New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-02-23

ID the banners OF VARIOUS chaptere %. when tobo
Senty five were represented. The banner suspended
little above the speaker Represented hand cutcbng
snake; further back banner bore picture Of Wash
lgton, standing between twfA embematic female
CURES one of the latter holding with apparent uncon-
ern one of her bare feet UPON the neck OF another
arpe rattlesnake South Ca lolina.)
The platform was oecu pied by the Chancellor and
invited guests. After Sc seral airs played by the band,
PRAYER from the Rev. s.. A. Corey, and song by Mr.
Harrison the burden of which was ooh, God! pre- |
serve the union of oar free and glorious land" several
letters were read from invited guests Robert g. VIM
hrop closed bis hetter by saying that fanatical hos
tihty and bigyted devotion to African Slavery are
alike unssfe tests of loyalty TO American freedom
The letter of Lhe Hon. John T. Nixon of New'Jersey
was received with considerable applause. In 1t he ex
presses tire hope that
the United Americans cfthe City Of New York with ths
ysDd Ss for @ bfebIs South North
will the ga Of February inst once mote en- more
resolve that the Constitution which Washington nenEunea
shall be forever %sptaned That s tpson Of future rood
shall be perpetual and thu all laws made IN pursuance o
tutona power ,hsl be kindly but most faithfully sniOioe'
Mr. Seward wrote
GKxrLyxEs: have received your iuviinon 70 ssnS.n
Celebration Of the Birthday Of Warrington ~ me ~. Of
lUk OJ O,NoA Va SA''~~
ssVSiSa6s engagements requiring attention here win de-
prive me Of the pleasure accepting though heartily eoce
70 every dem ons'Tstion that can be made o. - ~ II,
Union, and for the memory OF the eiea" Vi "
with much Is'Pec YOU SSedsr 4 'e1v, s9ttwARpn
Letters were also received from Gen. Scott the Hon.
c, F. Adams, the Hon. s. +. Leake Of Va, the Hon.
w. C. Anderson of Ky, the Hon. II. +. Clark, the
Hon. Geo. Briggs the Hons James and Erastus
Brooks and many others.
The orator Of the occasion, the Hon. Horace May
nard of Tennessee, was then introduced
lie said he should address them as American cat
izens rather thar as members of any association or
order fCheen lie drew a vivid picture OF the dis,
asters following in the wake OF disGnion' lie saia
that the present terrible condition of affairs had been
long ago prophesied by faithful tentineis, but ior
which they scohed at, and Northern people went
on eating and drinking and getting married as usual,
and cried when is the sign OF its comngI lhey am
pr epea the prophet and maddened their hearts with
wine drank from the skulls Of the sain Mr. Maynard
continued for some time in this strain, his remarks
being received with singular indifference oy tne
audience unbroken by any demonstrailye EXHIBITIONS
whatever. - 80,
He then spoke of the present condition Of the
country; of trade standing idle for the want oil GUS
toners; commerce with sails furled, and her slips
floating azily at the wharf, when the indifference, OF
some other sentiment of the audience manifested
itse more Enthusiastically than before, by the exodus
Of Large numbers of the audience, whose tramphng Oh
heard at great distance from the platform. IL Was
suggested on the platform, soto cooe, that the doors
be closed. BY and by, tie speaker returned TO the
picture Of disunon, and the hrst cheers were III re-
sponse TO the words " Great God! how cold mutt be
that American heart that feel the country eruHbe
without emotion of horror. And from ms time
he was listened 10 with attention, and frequently az
plAuded He said it would Ill become him, with words
Of warning that might be construed into menace,
10 magnify the irreparable loss TO this sec
ton Of half of the present national Ter
Ii,ory, and nearly half Of The naiive-born pop
ul4tion-Cuite bali of those who can trace Their
lHeage back 10 a revolutionary ancestry the only pa
triean order in our republic. To little purpose has he
studied his country-a wretcbed patriot and more
wretched scholsrwbo has not learned how heceetaIy
ia the North to the South and the South 70 the North
ICheer Each is strong exactly where the other Is
weak Their union is ali strengths their separation Is
all weakness. But should the work Of revolution
never he stayed-could we find nothiI in the recent
action Of Virginia aud OF many others, each looking 10
80 that they stand Ike wall on either hand leaving
path through fedeep, along which the friends Of he
country, if they are men, may pass dTy,shod and IN
taety while their pursuing enemies shA be overtakeh
In their hostile march with swift and retribuve de-
struction his hope from the beginning had been IN
the frnness the frightened PATRIOTISM the e1traor-
binary political Intelligence OF the people M what Is
called Border States; especially the four great cen
trail States Of Virginia, North Carolina Kentucky, and
Tenneesee. The vote in all these States III the Novem-
Der election, taken in connection with the issues
submitted for decision, demonstrated Union
ancient practice of requiring all rvh asplrants Tor
Office from the humblest up, 10 meet in the assembled
presence OF the electors aud to debate the questions
directly OF coaterly connected with the positions
they are ieekiBg had educated the people IN their
rights aud duties as citizens, and had resulted in al
amount of popular statesmanshlp which very efectu
ally protected the peoI lie from the influence OF light
transient causes, and constancy OF opinion that
rarely yielded 10 the gnsts Of passion and temporary
excl eent. lie claimed that the weakness OF our Gov
eminent from the dsloy any of some Of the men
bern If the old Confederacy. The effects Of that in
tial controversy had been principally confnedto the
"old thirteen which had been at all times less 10y al
TO the Union than the younger sisters admitted 10 IT,
after it had become 10 the common apprehension
marked In those times Of detection, secession
was first avowed in Massachusetts, and first put IN
practice by South Carolina, among the Oldest OF the
States while California still remains fixed star In the
westward bound constellation of empire. The peculiar
frame Of our Government was admirably calculated,
as il certainly detigned Tor q rapid and unlimited
expansion. Hence, the Government Is strong ut the
mouth Of the Oregon the banks of the PotomsG
and far stronger In the port OF Smyrna than IL the
harbor Of Charleston.
Mr.. Maynard read several extracts from sermons
denCuneing Slavery, and charging II with encroachDg
upon household chastity, making men cell their own
flesh and blood the auction block but said he had
not the time the heart 30 comment ON such matters
The question came back should the Of Washing
ton and the country Of Washington, and the labors Of
Washington, and his great legacy his mortuary gift OF
political wisdom, ali persisted be forgotten together
No no ! Millions Of voices shout No no From
the cities and the hamlets, from the prares and the
meuntsin-tops, comes universal cry-No no From
the pillows OF the stormy Atlantic TO the answering
pillows Of the Pacific Is echoed All uDbroken wall, No
no And from the cOton-feiis and the shores Of
the Cult amid all the confusion Of angry strife and the
den of mastering botts is still heard in yels Of agony
No mol
Ex.Gov. Hunt followed with a few remarks, when
A.. Al boo. ;ot;oo