Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-06-23

hef soh MIN whose name all responded TO with pari
otto emotion, the immortal Washington. Mr.. Win.
throp in very feicitous manner, introduced the
Hon. j. NJ. Mason 10 the assembly as u Senator in
Congress from the Old Dominion.
SPEECH OF SENATOR MASON.
?, MR. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN OF THE BUyXER
HILL observation-disclosures by your gracious invi-
iation to witness this grand and imposing spectacle,
had thought that came here as witness only. |
had not thought that should be- called upon to be.
come all actor in the am for the first time
present at Bunker Hill. and in the presence Of the
descendants and successors of that ga,lal: and De
voted band who laid down their lives upon this soil
t'lst We might live rs freemen. They have lett. you
| my counrymen, heritage that has been unknown
| 70 tue world since the most palmy deys G. G-cocc
ana home they have left you the heritage of an I'm.
,nor1a name and more, they have left you the heri
| 1py people assembled in hurry. To meet whoml-
| The veterans o! old England. Wbere7 Upon The
SON OF an English Colony. Why1 This. they might
convince the world as they convinced the foe, that
Lhey possessed the spirit of resistance 10 tyranny
rom any quarter that it might come [applause; and
that gallant man whom you in honoring, honor your
selvesIthat gallant man who tho most ds'in
gusnea VIcliin upon that ls uished field could he
have returned from It, although he could not have said
a. MS spartan Predecessor ut Thermopyls did,
Go, stranger, and -. :; ct LacsGcmon, that
wa lad down our lives in obedience to the
,a"s ot sparta because at that dsv INV coun-
trymen, we had no law-the empire of British rule
hsd ended-the empire of American rule had not be.
gum there was no law but the fixed, ndomtable pur-
nose--he stern and iron rue-and the rea,ly maud to
| achieve what 7Tas .hc.1 aS..,.ved Although he
could IL; lave used the Spartan Language. ..o -. "a.
have said to Massachusetts. "Te it your sons in
massachusetts tell it To sister Colonies, and let
| It be handed down from generation TO generation,
,liat here. upon Bunker Hill, was laid the corner.
stone OF American Independence. ce,nented win our
, b!coc." Applause. My countrvmen have been
well aud beautifully told by the justly distinguished
gentleman who was tic orator .! the day, that at
Bunker Hill, elghtytwo years ago, when the Revo.
!a'lon ~as Inaugurated, the rule of the Brtis, Em
plre ceased upon this continent. Other battles
fought, other suferngs endured privations that
would bs incredible to those who did not witness
| them were sustained without Inurmur, but the
British rule ended upon this continent eighty-two
years ago. Applause | have ssd, Mr.. President,
that if that just and gallant could have returned
from the battlefield and told Massachusetts to hand
down the memory Of that day from generation to
generation, he would have found he request full
filled. Four generations have passed by, and
are here in the fifth now. shall tell il in Old
Virginia, when | return to her blessed bills that
found the spirit of Massachusetts buoy8nt, pat
riotic as completely filed with the enanatons that
should govern patriotism Tlieu | visited Bunker
| dill as it was when that battle fought. Loud
applause l am authorized to say why this most
inspiring assemblage-why that intermnable process
| sion of which formed by your kind invitation, a
very humble part-why these streamers from every
house, and from every window, and why was all the
handkerchefs and streaming their banners of wei
| come to the commentators of this great day. !
shall fee! myself authorized to cay to the people OF
Virginia that the spirit of Bunker Hill yet remains at
Bunker Hill applause1 And now, my countrymen,
something was said by the very eloquent and honor.
sd gentleman who represents the State of Counecti
cut in depreciation of that dshonored day which
should witness this great confederation broken into
| fragments. sympath:ze with him. am here to-day
to say to you, people of Massachusetts, that our
Government il a Government whose only sane
! rion is in the honor and in the good faith
of the States OF this Cnion tappla.se and
| to proclaim that 80 long as there are honor snd
good faith in the States and in the people of the States,
the Union will be perpeuated Renewed applause.
| invoke you here on Bunker Hell, coming from my
own honored State in the far South; invoke of you
all that you shall require OF those who represent you
that they administer the Government as it was form.
ed by our fathers under the Constitution Applause
and not otherwise would ask the spirit of that ps.
triot who has departed from US, ii he can look down
agsin upon the earth which hs once honored, to in
spirs you all with that feeling which would require
that the Government should be administered under
the Constitution in honor and 10 good faith. Mr. Pre-
sident, thank you again, and the association of
which you the worthy head, for having given me
the opportunity Of witnessing this great spectacle on
Bunker Hill, and enabling me to take back to my
people, shall do, the assurance that the spirit Q!
