Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-02-02
"see there the honors Virginia gives,
See there. the hero and the patriot lives.
There, DEL; the rising axe In wonder gaze,
And emulate the glorious deeds they praise.

And emulate the glorious deeds ihty praise
But let not forget grand truth taught in that
wonderful instrument
NO tree government or the blessings Of liberty can
Lepraared but by firm adherence to justice modera-
lion temperance frugaily and virtue
Let bear in mind this precept, and while we obey
aud fulfil all the obligations the Bill Of Rights and the
Federal Constitution imposes, We viii dHdhd aud re-
yarc the security aud protection of all their guarantees
They shall hc accorded 70 The madness and iauati-
ci,n Of 40 part of this COnederacy shall withhold them
from us. The Constitution shall not be destroyed. The
hopes of the friends of freedom throughout the world
resting as they do, upon the experiment here made Of
the competency of man for selt-government shall not
ne auuiha'ed by insane hands North South, last or
West battering down the pillars ofour Constitution aud
rivmg into fragments our glorious Union.
We will all, from every quarter OF the Coniederacy,
appropriate and adopt the sentmen, and language Of
our AngoSa1ou aucestors-ihose hardy barons Of Eng
land when reused by wrong and oppression, they eN-
torted Magma Charta from King John-their language
was 'Hoior1S icgss gHglicdS Diayt and they main
ained their declaration OF these sacred obligations and
guarantees OF Constitution position shall be mo
ilits nllliari-and they shall not be perverted. Let
M good men, every where unite on this platform, and
aur noble Constitution and the blessings Of our Union,
viii continue in tterIU or0a till time itself shall be no
more.
one word now as to the especial object of this ban
1uct Il is known, by all who know me, that belong
not TO the same political fold with the distinguished guest
of the eycuiug-yct came here freely, willingly 10 pay
he tribute omy respect and regard, not TO the poit-
elu oh no but 20 the highouci and courteous gen
usn-to the truehearted Nirguian-to the upright pub
ic iuc-iou3rv.
Il may corport with the spirit and temper of other,
worship thc rising sun-to pay court to him who /,
.utcriug upon, in the enjoyment Of the powers aud
orerogayes of high official ,ationbe t mine TO tender
he need of my admiration to him who the hard tolls OF
long wears of service over lays aside 30 gracefully,
tue robes OF power and resumes that omes higher post
Of honor "a private station
Ia the ranks forming for political, or, it may be,
martial strife know not whether you and sir may or
may not be under the same banner. Ii may be that
ice same flag viii float us. Stranger things than
hat have happened in the eyouiiou Of political tactics
But however that may be- you have just cause for con
graduation that now relieved from the aud respOn-
,iJiltes Of Office YOU resume the dguihed post of a
irce sovereign aud independent feow-czeu, with the
plaudts of the people everywhere sounding IN your
ears "wel done, thou good and faithful servant
Aud now with a grateful heart for the kind manner
in which this great assembly have listened 20 these i'm
perfect remarks tender you this sentiment: