Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-05-07
SPEECH OF
~ Richardson, Esq,
lc HANOVER

q: MANo' -N'
.:.:- R-hc'e, on The report Of
80 -, 81 i:.lerai Relations, IN the
....,, Sf i,ry.a!I. -4prl, 4th, 1861.
,,v,y: lam not without hope
ren,Je. Of the Convention will
s'.t .1:aS i'll my behalf the kind
- *..-.i o. ;hc worthy gentleman
r'.sr>5ur., M:. BEAScH,) Of my dis
IN t.r;en! from Albemarle, who sets
,.s I'M; Nj. uoLcoMBE,) for whose
%a.,joa the former gentleman.
t..,.~ul announced his willingness
50 iha, the latter gentleman,
..i',.,Yyg.} might be heard when the
-, ,'.,,2 was rot fatigucd, on the ground
:. I,.: troubled this body but little
,..,,,cs. have presumed to speak
,.,,s.,y--omce less than ten minutes,
..,... tie election OF friend 10 an
49,: ..ca he was preferred By the
...:,,., aa,! once again less than fifteen
-. =: explanation of resolution
-.;g ;ae military defence Of the State,
+. hi ::ac honor to propose. Though
-: firm in my sentiments on the
,-,aa: matters to be considered by
.",, :, ms :ae highest exercise Of her
--a,r.y. co:licsS 10 some vaclllatlon
n a.,!ny. should speak here or not.
misunderstanding the intermlnable csa-
s2I .au!.-!luGinss OF the respective
,.1;,;;zaas OF the majority and lnl-
regard 70 chose who differ from
T. *. sreuui me gentlemen who,
I character. ,alea:s and position, are
[mos: distinguished men Of the State,
nv embarrassment; is Increased by the
.;siIa,n io7 the rirSt time, a repre-
k,:ve o.: :bs people IN body like this;
s;;. j witt; ave that | attempt 20 adj
,a.:a. No- should make the e!-
"a: lad 10: reason TO believe that
~. .,!;ucn;$ desire their voice, how
a.;ao.4 when spoken by me. 10 be
MS hall. Certain mental pecull-
= q :...ac. sir, lead me, in considering
| .ais::. 70 look to its historical sur
::::a.:. |, therefore, propose first 10
j :.aacs al the origin of the Federal
-: ise many ties which should
aa::s! :'u--"er in fraternity and atfec-
Il: N3-::h and the South-to show
:..s .5r:uer section and foreign
:: are, :9r the most part, responsible
:.4..-y here, they have sought, with
/ ....w:I hands, 20 destroy both the in
.::..g and hose On whom they forced it;
::,e Iaop!c OF the North have rudely
n :-.i: crushed the mutual love which
4. 0; .esciAer, and have cherished and
+ :.;;A towards Is such feelings as
lt:s- .oascr union with them almost
E.s>>. Proceeding step farther in the
mem, and considering our responsible
!. connection with once glorious
as= disrupted nationality, 7 shall hold
I :es.::oa act only that our destiny is
i: Southern Contederacy, but that
':.i mode otre-consrrucring the CnioniS
8-?:.: 70 ldca:!fy ourselves with the Sc
::s:~>. Maintaining this ground, |
,: d!.wa into q reply to arguments
4-.:c oy gentlemen on this floor,
e:AA= i different view OF the subject,
.,:in; carried out this line CT re-
saa!l iin'- ""npleted the, re
.iae formed u ny mind. and Will
:!,.M!y yield ;ae Hoor 10 gentlemen
will doubtless De- able to speak with
ability AID =lo!aence than l can COM
.::a:s-four yca-s ago, Mr.. Chairman,
A..st - ne clash Of arms, and amid
,4y:S .. battle, giant, so TO speak,
- a.o li!e-:hat giant was the youth
sE already magnificent country which
:a.. iron! the icc-5ound hills OF New
2g.:r. % the warm aud illuminated
Is q .;:orsia, the renowned and patrio-
!..:sga s,rereignties which had been
.:.ii:;3:rs; scn in the corouet Of power
..z.:E.o.: Of that green isle Of the
:, II :ae 5torird incriptions Of whose
;;=-Gs:er. We read with reverentlai
:as lner::eG eulogiss Of those heroes,
s2t pa!lalthropists, who illustrated
- w:.egs once our fathers dwelt.
vars of suffering and of sorrow sue
:. :ae ast;on's advent, bus there came
=: INA: Independence, which in the end
-: :aa devotion Of the noble, the
4.c.as and the free-and when the
:: :: he conflict had cleared away,
i :a= clouds Of war rolled back, ana
,?aaa.ng the horizon the rainbow Of
:: ia. young land displayed neral
:a:s;cai grandeur to which the world
4 10 parallel. Every thing seemed
a2aai ni her sons for their country
Xxi: Whole country, the tribute OF
:cyc:io2 and their love-a people on
:sTe!y !lncamcat were stamped the
= aac 'Hc:tsl attributes Of the great
'"y;2 ~hi"a they sprang. \ federatIve
-. 0: separate State sovercigntles Of
u. institutions and kindred freedom,
j Promised, in the matchlcss beauty OF
:-';;;c7;:on and operation, to be typical
::sF.:: aai regularity Of the planetary
- !;:s.:. Varieties Of soil, climate
.;94lc;.eas which seemed to have been
t-:1 BY kind Providence, that this
- ;:@2.s Q! freedom might be decked
"s;y luxurious elegance Of soul. OF
~: Q: !ate!lect-riycrs which rolled
.F.!.!22: tides through State after
81! 10 "!agle in great arteries the
= Ike blood Of those Ststes-majestlc
9" Mountains stretching forth their
E2:' AID uniting in fraternal embrace
. t9:-;aoawea!ths-washed by an
:. "-oss shores were indented with
-~;ss hartor>, ln which might safely
''s ia.ies OF the world-over whose
SsF= waited the tceming products Of
~:~ SCI 70 every clime-whencs were
So III 7e.Irn orer the same pillows
':@.':ic:al spoils of distant lands,
"''sce!s:s states Of the Revolution
.'s:-:s taese physical bonds Of Union,
-.'sl 'ee9.lectlonS Of a struggle IN
!" ,.!E ''.rE stood side by side and shoulder
utter The blood and the bones OF
ai:''S from North, South, East and
- 8,'s 'ainglcd at Long Island and
~: 49, !D:sa4 wine and Savannah, lead
,,1 1 'C-.:'f1, where fingered the me
.! memories of defeat, and at Lex
-. 80 S-;aw, Eunker's Hill and Cow
:. +'!''A24;h and Kings Mountain,
e"1 hanging Rock, Princeton ana
H.' -n1Tc which hovcred the glorles
..,, .:. ioiac. progress Of q portion OF
I'LL I'LL country there was an obsta-
80" - hr>t seemed insurmo ountablc.
-: tanca5:s0s, by Saxons, and
.,,:, s N9rMaA:, whose genius and
l., ;;'az'hed On their shields the quar-
~ sory and renown won in every
'- 9! every field in Europe, and
a !'c:n :or similar houors here,
80" themselves lords Of country
T.. .'GFecs we're to be developed in a
'la under sun beneath which