The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-03-10


Via he People ar~ rAlhins aboa, What poins-
Tt Orposnion-Iitle hope Of their saecess-Jshn
Nn,or Bots oreshsde~s The @Au p"n,s Of his orss'
SPEECH. 10 BE- delivered In The Academy Of Music.
kes York. on the ed instant, &c., &c.
coyr..y~~i.ae, Of the Fsens.r AVID D.~a~at
RICHMOND, Va,
Februa Ia, 1859.
And such is Washington life Such are
ambition and career Such the fulfill
ment Of representative obligations Such
the uproar, and confusion and speeches for
Buncombe in Congress the intriguing,
plotting, President.making out Of it. Is
this public life " Perish, stars and gar
tiers /; my existence shall pass from day to
day in honcy.suckle arbos." And yet, says
the painter, VANCE, who tina, would leave
name on his tombstone can say that to bis
heart ? But adieu TO Washington. Wei.
come, ye restless waves Of old Potomac, for
you bear me away from this scene Of polti-
cal strife to quiet places remote from city
life. But there is Mount Vernon, rising 50
beautifully from the water and high upon
that rivers bluff is the Mecca shrine. There
is the old homestead, overlooking far and
near the rolling waves, and the outspread
country. There the great and good man
lived and died, and there sleeps his body.
The boat lands, and we thread once again
the winding pathway leading to the house.
! We wander beneath the old shade trees
once so carefully trimmed by his hands over
the lawn, and through the hall, and into the
very chamber where he died.
What is this mysterious presence, that
even now fills the chamber. Whence CON.
eth this thrill Of aver feel it, know
it-but cannot tell whence it cometh. Ia
that great spirit now looking down upon
me! No, no! It 10 yonder -youder where
that dome is glisteniug 10 the sunlight
there guarding the vestibule Of the Temple.
We have stood beside the grave, and now
once more our boat 10 gliding swiftly down
the Potomac, and anon we stand upon the
soil Of "old Vsrginny." Wonderful old
State. Covered over with the mantle OF
Revolutionary glory, she rested from her
labors. Behind the Blue Hills are inhsusti.
bic mines Of wealth--of COAL iron and mar.
ble--and there are smiling fields, oil locked
within those mountain barriers. Rich and
yet poor, inactive, inglorious in industrial
pursuits. yet prouder than Luciier, some
Of the people think that II IL enough glory
for one poor human being to be born y
Virginisn, but the day cometh and is now
when neither nationality, nor place, nor
circumstance, maketh the man, but what
he himself may achieve with clear brain
and by strong right arm. II is time that
Virginia should 20 TO work and develop her
resources, educate her people, and be worthy
always Of more than Revolutionary fame
Now as ten years ago the people are eating,
and drinking, and making merry, ploughiDg
the same way, the dogs bark 10 the old
style, and the crows pick up the newly
planted corn, (confound the crows, how
have tried to shoot them, when boy y and
the negeoes still have tbei log traps to
catch ode postum, y" and the negro children
are still playing in the sunshine.
This reveric was broken up by the arrival
Of the cars at Richmond, the capital Of the
State. Richmond is beautifully situated on
seven bills overlooking the James II con.
tains about 10000 inhabitants. Here is
the largest -four mill in the world. Flour
and tobacco are the principal exports. The
people, although oil sem to be busy at
work, are all talking politics, a. they have.
been doing for the last thirty years. The
old Wings have gotten up Q Convention
and made their nomination., suppose Tor
the purpose Of trying to keep the old rickety
thing together. They cannot succeed. The
old issues Of the Wing party are obsolete,
and the history Of the government has
proven eonclusively that Capitalization IL DO,
the policy Of free government JoHs MIsoa
BnTs takes the ground that oil the ills tbs.
have or fallen upos the land, have been
doe to the Democratic party, and he proposs
crusade composed Of sll the restless spirits
Of the country, . union and combination Of
every adverse eIement-sDd for whst' To
maintain principle or a ~t Of principles
No verify, simply 70 defeat the sccursed
Democrats. Noble cause Magnificent
grsDdiIoqaent leader Oh. Tor the age Of
ehivalry! Peace be TO the ssbes Of the
great and good knight, Don Quixote the
secood SIoxA.
Tgy Chicago Uen0eyaf ssys there are