The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-08-01

hurry to get through. S. u. Pack
wood, Of Pike county, Mi, had for his
subject "Magnanimity Of Principles
the cure panoply for ultimate Tri-
umphs.' Whist this young gentle.
man hicks in personal attraction he
makes up in the true spirit of elo-
quonoe. Our talented young fellow
citizen, A. L. j. Conrad, acquitted
himself with great credit on tho sub
jeot Omitted we Standardized we
FALL Mossrs. Pipkin and Conrad
seemed to DO the favorites of the
Franklin Institute. with the audience.
In tho evening Mr.. William Nugent
delivered well written address before
the alumni"
We paid tho Insane Asylum q
yisit-but Of this, more ANON.
10 We transfer to our columns
the following extract taken from the
New Orleans Daily Delta. of Wedpes-
day last, we should like to transfer
the entire article, were it not so Length
ty. 1t says:
BY way Of negative illustration, we
may refer toa little passage in the
public history ola distinguished South
ern Democrat. A Savannah paper
has lately called attention to the fact
that, in 1854, Ex-President Fillmore
was welcomed on his visit to that city
by its Mayor in the following speech !:
"Mr Fillmore. With mfregned plea
sure ! perform The duty assigned me Of
welcoming you ~ the city Of Savannah
Whilst the events which marx your adj
ministration of the Government are OF too
recent date to be discussed without arouslpg
passions which on Ibis occasion should be
hushed to re !, we must all remember that
those high and solemn trusts were not as
sumed by you in the sunshine of our pros
perity. II was at dark and eventlt
period in the history of our Government,
when the brave began 10 fear the power
Of man and the pious TO donbt the favor of
God Dark and fearful were The clouds
that hung on our horizon, violent the fac.
tons TINT agitated our land, and meu SEEM
ed to reck not how wildly ragged The storm
so that in ita fury il upturned the institu-
tions of the South II was your lot 70
breast that storm and bid its mutterings
cease and to do that you must turn away
from The crowd Of ilattterers to trend the
lonely path Of duty. With your robes of
office as with panoply Of ice, you wrapped
yourself from all the preiudices Of earlier
years, and from all the temptations which
then surrounded you, 'unterrifed by threats,
ilnawed by clamors, you held on Your steady
course preserved the Constitution Of your
country gave peace TO tbe land we love,
and repose to institutions which VIC cher
ished, illustrating to the world that peace
has its victories no less removed than war;
1t is fit and proper now, when you have
laid aside place, and power, and patronage
that the affections Of grateful people
should follow you to your home, and linger
around you in your retirement. As the
constitution authorities Of the city Of Sa-
vannah, we welcome you within her limits,
as the representatives of the people, we
welcome you to our hospitsiities as por-
ton Of her citizens, we welcome you to
our homes and or hearts"
And who was the Mayor who be-
slowed this beautiful and classical
eulogy upon Mr.. Fillmore and his adj
ministration No less a parsonage
than the identical John Il. Ward who
presided over the grand political con-
fabulation aud bocuspocus which re-
suited in the nomination Of Mr.. Fill
more's only opponent in the South
James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania
lie could not have bestowed a higher
praise upon Mr.. Fillmore, than to say
of him that he preserved the Consti-
tuition OF bis country, gave peace to
the land we love, and repose to the in
situations we cherish"