The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-02-24
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ANDREW Fl. D.wsos. Esq of Georgia, being LOUDLY
called on. responded as follows:
Mr.. President AND GgsTIgngs If Georgia had
any other representative here tonight, shouid
certainly have sought to escape the responsibility
OF responding 10 the call made upon me. i am
able, however, to congratulate myself upon one
thing. which am happy to see, and that Is that
there Is In almost every heart here a willing re-
sp0nsa to the ttue conservative sentiments which
have been uttered here tonight, and the great
principles which IL was the part of Virginia TO
have promulgated. Really, gentlemen, have been
overwhelmed with qualification at the propriefy
OF both the toasts which you have jnst offered
They are appropriate on this occasion of the cee-
bration of the natal day of our great and good
Washington. Az far as his fame is knewn-and
the most ignorant familiar with it in this
country-nothing can be better understood about
him than his devotion to this Union (Applause.1
How often do regret when hear the crmna
tions and determinations that have taken place be-
tween your representatives in Congress and else
where. IL Is a source of regret to find them so
ohirious of those reflections and considerations
which would have given them charity one for an
other. and the sentiments which have been offered
| think appropriate and proper. when there are
gentlemen present from the free as we'll IS the
slave States. We might make some allowance for
the sentiments entertained by many of our North
ern friends in regard to our institutions. lave
you ever reflected that perhaps even you. born
and educated at the North. and brought up from
childhood to manhood amid all the associations
peculiar to that section, you would have been as
the Northern men are. preludiced against the
Southi Have the gentlemen from the Northern
States ever reflected that had they been born and
reared II. the South they would have been perhaps
as great fire eaters Hs any amongst usf daughter
and applause) This fact, If properly reflected
upon by every man, would induce him to receive
with many grains of allowance whatever he may
hear from an opponent in sentiment and political
economy.
l will not detain you with a speech, after the
examples of brevity that have been SET me by the
distinguished sons of Virginia who have preceded
me, aud whose eloquence it has been my privilege
to listen to. / will conclude with toast. which
trust will meet with the appreciation Of all pre-
sent:
The memory of Washington and the Union of
these States Until the first shall perish may the
last flourish (Applause)
The sext toast was as follows:
The Orator of the Day His great and noble
themes were painted with masters hand-his
pictures vie with the majestic statues.
The Hon. r. NJ. I. HUNTER was loudly called
upon; but the President informed the company
that Mr.. Hunter had left. Whereupon tbs Hon.
NJ. II. II. GARNET, in response to call, made n
brief speech. which the reporter was unable, be-
cause of his distance from Mr.. e.. to take down
The honorable gentleman made warm Southern
speech, in the course of which he denied the
tionnity of the claim to Washiugton's name and
fame. lie declared that they were the property OF
Virginia and that the other States had no more
claim to them than they had to the fame of Shak-
speare and Milton. Mr. G. concluded with this
toast:
.'Tho South first, the South last, and the South
at all times
The following toast was next announced:
"The Poets of the Day The muses. strewed the
monument with flowers, and the Incense of pa
triotism sheds its fragrance around"
JAMES BARON iIoPE, and JOHN r. THOMPSON,
Esos responded in brief bat appropriate speech.
The following toast was announced:
Massachusetts, AMI Virginia--the revolution.
