Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-06-13


iar from illibrral-flr from pro-eriplive- far
FROM disposed 'o regard the friends If protestant
liberty among Us n oiherthan brothers. A.
plalse.l Meanwhile our tir-i duty j. "a ou.
country and her children. Nbrn that ca1nrrg
ia true 10 hsr-olf, he cannot b. unjust Ia ais
class Of mon.
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AT the conclusion Of tn address of the Mayor
the Speaker was greeted with the most tunnt"us
+ applause and with three hearty chaers. After
quiet wa~ restored. The President announced the
/ first regular toast oi the evening, The lnon,'
and called upon the Hon Kenneth Rayner. Of
Worth Carolina. 10 respond. Tile tou-t," tho
Mayor remarked, observed three times thrcn
cheers not only from out mouths aud hands but
err from heart-."
After MIN cheers Tor the Union, Mr. hsHnor
arose amjd loud appause and spoke n follows:
MI Rayner's Speech.
Hard, indeed, j. the task imposed ON him 10
whom j. d -igucd tlc duty of responding 10 such
sentiment "a, thnt Of the Union, around which
clusters 50 mnny hailowed aud heart stirring
-ocations. The Union The very word Is
poetry itself aye. the poetry f patriotism. What
tongue eloquent ~ II portray It's beautle,;
whit heart SO full TO appreciate It's gle lc-:
whit brain So capaciops as ga estimate it, value.
The Union tie very mention of the word =
enough 10 still all tho tumults Of our trouble ia
tnre-tn hush all the nngry contentious OF con
fctng int rests II hallow al. the anYiciies uf
The patriot heart in regard 10 our countrY's ia
tnrr. The idea of tho Union of thesr Sfafc-l
How vast the field of contemplation which it
opens before the human mind, 1t @asp- within
itself, first the mo> gorinu, nseocai.onS al tho
ln-l-thc most Intense appreciation Of or pro-
eut blosoiuzs-thc most intense aud HnA,n1s
hopes as To the glofios Of eur caputry'sfutarr.
The union Of these States WHY the very
ideH carics back liz mind to the time when oJr
Pilgrim Fathers landed on Pilgrim Rock. At
,lal.. stawn, at R.anaho, Whyu thcir heart- Rui
their arms neryed with strength and vigor, .u,
PEELED by devotion In civil liberty aud resistance
10 religious oppression, they bruved MI the
storms Of the ocean, they suffered M the pryo.
lions md perils which were peculiar In n pcayl"
fleeing from oppression IL n Distant wilderpr~--
Tho sumo idan oi union comprrh,nas the tiw,
Whom we glide further down the strcm ofh-tory.
to thni time when our pntriot luh'rs, .turE ~
the oppression of the mother country, were iu.a
ed into resistance for the purpose Of asserting
the greut principles which were the hIrhrjgat ot
British subjects, and which they supposed had
been invaded.
This same idca Of the Union cover. the time
whom that conrlHre of sngrs uct in this very ,ty,
and, my brethren, within few hundred yal1- OF
the spot whore are now cougreguted, .nd
really whcnl ulude to that imp 'rtant event in
our history when feel the sterling ns~ociatipns
connected with it,whcn feel am in SIGHT ct that
h0wllawcd place, fell like Mnsr, did vhea hr
o''''" ,'' "''ng ""Hi'' 'nR #'' WY ''9
"P"h "h''u N'"i.a - he'ttU ground, PPial't
hN'' NY 'i''ha7 ana ef''ht''' thls lu'a ~ 'ae
mon carries your minds tue" u that scene
"h'h ihh' c"hriaN" oi s'ees' whose hali""ei
bones no" lt7t IN our classic - hhd lif'ged
thcr hvos, their fortunes aud taej. sacred honor,
tint these colonies were, AM ut ight 9ht tu b.
free aid independent States. II covers ns-a.
Citations sill more lhrlahE Sttn ihah 'ha' X
cnrrio> yon hack Ia HH the hatile.teIds ot iht'
Key luton. Ihls idea OF the | mon covers The
sRcrhceS 81 fathers ~ bunker lN' nj NafhtoEi L.
at Brandy"lnr, Gmltord and Camden, where the
best blood OF America crlmsonrd the SOL, nnd
watered the tree of liberty, unlcr whose sPrrua
ing branches we are now repospg n peace al
happiness. (Great npplausel
Yes my friends, this den of the mon, which
the result of our fathers sacrifices; carrie
the mind back to the peril the Suffering the sac
riices of our fathers when that man whose name
is halowed in the hearts and al, IONS af every
lover of his country, at n time when British can
non was bounding ncro.s the bnrhor Of Roston
at IA timo whom the patriots henri shrnnk viii
anxiety: at n time when our natrint mother.
bngred their babes e. their boson,s with anxiety
that very time when Wasbinotn, drey from hi
side his tru.tv swor1 and led the sons of free
dom IN hn,ile
l., o,u,.n,,,l,tin,, tho ,l,rios 81 that +i,,o ,,r
c,nno, f,i.eyer IN ,Ls.Tyn h ,ba t,ro,rr,n,I NJ
| tho nictnre ,hot Tia c.I,n ,nnrt.,a,,no al ,ba,
man Ia whom | have .ll,dad ,v,s ,,Iocoa onn3I
the stormy strife and tumplt of bat,lo ,hot
/ ,raat ,na,, VIII bos come l.,,,, :. E., ~
Greatest the nohest. md Tho r;,b,nst ar,on,
!" the fow tbo mortsl na,,os tI,t mor, not No.
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