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MR. WEBj^TRR’S oration. [cuNCl.rPKH.] Ninv, if \mir ’aticuce will Itrlil I will ^onful•(^ ln'foro jtro- ,lin;r to till' nuMV nppri^pri:te :nul v'll;!!' linrios .>f the day, to state, \n a fVw word.', wlt.it 1 t;ikc tlusi* Aiiu-ricaii politi- : ,il |iriiici|ii.> in snitst.iiicc* to bi*. Phi'V t . a'i'T. ;t> I rliitik. in llu‘ first pliu-o, in tin* . ■•.I ni'iii.j.iilar (^-Vi runi.'iits. on thv l'ii>i.s .'i' for it i.-^ )>l:iiii a pinv (K'iiioor;uy. tl>:it ^'hi'•ll ill ;)(’ tli(‘ Statt'-" ot ’!! 'vhii. li ovi'i’v iiiiliv iiin.'il li:>'I ;> voto i:i tlu- eiiaciiii-. lit *i :ill l.i'v>. t.i‘.iii''t p'>.-~.«.i- !>!y I'xi.'t ill a c’tiiitry ot \\; U' fxt'Mit. l ii.> vo]'r'-''i ’.itatiuii is to Ik' uia U' :is onua.l M-- ' iri-iniisi;i!!00'^ will :illi.)\v. Xow. this ].ri’ii-:pl!> i^f }>'>p;iiar rr]Wrt»'nt:itioii. ptv- ■\ liiiim I'itbcr ill all tlu’ l>rain hi's ot liov- niiii>. iits. or in sotue ct tlii iu. lia-' t'xisti'il^ ill tlusi' I'lnn'st frmi tlic ihivs ot :h.' -. rtl‘inoiit > at .1 ini',-f.iun a:id i'ly- inn’itli: horii, no ilov.br. tr'^ni tin* I'X- : lupli' ot tli!' I' lpi.lar braui'ii ot fli!' br'.t.sh 1 i'!:;sla'iirr. I’iio n'prosotitatioM ot tlu* prop'i' ill the Hriiisli House ot ('oiinnons u.is. iiulcvtl. iiriiiinally very niie.jUal, ainl i- Vfl not f.jiial. liiilfetl. it may he iloulit- f! w h'.'tlier tlie apjHaraiiee ol KniLrhtsaiid Ki:ri,i ---I ' a.'si'iiihliii^ on the siumuous v>t liif ('r wi'. w.i' not inteii led at lir>t as an i.H'l s;;]']'oyt to the Royal pve- r,Illative, in i.iatti is cf rt veiine ami t.i.'ca- t'on, rather tli.u! a' a nio h> i>t as.-ertaiir.nn jxijiular ojiMii :i. Ni'Vt'rtheless. represeii- t (til'll hail a popular ori:.iin. aii'I ..i\ortii hi'ire aii'l inoie of the charaerer of that or igin. ;'.s it acijiiired. by slow de^rtv's. irn-at- I : and irre.ifcr stri*ni;th. in t!ie actual _iio\- 1 niiiient of tiie couiirry. In fart, tlu' e>>ii- 'tin\ti>'i\ of the House of ('ouuuous was a t iiii of repr>-.>e;itatitin. h'lwever une|ii:d: I nr.ibi'r'i were counted, and ina jorifit s pre- \:iiled; and when mir aiu-e.'tovs, actiiiir up- i.!i this example, iiitrodun.1 more . .j.iality 1.1 rt'preseiif It ion. the idea a-'i;mei! a inoie r t»ion:;l aU‘1 lii'tii t sln]v'. At any ratt'. f!ii niauner of exerci;v_f p.>]iiil.;r p >wer w I' faiuil'ar to our firlu-T' when tin y ser- ti-.1 on th.s eoiitiweiit. Till y ad"l'Ie'l it, . lid i;i ueiutii II has risen iiji alter iieiiera- tii'ii. all ackii.iwh’dixinj, it. and bcc nuiuij: acjUaintfil with its pracrjce and ii' fi'n;:'. And tl:,‘ iie\f fr.iidaiiu'iit il priii. iplf in >>nr >ys;viH is, thal the w’.!i . f tl;e uiajori- t\. f.iirly exjircs.-^ed t^roULli the mean.- ot‘ !■ p»*-;eiit:’ti'-n, shall hav‘ the fiavc "t law; ■nd it i' i|r.':tc evi.lcnt th ;t in a i-'untry ^^it!l 'Ut tui .IK s i>r Ari>t , r.u-ics nr jTivi- j. jid i-.i'te-! i r clas.^there cni be no other foiiiiuatioii 1 -v law to ^taii'l n.poii. \:id, tie* nec( -'.try rouit :>f thi'. the tliii'd eleiiiMit i.'. t’lat tlu- l.iw is the >n- pii iiie ritle f>r tlu- eriini'nt I'f alb 'I'iie _rc.ii .'.iitiiiU'iit Ilf Ab;vii'. 'O iK-antil'ully ]i;-c.'. ute'l to us by Sir W'illiaui .b.nie>, i' :,'i-;()hnc;y indi-pcii-abic r- the ci>n;-trui- t: lU a:id !iia:.ite!ia!ice "f nur t -iitieal 'V- t-'ni't • ■ t : ■ 'lit'-' :l S; II-. V I : 1' ;in "r 111' at' N oitii ' ; r"i;d. rr ’.. 'i: N. t I'iivs uti'l I'f 'U'i arm'.I iuTf. 1 :it till- Toi !n. I ’u ii ii;i\ ic' ri'li'; N 't -t:ii-r''i :iri I «]>■! ii-l'-ii (-..r.r!'. V' fiorp Imv-hiMw 1 iiMSt-aos w.it'l.-* ]>orl'uiiu‘ ti> I'li'.O. ■ ' * Ir 1 ii'■111 111* i«‘« I K \ . V. 1th |Hiv..-i-, ;i t'l.’- a’lMve linii liiaiK-s eii'iiu*'! Ill rr .'.;o. ..i I'l -n. hcii.= 'S «'\( I'l c.-M I'ook all'! tiraniMvs ni'le: '•ic!l wtlo tll'.ir k!i. V. lilt: kri'iw ;Iio;r ;iit'l. kuivii .. 'Ir.ro lILlillT . iii; I'; • i'k: the li'iiu’-!'’"i .l t' ..''. .V,ii rn>ii tiie t;. r.iiit v.liile tli*-v rcii'l lli>' i.li.-iii: Til .■..ii>titiite it KUEU..\ I.\\v. tla.t .'^tatv s coyieete'l V i'll. ‘1 i-r li.rnar an i dati' c; .j - ^1. rc;'ii‘- i’i." And, tin iliy. aii'ith r ui.i't iini'''rtitnf I .1" ■ t till- :_'r'.tr labi'ic of AiiK rieaii lihcr- i V tiiat tni-;-.- be a writrni eoiistitn- ifliu-lir' ■ 1- ir.'itc: ■’li ■i. 'l iii"U!;d. iii'l tv.rri.‘t-; f'. 'I o'l thv Hi iuicdi :* ■ aiith"ritv oucv t'pjxiared to afford an auspicious oo- ca.sion for lavinu the fouiuiHtion-stoiie ot tho additional building. '1 l>J>t ccn'innny h is now been perfornieil, by tho I*re.‘idciit huuself, in the pro.scuee and view ol this luultitudo. He lia-'t thoujiht that tho uay aud the oeeasion niailo a unitcU and an imperative call for !*onio i»hort address to flic* people here assoniblod; and it is at hi.« ri(|uest that 1 htive appeared before you to jierforiii that part of tho ilaiy which was deemed iiieumbeni on u‘. Reneuth the stone i.s d> pi-sited, among other things, .a list ot whieh will be pub lished, the following bi'ief aeeouiit ot the proeei.'diiij;s ot tiusda_\, in my handwriting. •■(•ii tlio iiDMiinp' nt’ till' first 'l;iy of the Sov- •■iitv sixtli year of the Iiiiloi)fiiit*nce of the l - uited >tates of .Xmerii'ii. in tlu* »\ty of \\ash- iiiii'toii. hi'iiiiT the 4tli day of .Iiily. this stone. Io.-'i>riu''l as the e.Titer stonc of the ex- teiisii'H of the t’apitnl. ai'coriliiig to a J'lan :i]>- ])ri'v;'ii I'v tho I’residi'iit, in ]'iirsMiiiii‘e of iiii act 111'(’oiijrri '-'^. w a.s htiil tiy .Millar'i Hilliiioro, .''i'loiit of tlu* (’iiite'l Sfates. ji^sistcl Ity the tii.iii'l .\laster of tlic Mas"iiic l.o(!p;es. in tlie ).rcsi‘iii‘t“ of m.iiiy iiu‘ail.>®'s i>f I'l'iijriess. of ofH- '.‘IS 111' till- l!xecutiv(‘ anil .liidieiary I'epart- inent';, Natiomil, State, autl Uistriet, of officers ot' tlie army and navy, the ('ornorate iiuthoritie.s of tliis an i iieijrhboriiiff cities, many assoeia- tiotis. civil iiiid luilitary and niasonic. otVicers of the .''iiiiths'iiiiaii Inslitiitioii aiul Natioii.il liisti- tiiti*. I'iofi'ssnrs of eolleijes and teachers of .'fiiaoi.s of tlie lii.'triet. wiili their students aiui I'upils, and a vast coiifinirse of ptople from jilai i's lu'iir ami remote, incluiliiiir a 1'i‘w sur%i\- iiiir gentlemi'ii who witiu-.'sed tlie layins; of the coriier-st.iin' (,if the t'upitol hy I’resideiit W asli- iiiLiti'ii, on the eishteeiitli day of Septeiiil>or. seventeen hnndreil and ninety-three. ■•li'. ihi'ii-i'or'*. it 'ihall l>o hereafter the will of (io-,1 that this structure shall fall from its I'ase. tli.