Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-05-20

nnd destructive, and mean and little. In this mere Is 'e
very poetry Of emotional metaphysics. Mount eLnTa
beine,i 10 make 4 Virginia, and beth 10 make the patriouc
virtue ola Washington which served and saved W. 49,
United States Of America! lie did not leave mount ~ and
no,s.ssiops and affairs OF other homes; but because ne kept
70 his own, he was the better fitted 10 preserve and deena
~ 4. I. m, only as have illustrated that the words Of
.mv oirn INV ndtire land, y thus become generic ana eouni
,ry.serving and country. SAVING pu uo, bmry nd i.Igrr sense.
With GnS,s blessing and the fair field OF freedom THESE
homes are the ~happiest upon earth' ma ,n.y ,T ~ ~ @r So of
GLOW out the most fervid patriotism, known u w e'''
men. , Diyinr Mother
Of a new, new birth. Seeing that tt e - IN. bnr1.. the
try protect, the peace and the happiness OF 'he on.e ~, ~,
ho,n.s M, onIv become the strength OF the country !"
they generate a love Of liberty which WORKS ia.n -.
for. the United States existed, men III ~ sx,",s. Of a birth
born scrf. OF the soil-ihev became part nN.u,'s Er . .ub.
MAC once subjects of a Tyrant they were aIMa!s SUI,
jeci-. and emigration could drag n" 1i,ahn, s ",h,.i M her
free ;hen from this serfdon. But when Liberty nsnte ~
torches on mi, Coptincnt, there sprnng up from u Iel!
brightest beams n new birth Of freedom ca!lti-Ha IT, and
ton. When the oppressed fled TO America ior an !! luz, 49,.
swnr. ,iisrianc- to Liberty here. and said 'thy c"untr!f
mi cnuutry"-librrty said back, in rrl.ly--hv W. ~,
~, ,I;r.,.,,, for IN, come freely anl you shall be born
an.wmyc shall be .ni,uralized'-ye shall become a. NATIVE
horn. and nv country shall br your country by Inc EioIIo",
spirit Of adoption, whereby you and your heF, e
shall be- made free - Tile naturalizcd and The NATIVE were
made as one; aud the Que or the other may now sNH'nnI,
There T.. Il land of every land the pride" ana thiieH
spot, u swccter. dearer spot than all the res. AMI Luz,
in America says alike TO Daturalszeh anu naive W. "a"
however and whcnccsoeyer thy footsteps may have r''"'e"
THAT land is thy country
And that spots thy home"
And liberty here. In America, has not only generated 4
new birth for the oppressed Of every foreign lana who ny
election may make this land their country. ani thi' spot
their home: hut Il has generated a new birth OF allegiance
and l,yr of country L. the native horn. was born, thank
tod. in Virginia. am q native 10 her manor OF Acccihic
county, and my home il on her 0nanc"cS Creek, al the
humble Plantation called ''0nly," after . good man who
one, owned IL, and because Il i the 'only' place which a
certain poor man can call his "csn.' ln' though nus
born. AMI having there an only home, ytt al over az
GIFTED States, in every State and Territory, ! have I'll e,'iie
and possession and inheritance more precious than ruhies,
which cattle me to cxclaim with all my might
This Is my own, my native land
Because | was born 10 a title, an estate. an Inheritance
AMI a GLAD and glorious possession in the Union OF these
States Of my country. ! love ONLY above all homes-ltIs Isl
swccier. lcarcr spot than all the rest. i love my neiyhDo,s
more than all other %neighbors, because, They are my he'sn-
bor,; love my county more than all other counties be-
sides: | love my State most and best, because sue Is 'he
state Of my homeland love my country more than al
countries on Gods globe, because IL is the land oil my sis'e'
the State Of my counties. the county OF my heishorm9on'
the neishborhood Of my birthplace and my h"ine-ahdr 60,
vering all, above all, guarding all, | love the Ih'"no W
the States Of my whole country. because II gives III 'c
strength, the power, the Nationality, the wealth ami pol,u1'
laiioI of the whole to guard and protect me and my niue
all. All, II makes NE, u poor man, rich; II makes me. u
weak man strong: II makes my plantation the state OF VIZ.
giBia; Il makes Virginia the United States Of America; AMI
it guarantees to each and all. peace aud plenty, ana The
power To live and TO labor, 10 he happy and free.
