The Winchester weekly appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-07-05
MIR. rILLMoRE's REPLY.

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porium of the United States leaves me-
without language to express the eAfusiops
of my heart. had hoped to have ar.
ranged my ideas, but not only you, SIR
but all who are within the sound of NV
voice, are aware that since my landing on
the shores Of my native soil, have nor
had moment to myself Preparation.
however, is not necessary, when one NAV
thus free ones mind before ones friends
Until | left home for Europe, must con.
TESS | was not aware Of the great i'm.
provements that had been made in INV
own land--and it required the contrast TO
show to mellow much in m material pros.
perity even--we have been indebted to
the constitutional liberty, and noble prn.
ciples Of peace and concord and union
and harmony of our fathers left us as
their legacy. 1t has been my aim through
life to preserve and conserve these prin.
ciples they have left us, as indispensable
to our material as to our moral prosperity.
To be a great people, | now see, more
than ever, people must be free. Hence
the Constitution our fathers left us is
not only above all price, as bequest lof
law and liberty and union and harmony,
but as the indispensable bonds of our
material prosperity. [Great applause,]
When you, sir, became the Chief Mag.
istrate Of this great city, looked with
pleasure on your attempts at upholding
the laws, for no true liberty can exist
without obedience to the laws, and yet
government that depends for its power
alone upon standing armies; or the gems
darmcs, is no good government. Gov.
ornments to be strong must be strong in
the hearts and heads of the people that
are governed, and long as we maintain
such forms Of government, founded upon
the affections Of all our people,-not here
alone, but everywhere, throughout the
broad extent Of the Union, the laws
will vindcate themselves. 1t is the
beauty Of our American system,-if left
freely to represent the whole-that we
have, or must have, such laws founded
people, upon such affections, and that we
can pass from one State to another,
though all under different governments,
without any of the vexatious passports,
or gems d'armes, or any ofthose restraints
upon personal liberty which reduces the
subject to slavery as severe as that Of
the master over the slave. Every little
Kingdom or Dukedom in Europe, de-
mands yours passport,-but when step.
ped once more on the shores of my own
, native land, could not but draw the
contrast and thank my God | was free
man once more, with need no longer of
any such companion as passport
| Tremendous applause.
| Your beautiful bay, Mr.. Mayor, has
ofentmes been compared to the bay Of
i Naples. have seen something of both,
Italy, with her sunny and cloudless skies,
is most beautiful country to look upon
and alas only to LOOKOUT would to God
she had a government like ours. APP
plausc.7 The bay ofNaples, as said, is
compared to your own beautiful bay, but
there is this striking difference. Whenlf
stepped on the shore at Naples, / was
surrounded by hundreds of beggars, but
when stepped on the shores of New
York | was surrounded by thousands Of
freemen, [great and prolonged cheeringl
NOT only earning their own livelihood,
but-as contrasted with other laborers-
a livelihoodof luxury. [Great cheerng]
That point Of difference, sir, is most
agreeable to an American eye, and felt
it and felt proud of it, and prouder than
ever, not only of your bay, but of the
thrifty population that surrounds it. Ven
ice was once prouder city than New
York, but--amd intestine and foreign
wars, and under harsh govetnment-she
has been crushed. The Constitution of
the United States has brought New York
into greatness by concentrating here tho
commerce and exchanges of our conled.
Grated States. To preserve that concen'
tration, and that greatness, there must be
absence of all internal stri(e-there must
be peace, and friendship for, and conf.
dence in, New York, from all parts Of
these confederated States But deprive
your great and growing city ofthem, and
Of the protection the Constitution gives
its trade and commerce and its fate soon
| "Oulu UC luot vi VCHACC, WAocO oSSoi'
stteets and canals | have so recently
surveyed. England has now the control
Of the commerce of the world, through
London, her great commercial city.
now venture to prophesy that ere many
years elapse, those who are now in the
sound of my voice will, under the pro-
lection Of the Constitution, see that New
York will be to the world what London
is. [Applause.
Mr.. Fillmore then, after congratula'
ting the Mayor upon the honor Of being
the Chief Magistrate Of such a city as
New York, went on TO say, his remarks
were necessarily desolutory, and he trust
ed they would be so considered-and he
concluded amid prolonged and enthuSl
astic applause.
The OLD LINE WIGS.
The Wing General Committee-lull
and complete in numbers from the ~
wards of the city--11O members in mum