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

admits. The speeches ut hrssrs. Conrad, Raw
ner, Crane and Pike. suffice to show the tempe
Of the Delegates and the spirit If the Canyen
ton.
After the cloth hal heen removed the han'
performed the Star spaugled Banner. the prc>i
dent then amid the most voeiferoa- cheer,
] spoke as fal5rs:
Me-or conrad's Speech
Gentlemen: There is rar-imony peculiar 70
ihuence we have amNuzns, to dsv,sneh a wealth
n "loqupnce and patriotism TIM We gro iealcUs
OF i,re Itself IN pur anxiety II ennr Z al. a
N the banquet that we have insf shared, nm cpl
ere might desire to linser over every delcacy.
81: fear that each would deprive him # another
~. nf Philadelphia in anxiety t' greet every
frisHi and ha-k in the ligii of Zach f tho many
minds gathered around his fratrrnal board. re-
gard all that dimini>Ge, the privilege ASA wrong
Nv duty therefore. i. not IL speak, bat 10 strike
tie rock aud invoke the fountains q eoqnencp
from others tApnlau>e.l
Yet higher law-wond that al higher INV
were as Observation-Disclosures that. having been
hnnored with The duti"- Of guiding thef.~iir.
ties Of This occasion. shoald occupy YOUR atten-
ton at least long enough 10 extend tothe snna-
: rs--na. they are not strsngers-ta the both
trs present brothers mot in the il-hien which
the world puts on but in the communion of
patriotism, "hrothers Of The heart, IA welcome
true causc and cnrnrst rs our devotion 10
il. (Renewed epnlan~c.J
PENNSYLVANIA and Philadelphia answers, throb
for thrnb, 10 every pul>atian If her loyal henrt
Pennsylvania ha, never known. in relation II
Der kindred communities even amomeu'Hry sen
isnpnt false Ia the religion, patriotism which
Inks her 70 them. Al 81 has, and all She j.,
whenever invoked belonr 70 the | MON. Great
applause.) Her valley are crowded with home,
and hearts ever open L. % The sans Of her sisters
and to their friend. and her hills viii ever pre-.
sent their iron wealth. with suewy arms to WELD
Il. 10 their enemies. To meet or brothers of
other States, upon any occasion, Is esteemed a
privilege; but 10 meet them gathered in such a
duty-Whon. und,r the shadow of the Hall Of In
dependence, they engaged in the sacred Ia.
bors thai here employed their tlthcrs, in that era
hnllowed toeYcry American memory and every
American hopeis something morc;-i Iremen-
deou> applause)--it II an eNulting joy that must
seek expire sion not in words hni IN The Hlacriiy
Of our cooperation. AID in the fidelity TINT never
has faltered, and never will.
Gentlemen, what legaey Of inestmable priv.
ileses. with trust Of noble dutics, whit desti.
Hy of glorious hopes, did those fathers bcqueath
70 a.! For the protection, development md
contamination Of all his, nothing needed
ht heir virtues and the favor of that Providence
which smiles upon virtue. tSlght applause. T.
II was not necessary, il was not well, thai I'll"
In and 'air blood of decnyed cammuntic-
sioald bo l.9Gs. nto the pure aud vigorous cur
INT = "Er youth and health. Enlurged papu-
.al.'n Wa end f. Leie no necessity, and II Of a
euabitel character il is doubtful good. Even
IL ijtlc. ny. The tenth Ola tithc f tho Years
= NJ rpencd Rome, certain To give snf- /
%. lent population without external suppes--a I
population. too, unequaed in every moral trait I
"a population drawn from fuuus lofty aud pure 7
as the spriaes tina burst from the bosom Of
ctr Aleghauiea the undecided children of tht
eompatriot, Of Washington.
For protection even against n would in arms,
nature game delrnces sufficient. and virtue
and valor made them impreennhle. What mar"
was wanted2 Many people have achieved lib
erty. hat wl.ai people have retained il! There T
AN exception, here under such influences,
with people self protected, and protected by II
religion hat acknowledges no Nicrgcrent IF Him
VIM reigns alone-a people lncoTupt and nac-
acssihie e foreign c"rruption-here, liberty
would nave been immortal, glory setting only
with our last sun, unt like that sun To set toreY-
= hut 10 rise again in the perfect freedom
Which is eternal Applause. When or wherc
e had there or has there been, such people,
ascl a land, such government or such hal".
Eut even they, the >nges aud patriots of 'az,t,
iastrious ol4. as they gazed with pious gratitude
upon the destiny which opened before their chill
Z en, could not suppress the douht-"chn such
bless sings be upon earth nn1 be usting'' How
T.. OF those mingled feelings Of pride and mp.
pfrhcnsion are their njunciions 10 their posferi
fyl And can compare the past with the
present, and under that ,arth's greatest aud best
the Poter FatriG, uttered in regard 10 foreign
influence, his solemn BEWARE or HAT Jcilcr
sons prophetic spirit prayed fer sea Of lire be
tween the old world aud the new; or that one and
all, they. the kdts and devoted, the pure, the
sage and now the saintee. enjoined US do they
not watch over and bloss our efforts 10 obey that
i unciion!) TO guard, as the loness guards her
young, oar inestimabe heritage of virtue, libcr
~ and independence from the foreign chans-n
thousand fold heavier and more CALLING than
fhers-which tue old world seeks to wrap around
our hearths and hearts ou, Senate houses and
our temples, making the lap1 Of the free the
home Of slaves the basest--hecause willing slaves
and, therefore, worthy only of letters. flm-
mense applause
1t is true that they, even they, off red re
to the virtuous martyrs of liherty-how could
they otherwise! but solely as the homo offered
BY freedora to virtue. (Applause.J They
dreamed not OF the commerce OF emigratou-the
rival, with its annual half million, of the slave
trade at Its worst-with all that is sordid in its
motives and fatal in its consequences. But
fcarfully has that privilege been perverted How
has the portal thus generously opened, been
thronged! not by the excess of over crowded Eu-
sope-for no landis over erowded-but by acts
and aids of hostile policy INSCRIPTIONS com
merce at home and abroad which need not
describe. (ApplauseJ But reyerting to the
times and men of the Revolution, how appalling
is the contrast. They left US an united and ho-
mogeneuus people; now, mixed and mot:led, our
very original is doubted. ! observe that the n
York press express bitter Indignation because
the late meeting of the Democracy was not I'D
dressed in High Dutch and low Irish; and you
remember that kossuth. in his speeches appeal
ed to his audiences as if they Foreigners