Bunker Hill yet lives in Massachusetts, Loud and
long continued applauss.l
SPEECH OF THE HON. JOHN P. KENNEDY
OF BALTIMORE.
MR.. President AND CITIZENS OF CHARLES
rows AND Bosroy IL my friend, the
Vice President, who has done me the honor to pre-
sent me. that did not need his Asttsring refsrence
10 The service rendered in the War OF Independence
by the Stats in which was born, and in which have
sver held my residence, nor his kind notice OF my
SELF, t0 persuade me to make public acknowled..
nent Of the profound qualification ind in beng al
lowed to witness, under many circumstances OF per-
acrsl advantage the interesting ceremonies OF this
day in this place, nor to assume upon myself the
grateful duty of expressing behslf Of the State Of
Maryland the earnest sympathy Of her people in the
glory won by Charlestown, Boston and Msssschu-
setts in that mountainous conflict on this hill in which
the great ibaton Of patriot blood va. offered IL con
secrate the first irrevocable and decisive action by
which this Republican Empire was destined to
be brought into existence. | know full we'll how
fnndly and how sensiLy every nan and woman
of Maryland obershes the traditions Of their |
fathers touching that conflict. With what ap. |
probation they hand thuSs traditions down TO
their children How they use them TO refresh |
thor own love of country, and TO instil into the
youthful hearts Of the rising generation at their own
fresiGes the pure element Of loyalty to national
freedom aud to that union OF the States by which it
is to be preserved; and know also well that in
every narrative of that glorious struggle the first aud
most prominent incident to which they refer s the
battle OF Bunker Hill, and tho heroic death OF War
rem With such training Of the heart in the lesson
of pairiotism-wth such sn enrichment OF the memo |
ry with great deeds-how could II be otherwise hrf
that Maryland would look with the sincerest regard
and most cordial applause upon the most glorious
work in which Massachusetts in this day engaged
wish, cir, could speak in the faw moments your
kindness has allotted to in the proceedings this
OCCASION as earnestly and forcibly as feel my own
L,sh estimate of the glorious spirit in which your
State and city have acquitted themselves Of duty
which this whole land rejoices to contemplate.
Much more do wish that could in language al
eloquent the sentiment itself convey to the minds
Of this assembage the sympathy Of the people of my
s0t tha Ia andA ArInnf fN
whom Maryland claims the friend and asserter Of
her share n the common heritage of national glory;
oy title not less authentic than that which you make
on your own behalf. Between the era of the Battle
of Bunker Hill and that Of the Surrender of York
town lies long space of national trials, filled with
the history of people laboring in the brth-throes
Of grand empire. Ii is history of prvstion, en-.
durance and suffering, made illus;ous 10y brave con-
test and many brilliant achievements. No sections
in the whole course of these events won more admra
ton than those two which mark the beginning and the
end Sir In many perhaps in most OF the more notable
Of these conflicts NJ represented by her cons
10 the field who often bore her banner on the perious
edge Of battle by the aide of Massachusetts,. That
they we're not by her side on the 18th Of June l775
was only because your haste outran our knowledge
If you had given us timely warning OF what you
were about, We should have placed upon the mister
roll of Bunker Hill the names of some Of those
worthes my friend has been pleased to remember to-
or Smith o. uoward-a. Fl. comrades
for q common Immortality with your Warren, Pres-
cott and Putnam Ihs friendship cementeo ID tnose
days of trial has been delivered from the fathers 10
the sons, and IL is but debt OF honor due to the
founders of our Republic that the Of the present
should show their reverence to the men of the past
by sacred nurture of t:.: harmony OF sentiment
which prevailed in the beginning, and by united
homsgs to those great principles of civil liberty and
constitutional right which the elder generation che
rshed and which is and their persistent endsavor
and highest wish to render the characteristic and per-
manent distinction Of the American people in all time
TO come. l trust that Maryland and Massachusetts
may ever be found true to that grand aud benGcept
aspiration of our common forefsthers.
Brief speeches were then made by Gov. Gardner |
Of Mas Gov. Dyer of R. l., Gov Holly OF Conn.,, /
and the Hon. Robert e. Winthrop.
FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
The following are the complete returus from the |
various counties in this Congressional District. Not