Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-17

sovereign and independent. (Applause.
60 then into Carpenters Hall and sec th(
sovereign States meet see them assemble
there Oh. what d s5cne! Mt esd, 4
yon can only picture that scene this day ii
an assembly like this! Charles Carol.
signing the risk of millions, and Stephen
Hopkins, with palsy in the hand, but none
II the heart, signing-signing what? Sign
ing tie great Nottona3 Declaration, which
said that the Virginia declaration Of the
18th Of June shall not be left alone, but
that the 4th Of July shall be added to the
declaration Of the Goth Of June, and that
the whole nation shall be united il one dec
~laration, written by the four finger and thumb
Of one Of Virginia's sires. tremendous
A~pplause.) Look to Nirginia's part iii the
formation Of the articles Of the Confedera-
ton, which led to the formation of your
Federal Constitution. listen to me now
and to what | I'm going to say wish that
there was no noise, and that there was 81
lence in all the earth, and hat I had the
trumpet Of an Arch-Angel to sound it eve
rywhere. When your fathers attempted to
form this Union they did not know, before
hand what sort Of a Union it was to be-
They set to work to do the best they could
under the circumstances. What they would
accomplish no man could tell. There was
acs a head upon either that. had the human
wisdom to tell what it was to be but they
went in for anton, for unions seke. Zap
plause.) By all the Gods; by all the al
tars Of my country, | 90 for unions sake.
Loud applause which continued for several
minutes.) They set to work to make the
best Union they could, and they did make
the best Uuion, the best Government that
ever was made (Applause.) Washing
ton, Franklin, Jeferson-all combined, in
Congress OR out Of Congress in Convention
or out of Convention, never made that Con-
stitution-God Almighty sent it down to
your fathers. (Applause.) 1t was a work
too Of glory and a work Of iuspiration.-
(Applause.) [ believe that as fully as I
believe my Bible. 20 man, from Hamil-
ton and Jay and Madison-from Edmond
Randolph, who had the chief hand in max
ing it-and he was Z Yirainian-the
writer's Of it, the authors Of it, and y5u who
have lived under it. from 1889 down to
this year of our Lord, 1658-none of your
fathers and none Of your fathers sons, have
ever measured the height or depth, or the
length or the breadth. Of the wisdom Ct that
Constitution. cloud applause
Virginia! Virginia speaks for herself
she gave you the father Of your Country,
(Applause J she gave you your revol ution;
she gave you your liberty /; she gave you
the author Of the declaration of Indepen-
dence +; she put the ball Of revolution in mo-
ton and was the first that gave it impulse.
(Applause.) She was the mother of your
Constitution in the person of Edmond Ran
dolph, and Madison. And then she was
the mother Of your Judi ciary in the person
Of John Marshall (applsuse.) Mother Of
the Father Of the Country; mother of the
Constitution mother Of the Declaration of
independence; mother of the Revolution
mother Of the Judici airy, which is the great
bulHark Of the Constitution. noud ap-
plause.} We may well claim that she is
''motker of Us all !" Is it necessary for me
to give you a list Of her sons? They are
more numerous than the mighty pillars Of
this mighty fabric ; end they are just as
stauncE in their historical renown, as these
pillars in their firm easements. aloud ap-
plause.J
And now, after all they talk about vir-
ginia's decay. She never has decayed.-
She never will decay. She has not pro-
! crossed in mechanic arts. in mining and
manufacturing and commerce., but she has
ten times the field 81 Pennsylvania in iron
and coal, and she can have. mechanics or
manufacturers and commerce, whenever
she chooses; and, as I have said often be-
fore, every river has it's water fall which
murmurs the music Of her power for ma,
chinery. (Applause.)
thank you addressing himself to Mr..
Cochrane) for the honest truth which you
have told them this day, as a witness of
what I have been preaching for twenty
years to my constituents. 1t is time that
Virginia was turning her attention to man
ufactures, mechanics, to commerce and to
mining. No country, no State can live up
on only ore Of the FIVE cardinal powers Of
production. She must resort to all of the five
combined ard Virginia is doing it. Go,
before you leave here, sA5 friends from
New York, and look at the iron factories
that are growing ZIP around this noble see
merry. 1 say that labor is not the "nlud
SLIP Of society and I thank God that the
old colonial aristocracy Of Virginia, which
despised mechanical and manuat labor is
nearly run out. I thank God that we are
beginning to have miners, mechanics and
manufacturs, WHO will help to raise what
is left Of that aristocracy up to the middle
grade Of responsibility. daughter and
applause Look at the iron factories here;
look at the tobacco factories here-that fac
tory which is every day stealing my life
away with the very weed of luxury. Blu
it is worth some five or sig m;liions now.-
And if YOU ask mt where Virginia is to-
day, I viii tell you where you ore-in War.
wick & Barkskale's mill house, that grind:
Eout q mean all our mills) that grinds on
bout Eve hundred thousand barrels O
aour per year, And, sir, we are reaching
our Briarian arms to the big bend Of thu
Ohio. We are running a dead straigh
line Of railroad from Hampton Roadside tn
mouth Of the Ohio, which lies exactly mid
way between The Gulf Of Mexico and thu
Nortlcrn lakes. We will carry this cana
look at its basin-we will carry It. acrosi
tic Alleglanies; ana, Mr.. President Of tn
james River and Kanawaa Canal, e4ldres
sing himself to Col. Ellis,) If you and
don't live t. see it cross the tunnels Of tn.
Alleghanies, MY children will I've TO see it