aryties that unite them still live In the hearts of
our people"
The lion. EDWARD EVERETT, rose in response to
a call from all parts of the Hail. and upon rising
was received with long continued applause. Or
der being restored he spoke as follows:
MIR. PRESIDENT and Gentlemen.-I thank you for
this cordial welcome / thank you for calling
upon ina to respond to welcome u toast. Sir,
the reverence of Massachusetts for Washington
and for Virginia, the mother of Washington, goes
back beyond those revolutionary times which
Won have mentioned. Yes, sir, further back than
that Massachusetts knew, and honored and loved
Washington, while the colours of France vet
foated upon the bastions of Fort Duquesne, while
the red cross Of St. George foated over the Ameri
can colonies. from Massachusetts to Georgia. He
came to my own Boston as long ago as February
1856. lie came to us then, we knew him then-he
was already known throughout the colonies as
the youthful hero of the seven years war, nd sir
when the revolutionary times came on, when the
colonies flew to arms, and when thegreat and impor
taut questions arose in the Continental Congress-
who at this critical juncture should conduct the le
gions Of the of liberty in the war of indepen-
dencs assachusetts cast her voice and her liz
in favor of the nomination of GEORGE WASHINGTON
Lord and long continued applause. Sir she had
her own soldiers she had her own chiefs in the
field, in the ranks of Rogers-men who would
tread with naked feet the frozen fields of Lake
Champlain, men who would thread the painless
forest-men who would storm the citadel Of Louis
y>nI tan1 e tpfn Ial-.l
yet with al! their brave men and brave leaders in
the field, and at the risk OF wounding the tender
est nerve in the heart of conference.-the point
of honor; she still gave her suffrage in favor of
WASHINGTON, she still gave her sutftages for that
honered and noble chief. loud applause
We like TO remember thls-coutinued Mr.. E
and to remember that when your great Virginia
hero came to assume that all Important trust, he
did 1t under the shadow Of the walls of our VEN
cradle University, in the ancient town of Cam.
bridge We like to remember that he held the
forces of the enemy beleaguered in the town of
Boston, for several months and that tho first great
success that he achieved in the war was upon the
heights that overlook capital. loud applause }
Some Of the foreign writers tell US that Wash
in xton was no military Captain. Massachusetts
sir, knows better. Nearly within sight of where
You stand-my honorable friend says somewhere
in this negh borhood-with his militia fresh from
the plough, unprovided with ordnance, out of am
munitun he kept the royal forces at bay for near
ly twelve months. Massachusetts behoGs another
monument OF bis genius on the heights OF Dorches-
ter whera he achieved one OF the nobest successes
of tho Revolution. (Applause)
read a few weeks ago, sir. passage In French
work, in which it was stated that Washington
could not have conducted the French army in the
great campaign of 1872, which was the most stu
pend0us military array ever witnessed. It was led
in thirteen columns, each column composed of one
hundred companies. 1t was stated that Wash
ington could not have conducted that army
to Russia. | do not know who has any right to
say that. ! do not know on what principle of pro-
liability or common sense, or law. or justice, you
can say that a man who has been a successful
ruler over a few would not have been a successful
ruler over many. Eut this | will say, that fror
the superiority claimed for Napoleon the ground
that he conducted that great army to Russia, there
must be made deduction, and that is that he did
not conduct il ont again. daughter and applause
However that may be- Washington, himself calmly
contemplated the probability that he would be
brought into personal collision with this dreadful
Napoleon. l believe that is q part of his history
to which attention has not been properly called
You might recollect in that quasi war into which
We were about to fall with ancient allies. when
our councils were distracted by domestic tends
that Washington after receiving the title of Lieu
tenant General, which was never before but in
other instance conferred upon any other military
chieftain, said If an invasion is attempted the
enemy must never be permitted TO gain foothold
on our shores. Take with that a memorable ex-
preston of his in letter to the President of the
United states tnaL the fEeDCH Hau ADOPTED snc
practice. and with astonishing success of placing
their armies under Generals of juvenile years, and
Washington intimated that if army had landed
upon our sho es, It would have been led by the
youngest and most successful of Generals and that
he himself wonid have been brought into personal
collision with that great man.
Mr.. President, join You with all my heart in
this noble commemoration Of the occasion which
has called us together Virginia has been called
justly the mother of States, and of men who have
been justly called statesmen. But there is one
honor which she shares with her sisters In the
confederacy. This mighty land, from the tropics
the polar circle boasts its attachment to the old
States and sir, might say that there is not one
of the States of the old thirteen, or many of the
new, that cannot boast of great men; but to Vir-
ginia belongs the Incompatible and distinguished
honor of having produced the greatest of men
whose prominence all. without envy, admit
whose fame it is their earnest desire to be allowed
as fellow citizens, TO participate. tdreat applause
Sir, you have done we'll 10 commemorate this