The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-07-10
/ III + DISPA TCH.
SPEECH OF HON. RUFUS CuOATE
IN BOSTON


Hon Rufos Cho-te, of Massachusetts,, on the 5,l
inst, delivered al Grafton before the eS t,ana,
Mea, OF Boston, to commemorate the anniversary
OF American Independence. The effort 10 magnilieon,
- both In the patriotic aud intellectual views Wa
make soa.e extrscsa;
CREED OF LIBERTY
This creed, so grand, so bfOad-iu TIA ganar,l
and duly qualified meaning. so true-nion1aS e.,
colonies, led them through the desert and thu aaa
OF fsntireyontionary life. rallied them all
81 resist tho attacks of King and a minIstsr
sharreaed and pointed ths basonets Of ali tbair
hattlet, barst forth from IA million lins beau,ed In
milton eyes. burned in million bosom.. snnnd
ed out in their revolutionary eloQuence of re and
iu Ihe Deeisration,awoke the thunders aud gleam.J
in the lightning Of the deathIess words of Oti,
Henry. aud Adams; was gravei forever on tbe
general mind by tho pen of jefferson and Paine n,
by stselpont on great rock sun.lightsd; sur
y!ved the cScitements OF war aud the necessities
Of order: penetrated and tiDged all our con.titu
t.oaal composition aud policy, aud all our party
organizations and nomenclature, ard stands to day
radiant, defiant, jocund, tiptoe on the submits oi
our greatness. authoritative and LOADER procla
n.ation 10 humanity by Freedom, the guardian
and the avenger.
STATE RIGHTS.
In the theories of all publicists and all specala
fists they were retained, and they valued foi
il, to hinder and 10 disarm that centraliza alton
which had been found to be the danger aud the
pe2Sn ness Of federal liberty. And then when you
bear in mind that thsy soyereigntics quasi bu
soyereigrties still; that Of the most dread suG
;r5nsceudeut prerogsti,es oi sovercig ciguties, the
prerosatiye to take life and liberty for crime
IS theirs with out dispute; that in lbe lheoIie'
of soIIe schools they may claim 30 be parties tC
| the great compact. aud such may. and that any
Of them may, seceie from that compact whsr
by their corporate Judgment they deem it to b,
broken fundamentally by the others, aud tina
| from such Judgment there il appeal 80
common peaceful umpire; that in the theories o
some school. they may call out their young met
anl their old men under she pain OF death to def,
ins sword point Of the Fedora! arm: that they cal
| pour aTCUud even the galiows and the tomb O
! him who died for treason to the Union, honor
OF inon, tears and thus sustain the last untimei
! h .uc and soothe the disembudied complaining
shade; that every one, by name. by line q bound
Ery. by jurisdiction, is distinct tIOm every other
/ al every from the nation; that within the
| Iuyolate borders lie farms. our homes OF
! nyeting /, uses, oGr graves that their lava the
CnHrts their militia, their police, to so vas. an ex
| ;eht protect our persons from violence and orl
| houses om plupdeT; shat their heaven !ipen
| our hatyts:s; their schools form eur children
mental aud moral nature; thtir charities or the
taxes feed our poor; their tosl ias cure or sIete
cur Insane; that their Imsge their cpiu ,ons ths
| literature. their morality are gfOuud us ever
! I.reseuce. monument. an atuIOsphere-u hen yoi
consider this you feel how practicable aud how IN
rvitat!e IL tHGt sntUEupism to a single nationn
| lie and how true il is that We buy ali our bless
| iugs at u price
sKCrIONALISH