What grea; and almighty things IL has made oi' ~ 't''e'
II isa creative power. this generating power Of American
LUk1ty. Though i possess 80 illiIc anu AIN III "Ac' " "'"
aim the Union mine, aud makes me twenty-five rlilohso OF
people strong. III leave home and 20 10 my Court House,
there | an a freebooter, anh m r'ltal among sovereign
men: III leave my Court House ami come up To IN "
troI,ols Of my state. here Am free. by election, to be hrr
Governor, and 10 labor with a glowing heart for her honor
and interest and perpetual prosperity and Z when weary
with work for my mother State. performed with passionate
fondarss, ! 90 10 New England for recreation. twhere
have never Yet SET my foot, even there ! can, atiohsst Pr
feet strangers, still say fellow citizens" and IL no indi'ii
ual man greet, nc, AMI asks me 10 his home or honse,
have a right to 60 10 one house, at least, in hoston-to Old
faneuil hail. and dance and make music III my heat' OF
hearts Of patriotism, In thcliali Room Of the Tea Party Of
the Revelation raneuil Hall IL mine, and bunker lilI Is
mine, and Bennington Is mine, and all Providence. rLin'"
tions are mine, rs well ~ any Yankee ; oi The -N Ne" hils'
land States. The fame Okth-ir lianc0cks AMI their Adailscs
of old. and o. their Oliver II. Perry, AMI Of their Daniel "eh-
s,rr of late Is mine: and they bel NJ "a ME ms WasiihnEtonb be.
| oncs 10 Everett. And II go To New York, Saratoga and all
the Highlands are mine. ITO Jersey, Trenton nnd Princeton
ars mine ITO Pennsylvania and Delaware. Germantown
and urandywinc and Philadelphia and Chad's Fort and Fort
Pitt are mine. just as the old Raleigh and Point Pleasant,
and the Great bridge AMI York Town belong br inheritance
and Union right to our guests Telurlars. Aud they may 60
further south and they will find, ~ | would going North,
more and more possessions, all their own. There j. hhhss
Mountain and Guuford aud Cowpen', and Fort Mounr!t'
and Camden and Taladega, ana New Orleans. Ana u we go
together to the Northwest, We will ind ka,kaskin, ani
vincennes, and ~Sandusky and many other common inherit
tancrs and II We 90 to The very newest States and Terrific
rirs, where no, a sod beneath your feet la, ever becn .
soldiers scpuchrc, still there, every inch Of soil, every rod
Of Land is trophy Of q patriots toll and sacFihcc' ani al'
All. and everywhere and anywhere i yours, by common
inheritance. by Unionright and law; and there you may
erect your cabin home, aud plant your vine, AMI I'll It's
shade. ana ANYWHERE ana tN'IN Ni'l' ulVNSi''e i' y"
risdiction of the United States, on deck or on terra frfaa,
Of sea or land, you may sing aloud, IN patriotic pride
This Is my own, my native Land
And what a land. How beautiful. how vari"rs in beau
Is. OF luscious fruits AMI bloom Oh. who would mar this
garden Of the free, this broodlng nest OF teeining; genera
ting Liberty: II any would not love this home. this state,
this country-irt him have no home, no state, no country
to love. II any busy.bodies, doing mischief, would NEEDLE
with other homes than their own, TO try To make all better
by making them all like their own, which they love best
let them 90 to Heaven as soon as possible, and get under
the wings uf Providence, where they belong, much
filter than to Earth AMI The Cnite! states, where
r.,ate and not for angels! And il any would array this
coun,ry's parts against each other in sectional division and
strife, let them have no inheritance, in the wlIolc--,hc grand,
great whole-but let them selishly have 4 single, small place
for their safc-keeping-a home made Tor treason, icl"ny or
mania-a prison or n n ad.hou.c. They cannot destroy the
Union githou, destroying States and Homes, and they cam
not destroy homes and States without estroying the Union.
By STRENGTHENING each part We foriify the whole, aud by for
tiiyIns the whole We protect each part. Zach and all Is
ours; raci, and all belongs to all equally aud alike; In the
part and in the whole al citizens are SEIZED: aid all,
North and South, East and West, white and black, native
and naturalized, bond and free. happy here ~ never men
were happy elsewhere on earth, may say, for the whole
Union Of these States, ~ this toas, says for tie Blessed
Mother Of STATES
=. Brsin.ss there 4 man with soul 50 lead.
Who never To himself hath said.
THIS H. NJ OwS, lY SATi'ELASb:
Igive you:
The Union andthe Constitution Of the United States. as
Msy dr,-The Country, the whole Country-'My oSn, my
native land ~ il is,
With the highest respect.
Yours, iratcTnany.
HENRY 4. WISE.