Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-09-01

e rose, IN ali It's morning pride TO the chez
5lanehed by sickness and By pain. T
this spot we tender you a true and cordia
welcome, and after the manner Of our faith
ets, receive you in our midst TO ali our Sc
eial eHjGyments DIS one OF rs.
The President OF the United States re
piled as follows:
He said that he had come iither for re-
taxation aud rcpose, but although he coue
not repress ieeiing OF regret when liz
heard late last evening, Of the purpose tt
receive him in public manner, he was
nevertheless deeply moved by this warm
and cordial greeting on the part Of his
countrymen assembled al this Paradise oil
watering places, the attractions ana charms
OF which were stril;insiy evineed by The
presence oi those from all, even the MOS
! distant portions of The Union, who repre-,
scented more than twenty five millions 0
people, and might he not add witbou
violation &c the prophecies oi the occasion,
he hoped none Of the modern asms which
y ere poleh; tor evil but powcriess for
good, " hieh could distract and destroy but
never construct or adorn. He was sure
this assemblage. while it comprised SO
large Share OF the beauty and refine
ment, also represented the intelligence,
patriotism and vaor of the couii.iy.
Permit me, sir, he said, TO express the
qualification at the part you have corsent-
ed to bear on this occasion has impaired
to me personally, and 10 say that no citi-
zen III the country rejoices more sincerely
than myself, in The fact that you are en-
joyiDg The best reward which can BIZ ac-
corded TO faithful aud conscientious pub
lie servant, the only really valuable wor-
thy recompense for duties well performed
aud days well spent. You cannot have
failed TO abscrve with just pride, now that
the emotions Of personal ambition aud the
passions aud prejudices of party strife
have passed away, that the conviction has
settled upon the public mind that, in your
conduct. of national affairs, you were ac-
iuated by pure motives, and that high
purposes were brayeiy and wisely execu-
t d.
The President did not fail to appreciate
the comprehensive and national tone OF
the remarks which had just been made
They were in the only spirit worthy OF an
American citizen. IN opposite spirit
ole sectional or ianaticdl--would nave
stamped disgrace aud defeat upon The en-
sign of the revolution. 1t would have
pdralysed the energies, which in that
gree; contest for .he right of seil-govern-
ment, inspire words OF defiance, and gave
blows OF vigor when vigor was SO much
needed. Ii would have made tins glorious
eonstitulion--under which we have lived
together ana grown together IN peace, un-
der the controlling influence OF which we
have enjoyed for more Than sixty years
such degree OF advancement, prosperity
and happiness, individually and socially.
has never yet witnessed. and which only
mad fabaticsm would reckiessly destroy
an impossibiiy.
Strive, said he, to compute the value OF
this peerless inheritance, both by what it
cost aud by the blessings which it has al
ready conferred, and see how vain are all
efforts at computation. The great and
engrossing question which, under existing
circumstances, should call for the profound.
est deliberations Of every man " no values
the boon Of civil and religious liberty, is
here to preserve that which II once lost
can never be recovered. The general an
swer MUS, BE-, by all possible means, but
chiefly by an habituai reverence for every
principle, aid cheerful obedience 10
which our fathers pledged themselves, and
hound us their children. BY sacred
maintenance, not only in letter but III
spirit, Of all the provisions Of the common
bond. Ina country so vast as this, so d.
versiiie! in climate. SOIL, productions, in
tercsts and population. ii was vain to ex
pert The prevalence Of The same sentiments,
or concurrence in the same opinions -
But tins was true during the revolution.
just as true at the adoption OF the constI
tuition, which embraced the then Is States
as it is now II was then perfectly under
stood. But the generation o. our fathers
were not merely brave and patriotic they
we're eminenlly wise and practical men,
They saw how vain would be the attempt
10 preserve The liberties Of this country
without.a cordial union upon all questions
which could no, be- better and mole safely
entrusted to the States, and they made the
best provision for this diversity which hui
man wisdom could devise. Uader that
provision, said he, can cherish and love.
as do. the institutions OF THE State in
which | was rrared. YOU and these our
eonntIymen, from whatever region they
may have come, from the Madawa,ka to
the Capes of Florida, can do the same, aud
the man who interieres with the enjoy
meht of our rights and privileges i'll this
regard, and in all others, falls 10 keep faith,
and is rccreahl to the NEST sacred njuae-
ton. of duty. II is no matter what our
peculiar views may he, or what preludiees
may take possession Of ou' minds or hearts,
/ II, as American citizens, we find ourselves
constrained by law higher or more inn
peratiye than this law, we then deny the
obligations which the constitution imposes,
and can have no jus: claim to the piotec-
tion and blessings which it coni,rs.
The President said he apprchendcl tina,
the grea. danger TO be guarded against, at
the present time, was the prevalence OF
! heresies which were in direct antagonism
with the basis. doctrines ard principles OF
the constitution, and. perhaps he might
say, il general want of Difference 10 the
authority OF law. Let ii De remembered.
4 thai whenever in State or territory, from
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