The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-13

Of orsory and was delivered IN q very effective man.
ner was listened 10 WITH close attention and al It's
conclusion Was compiimeuted Silh round OF hearty
"nARrs - UNDER ExcirKassr
M TOWNSEND, tren) OF n. r., took the floor amid
consideraoie excite ment aDd sad:-"I came to this
place with desire, before taxing my OATH TO do ua
and exact justice 70 ail parts OF this Union We had
common country, and-~natever mon may think--in
my day creams aud In my night dreams, yirginia,
ana no man can take away my interest
10 them. God has given u, and my breth-
l am called upon 10 act In refercuce tho interests
Of Vrglnio, am acting tor my country. and 1 will
40 Tor virginia all that would do tor New York or
| all that would do tor my earlier home-Massacnu.
sets Now lot us LOOK this matter In the iace NY
tneir right names. am not to be told by Virginia
gentleman that must not talk about matters IN the
past How comes William and Mary's College heres
collegiate education, but my college has not
ss.ss an nvs%,0ry from sssa
but she has not got an Inventory She
does not come here 10 tho national Congress
and before the world claiming upon her inventory
We do not talk 80 much about our great as yir-
ginia does; but shall not stand In the presence Of
the national Congress and admit that Virginia has
anything boast her great the land that
produced the Adamses ana tho wtnthrops, or
land which produced William H. Seward, silas Wright
and Martin Van Buren,.
MKMBER-ADd Webster.
Mr. lowSsEsD-I am gong to talk about Webster
In another part OF my discourse. (LaughteIl The
College OF William and Mary has produced great
she has great and honorable traditions; but why old
she not follow the traditions Of ner great mens DID
William aud Mary's College, when she sent thrty-two
out OF hsr tnry-nve teachers into the rebel army.
follow the doctrines OF Washington farewell address,
Did she do 10 teaching secession and rebellion Tor
thirty years before the war, by which tho Holspurs
common pooplo into bloodshed. war, destruc-
ton and Jour years Of misery Did she,
Jefferson or any OF her other great men Did Mason
when he went out to carry tho message oil the Cou-
iedeIao states 10 Great Britain think he was follow
Ing the footsteps oil that other Mason, his KinsmAn,
VINO talked OF the abolition OF slavery way
The National Convention look after the earlier
terests OF the cooniesy No. II Is because TINS col
lege orgets her great mon that she here to-day
suppanl. crinsins, begging for money at the hands
| Vi those whose sons she has caused TO lie in
bloody graves by the side OF her own sons whom sac
! bounded on TO ceath and destruction.
i SINS OF THE COLLEGE.
All but virginia IS proud Of that Institution, and
Wen sue may DC. VIII say nothing against II. but
sought rebellion, she went .nto the rebellion. shs
sent her sons into rebellion; Why shall shc not take
the consequences? Ny Northern rrends t.urnlng ms
back upon the Char and facing his own SIDE Of tho
House, why should size take the couseq ences?
1t been sald that there is no precedent Ior tina
thing There precedent for II, quoted by Beuin-
min Franklin, who says that day a man was
Leaceiully walking the streets OF London when
Frenchman ran cut win hot poker IN his hand and
wanted 10 apply IT to the mans bo,y. Tue man
kicked him out OF the Then, said Frenchinan
"Monsieur, you Will not let do thing but gu
will not DO SO unjust as TO refuse TO pay me for hoat
| ing the poker." Shouts Of lauxhteE) she did not
judges her Presidents dd not destroy the
Unon. No, those Presidents and those adm,ra ais aud
| those other great men oi hers their graves
| They were under ground. They were whore last
years potatoes arehe best o. the potatoes are under
ground. WIN not DC unk'nd enough TO say that vT-
| excellent potatoes were all under ground when the
rebellion broke out. and now We must pass this bill
because Virginia loves Massachuset (I.aaghIeE J
How warm Is this affection Tor Massach usettsf Mas
| sachusetts every once III a wne sends out who
TRiBUTE wEBsrKR.
