Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-10-16


this as il may, It shall not opsEatsy AsAhos
slightest degree upon our course. h taRA
and reputation belong to our StatAi lTmuaON
erabe and unprincipled wretches who lNOulA'
steal from him his good name shall recsiye,As
they are deserving Of, no lenieDcy. We have
therefore called things by their proper Dames..
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---Fruu, the Nvvr Forl Joufnafo eoMmstess l
Brown University-SenatOr GWinT gteeGh.
New York, September 4tb, 49,.
To the Editor Cfthe Journal Of C0NsDtjfee =
The attack of the Providence correspondent Of
the Evening POst, upon Senator GWir, ia his
statement of the events attending the SOtnA'
mencemcnt Of Brown University, Is IN elSMSd'
acter with every alusion to that geMtlcman
which appears in that paper. The sketch o.
Senator Gwin's speech is libel upon WhanhA-
really said. / was present and heard every
word uttered by every speaker. l was atSllols.
with the effect Mr.. Gwin's remarks produced
upon the august asSemblage Of alumni of. the
venerable university, and have sketchsd What
every gentleman who heard it will SAY y ..
near approach to the very words Of the Senar-
tor. He spoke so low and deliberately, that.
it was easy to catch his meaning, and, there
fore have had the less difficulty in preparing
what follows AS 10 Ex.GOv. Boutwell,, ne
sketch of his speech published IN the Pod, 30
far as it alludes to Senator Gwin, Is eqnkaAy
false. would not be surprised II he waStlSe
POst's correspondent. He did make = most
disgraceful speech for the commencement Of q
literary institution, by EsFveut hopes that th0r
time would soon come, when TIE wegvo ~tIn
the white man would be on an eqNalitE onA>
and sleep together, on this eOntine1Aa &hAr
introduction Of this sectional question intO thNd
ceremonies of the commencement 0fa VonNahs
bio and renowned university, sufficiently a
stamps the man. In response 10 the follow
ing sentiment read by the President Of the
University -,
The Granite coasts of New England and the
Golden shores Of Calf0rnia-alike the bounds Of an
Imperial Republic, and Of this our Republic Of let
ters." u
Senator Gwin said, Mr.. President II am
informed that this ancient seat Of flearning sent
forth Bachelors of Art before the Battle Of
Lexington. 1t is, therefore, q monument Of
which Americans may be the prouder because
we have so few to boast Of Excepting as to :
churches and institutions Of learning or use
iulness, the age Of SO called monuments has
passed. In former times they were erected
often vainly-t0 commemorate the triamphs'
Of idolatry or of barbaTOuS power. This idea
prevails from the pyramids through the tenn
pies of Greece and Rome to the castles in
which the feudal BarOns of the middle Ares
found shelter from the retribution due to rap
inc and crime. AS traveller on the Pacific,
have witnessed the gigantic monuments Of
Spanish rule now crumbling to dlst-toE
neither the cathedral nor the massive battle,
.mcnts could resist the attacks Of that spiritof
free thought and free action which our history
has Sanctifed by the name Of Recitation ~
The monuments Of your age and. country
are living ones, and 1t depends only upon the
people that they be perpetual. The railway,
the telegraph, the bridge, the breakwater, the
lighthouse, the aqueduct, the factory, and
above all, free inStitutiOns ---- ,'----.-
My State is not ten years old. It cannot,
therefore, like Rhode Island, claim that rovo.
lutionary origin which Is the foundation Of
North American peerage. But although N.Y.
constituents, as mass, cannot persO nally rs-s
cur to that glorious struggle in which the Solr >
diers and statesmen Of Rhode Island were In,
the foremost ranks, they still treasure thelegas
cy Of your forefathers as precious iuhgTi. !,
tancC, and strive, by honest industry and the
maintenance of the right, to follow and to emu.
late the example Of their children. While
constituting, as they do, mosaic Of Ill, the
sections Of the Union, they are but apprent.
ces in the art Of self-gOvernment and always
regard Rhode Islander, when he comes among
them, as Past N0SteF in the Grand LOd0e az
Democracy.
have often inquired Of myself why SO few"
Of the descendants Of the Roger Williams Col.
Ony settlement should have found their way n
to California. A delightful scjOutn hGf6 d6Go
ring the past few weeks has enabled biNNTtOs
answer the question to my entire sAaislActiUaIl
You are well enough off at home; atsd wlAow
enough to let cell enough alone. Thesskanila .
fisheries carry off for q time those restless
spirits which belong to every community,
and they, fancy, are always happy to return
to the blue waters and green fleldsOf old Naf.l
ragansett While in agriculture, commercU'
and the various trades and manufactures, the
more sedatc and old fashioned portion Of yOuF.
population find ample aud remunerative 0ceuR
patton. f- .tar,8,
But this does not prevent our wanting To-
see more Of you in the Far West. We want
you to explore the inexhaustible ocean haunts
of our fishes; we want you to lay tbs heela.
and shape the water lines of our naScent cOths
mercial marine; we want in Orr councils the
practical wisdom and experience which yOtR
have gathered in the primitive field Of Self.a
government .44i &a.4,a
. And, gentlemen, 4eO mean to Aavs ron. ;1ls.z
fore the expiration Of another year, weekly lDussi
horse post coaches will start from E0et Lamvc
cnwOrth, st. Louis, Memphis and San Antonio
for the Pacific, carrying passengers by he
northern, middle and southern routes over th1
Rocky Mountains, passing over the rich plains.
Of Kansas and Nebraska, or through Gtuhp
or windings around the hills which conceal
the inexhaustible treasures Of Arizona. spht
And if these facilities for western tPayel -
not entice you, others will; fOr letmStAllyoW
that those liberal provisions of boFss sgeypIlo
meut for the colonization and sesliu ivUN
our vast Western TeFritosieA a9Oil6ae Nlo1R
precursors Of the great nAtioAal ihtste ~
railway which, before the ApsS 0fhNhy NJ
will connect with an iron band the mighty
East and the growing West ~ 'the Na1s1e
Z'Uins qt NortA iAMsricSss tli6tttv.n bgais LIo,
The notices Of ths ssnatots sRtssk1 'is'
several Providence pApepk the fSSlsS Nv. ~ ~
and 7SsOaHe, are 10 ssFSns c1hlI 1i4i
report published in the Pot bARR u III
lnentaty, and in no instance takjpaADK lpe
tons 70 his remarks Anie1l An 1SiS N II -
"Pray, Mr.. JenkihS hSIR y4SvstIf I6sSRA
bacon don't Be. afraid AZ ltfx .eloO
"No, indeed. tnadagh ] thaIl nNg be- lllvE
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