Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-10-07


rnle,. The yo;ne mnier r+loiced that hef men.
child was born nG lie :G:.'!, ncS"u'. :'' %
..irn he arrived at rhr. OF GiScIciion ~ ' ~; 80
! ally one VI thQussn, ROADS when "eu,'' io ~ -
/ thTuurI .hi. bnnny land 10 wealth or to honor Inc
| old mnn descended willingly 10 Inc luihu' "Nu 80
his eyes in peace, in the belief thnt ne We H. .i"y
| this fair us perpetual Inheritance " oe 49,,
cd by his children aud their descendants. Anu uPoi
whni Released ihis Grand scheme of human lappiiitss'
Ii rested the faith felt BY our pe"pi. ,i"a n3
would continue tn live under the "",
the equal laws which it enjoned ID i'e r"i a.,
| they reposeu in the sense ui Justice anu hhu'"a "
| tionOf each other. .,,.
But ellow-citizens, the serpent has cFeP .u ',."
land Of delight lie understands the secret VI .na
charm, and well knows that To scster rum he '''"'
destroy the mutual confidence upon which 30 inucn
happiness depends; accordingly he has been pu'y "'
work.
How long the mutual confidence of our people can
| withstand such appeals know not. BUT II lhose
feelings should be destroyed, this great scheme Oh
happiness this vast fabric of human society, must
dissolve and perish. The skeleton outline may, IN.
deed, remain but its harmonious colUrlng will iade
away its beauty Of proportion will disappear and lis
grace of motion anG its charm OF life will become eX.
tinct. Whether there be any thing short of power
divine which can these dry bones to live again,
or resume with light and life the inannate form, ]
cannot say But this can say that if there be any
human means of regeneration for nations that have
decayed, social systems that have become Gillette,
history has not, As yet, recorded them.
Fellow citizeus, it is in the power of this Empire
State to pTeserve the Constitution a the Union from
the perils which threaton it, She has trt to will il.
and she can do it. Will she not strike the blow which
may save the country Is it moi time that, from Il
sense of common danger the good men of oil parties
had united for the sake OF the unoni Or II no such
| union be formed, then let the Democracy of th's
great State do the work. BE theirs the glorious task
But to do it, they must close up their squares and re-.
form their squadrons ut once. LIZ; them move up
and rally round the flag Of their country. Not that
! mutlated banner which has been dlSmembered Oi
nearly half ito stars. hut tie Gag Of Their saers and
the Union, in whah every S,a1 still nnds ito e".-
! ben, ono in wEirI every heart may fix its love-
| But there must Le no divided camp. 1t will not do
for array TO look on !ron tie hill, while another
| is doing bntle oil the plain care not whuther Ia
! bus shall 20 to Miuutius, or Miuutus return 10 Ed
bus but the Roman armies must unite for the sake
OF Rome itself to the sacred city from the grasp
| Of the willy Carihagenan.
| In the closing struggle of the Revolution, at the
, s,cse Of tur: IL my native State. il was y New
Yorker whu led the II.ral. loi.mn Of etiGc,: Upon
| the British redoubt. All that was won there mGP be
agan put at stake in the great cY! oontest III which
we are now engaged. She is the Empire State let
her take the lend once more. Advance on rs she
may, right behind her she will hear the steady tramp
=. ~ gregt Democratic host pressing on to aid her.
At the Gattis -, ill., t";c."lds, Napoleon bade his
troops remember THAT iGrty Gc.,ir.r- o. :h= past
looked down from their heights upon ,iei, Geads u.
arms. know not how many centuries winch now
back 10 happy result il tEis civil contest with
praise and gratitude There have been we'll Stricken
fields, so stricken that they hoated i'll human blood;
aud we'll fought battles fought until 1t might an0s;
IL s"'d that whole armies had persisted, whose conse-
uenrss 40 ..Gl: 4 :-.pc.!crt >" th":c whic!
may fowron the result OF Ills ci7i! SrT"gg:e ioGd
less though il be.
