Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1858-03-19
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MR.. EVERETT IN " RGINIA--A A
NOBLE SPEECH

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guration dinner 70 which numerous DIS
tinguishcd guests were Invited. MED
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"Massachusetts and Virrinia-the rovo-
lutionary Ties that unite them still 1.-Two In
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Mr. PRESIDENT and Gctitlomen--I thank
you Tor tins cordial welcome. thank
you for calling upon me to respond 70
50 welcome a toast. Sir, the reverence
OF Ma s'sachusetts for Washington and for
Virginia, the mother Of Washington, goes
beyond those revolutionary times which
you have mentioned. Yes, ct further
back than that Massachusetts khew, and
honored and loved Washington, while the
colors of Fancy yet hoted upon the bastions
o. Fort Duquesnc, while the red cross Of
St. George foated over the American colo
mics, from Massachusetts, to Georgia. He
came to my own Boston as long agoas Feb
uary, 1850. He came to Us then, we knew
him then-he was already known through
out the colonies as the youthful hero Of
the seayen years war, and, sir, when the
revolutionary times came on, when the col
onies few to arms, and when the great and
important questions arose in Continental
Congress, who at this critical juncture
should conduct the legions of Che sous Of
liberty in the war Of independence, Massas
ehusetts cast her voice and her inanencs
In favor of the nomination OF Geo. Wash
ington. Loud and long continued ap-
plause 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
pathless forest--rnen who would storm the
citadel of Louisburgh---she had leaders Of
tried skill and yalor--yet with all their
brave mon and brave leaders in the field,
and at the risk of wounding the tenderest
nerve in the heart Of q gentlcman-the
point OF honor; she still gave her suffrage
in favor of Washington, she still gave her
suffrage for the honorcd and noble chief.
Loud applause, 8, ..,.s .,..s1sn.
We like to remember this--continued
Mr.. E.--and TO remember that when your
great Virginia hero came to assume that
all important trust, he did it under the
shadow of the wall of our venerable Uni
yersity, in the ancient town of Cambridge.
We like to remember that he held the for
ces ofthe enemy beleagured in the town
OF Boston, for several months, and that
the irst great success that he achieved in
the war was upon the heights that overlook
our capital. Loud applause. = ss,
Some Of the foreign writer's tells us that
Washington was no military captain.
Massachusetts,, sir, knows better. Nearly
within sight of where you stand-my hon
orable friend says some where in this neigh
borhood-with his militia fresh from tho
plow, unprovided with ordinance, out Of
ammunition, he kept the royal forces at
bay for nearly twelve months. Massachu-
setts beholds another monument of his
genius ON the nights Of Dorchester, where
he achieved one of the noblest successes
of the Revolution. IApplause] 1altH
I read few weeks ago, sir passage in
a French work, in which it was stated that
Washington could not have conducted tho
French army in the great campaign Of 1872
which was the most stupcndous military
array ever witnessed. Itwas led in thlr.
teen columns, each column composed of
one hundred companies. 1t was stated
tiat Washington could not have conducted
that army to Rus sia. i do not know who
has right to say that l do not know on
what principle Of probability or common
sense, or law, or Justice, you can say that q
man who has been a successful ruler over
few would not have been successful
over many. But this will soy, that from
the superiority claimed for Napoleon, on
the ground that he conducted that great
army to Russia, there must be made a de.