-it it' t’oundatioii> he upturned, and this iK“]i">ite I'roiijilit to the evi's i.f men. I'O it then kiU'Wn that i n this day the I'nii'n of the t’liited States of Anu*ri'’a stands tirm. that their t'onsti- tuiinii still exi.'ts unim|>aireil. and with all its orijriual U“'*fiilness and iiK>ry; growing every ilay stioiijier and .^troiiLri'r ill the atl'cctioiis of the iiri'.it l>ody I'f the Ai.u ricaii [>eople, and attraet- ii.'j: iiU'Te .iii'l more the ailiiiirati' ;i of the woi-ld. Aii'l all lure assi'iuble'l. whether l»elon;xing to puMic lilc IT to private life, with hearts devout ly thi'iikfal to .\Ii:ii”lity (iod f>>r tlie preserva- ti' n "I the iiiierty and liappiiiess nf the emiiitiy. iiiiire in si;i. v-ro au'l fervent pravers th.it this li'-pii'ite, :m! ! the walls and arclus. the 'li'iiies ;iu I t.iwer-J. tiu' colv.uins au I entaMatures now to In* erectv'd uver it may endure forever. •Miiiii ?.\\- TIIK I MTKIi .'StaTKS OK M K.i; li'.\. • DAMi;:, wr.i:sTi;n, ■■.■^evietary of .'Si.ite nf the I nited .''t.ites." reilow-eitiz'.'ii'i: l-’ifty eii;lit vi-ars ag>) \Va.-'!iingtoii -t hhI oii th"' spot t'> execute •1 (!i:ty like that whiidi has tunv been j t- t 'rni''d. II,' tlu'ii laid tin* eoriu*r-'':t‘)i>e of the ori;_'iital (':i]iitid. He was at the head of the • lovernm. nr. at tliat time weak in re^oure biir'letu'd will; d. ’ t, jii.-t .■>trug- ui’.lig iiiis' p"litU‘al exi'teiiia* and re>peela- bility. and uidt^.ted by the heavitfj wavo V. hi'di Were ovtM turiii;i:r Kur">»e,t;i thr'.jies. Rut ('veti then, in manv inip'Tt.Mit rc'pet i'. the (;>i\frii:n -lit \va.' -tronL'- It wu" stronir ill W'a'hiiigti'ii'' ov II trrtat ( !;ar.;cter; it wa- tr"ii:r in tlie wi' Ii-ni and jiatri''ti.'in of other eiiiiii' iif pubiif i:u M. his jiolitieal "'■^'lei.ite,' ar.d t\ l! -w-l,i!.Mrer'; aiei it was .-troiiL'’ i;i the atb-eii.'iis of the pei'j'h*. .''fiu e that time a'ti'iii'hiiiif cliaiiiri-.- have b'‘en wr 'ii'jht ill the eoti.liti.n aiul ]>ro— p'-ct> "f the Ameri'-;in l’e..p!e; and a de- i:ree I'f pi".rn" v, irnc"( I with which the V'tM c.ui tiiriiish no p.u-.illel. A- re view tie' eour>e of that proi^rt'S. wi'iuh-r and amazeiiierit arrest niir attention at ev.-ry p. 'I’lu' pr. -e;it i» ca-i >a, ;ilth'>H;:h .tllex. j;,:; of n i I' ligtlitiu I f'. Iii.irks. may _\. t p. ihap-' a'imit >>f a >h"rt c..niparative .'’atcnienr betwo( n iin|iort.int >iibject.- of nailiMial iirerest a^ tiuy txi'ted at that il.'V .Iii'l a> they n,.w ex'-*. 1 bave ad"pf- idf'-r thi- pur} >si‘ t!ie t.ibu;;ir l"rm "f 'tat. Iii 'lit, .1' i : ilig the Ulii.'t brief .il;d the mo>; .Keiirate. tMI*Al:.VTI\ K t.m:! \e.ir IT'.*- Vt-ar 1; • 1 tb. peiipii t.,- Iil'dvc'. ali'l rejul.itili;^ aii'l r* 'tiMiuiiiij all the |niwei> citnteried lip ill * I nV' "iiin;.i;t, whetlicr k“::; 'hitivL‘, cx- e-''.*ivo, or ju lii ial. 'ill!', fello'.v-citiz' ii.-.. ] suppose fn be a ;U't '•imi'iiiriiy i.t iii:r Auu-rii an priiiciph and 1 have nn t.M' ncr-i-ii.ii soUL'ht to ex- pre." then- in the ydaim vt ;md in the l"ew- I't w ir'is. I he 'liiMin.irv iiiav ii'if be ■'n- t;re!y • x.u t. but f it mav be 111^1- e:elitly >i> t" III,ike niaijlle-t t.1 tile ri'ill_f iM l'ateill anU'HJ’ our'elvc'. atl'l to tljo.-e I !- 'whore who may lioor-c to in|uire into tiie nature nf i.ur poiirical ^^stifutioiis. the eiieral tiie'TV upon r> hi(di the are fonieb ■ d. Ali'l 1 now pi-oceed t . add. tliat the 'fr"ici- and deep.-ertlt d C!>n\ ictinii of all in- t' !'i:_'i nl pi |-^.ns aiuonLf-t u.-. i>. tiiaf in or- ' . r to Mipp.'.-t it u.'eful uU'l wi'eiovern- III'ur ni.iin tlc 'e pi'pui.ir principle'^, the ;''iiei:d edue.-itii.n of t|.'- pei.ple, and the V. ah-(liiTu-ii.u ef pun- iimrality and tnie 1 b,(ri,,i'. ;M-e imli^p-'is-il'h*. ‘individual •' irtiie i> ;i pMjt nf pnb'lie virtue. It is dif- ' •..lult to cunceive how there oaii remain laoi’alitj,' ill the loveriinient when it shall I .iM‘ t'l esi’t among the peoph*; or howl ihe a-ai'egato of the |.olitical iiHtitutions, i .:ii the or_M!i.N i.t wliieli eriiisi-t inilv of men, ‘ -K.iil'lh" wi.-e, and b.'-iietiecnt, and com-' petent to in.'].i;re (•onh'leliee, if the opj'o- -iie ipiaiities otdi'ti;.; to the individuals w ho con.-titiite th':.'u ciLra.iis, and make up that ■ ai^iTf-o’ati*. .\iid now, r'dlow-eitizen.', 1 take le;iv! : "I thi« part ot the dnty which I ]iro]»osed I" iMTtorni, and ou'-e ninrt; felicitating yon •Mid my.seit tiiat our eyes have seen the l.-ht ol this l.les-eil morning, and tliaf mir ai> havi; luard tli - ,'hoiits with w hii li joy- '■!- thon.-.in'!' wehome its relum, and .'■lining with ymi in tlu* hoj.e that every I' volving ^i‘ar shall rtMiew these rejoicings I" the cud fif time, I procccl to a Idix-ss ■ ‘11, .'liortly, upon tlu; ]ia.rti:ular oi-casion of rair asK'-mhliiig here to-day. l'ellow--ili/.i 11-:, I'v tlu* ai t of (’i)ugn'.'S "t .IlMli .'^ej.reiiiber, ])rovivi(iii was liiadi* for the l^xteli.siou of tlu* ('a]»itol, ;ie- ording to .•'Udi }daii a.s might be ujiproved by the l*resident of the rnited States, and tiic nec.es.'ciry .«nm- to be expi nded under in« diroction by s\u h arehitopt a? ho mi'dit • ippoiiit. Till.', nieasure was imperatividy demanded for tho use of the Legislative and Judiciary departmetit,'.', the public li braries, the occasional aecomiiKxhition of tho (’hief Kxeci'.five Magistrate, and for iitlier ohje'ts. \o act, of (’oiigre^^^i in- eurriiiLr a lar;re expenditure has received molt: getiei’al iipproiiation Irom the peo[»le. ’I’lie Rre.«ident ha.- procecdel to execute this law. He ha.* iiiproveda jdan; he has . pn.':-it.-d an .t,.cl; and all things are n IV/ r. ii(i;, ii.r ihe coiunjcucement of th«- vvi'ik. l>itt. i> ti. I'itt l»irt' l»it'. Ditt. N'.iiiif"*r ot StMti'"'. i’.o; '.■ ei,t:in'.I-,-, an 1 .''i' ll.'r-^ ill (ii-.'r. l’"pnlaii"ii I.f tiie C. .s. I'ittn of n 'T .:i. ■'■f Iv'i’tini' rf*. • f !’h)lnd*''.| l'.:a. of N. V. -.-'.i eit> "1 ;i - liiii^i'jii. "f lliehm.'ll i. of I 'iiiirle-ti'M. .\m"Ui't I.f i*-eeipt.' into the 'Fr' a-nrv. .Vln'l I.t expi'ji'iiturf- nf t/.i .'^lat's, S .\iii"iiiit "t iriij. 'I ts. ; .\lli"Unl Ilf e\pnM-. .Vlii'iinit I'f t(i||lia;^e. .\rea if tiic r. State.- ill '■ [U.