, 1861-02-04
THE. CITY:


AA0 0VAo AVUNOA2As
r." the boy Is father to tho man," the pa-
ternal Ic1atives Of quite 1argo number Of fu.
turo citizens paztook In the exercises Of the
Boys Meeting on The Crisis, at Bryan nail, bh
Saturday bvening. The lower. ball WINS used,
and was well filed and the boyn did themselves
high credit. -, :; '':
At . former meeting committee had been
choaen to canse to be prepared m Address to
the Boys, which committee reported Inn hand
some manner through Fred. 4 Chapman, who
read the Address we present below. It was
followed by SEVERAL spirited harangues from
several juvenile speakers, who acquitted them
selves most eKcclently well. The Boys have
met the Crists In d most becoming manner.
To tho Boys or America.
Il is our lot TO live In one 0: the most disastrous
and threatening periods Of our country's history.
Itaecms a. the storm Of political discord which
burst forth with all the horrors Of civil war unless
through the tntcrpotition OF her patriotic sons,
tiais most dreadful calamity is avertsd. The bark
chored too firmly, and In hxrbor too secure to be
driven from its moorfngs by any rude storm Or
sudden commotioa; hut our bark begins to roll,
and the waves Of dtsension and dscord rise higher
and higher, whether 1t is to be oored in safety or
wrecked and lost forever the future only c1n deter
mine Our existence az a naion. our character,
peEap' Is sssksd upon h Issue Of the present DIFF
ucnlties, and I'll the blessings which we now enjoy
and the bright fatnrc, to which We 1ook forward
with go much delight.
For how III .ch Are wc indebted to the I]nlon :
Onr hohor among nations, our safety and
our country: Tho Union. is frelehted with the
most precious hopes, the most solelnn obligations,
md the highest happiness Ut all mankind. The
objects or fts 1niluence-thc nations Of the carth
II sphere Of duty cosx,ensivc with that Of religion
rs rh1 uAI. 1IF
Soscrnment-that popular institutions founded no.
on principles Of equity aud equality, arc capable
=. se peslns laanned nj nnd every year has brought
. Snall Il no~sso destroyed. Let us remember
that the Union Is not the property OF ourselyes
| alone. but Of the whole world It is as beacon
is Influence backward Over ali detgotie e Fn!nne ~
aud Forward over the mighty empires OF Aeia. g..
nsa.n M me benign ark of the Constitution. our NJ.
nudwca1ih, and stall It not be transmitted to us
soon al tue places Of honor, profit, and confidence
M VII, be vacated. Death aud age are yacatin:, and
| Will vacate for us to occupy. "
The venerable statesmen and Ill tboze ,xho onxr
no.9 tne lc,ns OF government. will noon be tncn.
pable e. lesslati9n tho accents Of tie orator win
soon ate away anu be heard no more all the great
anu eoou men Q! the present time will pats to the
silent Erasc. aud be remembered by Tie fruits OF
Their Intelligence, virtue and patriotism. We are
1h boSpt bGng apGn hhe ttage Of actlon ard all
q this nation will be committed to US. Everysea
o. tGlenGe eSerJ temple Of law and Justice, Ill
ss1 es pifu ~ aass our M eate aud guardianship And
theatFe. TO find no more an America no moro 'thc
, Mhd oi ne iIee and TIC home Of the brave =
ss ,nd Me oenGa nstSad taIs county rent With
! We ocnoid that most dreaded Of all caIauitiss.
cSn war. devastating this fair land the fifth
CT m h"ad raised against the con; brother warrins
st'rs and Stripes trailing In the Dust Its glory e
parted anu the l1stEe Of that once bright constel.