1t is said TO be time honored custom in the l'ri-
fish Army 10 allow each regimen. 10 nsc!bs upon It's
aug tie name and date OF the battle in which it was
slIgj. i4 .ln ~ he DeInucrlt-
Ic column oi this ja.a 10 wIIrnuc tners the i'ut
day of November, 1885, in COMMUNICATION al t!.e
fac. that it had emerged from the smoke AMI sGrm OF
battle i;ear ,he sacred ark Of the Constitution and
the GhUn d. :hor a:!ts H. it ca h!, above The
assaults OF its enemies, thar Eereaite: lie s9tt3 which
may De aill1d against il will fail harmless beneath
It's base the Arrows that are discharged III the face
Of the gun
Fellow citizens, will not permit myself to harbor
the fear Of defeat. place my trust in tho great con-
sentative, Democratic party Of the counry-that
party which seems capable Of ekvating itself TO
SUI ci"nt height to take in the whole horizon OF
sectional .:usv,i" it lary which, in all l'mcs OF
trial and difficulty, has interpreted -uiy
Yet TO the country. That they hg:e betl. de-
feated at times true; they sometimes returned from
the field with
Ego en- rruarcs and banners torn,
and themselves
Baltic tossed and worn"
But they have never been broken in spirit and never
~ .rcs.n IN ranks but that they could and did re-
lrn to the charge H. the 20 the country. The
trial is not beyond their Strength tIey "a save II
again. aud they will do it, fhe ship OF State "eaihetj
this storm, hereafter il will ride easily upon the billow,
ready ~ make lis world wide voyage To spread Anne
rican inGuencr III :.:9ant lands, and by the moral
power OF great example, 40 slyG new impulse tn
The forward movement OF the huIiAn IaCGa shall |
we isappont this high destiny shall re fail 10 fanil
our mighty mission, and hear Yondrous tate D hu
man :,ryaness atil untoId because CHOOSE rather
p,fih in .iv ytrit.I nh ~
against Judah, and Judah warning against Ephraint,
Willie the Assyrian and The Mode despoll both. In such
u contest a. this, can there be any doubt where the
EmIirj Stnte will he found
Duri..g it.e wa or irs u-"0IuUon, there Ia, ~
military object to :E.ca Washing c.uic with g"
much feracity thar Of defending the Highlands and
the line ui the Hudson. II The grca. s;racgica!
Inc ui liz !lEun; behind which its communications
were easy and sIr. .~ccr-,tn;", hr planted 1t thick
with bayonct5 and where he comb ~ .ro...au is
heights with 1.-THE British seized posi- which
threatened its integrity, he sent Mind Anthony to |
s2rn il II they sought to "bthn another throngh |
trrarhosy, he hang the spy who attempted It 1t he
found that those who ohue!i the line were relaxing in
Their vigilance, lie despatched Putnam Ia rhch them,
wei! Knowing That he wcu!d keep ull wide aw AXE who |
were around him; fthe enemy alzed expedition
IN these northern provinces to take this line in the
serve. he was willing to strip himself 10 the last
ana the ..si ,::m 20 capture and destroy IT.
In the darkcst hdurs ID he ;seyopricn, and amid
its seyerest trials aud DIFFICULTIES, hc i:de 5000 ais
possession Of that line. Felow-ct2ens i! ia stils
great strategca nint and may again turn out to be
that of chief interest What shall say of il in the
Old Dominion, when they shall ask Inc the news from
the Empirr sle,e That left the Democracy OF the
State in possession Of the t,ghisI. I'D that they
mean to hold on TO the life of The Union ~ tue ;
Democracy Of The Empire State will undertake 10
mako good their Possession of this great point, how
May patrols Throughout, the land will hold up their
hands, the pr9pe.s Il Old fora blessing upon their
efforts
But, fellow citizens, | must draw to close felt !
that there WIS 20 much which ought to be said, and
which Was unable TO say, that have been brought
into idle sepeljti2l in the ysin effort TO say those
things of yhich So ,aany, after all, lave Ies lei
said.
The most enthuaiasiIe demonstrations OF applause
greeted Mr. Hunter a. ne retired, after delivering !
this admirable address.
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