-ile niih-. Hank aii'l file nf army. .Militia eiirulleli Na\y I.f the L'. States. , vi's'-e! .i . ^!l^y .iniiament. ijr'l- iiancei Treaties .V eoiiveiitioiiij with fi»rei;:ii rowers. I.i^ht-house-i aii'l lijiht- tioats. [.\j>eiiditiire« t'lr '|o., .\iea ‘.f the fir-t ('.'qiitul liiiii'liii;:, sijuare t't.) ,\rea of pre.sent ('a]'iti>l, inchidinii cxtensii'ii. Mile.' yf railroads. Miles if lele^rajiU, .No. of post otli'-es. Miles of jii.st route. Itevenue fm post oflices, Kxpeii'litnre of Po.st (Jf- tiee I'ejiai tnicnf, Miles of mail traiisport- aiion, \umlier of colh'jres, i’ulilic lihrarii’S, Volumes in do.. School liliraries, ^■ohlmes in do.. . •. ::'s j;; 7.1'*s 1 '-,o.;s l-.--.s71 l-.V.o.' J iJ.'iJO -:;.12l •M.07 •lo,o7.'i 4.00'1 ■JT.-'iS'i 'i.ij'.'.f tj.'.'.s.: :o,';.'} Nt.’i. TTi.sis lO/r Ml ]7.-, I'.i.l M:U 1, .^'■'s.7_’o lo.T-'i} i.’.i '.'..t'-'i ,:'il 1. .■,.IJ0 111.1.1 Ml - ,oiM;,4.',r. ae.} 7*'i 2.orJ 'Ml li -•'iT'J ll’.O.il 1 t.f.n 'J( lU 1U1.7J7 acres. S..',00 l.-),000 L’l.-V.l ITH.Ttiii .',010 1^1 l-.'l :>•"» fi'.i t 10.0110 2,fK I0,0(HI In resp(*ct to the growth of Western trade and commerce, I extract a few .sen tences from a very valuable address before the Historical Sim iety of Ohio, by Wtu. D. (iallagher. Ks»p, “A few fai ts will exhibit as well as a Volume the wonderful o-rowth of Western tr.ule and commerce. I’revious to the year ; iNUd, some eight or ten keelboats, of twen ty or twenty-tive tons ea( h, iK*rfonned all the carrying tradi; between ('incinnati and I’itt.sbuig. In the first (Joverninent i vessel appeared on Lake Hrie. In ISII ■the iirst steamboat (the Orleans) wiiis laniKdied :it I'ittsburg. In 1 S*i() the waters I of Miidii gan W(*re first ploughed by the ; k(Md ot a stciiniboat, a jdeasure trip to i jreen Ray being planned and executed in the Slimmer of this year. In 18:}2 asteain- I boat first iippeared at (!hicago. At the ! juvseiit time the entire number of steam boats running on the Missi.ssippi and Ohio, , aiul their tributaries, is more prijftably over j than under six hundred; the aggregate* ton- j riagi* of wliiidi i.s not slu»rt of itjie huiuiretl I and forty thousand—a larger number of : steamboats than England can claim, and a great(*r steam eomnierciai marine than that employed by (irei’.t Rritain and lu r depen- ; dcncies." * jry sjI X.».tioual lude^x-ud- And now, lellow-citizens, having stated 1- i'-'-.f of thj -roM'tl: -lli .hi and proflporitj of the nation, I a^k jon,, and I would a.sk every man, whether the j Government which has been over l^s has proved itself an atliietion or a cur.se to the country, or itny part of it? Ve men of the South, of all the ongiiial Southern Staten, what Hay you to all this.** Are you, or any of you, a.shamed of this great work of vuur fathers? ^ our tatiicrs were not they who .stoni'd the projihets :ind killed them.* They were among the proph- ' cts; they wi*re of the prophets; they were thein.selvcs the jirophets. Ve men of \’irgiuia, what do yoir.say to all this? Ve men («f the I’otomae, dwell in'; aloniT the shores of that river where Washington lived, aiul where he dii'd, ;ind where his remains now re.-tl ^ e, s i many of whom mav see the domes id tlu* ( apitid from vour own homes—what do you say.'' I Ve men of James river atul the Jiay, jilaces cotisecrated by the early .sctth'tueut of vour comiiiKinvealth, what do you say.'' 1*0 you ih sire, trom the soil of your State, or as volt travel to the North, to .st>e these halls vacateil, their beauty and ornaments destroyed, and tlu ir national usefulness clean gone forever? Ve nu'ti iH*yoi'id the Rlue Ridgt*. many thousands of whom are nearer to thiis Cap itol than to the seal of govcniment of your own State, wli.it do you think of breaking this irreat association into fragments of States and of I’eople? 1 know some of von, and 1 bclie\eyou all, would be alino.st as much shocked at the announcement of such a c.itastrophe as if you w\*re to be in- fornu'd that the Rlue Ridge itsi It would soon totter from its ba."e. And ye men of Western Virginia, who occupy the irreat slope from the top of the Allegh.iny to tlu* ()liio and Iventiicky, what course do \ou pri'j»o.-e to vour.selves by disuniiui? If you ••secede,” w hat do you ••secede” fr uii, and what do you ••accede” to? Ho you look for tlu* current of the ()hio to ch.inge, and to briu'j ymi and your commen-e to the tide-w.iters of H.i.stern rivers':' What man ill his s'Miscs can supp'tS'* that you will re- I lain part and parcel of V»ginia ti mi'iith after \ iririnia should ha\e ceased to be part and parcel of the 1 nited St.ite-? Till' .stae.'.sioii of Virgini.il the scies>ioii of N’iriiinia, whether alone or in companv, is most imjirobablc, the greatest ot all im probabilities. ^'irginia, to her evi rl.i-tiiiir li 'iior, ;u ted a t;reat j>;rr mi framing and est.iblishing the pn-cut I'oiistitutlon. Slie li.itli had her i\ward and her distinction. Seve:i ot’ luT ti'dde son- havf I’.u h filled the I’resiil.-n, V, ;ind mjoyt d the hiL'hest h'Uiors of the c>untr\. |iol..roii.- com plaint.- cme up t.» Us fr' iii tlu' .'' .;ith th.il \ irgiiiia w ill not head the priKc-.-ion of se- »-c."i":i, :.nd h ad flu* other S uitbern St.itt - out "f the I tiiou. 'This wtnii.l be -oiiiethinir of ,i marvel, certainls. c"ii'ider- ing how much p.iiii- \’ir_ini t t'» k to h-.el the-i- same States int'i the I’nion. anil eon- siiieriiiL’’. >i>o, th.:t ,-he b;..- p.irt.iketi as lari'ejy of it- I 1 lu lit- aiul its u'Vernni. iit a- ,iiiv other St.'te. .\nd ye men nt tlieother S'liithern .''tat nu-nibers ef tlie oid thirteen; ye.-, nu iiibi 1- ofthe old thirteen; that t'luches m\ reirard and mv s\>ii|:\‘hi.N'rfh ('.U'din.i. • ienr- jria. S'lutli I’ari liua! AN'hit pa::.' in y-ur hi>tiirv. or in the hi.-tory "faiiy "lie ‘.f you, is bright'-r than tho^e which have been recorded -inee the I ni in wa- foiined? >r tiir.'Ui'!; wh: f cl/'*-' t h.is your orv.-perit\ been gn atcr, "r ymir peace and ii.ijij in •>- better .-ecnred.' Wli.lt IiailU - eV: ’1 l. iH .'^•■iitli ('ari'iina. now so much tli'-.iti-fied, wh.\t ii.ime- ha- she of which her ititelli- ;;i lit '"ii- ai'.‘ Hi iT'' pr.iiid t:>an th"-'- whieh ha\. b".-n -.'ntie. ted \kifli tlu (I '\triiment "t S'liith (’ar"liiia.' In f v .lutiouarv tinu ', and in the earlie-t days of thi.s ('mstitu- tii'ti, there wa- no State mure honored, or nil.re df.