Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-02-27


sha sss, lie assaulted to lire with her while ! am
spared. and to die upon her bosom when ! am
not. ..sa
that Virginia was yirginin in oil her length and
breadth-and ahat 30 the would ever pc. a. was
the Ensf, 30 wss the West-ns was the Tide -wafer,
81 ..as the mcuntains--as was the 0Sland - was
tho highland -all-all was our home where tho
daughters were our sisters, and the suns were our
irothers While they love thcir native Ssa'e, AMI
others lave Virginia the State OF their adoption
vet they love with ardour no less intense,
pure and holy, thi, Union Of States ~ it was, rs
il is aud ~ it was Designed to be- NOW aud ioieyer
one and inseparahle.
As each piece If the plate before you, sir, en-
daring in its character and material. as it IL rnrc
and untnrnshci in it's lustre. WILL under proper
system # management in the hlhsehold, do Its
appropriate Service. the several parts with re-
ference to the whole, 50 should the several States
perform theirs with reference to the Whole uniun,
and while in the Union Shall the Urn, then,
say to the Silscr, u taller than thou, there
fire thu art loss worthy thanl 2" Or shall the
Pitcher say to the Cup, Il yell Il more bnnntiful
supply to those who qnaff ut my fountain. than
ypu can supply from yours, 50 | will bctake
myself to q more coaS,nial nssocinlion! 1T Is
to be hoped, sir that You aud your friends have
not laid the foundation FIR any su;h differences
among the members OF my family. ! am sure you
would not. Ii you have, however rs am for
peace and for perfect harmony in all the parts,
shall interpose to arrest the evil for cannot
without some emotion, even think TOR Il moment,
of q separation Of those pieces altogether it might
assume to be pcaccabe in It's form. Each OF the
pieces attributes to make the set complete IN all
its parts, as it was designed by those who do me
the hnn to call it mine. Will en1cAynr then,
sir to keep the peace, an trust W. shall be able
to maintain the Union of the States unshorn Of
any Of ills inir proportions
As these vessels afc not made, thr one to honor,
and the other to disbonor, so with the heritage
bestowed up, this PEOPLE in our Cons itutl"n-
our liberties and our Union. All these are ours,
AMI the States CJrn the grand presentation IF bar
mony, which is theirsrength in that Onion which
is their defence. That presentation made by him
whose memory we recall to-day, ms yesterday.
him, who, just twenty-right years and one centu-
ry since, was given to the wJrli-thnt presenta-
tim has its parts each standing on It's own base
erect firm, and untarnished, II sovereign in it
SELF yet occupying with Others, the one great plat
, firm of one taon and one Constitution I'll 'se
parts are all comnetc ereisn u,l indepcn
dent within them eve, having some ol their pow
crs of sovereignty, however, i,r certain purposes,
with their consent restrained, II be exertcd
only In the Advancement OF the public veal OF the
nation Each makes one ofthe brilliant set which
must not. cannoi, and rW not be broken.
Should be faithful to tho memory Of my friends
1
should cast the urn from tho company of it's fcl,
lows, because, rercance when it is cold. it should
have given firth genial heat? Or, should not
show myself more than ungrateiul if | failed to
preserve each one OF these pieces with more than
ordinary care? Or, 'couid be worthy Of their
bcsownl, should ever Iail to remember the scene
nrw before me? II 50, to address myself mme-
dately to this assemblage, would you, people Of
Virginia, be less rcgardiul Of other and higher
and noblcr scenes and less grateful for that other
and higher and huber service bestowed by your
| own Washington? rs him who behc,d in this
grrnt Union 1.-The main pillar in the ediiice uf your
real nderendcncc-the support Of your tranquil
! ity at home, your Pence abroad-oi your safety,
! OF your prosperity, # that vcry liberty you so
highly pr.ze?' M, no. for, if So, We should de-
serve the destiny that awaits Us, not when the
! right hand iurg'ts its cunning but when all pa
trot hearts sliall have forgotten the one patriot
Father. To the noble SON Of uuo,her State, whose
cradle was, AZ now, his h"uie, within the east of
! the shadow Of Bunker Hill, will not accord more
| than Strangers ii lit To- make IL pilgrimage to
the tomb he has sheltered in the shades Of Mount
! Vernon? 10 lin, To whose exertons more than
others we owe our thanks for tho and the
ashes. Shall hereafter lie ny aliens aad as strain
| gers ? Orwlll yon deny to daushters--to his
! to those upon the banks of tho Savannah, the
| Connecticut, and the hon. the happiness of
! that moment winch finds them together, as SIS
ters at the spot which he AMI they together have
conserrntel ~ mcmlry adorned by their liberal
ity and heautiiied hy their bounty. Oh! soDncr
! than this, would have You forget that their ef-
l'its and their genius have contributed together
t" atorn tho pages Of our literature, made sacred,
as they are, to pa rotsm and to virtue.
Cur duty, then, i. plin way has long
been pointed ou,. without the all Of other
sells. No "Hidaea PaAl' leads into the temple
where our s:rcs have wnrshippe1. Let us then,
this day. con>ccratc il auoy-, and never, never
mar Its beauty; for when single culumn shall
/ he ruiely torn from this uAlv ediice of f,eedom.
IL must perish and remember there is not then
another in "Mc Vide, VIE Uortd."
Sir. thank vosi, aud tender through you. man
! thanks to this e invention, well us to the gal
liant Wings Throughout the Commonwealth. for
The hnn"rs done me, trusting, at the same time,
that the deliberations ii the Convention under
the blessings Of God, who orlereth all things, may
tend t" the honor vi the State. the preservation
OF the Union, and The perpeiuity Of our iosti,u
! tons.