Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1860-10-23

Mr.. MGuzy AT meeting OF the Waynes'
boro Bell end Everett Club on Saturday the 9Th
inst, J. Marshall Hanger, young gentleman
of YOUR place formerly of thissvicinity appeared
upon the stand to address the meeting. He
commenced by alluding to the place Of happy
associations in his school-boy days, impressiDg
upon the audience however much circumstances
may change a mvn, yet there is feeling in the
human breast never to be forgotten, never to be
entirely suppressed however far we roam, and
that is in the language of the poet,
dear the school boy spot
We ne'er forget tho we are forgot
and upon his allusion to this to quote further
Full many stole eye and aspect mean
Hide hearts where grief has little felt than seen
Yet shed a tear.
Haviag done with this part of his subject the
speaker addressed the large assembly in a style
of elOquence not to be surpassed. He COM
menced by congratulatiDg the audience and the
country at large that such men as Bell and Ev-
erett were presented to them for their sutfrages.
After traversing the reasons and extensive acts
of both these great statesmen and showing al
most to demonstration that all who have the
welfare of their country, and especially the in
stitutions OF the South at heart, should rally to
their support Ii is impossible for me to reca-
ptulatr all the arguments used by the speaker.
But allow me to say, that conceive that none
but those who are most determinedly bent on
the destruction of our institutions could listen to
his arguments without bringing themselves un-
der the standard of the Constitutional party and
there voting for the Union as it is. What A
merican can look abroad upon our country with
out experiencing swelling emotions of pride and
gratitude at our present greatness. But what
influence will her glories exert npon the un-
yelled future9 Who can tell9
"Breathes there man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land 2"
How torcibly was the above saying brought
to my mind when the young speaker was ap-
pealing to the patriotism OF the Douglas and
men to leave off their dissentions
and join the hosts of Union loving, law-abiding
citizens, so that we all might rest safely beneath
the flag of Freedom, and all blending their
voices with the triumphant peals of the free and
from sectionalism. Sir, if l am not
mistaken and | hope am not, there are men in
our community who have ever since have
known them, been lukewarm, now begin to feel
some OF that Eagle spirit, some OF that Ameri
,an principle which burns in the breast of every
Union man, inspire them with Onglngs and res
buttons to rise up in the majesty and might OF
reemen and stand erect and plume their Union
with some of he growing feathers packed from
he wing of Columbia's Eagle. May they do so,
and be enabled to soar to an extraordinary pitch,
clad with unwithering leaflets, and though the
storms OF Southern aggression have sent forth
The mandate against 1t, may they WELD the petty
IKE OF intestine strife to cut down and lay level
with the dust all who would advocate the un-
loly alliances of the South alone. What heart
would not swell with proud and grateful emo
ions at this result? Are not all the feelings of
'ur hearts entwined about the interests of our
country? Yes! Though this fair temple OF our
Union should be upturned and laid level with |
he dust, though all its fair proportions and una
estic pillars and towering arches should crumble
md fall, though the tree of freedom by the
mighty whirl-wind of strife should be uprooted,
mo all its beautiful lea6ess branches broken, and
is vernal foliage withered and given to the
winds. Though the Eagle of Columbia should
all from her celestial height, and her eye be-
come dim. And should dsne be no longer able
10 mount above the lofty crags or scale the
mountain peaks. Yet in surveying the mighty
waste aad contemplating the ruined hopes of
Ill, would not the language of every true Amer
can still be
Around the dear ruin each wish of my heart
Entwines itself verdantly still.
May the God of nations preserve our country
rom nafm may The bright nag OF our Union
which this day floats as proudly, as freely, as
naiestical lly, as gloriously as when it first un-
urled its infant pinions to the breeze of Heaven
Is beacon light over the new born States of
'his Union, float on as triumphantly, until every
traitor to his Country and his party may catch
is lustre, and turn and again struggle up the as
cent of freedoms Mount and bask in the me-
ridian sunlight of Equality and Liberty.
On the 18th inst. Gen. Hartman. of your city,
the Democratic party here, as also did
Col. Baylor, The occasion SO unlike any other
of democrats, neither OF the speakers
could bring up any happy "reminiscences of past
achievements to inspire their audience. But all
seem to have that anxious concern for the fu-
.ure which naturally crowds upon US ALL Gen.
darman ably advocated the cause of S. A. Doug
as, proved that never did there live man of
greater nobleness of mind or of truer principles
70 the Democratic party and that his past acts
would be revered and honored long after Breck
nridge and his disunion followers shall have
sunk into oblivion. Gen. Harman has improved
much as public speaker. His friends here
fondly hope that bis health may sustain him in
The efforts he is making iE the cause of Doug
as. ID.