Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-02-02
Great Union Demonstration Mt the West.

| The telegraph Dh- aHeanN gwen uAlcl nCcouuE
If the visit of the Executives and Legislators of
/ four of the great States Of tue West-Tennessee,
! Kentucky Indiana and Oho-to Louisville. Gin
! cinuati and Columbus Ohio last week At each
! II the cities named the visitors received with
| great enthusiasm and parto0k Of sumptuous ban
! qurts At Cincinnati they were received bv
/ large military procession, and welcomed by stir
/ rim. addresses from the mayor and others, to
! which q " Maguffn. of Kentucky, and others re-
1ponded. Tho speeches all EXPRESSED deep devo-
ton to the Union, aud firm purpose to oppose sec
tionnli-m and fanaticism. The closing banquet at
! Cincinnati On Friday evening was magnificent
affair The Gazettc, speaking Of the reception,
says:
= We cannot close without otcing. Us most
significant indication on this great occasion, the
effect upon the thousands inside Of tho hall, when
the band suddenly changing its tune, struck up
in double quick time M ut familiar national
air-Yankce Doodle We have seen enthusiasm
II the spontaneous combustion order but never
before like that. The key note Of tho Union
was fairly struck, and whoever witnessed tho el-
feet must have gone awny a wiser and better man,
if lac ever dreamed that Union thus symbolized
could be easily dissolved. You cannot divide up
Yankee Doodle"
On Friday night tho city was in state Of great
enthusiasm large number Of houses wero H.
Illuminated. Banfres were kn1led, rockets went
kissing an their arial voyages, aud lights Of lurd
fire cleaned from the must prominent corners.-
The streets were throngcd by thousands of people,
who out minghng in the universal gaity.
The Visitors left Cincinnati on Saturday for
their respective homes, regrettng that they could
not visit New York, rs requested by the Legsla
! tuIo # that State.
] At the louisville banquet Mr.. Payne, Of Ten.
ncsscc, IN responding to toast; thus spoke Of the
! lnon:
SIR, never yet contemplated dissolution Of
] th,- Union. | never could look it in the face.
! nm Southern man. with all tho impulses Of my
7 own glorious South. Cheers. nm II Southern
! or, bonn under n Southern sky, where have been
reared; there lie the bones Of my ance -tor, and
trus, there will DO the graves OF my most distant
postcr,y. Immense applause But, while
/ shy this am citizen of the United States. In.
/ creased cheering. and cries Of that's good" 1t
+ is my country from the most distant corner of
! Mntnc to the Rio Grn,de, from tho cape. of the
/ Oh Dominion to the gold-covcrcd fields Of Calior-
/ INA. Cheers
: Talk to me about destroying this Union of ours
! Where, .ir, is tho foul hand That would weave IL
+ shru1 with which to enwrap American freedom
nul American union, aud place it away in the urn
! # uhl,Son and forgeiiuncss? Where is the hand
i th1' weul! apply the torch TO this glorious temple
erected ~ gu. for"t@'a.;crs cansccrated Nv t.cir
r'ay"rs, Nod in which we the children ull per-
mitirl IT, liver Is there traitor soul in the limit
/ 81 oar ,uice thnt would thus pr4j ect such ealam
I iy ns this? Will tue assembled representatives
{ 81 rcouc &c and the Senaes mud House of Repre-
I ,catalAr- assemble from other States answer me
II thrlr ~ any mnn IN our States who would o.
Nire the destruction OF tho Union, lCrrs Of mo,
~, no II there b. Que to be tound may there
lac a garland Of scorpions woven for his BROW
F Cheers. May hiI name lie allied to eternal in
lamS anl the curses of postclity be heapei upon
/ las head! Tremendous cheering Shall give
! il ~? You, Kentueky md Tennessee, give it
! up? Cries Of mo, no, H." tell you. stand
middle ground of ono di>union." and swear
/ by the ,ih tina, created us, by the God OF our IN
i TIERS, that you cannot, ,hat you will not give it
up. Shcers.
Nv. sir. we have been looking ut another
/ through nngnyng glasses too much. Some ut
/ the Moth think because We love niggcrs we make
! Christmas pies Of them. Laughter. We ut
/ the South often have NJ queer notions about our
Nnrlhcrn brethren. What ought we do Why
/ throw down our war clubs aud behave ourselves.
. Laughter. Let those who warning rccul-
i Icet the example of the Father OF his Country.
/ Whcn a,d any unkind word racapo his lips to.
I wand, my section Of tsgreat MON? 1t is true.
i We have lost our pulitcal Moses. but the lessons
tie tauga us are still on record Tor profit, aud
! !cl us cherish them. Let US not fight about mere
/ VaHd> er talk about one another uukindlys We
ouslt to lie in closer proximity Of feeling You
are lone o our bone and iosh Of our flesh. of
common family. with II common country. Inherit
aucn IN ,mmun. war and ,mmon liberty aud
constitutions. Applause
SAID SIR, when heard We were invited to c.
| Nnot to 20 to- (checrs.) kentucky is our
closest uc ,hhor; we can see noble Buckeyes
(thcrrs.( want to sand AS Southerncr, aud
talk tn them ms an American citizen, (applausc.1
To sit in council together. and renew our political
ianh, bowling around II common altar. letting
mutual prayer 80 up 10 the God of our ia
theirs 10 protect this glorious Union. (;"pea;ed
chcers.)
/, there mn individual here who believes this
Union will he dissolved? (Cries of ''neye,. new
cry How will you divide it? Where will YOU
begin? Who will hay" the Territories that are
rapidly springng into States the great rivers that
pour through the continent! What would YOU do
with Flrsiniar would not like to part with
Pcnnsy lyunia 1t is the old keystone State; it
contains the hall of "ur Independence; it was there
American liberty was bora; there the American
eagle was first let loose from its cage md there it
took its highes, fight and screamed its highest
note of exu.tation. have II property in lnlerrn
dcnce Hail. tCheers.) | canno, give up Massa.
chusetts, even such u devil ~ she has rrowu-
daughter and cheers.1 have noble estate there
that was willed mo by George Washington Ham
cock, Lee and Adams. am part owner of Bun.
kar ltIll. (Proonged applauSe.) 1t contains the
blood that was shed by American martyrs who
died TO, the cause Of freedom; | won't surrender
my tide to Bunker Hill (Chcers) How can
the men OF the North surrender their titles in
Son'hern soil? Go to the last resting place Of the
sage OF Ashland. stand hy the spot where lie the
bones ct the greatest OF American orators and
dare to say that you give up your interest in
tEat grave. (Cres of never. never. neyer" -
Go with mo to the lowly resting lace of the great
hero and statesman, the man who proclaimed md
wrote in letters of fire upon the forehead of dis
unIon's'S, The Union must and shall be prescrv-
ed Can You give up the bones Cf Andrew Jack
SON! Great cheering You have an interest
in the blood of your cnunttymen who fell ut New
Orleans IN the defense of booty and beauty"
led "n lay the Same old hero. Has the North no