Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-05-04

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| Edward Everett onT tho crisis.
Hon. Edward Everett, on Monday, de-
liverSd The following speech in Boston, on
the occasion of raising fng in that city.
FslloaO citizens and Friends: The great as-
semOlage that see around me, the simple
Hnt interesting ceremonial with which tho
itdg}ot our country has been thrown to the
baeeze, the strnins of inspiring music, the
sweet concert OF shese youthful voices, the
solemn snpplfcation of the reverend clcr-
! gyRmn Which fills our eNrs-MIl these pro-
claim the deep patriotic sentiment, of
WHICH thnt nig is the symbol aud express
sion. Nay more, it speaks for itself. Its
mute eloquence needs no aid from my lips
To interpret its Significance Fidelity TO
the Union hlazes from its sturs; allegiance
ITO the Government beneath which ne live
is wrapped within its folds.
We set up this standard. my friends, not
4 AS matter Ofidle display. but a 9 a,l exurcs-
| sive indication that, in the mighty struggle
that has been forced upon us, we are of
| one tlcnrtan one mind thMt tile Governs
ment of the country must lie sustaincd-
we Nrc " law-"bidinE, quict-loViMg com
L nt1,. ~.
ergics, nre hnbitunlly devoted to the pcace-
\ ful arts hy which States Srnw and prosncr:
but, upon an issue in whivIp;the life of tile
| country is involved, we rally as one man
to its defence. All FORMER differences of
| opinion are swept aW1'y; VIC forget that we
have ever been partisans; we. rcmcniLeF
only that wc-are Americans, and ihat-o,tr
country is in peril.
And what isait-lllGt has kindled this
| quiet and peace-lOving community to the
present unexaMplcds srxcitement-n potri-
0tic umanimity not witnessed even in lTy5?
Why is it ttnt the flng of our country
always hOnored: always beIOvcd-is now.
Is"lI ut "ncc, worshipped,I may say, with
tne Prsslon"te homage of this whole peo.
pie Why does it float, us never before.
l4s1Ql mereIyyf arSenaI4 and mastIIFod'
but from tower and stceple, from the pub.
lie Gditiccs, the private dwelling, in mug
nIhctnt display, or miniature presentmeut?
! Let Fort Sumter givesihe answer. When
| tins day forenight, tho 18Th of April IL day
| forever 10 be held in inauspic;ons renicu-
hrauce, likeathe dies .HELcRFts in the annals
of Rome :hc tidings spread though the
/ land that the standard Of United America.
tic pledge og, her Union and the. syubul Of
her power. which SO niany gallant hearts
had poured ont tbeir life blood on tie
ocean and the land.to uphold;had.f in the
hnrbor of Charleston, been, for a ,,ly-anl
ahait, the t3Tget OF. eleven frsltricidal hat
lerics, one deep, unanimous, spontaneous
| feeling, shot with The tidings through the
bosoms OF twenty millions of freemen,
that its outraged honor must be vindicat-
ed.
And, oh. ftllow-citizens, if nloof ns we
are from the immediate dnngpr of the con-
| tiict, sheltered in our comfortable homes,
with the objects of our affection around
us, we can refuse our support to the Com
| stttntiOn, the Laws, and the Government.
in whose defence those seventy brave men.
for thirty friehtful hours, without sleep.
almost without food, compelled to draw
the breath of heaven Tito tlteir lungs
Through moistrncdf hnnlkerchiefs. stood
| taithlIliand uudauIted beneath tile iron
storm bursting from above, and the raging
i HAGS S9t EllHII =uGSefVe our
lselves, on some disastrous day, to pass
Through a like fiery ordeal
4 ! speak, frllOw-vitizens, in no spirit. of
unkindneSs to the South. have been.
Through my public life, s6ne of you have
/ thought, too much her friend. To3nvert
what deemed ,theiimPendIng danger ofya
4 general =cpnVulsiOp,I luve been more will
ling thun.sOnc bESOu 10 burSue-aLways
hope through honorable paths--the poll
/ icy of cOnCiIiation. Besides this, in nv
humble efforts to rescue the home ana
titomb Of Washington from descrrution (aud
oh, saddest desCcralion of ull;th8t the sn-
cred precincts should perhaps even now
be trodden by armed bands, iIasteni6g TO
/ lay tie city which bearSbis name inAshesD
/ havc tTaversed the South, everywhere
| received with the most flatIering kindness,
more than most Northern men. In no
/ pnrt of the Union have l more valued
friends; but as Heaven is my Judge, it is
! my most profound and solemn conviction
that it is infinitely more desirable for the
South than the North that this sliridal
ATTEMPTED iesSak up.the Union should Be
| frustrated.
For cohsider. ssilSswEs ci,izeas.s;. ..tl,nt that
flng, Whichy0u h0ve this day given to the
breeze, is not merely the symbol of Union
at home, hut Of peace. safety, aud respect
abroad. The nuhalloWed bloWawhirh has
been struck Rtit has not only, as its tirst
result, invoked the country in what all
history proclaims the direst of national
calamities-a civil wae-but it has ato
EPlared the South at The mercy of every
foreign Power.
No Government on this continent can
cotptnand the respect OF Europe, that does
not possess a navy; and the North, fIom
natural clauses, must ever be the exclusive
seat OF the naval strength of the country.
Oar gclimatc, our haFbDrs, our fisheries,
0nr Commercial marine, are tile elements
of this strength. The South has naval