, 1860-11-30

The speech Of this eminent gentleman-this
model Southern patriot and statesman-deliv-
cred at Charlottesville, Va, is the most splen'
did effort Of oratory and logic which the present
political agitation has produced. We have not
space for the whole speech, but the following ex.
tract as a specimen Of its tone and character,
will, we know, command the warm admiration
Of all who appreciate true eloquence, lofty patri-
otsm and felicitous dictiOn:
~ know Of able and prudent men who have
well nigh lost hope, and see nothing but gloom
in the future. The clouds which hang around
our political horizon they say are but the storm
shadows which presage the coming revolution.
have refused to accept the omen or hearken to
the prophecy. still place my hope in the De-
mocracy. Like the Scotchman at Lucknow, l
can put my car to the ground, and hear the
heavy tramp of the coming Democratic hosts,
and above all, il can hear the slogan Of my own
native land, to announce that hef sons are march,
ing to the rescue, shall cOntinue to hope for
relief When I can see the old Virginia line
coming into place, proud in the story Of its past
achievements, and confident because Il has never
known deieat-and when behold State after
State mastering its troops upon the ground, in
the general rally Of the grand army of the Con-
Stitution, shall feel safe even in the midst Of
bcleaguered camp or q besieged city. But fel-
low citizens, il instead Of that proud spectacle,
the Democratic party Of Virginia shall defeat
itself by its own divisions, and IL its members
shall turn their arms against each other, | shall
then hardly know how to hope I will not say,
after that will come the deluge, but ] will say
that our political future will then become a great
perhaps But the Virginia Democracy will not
fall asunder by its own divisions suffer defeat
...I e. "a l.,
vowed upon them to perform q great part-to
reorganize the great Democratic party and unite
it upon sound and true principles is work
worthy Of their past renown, and to maintain
the Constitution. and preserve the Union under It,
will become the grand objects Of her struggle.
Let Virginia resume its wonted post Of leader
ship in the great Democratic party, and when
she seizes the trumpet, let it give no uncertain
sound as its notes re-echo through the valleys
and ring along the hills to summon her sons to
the fight To such a call they will not be insen-
sble, but from the Carolina to the Maryland,
Pennsylvania and Ohio lines-from the Tennes-
see and Kentucky border to the Atlantic shore,
her sons will come trooping in to defend the
rights Of their State and 10 maintain the Con-
stitution and the Union. Let them do this, and
men hereafter shall praise them. Yes, let this
be done, and rich as Virginia is in historic re-
nown, she will establish yet another claim TO the
admiration and gratitude Of man, in the great
triumph Of peace. Of which she may be justly
Vrud~ When we come to think Of the mighty
interests which are staked upon the issue involved
in this contest, who does not feel that whoever
may save them will be entitled to the lasting
gratitude, not only Of every true lover Of this
country, but Of the friends Of free government
everywherei The work is great, know, but
Virginia, believe, will have the spirit to under
take t. and ] trust that the strength will be
given her to perform It."