more to lhe formation o
the constitution and ber that Of these thirteen co
equal soverelgns there stood Virginia, mighty IN her poa
ton mighty in the intellect q. her sln5, mghter sH ~
her relative weight and puwer y OF her magnitude
that there stood opposite the State OF nor
as now shon of vesixs Of her territory by Iee sefara
ton of Virgnia-she awey1 great IN leT population ana
her representative wealth. great IN the sesscche ue'o
ZION OF her sons great may be permitted 10 say 10 c
wsdom-those States occupied nearly one nan & ,nc H., ~
of the then thirteen States yet BY their sides sood Inc III
tie States OF Rhode Island and Delaware i''e ohy !" 'e
ritory
There are some species OF wit that perfectly resl3a
ble and so-e kinds OF ra,eY .hu utterly o7er"hen
ing For example, that Of calling the President OF ihe un'
ted States "the Brsader has utterly coniouR!ed the 20
mocratc press of Virginia or lor months ihee IS vas
fund of wit in that exprsssion he hrshdief or 'e use
OF il could have been Kept up 90 long Inc H's lo"'
i. up second hurd year ago. and has repeated since
AT ess, hres hundred and sixty five limes Inc wi II
the Briesder is like the oil in the widows ctuseH nc
yer pets rancid and dimnishes by daily use u
this missile al the President s bad as the deau sh''
Capt Scotts rife and, The Kentucky coon assu'eu "
keen marksman there was no use shoo!in. "e Hou' ~
roh, 1o,.n the fce We e.peei time Brgadlcr" VIII I'M
pore the Hhig to suspend lis terrible hFe as nc WIN
once throw up his commission, and be esd 10 &c
T , ,hat The luke of pnking this .sherhc piece o ""
,hs President fer single time, 10 worth whole yeu
s,bsc,n,ion 10 any daily newspaper in the STATE, an'
ihe un;s blssses its readers with it every dny u SOUNDS
Ete rreyerent il true to call nigh public oFcef y
nickname but the wit is all the more pqnan 'of 'a o"'
there are no heara hero that can come iof'n ' Wv
woods devou The Ithig as those scrsptnfa' ahia' Wv
the children who rallied al Ehahs bald head Besdcs h'
choicest and most refined wit and the most !rFaSs''p '
ety, nine oi the poruarc out @: ten wo&a saI IS ' :"
OF calling ncknalcs ii is very rare, ana so 10" %"
pass nt, curon when the ncEnames are ih'ehe
their hand.
Alsebtasls of tho Schools teaching the theory o Pernu
'aon and cumbsaor" which shows how very many "'''e
rent relative Positions the smallest number o objects a
he made TO assume illustrate the curious theory oy sho"
ing from the s the Amazing number Of phrases and pa
ragraphs that may be used in expressing single Idea m
that couched in 'lhe Hrigadier"
IL is UNDERSTOOD says he Union SATURDAY. that Jane
Buchanan Esq, whose appointment a minister p!eni
no,enliary Of the United States Court of ST Jane
has already been announced will proceed 10 Londo
70 assume the duties OF his migun We learn also tha
Mcssrs Soule Of I.ouisiana, Gldsdcn ot South Ca,n
II . of Arkansas Green OF Mssolr ami Brdinp