Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-06-16
SprEcB OF COL. KEITT.

| wa cony below portion Oh Tue Pi''o7''e " '
,..o ,a;, road iabilee at Charleston containing
.oo.h Of Hon. Laurence NJ. keitt of 5. Z. Like al
CT. If that gentleman, it s marked by bril-
r.rcy. elronence and point:
| unn w ID. Porter read the tenth toast as follows
THE SOUTHERN STATES: Politically and socially
thew have Que Faith one Hope, one Destiny.
Col Keitt was called on to respond to this SEMI
| ment, and spoke as folows:
the City Council OF Charleston, came mere 10 ,...n
gle my tribute with the common tribute OF no
to the intelligence, enterprise ana genius VI sue ~
came here to admire the large neartea en. d rnI
| has covered it With miracles OF "e"nu J;o, md
| Of art and science, and TO appdua .nn .;. =; .,
| manly eloou+nce which is becoming tra'' w ''i'
| econSmy OF Western lifs l should nave ueGih1u
them troubling yoa with any Ieha'', "a. "s aI ~"
| character uf the sentiment u WHY" ''N ~"
| upon me to RESPOND. ,n,.. tho So,th ia ono
,,,Ia. and sha ha. within her limits energy, ana
Janus and courage aud resources eiougu ~ I III.
ons,ruct and maintain the migatest ana hooiest I'm
| MIRO nm earth. Our Southern sun, climate, staple
,oduc,ions. and, above and beyond all, negro slave
rv have made us one people; and neither human pas
,ion nor mortal ambition neither party crseos nor
selfish greed, can burst asunder THESE oouue WHICH
God himself has woven and sealed WIN lne u'Ruty
laws Ut nature.
south Carolina has been charged with naughty sel.
shpess and isolation but here, in the very home OF
the Swamp Fox and the Game COCK tell you ina,
there never has been moment when sie aa MOI leel
aud know, that the destiny of the wnoie o'u'h was
her dsstipy aud that. if the vessel foundereo upon
IN. rocks ar perished i'm the tempest she, too, would
90 down in the ruin. Her forward movements nave
been to save the Constitution ana inc Sou'n, aho
never in spirit OF arrogance ana dictston' Her
sons have r.ysr BEEN placement nor mas she sought
or ncc.ntcd federal houuiies. Selfish against whom 7
AGAINST Won of the South and West Why. South
Carolina and Virginia the maternal States Of the
south aud Southwest. From their loins you have
sprang, aud their blood is in your veins. They arc
nrond of you-prouj of your triumphs and achieve
msnts-o your wealth and dominion; and they CLAIM,
with mothers love, share in all your giories.-
will YOU reject that love, and will you deny that
claim No, trust you never will; but II you ever
should we will still cling to you and wrestle Wild
YOU, that we may accomplish our common destiny
/ beg YOU, then, TO carry back with you, to your
Western homes, the conviction that South Caroha
now feels aud ever has te', shat we OF me savehoiu
ing South are people, aud that our late 49, anu
must be, q common one. ,
The Palms,to State, sir, has ever had Catholic
!iberaiity Of thought and feeling She has ever
looked out beyond her own borders sno admired Vlr-
tue and hunored genius wherever found. Inc gen
tleman from Tennessee, tMr. Haskil) has spoken
eonnen,y .f che great trio Of the Ssnate Chamber.
Though she had been long Rrrayed against the pocy
of two of thtae great leaders, she has ever admired
their aud and when they were taken
from EARTH che bowed 10 sorrow over their laureied
Mississippi ITSELF sweeping along its majestic track
way aud bearing down every obstacle 10 i's resist
less current while the praires on either side were
wrapped in rushing flames. In Webster she saw Tue
Northern cataract, complying lakes at plunge; ana
shaking the earth with lis volumed thuudsrs. III
her own Calhoun she the great ocean, unfathom-
able in depth, and invincible in power upon ~nose
quiet bosom the ships OF the earth can rue ~ SaIy,
cut whose pillows. under the Dream Oh the e'o III
king would shatter and wreck einbattied haVies'-
tha Ynidaf nj
great meu stood out, to Der as aw-giVers ana upon
their omoral Mount Sipai, made sacred aho guard
I'D by the lightning and thunder OF intellect anu pa
triotism.
