Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-02-21

/ TIE CONCLUSION OF THE SPEECH OF VIM.
n BTLBO. AT THE STATE CAPITOL, IN
BEHALF OF TIE MOUNT VERNON AssoCT-
ALTON.
have said that cordially Eympathized with the
Ladies Of the Union in the laUdabe objects of the
/ Meunt Vernon Association. They do not propose
/ By billiard piles, triumphal arches, OF animated
Marble to rsscusthe name and memory Of the immor-
tai WAsHINsToE from nuntimely oblivion. No. For
these cannot die, though the Earth should forget
her haughtiest Empires in just decay As long as
the blue waters Of the Potomac continue TO minQe
with those Of the stormy Atlantio-ss long as on
Times beaten cliffs there remains a solitary
Vesge Of the glorious Nationalties Of world scar
red by revolution and ruin, the memory Of WASH
N0TOE will find msusoleum in every heart that
loves liberty, and his name wiring reluctant iri-
butte even from the most ruthless Oppressor The
nsE0Ty Of WAsHIEGToN is ubiquity, his fame is
eternity.
Ladies': The piOus gratitude the fervd patriotism,
the civic virtue, which dictated and stil animate
your Association, should warm every heart alive to
noble sensibihty, and FIRE every tongue that be
moved TO inspiring elOQUenoe. You propose TO do
that which National COngresses and State Legisla7
lures have Willfuly neglected, or refused 10 do.
You propose 10 purchase, by free contribution, the
spot, where the mortal remains Of the beloved Ia
Their Of his country lie quietly inurned and conse-
crate it IS Mecca Of Patrtotism, 70 the Pilgrim and
eXiled patriots Of every cline gu propose TO pre-
serve his yet unscatsred dust, from the blight Of
ages, from the rude dissertation Of NandaliC hauds
from foreign and intestine wars when fierce desola-
ton shall ride upon the suphury Siroc. You pro-
pose that very trees Of the forest, that weep
their dew drops as he sleeps in his gory-the hills
and dales and Ocean-bOund stream, that were the
Revolutionary contemporaries Of his immortal
achievements, shall ever remain silent witnesses Of
an universal and indscriminate veneration-of the
spontaneous oVatiOns Of patriot hearts from every
realm Of the sun.
Surely, if the affecting strains Of the poet Eure-
pides, repeated by the chain-boUnd captive in Sy-
racusan dungeons could relent the heart, and move
the tears Of the fierce Barbarian, and restore once
more the fOrlorn Athenian TO his beloved country,
will not the story Of this deed Of national gratitude
and patriotic devotion by the Mothers Of the Re-
public, in all time to cOme-through the ever
changing tides Of empire, relens the heart and
unneFve the arm Of the rudest despoier, who should
attempt TO violste the holy sanctuary Of national
love?
If the Greciau warrior or orator, when he wished
to inspire the people 10 great and heroic achieve
ments, would point TO the AcrOpolis, crowned with
the monuments Of their valOT; or repair to the
plains Of Plates and Marathon, and invoke the
shades Of their mighty dead TO prosper and ssuetfy
the in which be was engaged; if the Swiss for
five hundred years after the establishment Of their
independence, assembled on the fields Of Morgarten
and Laupen, to spread garands over the graves,
and invoke the spirits Of the illustrOUs dead, TO
still maintain their countrys liberty, and protect it
against the formidable Rggressons Of their naughty
foes-then, too, may the sons Of America, when
thick gathering public disasters shall threaten US,
from home or abroad, repair to this spot, as to a
holy altar and invoking the spirit Of the immortal
WAsHIEGTON, swear anew never to despair of the
Republic, but whithersOeTer its honor or glory bid
them, there 70 march forth, firmly resolved to con
qUeF to die For will not liberty resnimste,
and glory rekindle, at the urn Of q WAsHINGTON!
But will the ladies be ultimately successful in this
their cOmmendable enterprise! They Will-for who
can resist the fascination Of their address, the elo
quence of their tongue and the magic Of their
beauty! Like Douglas and HOtspur united, they
could vie with world in arms Shall We the young
men Of the State, deny to their gallantry
and elOquence! Shall we hear Of ourselves, las
TassO informs u.s. what young BoUillOn, speaking
Of Armida, exclaimed: Z" What will they say at the
Court Of France when it is known that we have re-
fused our aid to beauty" They have already en-
listed in their behalf Of the most eloquant and
gifted Of our orators and statesmen. Edward Eve
rettthe rival Of story in the diversity Of his at
q Webster in comprehensive states
q Rutledge or q Fisher Ames, in the !
elegance and brilancy Of his Oratory, is electrify
ing the North in mis- fervid and patriotic appeals
Like the Mantu8n Bard as he approaches the tomb.
ne seems to transfuse something more divine than
ever, into his magic straiRs-hke those Swans Of /
LuEOLhh GuustGEateu ~ tAu MUSES. WHICH luht
before they expired, being favored with inward |
view Of Olympus, manifested their beatiio visions /
and bliss, by strains Of the sweetest melody
Shall it be asked, what has gallant, noble, chival
ric Tennessee done, and Whst will she hereafter do
We reply under the auspices Of our most excellent
and esteemed Vice President, Mrs. Frances B. FOgg,
she has done much, and will still do more. Can 1
Tennessee that has purchased for her children, and
children the tomb Of a JACKSON, be in
different to that Of 3 WASHINGTON? If WASHING
TON, by his herOism and wisdom, may be said TO
have given a new birth to freedom, and upon the /
ruins Of British arrogance and tyranny, to have
erected the splendid fabric Of constitutional
by his, may be said to have main
sined and perpetUsted them-tO have transmitted
hem TO pOsterlty, Undimmed in their splendor, and
lnsulied in their glory. WASHINGTON and JACKSON i
heroes and statesmen-hy race, fear, is the last
md nOblest Of time:
Thy deeds, through the night clouds Of ages shall
Tighten;
Thy names on his banner the soldier shall trace,
To hsLOW his death, OF mis- triumph to brighten"
No Tennesseans can never be Indifferent to what
ver viii testify the nations gratitude to departed
Eorth-to that which will impress their children
With the recollection Of past achievements, and
ust appreciation Of the gories Of that country
which they are to defend and perpetuate-with that
which is at once monument Of former greatness,
nd the pledge of future glory. A people who re-
member with becoming pride and gratitude, the
leeds of their ilustrious ancestry, will not prove
Of them in the field Of battle, or in the
council chambers Of nations