-ervi 1 *'> be hoieired. Where is -he now! Atid •■what a fall is there inv ' 'Un:r\tie n!” R,it I leave her t.. her ow n ii tlccti 'n.', C' ninii iiiiiii;/ f:i her with all my lie.irr. the due e.in-i'b ratii'ii of her "W n i A.itiiple in tini' - now ^oii- h\. I'elli'W citiz' li-. th'-re are Si.me ili-ea.-e- "f rb miii'l a- v.i 11 as nf the Imdy. disi a-- t s I f I iiimiiunities, a- well a.- di-ea-e- ot iii'li\Miial.-, that must be left to their nw n curt; at least it i- wi-e to le.i\f them s.i, until the last iritical moment -hall arrive. 1 h"pe it i.' ni't irreverent, .and certainly i.« not intended a- repro.ich, wlu 11 1 say, that 1 kii'iw no strniijjer e\pre'--ion in our lan- iru.a^e than th.it whitdi d"scriln'- the resto- ratinii of a w.ay ward -nji—“he came to himself.” He had broki-n away tVoiii all the tie.s of love, family, and friendshij>. He had forsaken every thing w hich he had once regarded in his father’s house. He had (juitted his natural sympathie-j, afba - tious, and habits, and taken his journey into a far ••ountry. He had gone away from himself, and out rif himself. Rut misfortunes overtook him, iuul f.imiiie ; threatened him with starvation and death, i No entreaties from luuiie f'olhiwed him to beckon him ba k; no admonition from 1 others warned him of his fate. Rut the : hour of reflection had come, and nature and conscience wfou^rlit within him, until ; at length “he to him.si'lf.” I And tuiw, ye men of the new States of i tlu* Soiithl Voii are not of the original ' thirteen. The battle had been fought and won, tho revidution a hieved, anl the (’oiistitutiiiii est.ablished, before vour St;ites : had any existence as Stales. Von oame ; into a prepared bamptet, and had seats ; as.'igned you at table, just as honorable I as tho.se which were filled by older guests. ; \ on have been and are sitiguhirlv jtros- : porous; and if one should deny this, you would at onee contradiet his assertion. Voti have bought vast ^ptantities of choice and excellent land at the lowest price; and if the public doiiuiin has not been lavi.shed upon you, ymi yourselves will ^ admit that it htis bt'Cn appropriated to your uses by a very liberal hand. And yet in some of the.se states—not iti all— pofsons are found in favor of a dissolution of the I lion, or of sece.ssion from if. Such opinions arc expres.sed even where the general prosp(*rity of the community has been the most rapiilly advanced. In the flourishing and intinesting St.ife of Mississippi, for example, there is a large party wliich insi.sts that her grievances are intolerabl(!, that the wlude body ptditic is in a state of suffering, anl all along, atul through her whole extent on the Missis sippi, a loud cry ringn that her only reni- I edy is “Hccession,” “secession.” Now, j gentlemen, what iiifliction does the Strife : of .Mis.si.ssij'pi suffer under? What oppres- : sion prostrate.s her strength or destroy.s her i happiness? Reibrc yve can judge of the I proper remedy we must know somethin'^ I ot tho disease; and. for my part, I coufe.'s I that the real evil existing' in the ease aji- ; pears to me to be a certain intpiietude, tr : uujui.'iucsy, -ru’.viD- uut of a Ligh degree cl' prr».sptArily and con»cioii.JnCHfl of wealth and j power, which sometimes leads men to b(> j ready for chtinges, and to pvtsh on to still j higher elevation. If this be the truth of j the matter, the do-turs are about right, j H’ the complaint «»priug from over-wrought j pro.spority, for that disease 1 Lave no doubt | that .sece.ssion would jirove a •sovereign } remedly. j [Mr. Wcb.sfer here got s on to detail the | prcigrcss of the country in inventions, ; .sU;am, electricity, magnetism, the (deetric j tclcgra]ih; in rail roads and telegraphs; j b'rankliii’s discovt'ries in eleeU'city; in ; .science; and litor.ifure; in milifary and na- | val dcicnccH, kv. i*Wc. We are obliged to , omit tlws.] j And this extension of ten itory, embrac-. cd withiti the 1'nited States; iticre.-ise of its pojiulation, commerce :ind niantifac- tiites; dcvelopement of its resourees by l aiials and railroads, and rapidity of inter- conimnnieation by innumerable steamboats and teieoraph.s, has been accomplished without overthrow of or danger to the public liberties, by any assumption of military powi'r; :ind, indeed, without any permanent increase of the a iiiy, except for the ])urpose of frontier defence, and of affording a .'•liLdit guard ty the public pro perty; or of the iia\y. any further than to assure the na\ipitor that, in what.soever sea he shall sail his .-hip, lur is protected by the st;irs and 'trip' - of his country.— All this has been don.' without the shed ding of a dr-']> d’ blnod, I’or trea.-on or re bellion. All thi", while sy:tcms d‘popular ri presentation have regularly been sup- porteil in the State (Jovernnients and in t!ie(!eneral (loverninenf; all this, while laws, natioiiHl and State, of such a idiarac- t r have been jia.sscd, and have been so wi.sciy administered, that I may stand up here to-day and detdare, as I now do di clare, in the face of all tlu* intelligent of the age, that for the period whi»h has ela]tsed, from the lay that Washington laid the fbiind.ition of this (’apitid to the present fme, there has been no country iipnii ca.th in which life, libertv. and property have been more amply and steadily secured, f>r more fie(dv enjoveil, than in the.se ('nited States of Aineri»a. Who i- there that will deny this? Vv’lio is there iirep.arcd with a grejiter or a better exani)ile? \\ ho i.- there that can stand upon the foundation of facts, acknowledged or proved, aii’l a.s.-crt that these our repub- licin iii-titution.s have not answered the true einl.' nf (iovcrnnient bevoii'i all pre cedent in human hi.story. There is yet anotlier view. Tiiere are still higher con.-ideration^. Man is an in- telh’i tual being, dt-stiued to immnrtality. There is a sjiirit in him. and the bre.ith of the .Mmijihty hatii gi\en him undersfan'l- ing. 'I'heti only i- he tv'nditi:: towtrd- his nwn destiny, wiiib- h ■ .-k- fnr knowledire or \irtue. fi.r the will of' his r, and fir just e.'tii-' ptions of hi.s own lutv. Of all imp rt.int ijii. -tions, tlu n tore. 1. t this, the mo't imp >rt:int nf all. be iir-t aski*d an i tir-t ..n-wered: i'l wl;at country of the h.ibi' ible L'lobe. of great cxti iit and large p 'pul.itioii, are the uu-ans of ktu-vl. dire tile iiio-t :r»ncr‘lly diflu-ed and eiij ved among the people." I ui.s ijiu -tion admits nt one. and inlv one, answi'r. It i.