The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-10-17
AND POEOLOGI-
CAL EXHIBITION.
GEN. HENRY A. WISE'S ADDRESS.
Election Of Officers. dc.

Yesterday the spacious rooms of this exhi-
t!on were ihronged By ladies and gentlemen,
who whiled the hours away in inspecting me
numerous articles on exhibition. We omitted
III our notice yesterday 10 mention the plc-
lures contributed by Mr.. Franck. and the pa
per cOntribulcd By MessrS. Baughmhn x
Brothers. The pictures are beautiful and at
tract much attention. The wrapping paper
was mann factured at The paper mill OF the
firm mentioned, and is of the best quality
The mill is located in Manchester, ana Is the
only one Of its kind south of the Potomac.
Towards night the rooms we're nearly empty
Of People, but BY o clock they We're packed
the announcement that General Henry n
Wise was 10 speak having drawn the vast
assemblage together. Shortly after that honr
General Wise ascended the stand and spoke
for an hour and three-quarters, enchalnnT
his audience BY his cloquencc and the glowing
sentiments Of love for the old Commonwealth tn
We Join in with all who heard it in requesting
the General 10 have his address printed Tor
the benefit of those whose misfortune IL was
not 10 hear ii:
Address OF GENERAL WIFE.
Friend. and Fellow itzens, Never in the
history of nations has revolution been more
sudden shocking. and severing in its effects
hln the late conflict Of State and Federal So
vcraign ties in the United States, in respect 10
all our relations, POLITICAL social, and econo-
mical.
The Constitution Of Federation has been
broken and set At naught: It's compaCtS nave
checked power of some only, though most OF
its units and the other State constituencies
or units. in the minority have been lnett'
inorphoscd into fractions or fragments of con
quercd provinces, in which The supremacy Of
Civil Law Civil Rights, and Civil .IuriSdC
tion has been dcthroucd by Military DONNA
ton.
Ine result is that the foundations Of the
whole have been shaken and shattered that
no reUni1S only OF the fabric can make it firm
and stable again, but il must be entirely re
built, anew, from cornerstone 10 dome. Inc
Union, as ii was, does not exist, ana States Us
they were, have been demolished.
The Union was founded on good faith, on
the recouciiement OF competing and conflicting
Interests, on compromises, on feelings VI Al
| fcction, anity, CONT y, ana peac" 1nahihS
DeopLeS bound 10 each other by SH'ss, states
bound together by n constitution OF govern
lnent common 10 all, and to all alike equal,
and the union OF bodies polite making 4 com
mon country-an pLnr'btts mann, from Maine
10 Georgia, Of SnttS, not OF men, women, and
children Of popula ton. Millions of people In
separate communities making many States.
many States making one Constitution OF
Union and the Union making one Federal
Government, in which external sovereignty
was vested, leaving the internal sovereignty
where il originally existed, in the State con-
Slilucuces of the Union. How grand. how
imposing and the wisdom OF the Fathers
might we'll have Judged IL 10 be rs lasting ana
pardnra BILE as il was colossal and strong.
This common Government was so pt"fnb III
fact that il had no t.tnle in III. singular number.
| lis very name is pi"r"ioi "tote&-the C'nted
Hnt,S "-not plural of p"opie in the sense OF
popula1ion. 1t was rot called 'ColIInhia,
lftcr the discovrrcr Of America, III spite OF
Hopkinsou national song, 'llail Columbia;
| II took NOT that name ana IL was not chris
tened WaShin.tohia, ailcf Inc father OF MS
Country.
1t spoke in the first person plural We. m"'
| ~, The United p,Dpic Of America, but We
| The people of the Lt,itcd states OF Anne
! tg.fH
| act OF union, uniting their respccliv" peoples.
| The Sta'.s Cmii.j made the = t"H'd SiHttS
! in rciy 1ro7r5S Is we'll rs very meaning IN spite
| Of ali The CLOSING Of all the Webstrrs and All
The Stories OF speech or commentary on ths
| phrl ST Of our country'S cognomen throughout
| The world. The citizen of France Is Il French
man of Scotland is II Scot OF Germany Is
German: and native and deniZen or citizen OF
"yerv country of every cline, except of the
| Trnitcd States is known by 4 name III the SIN
gular; but who ever heard ola t"Eed-NdfeS
man? Abroad or at home our country citizeh
| j. one OF some Stttte OF the " United - State
There is Il Maine man, Il New Yorker, 4 ' IT.
| yinian, II kentuckian, a n. or :. Carolinlan,
but even the Great EXpoundcr himself was
never so ilnmodest rs to call hilhSeii uhiseu
| Sutrslnun-he was Il Massachusetts man, 4
| son OF the Elder Sister OF Virginia, which
| hailed her chaerily in the Night of The Reyo-
| luton of Eebeldom against George the
Third, by the Grace Of God hlns OF
| Great Britain, when Virginia and Massa-
| rhusetts were States in the exercise OF the
rights of war, the highest act OF sovereignty,
| brtorc the "UnIcd States" ever were.
| The very initials and contraction OF our coun-
| try,s name make . &. s., = in the plural-t%
| Substituted States. Alas alas " lIt .
| can no longer say " vs. Of ourselves, or "iFe,
| of a common country OF the "unlted States.
