The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-05-19

tyou were within the limits Of the American y.
Mon, When you 60 hence and. shall pass
through the crowded cities and multitudinous
population Of the Atlantic States, upward to the
banks Of the St. Lawrence, you will be in the
whole Of your progress, within the American
Union And could you take the wings ofthe
evening and trave ling westward with the sun,
lave your foot Ia the Pacidc wave The stars 81
the Union would Still Be above, and the stripes
Of the Union around you. How vast ii terrific
rial extent Is the American Union, and how
sublimely Grand in It's moral power Had
you the Imagination Of Milton profound -lof.
" and creative uld not in vision realize
the infnence which our Union now exerts and
/ trust in God is destined for long centuries %
exert, upon the christianity and civilization Of
the world. That Union--so dear--so stnpcn
dcus, and 50 benefcient, you sir, unde Provi-.
dence, preserved to US and to our children.
You me into the Administration by the act
of God. The political elements were wrap
ped in tempest and in storm. Il was for you.
sir, time Of appalling responsibility by the
command Of the constitution you seized the
helm, and with clear unfinching eye and
steady han guidedthe ship Of the Union safe
lYinto port History speaks through me to-day
humble as / am, and History declares that In
d time Of alarming peril, your administration
was wise steadfast and COMMUNICABLE q
time of great political generalization, il VAS
honest and patriotic, and amidst the ferceness
Of fanaticism on the one hand, and the Wild
ness Of sectionalism on the other, It was ma
tional. and maintained the inviolabiIity Of the
Constitution. For these things We thank you,
and on these accounts we welcome you.
AS you came to us to-day from our western
border on the Chattahoochee you saw but little
ofthe soil Of Georgia. and as you pass to NOR
row to the beautiful and gallant city Of Ogle-
thrope, seated on the Atlantic, you willrealize|
but little other material greatness. And so
Grief is sur sojourn with Us, and so limited the
range Of JOUR acquaintance with our people,
that you will scarcely be able to form any just
conception Of Der % raj strength Did your
convenience allow, we would invite you to look
upon our smiling villages behold our wives
and daughters in their homes take by the hand
our many yeoma ny and hardy mechanics,
and know our brave and cultivated gentlemen.
We would ask you to traverse the thousand
miles Of railroad, with which the surface oftbe
State is reticulated-we would take you to
onr northern villies. as ri h as western New
York-to our mountain sloops teaming with
ores and minerals our creek and rive rs
where the hum Of machinery mihgles with the
music of the waterfall-to our southeastern
plains where Iipens the melon and the lemon
and the orange-to our south western fields
where benefcent cotton plant already hastens
maturity between this verbal sun-tO our ne
pro cbsns, ths b9mss o sOelI. fed, aOs1 clad health
!. hardy happy and cbrtstianized race, that you
might lean from yonr own observation, why
/ is that Georgia is called the"Empire State I
Of the South But forbear.-In behalf
of these my country women, peerless in beauty
Of these gentlemen, my neighbors and friends
and inbehalf of the people . Georgia, I tender
10 you. Sir wei ONE, respect and graft
tude
Allow me to add, that our greeting tends
10 the companion your travels, and put polit-
cal associate Mr. Kennedy, himself marked
man. distinguished as he is in the walks Of
Literature in the councils Of his own State
d the councils ofthe Federal Government and
n its executive Administration =