The weekly Butte record., 1861-03-02

This distinguished orator ueiNereu iectuie'
at San Francisco on the life and character
of Washington" on Friday evening the 22d
inst We give the following extract, from
the Unions report:
Mr.. King next spoke of the formation OF the
Federal Consultation. The national character
Of that instrument. and its peaceful adoption
and ratification by the States were IN great
measure attributable to Washing tons influence.
He then reviewed the conduct of Washington
as President of the new Government, which he
bad aided to inauguraie, showing how he ever
combatted and put down the spirit of section
alism. In the Whisky Rebellion in Pennsyl-
vania, Washington set an example OF the mode
of dealing with nullfcation and treason. The
tax on whisky interfered with the domestic in-
stltutiOns and tastes of western pennsylvania,
and seven thousand nullifers rose i'll arms
The United States officers were resisted, and
blood was shed. Even an attack upon Uni
ted States fort was projected, but torerunner
OF Major Anderson was there, and the attack
was not made Houses were burned, mails
were rfed, Government dispatches were inter-
cepted forced loans were levied, property was
confscated, and all these things happened
seventy years ago. Pennsylvania said force
must not be used, it too dangerous that
the central counties would not allow troops to
pass through them that the rebeious coun-
ties were able to take care of themselves, and
it was even intimated that the insurgents would
send an envoy TO England, and march upon the
Federal Capital. Every letter Of this was
history seventy years old. Applause Part
of the Cabinet was unfriendly to force, but the
President was George Washington, who had
sworn to support the Constitution and an army,
raised with alacrity. was marched against the
insurgents, the rebellion was crushed, the ring
leaders were seized tried, condemned for trea
son, and pardoned by Washington. Thus he
vindicated and confirmed the Government OF
the people of the United States in Federal
Unon and thus he anticipated Andrew Jack
son by some forty years. Applause. That
was the way notification and threatened seces-
sion in the North were put down by tie Father
of his country. What would Washington
have done oday with actual combined seces
sion? Nothing. He would have acted four
months ago lie would have purged his Cab
/ met of treason, and awed out of it conspirators
and thieves. Applause. He would not
have been a lump OF shlyshally, iucarnate.-
He would not have ordered a day of fasting
and prayer simply because he was too weak in
the knees to stand up to his duty Cheers
and applause. He would have taken counsel
with another Virginian, whose name deserves
to be written as close as possible to that Of
/ Washington, Lieutenant General Winfield
Scott Applause. The rebellion would have
been confined to South Carolina, and that
would have become very unhealthy State to
live in. If there were any vacuum Of patriot
ism in South Carolina he would have brought
a pressure to bear from the rest OF the Union
exceeding fourteen pounds to the square inch.
| Laughter.
He was willing that the North should give
new guarantees not to exceed the constitution
al limits, but to go further than that would be
to offer premiums for the whims and gusts OF
passion in the future, and perhaps in the n North
next time. Applause If Cancellation with
the seeding States was impossible, still, ii the
border States remained true, there would be an
empire glorious in It's strength Bat if all The
Southern States seeded he would have the
North march no battaions against destiny but
still true to liberty and Union. organization
and peace, retreat with the Constitution to
Independence Hall, in Philadelphia. where
United America was born Applause. =
Then with Union OF twenty States they would
unfurl a banner containing no treacherous
thread of cotton in the warp. God might give
them the st. Lawrence in place of Jefferson
Davis half of the Mississippi, and with bands
of iron acros, the mountains and plains they
would bind California to the Union Ap-
plause And hundred years hence millions
of prospesous and happy people in the valleys
of this noble State clustered around the me.
tropols of the twentieth century, should revere
and bless as they did then, the glorious name
Of Washington. Cheers.
TIE PALMETTO FnAG.-Ihe captain of a
schooner starting from Washington street. the
day before yesterday, ran up a Palmetto flag.
A crowd pelted him with potatoes until he
struck his colors, and hoisted the stars and
stripes. Potatoes, it appears, are valuable for
other purposes than eating. We understand
that a spcculator afterwards went aboard and
collecting the patriotic potatoes, brought them
ashore, and sold them for a bit apiece-S. F..
Mirror.
Gen. Marion lammed" the tory inventors of
that flag, while living on sweet potatoes, and
we expect to hear that Maj. Anderson has
blown the city of Charleston into the middle
of next week." with yams