They took her Webster, and they told him they
I would make him President; they told him was
bound 10 glory. ! am not sure but that ho had The
smiles Of beauty heamng upon MIN, as they
ing upon somo other OCCASIONS 20 coax nm from ca .
pathway OF his education ana from the path which his
conscience and his great heart Urged him 10 pursue;
bus when the spider had gotten the .ssachusetts
into las net INFO ITS kitchen, into ITS paror, wat
good aid II do nimf lsay nero hassachu
Webstors. 10 your Massachusetts Lorings, 10 your
Massach usetts Hoar famiiy(snouis OF aughter-that
when virginia has used you sue Viii on an
unworthy thing An but says my learned and
had u Centennial Yes, was here, ana l saw the
preparations The Cent? nnial We wanted 800 OOO
10 be loaned BY tho governments good security -
security which has returned every doiar-lo cele-
brate mo hundredtn anniversary OF American inde-
TO have now Fourth vi Juiy gave IN the those
votss :--Cabc, Douglass, Goode, Terry aud Walker
and Virginia gave but one vots IN favor oil the Fourth
OF July of the unchundrodtn year. that vote WAS
! by carpet bsggor (alluang 10 Mr. 5towell was
man whom heard gentleman from Virginia, In
tnis house, bearing tho name OF Jonn Gooae, taunt
'rhc Member from Vermont"
Dir. Northern friends, democratic and republican,
"iuy not tho 6stter,ng uncuon t. your souls If YOU
are fooled you arc fooled with your ey open. d.
stand Ia the way oil Virginia II she viii bu I'D a
cotton factory tomorrow / viii vote for ,arln to
protect her industry. II Coo. IA bis providence,
would load Virginia TO build a ship. will vote Tor a
subsidy 10 that ship. II Virginia win any thing ia
order 10 promote tue prosperity aDd hsprincss
people except talk democratic politics-(aughter)-
am with her. D! Dut Virginia loves Massacnu.
sets had forgotten how muca loved
Mr. DAVIS. tdem.) OF N. C.--wli my TREND vote to
take the tax oil Virginia toDacco winch Expresses
peopleS
Mr.. TOWNSEND (emphaticallyp Mol A man who is
ao. wiling 10 pay LOT ne Tobacco he snsws does not
| plausel We have had specimen w,thIn Two weeks
o. how much Virginia loves MASSACHUSETTS, never
rolled aud the storm came aad beat upon this
House when the gentleman from Virginia beside
mo (ML Harrisl blew the party horn and
told his friends that they must from seat
TO which no was Lawfully elected man Massa-
chusetts mr. Fiedl y man equal In education equal
In capacity, equal social poslon to any man whom
Massachusetts ever Passed; tue equal OF any man
whom virginia has ever raised since tho landing OF
the Pilgrims al Plymouth, whence my ancestors
observation-disclosures Virginia walked up iikc a
little man and showed her iovo for Massachusetts.
PATxoSzISG rHx viaGiSIASs
Individually have no Quarrei with the gentlemen
tatves, and very aniabe and excellent but
they are trained IN the old vrgiola school OF potcs
c,echsm. The ca,ecb,sn, which has been Tau III. Tor
tho last hundred years In Virginia is:-
20 What II the chef end Of nany A. To promote
democratic harmony (LaugnlsD
That Is all Virginia has vccn attending TO-
viii not nnd iault with Virginia furtncr than am
Obliged To- but Virginia, after one nunared years with
sDgic Industry, II loud backing up her IN tie wagon
10 the rest OF the world ana ASKING tho res, the
world u II viii not load little prosperity
into her wagon. t.augbter) She Is a State
winch started ahead with better education
tran any other State except Massachusetts;
with more wealth and moro power and influence than
apy other ststc Aud now, even New Jorscy--whicn
God made last OF all things that were madc-uaugb-
ter)-ior IL - SAID that wnen God mpetcd the work
OF creation He had load OF sand and dumped IL
down on The shore OF the Atlantic and cslicd New
Jcrsey-tcontiDued laughle')-even New Jersey went
10 work with her smuasiis" while Virginia went into
poiiiics, and now the Yankee nouons produced IN
Newark would buy out body aud OreccDcs any demo-
cratic state IN the Union t.sugbtery IL Is TOO late
Tor me TO set up Tor popularity or TO that though
4 am an oa man an not AFRAID TO be called n dsm-
agosue ! am too old for that. some men may sue
coed 10 u, but cannot; IL vii Dot do Tor
Mr. WRIGHT tdeml OF Pa twho considered him.
seii ALLUDED TO 10 hs last remarks OF Mr.. row nsend,
rose on the democratic side OF the hall and ssked r.
1ownsend II he understood MIN to say that he was
not AFRAID TO be called demagogues