Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1854-03-02

I Tfex. J. J. cRIrTESpfN.2A grand public din
ner was recently given by The Wig members Of
the Kentucky Legislature, some Democratic
members. personal friend. and many private eiti-
zens, a. mark of their personal nn political re-
spect for their senator elect, tire Hon. j. j. CRIT
tenden. Two hundred aud fifty persons, inclu-
ding several invited guests from other cities sat
down 10 the dinner. The toasts were admirable
! in spirit and eloquent in language That to Mr.
Critenden. and which drew forth one of his cio-
quent and admirable addresses, was as follows 4:
Orr Guest and Fricnd-Iohn J. Grittendcn :
His purity. his wisdom, his patriotism render
him dear alike 10 Kentucky aud the Union.
In responding, Mr.. Crittcnden after ncknowl
edging tic honor lately conferred on him by the
Legislature in eccting him, for the sixth time to
represent the State in the highest deberative
body + the country, said "Ile was Wing of
the Henry Clay and Webster school. They
were his teachers, and if he understood their
teachings, If he had rightly understood Wing
principles he thought that when he served his
country the must, he should be serving bis party
the best lie repentcd Of no opinion he had ever
expressed. of no act public man, he had
ever committed with him, politics aud parties
sion which gave them birth. The National De
mooraoy Of New York had come 81 nigh TO us
TINT We can shake them by the hand. He would
be glad TO unite in one great party to support
the Union and uphold the Constitution"
The Wing party, though now in minority
is as necessary as it ever has been for the true
well being of the country. 1t is the great Re
serrc to be called up when the country demands
its service. Whether in minority or MAORI
", the duty of the Wing party WIS The same
to stand by our country The Wing party more
than once Ind saved the country from impending
ruin. in ls20, 1892 and in 1850. Without Henry
Clay where would we hnvc been Where would
have been the Missouri Compromise the Compro-
mise Of 1872. the Compromise of 1850 The
Wing party, though defeated in the great can
ynss of 1852. with the grent and gallant SGoTr for
Their leader, we're not dead, mud il would be n bit
ter day. for our country if il should die. The
Wing party was not made To be killed by one de
fcat it will awake TO new life whenever the
country demands It's service. Here, in kentuo
ky, only once in twenty ycurs has the Wing par
ty been defeated. Here we never have laid down
our arms. This is the old banner Wing Stat Of
the MON, and IL our banner should trail in the
dust in other States, here in oil kentucky IL
shall stand, proudly erect, while there is
warm heart aud strong arm 10 uphold IT, The
Wing party Is the party of true progress, a pro
gress based upon the experience Of the past
Every stcpit takes is step forward.
"lut the glory of our future depends upon the
union of the States. Divide the Stntes, and the
world has never seen 50 wild wreck there
would be- He represented State in which there
was no pisunionist, no Aholtionst, no Sccos
sonisi. Here the peoples motto was the Union,
the Union always, the Union rs il is. Such are
the people Of Kentucky, the state in which he
WINS born, and which he was 10 proud Ia repre-
sent. lie saw nothing TO discourage the Wing
party. The lust of office is mol ~ strong in our
ranks rs Ia render rs unmndful OF the true hon
Or of the country. One million two hundred thou
sand Wings voted for Gen, Scott. lie did NOT
succeed but nobody could have beaten him but
our Democratic fellow Citizenss In conclusion,
he said he was for old Kentucky, Us she was and
as she is; may ehc rcmuin.n