- lu re; ■t i- here in ‘he-e I niteil Stat«-: it i- .iliioug the de'i-eliilalit- ej' Ih ise W ho vtllc 1 :it .l.iiiu WTi; I 1 thi'.-e v\lin w.-re pdjriius 'U the .shnii' 'd* I’lvninuth; and nf th"'-e otlu*r race- of m.11. wh >. in -iib- ' pu lit t;iiU '. hi\e bicme ji:;iiel ill this tri'cat .Vnieiican tamiiy, l^*t one tact iiuap.ible ot' doiilit IT ili^piU* s.itistv evciy urnd on tliis point. The p ijiul.itioti ot' the I'niteil .'States is Now. taki' the map of the continent of Kurope aiel >j>read it out befnie Voii. I'.lkc VOUT scale.- and Vi'iir divid' r-. and lav nfT in nne area, in any >haj>e y >u pleas -, a tri.itlKl' ; .sijiiart*. circle, |i.ir;illel.>j'ram. or tr;ijie/,ni.|. and .'f ■111 extent that shall cont.iin l.‘»0.0ii>l,(ii)il of pe ]'Ie. a;ul there will be f.uiiul within the I nited .'states more |>el>nli.- w!i i d'» h.ibitu illy n a.d and write than can be em braced within the lines of your demarca tion. Rut there is something e%en more than this. M.in is not only an inti lleetual. but lu* is al.-o a n*li;.Mous being, and his n ligiou.- fcelings .and habits require culti\ation. Let the reliiiious element in m.in's ii.i- ture be m'L^lectcd, let him be intliienced by no hi;rher motives than low self-interest, and subjected to no stronger restraint than the limit.s of civil authority, and he be comes tlu* creature of .selfish passions or blind fanaticism. 'I'lie spei taele ,.f a nation powerful atul enlijrlitened, but wiiliout ehristian faith, has been pre.-eiited, almost within our own vlay, as a warnin'^ ix aeon for the nations. ()n the other hand, the. cultivation of the rtdigious .seiitinu nt r. pro.s.ses licentiou.s- ness, incites to general V>ene\olence, and the jiractical acknowledgment of the bro therhood of man, insjiires respi-ct for law and order, aiul gives strength to the w hoh* social fabric, at the same time that it con ducts the human .sioul upward tii the Au thor of its being. Now, I think it may be stated with truth, that in no country, in propovtioi to its population, :ire then* so many benevo lent establishments connected with reli- giou.s instruction—Rible, Missionary, and 'I’lMct Societies, supported by public, and ]iiivate contributions—as in our own.— There are also iustituti(j’,4 for thi* educa tion of the biindj rhe deaf and dumb; of idiots; for tho reception of orphan and des titute cdiildrcn; for nuiral reform, desi'^ned for children and females, respi*ctivdv; in- stitutiojvs for the refonration of eritnitials. not to speak .»f tho.se i.umorous estjiblish- ments in almost every county and town in the I'nited States for the reception of the :iged, infirm, and de.stitute ]ioor, many of w hom have fled to our shores to escape"the poverty and w i-etchedne.ss of their condi tion at home. In the rnited States tliere is no church establishnient or ecclesiastical authority foutuh'd by (Jovernment. J’liblie worshiji is niaintaiited either by voluntary associa tions and contributions, or by tru-sts and donations of a charitable origin. Now, 1 think it safe to .say that a greater ] portion of the people of the I'nited States' attend public worship, decently clad, well , behaved, and well .seated, than of any other I country of the civilized world. j I’Miiices of religion are seen every where, j Their aggregate of cost would amount to an immense sum of money. They :ire, in I the general, kc])t in good repair, and con secrated to tb.e purpo.se.s of public w-or.ship. j In these editicos tho people regularly as semble oi\ the Sabbath day, which is regn- lixrly Jet apart fu;’ by j.,1 froia t»ocuiar cmpioyni4>nt, anl for religtoui* med itation and wor.sliip, to listen to the read ing of the Holy Scriptures, and dis;oourses from pious luinistera cf the several denom inations. Thip attention to tlie wants of the intel lect and of the .suil, as manifested by the voluntary siijiport of schools and colleges, of churches, and benevdent institutions, is one of the most remarkable characteri.s- tics of the American people, not le.ss strik ingly exhibited in the new' th:in in the older settlements of the country. (_)n the sjiot where the first trees of the forest are fidlcd, near the log cabins of the pioneers, iire to be seen rising together the chundi and the school house. So has it been from the b«*ginning, and God grant that it may thus continuel ••( )n other shore.s, above their moulderinf; towns, III Niillen jioinp the tall tvithedral frowns; .Siiii[d** and frail, our lowly teinple.s throw Their slender shadows 011 the path.s hehiw; .Scarc(‘ st(*al»i the wind, that sweejis the woo'l- land track, 'i’he lureh's perfume from the si'ttler's axe, Kre. like 11 vision of the morning air. IIi.s .sli;rht-framed .steeple marks the house of prayer. ■»(•'**** Vet Faith's pure hvmn. Iieneath its shelter nide. Hreathes out as Hweetly to the tanplef! wood. As where the ray.s throiijrh hlaziiifr oriels pour On marhle shaft and tessellated floor.” \\’ho does not admit that this unparal leled growth of prosperity and renown is the result, under Providence, of the I'nion d the.se States, uiuler a general 'on>titu- tioii, which guaranties to each State a re- pidili can form of (}ovt>rnnu*nt, and to eve ry man the enjoymesit of life, liberty, and the pursuit of hafipiness. free from civil tyranny or ecclesiastical dominatioti? 'I'o bring home this idea to the present (M-casion, who does not feel that, when I’resident Washington laid his hand on the foundation of tlu* first t’apitol buildiii;r, he performed a great work of pt'rpetuafion of the I niou and the 'onsfitution? Who iloes not feel that this scat of the (Icneral I'lVernnu nt. healthful in its situation, central in its position, iie.ir the mountains from whence gush sjiring^ of wonderful virtue, teeming with N.itnre's riidiesf pro ducts, ;ind yet tuif far from the bays and the great estuaries of the sea, easily ac- cc.--ible and ^t'tierally agn ealde in dim ite and associ.ition, doe- give streniffh to the I nioii id these States; that fhiscitv, bear ing .111 ininiort.'il nuiu*, with its broad sfri‘etf :iiul a\etiues, its public s^jtiares ati 1 m.i'iiifiient edifices of the (J'-noral (rov- enim«nt. en eied f'»r the purp >se- of i-ar- rviiiu' nil within them tlu- iinp-irtant iutsi- ncs.s of the sevcnl Hepai tnieiits; f'-tr the reception of wiinderful and curious inveti- tion-, the preM_^vari.'ri of the rec irds of American learuini; an i genius; of exten sive collections of tin- priKluets of nature and art. brouirht hither for stii l v .and com- )>ari-o!i from all j'.irts of the world; aihui'- e I with numerous chun lies, and .