Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-02-19
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There we have 1t You cannot
even cry God forgive him, for he
knew not what he did :" Aged thir-
ty-ffve { h oug H., he was, be
meant TO bind succeeding Legislatures
for "a years 10 the ddmuable heTpsy
hat Virginia is not p sovereign
State, He was willing that the State
should be required to pay or die, for
when the wheels OF government stop,
the State H. lead When does an in
tiividual die ? Is he not dead when
this beautiful triple wheel within
his bosom stops It's COMPOUND motion?
lie had been crowned with the SUI
preme houors Of this proud and splrn-
did Commonwealth. He had been
for years sent to Congress from lac
metropolitan district Of the Stale
Rich n a merchant Prince. proud as
Luclfer, and beautiful rs Byron. one
would have supposed he would have
remained with Virginia until her
wheels had stopped and she was dead,
that like glorious little Ruth of Holy
Writ, he would have said 10 Virginia
ia her gloom;
Thy God shall be my God; thy
''peoIie shall be nv people: where
Thou livest ] will live, and where
Thou diest when thy wheels shall
have stopped / will die and there
will | be buried 4"
/ quote from newspapers sir, men
I state that, as though pursued 10y
some shaJowy and horrible Nemesis,
he las gone to California. a iaHd o.
gold. and the g.8pe, and the Ig. ana
the orange. Would TO God he could
take in front of him dOPn the Sierra
tIuue INTO the deep sea, the Devils
which. nj his IncautaIiCn, have tor
mented the bowels OF this state -
Even beneath the Fig trees OF that
lovely land, these false figures viii
call M LefOre him visions OF our dis
trcss until he shall call out oh Virgin.
Ia! what have | not perrttrntcd in
thy name? Cries Of give 1t to
kim.")
But you say we cannot sail around the
Kitty Hawk Of the Supreme Bench, which,
like n coral reef, forever stretches across
the ocean pathway Of the Commonwealth.
Then, sir, dethrone your statues Of Mason
AMI Jefferson. Roll up your bill Of rights
ind your declaration, and let Us 60 in
nournful procession to their graves, and
there let us bury them with the duet Of .
their authors in the cndlefs sleep Of death.
Then 90 back and tell your people you have
verified the allegation that all governments
r ontain the elements OF their own dissolu
tiop, and summon them to come and behold
the solemn autopsy Of Virginia. Let them
know that her fair form Was, after the man
ner Of an uhholy wcdlock, ~impregHated
with an embryonic monster. Of which she
could not be delivered, even by the CTEar-
can section of this bill.
And then il you can go and write
upon the sw' Hing arch uf that mulal
wonder. the Natural Bridge. that NIr-
gInia survived the rage Of England, |
and the guns and navy of this ctntur-
led republic, tut that. towering i'm her
pride Of place, was haw ked al 10y the
mousing owl of this Funding Bill and
killed; that here lies the Frustrated
form OF the real AHdTumeda who was
chained 10y her own chIldreu, to the
rock. hat foreign VultuTeS might
pluck her liver.
Before | close / desire 10 say that
my friend from Richmond Was, |
think. unfortunate la his reference to
Louisiana and the CaTuiiHns. He de-
clared that those States have hepn
taxed more heavily than Virginia.
and lac adduced this to show that Vir-
ginia can bear a rate as great a. has
prevailed in those States.
Sir, would the gentlemen have Nir-
ginia like those States, iroken on the
wheel Of oppression, and tret,hrd
like them on the hot plate Of torture "
Go sir and look at th,ir beautiful
hOmesteads in the mnuidy sleep nf
dilapidation. See their conf~cHtcd
estates in the hands of thieves and
aliens. aud the silence Of arctic death
their great temples OF trade.
But remember hat tie authors Of
their indispensable dpsolsIiOn lie bun
ried in the pottersfield Of the worlds
drtpstatiOn and scO.u.
"Oh Carol na, said pittying spirits.
Dearly she pays for Der Confederate Fall;
Zone howrets of Eden she still inhsrits,
Isut tbo trail ofthc berFcnt ia over them ALL"
Dost ike the picture?
II 80, still rcmepher that those
three States have readiustcd their
tbA II lhthS - lpNf q AbGit O'l AtAal
are mentioned in connection with mat
of Virginia. and nm intelligent jury
of the nations al the earth has ~ju>GIi-
ei the readjustmcnt.
Mr.. Speaker, | desire to think the
House most profoundly. for the OK
tr~nord:nary courtesy they lave shown
me at this late hour, and tor the al
most perfect attention it has Paid To
thu views | have 50 hastily expressed.
! have done. CA plause }