Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-07-11
In tho Consolidate Congress-

ME-, GROWS SPEEcH.-Ihe election Of Ga
lusha A. Grow, Of Pennsylvania, as Speaker
of the House Of Representatives, has already
been noticed. Upon taking the chair he made
the speech which appears below. We publish
it both to show what sort Of sentiments win
applause in the Consolidate Congress, and also
US an Illustration of the effect which large
honors have on little men. Galusha evidently
feels that ne has the world in n sling, and he
tlks as if he was about to sling it. Rat hear
him:
Gentlemen Of the House Of Representatives Of
Tie United States Of america
Words of thanks for the honor conferred by
the vote just announced, would but iecbly X
press the hearts gratitude. While appseciat.
ing this distinguished mark of your conf.
dence, | an not un,uindful Of the trying duties
incident to the position to which you have rs.
signed me. Surrounded at all times by grave
responsibilities, it is doubly so in this hour Ct
national disaster, when every consideration Of
gratitude to the past, and obligation TO the
score years aso ffty.s six bold merchants, farm.
ers, lawyers, and mechanics, the representa-.
tatives Of 4 few feeble ColoniSts, scattered
ton TO found 4 new Empire based on the ina
lienatie rights Of man. Seven years of bloody
conflict cnSued, and the Fourth OF July, lT7G,
is canonlzed in The hearts Of the great and
good as the jubilee OF oppressed natlona(ities,
and in the calendar Of heroic deeds it marks u
new era in the history of the race. Three
quarters of a century have passed away, and
the few feeble ColUniStS, hcmlned in by the
ocean in front, the wilderness and the savage
in the rear, have SPAWNED a whole cont.
nent with q great empire of free States, rear
ing throughout its vast wilderness the temples
of science and of civilization on tho ruins Of
savage life. Happiness, seldom if ever equaled,
has surrounded the domestic tireside, aud pros.
perity unsurpassed has crowned the national
energies. The liberties Of the people have been
secure al home and abroad, while the National
standard tloatcd, honored and respected, in ev-
cry commercial mart Of the world. On the
return of this glorious anniversary, after a Pc
riod but little exceeding the allotted lifetime Of
man, the peoples representatives are convened
in The Council chambers of the Republic to
deliberate on the means for preserving the
Government under whose benign influence
these grand results have been achieved. 4 re-
bellion the most cauSelcsS in the history of the
race hns developed 2 conspiracy of long stand.
ing to destroy the Constitution formed by the
Wisdom cf our fathers, and the Union cement
ed by their blood. This conspiracy, mlrtured
for long years in secret councils, first develops
itself openly in acts of spnliation and plumber
Of public property, with the connivance or un-
der the protection Of treason, enthroncd in all
the high places of the Government, and at last
in ARMED rebellion for the overthrow Of the best
government c:er devised by man. Without
an tffH in the mode prescribed in the organic
Law for n redress Of ail grievances, the malcon.
| tents appeal n..!y to the arbitramcnt Of the
Sw&Td, Insult the nations honor. and tratnplc
u!un its flag, inaugurate u revolution which, if
successful, would end in establishing petty
Earring conf=dcracies or anarchy upon the ruins
of the Republic and the destruction OF its liber.
| ties.
Tine 10Th of April, cannonizad in the first
| struggle for American Nationality consecrated
in the MARTYR blood OF Warren. has its coun.
terparS in Ellsworth. and the heroic deeds and
patriotic sacrifices of the struggle for the es-
tablislincnt Of The Republic are being repro
duce1 uuon the battle. fields for its mainte.
nance. Every race and tongue of men almos.
is represented ia inc grand legion of the
Union, their standards proclaining in a Ian.
guage mure impressive than words that here,
indeed, is tho home Of the emigrant and the
as: lam Of the exile, no matter where was his
birthplace, o. in what CLINE his infancy was
graded. He dtvotcs his life to the defence OF
his adopted land, the vindication rf its honor.
aud the protection Of its tiag, with the same
zeal with which he would guard his hearth.
stone and tireside. All parties, scots and con
ditioEs Of men not corrupted by the ins:itu-
tons Of human bondage, forgetting bycone
RANGERS or prejndices, blend in ore phalpnx for
the integrity Of the Union, and ths pereetui:y
Of the Republic. Long years of peace in the
pursuits Of sur!il gain, instead Of bunting
the patriotic devotion Of loyal citizens, seems
bnt To hare Intensified its Development, when
| the existence OF the government is assaulted. The
| merchant. the bunker, and the tradesman, with
an activity unparalleled. prefer their all at the
altar Of their country, while from the counter,
the workshop, and tho plow, bravo hearts and
stout arms, leaving their tasks unfinished,
rush TO the tented Eeld-the air vibraics with
martial strains, and the earth shakes with arm.
cd men. In view of this grand demonstration
for self representation, i'll the history Of nation.
altics, responding patriotism may be assured,
that tie foundations Of our national greatness
still stand strong. and the sentiment which
beats to-day in every loval heart, will, for the
failure. be realized. No flag, alien to the
sources Of the Mississippi, will ever float per-
manent'y over its mouth, till lis waters are
ciiu,S0acd in human gore; and not one foot OF
| American soil can be wreMchcd from the Jurls
diction CT the Constitution ofthe United States
until il is baptiscd in fire and blood. Vccir-
erous applause upoA the floor and in the gale.
RIGS. which lasted for many minutes. Gentle
mcn. as rour presiding officer, it becomes mr.
duty to apprise you that any demonstrations
Of approval, or diSsppraval, Of anything done
or said during your sessions. is in violation OF
parliamentary decorum, and the Chair would
also inform the persons in the galleries, that
applause By them is a violation Of good order,
and n breach OF the rules of this House. The
Chair hopes, therefore, that any detnonstra'
tions of applause will not be repeated:
In God is our trust, and the Star Spanglcd
Banner forever shall wave Ger the land Of the
free and the home Of the brave" Suppressed
appl .u:c Those who regard 1t as mere cloth
banline fail to appreciate its %sytnbol!cal power.
Whrrcye. civilization dwclls or the name o:
WASHINGTON is known, il bears on its f)!dS the
concentrated power Of armies and naries, and
surrounds the ~vutaries with Q defence mere
ilnprc.naile than q hatllement q! wall or tow.
e.. Wherever. on the earth's surface, an
American citizen NAV wander, called by pless
urc. business OF caprice, it is n shield to secure
him agairst wrong ami outrage; save on the
soil of the land of his birth. As the guardians
Of the rights and liberties of the people, your
paramount duty is to make it honorcd at home
as it is respected abroad. A GoVernnent that
cannot command the loyalty OF its W clti'
zens is unworthy the respect Of the world;
ana a Government that will not protect its W
loyal citizens, deserves the contempt Of the
world. Applause.
lie who would tear down this grandest tenn
pie Of Constitutional liberty, thus blasting tor.
ever the hopes Of crushed humanity, because