-prinkled ov. r. 1 am happy to -ly. with m inv jiiib- lie leh'-iols. whcic all ( bil'lrcti "f the citv. witliniit di-tiiiction. are provid' d with flu* i:i'*an- of oiitaitiitio' a L'Oiid educ.ition; where there are academic- aii'l ollt‘ges. pr d'e--ion,il si liools and juiblic libraries, sh 'uid c"iitinue to receive, a- it ha.- here tofore receive.I, the fo-.fcrin;r care of (’011- er -s, and should be* regarded as the per manent .“e;it of the National rovemnient? Here, fnii, a cilizeii ot the trreat r»*public of letter-, a republic whiidi knows lud the meti s .and bi.unds of politir-al :reojri:iphv, h.is indicat'-d prophetically hi,- conviction that Anu'iica i- to exenise a wide and p'lwerfiil iiitluetiee in the intellcctn.il wnrld. and therefore has founded in this city, a.s a cniumaiiding pnsitinii iu the tielJ of j'v i- eiii e and literature, .and h.is placed under the guar lian-hip nf the (lovi-rninent, ati iu>litutinu ‘•fnr the iiu-reas.' and difl'u.-ion of knowic L'c ani'MiL' men.” \\ ith t .tell .-ueceeding ve.ir new intere-t is .Iilded t'l the spo'; it becllles eoniiecti d with all the historical ass''ei.i;i.-u- of otir cniinfry. with her statesim-n .and her ora- t''r.s. .ind. ala»! it - eemct^'ry is aiinuallv en- riciied witli the a>-!ie-- ot her chos»>n sons. Refore us 1- t!ie broad and beautiful river, separating two *f th*"* ori;_Mnal thir- t. ell .'''tate.-. ali'l which a l.ite JVe-irieTit. a man of determined p’,ir)>'aiul inflexible will, but patriotic heirt. desired to sp.in with arclu s of ev-'r-t iuhiritig granite, svtn- bolical of the firmly cemented union of the North and the South. 'I’hat i’re.sident w as (I' ll. Jackson. (Ml its banks re]i".-t* the a-hes of the Father of his Country, and at our side, bv a .singular felicity of positiiiti, overlookititr the city which lu' designed, and whiih f'ears his name, r^.-es to his memory the marble columti, snblinie in its snnple rran- deiir, and litly intituled to reach a loftier lu'ight than any similar structure on the .surface of the w hole »-arth. Let tilt* Votive olferings of his "ratef'ul countrymen la* fVeely contributed to carrv higher and still higher this tiionnment.— May I say. as on another occasion, ••F.iot it rise; let it rise, till it mei-t the sun in his coming; let the earliest light of the morn ing gild it. and jKirting day linger and ]day on its summit!” 1'elhiw-citizens, w hat conteiiiphitions arc awakened in our niiud.- as we assemble here to rc-euae* scene like that perform ed by V/a.shington: .Methinks 1 see his Vetierablo form now liefore me, as present- i'M in the glorious statue by Houdon. now in the eapit«d of Virginia. He is ilignificd and grave; but concern and atixietv seem to soften tlu! lineaments of his counten- aju'e. The (ilovernment over which lu* presides is y’et in the crisis of expt*riment. Not free from troubh-s at home, he sees the world in commotion and in jtrnis all a- rouiid him. Ho sees that imposinir for eign Powers are half dispo.sed to try the .strength of the recently-established Ame rican (;oveninii.nt. We ]>erceiv(“ that mighty thonghts, mingled with fears as wtdl as with hopt's, are. stniggliuir within him. lie heail.s ;i short proce.s^ion o\'t*r the.se then naked fields; he crosses yonder strciim on a fallen tree; he a.scends'to the top of this eminence, wdutse oriirinal oaks of the forest stand as thick around him as it the spot had been dovotvd to l)ruiflical worshi}), and hero he performs the ap- pointeil duty of the day. And now, fellow-citizcns, if this vision were a reality; if Wtishingfon actually were now amongst us, and if he cmld draw iiround him the shades of tho great public men of his own days, patriots and warri ors, orators and statesjnen, and were to juldress us in their presence, would he not .s;iy to us. “Ve men of this generation, 1 ri'joiee iind thtmk Ofxl for lieing iible to sec that our labors and tei!.« and'aacriaoes were not in vain, i oti are prosperous, you are hi^ppy, you are grateful; the fire »1 hL'-jrty luratj l :i^htly and Lluulily iu I yniir hetirfs, while nt’TV and the LAW I strain it from bursting forth in wild and i COM.MUNICA'UOA. I destructive conflagration. Cherish liber- " ity, as you love it; cherish its securities, ! as you wish to preserve it. Maintain the ,, i Constitution which we labored so painfully ‘ Si,... |toe.stablish, and which has been to Knowitjg full well your devotio,, f., . ! such a source of inestimable ble.«sinirs. ; Z' a] j,j, : 1* ed Kastern \\ orld follow the morning sun to . . 1 *• ! 11 11 l>(‘"|de of () d Moor., (onteniplate you as a nafton; so shall all ' r . • 1 \ , -I'ore. *• I *1 . J lie (li.-cus.-ion between t io('-.n,i:i succeed ill jr Keiu.jat unis honor vou, as thev c • 1 i.- . •'"'Hla;., 1 I t n .V » V r • I . I) ■ i"J’ tbis ( ongressuitial Histrict chd..,! . honor ns; and .so shall that Aluiiohty I’ow- * *1 1.1 , ”'^'"1 t 11 • , ^ ■ I 1 tins ( ounty on tiie 4tli, ;tt ( art i i.r.. er which so irraciously protected us, and , . , ; 1 “ 'vii„ ^ 1 •* resulted—J am irratihcd to say , w’hich now' protects you, shower its ever- ,, ,. ,, ■, • •" ■! t'i;„ , . II ■ ‘ I overthrow of R.uiicalism and S.i „ lastin': l)lessinr upon you aiui vour i»os- .11 . '"'n. - ^ * ..1 I iie argument lias been (juiteprij’rat* oi-r tenty. ■ i- 1 . - i - • , ^.1 c ^1 11 ^'octipy ing from 4 to ;> hours eaili ii. (rreat father of your cottntry. we heed 1. . • ,t your words; we feel their force as if yon now uttered them w’ith life of fle.sji and blood. Voiir example tciiches us; your af- fei-tionate, addresses tea h us; your public life teaches ns your sen.se of the value of the ble.ssings of the I'nion. Thosi* ble.-s- ings our fathers have tasted, and we have tasted, aiiil still taste. Nor do we intend that those who come after us shall bo de- ni(*d the .saiiu* high fruition. (Jur honor as widl as (utr happiness is coneerned. We cannot, we dare not, we will not b(!trav our .s.-iered trust. Wo will not fib h from jvisterity the treasure placed in our liamls to be tratismitti'd to otlur generations. the bow that ^rilds tin* cloud.