But. gentlemen trust have said enough to salts.
r, YOU that this State is WITH and of the South, and
will now turn TO the Obsct OF this celebration You
nave met here to complete the festive greetings
which commemorate the baptism OF the Mississippi
with the Waters of the Atlantic. You have now
united tho South and West with iron bands-6ands
more enduring and tenacious than golden bands
sometimes are; for they never Will De worn by
iaalousies nor stained by betrayal. The South and
West have now accomplished social union, which
will strengthen all the other ties between them and
make their whole resources available. As among
the schild-peopls" of Greece at the olympic iestl'
y8ls wars ceased, fueds ended, and Jsaouses were
hushed while all the scattered tribes came TO renew
their unity and rebaptise their brotherhood 60 here
AT this festival, all tbs sons OF the South tfom the
frst herading of the to the spot where sink his
parting beams, may come, and on common siiar'
blight their knighty vows Of aith, honor ana well
fare. 80
Fast bound are now the South and West, and their
race of power and conquest is but just begun,
Hitherto, they have given their time, ana BLOOD ana
wealth, the common government, 10 carry lts nag,
whether radiant the waste ocean, or blazing be-
meath unfamiliar consultations; but now their ener.
pies and resources are given to gathering iaures
which grow on the sharper and higher ridges OF the
battle of life-aurels oulyto be won by the heresm
of civil duty and the "austerer gores OF domestic
sacrifice"
The march of the slavehoIding States 10 onward,
and onward stil-nor can it pause until the sun Is
right over our heads; nor will tho tdict OF Destiny oe
met until the people al thsse Tetions are hidden 10
marriage feast grauder than any spread upon the re-
cords of time. The Pacific. v-xed BIZ storms, and
restless upon his lonely, bachelor bed, Tor unno!ed
Centuries In. sobbed to the rock bound coast the
story of his bafflsd love; but American genius ana
American energy like carrier pigeons are now nsar-
ing the suors gentle plea over plain and mountain,
oysr forest and city, and they will carry back
the plghted maden's vow OF the b!ushing Atlantic.
Much have you Of tho South and West already
done, but much still remains for you to DO. Inc
IordIy Pacific, like awakened giant IL stepping
forth TO demand aud uecone tbs birds 10 has already
wooed and won and it is for you to soelnnizs the
magnificent hymn of the Oceans with chain OF iron
witnesses. When you have done this, you Will nave
laid your hand upon the gates Of the Ea't, aud Inc
long procession of the trades will follow In your
trsckway 10 seize and hold the golden keys. That
splendid commerce.. which erstwhla enriched Ih.bts
and Palmyra, Venice, Genoa aud Holland, and whith
now plants the great commercial nerve ot the wotia
on the Exchange in London, will come to you bid
den guest
The use Of tropical productions lie fast becoming
test Of civilization, and they are rapidly celebrating
themselves iniO the very elements OF the national
greatness and power. Great Britain Sees this, and
hence she is pushing her cOnquess through ruined
India and treading over shattered thrones. 10 lay
her hands upon the sources of tropical wealth.
France too has planted her Lilies upon the coil OF
Africa, and stretching to the accomplishment OF
tha same end il marching over hsry deserts, ana
through the Sm"ke of burning Arab villages Nor
does this great law OF modern progress and civiliza
ton stop with these two powers. Nicholas OF Rus
sia, when ia his midsosr OF AMBITION when stretch
ing to the very sun, like
"1hy feahered king,
On balanced wing"
he was struck down by the shaft Of DEATH was grid
ing up thu loins Of bis huge empire for mighty
spring through the gateway Of China. upon the pos
sessions Of Great Britain in the East in order to
grapple those vast regions to his already colossal
| pire, aud rebound his power and regime upon the
wealth and commerce of tho East. This grea
scheme stili percostss through the minds of the
lers of Russia. This to the tropics is ours too
| God, geography and nature have combined to ena
bic to Ouistrp all Of our rivals IN this high earee
| Of power ard emprs Marry the Atlantic to the Pa
| ciic, and obey the mandate Of destiny, and you vii
have your hands upon the necessities and Injuries
| the world while oil the arfs and NIL the trades, an:
sciences. will circle in festive thrnnSs around you
Let the South hut be true to hereelf and tho nation
of the earth will pay her tribute aud the isss of TN
sea will shout arou ID her chariot wheels But conn
what may let us pledge ourselves that the South sha
be free, aud shall be safe.
THE LATE EUROPEAN NEWS.
NEW YORK, June ll.-There ia no truth in thu re
port that new conditions have been received in Eos
| n treaty