How well, but how sadly, do now reni"m-
brr the proud patriotic glow with which
| saw a hos OF people thrilled and moved like
| = haryes, field waving under the high wind
a, uavre de Grace, i'll Maryland, once when
| that incompatible Demosthenrs t>arSe;tlt =.
| prrutiss1 of the later orators OF Amcrica-the
| canal of Henry. or Otis, or AmeS or the elder
| Adams or the older, and the superior OF Gay,
or Webster. or Upshur, or i.egarr or Preston,
| Of the modern orators-eNclain Il "hole eN
| ordium in the two words " Fttip'c citizens! -
| .Ayr ! say Fellow citizens here, as have
| in travelling thousands of miles within Il lew
days repeated the address fellow citiHehs
| have said Feliow-citiIens on the baliHe' OF
| New Orleans / have passed up ana up over
| The oozy bed Of the mighty mississippi, and
| again and again repeated Fellow citizens
| Leaving the Father of Waters, har" all along
| The banks of the Ohio still sald Fellow 'clli-
Hrnsi Eastward, on and on, l have again re-
urated Fellow citizens Here on the banks OF
| the beautiful Susquehauna, whose head kisses
The lips Of the lakes again shy feilow-citi'
l.us On and still onward TO the home Of my
| mother who blessed Inc with the inestimabe
| privilege of nativity III tins lmmeaslrapie
land OF civil and religious freedom, may
| often repeat from place 10 place Fellow GU
| ZauS' and then may take the wings OF the
morning and fly TO the ntterlnost parts oi
ms vasi continent. and still, on and on, again,
.-,in and agaia, thousands OF times, toI
thousands of miles, eXuliingly eNclalm, Eel
low. iliZens! A llnd like this TO live IN, 2
| country like this TO love, boundless AS IL Is
| expanded and expansive AS IL Is, Is a'one ti!f
measure of our duty 10 preserve lis liberty, &c
| ruord its Government, 10 perpetuate us equt
rights and dignity, 10 promote its prosperity
| and 10 defend its sacred SOIL
Thus the master ora tor made the two woF,s
Fellow Citizens embrace ana express lh'
,uII grandeur and greatness of our country
/ and inspire the holy sentiment 10 preserve
ruard perpetuate, and defend 1t. Alas
;. We are no longer : Fellow, ,cil|ens N ~
longer "cHfee'S, but %"g"9T,H Se2nIs ifsri =,
has 6rparled its Governments, STATE anu
Federal, have been dissolved ana chanSea
there are no longer any guarantees VI 'nt
rights of the one or checks upon the powers OF
10 nthar:-apd its soil has been trampleo
INTO mire and filth by the INVASION OF
n tratricidsl civil war oh Virginia
N,rylaud, North Carolina, South Carolina
Gcorsi:l-ive of the old, orlgihai thllleei
san,ra1e. sovereign and independent States
,rh;ch both fpln,ed and ratified the Fedora
CONSTITUTION OF "a more perfect Union =
Where now is thy separate State Identity
Where now thy Internal Sovereignty mere
,o,v ,hy Euuai Dignity? Where no" thy
S1f nrGtectin. Powers, or thy t@is OF cons u
,n,ion.I Law? Where now Thy Separate
state independence? The wrecks OF power, ,l
and of rights point 10 Congress congress ha'
,", 'a in,nd roiumaudamts Of Districts mum
hrred bv Proclamation: they have Ordered
| ,hr civil TO be Subordinate ana obt"lcht L
the Military Authority; the Co"ce"t"etL i: Il
well us Municipal powers ana eapa.i.!es a'.,s,s -
| S,,te .ps1,,i,s have been ignored, ana enacted
n"I ,,"i nrocIaimed out of existence; the EXecu
i've Courts overrule and override the Coul.
Of Oft the Judiciary the Benches OF Justice ar
Sunrryised and Superseded by Epanles'e.
| =, ,i..,n.;op. who need nor Slerll!S, nor .oel