- in the liea- , ■ -i 1 1 , • .. *11 *l * 1 1 ] «I 4* ir ] Cl lil i to Ills JiilUjCul St'r Vfiis; tlie ]»Ml;irs that uj»hola tuo unu:i- : . ‘U . f»ur only regret is, that the very bu,\V.' son of the year ]irevented nj iiiany of' tcllow-fitizeiis from beiiitr pre.-eut. We shall not attempt to jro iati). a.s legardft the position of tlic iw;.,..,'^ ('aiididates,—this has been ably q, ' the Charlotte Journal in the outlet^ suffice it to say, that Con. ll'M-km i,.. shown himsidf to be the gallant and ' thy standard bearer i»f “the Law an.) (|. der party.” ;iiul the lndd defender of ■ ('niistifution and the I'nion, wiiilst 1,].., comfited opponent strained cverv n* rvi • mys'ify and ribscure the 1 tritiiuatu iiit;,r. ing and spirit of the Con^titution. by ijil jointing and torturing the sam,.. - nu*nt, may di.sajipear and fall away in the hour jippointed by the will of (lod; but until that day comes, or so loriir as our lives may last, no ruthless hand .-hall un dermine that bright tinh of I'nion and Liberty w liii h spans the continent from Washington to ('alifornia. I'cllow-citizens, we mu.-t sometime,- be tolerant to folly, atul ]>;itient at the sight id' the extreme waywatflness of men; but I -onfes- th.it when 1 reflect on the renown ofour ]>a.-t hi.-tory, on our pre.st-nt jcos- perity and greatness, and on what the fu- tiire hath yet to unfold; and when I see that there are men who can find in all this nothing good, nothing valuable, nofhing truly glorious, I feel that all their reason has tied away from them, :ind left the en tire control over their judgment and their actions to insane folly and fanaticism; and, more th.in all, fellow-citizens, if the juir- po.se of finatics and disiinioni.-.t#i -hould be accomplish *1, the patriotic and iiiteliiirent of iiur geii. iMtioii would seok to hide them- sel\ ;-.'i fntnj the .-corn of the world, and go about to fiii'l di.'hoiiorable graves. I'ellovv-citlZeli-, take' '////v/yz ; be of yoor/ rhur. A\ e shall Come to no such i>rnoble end. ^\'e -hall live ati'l not ilie. J)iiring the period allotted to our .several lives we .shall contiuuo to rijoice in the lotuni of thi.' .tiiiiivers.iry. The ill-omened soumls of l.maticisni will bt> hushed; the ghastly -pecrre,- of S'rts>ioil and /h'.oinioit will di-apjie.ir. and the enemies of united con stitutional liberty, if their hatred cannot bo appea.-i,d. m.iv prepare to sear their ey« b.ill- a- they behold the steady flight of the A''iKRirAN Kaolk. on his burnish ed wings, for ye.irs and years to come. Rre.-idcnt Fillmore, it is your singularly go.«d fortune to jierform an act sttch a.s th.it which the earlieot of your prcdec ts- .s.irs jierf'ornu'd fifty-eight years ago. Vou .stand where he sU'od; ytui lay your hand on the corner-stone of a buildiuii desiirned greatly to extend that whose corner-r-tono he laid. 'h inged, changt*d in every thing arouii'l. The s.ime sun, indeed, shone unou las head which now shines upon yours. The Same broad river rolled at his feet, and l>aThe.s his last resting place, that now rolls at Vour: Sovereignty doctrines. Iiuleed, the w hole rlrift atui bur I. ; ,' Maj. ('■> argument can have 110 otlur! deiicy than t> alienate the attacliin.i,- *’ the unwary from the ;eticral (Jovornii:.• • :ind causi* jealousy and distrust of ai;,-, functionaries. It is ti-ue that 3Iaj. ('aluwcll di.-i. being a rli-unionist, and deiiic.-, fav. r;;.- immediate Stat*' actioii under the ciriii-- stances; but this disidaimer cntues to., in the day. and at a time when he has every reason to believe that lie is a d 'oin,.(j5 man, unless he can explain awav, i.r p!u;- ter o\er, those six radical pn'p'.stj,,,,, lished by the Regi.-ter, wliicji >;riko ut thit very fouiKiation of thi> ('ovvriiiiiciit ujnl laws, and fetid to .sap and uiiderniuu- t\w. same, thereby g'Viuu to South raroluui .studi aid aiul comfort a.- t\ie must vubi'l red-numth Soce.-sioiii.-t in that State couli de.-ire. j-’or our own part, we have no invliuu- tion to do Cttldwell any injustice.— we hojie we are above such a cour-e; lit;- we do ^,ay, and we but reiterate thi‘ ej. jiressed opinion of many in this soiti .n. that the tenor of his argument tends to ;li.. destruction of this rnion, an.l iii favor ,f a Southern Confederacy. If the .'laj.r intends his arguments to be under.-t" ^ otherwise, he is certainly unfortunate the use of language. Now, in conclusion, we would take tli- liberty of .saying to our fellow-citizcns .f the ('oiinties which coinpo.se this t'on^ii- sional Histrii t,—go to the polls in Aiiiu-' —rebuke the mad and fanatical spirit f Sece;?sion and Hisunion both North an! S.iuth—and show to the world that ?'• :i: least ff/i opprtTinh thf hfeashii/!; nudt'v the f ffis if I.t, by votin.: for den. Dockery, a tried and faitlifnl .v r- vaiit—oiie ardently devoted to the riiinii —and about whose jirincip'es there can I't no cavil ur doubt. Re.spectfullv. Old .Moouk. Fi»i; THK (i»SKU\ KR. F.WETTKVll.Li: AND I’KNTUK PL.\Nk' K')AD MKKTlNd. According to itoticp. fhi.s Mi.'etiii" tonk j'lace on the ll!th inst.. at the rosideticc f l!s at yours. Rut the .site of this city M- M' Jregor. Estj. The meeting was or- Wa- then mainly an open ficM. Streets ganized by calling C>I. David (rillis to th aiul ;i\ciuu‘s have situ e been laid out and ^ bair, and appointing Dr. Hector McL(,;i;. C'tnj’leted. s.ptari'-and ]>itblic ixrou'ids cn- '^"'1 l^*’- ^ - Mcfrregor, Secretaries, ci 'seil and oi iianii iited. I’.ntil the citv which ^ hairinan stated in a brief mainuT '»u:ih cotpparativclv obj-'ct of the meeting, which was i ► bers atl'l wealth, has eonstrm t a I’lank Rojid from Fayetteville bears his name, alth incnfisi'ierablc in number bec.'UU' ijuite fit to be the seat of gc.vern- iiieiit of a great and united jieojile. Sir, 111 IV the conse'jueiiccs of the ilutv to Centre in Stanly County. After having heard the opiriions of si V eral of the members, the 13i*idcs of Suli- whiidi V'-u perform .so auspiciousK to-daV ^cription wei'C (ipened, and a liberal nuiu- e»pt il those which fl’nved fri'in his ai't.