Washington telegraph., 1855-12-05
Noble Sentiments Beautifully
Spoken.

The following are the concluding passages
of the speech of Rufus Choate at the Bos-
ton Wing meeting held at Faneuil Hall just
before the recent election. 1t discourses in
tones as fervid as those of Webster on the
Blessings oe a united country, and scourees
without mercy and without disguise the arch
agitatOr in New York. who is striving to
build up party on sectional grounds. 1t
Is worthy to be read, re-read and preserved:
". o. P;cGyuHe.
But now survey the evil it would do
WeeannOt. Of course, foreknow exactly what
it would DO, if it could, nor how much, ex-
ac;ly 1t could do if it would We cannot
know, in other words. exactly where. or when;
or how. if it attained the whole power that it
seeks, il would bring on the final strife But
one thing We know. omittine this. that they
cannot, By possibility, go through the pro-
cess of merely ard completely organizing
such a party but by elabOrately and careful
" training the men on this side of their line
20 ''abhor" and "avoid" the men on the
other. The basis of the organization is re-
ciprocal sectional hate This is the senti-
ment at the bottom. This and nothing else.
To form and heishten this; to fortiey it. and
justify ii; to show that it is moral and neces-
sary, the whole vast enginery of party tactics
/ to be put in request If the ingenuity of
he'll were tasked for device to ALLEVIATE and
rend assunder cur immature and artificial
nationality. it could devise nothing so effect
uai, take my stand here, | resist and
dePrecate the mere attempt to form the par
ty- | don't expect to live to see it succeed
IN lis grasp at power. | am sure / hope [
shall not but see the attempt making. |
think | see the dreadful influence of such an
attempt That influence would expose
WO- wO, to the sower of such seed as this,
|: may perish where it falls, The God of
cur fathers may withhold the early and lat
ter rain and the dew, and the grain may die;
tut WO to the hand that dare to scatter it
Pain!ul it Is to see some, of whom higher
hope might have been cherished, on motives
and views. L dare say satisfactory to them
selves, giving aid and comfort to such
thing
In looking anxiOusly out of my own abso-
llie retirement from every form of public
LIE, 10 observe how the movers of this new
Iarty mean to urge it upon the people, what
'oNes they mean to employ, what aims they
mean to propose, and above all, what tone
and spirit they mean to breathe and spread,
aud what influence to exert on the sectional
PASSIONS or the national sentiments of our
Country-l have had occasion 20 read some
ming OF their spoken and written exhorta-
ucHs' this Inauguration eloquence of section
allsm' and think | comprehend it. And
V,o anat work do they make of it. Yes-what?
with what impression of your country
your whole eOuntry.-tha: is the true test of
party PLATFORM and party appeal-do you
I-se IRON reading this exhortation. What
''sSOn OF duty to all. and of the claims of all,
ana OF love to all, has it taught you. Does
uo' our America seem to lose her form. her
.S''f' her vesture. as you read, Does not
"a IIe magic of the metamorphosis come to herr
iier spirits faint Her blooming cheeks as
su'.le pailid tint. and scarce her form re-
.D1'hS- Does 1t not seem as if one-half of
'ne map was blOtted out or rolled over for
ever from your eye? Are you not looking
aih perplexity and pain; your spirits as in
urean-ali bound upon different, anoth-
U' ana smaller native land9 Where do
sUu n nnd IN this body of discourse one single
ieeoiieetlon that North and South compose a
'S.nmon country. to which our most pious
auectlons arc due, and our whole service en-