The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-05-17
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4 Richn,ond during the faErpus Harrison
nm nIIraa eisspaign contain some errors
worthy at correction. retain q most vivid
-ecuilectsun OF tilat wrek Id Richnlon ana
Of the fife speeches Iheard from MI +, !, es
afer. was most ardent young " Dig 20
nose DAYS. and had ridden hard on Satur-.
dpy ironrc5urt In another county TO make
with the stage OF that mig ut iaS
stanton which would deliver us aI 'IreVn.
lam for the train aof Sunday evening vi
Che great speech OF Monday from sue
southern portic0 OF tue Capitol, and Rhicn
WINS the feature OF the whole week, 1 need
mot speak,s tt electrified the vast assembly
OF yfrgiuians gathered there to bearn.
Mr.; Web1er;was the guestof Hon. James
LYONS. was dining With O large party OF
at General Bernard Peyt0n's
afterwards appointed by President Harfl-
SON To be:the postmaster Ut Richmond, ana
a most efficient officer he proved to be}.
The rompauy bad not adjourned from the
ilinuer.table when q messenger brougetIa
note from Mr.. Lyons to the host, requesting
him to invite his guests TO come over TO MS
house and Join Mr. Webster IN a glass OF
wine before proceeding to the Capttol.
ON arriving at Mr.. Lyons's mansion we
found his spacious dining-room crowded
with guests, ell standing end all attentive
10 ,whatever fell from the distinguished
guest OF the occasion. 0Durlngf our orleI
STAY not less than two or three Delegations
from rs many congressional districts ar
rived las I was told others had already ar
:r;yecA. soliciting Mr.. Webster to visit and
address their constituencies; all Of which
he had to decline Ivy reason OF pree SiStlnS
in Pennsylvania and New
York. Finally, that most genial and ac-
ic6mplished gentleman, Raleigh 'TraVers
Daniel. came, the bearer Of a message,
which he said he thought MIR. Webster
could hardlyignore. 1t was " from the la-
dies Of Richmond" soliciting Mr.. Webster
ia address them collectively at the Log
Cabin during bis stay in the city. "Btck
DAN" pondered for a moment, and then
lifting his great eyes replied: " Mr.. Daniel,
Won bear q request which is to me COM
mand. Please say to the gentle soverelgns
whose commission you bear that shall be
most happy to meet tLem at such time as
they shall appoint" -.
The whole company then adjourned TO
the Public Square, on tie north end OF the
CapitoI, where we found Hon. William 5.
Archer then one OF our United States SEN
al ors) speaking. Though true patriot, ne
was not u captivating. popular orator, ana
after Mr.. Webster's arrival upon the great
platform there was evident Impotence; Dut,
with the characteristic poflteness or Tue
Vlroiniaus OF that day, it was neld III re-
straint. But no sooner bad Mr.. Archer
closed than the air was rent with shouts for
Webster. There must have been fully TWO
hundred people or more upon the PLATFORM
and Mr.. w ebs!er sought to escape obserya-:
ton. But it was. known to most OF the
crowd that he was there; nor would they
be nut OFT With assurances to the contrary.
FINALLY Mr. james Wickham was seen bring
ing him forward to the railing. looked at
nv watch when he began. and also at the
close OF his address, and was not little
10 lind that he had spoken twenty
minutes.
Never before nor since have heard such
a Strain of lofty and impassloned declama-
ton: for that is Just what it was. 1t hap
ucned in the course OF this address that the
bows about Rockets bad sent up huge,
paper balloon. 1t was about sunset. The
attention OF the crowd was momentarllv
drawn TO it as it shot out from the shadow
Of earth into the sunlight OF the empyrean.
You may be sure tue orator seized upon the
incident and used it With brilliant effect as
typifyinc the final and sure emergence OF
Wing principles and policy from the long
and dreary obscuration and obstruction OF
tile Jackaonian era.into the genial light OF
better day for the country. 4. ... -.
! I well rerscmbrr his eloquent illusions to
Bunker's Hill and Yorktown. And when,
in his tribute TO some OF the worthless ut
each of these-the opening and closing
scene OF the Revoution-some one IN the
crowd called out the name Of Warren, be
eagerly caught ut it and exclaimed: sab
yes; and Warren, too, that youthful proto-
martyr of liberty, who died for lIbertY's
self, not knowing whether he had a coun-
try: who poured out his young blood.
rich libation, ignorant whether it would wa
Ter land of freemen or OF slaYes!" his
closing words were about these: &c For my
self: know not that shall earn or win an
epitapb; but should one ever be written,
let it be simply to one who had a heart
large enough to embrace his whole coun-
try.'", 26: 49,
On the next night tuesday, be spoke for
two hours to a vast throng, crowding every
part, even to the rafters. OF the huge clog
Cabin' of tie city Wings. 1t discussed in
mastery style all the popular issues OF thar
remarkable campaign, and was projected
upon plane intermediate between the dig
nifty and senatorial ability Of the great
speech of Monday morning and the fervid
appeals OF the impromptu' address OF that
On Wednesday evening about dusk the
very large Augusta county delegation, num-
tering several hundred, waited upon Dir.
Webster at the residence of the late John
NJ. Patton, whose guest hethen was. Our
spokesman was herevered General Briscoe
q. Baldwin, afterwards and until bis death
q Judge OF the Supreme Court Of Appeals
Of Virginia.
! In few well-chosen sentences, paying
j ,l>t tribute to the great constitutional ora
tor and statesman, he pressed a cordial in
yitation to visit Augusta county and the
Valley. In his reply, delivered
from the piazza, Mr.. Webster, by every al
fusion, discovered thorough and intimate
Of the character and traits Of
that sturdy Scotch-Irish race who first peo-
pied and yet largely held that most lovely
valley Of the Shenandoah.
Finally. on Thursday morning he met the
ladies of Richmond and Of Virginia (some
from almost. every part OF, the Common
wealthy, who thronged the spacious area
Of the, Log Cabin His address on this
occasion was !, remarkable, not less by
what it. omitted than what it con-
tained., For albeit d. politics were at
teyer-heat. throughout the whole country.
and men and women thought or talked OF
little else, the speech contained not the
remotest allusion to politics or to party. 1t
was upon the distinctive character and the
true mission of woman, and, although we'll
reported amongst bis collected orations, yet
wien colby read from the printed page it
fails, as is always true Of the highest efforts
In Al aT ,,1l