— ber of Shares taken. I'roni the iiiterv't Nor this only; may the princijdes of your f' It, it was very manifest that the pe "['I' administration. :iiid the wisdom of vour determined t(> build the Road. jxilitic.il conduct, be such as tluit the world of the jirt'seiit day. :ind all history here after. may lie at no loss to perc ive what ex iinple you have made vour studv. I'cllow-citizens, I now bring this tuidrcss to a ch'se, by expressing to you, in the words, of (he great Roniiti orator, the ileepest wish of my heart, and which I kiiitw deeply penetrates the hearts of all who hear me; ‘*000 niiKlo haec opto; untiin. I T .MiiRiF.Ns rorv 1,1 m Ru.mam m The members of tho meeting, aftt r p:ir- taking id an excellent Dinner jireparcil I'V our hospitable friend, M. MctTregor. iiiiuii:- niously adojited the following: Rrtolrrfi, Th.nt the thaiiki* of this meeti 11;: n:-’ due iind are )»erehy teixJered t.i our H .rth;- frieiul. M. Mc(*re|ror, for t4ie liberal nianiier in wIiieL he lias entertained us this day. Itftoli'cii, Thiit the Secretaries fiirnisli a i’'p.' d the piweeiliiips of this meeting, to he piib- lished in the Fayetteville papers and North ':i- roliiui Arjrus. After w hich the meeting adjourned, .'ub- l.liu-.m \i P.Kl.INCii AM; hoc mihi niajus a iliis imniortalibus dari nihil }>ote.st; alterum, ^be call of a general meeting. ut ita cni|ue eveniat, nt do republica (illJ.lS, t hairmtui. uuisijiie niere:itur.” 'Secretaries. * . ' , » . . • , , . .\ic(inKi;on, i And now. fellow-citizens. with hearts ^ void of hatred, envy, aiul malice towards ..y Viixdnian to hisbn.tii- our own countryt. *^n, or any of them or resident in Ohio, ‘‘to enianci|.ato owards thestib) >ts or citizens of other humlrol ..laves, and T desire you M take .overnmonts. or towards any iiiemWr of ^o Ohio.” “I cannot do'it." repVie\ the great family ot man; but exultin* the brother; “the citizens of Ohio will allow me to bring one hundred slaves :i- inontr them to sottlo: but cio you take them to Wheelin'^, and there place them on .i steamboat for Cincinnati, '‘ind speak ot takiiiif tliem to New Orleans; and wlmo you are looking out for another bojit, give tho chance, and th*' (dtith'tiouisfK trflf f/if ttf them, and rini them off, and . . , then celebrate a jK'rfoet triumph over them, .i.itin ipiotation at the close of 3ir. eb- take them to the .same men. ster s )ration;— and a.sk them to receive and take care ot ‘•Two things onlv 1 wish; one, that, dying them, they will tell you to take care et I may leave the Roman people free—more them yourself.”—Rlch^nond Rfpithli'int than this the immortai (rods ciin grant me neverthele.ss, in our own pcace, security, and h;ippiness, in the grateful recollection of the past, i*>jd tj;;;' gl.;'‘i'>ns h-,j^'.*s of the future, let us return to our homes, and with all humility ;iiui devotion ofler our thanks to the Father of all oe.r mercies, I'olitical, social, and religions. The following is a translation of the _ IE TL’ESI) irho )fe.sire to I'l jihitfc (jit'f' " Plank Hoa stating, that wl Fayetteville an to nearly been given to Koad. At the this county, on auspices of som lowed theiuselv wards of $7,00( Viclievod that s be obtained in committee app' This move in will lead to tlu company, and, ultimate constr work. We confVs- givings aViout ticniP were not favor of it; bn ling to show /i> of it. The pro charter will be gaiiized, and t common con-i nearest practic und thence to made nianif'c^ friends of the forward with shall ‘‘go ahe; Company for ]>oint. It w.is with a subscri] Already it is increasing. e congr.-iti and country i; J'lace, that v.e jug one of the ineiitji Ic^idiuv TVest. It wi! fore another w ton, and War many of thei Works adapteil and the. habit- I’l.-VNK Ri lUOSt SlU-Cli'Vl lirougKt to To me load, will: meal, and all about OlltH to and fVo w'.x- with eiuse in ' for 81 3 bn.sh }ter lb. c:ish It may be the largest ii road. He is Jiis liberal inv i« one day w! «juired three ( Stkam. M learn that th of Carthnge, was dest rt'yei 4th inst., tOL of Ijunibcr, V The loss is pt which it is s tors for th.il Worth. It though aiiotli (’arthage, w: its place. SoMKI HIN On Thursda most accept rains that w and appearei! influonee fai fects, on hea to estimate. Previous had ranged coolest place Daily St p. (iuion, H i;ontract—M failed to appi the Stages d Ol'lMlSITK from the .Mil rough Reor i-raLs, friend.' Vl.\ (lllAVKs nothing; the other, that, it may so hapjx*n to all men, that each one may de.servc well i>f the ili'public.” —There was exported in s]>ock' from New York during the week ending the f)th instant, imported dur ing the same jK'riinl $*21,010. It is stat'ed on goinl authority that Inltumdn (%-iirlti/.—A German naniel Rhode Island sinpasses all other States in George Kvlee, and liis wife Phili{>ina, have I the I nton for elegant and convenient school been arrested in Philadelphia for cruelt\ buildings. The improvements made iu to an orphan child, a little girl about .six this defiartment within a few years are years ot age. She was found locked in a I gratifying evidenced of the interest felt in garret, crottching like an idiot in one j the lause of universal education. { corner ot the room without bed, food, or : — . ' drink, the hot ravs of the sun pouring i A giant youth is exhibiting in New ,ijj,ough the roof. ‘The little sufferer was j \oik, who is nineteeii years old, and seyen weak with the Summer complaint that : teet ten and a halt inche.s high. He yhe could scarcely stand; she was einaciateil j measures four feet two inches round the j nearly to a skeleton; and there were marks j waist; two feet eight inche.s round the i excc.ssive whip- I thigh; two tect round the knee, J:e. lli.s Seating. A mob of more than I shoe IS otie loot ttmr inches long, and thousand persons are «aid to luiv.' j would make a cothn for a tolerably large collected aroitnd the lumse at the time ot j sized baby. arrest, and would have torn Evleo to I A country editor in\Ttes the attention of had not the police ]>n.tectcd him. j delinquent subscribers to the (ith chapter , To-Morrotr.—Tha 'hiy when idlers work unJ 1 of LUiiO; ol;t vcr^st;. j rcl'oru. for (\)n"re-- Mn, Wki rlude tin j Omtioti of J uly. JI j.' powcrH and laboriou.'« di with uuoipii at the same aiid written and ini portal liong may 1 his kind b Union. Trans IK. si.stant Pos that, umlci for a less pi er from tlu wise, are ti rates of jios papers, viz cents friMii ir)(M> to MrVlxiiii tors of thi.' annual iiv extru dividi
Fayetteville Observer [Semi-Weekly, 1851-1865] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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