Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-12-30
THE GAZETTE.
FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 80. 1859.

FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30, 1859.
The following Is an extract from the
speech recently delivered by III ~. Mr. Mel
son. Of Tennessee, in the House OF Repre-
sen,atiyes, which was 50 much appiauded at
the tine il was made, and has woa the hon
cradle gentleman SO much respect:
Before ! take my seat, trust the House
will indulge me in giving utterance to one
or two old fashioned sentiments, which IN
DAYS past and gone, were common To the
whole American people. Ii may excite the
dersion ola portion ofthe di,un on rs Of the
North. and it may provoke the contempt OF
the fire eaters OF the S,uth; but | say there
il one class Of sentiment, which, although
the leaders in the excitement may strive to
create a feeling Of discurd in the minds IT
our citizens, trust all will hold in common.
What are they. We love our country; we
love It's mountains, its hills, its valleys and It's
streams; We love its peaceful Sabbaths, lis
church going bells. its English Bible, and It's
glorious liberty of conscience. Applause
We love that feature in every American con-
stitution which abolishes all hereditary hon
urs aud distinctions, aud enables the poor
mans child, If he have talent and genius to
climb
1.-The steep where flames proud temple shines AFFAIR.""
applause in the galleries. We love the
star-spangled banner which has waved in
triump h over many feldof battle, and pro
teots our commerce upon every sea. We
love the memory of the worlds only Wash
ington. Applause on the floor and In the
galleries. We love the name and the tame
of every hero who has fought or bled or died
fba Lat III al a fha FRY Renew.
ed applause. Of them it may be said
"They fell devoted but undying,
The very gale theiS names seem signing;
The waters murmur of their name,
The woods are peopled with their fame;
The silent p;llsr-lone and gray
Claims kindred with their sacred clay;
Their memory sparkles ver the fountain,
Their spirits wrap the dusky mountain;
The meanest rill-:he mightiest river
Rolls, mngling with their fame forever
fGreat applause in the galleries.
We not snly love these. but above all,
trust. we love this glorious Union, purcha-
sed by the blood aud treasure and consecra-
ted by the prayers Of our fathers. and pre-
served by the valor of their children. We
love this glorious Union, | repeat, and we
want no abolition, no secession, no disunion.
no notification, no civil wars, no reeklng
carnage, no blazing fields. no burning cit
les, no military despots TO arise and bid
1.-THE blood red paths Of conquest hail"
No. sir. no; we want none Of this-none of
these: but We desire to live on a. we have
lived in times past, a free and united ueo-
ple: one in mind, one in heart one in inter-
est, one in feeling, one in all that makes
nation great. one in all that makes people
happy. [Great applause in the galleries
trust in God that these sentiments will NIL
and swell the American heart as long "a the
gliding streams tremble In the sunshine,
leap ioyously. and roll to their ocean home;
as long as the blue mountains clap their
hands or battle their faces in the sky; as
long as the God of our fathers shall lead us
In perils to come, as he has led us in perils
that are passed, by pillar of cloud by day,
and pillar Of fire by night"
The YIcEaoY OF EGYPT AND HIS SoN.--For
some days past the Eiceroy has been much
engaged ut Cairo with festivities of welcome
10 his little son, Toussoun Pasha, who has
lust returned from his usual summer eycur-
sion in Europe A banquet was given to
the chief functiOnares OF the Government,
which wound up with toasts and speeches
in Turkish, the whole conducted according
10 the most approved models afforded by the
great British institution of public dinners.
Said Pasha delis cred speech. ia which he
dwelt upon the progress made by Egypt anu
the Ottoman Empire generally towards the
attainment Of q standing among the civilized
nations Of the earth, exhorted his hearers to
further the good work by every means IN
their power, yet while doing 50, he gave way
10 certain feelings Of dependency; the glory
Of Islam throughout the world. he said. SEEM
ed to be rapidly waning; its people, ne
feared, could never overtake the nations OF
Europe, and far less keep pace with them
in the march of improvement. lie conclud,
ed with expressions of the hope he rested
upon his son, i'll whose honor the entertain
ment was given. Little Tousson Pasha Is
now about seven years Of age. lie has ac-
auired from his English nurse. and through
his frequent visits to England, perfect
knowledge Of our language, which, indeed
he speaks more fuently than his own mother
tongue. He has just now been placed IN
der the charge of an English tutor. and pro-
yided only that he can be kept sufficiently
apart from the miscbieyous influence OF the
Harem, there is fair prospect that ne VIII
grow IN with enlightened and practical ideas,
the good effects Of which may yet become
widely manifest, should he one day succeed
70 the inheritance Of his family.
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